SUNDAY 7 MAY 2017

Filmmaking is a tough job: A R Rahman

CAMPUS | 6 LIFESTYLE | 7 BOLLYWOOD | 11IIS bids farewell to Vice Principal

Vidhyasankar

‘Smart’ denim promises touchscreen

tech clothes

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PROJECT GREENHOUSEAn initiative from Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar’s Sahtak Awalan – Your Health First campaign, is designed to teach children about where their food comes from, and also the types of food they should be eating to stay healthy and to avoid diabetes and obesity when they are older.

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PIS students visit ‘A Flower Each Spring’ event

Girls’ wing of Pakistan International School (PIS) visited Al Khor beach to attend the event “A Flower Each

Spring” recently. Under the super-vision of Sabah Mujib and Zobia Bashir, 15 students participated in several environmental activities.

The flower introduced this spring was of the plant, which is sci-entifically named as Malva Parviflora, called Khobaiz in Ara-bic. After the formal introduction to the plant and its flower, certifi-cate of participation was being rewarded to the schools. A group photo session was being conducted with the cartoon character of the plant. Students observed the real plant and planted the seeds. Group discussion session was being con-ducted among the students of different schools.

Topics like climate changes, advantages and disadvantages of technology, bird recognition, etc,

were discussed. Group leaders collected the points of discussion on white board. The mediators

facilitated them throughout the dis-cussion to ensure focused discussion.

As part of co-curricular activities organised by the Dept. of Physical Education of Raja-giri school, senior students organised a fruit

and vegetable salad making event. Students brought fruits and vegetable and prepared salad under the guidance of their teachers. The vegeta-ble carving and decorative arrangements of the salad attracted the attention of all the staff and students. They shared the fruit of their labour with their teachers and friends.

The principal and the staff congratulated them and asked them to keep their promise in their life. Muhammad Fazal, the HOD of the physical edu-cation, Jayalakshmi and Shalini, and other staff members planned and organised the day well.

Fruit and vegetable salad making at Rajagiri

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An initiative for Your Health FirstThe Peninsula

A vast array of fruit and vegetables has been grown by school students as young as seven as part of learning about health, nutrition and healthy living.

Students took part in Project Greenhouse, an initiative from Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar’s Sahtak Awalan — Your Health First campaign, that is designed to teach children about where their food comes from, and also the types of food they should be eating to stay healthy and to avoid diabetes and obesity when they are older.

As part of the initiative schools received a greenhouse, soil, seeds and growing instructions and were challenged to cultivate the best crop.

Each year, 101 schools received a greenhouse from Your Health First campaign.

While this year’s winners have now been announced, with Qatar Leadership Academy (QLA), member of Qatar Foundation in Al Khor, claiming first prize by not only producing a bumper harvest, but also incorporating the greenhouses into a multitude of different les-sons and community projects. Umm Salal Ali Model Independent School for Boys came sec-ond, and Omar Ibn El Khatab Educational Center came third. Ali Jassim Al Kuwari, Head of the Adult Education Section at the Ministry of Edu-cation and Higher Education, presented the trophy for first place.

He said: “Project Greenhouse is a wonder-ful programme for so many reasons and has proved a great success over the past five years. Firstly, it offers students the opportunity to par-ticipate in extracurricular activities and learn

lessons that are not always included in the main-stream curriculum; focusing on extra-curricular activities has proven to have great benefits for children’s education. More than that, though, by educating our young people about health and nutrition at a young age, we can help create a healthy future generation, able to meet the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030.”

Brigadier General Ali Ahmad Al Kuwari, Director of Qatar Leadership Academy, said hav-ing the greenhouses had allowed the students to put theoretical lessons learned in the class-room into practice in the real world.

Al Kuwari added, “Project Greenhouse has been a great success and by planting the seeds,

nurturing the plants and finally harvesting and eating the crop it has given our cadets a very real sense of achievement.

“More broadly speaking, Project Greenhouse has also taught our cadets about the environ-ment, sustainability and the importance of caring for the natural world. The students have learned skills that they will take with them throughout their lives, and knowledge that one day they can pass on to their children.” Fruit and vegetables grown by students at QLA include lettuce, pars-ley, tomatoes, chillis, eggplants and cilantro. They have also introduced mango trees and okra and even built an irrigation system to make water-ing the plants much easier.

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The next stage, said Sunny Joseph, science and technical coor-dinator at the school, is for solar panels to be installed. Joseph also said it was hoped to connect these to fans which would allow the school to extend the growing sea-son through the summer.

He added, “The QLA green-house project inspired us to grow and consume organic vegetables. The greenhouses proved to be a val-uable resource for advancing not only the science curriculum but also other subject areas. Students com-pleted nine scientific investigations across the middle and high school classes using the greenhouse as a base. Other schools have also shown an interest in using our greenhouse for their scientific experiments and I would like to thank our students for inspiring the community to take an active role in meeting their dietary needs.”

Joseph said that QLA’s English department had used the green-houses as inspiration for reflective writing, while the humanities department was planning a farm-ers’ market for the community. There are also plans for an environ-mental study centre at Al Khor Park.

Students at the school are now planning a pizza party, using the next crop of organic vegetables as toppings.

