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Ideal Indian School celebrates 33rd Annual Day

Bollywood celebs relive

childhood memories

Some of your garden plants are going to present magical progressions of colour whether you planned for them or not. But if you actively choose and cultivate autumn beauties, you can forgo that trip to New England or Skyline Drive and have your own show at home.

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Ideal Indian School celebrates 33rd Annual DayIdeal Indian School celebrated

its 33rd Annual Day with a lot of colour and gaiety showcasing

the magnificent cultural perform-ance by the Kindergarten students and Juniors.

Hemant Kumar Dwivedi, Indian Embassy First Secretary, graced the occasion as Chief Guest.

Hamad Mohammed Al-Ghali, Director of Private School Licens-ing Department, Ministry of Education; Faisal Abdul Hameed Al Mudahka, Editor in Chief, Gulf Times; Capt Shaheen Rashid Al Atheeq, Head of Media and Aware-ness - Juvenile Police Department and K T Chacko Deputy Managing Editor, Gulf Times, were the Guests of Honour.

School President Dr. Hassan Kunhi M P; Syed Shoukath Ali, Prin-cipal, and Heads of Section were present on the occasion.

In his keynote address, Hemant Kumar Dwivedi lauded effort and the responsibility taken by IIS for selfless service towards the educa-tion and congratulated the school on behalf on Indian Embassy.

In his speech, Faisal Abdul Hameed Al Mudahka commended on the years of old relationship between India and Qatar.

He urged the students to use

education as a tool how on to live and not to limit their thought and vision.

Addressing the gathering, Capt Al Atheeq lauded the efforts put in by the students, staff and the man-agement in maintaining a high standard of education.

Chacko also congratulated the management, staff and students of IIS for the remarkable achieve-ments in various areas.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Hassan Kunhi M P said that Ideal Indian School is in the forefront to provide high standard of education for the students.

Principal Syed Shoukath Ali presented the Annual Report. He said that the school has set stand-ards and goals in the area of academics, sports, events, discipline,

leadership, management systems and more.

The Annual Day at Ideal Indian School is also an occasion to hon-our the students for their outstanding performance at CBSE examinations every year. Gold and Silver medals were awarded to the school rank holders and individual

subject toppers in classes 10 and 12 examinations held in March 2017.

The school staff completing their 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of ded-icated services to the school were also felicitated on the occasion. A large number of students and par-ents turned out to witness the evening.

Students of Pakistan Interna-tional School Qatar (PISQ) attended a session on ‘Myco-

toxins and Food Chain - a tip of iceberg’ on November 7 at Arbab Auditorium.

The lecture was deliverd by Worthy Chief Guest Dr Zahoor Ul Hassan from Qatar University. Honourable Principal Madam Nargis Raza Otho,Vice Principal (BW), Vice Principal (GW), and some staff members of PISQ were also present during the programme.

The Guest Speaker, Dr Zahoor Ul Hassan, is working as a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University.

He holds Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) as his bachelor degree and then Veterinary Pathology as Master and PhD degree. He has been engaged in teaching Veterinary Pathology, Histopathology, Oncology, Clini-cal Pathology and related subjects

in the field of animal sciences.” Through a PowerPoint pres-

entation, Dr Zahoor discussed and talked about food and feed mycol-ogy, mycotoxins and their toxic effects in avian and mammalian species. He also focused on occur-rence of toxigenic fungi, their morphological and molecular identification, exploration of

toxigenic genes and mycotoxins producing potential of fungi. In addition, the residual transmission of mycotoxins in the animal prod-ucts (milk, eggs and others) is included in his research area. He also shared his experiences and discussed the strategies to protect the society from the deleterious effects of mycotoxins.

PISQ students attend lecture on Mycotoxins and Food Chain

COVER STORY MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER 201704

The Washington Post

The lack of rain in recent weeks and lingering summer warmth are likely to diminish the fall colour show. But even

with a reduced display, the pag-eantry of this finale forms one of the sweetest garden moments of the year.

Some of your garden plants are going to present magical progres-sions of colour whether you planned for them or not. But if you actively choose and cultivate autumn beauties, you can forgo that trip to New England or Skyline Drive and have your own show at home. All right, that might be a bit of a stretch, but the point is, there are many shade trees, ornamental trees and shrubs with above-par displays.

In selecting 15 of my favourite fall-colour plants, I realised that all of them are simply great garden plants of year-round beauty and interest. This is not a planting kit that every garden should have, but suggestions for individual plants that will enhance your landscape. Even if you had an acre or two for the entire lot, chances are your soil and shade conditions wouldn’t work for them all, nor would your overall planting design.

My list is far from comprehen-sive. It doesn’t include sumacs, for example, or crape myrtles or aro-nias or blueberry bushes, all of which can have spectacular color-ation. One tries to curb one’s enthusiasm.

Shade TreesShade trees cast shade, but they

tend to like their heads in the sun. When choosing a site to plant one, worry more about the eventual width than the height.

Red maple (Acer rubrum): The sugar maple is the poster tree for fall color, but it is likely to be stressed by the heat and humidity of the Mid-Atlantic unless you’re in the mountains. There is a Southern version (A. saccharum subspecies floridanum), but its fall color is not as strong. Enter the red maple, a native tree valued for its fast growth, symmetrical form, smooth gray bark and gorgeous fall color. It is tolerant of poor and wet soils (con-ditions that lead to more surface roots). Somerset is one of three seedless introductions from the National Arboretum developed for long-lasting, bright red fall colora-tion and for resistance to a pest called the leafhopper.

