TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2017

WOMEN AND

DIABETES

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Indonesian women hold ‘Bakiak Race’ at PSISD

‘Crime Patrol’ to feature

stories on kids’ safety

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Indonesian women hold

‘Bakiak Race’ at PSISD

Indonesian women promoted “Bakiak Race” at the Family Day celebration held at Pearling

Season International School in Doha (PSISD) recently.

Mothers of students actively participated in the various events not only at PSISD but also in inter-national events held in Doha.

Around 800, including stu-dents and parents from around 54 different nationalities, joined the colourful celebration of Family Day.

A coordinator for Indonesian

community, Siti, said that promot-ing the traditional games is supported by its embassy.

Aside from ‘Bakiak Race’, there are also games from other cpun-tries that was introduced.

Ambassador of Indonesia to Qatar, Air Marshal (Retd) Muham-mad Basri Sidehabi praises the Indonesia women of PSISD for supporting the embassy’s mis-sion to promote good ties between Indonesia and Qatar particularly in socio-cultural activities.

MES conducts motivational programme

With a prime objective to get rid of exam related fear and to facilitate students to prepare for the boards with con-

fidence, MES Indian School conducted a motivational session for the Classes X and XII on the topic, ‘Defeating the Fear of Exam’ at the school’s KG auditorium, recently.

The session was timed well before students would plunge into serious preparation for board exams.

Dr Rajeev Thomas, a highly acclaimed and renowned speaker and Head of Business Plan-ning at Qatar Foundation for Education

- Science and Community Development, who inspires the next generation to ‘Be the Change’, was the resource person of the day’s programme.

The session covered extensively on key

topics, such as, The Power of Focus, From Fear to Confidence, Achieving a Peak Performance-Mindset and Exams – a stepping stone to Your Success.

The school officials and teachers attended the session along with the students. The Depart-ment of Guidance and Counselling of the school coordinated the programme.

Huddersfield Town’s ‘Terrier Spirit’ will reach the Mid-dle East this December ,

when HTAFC ‘Soccer School’ foot-ball camp will be held in Qatar.

The Town Foundation – the official registered charity of the football club – already runs foot-ball camps throughout Huddersfield and the local region, with the latest being earlier this month, and has now teamed up with Evolution Sports Qatar to extend the fun to the sovereign country.

Between December 17 to 21, three Town Foundation coaches will be in Qatar to lead the fun-filled courses alongside the qualified Evolution Sports coach-ing staff.

Huddersfield Town’s Commer-cial Director – and Town Foundation Trustee – Sean Jarvis explained how the link with Evo-lution Sports came to fruition.

“For a few seasons now, the football club’s community wing has run successful football courses in the Guangdong Province of

China thanks to our commercial partnership with the Fired-Up Group. Fired Up’s knowledge of the area was key to this working and we were honoured that the Hud-dersfield Town brand helped local children engage with sport in such a fun way.

“Our new arrangement with Evolution Sports will act like an extension of this for the charity, with the company’s local knowl-edge and the power of the football club’s name as a Premier League team working in tandem to help

engage youngsters in active sport. That’s an incredibly worthy cause, whether it is in Huddersfield or Qatar.

“There’s no doubt that promo-tion to the Premier League has launched Huddersfield Town on a global scale and this is just one example of the worldwide scope that this football club now has. Our challenge at the Club is to ensure we identify the right opportuni-ties.” Evolution Sports General Manager, Tommy Westmoreland, added:

Terrier Spirit branches out to Middle East

COVER STORY TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 201704

Fight Diabetes: Qatar Foundation advocates women’s health

The theme of this year’s World Diabetes Day (WDD), taking place today, is ‘Women and diabetes - our right to a

healthy future’. With one out of 10 women living with diabetes world-wide, the disease has become the ninth leading cause of death among women, and a health issue of glo-bal significance.

Dr Abdulla Al Hamaq, Execu-tive Director, Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), commented:

“There are now about 199 million

women suffering from diabetes glo-bally, and with that, the GDM (gestational diabetes mellitus) will affect their babies. It is a priority in our society to give affordable and equal access to all women at risk of, or living with, diabetes.

