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Installing solar panels on your roof is not just for tree-hugging environmentalists. The increasing ease of the process and the financial returns have made going solar practically mainstream

Compass students take part in Cambridge

STEAM

| 03WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016

CAMPUS

MES Indian School

Youth Festival begins

MES Indian School Youth Festival, a

three-day cultural extravaganza, start-

ed with a colourful and spectacular cere-

mony. The chief guest. M P Salim, Direc-

tor, Culturai/Co-curricular Activities of the

school Governing Board declared the event

open and he appreciated the participants

for the their overwhelming response and

enthusiasm. The school principal congratu-

lated the participants for their interest in

excelling in their co-curricular endeavours.

The three-day cultural fiesta includes clas-

sical and instrumental music categories,

competitions in folk dance, classical dance,

Kathak, Kuchupudy, mono act, fancy dress,

painting contest depicting art and culture.

The competition will be conducted in sen-

ior, intermediate, junior and sub junior cat-

egories. There are some 3,500 student en-

tries in various categories to be held at 125

venues of the school campus. School offi-

cials, parents and students were present

during the inauguration.

Compass students take

part in Cambridge STEAM

Students from Compass International School

Doha showcased their STEAM (science, tech-

nology, engineering, arts and maths) skills to vis-

itors and science enthusiasts from around the

world at the 10th annual Cambridge Science

Festival held in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Compass International School Doha students

joined more than 100 others from 13 Nord An-

glia Education schools globally for an exclusive

programme designed by the Cambridge Science

Festival and MIT Museum of Science. Students

participated in inspiring sessions and hands-on

workshops with MIT scientists, researchers and

engineers. The programme culminated in a cele-

bration of STEAM at the festival’s Curiosity Chal-

lenge as the students worked together to design,

build and operate a massive chain reaction ma-

chine.

Dr Terry Creissen, Executive Principal of Com-

pass International School Doha, said: “Our con-

tingent of students who have travelled to Boston

have been given a unique opportunity to partic-

ipate in the Cambridge Science Festival, one of

many such experiences and opportunities that

Nord Anglia provide for its students.”

COVER STORY

04 | WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016

By Audrey Hoffer The Washington Post

Installing solar panels on your roof

is not just for tree-hugging envi-

ronmentalists. The increasing ease

of the process and the financial re-

turns have made going solar practically

mainstream.

“By the end of 2020, the amount

of installed solar capacity will be 300

percent higher than today,” said Dan

Whitten, Vice-President of communi-

cations at the Solar Energy Industries

Association in the US. “Nationwide, it

grew 10 times between 2008 and

2015.”

In Washington, residential solar in-

stallations have tripled since 2011, said

Chelsea Barnes with EQ Research.

Sun shining on solar panels gener-

ates electricity that goes directly into

your home’s breaker panel, which sup-

plies electricity to power your appli-

ances and devices.

The power that panels produce but

don’t use goes out of your meter and

back into the grid for later use. A net

meter — installed by your utility com-

pany in place of the standard meter —

rolls backward, and at the end of the

month calculates your “net” usage

from the grid. This is called net meter-

ing.

Power generated from the sun is

meant to offset your electric bill. How

much offset you get depends on how

many panels are installed and how

much electricity your family uses.

Whatever the amount is, your

household remains connected to the

grid and you receive an electric bill

from the utility.

The goal is to reduce your utility ex-

penses as much as possible.

Eventually, the savings on the elec-

tric bill will add up to what you paid

for the system, which means from

then on you’re basically getting free

electricity. The average return on in-

vestment is 5 1 / 2 years in Washing-

ton, said JD Elkurd, executive director

at Solar Solution.

The process starts with a site eval-

uation.

“We go up on the roof. We look at

the direction of sunlight, take meas-

urements of the space, see obstacles

like air conditioners, vents, ducts, com-

pressors and skylights. Then we know

where everything is, how many panels

can fit, and we can set them to maxi-

mize sun exposure,” Elkurd said.

“People assume solar panels have to

be on your roof, but they can be on an

adjacent structure,” said Chris Pierce,

who lives on Capitol Hill in Washington.

“Our roof is slate, which can’t accom-

modate panels. But the garage is shin-

gled, and Solar Solution said we could

put up 18. They made a computerized

drawing on the spot to show us what it

would look like.”

Installers told Washington resident

Greg Crist that based on the sun’s po-

sition, a porch would be ideal for pan-

els. So as part of a house renovation,

he added a front porch and 13 panels

were installed on it.

The navy blue, 250-watt, 3-by-5-

foot glass panels are manufactured

in the United States, China and Mexi-

co. The aluminum racking system Solar

Solution uses is made in North Carolina

and California. California-made micro-

inverters attached to the back of each

panel convert the solar energy from a

DC current to AC so that the electric-

ity can be used in your home. Panels

and micro-inverters have 25-year war-

ranties.

Like the sun, the use of solar is rising

By the end of 2020, the amount of installed solar capacity will be 300 percent higher than today,” said Dan Whitten, Vice-President of Communications at the Solar Energy Industries Association in the US. “Nationwide, it grew 10 times between 2008 and 2015.

COVER STORY


Tax breaks and other incentives

reduce the cost of electricity and cov-

er a large portion of a system’s cost.

“That’s why 90 percent of our custom-

ers are in the solar business. For fi-

nancial reasons, it makes sense,” said

Elkurd.

Here are ways to defray the cost

of your system:

Federal tax credit: One nation-

wide incentive is an FTC equivalent

to 30 percent of the cost. This credit

was supposed to expire in December

2016 but was extended for five years.

Solar Renewable Energy Certifi-

cates: Government policy has fur-

ther incentivized solar on a state lev-

el with SRECs.

SRECs are a credit homeowners

get when they supply power to a bro-

kerage market and can help offset the

initial cost of the system.

Customers can sell SRECs to So-

lar Solution. “We’ll buy — in advance

—eight years worth of SRECs and ap-

ply that money to your project cost,

bringing it down about 35 percent

(including federal tax credits),” Elkurd

said.