Abdulaziz Al Jabari, who is in Grade 7A, sharing his experience with Project Greenhouse said that he had learned a lot. “I have learned how to grow vegetables from seeds and how to take care of them. I also learned how to water the plants properly. I will try to plant organic vegetables in my garden so that I can eat delicious fruits and vegeta-bles,” said Al Jabari.

Fellow student Mohamed Al Essae said, “It is not hard to plant

and grow vegetables in a green-house. I learned to recognise when to harvest green leafy vegetables and fruit.”

Ahmad Al Zeyara, who is also in Grade 7, had this message: “Grow organic vegetables in the green-house, if you want to eat vegetables that are fresh and not poisoned by chemicals. I will ask my friends and family to start a greenhouse at their homes.”

N e s r e e n A l R i f a i ,

chief communications officer at WCM-Q, praised the children and teachers all of the participating schools for their hard work.

“Since its inception Project Greenhouse has proved to be a huge success, not only because it encour-ages children to eat and enjoy fruit and vegetables, but also because it has proved to be such a synergy with schools’ curriculums. As Qatar Leadership Academy have demon-strated so well this year, the greenhouses do not just teach chil-dren about cultivating plants and healthy diets. They can also be used in science lessons to teach children about humidity and temperature, math teachers can use them for les-sons on measurements, geography students can learn about the effects of climate on crops, and, as QLA have shown, literature students can draw inspiration from the plants themselves,” she said.

“More than anything though, we hope all the students at all our par-ticipating schools will take the lessons they have learned about healthy lifestyles with them throughout their lives. We want the next generation to be strong and healthy so they can continue to lead Qatar to success,” she added.

Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First was launched in and its aim is to change attitudes to health and help create a healthy society in line with Qatar National Vision 2030.

CAMPUS SUNDAY 7 MAY 201706

Investiture ceremony at Bhavan’s Public School

Bhavan’s Public School held the investiture cer-emony with great enthusiasm on May 4, at Midmac campus. It was

a solemn occasion where the young students were all prepared to don the mantle of leadership and dis-charge the responsibilities entrusted upon them by the school. Principal M P Philip welcomed the gathering and inspired student leaders to be good role models.

J K Menon, Acting Chairman, graced the occasion as the chief guest and in his motivational speech highlighted the prominence of self-confidence and leadership. The school council members were con-ferred upon with sashes and badges by Chief Guest J K Menon, Director Administration Anjana Menon,

Director Board members and Chief Operating Officer Joseph. The

Principal administered the oath to the leaders. A dance rendition by

the school dance team added col-our and vibrancy to the event.

Ideal Indian School (IIS) bid farewell to S Vid-hyasankar, the Vice-Principal of Boys’ Section, who has served the institution for

almost 12 years, at a grand ceremony held recently.

Vidhyasankar, a person with multifaceted qualities served Ideal Indian School as Chem-istry Teacher, Head of the Department of Science, Coordinator for Ideal Eco Club, Head-master, Controller of Examinations and Vice Principal.

Speaking on the occasion, Principal Syed Shoukath Ali lauded Vidhyasankar’s services to the school. Recollecting his association with Vidhyasankar, the principal said that he invested himself wholeheartedly for the devel-opment and betterment of Ideal Indian School. Responding to the felicitations, Vidyasanker,

thanked the school management, principal and the faculty for their support and trust shown to him. Principal Ali presented him a souvenir on behalf of the school. Azam Khan, Headmas-ter, Boys’ Section welcomed the gathering, while Padma Ramaswamy proposed the vote of

thanks. The programme was coordinated by Dr Nazimabi, Headmistress of Girls’ section, and hosted by Sajid Shamim. Malini Gopaku-mar, Imran and Teachers of Boys’ Sections presented songs dedicated to the outgoing the Vice-Principal.

IIS bids farewell to Vice Principal Vidhyasankar

LIFESTYLESUNDAY 7 MAY 2017 07AFP

A young man in a white t-shirt pulls on a dark blue denim trucker jacket, tucks his smartphone in an

inside pocket and puts in-ear head-phones in his right ear. He mounts a fixed-gear bike with flat, slightly curved wide handlebars. Riding through the streets of San Francisco, he occasionally taps or swipes his right hand over the left cuff of his jacket, as the directions he’s listen-ing to continually pop up on the screen of this advertisement.

It’s an ad from iconic US jeans maker Levi Strauss for Project Jac-quard, an initiative with Google that the companies started two years ago for so-called “smart” denim. The future of the popular fabric was the focus at a recent international fashion fair in Paris — after all most believe the word denim derives from the French “serge de Nimes”, a serge from the city of Nimes.

The fair featured many weara-ble innovations such as a waterproof jacket with sunscreen bands and a cable in the pocket to recharge a cellphone, or jeans that keep your body temperature stable.

Once mainly the purview of athletic gear — with moisture-wick-ing shirts and trousers and then clothing that can track motion, heart rate, and body temperature

— the new trend for fashion design-ers is to take everyday wear and transform it using new technologies.

This is clothing made from spe-cially woven fabric with touch-screen control capabilities that can be designed in such a way to visually stand out or go unno-ticed depending on designers’ wishes.