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba): Putting aside its curiosity value as a prehis-toric species, the ginkgo is also a

handsome and durable tree. It is versatile, too, and can be used as a street tree, a garden specimen and a high screen. Ginkgos have lofty, open branches full of those distinc-tive fan-shaped leaves. The big issue with the ginkgo is its fruit - it’s messy, it smells, and it drops over several weeks in early fall. The fruit’s nuts are prized in some East Asian cultures, but if you or your heirs don’t want them, the answer is a male clone such as Autumn Gold.

Baldcypress (Taxodium dis-tichum): This is a fine-textured conifer with the unusual trait of dropping all its needles before win-ter. But before they are shed, the leaves shift from bright green to a burnished orange. The effect can be stunning when backlit by the low afternoon sun. The cypress is native to Southern bottomlands and looks best grouped in groves of at least three, if you have the space. In wet areas, the red-brown trunks form handsome buttresses and “knees,” but it is happy in average soil once established and watered during dry spells.

Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica): Few hardwoods have as reliably stunning fall color as the black gum, also known as the sour gum or black tupelo. The foliage is espe-cially bright and progresses from

yellow to orange to scarlet and, finally, red-purple. It is a slow grower and matures to a medium-size tree. It likes moist soil and will take periods of inundation but not continuously wet soils. It is tap-rooted, and I’d prefer to plant a young container-grown plant rather than a field-dug balled-and-bur-lap tree. Given its finicky roots, some horticulturists believe it is better to plant in the spring, when the tree is in growth mode. A number of improved varieties have been developed for prolonged leaf color and leaf-spot resistance. In addition to Wildfire, look for Red Rage and Afterburner.

Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea): Oaks tend to be subdued in their fall coloration, but the scarlet oak is striking for its glowing, deeply lobed red foliage. It does well in average soil and optimally in moist but not wet soils, growing as much as two feet a year. The scarlet oak is the state tree of the District, but it is hard to find in garden centers because its taproot makes it diffi-cult to transplant. For the patient, Earth Sangha Wild Plant Nursery, in Springfield, Va., has saplings in containers. Nature by Design in Alexandria expects to have four- to eight-foot-high container plants in the spring, the optimum season for planting scarlet oak.

Best trees and shrubs for fall foliage

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Ornamental TreesOrnamental trees are essential

focal points and prized specimens in any garden, and their reduced scale makes them ideal for place-ment in city gardens, next to a patio, along a path or at points of transi-tion in the landscape. All of them benefit from deft and careful prun-ing when young to develop a pleasing branch structure.

-- Persian parrotia (Parrotia per-sica): As with other large woody plants, the parrotia grows as either a big, multi-stemmed shrub or as a small tree, with a single stem and low branches. Picking a tree form comes down to selecting individ-ual plants in the nursery. Related to the witch hazel and with similar large oval leaves, the parrotia is a standout at this time of year, when the foliage turns yellow, orange and maroon. With age, the exfoliating bark of the parrotia becomes its other extraordinary asset, mottled in gray, green, brown and cream.

Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida): The native dogwood is beloved for its large white blossoms of spring, but its fall show isn’t too shabby, either. The leaves turn wine-red in early autumn as a reas-suring harbinger of fall and winter. Variety selection, location and care are vital in keeping a tree happy and healthy. Appalachian Spring is a superior variety selected for its resistance to anthracnose disease. Other named varieties in the Appa-lachian series offer protection against powdery mildew disease.

Japanese maple (Acer palma-tum): Japanese maples have beautiful and unexpected

combinations of autumn leaf colors. The green-leafed varieties are among the most striking in their autumn coloration. Osakazuki is a classic variety, low-branched and spreading. The fall color is an intense crimson red.

Sassafras (Sassafras albidum): Valued initially for its bark tea, sas-safras is a handsome small tree that forms suckering thickets with time, making it useful for outlying natu-ralistic parts of a landscape. The suckers can be removed to keep a single specimen, however. The dis-tinctive lobed leaf is a dark glossy green in summer, turning golden and then a rich scarlet in the fall. This is another taprooted native that is best planted as a young con-tainer-grown plant. It grows quickly once established.

Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia): Related to camel-lias, the Japanese stewartia is valued for its fall color, elegant form and, with age, beautiful bark pat-terns. Individual branch structure varies, so this is one you should pick out at the nursery. Some horticul-turists prefer to plant stewartias in the spring. The Korean stewartia is a closely related species and will do the job just as well.

ShrubsSmall to medium shrubs func-

tion as accent plants and are useful foils to perennials, but larger shrubs work as screens and, moreover, form part of the architecture of the garden.

Chinese witch hazel (Hamame-lis mollis): Witch hazels come in many sizes and seasons of interest.

The common native species, H. vir-giniana, is big and twiggy and difficult to place in a small domes-tic landscape. The Chinese witch hazel is remarkably fragrant, but the species grows to 15 feet or more. Goldcrest is a named variety that reaches a more manageable 10 feet or so. Princeton Gold is a smaller version, growing to six feet, with rich golden fall color. That’s the one I’d plant.

Fothergilla (Fothergilla x inter-media): The fothergilla is related to witch hazel but grows as a more compact and compliant shrub. Two native species are commonly planted, both with superb fall color. The large fothergilla can reach 10 feet in height. The dwarf fothergilla grows to three to four feet. Mount Airy is a hybrid that reaches approx-imately six feet and has a characteristically rich fall tapestry of orange, red and red-purple.

Smooth witherod (Viburnum nudum): Most people know the fra-grant Korean spicebush viburnum of April, but other, more refinedvi-burnums deserve greater use. This includes the smooth witherod.