“For those women in developing countries who do not have access to healthcare, the situation becomes more difficult. Some of them don’t even have access to insulin. There-fore, it is vital that we educate women about how to prevent dia-betes, and how to take care of themselves if they get diabetes.”

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QDA is at the forefront of research and awareness in the fight against the disease, and provides innovative patient care and diabetes education to various seg-ments of society. It is also an active member of the Inter-national Diabetes Federation (IDF), the global advocate for

the prevention and cure of diabetes, comprising 230 associations from 170 countries.

In collaboration with the Landmark Group, QDA will hold a number of activities to mark WDD this year, pro-viding people with greater awareness of the disease.

Some of the events taking place include a symposium for doctors, a panel discus-sion about diabetes with physicians from police and army clinics, and a walka-thon at QF’s Oxygen Park in Education City on November 17.

Addit ionally, QDA recently collaborated with Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, a partner university of QF, on two different research methods regarding the complications involved with dia-betes in women. The research involved minimising the risk fac-tors for diabetes in women after pregnancy.

“About 50 percent of women with gestational diabetes are at an increased risk of developing diabetes after their pregnancy, within five to 10 years. Babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes also have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes in their teens or early adulthood. We have to educate women about how to take care of themselves if they present with high blood sugar during pregnancy, and encourage them to eat healthy and stay active,” said Dr Al Hamaq.

“Around 30 to 40 years ago, people were active and they ate healthy food. Now, due to the many unhealthy options availa-ble, people eat poorly and exercise much less, which leads to obes-ity, a risk factor that contributes to diabetes. That’s the problem we’re facing now in Qatar, with regard to this disease.”

In addition to organising WDD activities each year, QDA holds a number of community outreach

programmes throughout the year, including diabetes awareness pro-grams at schools and workplaces, symposiums, and diabetes pre-vention camps.

For example, QDA’s Al-Bawasil camp for children regularly hosts around 60 children from Qatar and the MENA region to teach them about diabetes and healthy living. QDA also collaborates with health-care professionals around the country to share knowledge, and stay up-to-date with current research.

Dr Al Hamaq added: “Through our awareness campaigns, we try to decrease the number of people suffering from diabetes in our coun-try. Our main goal at Qatar Diabetes Association is to educate people. We teach people at risk of diabetes how to prevent it, and we teach people with diabetes how to prevent com-plications. One out of two people are not aware they have it, and aware-ness is very important because it is a preventable disease.”

QDA was established in 1995, and is a leading authority on diabe-tes education and awareness. QDA has been an active member of IDF since 1997, and is one of the 24 dia-betes organisations from 19 countries and territories that repre-sent IDF’s Middle East and North Africa region

Dr Abdulla Al Hamaq, Executive Director, Qatar

Diabetes Association (QDA).

Cigna

MARKETPLACE / COMMUNITY TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 201706

Charles & Keith’s stunning winter collection launchedFor Winter 2017, Charles &

Keith takes you through the lives of a budding actress and

a stage hand as they chase after their dreams.

Following through with Fall’s retro modern stylised settings, Charles and Keith’s Winter ‘17 unfolds as a series, capturing the journey of a budding actress and a stage hand as they make their way across town to a theatre, in antici-pation of putting on “the biggest show of their lives”.

Delving into the notion of chas-ing dreams in pursuit of one’s big break, Winter ‘17 is infused with a coming-of-age quality that is both naïve and spirited at the same time, paralleling the protagonists’ chase of their greatest aspirations. In their head full of day dreams exists an idealised vision of success, as the journey of achieving creative pur-suits unfolds in a whirlwind of liberation, passion and ambition.

Winter 2017 collection encom-passes a diversified range of captivating styles ranging from the minimalist, the functional, the sports-inspired and to the

revamped vintage. With innovative constructions and key embellish-ments, noteworthy styles include heeled mules, slip-on loafers, low angular block heels, block heel oxfords and ruched knee high boots. Bags and accessories are a juxta-position of occasion wear embellished with velvet, glitter, satin and fur, against functional classics modernised with new con-structions to create sophisticated looks.

