MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 2017

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Commonwealth

University Chief

hails Arabic

language

Playing video

games helps

quickly analyse

situations

Grouping objects in a pleasing arrangement is the goal of a vignette. Designers work hard on their tablescaping game, creating small compositions layered with texture and colour that draw raves on Instagram.

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CAMPUSMONDAY 2 OCTOBER 2017 03Texas A&M at Qatar launches 4th edition of Best Writing

The writing talents of Texas A&M University at Qatar’s engineering students are

showcased in the 2017 issue of Best Writing, a book that demonstrates the ability and creativity of students at the branch campus.

Now in its fourth edition, Best Writing features the writings of Texas A&M at Qatar students in a variety of genres — from poetry, short stories and personal essays to technical papers and research reports.

The book’s founder and co-edi-tor Dr Mysti Rudd, who first conceived of the book four years ago, said Best Writing illustrates that Aggie engineers in Qatar excel at thinking and writing creatively as well as critically.

“Best Writing is a natural

extension of how we teach our own classes,” Rudd said. “We teach our students about the power their words can have on readers, and we ask, ‘Does your writing want to be shared?’ It takes courage to share their writing, but their voices and opinions matter and sharing what they write makes them feel heard.”

Abdulla Al-Tamimi, who has two pieces published in this year’s book, said he decided to submit his work for publication “because after several drafts the text meant some-thing to me. I thought, ‘Well, this is how I got here to where I am.’ I wanted people to see it and recall the path and decisions that led them where they are. Being published in Best Writing is a lot of things, but most importantly it is to deliver a message.”

Nadim Wahbeh, who also has two pieces published this year, agreed.

“I feel that Best Writing allows people to share their work and get an insight from others. It also deliv-ers a point: Anyone can write, regardless of their background or their major in university. Writing does not require much — it only requires motivation, a pen and a paper. Writing can take the writer and the reader to a different world where self-expression is its number-one motto.”

This year’s book features more Arabic poetry than previous edi-tions, as well as open letters from Texas A&M faculty and staff. There are also a number of pieces on cur-rent events in this year’s publication, making it “very of its time,” accord-ing to co-editor Dr Amy Hodges.

“Best Writing shows that TAMUQ students take seriously their roles as both citizens and engineers.”

The book also features photos taken by Texas A&M at Qatar stu-dents, including Fatima Al-Janahi

whose photo of AlWakra Souq is featured on the book’s cover.

Texas A&M at Qatar dean César O Malavé said, “We pride ourselves on creating well-rounded engineers who will lead Qatar’s transforma-t ion into a modern, knowledge-based society. Best Writ-ing celebrates the talent and creativity of our Aggie engineers who are critical and creative think-ers and writers. This book proves that there’s more to engineers than just science and math: There’s also creativity, innovation and passion.” Assistant dean Troy Bickham agreed, adding that “We want, rather we need, engineers who can tackle problems we cannot yet even imag-ine. And for that, we need engineers who have the critical thinking skills to find their own creative solutions and the communication skills to effectively share them.”

Alaa Abdalla, a student repre-sentative on the Best Writing Committee, expressed a similar connection between critical think-ing and creativity,

IIS observes World Heart Day

Ideal Indian School observed World Heart Day recently in its school premises. World Heart Day was observed

to create awareness about heart related diseases and also to encourage people to take action and learn more about their heart health.

Dr. Jobin Rajan Benjamin, Car-diologist, Aster Centre conducted a seminar on “Share the Power”

raising awareness about cardio-vascular diseases.

“It’s easy for all of us to be a bit complacent as we can’t see our hearts, but small everyday steps like eating more healthily, cutting down on alcohol and stopping smoking can really improve your heart health and your overall well-being.”

In his keynote address Prin-cipal Mr. Syed Shoukath Ali said

that rapidly changing lifestyle has caused unprecedented increase in the deaths by heart attack and other coronary diseases. In a bid to generate awareness among the

students, IIS also organised a walkathon in which Principal Mr Syed Shoukath Ali, Aster Volun-teers, School staff, Scout & Guides and Students participated.

COVER STORY MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 201704The Washington Post

Grouping objects in a pleasing arrangement is the goal of a vignette. Designers work

hard on their tablescaping game, creating small compositions layered with texture and colour that draw raves on Instagram.

So what if you could get some tips from the design pros on styling your own mantel or bookshelf?

“The best vignettes are those that are personal,” says Josh Hildreth, a designer in suburban Reston, Vir-ginia. Hildreth participated in this year’s DC Design House in Potomac, Maryland, where designers were challenged to remake parts of a 27,256-square-foot home into small settings to engage and inspire.

We were intrigued by six vignettes at the show house and asked designers to describe their process. Many mentioned mixing textures, colours and shapes, uni-versal hallmarks of good design.