The average system size installed

in Washington last year was five kil-

owatts, with 20 panels and cost-

ing $16,000, he said. After a 30 per-

cent tax credit of $4,800 and an up-

front credit of $5,500 for the SRECs,

the cost would be $5,700. This size

system typically provides an electric

savings of $950 per year at today’s

rates.

A homeowner can instead broker

their SRECs independently (via SREC-

Trade.com or another brokerage) and

receive a check each time a credit is

produced. That’s what Crist did.

“I chose to go with a brokerage be-

cause I ran the numbers and thought

I could make more than the $11,000

Solar Solution offered,” he said. He

said he hopes to pay off his system

in a couple of years and make a profit

on SREC sales.

Property tax exemption: In Wash-

ington, a property tax abatement rul-

ing allows homeowners to exclude

the added value of a solar system

from their property value. For every

dollar of electricity savings per year,

property value is estimated to in-

crease by $20, said Elkurd. The prop-

erty value of the system described

above increased by about $19,000.

Income-based grants: The feder-

al government sets qualifying income

levels. For a household of two, the

maximum annual income is $40,967;

for a household of four, it’s $60,245.

Solar Solution obtained support

from D.C. Sustainable Energy Utility,

a nonprofit contractor to the D C De-

partment of Energy and Environment.

DCSEU provides grants to solar con-

tractors who provide and install so-

lar systems for low- and moderate-in-

come District residents at no cost.

In 2014, Solar Solution installed

80 systems under this program; last

year, 130. “We expect to put in 150

this year,” Elkurd said.

Option to lease: If you don’t want

to buy a solar system, you can lease

one for a small application fee. So-

lar providers own the system, so you

don’t pay for installation. You pay for

the electricity, but at cheaper rate

than the utility charges.

“We sell you back the electricity but

at about 35 percent below Pepco’s

(the regional utility) rate,” Elkurd said.

“And we don’t raise the rate. You lock

in the cost of electricity for 15 years,

which is the lease contract term.

Then ownership reverts to you at

no cost. So leasing is actually a de-

layed purchase.” Electricity typically

goes up about 5 percent annually.

“From a money perspective alone,

I don’t know why everyone in D.C.

doesn’t have panels,” said Washing-

ton resident Neha Bhatt. “Financially,

solar roofs are becoming a no-brainer,

even if you’re not trying to ‘save the

environment.’”


COMMUNITY

ICC bids farewell to Managing Committee member

Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), under

the aegis of Embassy of India, bid

farewell to P K Aboobacker, a Man-

aging Committee member of the

apex body of the Indian Embassy, con-

tributing as a Head of Affiliation & Con-

sular Services at ICC.

Aboobacker has spent 40 years

working in various fields and capaci-

ties. For the last 24 years, he worked

at Hamad Medical Corporation as a

team member of Emergency (Disas-

ter) Response Department also called

Bleep section.

He has been a very active mem-

ber of Incas, an affiliated organisation

in various capacities for 10 years. Now

he is a Global member of OICC – Over-

seas Indian Cultural Congress. He is al-

so an active member of V Care organ-

isation, where humanitarian services

are rendered for the benefit of under-

privileged people.

He is a member of the Manag-

ing Committee of ICC, where he has

been serving continuously for the

last two terms, as a Head of Affilia-

tion and Consular service.

Aboobaker is married to Sameera

and they have three children.

AbooKattil intends to continue his

voluntary contributions to the society

in India.

The event was attended by Coor-

dinating Officer of ICC, Second Secre-

tary at Embassy of India, Suneel Thap-

liyal, ICC President Girish Kumar, Presi-

dent of IBPN K M Varghese, President

of ICBF Arvind Patil, various communi-

ty leaders, heads of affiliated organi-

sations of ICC and ICC staff.

Suneel Thapliyal conveyed the

farewell message of Indian ambas-

sador Sanjiv Arora and wished him

good life in India and thanked him for

his contributions to the Indian Com-

munity in Qatar. Girish Kumar felici-

tated Abookatil with a memento of

appreciation.

Head of Cultural Activity Jaya-

ti Maitra, presented a souvenir to

Sameera Abookatil, on behalf of the

Managing Committee members of

ICC.

Others who spoke at the event

were K M Varghese-IBPN, Arvind Patil-

ICBF, Suresh Babu-Incas, Milan Arun-

Past ICC MC Member, Yousuf-Islam-

ic Exchange, ICC Vice-President Seenu

Pillai, Head of HSSE Pallash Das and

Joint Secretary and Head of Education

Vijayan-ICC.

The event was compered by Gen-

eral Secretary of ICC Divakar Poojary.

KSCA members

celebrate Vishu

Members of the Kerala Social and

Cultural Association (KSCA) Qatar

celebrated Vishu at Indian Cultural Cen-

tre (ICC) - Ashoka Hall recently. Mem-

bers presented traditional and cultural

programmes highlighting the relevance

of the harvest festival of Kerala.

Prominent percussionist from Kerala

Pallavoor Shreedharan Marrar enlivened

the evening with his Pancharimelam, a

classical percussion concert. A skit was pre-

sented in memory of the legendary poet

late ONV Kurup based on his work Amma”.

The chief guest was Deputy Chief

of Mission Embassy of India Raj Ku-

mar. Other dignitaries included Bhavans

School Principal Balasubramaniam, Do-

ha Bank Corporate Head Krishnan, ICC

Vice-President Seenu Pillai, IBPN Presi-

dent KM Varughese. KSCA General Sec-

retary Girish Nair, President VA Gopinath

and Chief Programme Coordinator An-

il Kumar R.


MARKETPLACE

Katara Hospitality offers Qatari cuisine at ATM

Katara Hospitality, the leading

global hotel owner, developer

and operator based in Qatar,

has introduced at this year’s

ATM “Katara Specialties,” a contempo-

rary initiative designed to highlight the

evolution of the organisation’s food

and beverage concepts.

Katara Specialties which serves to

create authentic Qatari cuisine mys-

tique within all of Katara Hospitality’s

local and international hotels, is char-

acterised by signature dishes that ex-

hibit the flavoursome warmth of Qatari

hospitality. The concept has been cre-

ated to showcase the rich Qatari herit-

age and Arabian hospitality, while add-

ing to the diverse and enriching dining

experiences for esteemed guests.