Indian Sports Centre (ISC) under the patronage of Indian Embassy, - the first ever all

Indian Teams Hardball Cricket Tournament - QNB-ISC T-20 Cricket Challenger Trophy was inaugurated at Asian Town Cricket Stadium on November 11 by Gul Mohammad Khan, Head of Domestic Cricket at Qatar Cricket Association.

Gul Khan, Chief Guest, wished all the participating teams good luck. Other guest present during the inauguration were Hassan Raza, Head of Technical, QCA; Nilangshu Dey, ISC President; Mohd Habibun Nabi, ISC - GS; Ravi Shankar, ISC-Head of Finance; Azim Abbas, Chairman Promotion and Head of Cricket ISC; Yunus Thakur, Tour-nament Coordinator; Furqan Sange’

Technical Team Coordinator; ISC Committee Members, Technical Committee, team captains and team managers.

Nilangshu Dey welcomed the audience and all the teams and explained the purpose

of this tournament and the future programmes for cricket related to schools, companies and affiliated organisations.

Mohd Habibun Nabi, General Secretary of ISC, conducted the opening ceremony and vote of

thanks on behalf of ISC to the spon-sors, Qatar National Bank, Indian Embassy, QCA, Ibn-Ajayan, and the twelve participating teams.

The first match of the tourna-ment was held between Malabar XI and Red Wing Al Khor Team.

QNB-ISC T-20 Cricket Challenger Trophy kicks off

LIFESTYLETUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2017 07

The Washington Post

Once upon a time there was a little girl whose passion for pink was so intense that she

steamrolled her princess-averse parents and ushered in a period of tulle and tiaras that would have been unimaginable just a few years earlier. It was so over the top that Cinderella might have pretended to hurl.

But this story has no ending - at least not yet. For a time I (the mother in this fairy tale) worried it would end badly. I imagined that the princess obsession was a prel-ude to my daughter, Mari, becoming superficial. I feared that as an adult she’d be easy prey for glittery mar-keting campaigns coaxing her to spend her hard-earned cash on lip-stick and face creams and increasingly invasive methods of body hair removal. I was most con-cerned that she’d base her self-worth on her looks, which wouldn’t boost her self-esteem.

Mari’s proclivity for pink isn’t unique. Across America and beyond, legions of these little princesses shun gender-neutral clothing. They overwhelm their parents with requests for princess merchandise, including ostentatious and outland-ish accessories. And they insist on wearing their finest frocks on the most ordinary of outings.

“Wait - I need my crown and cape,” Mari would say as we left the house for errands. We’d rummage through the toys until we located her royal gear - a cardboard crown she’d made in preschool that she wore until it disintegrated, and a colorful scarf she’d fashioned into a cape. Thus, adorned, she was a popular sight at our local pharmacy.

There’s nothing new about lit-tle girls loving princesses. As originally reported in Peggy Oren-stein’s “Cinderella Ate My Daughter,” a Disney executive saw little girls at a “Disney on Ice” show in 2000 wearing homemade princess dresses and realised the company was missing a golden merchandis-ing opportunity. Correcting this oversight brought about the Prin-cess Culture we know today.

A decade-and-a-half later, Dis-ney princesses are a

multibillion-dollar industry. Par-ents of princess-obsessed little girls, who have purchased at minimum a princess item or two (or more likely, dozens), understand this. Their daughters wear Aurora dresses while sipping from Ariel water bottles and nestling in pop-up princess tents with their talking Elsa plush dolls.

But what does it all mean? Was my daughter’s princess obsession really something for me to obsess about?

Reflecting the newness of the princess phenomenon, research examining its effect is just emerg-ing. A 2009 study suggests that showing princess images to chil-dren ages 3 to 6 didn’t impact their self-esteem. A 2011 study observed that girls who favor frilly dresses sometimes grow into sporty ado-lescents. A 2016 longitudinal study found that “princess engagement was not associated with concurrent body esteem,” but it also linked princess play with higher levels of gender-stereotypical behaviour.