BookshelvesThe key to styling a beautiful

bookshelf, says Bethesda designer Erica Burns, is to mix books and

objects in some colours pulled from the room but to also bring in other hues so it doesn’t feel

“super-coordinated.”In her upstairs family room, she

has books both stacked and stand-ing, some in hues of green and yellow, colours found in the room’s upholstery and art, some not. “I didn’t want it to feel too contrived,” says Burns. Tucked into the shelves are sparkly geode bookends and a stone bowl filled with balls. She sug-gests looking around your house for things that might work together or hunting for more offbeat vintage items, such as her woven tribal bas-ket, moss spheres and box made of bone.

The key to a bookshelf that looks casual and authentic is to

“start throwing up books and objects, then move them around,” Burns says. “It can take a lot of rearranging.” The rules she fol-lows: Mix different shapes, spread out brighter and heavier objects so the overall effect feels balanced, hang art on the shelves to create depth (she used a sunflower print in a floating frame) and play with textures, including woven,

transparent and reflective so “it all doesn’t feel like the same dimension.” She displays books upright with bookends and stacked with objects on top. She says that a good general rule for the ratio of books to objects is 60/40, unless you really own a ton

of books.

Dining tableThe easiest way to start plan-

ning a table setting is to go with the season, says designer Susan Jamie-son of Bridget Beari Designs in Richmond, Virginia. She suggests bright colours for spring and sum-mer, and rich earth and jewel tones for fall and winter. Tableware and flowers can take their cues from the room’s decor. Layer shapes, such as round plates on square chargers, and don’t be afraid to mix china pat-terns and glassware.

A centerpiece can be a starting point for conversation (first, make sure guests can see over it). Fresh-cut flowers are romantic but last only a few days, so consider potted plants. The show-house dining room has a 10-foot table that needed something major in the middle. Jamieson went with an antique concrete clamshell brim-ming with succulents. The effect is blown up to match the scale of the show house, but a smaller version would bring a fresh, organic ele-ment to any dinner party. “I like the natural feel of the succulents against all the navy and gold in the room,” Jamieson says. The green succulents, with their different shapes and textures, are a contrast to the formal china. The gold flat-ware has a shell motif, relating it to the clamshell.

How to

arrange your

personal

vignettes

COVER STORYMONDAY 2 OCTOBER 2017 05Chest or console

When creating a vignette on a chest or console table, don’t ignore the space around it. Relate artworks to whatever you select to display just below. “Ask yourself what this artwork says to you,” Josh Hildreth says.

Beneath a framed art piece, combine items that have warmth, texture and whimsy. Lighting is key. Possibilities include a picture light or tabletop uplight. If you use a lamp, choose one that does not obscure your art, with a lampshade in a color that connects with it. (He chose black.) He prefers the look of one lamp against two lamps when focusing on an artwork. Balance out the end opposite the lamp with an object that is 25 to 35 percent of the height of the lamp base without the shade.

If a piece of furniture is mod-ern, folk art might be a good choice; for an antique chest, modern art glass. Select books related to the artwork (or not) and place them in a stack; this arrangement can add height to objects placed on top. Think creatively: family photo-graphs under a portrait, or a stack of berry-toned books under a still life. Says Hildreth: “If it’s too clut-tered, remove an item or two.”

The tranquility and rich colours of a photograph by Trine Sonder-gaard of a woman in a Danish 19th-century bonnet spoke to Hil-dreth. He selected two for his

“Collector’s Cabinet” space, placing an olive wood chest underneath one. On it, he carefully arranged a few items. There are books about

photography; atop them, a wood sculpture by Jim Perry that con-trasts with the soapstone top of the chest. The black resin doe lamp is his “quirky” element. He chose a vintage Turkish olive oil container because of “how the rough, hum-ble nature of this domestic piece contrasts with the grandeur of the chest and photograph.”

Mantel“If you’re lucky enough to have

a fireplace, congratulations,” says designer Susan Nelson of Home on Cameron in suburban Alexandria, Virginia. “They add instant warmth, character and are a focal point in any room.”

Styling your own mantel is highly personal. Nelson and Todd Martz, who together designed the family room, say it’s important to consider the room’s scale and the fireplace size as you experiment with art, mirrors, textiles or archi-tectural elements above the mantel. For the shelf composition, you can go for a symmetrical arrangement with “a tall item on either side and a long, low something in the mid-dle,” says Nelson, which creates a fairly formal look. A more relaxed asymmetrical arrangement uses an odd number of things of varying heights. There’s no formula. It’s cre-ated by trial and error until the right mix of heights, widths and colors looks right.

Their mantel had to stand out from their wallpaper, bold in both pattern and color: China Seas Sig-ourney in mustard. Because there was so much going on in the back-ground, they hung a simple white carved wood mirror over the fire-place. They chose items with a childlike feel and a bit of whimsy.