“We are pleased to introduce Katara

Specialities at ATM 2016, as we aim to

offer our distinguished guests unique

culinary experiences that are reminis-

cent of the authenticity of Qatari herit-

age and Arabic culture. Katara Hospital-

ity places high importance on initiatives

that enhance our combined product of-

fering while highlighting our passion for

creating the ultimate guest experienc-

es across our worldwide portfolio of ho-

tels,” said Hamad Abdulla Al Mulla, Chief

Executive Officer of Katara Hospitality.

Katara Hospitality stand at ATM

2016 will offer visitors a taste of the

three signature culinary dishes char-

acterised by a combination of rich in-

gredients and aromatic spices, the cu-

linary selections available for tasting at

ATM 2016 as part of Katara Specialties,

will be rolled out in all-day dining res-

taurants and room service menu offer-

ings across 23 operational Katara Hos-

pitality hotels in 11 countries.

Katara Hospitality is located at

stand HC0850 at this year’s ATM taking

place at the Dubai World Trade Cen-

tre, where the organisation is show-

casing its portfolio of world-class Qa-

tar-based and international hotels in-

cluding those operated by the recently

launched Murwab Hotel Group, Katara

Hospitality’s standalone operating arm

which manages a collection of inter-

national upscale boutique hotels and

brands.

HIA beIN SHOP offers gifts and photo opportunity

After the successful opening of beIN SHOP in January 2014 at Hamad

International Airport Doha, beINSHOP now presents several exciting

activities for all the travellers.

The shop offers very good quality products for its visitors and

consumers such as headsets, digital clocks, mobile phone accessories and

branding beIN merchandise. During last week of April travellers are encour-

aged to visit beINSHOP not only for shopping but for participating in loads

of fun activities.

beINSHOPwill be conducting two activities in the coming days. The first

activity, “Scratch & Win”, started on April 24 and will continue for three

weeks. All travellers who visit beIN SHOP at Hamad International Airport

will get a scratch card. Any lucky winner who find three matching pictures

can win a goodie bag. No purchase is necessary to participate in this activity.

The second activity, “Taking Pictures with TheStars”, will be a one-day ac-

tivity and is scheduled only for Thursday. Numerous beIN star analysts and

guests from different countries will be at beIN SHOP posing with the travel-

lers.

BeIN intends not to limit these activities to April but to continue until May.

beIN is keen to keep entertaining its audience and prospects on and off-

screen. Visit beIN SHOP next time you are travelling through HIA to partici-

pate in these activities and to explore beIN SHOP. beIN SHOP is located at

the departure area.


FOOD

By Joe Yonan The Washington Post

When Anna Thomas wrote

her first cookbook, The

Vegetarian Epicure, in

1973, the prospects for

vegetarian eating seemed anything

but epicurean. The book became a

classic, Thomas went on to write two

sequels (and other books), and the cu-

linary landscape of America drastically

changed. These days, especially in ur-

ban centres, you may be just as likely

to hear cooks talk about grain bowls

and almond milk as you are about the

perfect roast chicken.

At the same time, diets have be-

come so divergent that the prospect of

cooking for a group almost immediate-

ly raises the question: How can I pos-

sibly please everyone? Thomas’s lat-

est book, Vegan Vegetarian Omnivore:

Dinner for Everyone at the Table, an-

swers with recipes and menus that be-

gin with the food that everyone can eat

(it’s vegan), and build on that in differ-

ent directions depending on the crowd.

“There is something more important

than what’s at the table - and that’s

who’s at the table,” Thomas, 67, told

me.

Roasted beet and lentil salad8 servings. This earthy vegan sal-

ad, stained an alluring wine-red, is

hearty enough to be a meal centre-

piece, served on a bed of salad greens

and accompanied by a chewy roll or

piece of crusty bread. Anna Thomas

suggests that when you’re serving it to

a crowd that includes vegetarians, add

slivers of ricotta salata or aged Jack or

chunks of gorgonzola. For omnivores,

top it with smoked fish, sliced smoked

duck leg or diced, sauteed pancetta as

a garnish.

IngredientsFor the salad2 pounds small to medium beet

roots with at least 1/2 pound greens

2 1/2 teaspoons sea salt, plus more as needed

1 1/4 cups Beluga or other black lentils (may substitute brown or green lentils)

3 medium carrots, scrubbed and finely diced

3 cloves garlic1 dried arbol chili pepper (may

substitute another dried chili of your choice)

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1 large red onion, quartered and thinly sliced

1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vine-gar

For the vinaigrette5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive

oil2 tablespoons agave nectar1 teaspoon fine sea salt

StepsFor the salad: Preheat the oven to

400 degrees.

Scrub the beets and trim off the

greens, leaving an inch of the stalks.

Wrap the damp beets in heavy-du-

ty aluminium foil and roast them until

they can be easily pierced with a fork,

45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours, depending

on their size. Let them cool until you

can easily handle them, then slip off

their skins, trim off the stalks and cut

them into 1/2-inch dice. (You should

have about 3 1/2 cups.)

While the beets are roasting, bring

8 cups water to a boil in a medium

saucepan over medium-high heats.

Add 2 teaspoons of the salt, plus the

lentils, carrots, garlic cloves and arbol

chili pepper. Reduce the heat to me-

dium-low so the liquid is gently bub-

bling, and cook the lentils until they

are just tender but still firm, 25 to 30

minutes. Drain the lentils. (Keep the

broth for soup if you’d like.) Discard

the chili pepper and garlic. Spread the

lentils and carrots on a baking sheet

to cool.

Wash the beet greens, trim off on-

ly the thick lower stalks, cut the leaves

in half lengthwise if they are large,

then stack and cut them into 1/4-inch

strips.

Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a

large skillet over medium-high heat.

Once the oil shimmers, add the onion

and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, tossing

frequently until the onion is softened,

blistered and shows brown spots, 6 to

7 minutes. Turn off the heat, add the

vinegar and stir quickly as the vinegar

sizzles away.