Winterthur is a variety selected for its compact habit and glossy leaves, which turn a wine-red in the fall. The fruiting display - blue berry clusters - relies on the placement of a second, non-varietal V. nudum. White enkianthus (Enkianthus per-ulatus): Why this handsome shrub is still quite rare in gardens is a mys-tery. The red-vein enkianthus, more upright and open, is easier to find. At maturity, white enkianthus forms a bush that is six feet in height and width, but mounded and compact. The autumn color is a brilliant scar-let. Related to blueberries and azaleas, it prefers rich acid soil in full sun to part shade.

Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia): The oakleaf hydran-gea is a workhorse of the shrub border, attractive in every season. The foliage resembles monster oak leaves, and the shrub in time becomes large and structural. Peo-ple plant it for its white flower panicles, but in autumn the leaves take on a deep burgundy-red col-our. The named variety Amethyst, which grows to 5 feet by 6 feet, is one of several new varieties devel-oped for their shorter stature, compact growth and leaf-spot resistance.Gardening Tip:

Some leaves of evergreen azal-eas normally discolour and drop int the autumn and winter. This is part of the plant’s renewal system and not a sign of disease. Leave the pes-ticides and ferilisers on the shelf. Azaleas will benefit from a good watering before it greezes, along with a light organic mulch.

CAMPUS / MARKETPLACE MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER 201706

Memo Paris’ best selling fragrances relaunched

Memo Paris, in collaboration with Paris Gallery, has launched its limited edi-

tion versions of two of its biggest selling fragrances, African Leather and Marfa. “We wanted to reintro-duce two of our most celebrated fragrances, African Leather and Marfa, to Memo Paris enthusi-asts around the world.” stated John Malloy, Memo Paris – Co-founder. “Memo Paris continues to be about introducing new cul-tures to people, and championing diversity.”

Memo Paris also announced the launch of its Home, and Bath &

Body collections at the celebratory event, which include candles and diffusers that come in a beautiful, collectable home set that is inspired by everyday home items such as tea sets, as well as, luxurious cleansing gels, hand and body creams.

“We wanted to create a dynamic home collection, and we wanted to inject everyday items into the packaging.” Malloy said.

“We decided to think outside the box while creating the packaging for our Home Collection, and we settled on tea sets, since every household is not without one.”

YOU by Skechers footwear collection unveiled“YOU by Skechers”—a

dynamic new collection from lifestyle and per-

formance footwear leader Skechers—launches in exclusive Skechers stores across the GCC.

Designed with a foundation in health and wellness, YOU by Skech-ers is for the young woman who wants to go from the office to the yoga studio to dinner in comfort and style.

“The YOU collection is an excit-ing crossover between our lifestyle lines and performance, and really speaks to the way the modern, busy

woman is living her life,” said Kathy Kartalis, senior vice-president of global product at Skechers.

“This unique evolution for

Skechers utilises the best technol-ogies and innovations from our Performance division and leverages that into a new collection that meets

the lifestyle and wellness needs of the self-aware woman searching for more balance in her life.”

“We’ve seen an explosion in the desire for lightweight wellness foot-wear in the athleisure marketplace,” added Michael Greenberg, presi-dent of Skechers.

“YOU by Skechers gives us the perfect opportunity to fuse the best aspects of both our performance and lifestyle experience to meet that need. We expect this versatile col-lection to resonate strongly with active women across multiple demographics.”

The third edition of TEDxY-outhwas held on November 2 at DPS Modern Indian

School. It was attended by students from 17 schools and 3 universities from all over Qatar. This year’s theme was ‘Breaking through inhi-bitions’ and the event had 5 speakers.

Conceptualised and delivered entirely by the students, the event advocated ideas that provoked thought in the youth. The event was initiated with an open call for

speakers. Apart from selecting speakers

through the open call, student curators interviewed potential speakers to develop their ideas and talks.

The event was a great success that left the audience with helpful advice, interesting information and renewed motivation. The Manage-ment and Principal congratulated the student executive team and group of volunteers for their efforts and dedication.

Third Edition of TEDxYouth enthralls audience

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As part of the Qatar Football Association’s (QFA) social responsibility strategy, Qatar

senior and Olympic national teams’ Al Annabi players Wahem Al Moez Ali, Tamim Al Muhaiza, and Sultan Al Brek took part in a sports event organised by Abdullah bin Ali Al Misnad Secondary School, in Al Khor, yesterday.

The event, which was under the theme “Tamim Al Majd”, a symbol of pride to the nation, involved organising a fun and exciting foot-ball match between the students and the Qatar senior and olympic national team players.

The national teams players and Captain Saeed Al Misnad, along with the QFA National Teams Technical Advisor signed footballs and took memorable pictures with the stu-

dents in the fun-packed event. The event was attended by QFA

Director of Operations of National Teams Department Ahmed Abbassi, QFA Head of Communications Ali Al Salat, and National Teams

Technical Advisor Captain Saeed Al Misnad, and supervised by Jassim Jumaa Al Muraikhy, School Princi-pal, and Ali Saad Al Humaidi, Deputy School Principal for Admin-istration and Student Affairs.

Jassim Jumaa Al Muraikhy, School Principal handed the QFA delegation certificates of appre-ciation to thank them for attending the school’s sports event and interacting with the students which helped educate the students about the positive values of football.

He commented: “The day ended on a positive note and represented the true sense of community and unity in Qatar which made every-one feel proud to celebrate under the theme “Tamim Al Majd”. I would like to thank the QFA for attending our school’s event and positively impacting our students. The QFA is in constant communication with the local schools in Qatar to ensure we are a part of all their commu-nity engagement initiatives.”