Window seatA window seat should have its

own identity, says D C designer Caryn Cramer, who was delighted her room contained two. In deco-rating a window-seat area, consider its primary use as a quiet spot for thinking and reading, she says. A

good place to start is to pick up one or two colors from the rest of the room, just to tie it in, then look for different patterns and textures in those colors.

To elongate a space, she sug-gests floor-to-ceiling draperies on either side of the opening to draw the eye up. Cramer says that in tall openings, you can use art or sculp-ture to fill in the height on the two side walls. Before you make seat cushions, measure the height of the seat. Make sure your cushion thick-ness doesn’t make the seat more than 20 inches high or it might be uncomfortable.

BedThe top of your bed should be

dressed in layers, says Keira St. Claire-Bowery of Anthony Wilder Design/Build in suburban Cabin John, Maryland. “The bed is the statement piece of the bedroom,” she says.

She suggests going for a look that is beautiful but approachable, and not fussy. First, choose sheets, sleeping pillows and a coverlet or comforter. She likes to tuck the comforter under the mattress to show off a nice bed frame and cre-ate a tailored look.

Another tip is to partially roll down your comforter at the top, so pillows will be propped up a bit and showcased.

COMMUNITY MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 201706

Commonwealth University chief hails Arabic language

Arabic is a wonderful language with its rich cultural tradition and impressive sounds, said professor Dr Aftab Anwar Shaikh, the

pro chancellor of Commonwealth University Tonga.

‘My close association with the Arab has made some awesome impressions in my mind and would love to learn more about the rich cultural heritage and traditions of this marvelous lan-guage’ said Dr Shaikh during the internationally launching of the new edition of Spoken Arabic Made Easy , written by Dr Amanulla Vadakkan-gara at a ceremony held at W hotel Dubai.

The importance of Arab countries, especially the Middle East is increasing day by day for var-ious reasons and this will definitely promote learning the language and understanding the cultural values of this region. The efforts to ease learning Arabic to the beginners is really appre-ciable, he said.

Learning Arabic language will open multi-tudes of employment corridors as the economic importance of Arab region is on rise. This will continue to encourage more and more profes-sionals to acquire at least a working knowledge of the language. The initiative of Dr Amanulla is highly commendable, he observed.

Dr Muhammed Unni Olakara, the global chairman of Anti Smoking Society received the first copy of the book.

Professor Rakesh Mittal, pro vice chancellor

of the university, Dr. Baba Yara , Dr. Sidhik Muhammed, Dr. Hassan Al Amri , Dr. Abdul Majeed and Dr. Amanulla spoke on the occasion.

IEI Qatar Chapter marks 50th Engineers’ Day

The Institution of Engineers (India) - Qatar Chapter had organised the 50th Engi-neers’ Day Golden Jubilee celebration on

September 22 at Radisson Blu Hotel, Doha in commemoration of the birth anniversary of the doyen of Indian engineers, the Bharat Ratna Sir Dr M Visvesvaraya.

Engr Aniruddha Kulkarni, Honorary Chair-man, welcomed the dignitaries, distinguished guests, sponsors & engineering fraternity who attended the function. Chief Guest, Hemant Kumar Dwivedi, First Secretary, Embassy of India, Doha-Qatar lighted the lamp along with

guests of honour to inaugurate the celebration as per the tradition.

Engr Dipak Dahake, Honorary Secretary, delivered activities report of the Qatar Chap-ter and brought out the details of the various technical seminars, workshops conducted by the Qatar Chapter during the period October 2016 to September 2017. He emphasised on the glorious history and legacy, the Chapter is carrying since last 26 years in Qatar by ren-dering excellent professional services to the engineering community in consistent to the objectives of the Institution. He briefed on the

corporate memberships (AMIE, MIE FIE) and professional certifications (C Eng and P Eng) offered by the Institution. He also announced that IEI-QC is offering free annual member-ship to graduate engineers and free life membership to corporate engineers during the year 2017-2018 and invited engineers of all nationalities to join this prestigious profes-sional body.

Dr Ashok A Ghatol, Academician & Researcher, Former Vice Chancellor - Dr Baba-saheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere in his key note speech delivered an in-depth presentation on the theme, “Role of Engineers in the Development of Nation”.

He mentioned about the technological and engineering development since first industrial revolution. The adoption of technology by the society at large is becoming faster and faster during second and third industrial revolution. The next industrial revolution will take place within a shortest span of 8 to 10 years. All Engineers need to synchronise with latest advent of technological development for the betterment of society, which would ultimately results into development of a nation.

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InterContinental Doha The City launches Pink October activitiesInterContinental® Doha The City

launched its Pink October activ-ities with the aim of raising

awareness of Breast Cancer, informing about the importance of early detection, and the different initiatives and programmes avail-able in the country dedicated to this cause.