Combine the onion and diced beets

in a large mixing bowl.

In the same skillet, heat the remain-

ing tablespoon of oil over medium-

high heat. Add the damp beet greens

and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt,

and toss them until they are just wilted,

3 to 4 minutes. Add the greens to the

beet mixture.

For the vinaigrette: Whisk together

the lemon juice, oil, agave and salt in a

medium bowl, or shake them togeth-

er in a jar fitted with a lid. (You should

have about 2/3 cup.)

Add the lentils and carrots to the

beet mixture, along with 1/4 cup of the

dressing, and gently toss to combine.

Right before serving, taste, and add

salt or more of the dressing as needed.

Divide among plates and serve.

The secret to serving dinners that please vegetarians


FASHION

By Karin Brulliard The Washington Post

Magnificent photos of a horse

in a bespoke suit, shirt, tie

and flatcap were revealed

recently, and they quick-

ly won Internet glory. The three-piece

suit — billed as the “world’s first Har-

ris Tweed suit designed specifically for

a racehorse” by the bookmaker that

commissioned it ahead of a major rac-

ing event in England - was made by a

former apprentice to the late fashion

designer Alexander McQueen.

The ensemble took four weeks to

finish and required nearly 20 yards of

tweed shipped in from Scotland, ac-

cording to William Hill, the betting firm.

Designer Emma Sandham-King pro-

nounced it “one of the biggest chal-

lenges that I have faced in my career.”

Many relevant questions could be

asked about a tweed suit for a horse,

which, in this case, is a retired race-

horse named Morestead. Does a horse

need a suit? Does a horse like to wear a

suit? Does the horse know that tweed

is the fabric of choice at the Chelten-

ham Festival?

But here, we will concern ourselves

with just one question: Is it a well-de-

signed horse suit? For answers, we

turned to fashion guru, animal rights

activist and dapper suit-wearer Tim

Gunn.

“I think it’s very brilliantly done,”

Gunn said of the horse couture in an

interview on Tuesday. “The silhouette

and the proportions and the fit are all

outstanding.”

It helps that the assignment was

menswear, he said, because horse wo-

menswear “could just end up being a

big, voluminous mess.”

Gunn is a former faculty member

at Parsons the New School for De-

sign in New York, and so he threw in

some fashion education. Suit tailoring

was born in the United Kingdom and

popularized in contemporary times

by 19th-century fashion arbiter Beau

Brummell, said Gunn, who added that

he has “the greatest respect for Har-

ris Tweed; it’s a venerable textile with

a very distinguished history.” (The fab-

ric is handwoven by residents of Scot-

land’s Outer Hebrides islands.)

But Morestead and the retired

jockey who posed with him, Sir Antho-

ny McCoy, deserve as much praise as

the equine’s suit, Gunn said.

“The horse looks more at ease and

confident and believable than most

women on the runway at awards

shows. He doesn’t look like a joke. He

really looks noble and regal and be-

lievable,” Gunn said. McCoy, he said,

“looks smart and English countryside

and enviable.”

Gunn has some animal clothing-

design cred, having mentored “Project

Runway” contestants as they created

pieces for dogs. But don’t expect a

horse challenge on the show any time

soon.

“I don’t think we could do any better

than this,” he said.

Racehorse wears designer tweed suit well


HEALTH & FITNESS

By Fatima Nabil The Peninsula

Pregnancy is the stage of

life cycle where dietary pat-

terns play a very impor-

tant role for the develop-

ment of healthy wellbeing. Good

nutrition is a key factor for the de-

velopment of a healthy baby along

with other important factors such

as; regular physical activity, right

amount of weight gain and food

choices.

There are three trimesters of

pregnancy during which develop-

ment and growth of the baby hap-

pens; t is important that during

these trimesters a healthy and bal-

anced diet is followed which is nec-

essary for proper growth of the ba-

by. Following are some nutritional

guidelines for a healthy pregnancy.

Essential nutrientsKey minerals which are needed

by the body during pregnancy are

iron, calcium and folic acid.

IronThe most common nutrient defi-

ciency during pregnancy is iron de-

ficiency, ie anaemia and it occurs

during third trimester. Pregnant

women usually need 27mg of iron

per day which is very difficult to ful-

fil through their diet, physicians rec-

ommend iron supplements to meet

the nutritional needs during preg-

nancy. Iron is important to support

the healthy growth of baby and it

stores in the foetus body for later

use which may reduce the risk of

iron deficiency in baby. Symptoms

of iron deficiency are fatigue, le-

thargic feeling and low resistance

to infection. Iron deficiency may

cause premature delivery, low birth

weight or even infant mortality as

well. Iron rich foods are meat, poul-

try, fish, eggs and whole grain cere-

als to absorb iron vitamin C is man-

datory. Vitamin C rich foods are cit-

rus fruits, kiwi and broccoli.

Folic acidFolic acid is the B complex vi-

tamin which is very important dur-

ing and before pregnancy. Lat-

est researches state that if one

is planning to get pregnant she

should take folic acid supplements

before three months to reduce

the risk of birth defects. Deficien-

cy of folic acid during pregnancy

may lead to certain malformations

of brain, skull and spine; these

are neural tube defects which are

known as spina bifida, it usually

occurs in first trimester of preg-

nancy. Recommended dietary al-

lowance of folic acid during preg-

nancy is 0.4mg per day. Cereals,

green leafy vegetables and citrus

fruits are the highest sources of

folic acid.

CalciumDuring pregnancy calcium is

needed by the body for the proper

development of bones, teeth, and

heart and nerve muscles of the

baby. Recommended calcium dur-

ing pregnancy is 1000mg/day. If

the diet does not provide enough

calcium then the body takes cal-

cium from mother’s bone to fulfil

baby’s requirement. High sourc-

es of calcium are milk, cheese and

yogurt.