Al Annabi players join Abdullah bin Ali Al Misnad Secondary School Sports event

To mark the celebration of World Mental Health Day, Student Council of The

Next Generation School (TNG) Wakra Campus conducted a seminar for their fellow peers to explore the importance of men-tal health.

The purpose of the event was to create awareness, research and discuss different aspects of mental health.

The seminar focused on 5 different topics: Stress manage-ment, Isolation, Bullying, Low self-esteem because of one’s appearance and taking care of one’s Mental Health. The mem-bers had researched and planned

activities to highlight the chal-lenges young people face when and if they suffered from men-tal health problems and the activities aimed to awaken a sense of empathy in the student body. Students shared the stress issues taken during exams and how to deal with it. Struggles of bullying was discussed among students. Issues related to low self-esteem caused due to appearance or peer pressure became one of the important topics of the day.

Seminars were also held at the TNG Nuaija campus, TNG Al Dayeen campus and TNG Ain Khalid campus.

QTTA and Indian Sports Centre to hold

Inter-Community Table Tennis Tournament

Qatar Table Tennis Associa-tion (QTTA) and Indian Sports Centre will jointly

organise Inter-Community Table Tennis Tournament at QTTA Training Centre, in Ras Abu Aboud.

It is a first of its kind in Qatar where more than 20 expatriate communities belonging from respective countries are partici-pating in the said tournament.

The tournament is being organised to promote the game of Table Tennis among all the expatriates as well as to built a healthy sporting environment among various expatriate communities.

Khalil Al Mohannadi, QTTA President, addressed his

appreciation to all community leaders for extending the sup-port in conducting this tournament. Ali Sultan Al Muftah

, QTTA Assistant General Secre-tary, chaired the meeting attended by community leaders of Malay-sia , Phillipines , India , France , Morocco , Ghana , Belgium , Bang-ladesh , Nepal , Turkey etc.

Nilangshu Dey, President – Indian Sports Centre expressed his gratitude to partner this pres-tigious Multi-community sports event CHALLENGERS CUP with QTTA. Dey announced that the tournament will cater for Team Championship in eight categories For more information please call 55854126 / 55802490 / 55550491.

World Mental Health Day at The Next Generation School

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FOODMONDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2017 09Ellie Krieger The Washington Post

Some dishes are tagged as comfort foods because of the emotional connections we have with them; they conjure memories of good

times, feelings of being nurtured or being carefree. But there is a phys-ical aspect to comfort food as well

- the kind that warms you from the inside out, fills you up and leaves you awash with contentment.

This homey soup is definitely in that realm. It’s an earthy and filling bowl of lentils enhanced with Swiss chard, tomato and elbow macaroni, seasoned with a deeply flavorful yet mellow mix of Middle Eastern spices. While it is 100 percent comforting, unlike most feel-good foods that are best eaten only occasionally, this one is incredibly good for you.

Aside from its aromatic season-ings, a few ingredients make it stand apart. First, there’s the Swiss chard, which I consider a “sleeper” kind of greens because it’s just as won-derful but not used nearly as often as spinach or kale. This recipe makes the most of the chard by using both its leaves, added toward the end of cooking, and its tasty stems, added at the start along with the onion so they become tender. Then there are the whole canned tomatoes, squeezed by hand, one by one, before being adding to the pot. This technique yields an espe-cially rustic, homestyle texture, and I personally get a kick out of the process of squishing them, but you could substitute diced tomatoes if you want to skip that step.

The whole-wheat pasta gives the soup a friendly, lighthearted appeal, breaks up consistency of the lentils and provides a satisfying toothsomeness. But you could leave them out. This soup is one of those one-pot wonders that is perfect to make on a weekend so you have a nourishing meal at your fingertips for the week ahead. Knowing there is a satisfying meal in a bowl ready at home waiting for you is some-thing of a comfort in itself.

Lentil and Macaroni Soup With Swiss Chard

6 servings (makes 10 to 12 cups)MAKE AHEAD: The soup

thickens upon standing, so add a little more broth or water when you reheat it. It can be frozen, without the pasta, for up to 3 months.

From nutritionist and cookbook author Ellie Krieger.

Ingredients2 tablespoons olive oil1 large onion, chopped (about 1

1/2 cups)1/2 bunch Swiss chard (6 ounces)

leaves and stems separated, chopped3 cloves garlic, minced1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin1 teaspoon ground coriander1/4 teaspoon crushed red pep-

per flakes1 1/4 cups brown or green len-

tils, picked over and rinsed8 cups no-salt-added chicken

broth (may substitute vegetable broth)

One 28-ounce can no-salt-added whole peeled tomatoes, plus

their juices1 bay leaf1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus

more as needed1/2 teaspoon freshly ground

black pepper, plus more as needed1/2 cup dried whole-wheat

elbow macaroniStepsHeat the oil in a large pot over

medium heat. Once the oil shim-mers, stir in the onion and cook for about 5 minutes, until softened. Add the chopped chard stems, the gar-lic, cumin, coriander and crushed red pepper flakes; cook, stirring, for 1 minute, then add the lentils and the broth.

Add the tomatoes, one at a time, crushing them with your hands over the pot, plus any juice that’s remaining in the can. Add the bay leaf, salt and pepper; once the mix-ture is bubbling at the edges,

reduce the heat to medium-low, partially cover and cook for 25 to 35 minutes, until the lentils are ten-der; check the tomatoes during this time and break them down further with a spoon.

Increase the heat to medium-high; stir in the macaroni. Once the liquids come to a boil, reduce the heat to medium-low, partially cover and cook for about 10 minutes, at which point the pasta should be nearly done.

Discard the bay leaf, then stir in the Swiss chard leaves. Cook for 5 minutes, then taste and season with more salt and/or pepper, as needed.