French-based fashion company Spinali Design, for example, has created jeans that can give wear-ers directions without having to whip out the mobile at every single intersection. Through blue tooth sensors stitched into the jeans’ waistband, the smart phone stays out of sight.

“You put a destination into the pap (and) sensors will vibrate right if you need to turn right, left if you need to turn left,” Spinali innova-

tion director Romain Spinali said.In 2015, the company from the

eastern French town of Mulhouse designed a bikini that tells women when it’s time to apply more sun screen. The two-piece retails for €149 ($163) and comes with a small detachable ultraviolet sensor that, through a smart phone or tablet, sends a “sun screen alert” when the sunbather’s skin needs more pro-tective cream.

The detector is calibrated to the wearer’s skin type and how much of a tan she wants to get, and is “vir-tually devoid of any radiation,” Spinali said. The Spinali jeans, made in France, cost €150 and also have

email notification capabilities.“They will vibrate differently

depending on whether the message received is from your family, your friends or work, in a way that you won’t have to constantly check your email on weekends or on vacation,” Spinali said.

On their end, Google and Levi expect to release their denim jacket sometime this year, but it will come with a hefty $350 price tag due in part to its special interactive fabric that allows the jacket’s wearer to order various products online.

Other international etch and fashion companies have also jumped on the “smart” denim band-wagon. Using thermo-regulated fabric and microfiber cloth popu-lar in athletic wear, Brazilian textile maker Vicugna Tex til has designed denims that will keep the wearer’s core temperature stable.

American designer Cone Denim for its part has blended its denims with technical textile fibres from equipment used on motorcycles — this to better tout the sturdiness of its clothes.

But these companies recognise that there has to be more to “smart” jeans than just fashion sense and connected capabilities and that means making sure they are envi-ronmentally friendly.

“The consumer demands greater traceability and ecology, especially

when it comes to denim because it is a product that is a bit controver-sial,” said Marion Foret, fashion products chief for Premiere Vision Paris, which organises trade shows for the textile and clothing sector, including the denim show.

Denim is a product “that doesn’t always carry the best reputation, so textile makers are forced to use more ecological processes,” Foret added, such as making denims with organic or traceable cotton, clean-ing denims without water, and using dyes that won’t pollute the land.

In keeping with that trend, Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Wongen makes denims using fab-rics from used and already worn jeans.

Others seek to keep consumers better informed like Pakistani man-ufacturer Artistic Fabric Mills which developed an application to retrace the history of the jeans. But for some young fashion students the future of jeans is not all about technology.

“Connecting jeans to a smart-phone is not necessarily what we want to have,” said Aurelia Martin, who studies fashion in Brussels.

“There are problems that are a little more essential in terms of produc-tion, the dye, the cotton, the (jeans’) pretty weak longevity, and the quality.”

‘Smart’ denim promises touchscreen tech clothes

FOOD SUNDAY 7 MAY 201708

Tim Carman The Washington Post

3 1/2 servings cups of concentrate

This recipe calls for an Oxo Good Grips cold brewer, which is avail-able online or at retail stores such as Bed, Bath

and Beyond.The beans recommended for

this recipe are Costa Rica San Diego. If you can’t find the beans or they aren’t in season, you can substitute light-roast beans that have been naturally processed (that is, beans that are sun-dried with the coffee cherries still attached). Fresh beans are impor-tant. Don’t use beans more than 30 days past their roast date.

The Oxo cold brewer gives you the option to use both a stainless-steel mesh filter and a paper filter. Use the mesh filter if you want a cold brew with more body.

Make Ahead: The cold-brew concentrate needs to steep for at least 12 hours. It can be refriger-ated in a sealed container for up to 2 weeks.

Ingredients10 ounces light-roast, naturally

processed Costa Rica beans, very coarsely ground.

5 cups filtered water

StepsPlace the mesh filter in the out-

side base of the brewing container and screw on the filter cap. Set the brewing container on top its stand,

with the brew-release switch set in the off (or up) position. Place the carafe under/inside the stand.

Add the ground coffee to the brewing container and secure the perforated lid. Pour the water onto the lid in a circular motion so the grounds are evenly saturated. Allow the wet grounds to “bloom,” or degas, for 10 minutes and then gently stir.

Allow the grounds to brew for 12 hours (or longer if you want a stronger batch) in a cool, dark space. Do not cover the brewer. After 12 hours, depress the brew-release button and allow the concentrate to empty into the carafe below. Discard the grounds.

The concentrate is ready to use. It can be diluted with cold water or dairy/nondairy milk: up to 3 parts water or milk to 1 part con-centrate. You can also pour the concentrate straight over ice for a strong, syrupy drink.

Costa Rican Natural Cold-Brew Coffee

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Bonnie S Benwick The Washington Post

4 servings, HealthyServe with white rice, or with

roasted smashed fingerling potatoes.

Ingredients1 1/2 pounds small tomatillos1 large red onion1 lemon6 chive stems2 stems cilantro2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oilKosher saltFreshly ground black pepperOne 2-pound piece Atlantic salmon

fillet (skin on), about 1 inch thick at the center

StepsPreheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

Discard the tomatillo husks. Rinse the fruit to get rid of sticky residue, then cut them into 1/2 inch thick rounds — trimming any stems as you go — and place them in a mixing bowl as you work. Cut the red onion into very thin slices (to yield about 2 cups), then add to the mixing bowl.