A lavish pink afternoon tea party was held at The Bridge, Inter-Continental® Doha The City, on September 27 to kick off the activities.

Media, bloggers, and influenc-ers gathered around to taste the savoury items and sweet treats pre-sented as a preview of the Pink Afternoon Tea that will be served during the month of October at the hotel’s Lobby Lounge.

This initiative was held in part-nership with The National Breast and Bowel Cancer Screening Pro-gram “Screen For Life” led by The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC).

The “Screen For Life” outreach program team held a presentation

about the importance of early detection through screening, deliv-ering an overview of the screening services that the programme is pro-viding to the community in addition to the programme’s latest achievement.

“Our goal at ‘Screen For Life’ is to raise cancer awareness levels across Qatar and drive home the important message that early detec-tion in the fight against cancer and screening plays a major role in sav-ing lives,” said Dr Shaikha Abu Shaikha, Cancer Program Manager at PHCC.

“In our screening pathway, we outline that the target age range for breast screening is women aged 45 and above and through constant awareness campaigns and outreach programs we urge women to undergo a mammogram, which is free of charge for all citizens and residents, by calling the pro-gramme’s call center at 8001112.”

During the event, guests were also given the opportunity to tour the inside of the mobile screening

unit that provides mammogram service

“Year on year, InterContinental Doha The City supports the fight against Breast Cancer Awareness with our annual campaign,” said James Young, General Manager.

“We aim to raise awareness among our guests and colleagues about the importance of early detection and screening through our Pink themed activities and our collaboration with Screen For Life. Eligible hotel col-leagues will also be taking advantage of the free screening pro-gram offered, and we will be holding a private presentation for all hotel team members in order to raise awareness internally as well.”

Together with the ‘Screen For Life’, InterContinental Doha The City aims to not only entertain the guests with unique promotions, but also educate them on the

importance of early detection through screening.

List of activities Strata Lounge - A special pink

edition theme nights for the entire month of October.

The Square - Indulge in an exclusive pink themed brunch on October 6 and 20.

Prime - Have your steak with exclusive pink peppercorn sauce.

Hwang – End your meal with a touch of pink – try the special pink fortune cookies!

Lobby Lounge - Enjoy the spe-cial pink afternoon tea for the whole month of October and don’t forget to take home the decadent pink delights and cakes.

Al Jalsa Garden Lounge - Pink ice cream and our famous karkade mocktail will be available for the entire month of October.

Pakistan International School (PISQ) commem-orated Pakistan Defence

Day on its premises on Sep-tember 28 with a theme, “We stand up for PEACE”.

The programme was held at the Arbab Auditorium. The audience was comprised of a chief guest from the Paki-stan Embassy, Principal of PISQ, Vice Principals, Head of ACD, faculty and the stu-dents. Ahsan Rasheed hosted the programme and shared the objectives behind observ-ing the Defence Day that included: orientation of our

youth with the past and present of Pakistan’s defence and inculcation of spirit of patriotism.

On that occasion, Nargis Raza Otho, PISQ Principal, encouraged the students to know their responsibilities as the nation builders of tomor-row. She urged them to adopt the virtue of honesty and ded-ication in what they choose to do and said that these two pave the way to success.

The programme ended with the address of the respected chief guest, Com-modore Irfan Taj.

PISQ commemorates Pakistan Defence Day

FOOD MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 201708

Deb Lindsey The Washington Post

This jewel-toned salad makes a great accompani-ment for your meal.

Servings8 servings (makes about 4

cups), Healthy

Make Ahead: The combined salad ingredients and the

dressing can be refrigerated, separately, a day in advance. Re-whisk the dressing before using.

Ingredients3 to 4 tablespoons fresh lime

juice (from 1 or 2 limes)1 tablespoon honey (may sub-

stitute coconut nectar)One 2 1/2-to-3-inch piece

peeled ginger root, finely grated (1 tablespoon)

1 to 3 tablespoons extra-vir-

gin olive oil2 to 3 medium golden or red

beets, peeled and grated (1 3/4 cups)

About 3 medium carrots, scrubbed well and grated (1 3/4 cups)

2 medium Gala apples, peeled, cored and grated (1 3/4 cups)

StepsWhisk together the lime juice

(to taste), honey and ginger in a liquid measuring cup. Gradually

drizzle in the oil (to taste), whisk-ing constantly to form an emulsified dressing.

Toss together the beets, car-rots and apples in a mixing bowl. Pour in the dressing and toss to coat and distribute evenly.

Nutrition: Per serving: 60 calories, 0 g protein, 12 g carbo-hydrates, 2 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 35 mg sodium, 2 g dietary fiber, 9 g sugar.