Serve hot.Nutrition | Per serving: 290

calories, 14 g protein, 45 g carbo-hydrates, 6 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 370 mg sodium, 10 g dietary fiber, 11 g sugar

Stick a feather in your cap and add macaroni to this lentil soup

HEALTH MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER 201710The Washington Post

Parenting coach and columnist Meghan Leahy answered questions in a recent Washington Post online chat. Here is an

edited excerpt.

Q: One of my 2-year-old twin girls refuses to brush her teeth. We’ve tried multiple brush types, “You brush Mommy’s teeth, and she’ll brush yours,” modeling behaviour, praise and more, but little seems to work. I’m concerned about her oral health, and it’s making bedtime a bit of a nightmare.

A: Give this a rest for a bit. I know you are afraid her teeth will rot, but at this point you are just fighting and fighting and fighting, and it isn’t working. Adopt an attitude of “I love brushing my teeth” and happily brush away (your own teeth). Sing songs and really enjoy it. Let her watch this joy and say nothing about her brush-ing her teeth. If she wants to, you just say,

“Awesome, let’s do it.” No fanfare. Be cool. We are relying on the 2-year-old to want to be like you. That’s what 2-year-olds are like. Be confi-dent she will get there.

Q: My nearly 5-year-old has a bad habit that has started in the past few months” He’s con-stantly chewing and sucking the collar of his shirt. He has never been a thumb sucker and gave up pacifiers a long time ago. I’m worried about his teeth, as well as all the shirts that are getting ruined!

A: Chewing is often a sign of a child trying to relieve stress. It is common and usually uncon-scious. There are bite necklaces, etc., but I would ask this: Is your child stressed? What could be the source of the stress? If we can lessen the stress, we can slow the chewing.

Q: My 2 1/2-year-old daughter has recently fallen into a serious mommy phase, so much so that she refuses to let me (her father) help her with anything. I used to do her bedtime routine every night, but lately she refuses even to let me get her a drink of water. She constantly screams,

“No, Mommy can do it for me.” Should we indulge this for a little while hoping it will pass, or should we be more forceful about ending it? Several meltdowns have ensued when I tried to do her bedtime routine. Having my wife do everything for her while we also have an 11-month-old to deal with is obviously not ideal. I wonder if this is a delayed reaction to my daughter recently starting nursery school. It’s only two days a week for a couple of hours, but she was never in day care before, as she is watched by my mother-in-law.

A: This is normal, though I know that doesn’t make you feel better. I agree that stress from starting school is contributing to the neediness and clinginess. None of this is conscious on her part. It is not personal toward you. Promise. So the answer is both a bit of indulgence and a bit of forcing. I would choose a night when Mom

leaves the house for bedtime and you begin to find a rhythm. I am guessing Mom’s presence keeps the feelings amped. You have to keep at it and chug along. She may cry for Mom, but just ride the feelings with lots of cuddles and wait-ing. Tell her: “I know. It’s hard.” Don’t try this every night. Step up with the 11-month-old in whatever way possible and shift some special time to that 2 1/2-year-old on a weekend. See if you can’t have some daddy-daughter time away from the bedtime routine to build up a connec-tion and a feeling of safety. In any case, as long as you stay invested, this will pass.

Q: My sister, who was a single mom, passed away recently and left a 20-month-old daugh-ter, “Kate.” I am her guardian, and I have no other children. I’m wondering how I can help Kate deal with her grief (is that what she’s feeling?). She will go up to photos that my sister is in and cry and say, “Momma,” and she won’t let me comfort her. Should I take down the photos and help her avoid the pain? My instinct says no, but I should note that she is mostly fine (though a bit subdued) when she isn’t reminded of her mom. How can I help this poor baby? I can only imag-ine the confusion and fear she’s experiencing.

A: I am so sorry. Yes, keep the pictures. As torturous as this is, we want Kate to cry about what she has lost. This is how humans adapt to change, even change as awful as this. I want you to get support, stat. Get a good parent coach or therapist who understands attachment theory. If you cannot afford that, go to the online Neu-feld Institute and self-study the Art and Science of Transplanting Children course. There are peo-ple who will help you. Please get support.

Q: My 4-year-old refuses to go to preschool. He went part time, three days a week, for a month with no problems. I am confident that nothing happened, but he tells me he misses me. That’s why he doesn’t want to go. I am home still

with his 16-month-old brother, so I haven’t forced him. I thought I would give preschool a rest and try again in a few months, but the inse-cure part of me fears I will be forcing my fourth-grader to school if I don’t force him to go now. But I want school to be fun, not a punish-ment. He otherwise is OK leaving me for short times to go to a friend’s house, and he does OK with babysitters. But in general we spend a lot of time together, even co-sleeping! He is a won-derful, well-behaved boy, and I get great reports on his behavior. Should I force preschool, or is he just slow to develop independence?

A: There is no real need for your child to be in preschool. Look at this like a baby bird. The baby bird gets stronger, eats, sleeps, stretches its wings, flaps and continues getting stronger. If we push the baby out of the nest, though, it won’t fly. It will flounder and fall. But when the baby is ready, it will fly off confidently. This is how nature works. We don’t look at the baby bird and think, “If we don’t push him out, will he ever fly?” No, we wait. We can be confident with our kids this way, too. Listen to your intuition.

Q: My wife and I are meticulous about show-ering. We have always encouraged our daughters to take a shower every other day at least. But our 10 1/2-year-old seems to forget. We always have to push her to shower. We have experi-mented with not reminding her, which this led to three days without a shower (followed by us expressing our frustrated bewilderment to her). On the one hand, we think she should be able to do this on her own, yet we don’t want our daugh-ter going to school unwashed and with greasy hair. What do you think?