Nutritional guidelinesIn the first trimester of preg-

nancy; nausea and vomiting are

usual symptoms in which it is diffi-

cult to have a proper balanced di-

et, but one should consume prop-

er diet which contains all food

groups: fruits, vegetables, milk,

meat, poultry, and cereal group

and this can only happen if we

add variety of foods in our diet. To

avoid nausea and vomiting have

frequent meals instead of hav-

ing them at one time, it may low-

er the symptoms of nausea and

vomiting.

Calorie intakeDuring pregnancy 500kcal

are extra required. In the first tri-

mester extra calories are not re-

quired, in second and third trimes-

ters more calories are required.

Calorie intake requirement is in-

creased up to 2700kcal. Calorie

intake should be in a healthy way,

do not increase your calories by

adding sugary drinks or saturated

fat in your diet but complete your

calorie count by adding variety of

fruits, vegetables, milk and cereals

in the diet.

Healthy weight gainIn pregnancy do not follow

weight loss strategy, it may affect

the growth of fetus. Weight gain

should be according to individu-

al’s body mass index. Food choic-

es are the key source of healthy

weight gain.

Physical activityPhysical activity helps in main-

taining weight gain during preg-

nancy it helps in relieving stress

and makes women active. Physi-

cians advise to walkatleast half an

hour daily for healthy pregnancy.

Caffeine and Sugary beveragesCaffeine, alcohol and tobacco

are strictly restricted during preg-

nancy. One should avoid sugary

beverages and food which are high

in saturated fats, it only increases

your weight which is not healthy for

you and your baby as well.

The author is a dieti-cian with a Bachelors of Sci-ence (BS) in Nutrition and Die-tetics from University of Karachi, Pakistan.

Right nutrients essential for foetus development

By Anne Midgette The Washington Post

LBJ was always larger than life.

Now, he’s downright operatic.

Within the last six months, I’ve

seen LBJ singing in the bath-

room in two separate operas. Last

November, he conducted his busi-

ness in the Oval Office in “Appomat-

tox” at the Washington National Op-

era. On Saturday, he serenaded John

F Kennedy in his bath in one of sev-

eral dream sequences in JFK by David

T Little and Royce Vavrek, which had

its much-anticipated premiere at the

Fort Worth Opera Festival.

Little, 37, has become a hope for

the future of opera since the suc-

cess of his and Vavrek’s last opera,

Dog Days, a chamber opera about

a post-apocalyptic world. But suc-

cess in a small-scale work doesn’t al-

ways translate to the stage of a main-

stream opera house. The tremendous

expectations for JFK drew critics and

opera insiders from around the coun-

try to the premiere; and both creators

seem to have taken a lot of those ex-

pectations upon themselves in their

palpable efforts to make their opera

Great with a capital G. It’s a credit to

both their talents that they manage

to pull off some measure of dramatic

coherence in this ambitious, uneven,

and sometimes appealing work.

Attempts at realism don’t always

translate well to the opera stage;

and Little and Vavrek haven’t even

tried. While their opera faithfully fol-

lows the chronology of Kennedy’s last

night, which he spent with Jackie in a

Fort Worth hotel, it’s also deliberate-

ly over the top. It attempts at once to

be portentous (two of the three Fates

accompany Kennedy’s final hours); to

depict the birth of an American my-

thology (with big surging melodious

music that gives cinematic emphasis

to key moments, as when Jackie puts

on her pink pillbox hat); and to offer

a meditation on mortality. (Near the

beginning and end of the opera, the

chorus gently invokes “fragile life,” in

soft music like falling petals.)

And while the creators say it’s not

a “political opera,” the fact that it

doesn’t have a plot per se means that

some of the characters in Thaddeus

Strassberger’s bright, graphic pro-

duction - Nikita Khrushchev (Casey

Finnegan, sounding strained) on the

moon surrounded by members of the

Red Army in one dream sequence;

LBJ (gleefully played by an exuber-

ant Daniel Okulitch) in the bathroom

with a backup posse of rhinestone

cowboys in another - have the satiric

punch of political cartoons.

Vavrek and Little have set them-

selves a daunting challenge in try-

ing to create a dramatic work based

largely on moments of narrative sta-

sis (starting with Jackie Kennedy’s

opening aria in a Fort Worth hotel

room, Midnight is the Loneliest Hour).

Their point is to slow the inexorable

march of time toward the fate that

awaits Kennedy in Dallas, something

they achieve by expanding the oper-

atic tradition of characters stepping

out of the narrative and expounding

on their inner thoughts, and by with-

holding bits of information — includ-

ing the assassination, which is not

directly depicted on stage. To their

credit, JFK keeps a sense of dramat-

ic movement despite containing so

many pauses and flashbacks, unlike

some other last-night-of-life oper-

as (“Yardbird,” about Charlie Parker,

comes to mind).

You could argue that any depic-

tion of JFK is a priori political; and

you could certainly call “political” Va-

vrek’s depiction of him as a callow

young man weakened by pain and

almost without a voice, buffeted by

feverish dreams of his past and po-

litical present, and overshadowed by

the far clearer delineation of Jackie’s

character. The work’s ultimate act of

withholding is its refusal to reveal

much of Kennedy’s own inner voice

(sung ably by the baritone Matthew

Worth) until the very end of the op-

era, when an aria about how lucky

he is is tinged with poignancy as he

enumerates a roster of caveats.

It’s Jackie, though, who does

most of the heavy lifting; and one of

the opera’s deliberate go-for-broke

moments is a trio for three women:

Jackie, her future self Jackie O (sung

with warm depth by Katharine Goe-

ldner), and a maid named Clara who

is also an incarnation of one of the

Fates — Talise Trevigne, lovely but

underutilised in a strange tripartite

part. Trevigne and her fellow-Fate,

the strong, slightly strident tenor

Sean Panikkar, also appear as Clara

Harris and Major Henry Rathbone,

who was stabbed while trying to

keep John Wilkes Booth from shoot-

ing Abraham Lincoln, and later went

mad and killed Harris, his fiancé.