Raw beet, carrot & apple salad

FOODMONDAY 2 OCTOBER 2017 09Ellie Krieger The Washington Post

My first trip outside the United States was a three-month stay in

Japan when I was 18. Even back then, I was keenly tuned in to the food scene, health-minded and eager for new taste experiences. My student budget excluded me from fine restaurants, but I was astounded by the array of excit-ing, and often good-for-you, street-food options.

Okonomiyaki, savory pan-cakes filled with vegetables, seafood and sometimes meat, was one of my favorites, and today its status remains intact when I need a quick weeknight dinner. Besides being sold by street vendors in Japan, it is tra-ditionally prepared at home as a way to use up leftovers, so think of the accompanying recipe as a starting point rather than a pre-cise formula.

Before you make it, check your refrigerator for any bits of cooked vegetable, meat or poul-try that need to get used up. Feel free to chop it up and toss it in instead of, or in addition to, the mix-ins I use here.

This incarnation is an ode to late summer, with kernels of sweet corn and succulent lump crab studding the traditional mix of napa cabbage and scallions, brought together with a soy-sea-soned base of egg and (in this case, whole-grain) flour. You might be worried about the bat-ter, which will seem like it might not hold together. But once it siz-zles a bit in the pan, the cakes form beautifully — their exterior crisps and becomes golden brown while the ingredients inside warm and become tender.

Don’t skip the sauce. It is an essential, umami-rich element. You can buy okonomiyaki sauce, a common condiment in Japan, but this close facsimile of it is made from simple pantry ingre-dients - and is as convenient as the pancakes themselves.

Corn and Crab Okonomiyaki4 servings

IngredientsFor the sauce1/4 cup ketchup1 tablespoon sauce1 teaspoon low-sodium soy

sauceFor the pancakes1 cup whole-wheat flour3/4 cup water1 teaspoon low-sodium soy

sauce1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil1/4 teaspoon salt8 ounces lump crabmeat,

picked over to remove any cartilage

3 cups shredded napa cabbage

4 large scallions, thinly sliced; dark green slices reserved for optional garnish

3/4 cup corn kernels (from 1 ear corn)

4 large eggs, lightly beaten3 tablespoons canola oil

StepsFor the sauce: Stir together

the ketchup, Worcestershire and soy sauce in a small bowl, until well incorporated.

For the pancakes: Whisk together the flour, water, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil and salt in a mixing bowl until smooth, then add the crab, cabbage, scal-lions, corn and eggs, stirring with a spatula until well blended.

Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large nonstick skillet over

medium-high heat. Ladle four 1/2-cup portions of the batter into the skillet and press each one down gently with a spatula. Cook for about 5 minutes, until golden brown on the bottom, then turn them over. Add 1/2 tablespoon of oil to the pan and cook the sec-ond sides for about 5 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through.

If desired, transfer the cooked pancakes to a baking sheet in a 300-degree oven to keep warm as you use the remaining batter, adding oil as before, as needed.

Spread 1/2 tablespoon of the sauce over each pancake, sprin-kle with reserved scallion greens, if using, and serve warm.

Nutrition: Per serving: 380 calories, 23 g protein, 36 g carbo-hydrates, 18 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 230 mg cholesterol, 570 mg sodium, 5 g dietary fiber, 7 g sugar.

Corn and Crab Okonomiyaki

BOLLYWOOD MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 201710

‘Bigg Boss 11’ house design will play with contestants’ psycheIANS

Filmmaker and art director Omung Kumar, who has designed the “Bigg Boss 11”

house, says the effort was to play with a melange of colours to cre-ate an environment that plays with the contestants’ mind.

“Bigg Boss 11”, hosted by Colors, was launched yesterday night, and introduced superstar Salman Khan as host. This time, it has the ‘ghar-wale’ and ‘padosis’ as a theme, and some new elements like an

‘aakhara’ and a ‘kalkothri’.During an experiential tour of

the show, Omung told the media here: “Well, this year we wanted to create a good looking house and we designed it accordingly. But at the same time, the core idea of ‘Bigg

Boss’ is to create an atmosphere that can make the participants feel dif-ficult to survive psychologically.

“So, we played with colours to create a mood and play with their psyche. It shouldn’t be such a good looking house that participant would be feeling that ‘I want to stay here forever’.”

Omung and his wife, designer Vanita worked with a team of 200 people for around 66 days to build up the “Bigg Boss” house this year.

While the main house com-prises a living room, open kitchen, confession room, bedroom with seven beds and an open garden area, there is a twist in the neigh-bouring house, keeping the theme of the new season in mind.

The neighbouring house also has a small garden area and

washroom, but no kitchen space. Since the interior of that house appeared quite dull in black, white and grey, Omung: “We have done it purposely. The suffocation was needed to be created.”

While the living area is a gal-axy of colours that at times create visual noise and spacious walls are decorated with pop art, the bed-room wall is quite interestingly designed.

The ceiling has been designed to give a ‘disco’ feeling.