Cut the lemon into 6 equal slices, discarding any seeds. Chop the

chive and cilantro leaves and ten-der stems.

Add the oil to the mixing bowl, then season with a good pinch each of the salt and pepper. Toss to coat evenly and incorporate. Spread the mixture on the parchment-lined baking sheet.

Lay the salmon over the toma-tillo mixture, then season the fillet lightly with salt and pepper. Lay the lemon slices on the salmon, then scatter the chives and cilantro evenly over the top. Roast (middle rack) for 20 minutes, or until the interior temperature of the salmon registers 120 to 125 degrees.

Carefully transfer the salmon to a platter, discarding any skin that remains on the baking sheet. Increase the oven to 475 degrees and return the baking sheet with the tomatillo mixture to the oven. Roast for 10 minutes, or until the onions and tomatillos begin to crisp around the edges.

Serve the tomatillos and red onion slices alongside the salmon, warm. Nutrition | Per serving: 450 calo-ries, 47 g protein, 13 g carbohydrates, 23 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 125 mg cholesterol, 170 mg sodium, 4 g die-tary fiber, 8 g sugar.

Roasted

Tomatillo

Salmon

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Working at night may be bad for your liver as researchers have dis-covered that this

organ adapts to the cycles of feed-ing and fasting, and the alternation of day and night within 24 hours.

The researchers showed in mice that the size of the liver increases by almost half before returning to its initial dimensions, according to the phases of activity and rest.

In a study published in the jour-nal Cell, the researchers described how the cellular mechanisms of this fluctuation disappears when the normal biological rhythm is reversed.

The disruption of our circadian clock due to professional con-straints or private habits therefore probably has important

repercussions on our liver functions, the researchers said. The mice for-age and feed at night, while the day is spent resting.

“In rodents following a usual cir-cadian rhythm, we observed that the liver gradually increases

during the active phase to reach a peak of more than 40 percent at the end of the night, and that it returns to its initial size during the day,” said first author of the study Flore Sinturel from University of Geneva. Researchers showed that

the size of liver cells and their pro-tein content oscillate in a daily manner. The number of ribosomes, the organelles responsible for pro-ducing the proteins required for the various functions of the liver, fluctu-ates together with the size of the cell.

In mammals, the liver plays a pivotal role in metabolism and the elimination of toxins.

But many of us no longer live according to the rhythm of their cir-cadian clock, due to night work hours, alternating schedules or fre-quent international travels.

And if mechanisms similar to those found in mice exist in humans, which is likely to be the case, the deregulation of our biological rhythms would have a considera-ble influence on hepatic functions, according to the researchers.

Smartphone & tablet use may up speech delay in infants

The more time your toddler spends using smartphones, tablets or other screen devices, the more he or she is likely to begin talking later, researchers have

warned. The study showed that for each 30-minute increase in hand-held screen time, there was a 49 per cent increased risk of expressive speech delay.

“Hand-held devices are everywhere these days,” said Catherine Birken, pediatrician at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Ontario, Canada. “While new pedi-atric guidelines suggest limiting screen time for babies and toddlers, we believe that the use of smartphones and tablets with young children has become quite common.

This is the first study to report an association between hand-held screen time and increased risk of expressive language delay,” Birken added. However, there was no apparent link between hand-held device screen time and other communications delays, such as social interactions, body language or gestures, the researchers said. The find-ings were presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in San Francisco. For the study, the team included 894 children between ages 6 months and 2 years. According to their parents, 20 per cent of the children had daily average hand-held device use of 28 minutes. The results also support a recent policy recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics to discourage any type of screen media in children younger than 18 months, Birken said.

Why night shifts may be bad for your liver

Offering fresh hope t o v i s u a l l y impaired people,

researchers have devel-oped a synthetic, soft tissue retina which closely mim-ics the natural human retinal process. The researchers believe that the study could lead to development of new, less invasive technologies that more closely resemble human body tissues, helping to treat degenerative eye condi-tions such as retinitis pigmentosa.

Until now, artificial retinal research has used mostly rigid, hard materials.

“The human eye is incredibly sensi-tive, which is why foreign bodies like metal retinal implants can be so dam-aging, leading to inflammation and/or scaring. But a biological synthetic implant is soft and water based, so much more friendly to the eye environment,” said lead researcher Vanessa Restrepo-Schild from Oxford University. Just as photography depends on camera pix-els reacting to light, vision relies on the retina performing the same function. The retina sits at the back of the human eye, and contains protein cells that con-vert light into electrical signals that

travel through the nervous system, triggering a response from the brain, ultimately building a pic-ture of the scene being viewed. The the new syn-thetic, double layered retina replica consists of soft water droplets (hydro-

gels) and biological cell membrane proteins. Designed like a camera, the cells act as pixels, detecting and react-ing to light to create a grey scale image.

“The synthetic material can gener-ate electrical signals, which stimulate the neurons at the back of our eye just like the original retina,” Restrepo-Schild said. The study, published in the jour-nal Scientific Reports, showed that unlike existing artificial retinal implants, the cell-cultures are created from nat-ural, biodegradable materials and do not contain foreign bodies or living enti-ties. Although at present the synthetic retina has only been tested in labora-tory conditions, Restrepo-Schild said she is keen to build on her initial work and explore potential uses with living tis-sues. The research is then expected to expand to include animal testing and then a series of clinical trials in humans.