The whole Fate/historical figure

conceit is an example of some of the

unnecessary baggage the opera is

carrying on its bid for greatness. Still,

the musical and dramatic lines remain

pretty clear. The composer, mercifully

free of a need to prove his sophistica-

tion, has written a score that retains

a cinematic clarity: here the effulgent

romance of a love duet, here the om-

inous precursors of what is to come,

obvious as “Carmen’s” Fate theme, all

clearly spotlight by the Fort Worth

Symphony Orchestra conducted by

Steven Osgood.

Parts of this opera are frankly eye-

rolling, trafficking in eager, honest cli-

chés: Fates and “fragile lives” and all.

Yet overall, the piece represents an

honest attempt to make a work of art

that can communicate with a broad-

er audience without sacrificing its in-

tegrity, drawing on lots of elements of

the operatic tradition without mere-

ly copycatting other works. (Yes, you

can hum along. No, it does not sound

like Puccini.) As an evening of thea-

tre, it has serious flaws, but its very

openness, its outsized Texas scale, its

accommodation to the gung-ho com-

munity that commissioned it, makes

it worth a second look (which it will

get at the Opéra de Montreal, a co-

commissioner). Personally, I didn’t like

it very much. But you might.


ENTERTAINMENT

JFK comes to operatic stage

The tremendous expectations for JFK drew critics and opera insiders from around the country to the premiere; and both creators seem to have taken a lot of those expectations upon themselves in their palpable efforts to make their opera Great with a capital G. It’s a credit to both their talents that they manage to pull off some measure of dramatic coherence in this ambitious, uneven, and sometimes appealing work.


ENTERTAINMENT

By Haricharan Pudipeddi IANS

Trinity Pictures, which recent-

ly announced its first slate of

movies for the year, is keen to

penetrate the Indian market via

franchise-based films across multiple

genres, big budgets and languages.

It took Trinity Pictures, a subsidiary

of Eros International, over one year to

set up its studio.

“Traditionally, Eros was known for

acquiring and distributing films. We,

at, Trinity Pictures have planned to do

things differently. We are probably the

first to have a studio within a studio. It

took us 13 months to set up everything

and start rolling,” Ajit Thakur, CEO, Trin-

ity Pictures, said.

To cater to audiences across mar-

kets, the company has lined up a bevy

of character-driven franchise-based

films.

“As a studio, we’d like to popular-

ise franchise-based films which, in my

opinion, are bigger than any stars. In-

stead of finding a subject and then hir-

ing someone to direct it, we’ve set up a

team of writers as part of Trinity’s Writ-

ers’ Room. They have already created

over 10 original franchises,” he said.

The franchise-based lineup in-

cludes an animal-based film, a chil-

dren’s action film and a Sino-Indian

production, among others.

Over the next 12 months, the stu-

dio plans to take at least four to five

projects into production.

“Well-known filmmakers such as Ka-

bir Khan, Amole Gupte, Krish Jagarla-

mudi and Prabhu Solomon have al-

ready been roped in to direct some of

these projects. We want to have a mix

of directors from across the country to

make films in various genres,” he said,

adding that some of these films will be

made as bilinguals.

National Award-winning director

Krish, for instance, has been brought

on board to direct a buddy cop film.

“Krish’s film will be shot in Hindi and

Tamil simultaneously, featuring popu-

lar actors from Bollywood and south.

The film has been written by Shridhar

Raghavan, Dheeraj Rattan and K. Sub-

hash,” he said, adding another bilin-

gual project will be the Elephant-based

film which will be directed by Tamil di-

rector Prabhu Solomon.

Was zeroing in on the directors for

the suitable scripts challenging?

“When we wanted a director for a

kid’s action film, we asked ourselves

who has made the best children’s film

in the country. We could instantly think

of Amole Gupte, and that’s how he was

roped in. For the buddy cop action film,

we thought of Krish after he impressed

with his work in Akshay Kumar-starrer

‘Gabbar’,” said Thakur.

“One of our Indo-China productions

needs a star, and who else than Kabir

Khan could direct the project. He has

worked with Salman Khan and Saif Ali

Khan, so he was our first choice. I’ve

personally liked his action films,” he

added.

Similarly, Prabhu Solomon was

chosen to direct the elephant-based

after Thakur saw his Tamil film Kum-

ki, which was about a mahout and his

elephant.

“More than finding the right direc-

tor, we wanted someone who was

passionate about the subject at hand.

I was told Prabhu spent several years

researching on elephants before he

made Kumki. When I watched the film,

I knew he’d be more excited about this

project than anyone else,” he said.

Other projects in the pipeline in-

clude a film by Siddharth Anand which

will explore a fresh take on the spy

genre in India.

Trinity Pictures to penetrate Indian market

Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif,

who made her Cannes Interna-

tional Film Festival red carpet de-

but last year as the ambassador of cos-

metic brand L’Oreal Paris, will be skip-

ping the prestigious film gala this year

due to“prior commitments”.

Disappointed at having to give a

miss to the film fest that acts as a “fab-

ulous platform” for an artist, Katrina

says it has been“an enormously busy

year for me so far” that is keeping her

on her toes, but she hopes to be part

of the film gala next year.

“Cannes is a fabulous platform for

any artist to attend, and I really en-

joyed the experience last year. While

the brand invited me to attend Cannes

again this year, I have had to regretful-

ly decline the opportunity due to prior

commitments,” Katrina said in a state-

ment.

The actress is busy with Anurag

Basu’s upcoming comedy-drama Jag-

ga Jasoos, also starring Ranbir Kapoor.

She also has Baar Baar Dekho lined up.

The actress added: “This has been

an enormously busy year for me so

far, and I am working on some amaz-

ing projects which are really keeping

me on my toes. Nevertheless, although

I will be giving Cannes a miss this year,

I wish the lovely L’Oreal Paris ambas-

sadors who will proudly represent In-

dia the very best and hope to attend

next year.”

Katrina was praised by one and all

for her sartorial choices and confident

stride on the red carpet last year.

Raagjeet Garg, general manager,

L’Oreal Paris India said they respect

her Â“dedication to her work and are

going to miss her magic at Cannes

2016”.