According to Omung, this year around 90 cameras will be captur-ing movement of participants.

“One of the twists we attempted to bring is ‘kalkothri’, the jail. We build it a few feet under, because I wanted a ‘Sarbjit’ jail (taking the reference of his film ‘Sarbjit’).”

Celina Jaitly gives birth to twins; loses oneIANS

Actress Celina Jaitly announced the “bit-tersweet” arrival of

her second set of twins, but shared with a heavy heart that one of the two sons suc-cumbed to a serious heart condition.

In a social media post titled “Announcing the bit-tersweet arrival of our second set of twins” on Dussehra, Celina shared her sentiments. “The God above have blessed us yet again with another set of very handsome twin boys Arthur Jaitly Haag and Shamsher Jaitly Haag in Dubai on Sep-tember 10. However, life is not always how we plan it to be. Our son Shamsher Jaitly Haag succumbed to a seri-ous heart condition and could not continue his jour-ney in this world,” she wrote.

“Heartbreaking as that is we are very fortunate that a part of him still lives with us through Arthur, whose face will always remind us that an angel who looks exactly like him looks upon us from the arms of his grandfather, my father, in the heavens above, whom we also lost two months ago,” added Celina, who is married to hotelier Peter Haag.

IANS

British-Indian actor Kunal Nayyar ranks fourth on the Forbes magazines list of

World’s Highest-Paid TV Actors 2017, which is led by his “The Big Bang Theory” co-star Jim Parsons.

Nayyar, who plays the role of Rajesh Koothrappali, an astro-physicist originally from New Delhi, India, in “The Big Bang The-ory”, minted $25m between 2016 and June 2017, reports forbes.com.

Parsons retained the top posi-tion with collection of $27.5m.

According to reports, he earned $1m per episode on the comedy show.

The 44-year-old was ranked first in 2016 and 2015 also. Another

“The Big Bang Theory” actor Johnny Galecki occupied the second place with $26.5m. Actor Simon Helberg

raked in $26m and took the third spot. “NCIS: Naval Criminal Inves-tigative Service” actor Mark Harmon rounds up the top five with $19m while “Modern Fam-ily” actors Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet followed with $13.5m and 12.5m, respectively.

Kunal Nayyar on Forbes’ list of highest paid TV actors

ENTERTAINMENTMONDAY 2 OCTOBER 2017 11

Marilyn Manson injured during concert in NYAFP

US shock rocker Marilyn Man-son was hospitalized after he was crushed by a falling

stage prop during a concert in New York

Shock rocker Marilyn Manson was rushed to a hospital and halted his tour yesterday after being crushed under a falling stage prop during a concert in New York.

Manson’s guitarist, Tyler Bates, indicated that the injuries were seri-ous enough to stop concerts but were not life-threatening.

The tour “is on pause for a minute. Heading home. Manson will be back in action soon,” Bates, who is based in Los Angeles, wrote on Instagram as he posted a picture from an airport.

The theatrical Manson is known for his violent imagery, but the crowd soon realised that the inci-dent was no stunt and his show on Saturday evening at the 2,200-capacity Hammerstein Ball-room in Midtown Manhattan.

Video footage posted by several

fans showed Manson singing his band’s cover of the Eurythmics’

“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These)” in front of a stage prop of two giant pistols pointing in opposite directions.

After screaming out the line, “Some of them want to be abused!” Manson appears to try to climb onto the gun sculpture, whose backing ladder then falls over him.

The band played on for about 20 seconds as crew raced on the scene. The venue then went com-pletely dark as Manson was taken away.

A representative for the singer said only that he was taken to a hospital.

The incident is the second in as many days for the 48-year-old singer, whose real name is Brian Warner.

On Friday night in Pittsburgh, Manson was nearing the end of his set when he slipped from the stage as he reached out to touch fans. Manson is seen in a video limping back and telling the crowd that he broke his ankle, although he

appeared fully mobile a day later in New York.

The injuries come as Manson prepares to release his 10th studio

album, “Heaven Upside Down,” on Friday. He has tour dates scheduled through December across North America and Europe.

Piya Sinha-Roy Reuters

Was Harrison Ford’s Officer Rick Deckard a human or a Replicant

robot in 1982’s “Blade Runner”?That is the question that fans

of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller have been pondering for 35 years and now in a long-awaited sequel, that question is explored further.

Out in theaters on October 6, “Blade Runner 2049” takes place 30 years after the original film, when human-like robots called Replicants were hunted by police officers called ‘blade runners’ in a dystopian Los Angeles.

In the new film from Time Warner Inc’s Warner Bros, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling) hunts ille-gal Replicants hiding on a decaying Earth and he stumbles across

something that can disrupt the current strained co-existence between humans and Replicants. He is tasked with finding Deckard (Ford) for answers.