Synthetic soft retina developed

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Oscar winning composer A R .Rahman, who has stepped into direction with Virtual

Reality (VR) multisensory episodic film “Le Musk”, launched the Indian prelude of the movie in Noida yes-terday. He finds filmmaking a tough job.

“Filmmaking is a very tough job. It takes two years to direct a film and I didn’t have that much time. I love music and love making it. Doing ‘Le Musk’ didn’t seem like that much exhausting as I made it quickly. It was a 13-day schedule and I didn’t have to spend two years behind it,” Rahman said at the launch at PVR ECX, Mall of India.

“Virtual Reality gives you a real

experience. It feels like 70 per cent you are at the place that you are watching,” he added.

Shot in Rome, “Le Musk”, fea-turing foreign actors like Nora Arnezeder, Guy Burnett and Mar-ian Zohrabyan, follows the journey of an orphaned heiress and part time musician, Juliet, who grows up to be a diva on a mission.

“In the year 2015, somebody gave me a VR and asked me to use it. At first I was hesitant and then after three months I thought of try-ing it. Then I started using it for six hours a day. Some of the content was incredible and some was insen-sitive,” Rahman said.

“Then one day my wife told me

why don’t you make a story on per-fumes. That’s how it started. Then I thought where to shoot it. After Croatia, London and Paris, finally

we decided to shoot it in Rome,” he added. Besides directing, Rahman has also written the script and given music to the film.

Speaking on the occasion, Gau-tam Dutta, CEO, PVR Ltd, said: “It was Rahman, who got us on the path of launching VR in India. It was 18 months back when we met him. This technology is here to stay.”

Rahman said after “Le Musk”, he has already started planning for his second film. “The next one is even more exciting. It’s based on Indian culture and it will explore the various dance forms here,” Rah-man said. Before India, Rahman launched the prelude of the film in Las Vegas on April 24.

Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s “Dangal” is on its way to becoming Bollywoods high-

est-earning film in China, with the movie already grossing over $3m (Rs21 crore) by the first half of the second day of its release yesterday.

Aamir is one of the most pop-ular Bollywood actors in China, and his other movies “3 Idiots” and

“PK” have done roaring business here before. “Dangal” — the actor’s latest project — earned Rs15 crore on its opening day on Friday in China.

By yesterday noon, it earned 23.4m yuan (over Rs 21 crore), according to trade insiders on the Chinese box office. So far, “PK” is the only Indian movie to have crossed Rs100 crore in China and it had done so in 16 days since its release.

It’s a mark which could well be surpassed by “Dangal” — a story of a gritty wrestler in India’s small town who trains his two daugh-ters to become world-class wrestlers. “Dangal” was released as “Shuai Jiao Baba”, which means

“Let’s Wrestle, Dad”.

The producers said it would release in a record-breaking 9,000 screens in China, but as per trade experts, it has released in 7,000 screens out of the country’s nearly 40,000 screens. According to reports, one of the big cinema chains has not shown interest in the movie. Still, it is doing well.

“My boyfriend and I are plan-ning to watch the movie (‘Dangal’). I am hearing great reviews about it,” Gu Xiaoling said.

Other actors in the movie include Sakshi Tanwar, apart from debutantes Fatima Sana Sheikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar.

Filmmaking is a tough job: A R Rahman

‘Dangal’ earns over $3m in less than two days in China

‘Sachin...’ to release in five languages

Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar’s biographical drama “Sachin: A Billion Dreams” is set to release in five languages. The makers wanted to cater to Tendulkar’s fans across the nation and hence,

wanted to release the movie in Hindi, English, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu. The film’s producer Ravi Bhagchandka said: “Sachin Ten-dulkar is a sensation that transcends language. He has clearly created an era which we as Indians can be proud of. His story is one that we want everyone to witness, without the barrier of language.” “Sachin: A Billion Dreams” showcases a restless 10-year-old child’s journey from watching India’s first World Cup winning skipper Kapil Dev lift the trophy to the fulfillment of his dream of holding it in his hands for India. Produced by Bhagchandka of 200NotOut and Shrikant Bhasi of Carnival Motion Pictures, the James Erskine directorial is all set to release on May 26.

Wish to work with Salman again: Sana

Actress Sana Khaan, who made her Bollywood debut in the Sal-man Khan starrer “Jai Ho”, says she wishes to work with the superstar again. “Yes, I do wish to work with him again,” Sana

said in an email when asked if she would like to share screen space with Salman again. Does she credit her Bollywood innings to the

“Dabangg” star? “I have loads of people to thank who have shown their unconditional love and support to make me a part of their job, and I definitely thank Salman to make me part of ‘Jai Ho’. I definitely had a great experience.”