A: I think you are controlling a young wom-an’s body that is not yours to control. We all want our kids to not stink, but you have got to lay off here. You will cause more problems by control-ling her than you will by letting her hair be greasy.

How to deal with kids’ habits

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Treasure all movies I’ve done till date: Parul Yadav

Actress Parul Yadav, who is all set to be seen in the Kan-nada remake of the 2014

Bollywood film “Queen”, says she treasures all the movies she has done till date.

“’Queen’ is definitely a mile-stone in Indian cinema and I am excited to be a part of it but I treas-ure all the movies I have done till date, as those movies are what made me what I am today.”

The actress is currently shoot-ing for the remake titled “Butterfly” in Paris and will be seen reprising the role of Rani, which was essayed by Kangana Ranaut in the Vikas Bahl directorial.

Parul hopes to be a part of many more path-breaking films.

“So, I believe all the films were of utmost importance to me and I am hoping to be a part of many more great movies,” she said.

Will “Butterfly” have a strong hold in the Kannada film industry like “Queen”? “Yes definitely! The story is universal and something everyone can relate to,” she said.

Parul feels happy that a lot of remakes are being made in Indian cinema. “I think great stories need to be told in as many languages as possible and it’s irrelevant who tells the story first. The point is to put the story across and inspire.”

Bollywood celebs relive childhood memoriesIANS

Ahead of Children’s Day, pop-ular TV celebrities like Saumya Tandon, Neha

Saxena and Simran Kaur have recalled their favourite childhood memories.

Here’s what the celebrities said:

Saumya Tandon: I was a very sensitive child, who used to ask questions on everything and watch things very closely. I hardly remember playing with dolls dur-ing my childhood days. When I was six years old, our servant used to stay in our outhouse with his wife, kid and a goat. I was very attached to them as I was born during their presence. Also in my neighbour-hood, a family used to live. The eldest son was a pilot and was very fond of me.

Neha Saxena: I have two mem-ories of my childhood -- I was always pampered by my elder sis-ters. We studied in the same school so, during lunch breaks I would meet them and they would buy me ice-cream and chocolates. Another memory which I cherish is with my

mother. She is a single parent and she raised all of us. As a kid, once I demanded to go to Goa to meet my aunt and wanted my mom to fulfil that demand just for me.

Nitin Goswami: I was a prank-ster in school. I was an active sports boy as well. I used to play cricket, football and win matches. I was encouraged to play sports by my family and teachers. Those memories are still fresh and I miss them.

Priyanka Purohit: I loved playing pranks and teasing peo-ple. But I had elder sisters who made sure that I was a disciplined child. They not only rolled their eyes at me, but I also used to get

occasional whipping from them for the mischief I did. But now I realise that all that has helped me to be more disciplined. I am still scared of my sisters.

Simran Kaur: When I was 12 years old, I went for an audition and got selected as the voice of Nobita for the cartoon series ‘Dae-mon’. That was the turning point of my life and the next day when I went to school, I received an all-rounder award and an academic achievement award from my school principal. It came as a sur-prise to me. That was truly the golden period of my childhood. I miss it today.

Ankit Gera: As a child, I

remember that I was never inter-ested in going to school. So, my mom and dad used to drag me to school. But now that I have grown up, I think shooting schedule is similar to school as we have to wake up on time and you can’t really miss going to shoot. The feel-ing that parents used to take us out for picnic is the best feeling in the world. But now I am busy and I really miss all of it.

Yukti Kapur: As a child I used to wait for summer vacations because my cousins used to come to our home. I was very sporty and loved playing so, every day I would leave the house at 4pm and play till 8pm.

Rishi Kapoor wants to visit Pakistan before he dies

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, 65, wishes to visit Pakistan before he dies. “I am 65 years old and I want to see Paki-stan before I die. I want my children to see their roots. Bas

karva dijiye (Please make it happen),” Rishi tweeted yesterday.Rishi has a house in Peshawar, Pakistan. It was constructed

between 1918 and 1922 by Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor, the father of Prithviraj Kapoor, the first member of the family to enter the film industry. The Kapoors shifted to India after the 1947 partition.

On Saturday, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said the part of Kashmir held by Islamabad will remain with Pakistan and this was not going to change. He said Jammu and Kashmir needed more autonomy and chided those seeking “azadi”.

Rishi wrote: “Abdullahji, Salaam! Totally agree with you, Sir. Jammu and Kashmir is ours and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is theirs. This is the only way we can solve our problem. Accept it.”

Saumya Tandon, Priyanka Purohit and Ankit Gera

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Reuters

Putting aside the harassment scandal for a night, the stars of Hollywood came out yes-

terday to celebrate the work of actor Donald Sutherland (pictured) and four other filmmakers awarded honourary Oscars.

Sutherland, 82, has appeared in more than 140 films including

“The Dirty Dozen”, “MASH” and “Don’t Look Now” and is familiar to a younger generation for the “Hun-ger Games” franchise, but had never won an Oscar.

“This is very important to me, to my family,” Sutherland said at the annual Governors Awards, where Oscar statuettes are awarded to cel-ebrate a person’s body of work over a career.

“I wish I could say thank you to the characters I’ve played, thank them for informing my life,” he added.

“Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence, said Sutherland’s work

“is movie magic at its best”.Angelina Jolie introduced

Belgian-born director Agnes Varda, 89, awarded an honourary Oscar for a career that began in the New Wave of the 1950s and 60s and whose films include “La Pointe Courte”, “Cleo from 5 to 7” and

“Vagabond”. The two women had an impromptu dance on stage.