“Katrina had a glorious debut at

Cannes last year and was one of the

most spoken about L’Oreal Paris am-

bassadors at the platform. Unfortu-

nately she’s unable to attend the event

this year due to some prior commit-

ments,” he said.

Katrina too busy to attend Cannes

By Anurag Kotoky and Angus Whitley

Bloomberg

The world’s airlines have ambi-

tious plans to double the fleet of

commercial jets during the next

two decades as the number of

air travellers approaches 7 billion. The

trouble: There won’t be enough con-

trollers to help those 44,000 planes

take off and land safely.

A shortage of air traffic controllers

may rein in expansion by the aviation

industry and economic development

by emerging nations such as India,

which wants to activate hundreds of

unused runways to spur growth. There

is a potential solution, and it resembles

a video gamer’s dream — a wall of big-

screen TVs and a few tablet computers

controlled by a stylus.

Some airports are now testing “re-

mote towers” from Saab and Thales

that allow controllers sitting hundreds

of miles away to monitor operations

through high-definition cameras and

sensors. The technology is sensitive

enough to penetrate fog and detect

wild animals on runways, and the com-

panies say it’s also cheaper than hiring

people to fill vacancies at smaller or re-

mote airports.

“It’s a potential game-changer,” said

Neil Hansford, chairman of Strategic

Aviation Solutions, a consultancy firm

north of Sydney. “There’s a shortage.

As you go to more and more airports,

it’s going to exacerbate the problem.”

And plans are moving apace for

more airports. Worldwide, projects to

redevelop or build new airfields sur-

pass $900bn, according to the CAPA

Centre for Aviation, a Sydney-based

consultancy.

By 2030, the world will need an-

other 40,000 air traffic controllers to

handle those flights, according to the

International Civil Aviation Organisa-

tion. Yet, there are so few training facil-

ities in Asia, the fastest-growing travel

market, that the region will have a defi-

cit of more than 1,000 controllers each

year, the ICAO said.

Partly because of that, the Feder-

al Aviation Administration downgrad-

ed India’s aviation safety rating in 2014

and Thailand’s in 2015. The agency

said neither country’s civil aviation au-

thority was up to scratch and barred

their airlines from offering new servic-

es to the United States. After India ad-

dressed the FAA’s safety concerns, its

rating was restored last year.

Global demand for flight-manage-

ment equipment such as digital com-

munications and surveillance systems

is forecast to reach $5.5bn in 2020, ac-

cording to research by MarketsandMar-

kets. The growth in fleets and flights

outpaces the abilities of airport au-

thorities to keep up, said Brian Jackson,

managing director at Ambidji Group, a

Melbourne-based aviation consultan-

cy firm.

“There’s a real mismatch between

airlines’ forward planning and air traf-

fic-control forward planning,” Jackson

said. “Planning for infrastructure takes

years.”

That’s what Stockholm-based Saab

and Paris-based Thales are trying to

capitalize on. The companies can in-

stall towers loaded with cameras and

sensors covering 360 degrees over-

looking runways to beam high-defini-

tion video and sound to a distant con-

trol center. One controller can manage

several airports remotely.

“We can see a huge interest from all

continents,” Dan-Aake Enstedt, Saab’s

Asia-Pacific manager, said in an email.

“This lets you operate an airport that

might otherwise be too expensive to

keep open, or help to smooth the flow

of traffic around major airports as they

expand.”

Saab’s system resembles an immer-

sive IMAX theater. A bank of screens on

the wall gives the impression of look-

ing out the window onto a remote

airfield, with radar blips tracked on a

desktop monitor and flights managed

by oversized tablet computers that re-

spond to a stylus. Graphics pop up on

the screens, and the controller can

manually maneuver a zoom camera to

take a closer look at the runways or the

planes if an anomaly warning sounds.

The technology guides planes into

central Sweden’s Ornskoldsvik Airport,

with controllers monitoring from more

than 100km southwest at Sundsvall-

Timra Airport. It was the first remote

system installed in the world.

Australia tested Saab’s remote

tower in Alice Springs, which is almost

dead center of the continent. The air-

port, serving carriers including Qan-

tas Airways and Emirates Airline, was

run from a control tower 1,500km to

the south in Adelaide. Airservices Aus-

tralia, the government entity that em-

ploys more than 1,000 controllers, said

in an email that it is considering “fur-

ther evaluation and potential deploy-

ment of this type of technology.”

The executive airport in Leesburg,

Virginia, which has installed 14 camer-

as, says the concept is supported by

the National Air Traffic Controllers As-

sociation, adding it cuts costs and im-

proves staffing models.

Thales rolled out its competing ver-

sion, including night-vision cameras,

last month at the air-traffic industry’s

annual congress in Madrid. The sys-

tem also is appropriate for war zones

and “previously ‘unjustifiable’ sites,” the

company said.

Saab senses opportunity in India,

where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s

plan to bolster the economy includes

reviving remote airstrips to increase

passenger and cargo traffic, said Var-

un Vijay Singh, marketing director for

air traffic management at Saab’s Indi-

an business.


A shortage of air traffic controllers may rein in expansion by the aviation industry and economic development by emerging nations such as India, which wants to activate hundreds of unused runways to spur growth. There is a potential solution, and it resembles a video gamer’s dream — a wall of big-screen TVs and a few tablet computers controlled by a stylus.

TECHNOLOGY

Automated systems watch skies

The Jungle Book (2D/Drama) 11:00am, 3:00 & 5:00pmDemolition (2D/Comedy) 11:30am, 3:30 & 9:30pm

The Ones Below (2D/Action) 1:30 & 5:30pmCriminal (2D/Action) 7:30pmThe Huntsman: Winter’s War (2D/Action) 1:00, 3:00, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm Precious Cargo (2D/Action) 11:30am, 7:30, 9:15 & 11:15pm Kung Fu Panda 3 (2D/Animation) 1:15pmFan (2D/Hindi) 5:00 & 11:00pm

AL KHORKali (Malayalam) 11:30am, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm & 12:00midnightTheri (Tamil) 12:00noon, 6:00pm & 12:00midnightThe Jungle Book (2D/Drama) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 & 11:45pmSarrainodu (Telugu) 3:00 & 9:00pm

ASIAN TOWN

NOVO

MALL

ROYAL PLAZAVILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

PRECIOUS CARGO

BABY BLUES

ZITS

A crime boss tries to make off with loot that belongs to another thief.