The “Wajah Tum Ho” actress says she credits herself first. “I kept following my dream and fighting for it every now. Then, the credit goes to my mom for being patient with me and the way she supported me and to everyone who believed in me at that point of time,” Sana added. The actress has lent her support to designer Ritu Seksaria, who has set a week-long discount sale at her store Vyoum. The proceeds from this event will go towards Angel Xpress Foundation, an NGO for underprivileged children. Asked if she thinks actors associating with causes help in spreading more awareness, Sana said: “Yes, definitely.

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IANS

US film production stu-dio Disney-Pixar’s new short movie “Lou” brings the issue of bul-lying in schools to the

forefront, and narrates how it can be tackled with love and compassion.

Slated to release in the US on June 16, the over six-minute film is a story of an invisible creature who lives in the lost and found box at a school, and likes to spread joy among children by reuniting them with their lost items.

The film starts on a happy note, but soon takes a dark turn when a bully named JJ enters and starts snatching things from children. The film tells how Lou changes JJ and gets him on the right track.

The film’s director Dave Mull-ins says that it is important to have a flawed main character, and take the audience through his journey and personal growth.

“There are some basic guidelines

at Pixar...Hurt means the main char-acter is flawed and experiences personal growth. There has to be entertainment meaning. It has to be unpredictable and funny. And then setting, meaning the film has to take the audience some place new and exciting.

“Lastly, animation which implies that it can only be done with ani-mation. These guidelines helped me come up with this idea,” Mullins said at a press event here.

Mullins talked about how the film shaped up with select media after an exclusive screening of the movie. What makes “Lou” stand out

is that the invisible creature is made of several toys, and Mullins majorly uses music to share his vision instead of dialogues.

Lou gets the bully to give back the toys by keeping his favourite childhood lost toy as a bait. Mullins points out “what motivates bully-ing is the need for attention and acceptance”.

“JJ is accepted in school after he gives back the stuff...This is a sub-tle change but has a huge impact on the story,” said Mullins, who joined Pixar Animation Studios back in 2000.

He pitched the movie idea in

2015, and got inspired by his own life. Mullins, who has worked on films like “Finding Nemo” and

“Monster Inc.”, said: “I started pitch-ing ideas from 2005... Nothing was taking shape then I thought about my childhood... Growing up we moved a lot. It was hard to make new friends and leaving old friends. You wanted to be invisible.”

According to Dana Murray, the film’s producer, getting the green light for the movie was the easy part as compared to the challenges.

Murray said: “The first chal-lenge was how to make the main character who is made up of toys and all... Second was to figure out how to build 26 kids in the school yard. The characters are really expensive. We shut down for six months because we didn’t find any resources.”

It soon started and then every-thing just went smoothly for the small film team. The makers have picked many characters from back-grounds of hit films like “Finding Nemo” and “Inside Out”.

American director Brian Fee, who spent the past five years making “Cars

3”, says he feels odd that his work will be over with the mov-ie’s release.

Fee is making his directo-rial debut with “Cars 3”, and says that a void will be created after its release. “My journey with the film has been long. It takes a long time to make such films. The picture just got locked and we are done with it,” Fee said.

He added: “It is an odd feel-ing to be done with it...I kind of don’t want it to done now. It has been my life for the past five years.” “Cars 3” is the third part in the “Cars” franchise. The first one came out in 2006 and the second in 2011.

The film brings a fantasy

world of cars where they are not just metal bodies but talk and feel like humans. It nar-rates the story of racing car Lighting McQueen, and how he overcomes all the chal-lenges. This time, Lighting McQueen is facing the threat of being taken over by a young sports car, and takes viewers through the journey around how he works hard to retain his position.

Scheduled to release in the US on June 16, actors like Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper, Nathan Dillon, Dan Whitney and Kerry Wash-ington are voice talent of the film.

Jay Ward, creative direc-tor, also said: “My journey with

‘Cars’ movies was long. I first started working on the films in 2000.”

Talking about adding real-ity touch to the film, Ward said:

“Getting realistic is very impor-tant. Even though it is an animated and fun world, we want to make it believable.”

The final outcome might seem to be a fun ride, but Bill Cone (production designer) and Han Cho (sets supervisor) say the project was challenging.

Jennifer flaunts new hairstyle

Actress Jennifer Lawrence was spotted flaunting bangs haircut while filming for upcoming movie

“Red Sparrow” at Terminal 2 of Heath-row Airport here. Sporting a typically spy-like ensemble on Wednesday, Lawrence donned a tight black polo neck sweater, dark trousers and flat shoes, reports aceshowbiz.com. She completed her look with a long camel trench coat and a black leather bag. The 26-year-old was previously spot-ted filming scenes in Vienna. She sported the same blonde hair, which she tucked into the inside of a wolly blue coat.

In “Red Sparrow”, Lawrence plays Russian spy Dominika Egorova, who falls for a CIA officer and considers becom-ing a double agent. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the movie also stars Joel Edg-erton, Jeremy Irons, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ciaran Hinds among others. It is scheduled to release on March 2, 2018.

‘Lou’ puts spotlight on school bullies

‘Cars 3’ director feels odd over film’s release

TECHNOLOGYSUNDAY 7 MAY 2017 13

Beware of a suspicious email asking you to click on a Google Docs link. Rampant these days, especially targeting journal-

ists, this can be a bait to hack your account.According to a report in Fortune, the email

is not actually from who it says it’s from, but is instead a phishing email intended to trick you into clicking on the link.