“I got many awards,” Varda said. “Here in the Mecca of cinema, Hol-lywood, I’ve received the best one.”

This event was attended by stars including Dustin Hoffman,

Jake Gyllenhaal, Emma Stone, Colin Farrell, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

African-American director Charles Burnett, whose films include “To Sleep With Anger“ star-ring Danny Glover, and ”The Glass Shield” featuring Ice Cube, used his acceptance speech to talk of the challenges he faced to tell stories about his community.

“It was incumbent on us to tell our story, our humanity in our way

... using film as a means for social change,” he said.

Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Inarritu, who won Oscars for “Bird-man” and “The Revenant” was awarded for his virtual reality film

“Carne y Arena” which puts the viewer in the shoes of migrants as they try to cross the US border.

He dedicated his honourary Oscar to immigrants “whose real-ity has been ignored and held hostage by ideologies and defi-nitions, denying them the possibility of being understood and loved.”

Hoffman introduced cinema-tographer Owen Roizman, with whom he worked on “Tootsie” and

“Straight Time”, saying: “It’s his com-bination of insight and versatility and craft that make Owen Roizman special.”

Roizman, who garnered five Oscar nominations for his cinema-tography but had never won, thanked all the collaborators he had worked with. “This night means so much to me,” he said.

Donald Sutherland receives honourary Oscars

AFP

Eminem, U2 and David Guetta will take to the stage in London for the MTV Europe Music Awards, which returns to

the British capital after more than 20 years.British singer Rita Ora will host the cere-

mony at Wembley Arena, which for the first time will see categories stripped of gender after MTV announced it wants to “break barriers”.

Taylor Swift could be the big winner of the night, with the US pop sensation nominated in six categories just two days after her sixth album “Reputation” was released.

Although up for awards including best art-ist, video, and look, it’s uncertain whether she will attend the ceremony which is filled with live performances.

Top-selling rapper Eminem will unveil his single “Walk on Water” ahead of the release of his latest album “Revival”, which comes out on Friday.

Eminem, who is nominated in the best hip-hop category, last month savaged US President Donald Trump in a video aired at an awards ceremony in Miami.

Other nominees set to perform at Wem-bley include Cuban-American artist Camila Cabello, Canadian singer Shawn Mendez, and the French DJ David Guetta.

The majority of the winners will be picked by music fans in an online vote, where there are 12 categories listed in addition to 32 sep-arate prizes for different countries and regions.

The best worldwide act and best video will be chosen by the MTV team.

Irish band U2 will collect MTV’s “Global Icon” gong, previously awarded to Queen,

Whitney Houston and Eminem.“U2’s impact on music, pop culture and

social issues around the world has been tre-mendous,” said Bruce Gillmer, producer of the awards ceremony.

“For over four decades and counting, they’ve entertained, influenced, and inspired fans around the globe,” he added.

U2 performed in London’s Trafalgar Square the night before the MTV awards, along with DJ Guetta, to a crowd of 7,000 who won free tickets in a ballot.

Eminem to perform at MTV EuropeMusic Awards

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An Australian museum has teamed up with computer giant International Business

Machines Corp to count the coun-try’s native frog population, and they want amphibian enthusiasts to jump on board.

The Australian Museum and IBM said they developed the world’s first smartphone app especially designed to let users record and report frog calls, croaks and chirps - without disturbing them.

Australia has 240 named native species of frog, and the museum wants to use its FrogID app to iden-tify what it believes are dozens more still ribbiting under the radar.

“One of the cool things about this is you can survey frogs just by lis-tening,” said Jodi Rowley, the museum’s curator of amphibian and reptile conservation biology.

“It’s actually a lot more accurate than photos, and photos encourage people to handle or disturb frogs,” Rowley added. She noted that every frog species has a unique call.

While frog populations are in decline around the world, Austral-ia’s frogs are especially vulnerable because of a combination of climate change, pollution, introduced spe-cies and urban development, the country’s Department of Environ-ment and Energy says.

According to the Environment

Protection and Biodiversity Con-servation Act four frog varieties are extinct, five are critically endan-gered, 14 are endangered and a further 10 are considered vulnerable.

Scientists say the presence of

frogs in an ecosystem is a sign of good environmental health, but the small amphibians are highly sensi-tive to changes in their habitat.

Rowley said she hopes camp-ers, hikers and other serious nature lovers will help with the research,

but she noted that even the hum-ble backyard fishpond could provide valuable data.

“It might allow us to figure out which areas of suburbia are really good for frogs, why they are good and hopefully help create more frog friendly habitats in suburbia.”

Rowley said amateurs who record previously unknown frog calls may even help discover a new type of frog or determine if any introduced species have gone unnoticed.

“All these things will help us – and help Australia – make sure that frogs don’t croak,” she said.

The Australian Museum and IBM said they developed the world’s first smartphone app especially designed to let users record and report frog calls, croaks and chirps - without disturbing them.

Reuters

Sheep have been trained to recognise the faces of celeb-rities, including former US

President Barack Obama, by Uni-versity of Cambridge scientists who hope it may help with under-standing neurodegenerative diseases. In a specially equipped pen, sheep were shown pictures of people on two computer screens, on one side would be an unknown person and on the other would be one of four celebrities.

The animal would receive a reward of food for choosing the photograph of the celebrity by breaking an infrared beam near the screen displaying it. If they chose the wrong photograph, a buzzer would sound and they

would receive no reward.The sheep eventually man-

aged to identify the familiar face eight times out of every 10.

The group of celebrities the sheep were trained to recognise included actors Emma Watson and Jake Gyllenhaal, BBC news-reader Fiona Bruce and Obama.