“It’s an existential story.” “It says a lot about reality. It says a lot about our relationship with broken dreams. It says things about as human beings we are

programmed by our genetic back-ground and our education, and that we are like trapped by that background and it’s very difficult for us to get free out of it,” he added.

Before journalists including saw “Blade Runner 2049” at advance press screenings, they were read a note from Villeneuve

urging not give away any key plot points.

What is known is that an older, rugged Ford reprises his role as Officer Deckard. The veteran actor called the film an “experiential opportunity” for audiences to engage in the philosophical rhetoric.“There’s a wonderful emotional context in the film, which is one of the things I most admire about it,” Ford said. “So much of what I had an ambition for seems to have been achieved.”

Scott’s “Blade Runner” envi-sioned Los Angeles in 2019 as a sprawling urban metropolis infused with Eastern and Western cultures. In “Blade Runner 2049,” Los Angeles has sprawled across much of California, and is built on top of Scott’s world, the gritty city a melting pot of English, Japanese and Russian influences.

‘Blade Runner 2049’ reignites existential debate

HEALTH MONDAY 2 OCTOBER 201712Lisa Rapaport Reuters

Nearly two-thirds of children and teens with terminal can-cer receive intense care at

the end of life, often in hospitals and intensive care units, a US study suggests.

Certain patients, including kids under age 5 and teens aged 15 to 21 as well as ethnic minorities and patients with blood malignancies were more likely to receive aggres-sive care than other children, the study also found.

“The rates of medically intense end-of-life care we found in our study and the disparities we found raise the question: Are we provid-ing a palliative approach to end-of-life care for these patients?” said lead study author Dr. Emily Johnston of Stanford University School of Medicine in California.

“I hope this study makes pedi-atric oncologists and others taking care of these patients reflect on the end-of-life discussions they are having, particularly with these high-intensity groups,” Johnston said. “I also hope it lets families experiencing the loss of a child due to cancer know that there are dif-ferent ways for that death to happen, so they can think about and advocate for what is best for their child and their family.”

Many adult patients with

cancer who know they are dying choose less intense care, and aggressive treatment is associated with worse outcomes for families and caregivers, Johnston and col-leagues write in Pediatrics. But less is known about treatment choices for children, Johnston told Reuters Health.

For the current study, research-ers examined data on 3,732 patients age 21 years or younger who died of cancer in California from 2000 to 2011.

Researchers examined the intensity of medical interventions at the end of life by looking at how often patients had cardiopulmonary

resuscitation (CPR), intubation, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions or dialysis within 30 days of death. Researchers also looked at how often patients had intravenous chemotherapy within 14 days of death and how many patients died inside hospitals.

Overall, 63 percent of patients died inside hospitals and 20 per-cent were admitted to ICUs.

Children were more likely to receive aggressive interventions at the end of life when they lived closer to a hospital, or when they received care at a hospital that wasn’t a specialized cancer center, the study found.

One limitation of the study is that the results also may not reflect what would happen outside Cali-fornia, or represent more recent trends in end-of-life care, the authors point out. Researchers also lacked data on how patient and family preferences or other factors might have influenced care decisions.

“We do not know a lot about how the end-of-life experience of children impacts on family bereave-ment outcomes,” said Dr. Joanne Wolfe, co-author of an accompa-nying editorial and director of paediatric palliative care at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Playing video games helps quickly analyse situationsIANS

Tired of watching your child play video games? Instead, join them, as researchers

have found that playing video games can help boost memory in the young as well as in the elderly.

“Our study shows that gamers are better in analysing a situation quickly, to generate new knowl-edge, and to categorise facts

-- especially in situations with high uncertainties,” said lead author Sabrina Schenk from Ruhr-Uni-versität, Bochum, Germany.

During the test of gamers and

non-gamers, the gamers per-formed significantly better and showed an increased brain activ-ity in the brain areas relevant to learning.

This kind of learning is linked to an increased activity in the hip-pocampus -- a brain region that plays a key role in learning and memory.

“We think that playing video games trains certain brain regions like the hippocampus. That is not only important for young people, but also for older people; this is because changes in the hippocam-pus can lead to a decrease in

memory performance. Maybe, we can treat that with video games in the future.”

Both teams did the so-called weather prediction task, a well-established test to investigate the learning of probabilities. The researchers simultaneously recorded the brain activity of the participants via magnetic reso-nance imaging.

The participants were shown a combination of three cue cards with different symbols. They should estimate whether the card combination predicted sun or rain and got a feedback if their choice

was right or wrong. They gradually learned, on the

basis of the feedback, which card combination stands for which weather prediction.

The combinations were thereby linked to higher or lower probabilities for sun and rain.

After completing the task, the study participants filled out a ques-tionnaire to sample their acquired knowledge about the cue card combinations.