The mails generally appear to have been sent by a friend, prompting one to click on them.

In case you click on the link, it would give the keys to your entire Gmail account to the hacker running the phishing campaign.

“We have taken action to protect users against an email impersonating Google Docs, and have disabled offending accounts. We’ve

removed the fake pages, p u s h e d u p d a t e s t h r o u g h Safe Brows-ing, and our abuse team is working to prevent this kind of

spoofing from happening again,” the report quoted Google as saying.

Google’s counter-measures may curb the phishing attacks but the hackers have had enough time already to gather millions of email

addresses through victims’ contact list. Google offers a two-factor authentication set up on Gmail that adds an extra layer of security to the users’ accounts.

This extra-security layer would ensure that even if hackers got your password, they would not be able to use it. Google said they were able to stop the phishing campaign within approx-imately one hour.

“While contact information was accessed and used by the campaign, our investigations show that no other data was exposed. There’s no fur-ther action users need to take regarding this event; users who want to review third party apps con-nected to their account can visit Google Security Checkup,” Google added.

AP

Attention Halo Nation, “Halo: Combat Evolved” is in the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The science

fiction shooter game that enthralled a legion of fans after its 2001 launch with the Xbox system is one of four games that was inducted into the hall. “Donkey Kong,” “Pokemon Red and Green” and “Street Fighter II” round out the young hall’s third class of honorees.

All will be on permanent dis-play at The Strong museum in Rochester, New York, where the hall of fame was established in 2015 to recognise an industry that the Entertainment Software Associa-tion said generated $30.4bn in revenue in the US last year.

“Until ‘Halo’s’ launch, the most successful shooters required a per-sonal computer and the precision offered by a high-quality mouse,” said Strong Associate Curator Shan-non Symonds. “’Halo’ proved a console could be just as effective, if not better, than a PC.”

More than half of the Microsoft Xbox consoles initially sold included the launch game and players gave it high marks for its intricate sto-ryline, characters like Master Chief and multi-player capability. The self-described “Halo Nation” of fans

that emerged bought up 6 million copies, along with sequels, spinoffs, books and action figures.

An international committee of video game scholars and journal-ists chose the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s class of 2017 from among 12 finalists that also included: “Final Fantasy VII,”

“Microsoft Windows Solitaire,” “Mortal Kombat,” “Myst,” “Portal,” “Resident Evil,” “Tomb Raider” and “Wii Sports”.

Inductees were chosen based on their longevity and impact on the video game industry and pop culture. Nominations of arcade, computer, console, hand-held and mobile games came in from more than 100 countries, The Strong said.

Twenty years before “Halo,”

fellow inductee “Donkey Kong” was a star of arcades and at the time of its 1981 release, Nintendo’s most profitable game to date. Even more notable than its sale of an estimated 132,000 arcade cabinets is the game’s launch of the plumber character Mario, who led the spinoff “Super Mario Bros.” into the hall of fame’s inaugural class.

Another Nintendo entry, “Pokemon Red and Green,” was released on the Game Boy in 1996 as “Pocket Monsters.” With the catchphrase “Gotta catch ‘em all!” players were challenged to collect 151 unique monsters, which soon migrated to 21.5 billion trading cards, 800 television episodes and 17 movies.

“’Pokemon Red and Green’

launched a franchise that has taken the world by storm, vaulting many of its characters, such as Pikachu, into popular, mainstream culture,” Symonds said.

Capcom’s “Street Fighter II” is credited with helping to spark an arcade renaissance in the 1990s, The Strong said.

The game “allowed for head-to-head battles between human opponents, instantly attracting spectators and generating fierce tournament play in arcades across the world,” said Jeremy Saucier, assistant director of The Strong’s International Center for the His-tory of Electronic Games. Nominations for the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s class of 2018 are open.

‘Halo: Combat Evolved’ among 4 video game HOF inductees

Email spam scam impersonates Google Docs

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

In a bad turn of events, Joshua and Banu’s life is shaken when Joshua

becomes the convict in a court case. This is when Annie John Tharavadi,

a reputed advocate becomes part of these happenings.Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

NOVO — Pearl ROYAL PLAZA

MALL

LANDMARK

The Boss Baby(2D/Animation) 10:00. 11:00am, 12:00noon, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00 & 11:50pm Guardians of The Galaxy 2 (Action) 3D 11:00am, 5:00 & 11:00pm 2D 10:00am, 12:45, 2:00, 3:30, 6:15, 8:00, 9:15pm & 12:00midnight Fast & Furious 8 10:00am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45pm Revenger (2D/Action) 11:30am, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30pm Vincent N Roxxy (2D/Drama) 10:00am, 2:40, 7:20pm & 12:00midnight The Lost City of Z (2D/Action) 12:00noon, 4:40 & 9:20pmBank Alhaz (2D/Arabic) 10:00am, 2:30, 6:50 & 11:30pmBashtery Ragel (2D/Arabic) 12:20, 4:40 & 9:10pm Mine (2D/Thriller) 9:00 & 11:15pm Guardians of The Galaxy 2 (3D IMAX/Action) 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm Guardians of The Galaxy 2 (2D 7 Star/Action) 12:00noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 & 11:45pm