“We’ve shown that sheep have advanced face-recognition abilities, comparable with those of humans and monkeys,” Professor Jenny Morton, who led the study, said in a statement. In addition to being shown images of the celebrities

facing forward, scientists also tested the animals’ ability to recognize the faces in photographs taken from other angles.

The animals’ success rate fell by around 15 percent when pre-sented with the faces at a new angle, an amount researchers said was comparable to that seen when humans perform the task.

Scientists aim to use the sheep as models to understand disorders of the brain, such as Huntington’s disease, that develop over a long time and affect cognitive abilities.

Sheep ‘trained to recognise human faces’

Australia museum and IBM launch frog-count app

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Sherlock Toms is a Malayalam movie directed by Shafi, starring Biju

Menon, Miya George, Srinda Ashab in the lead roles. The movie is

Produced by Global United Media. Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTERNOVO — PearlMurder On The Orient Express (2D/Crime) 10:30, 11:00, 11:30am, 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 11:00pm & 12:00midnightThor: Ragnarok (2D/Action) 10:10, 10:30am, 12:45, 1:00, 1:30, 3:30, 6:00, 6:15, 6:45, 8:30, 9:00, 11:00, 11:30 & 11:45pmBoo: 2 A Madea (2D/Horror) 10:15am, 2:30, 6:45 & 11:00pm Jigsaw (2D/Horror) 12:30, 4:45 & 9:00pmThe Giant King (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00&6:00pmAn Ordinary Man (2D/Thriller) 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnightDarkness Rising (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pm Escape Room (2D/Thriller) 12:00noon, 4:00, 8:00pm & 12:00midnight The Battleship Island (2D/Action) 10:15am, 3:15 & 8:15pmThank You For Your Service (2D/Drama) 1:00, 6:00 & 11:00pmThor: Ragnarok(3DIMAX/Action)10:40am, 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20&12:00midnight

MALL

LANDMARK

ROYAL PLAZA

ROXY

ASIAN TOWNAramm (Tamil) 5:30 & 10:30pm Ippadi Vellum (Tamil) 3:00, 8:00pmVillain 9:00pm C/O Surya 6:30pm Sherlock Toms 6:30 & 9:15pm Qarib Qarib Singlle 5:30pm Ramaleela 10:30pm Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana 8:00pm

AL KHORThor Ragnarok 10:30am, 12:30, 3:30, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30pm Villain 10:30am Murder On The Orient Express 1:15, 6:30 & 11:45pm Ippdai Vellum 3:45pm Aramm 9:00pm Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana 3:15 & 8:45pm Qarib Qarib Singlle 1:00, 6:15 & 11:30pm

SHERLOCK TOMS

The Giant King (2D/Animation) 12:00noon, 2:00 & 4:00pm Escape Room 5:30, 7:30 & 9:30pm Thor Ragnarok 12:20, 6:00, 8:40 & 11:20pm Murder On The Orient Express 12:00noon, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 & 10:00pm Sherlock Toms 12:00noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 & 11:55pm Aramm (Tamil) 12:00noon, 2:20 & 11:30pm

Qarib Qarib Singlle (2D/Hindi) 2:00 & 11:45pm C/O Surya (Telugu) 2:30pm Sherlock Toms (2D/Malayalam) 2:30pm The Giant King (2D/Animation) 4:15pmThank You For Your Service (2D/Drama) 5:00 & 9:30pmEscape Room (2D/Thriller) 6:00pm Seven Sundays (2D/Tagalog) 7:15pmMurder On The Orient Express (2D/Crime) 9:30pmThor: Ragnarok (2D/Action) 6:00 & 8:15pm Omar El Azrak (Arabic) 9:30pm Darkness Rising (2D/Horror) 10:30pm Aramm (2D/Tamil) 11:30pm The Battleship Island (2D/Action) 11:30pm

C/O Surya (Telugu) 2:15pm The Giant King (2D/Animation) 2:30,4:30 & 6:15pm Sherlock Toms 2:15 & 11:30pm Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2D/Hindi) 4:45pm Escape Room (2D/Thriller) 6:15pm Omar El Azrak 7:00pmAn Ordinary Man 4:30pm Thor: Ragnarok (2D/Action) 9:15pm Murder On The Orient Express (2D/Crime) 7:45 & 9:45pm The Battleship Island (2D/Action) 11:30pm Thank You For Your Service (2D/Drama) 11:45pm Darkness Rising (2D/Horror) 8:00pm Ippadai Vellum (2D/Tamil) 11:30pm

The Giant King (2D/Animation) 2:30pm Sherlock Toms (2D/Malayalam) 2:30 & 6:30pmShaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2D/Hindi) 2:30 & 5:00pmEscape Room (2D/Thriller) 4:30pm Seven Sundays (2D/Tagalog) 5:00pm An Ordinary Man 7:45pm Thank You For Your Service (2D/Drama) 9:30pm Murder On The Orient Express (2D/Crime) 7:15pm Thor: Ragnarok (2D/Action) 7:15pm Ippadai Vellum (2D/Tamil) 11:30pm Darkness Rising (2D/Horror) 10:00pm On The Wings of Eagle 11:30pm The Battleship Island (2D/Action) 9:15pm Secret Superstar 11:30pm

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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.

AMAZON, ARKANSAS,

COLORADO, CONGO, DANUBE,

ELBE, EUPHRATES, GANGES,

HUDSON, INDUS, JORDAN,

LIMPOPO, LOIRE, MEKONG,

MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI,

MURRAY, NILE, ORINOCO,

RHINE, RIO GRANDE, SEINE,

SHANNON, THAMES,

TIBER, TIGRIS, VOLGA,

YANGTZE, YUKON, ZAMBEZI.

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