Also, the gamers were notably better in combining the cue cards with the weather predictions than the control group.

Many kids dying of cancer get intense care at end of life

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Solar activity doubles radiation levels on MarsIANS

A solar event has sparked a global aurora at the Martian surface and caused the radi-

ation level to double than highest ever recorded, NASA scientists have found.

According to Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) Mission -- a space probe developed by NASA designed to study the Mar-tian atmosphere while orbiting Mars -- a solar event on September 11 triggered the global aurora at Mars more than 25 times brighter than any previously seen by the MAVEN orbiter.

The orbiter, which has been studying the Martian atmosphere’s interaction with the solar wind since 2014, also recorded radiation levels on the surface more than double any previously measured by the Curiosity rover’s Radiation Assessment Detector, or RAD, since that mission’s landing in 2012.

The high readings lasted more than two days, NASA found.

“The current solar cycle has been an odd one, with less activ-ity than usual during the peak, and now we have this large event as we’re approaching solar minimum,” said Sonal Jain of the University of Colorado Boulder, who is a

member of MAVEN’s Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph instru-ment team.

This event was big enough to be detected at Earth too, even though Earth was on the opposite side of the Sun from Mars.

“This is exactly the type of event both missions were designed to

study, and it’s the biggest we’ve seen on the surface so far,” added RAD Principal Investigator Don Hassler.

The Sun always emits a contin-uous stream of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons.

Occasionally, eruptions called coronal mass ejections occur, with higher density, energy and speed of the ejected particles. These events vary in strength.

According to Jain: “When a solar storm hits the Martian atmosphere, it can trigger auroras that light up the whole planet in ultraviolet light. The recent one lit up Mars like a light bulb.

“An aurora on Mars can enve-lope the entire planet because Mars has no strong magnetic field like Earth’s to concentrate the aurora near polar regions. The energetic particles from the Sun also can be absorbed by the upper atmosphere, increasing its temperature and causing it to swell up.”

Homo sapiens emerged 350,000 years ago: StudyIANS

Genetic data from seven humans who lived 2,500 years ago in South Africa suggest that Homo sapiens arose 350,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought,

a new study has revealed.Swedish and South African scientists managed to identify

the genetic sequence of the remains of three hunter-gatherer individuals who lived between 2,300 and 1,800 years ago and four peasants who lived between 500 and 300 years ago, reports Efe news.

All of them lived in the present province of KwaZulu-Natal, on the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa.

Scientists concluded that the evolution from archaic humans to Homo sapiens occurred between 350,000 and 260,000 years ago, rather than 180,000 years ago which previous stud-ies had posited based on remains found in East Africa.

The authors of the study, from the University of Uppsala (Sweden), the University of Johannesburg (South Africa) and the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), consequently supported the Pan-African origin theory of Homo sapiens, with simultaneous evolutions throughout the continent.

In fact, in June fossils of more than 300,000 years old found in Morocco suggested that the evolution of archaic man to Homo sapiens could have occurred much earlier than what has been established to date.

The Washington Post

Apple confirmed it is looking into two reports that two people’s iPhone 8 Plus phones split open

shortly after buying them.The reports - one in Taiwan, one

in Japan - made the rounds on social media earlier this week, showing images of smartphones in which the screen had separated from the rest of the phone.

As Next Web reported, the user in Taiwan said that her phone had started to split while the phone was charging. The user in Japan, according to Mash-able, said the phone was already split when he opened the box.

Neither iPhone owner reported any sign that an explosion or fire caused the phones to break apart. That indicates this is likely not a problem similar to what Samsung faced with the Galaxy Note 7, which had to be

recalled due to battery issues. Samsung confirmed at least 35

cases of violent explosions before it launched its worldwide recall. There have been no reports of similar inci-dents in the United States.

Apple confirmed in a statement that it was aware of the problem and look-ing into it, but declined to give any more information.

These are the only two reports that have surfaced since the phone went on sale Septembet 22.

The company has not said how many phones have shipped, but ana-lysts have put combined shipment numbers for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus between 16 million and 18 mil-lion units overall for the first weekend on sale.

iPhone 8 Plus splitting open

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young

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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.

APPLE, APRICOT, BANANA,

BEANS, BEEF, BREAD,

BUTTER, CABBAGE, CAKE,

CANDY, CARROT, CEREAL,

CHEESE, CHICKEN, CHOCOLATE,

COFFEE, COOKIE, CREAM, EGGS,

FISH, JUICE, LEMON,

LETTUCE,MARMALADE, MELON,

MILK, MUSHROOM, ONION,

ORANGE, PASTA, PEACH, PEAR,

PEAS, PICKLE, PINEAPPLE,

POTATO, PRESERVE, RICE,

SODA, SOUP, SPINACH, STEW,

SUGAR, SYRUP, TOMATO,

TREACLE, TURKEY, WATER.