Guardian of The Galaxy 2 (2D/Action) 2:15 & 6:00pm The Boss Baby (2D/Animation) 2:15, 4:00 & 4:45pm Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2D/Hindi) 2:15 & 10:30pm The Fate of The Furiours (2D/Action) 5:15pmBaahubali 2: The Conclusion (2D/Malayalam) 7:30pmVincent N Roxxy (2D/Drama) 6:30pm Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2D/Tamil) 8:30pm Bank El Hazz (2D/Arabic) 8:30pmSaira Banu (2D/Malayalam) 11:00pm Revenger (2D/Action) 11:30pm

The Boss Baby (2D/Animation) 2:00, 3:45 & 7:15pm Saira Banu (2D/Malayalam) 2:15pmThe Fate of The Furiours (2D/Action) 2:30 & 8:45pmGuardian of The Galaxy 2 (2D/Action) 4:45 & 11:00pm Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2D/Malayalam) 5:00pm Bank El Hazz (2D/Arabic) 7:15pm Vincent N Roxxy (2D/Drama) 7:15pm Revenger (2D/Action) 9:30pm Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2D/Hindi) 8:00 & 11:00pm Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2D/Tamil) 11:00pm

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2D/Tamil) 2:00 & 10:30pm Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2D/Hindi) 2:00 & 10:30pm The Boss Baby (2D/Animation) 2:15, 4:00 & 7:00pm The Fate of The Furiours (2D/Action) 5:00pm Bank El Hazz (2D/Arabic) 5:45pmBaahubali 2: The Conclusion (2D/Malayalam) 7:30pm Vincent N Roxxy (2D/Drama) 5:00pm Revenger (2D/Action) 9:00pm Guardian of The Galaxy 2 (2D/Action) 8:00 & 11:00pm

SUNDAY 7 MAY 2017

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

CINEMA PLUS14

AL KHORBaahubali (Hindi) 11:00am, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm Baahubali (Tamil) 11:45am Baahubali (Malayalam) 2:45 & 8:45pm Baahubali (Telugu) 5:45 & 11:45pm The Baby Boss 10:30pm Guardians 12:30, 3:15, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30pm

ROXYThe Baby Boss 2:00, 4:00 & 6:00pm Saira Bhanu 8:30 & 11:20pm Guardians of The Galaxy 2 2:00, 4:50, 7:40 & 10:30pm Baahubali (Mal) 2:00 & 5:20pmRevenger 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight Baahubali (Hindi) 8:50pm & 12:20am

SAIRA BANU

ASIAN TOWNBaahubali (Hindi) 6:30pm Baahubali(Tamil) 7:00, 10:00pm Saira Banu 9:30pm Baahubal (Malayalam) 3:30, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:00, 11:00pm

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

08:00 News08:30 People & Power09:00 Sports Doping:

The Endless Chase

10:30 Inside Story11:00 News11:30 Talk To Al Jazeera 12:00 News12:30 TechKnow14:00 News14:30 Inside Story15:00 Al Jazeera World16:00 NEWSHOUR17:00 News17:30 Listening Post18:00 Newsgrid19:30 104 East 20:00 News20:30 Inside Story21:00 NEWSHOUR22:00 News22:30 Talk To Al Jazeera 23:00 Digital

Dissidents

13:10 Disney The Lodge

15:15 Austin & Ally

16:05 Descendants Wicked World

18:45 Welcome To The Ronks

19:00 Star Darlings

19:05 Stuck In The Middle

19:30 Bizaardvark 19:55 Bunk’d 20:20 Elena Of

Avalor 20:45 Disney The

Lodge 21:10 Girl Meets

World 22:00 Shake It Up 22:25 Sabrina

Secrets Of A Teenage Witch

13:45 Queens Of The Savannah

14:40 Queens Of The Savannah

15:35 Untamed China With Nigel Marven

18:20 Into The Lion’s Den

19:15 Rugged Justice

20:10 Pit Bulls & Parolees

21:05 Lone Star Law

22:00 Into The Lion’s Den

22:55 Tanked00:45 Queens

Of The Savannah

13:05 How Do They Do It?

13:30 Storage Hunters UK

14:20 Gold Rush15:10 Ed Stafford:

Into The Unknown

16:00 Gold Divers16:50 Sacred

Steel Bikes18:30 How Do

They Do It?20:35 Storage

Hunters UK21:00 Super-

truckers21:50 JFK: The

Lost Tapes22:40 What On

Earth?23:30 Sacred

Steel Bikes01:10 Super-

truckers

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BRAIN TEASERSSUNDAY 7 MAY 2017 15

Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku

is a number-placing puzzle based on a

9×9 grid. The object is to place the

numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so

that each row, each column and each

3×3 box contains the same number

only once.

BACCARAT, BLACKJACK,

BRIDGE, CANFIELD, CASINO,

CHICAGO, CLOCK,

CRIBBAGE, ECARTE,

EUCHRE, FANTAN, GO FISH,

HEARTS, KLONDIKE,

MICHIGAN, NEWMARKET,

OLD MAID, PATIENCE,

PIQUET, POKER, PYRAMID,

SEVENS, SNAP, SOLITAIRE,

SPIDER, STOPS, TWENTY-

ONE, WHIST.