14 WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016

CINEMA PLUS

The Huntsman: Winter’s War (Action) 2D 10:00am, 12:00 noon, 12:20, 1:50, 2:20, 2:40, 4:40, 5:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:20, 9:20, 9:40, 11:20, 11:30pm & 12:00midnight 3D 11:30am, 4:10 & 8:50pmPrecious Cargo (2D/Action) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnightCriminal (2D/Action) 10:00, 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40pm & 12:00midnight Fan (2D/Hindi) 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30 & 11:15pmBennesbeh Labokra Chou (Arabic) 8:30pmDemolition (2D/Action) 11:30am, 3:30, 7:30 & 11:30pmThe Ones Below (2D/Action) 1:30, 5:30 & 9:30pmThe Boss (2D) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnightThe Jungle Book (2D/Drama) 10:00am, 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 6:40, 8:50 & 11:00pmThe Jungle Book (3D IMAX/Drama) 11:00am, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 & 11:50pm

Kali (Malayalam) 5:00, 6:00, 7:15, 8:15, 9:30, 9:45 & 10:45pm

Theri (Tamil) 7:00 & 10:00pm Sarrainodu (Telugu) 12:30, 3:30, 4:00 & 6:30pm

Vetrivil (Tamil) 11:30pm

Kali (2D/Malayalam) 11:30am, 1:15, & 11:30pm The Ones Below (2D/Action) 2:00pm Theri (Tamil) 2:00

Kali (2D/Hindi) 11:30am, 1:15 & 11:30pm

The Ones Below (2D/Action) 5:30pmThe Jungle Book (2D/Drama) 5:15 & 7:00pmLaal Rang (2D/Hindi) 11:30am & 8:45pmThe Huntsman: Winter’s War (2D/Action) 11:00am, 5:30, 7:30 & 9:30pm Demolition (2D/Comedy) 3:30pmPrecious Cargo (2D/Action) 5:00, 9:30 & 11:30pm Fan (2D/Hindi) 7:00pm Vetrivil (Tamil) 11:15pm

Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

EASY SUDOKU

15WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016

Yesterday’s answer

Easy Sudoku Puzzles: Place a digit from 1

to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every

column and every 3x3 box contains all the

digits 1 to 9.

Yesterday’s answer

MEDIUM SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

CROSSWORD

BRAIN TEASERS

Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

APUKWA, CHIBIABOS,

GITCHE MANITO, HIAWATHA,

KABEYUN, KABIBONOKKA,

KEEWAYDIN, KENABEEK,

KWASIND, LAUGHING

WATER, MEGISSOGWON,

MINJEKAHWUN,

MINNEHAHA, MONDAMIN,

MUDJEKEEWIS, NAWADAHA,

NOKOMIS, OSSEO,

PONEMAH, PUKWANA,

SHAWONDASEE,

SHINGEBIS, TAWASENTHA,

TUSCALOOSA, WABASSO,

WABUN, WAWBEEK,

WENONAH, WYOMING,

YENADIZZE.

ACROSS

1. Inverse (10)

7. Curt (7)

8. Crib (3)

9. Sentinel (6)

10. Hinge joint (4)

12. Remedy (4)

13. Cask (6)

16. Mythical bird (3)

17. Fishing boat (7)

18. Duty (10)

DOWN

2. Bizarre (9)

3. Disregard (6)

4. Wealthy (4)

5. Nimble (5)

6. Arithmetical operation (4)

8. Lowest female singing voice (9)

11. Empty (6)

12. Freight (5)

14. Entice (4)

15. Male deer (4)

13:05 GI Dough

15:10 Wheeler

Dealers

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16:50 Fifth Gear

18:30 Troy

20:10 Storage Wars

Canada

20:35 Auction

Hunters

21:00 You Have Been

Warned

21:50 Troy

23:05 Superhuman

Science

23:30 Wheeler Dealers

10:00 500 Days Of

Summer

12:00 Rush Hour

13:45 The Preacher’s

Wife

16:00 Grudge Match

18:00 Rush Hour 2

20:00 Idiocracy

22:00 Behaving Badly

13:45 Gator Boys

14:40 Treehouse

Masters

15:35 Tanked

16:30 Queens Of The

Savannah

17:25 River Monsters

18:20 In Search Of

The King Cobra

19:15 Tanked

20:10 Queens Of The

Savannah

21:05 Treehouse

Masters

22:55 Gator Boys

23:50 River Monsters

11:00 Some Girls

13:00 Metallica:

Through The

Never

15:00 So Undercover

16:45 Godzilla

19:00 The Rewrite

21:00 My Old Lady

23:00 Home Sweet

Hell

08:00 News

08:30 The Listening

Post

09:00 Al Jazeera

Investigates

10:00 News

10:30 Inside Story

11:00 News

11:30 The Stream

12:00 News

12:30 Rebel

Architecture

13:00 NEWSHOUR

14:00 News

14:30 Inside Story

15:00 Al Jazeera

World

16:00 NEWSHOUR

17:00 News

17:30 The Stream

18:00 NEWSHOUR

19:00 News

19:30 Witness

20:00 News

20:30 Inside Story

21:00 NEWSHOUR

22:00 News

22:30 The Stream

23:00 Witness

14:00 Liv And

Maddie

14:25 Cars Toons

14:30 Radio Rebel

16:10 Violetta

17:00 The Next Step

17:25 Alex And Co

17:50 Dog With A

Blog

18:15 Best Friends

Whenever

18:40 Liv And

Maddie

19:05 Evermoor

Chronciles

19:30 Violetta

20:20 The Next Step

20:45 Good Luck

Charlie

21:35 H2O

22:00 Binny And The

Ghost

22:25 Sabrina

Secrets Of A

Teenage Witch

22:50 Sabrina

Secrets Of A

Teenage Witch

23:10 Hank Zipzer

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