I could tell parents of Little Princesses to relax, but of course we’re parents, so that would be

pointless. Even if a princess obses-sion is harmless - and we don’t know that yet - the statistics for girls and body image are dismal. Eighty percent of 10-year-old girls have been on a diet. Forty to 60 per-cent of elementary school-age girls are concerned about becoming overweight. Many girls begin to express concern about their weight by age 6. These are the kinds of numbers that, if you are the parent of a little girl, make you consider moving to a town with no internet access and little exposure to larger cultural trends.

Most of us, however, will not go to those extremes. So we do the best we can with what we’ve got, which is a hyper-commercialised culture that fills every available crevice with marketing. You can’t really leave your house without seeing a Disney Princess. Sometimes that princess happens to be your own daughter, wearing a beaded, rhine-stone-studded mermaid ballgown at the local pizza restaurant.

Mari just turned 6. She still loves dressing up and playing princess. She loves animals just as much though, and she spends a fair

amount of time pretending she’s a puppy called Sonia. She can’t pass a large rock without attempting to climb it, and she likes playing games, but only with rules she makes up. In Trouble, pieces can move both ways. In Farm Snap, she must have all the bunnies. While learning how to play chess, Mari introduced a little puppy figurine onto the board who made friends with the opposing king, so the match ended in a draw of sorts.

For her sixth birthday, we bought Mari a guinea pig, which she loves with abandon. And it’s not even pink.

As my daughter enters this next stage of childhood, I’d do well to remember what her royal days have taught me. All of Mari’s pas-sions and preferences and quirks

- like her princess obsession - are truly hers. My preconceived notions of what she should embrace or reject are misguided. My job is not to stand in her way, but to clear the path ahead of her when I can, or to hold her hand as she negotiates it. Once in a while, Mari still decides to wear her cape outside. So we keep it by the front door, just in case.

Learning to

accept daughter's

obsession with

Disney princesses

TECHNOLOGY TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 201708

iPhone X’s Face ID tricked using 3D-printed maskIANS

Using a composite 3D-printed mask, a team of Vietnam-ese researchers claim to

have fooled Apple’s Face ID authen-tication system in “super-premium” iPhone X, stressing that face recog-nition is “not mature enough” to guarantee securi ty for smartphones.

At iPhone X launch event, Apple’s Senior Vice-President Phil Schiller had claimed that Face ID can distinguish human’s real face from masks, thanks to its artificial intelligence (AI).

Using a 3D printer, the team at Vietnamese security firm Bkav cre-ated a mask that cost them $150.

“Nose was made by a handmade artist. We use 2D printing for other parts (similar to how we tricked Face Recognition nine years ago). The skin was also hand-made to trick Apple’s Artificial Intelligence,” Bkav said in a blog post.

“The mask is crafted by combin-ing 3D printing with makeup and 2D images, besides some special processing on the cheeks and around the face, where there are

large skin areas, to fool AI of Face ID,” said Ngo Tuan Anh, Bkav’s Vice President of Cyber Security.

The Bkav security experts who also posted a video on how they did this, said that Face ID can be fooled by mask, which means it is not an effective security measure.

In 2008, Bkav was the first company in the world to show that face recognition was not an effec-tive security measure for laptops when Toshiba, Lenovo and Asus used this technology for their products.

“Many people in the world have tried different kinds of masks but

all failed. It is because we under-stand how AI of Face ID works and how to bypass it,” the firms said on its FAQ page.

“In the future, we might use smartphones with 3D scanning capabilities (like Sony XZ1); or set up a room with a 3D scanner, a few seconds is enough for the scanning (here’s an example of a 3D scan-ning booth),” it added.

Face ID projects more than 30,000 invisible IR dots and claims to only unlocks iPhone X when cus-tomers look at it and is designed to prevent spoofing by photos or masks.

Apple’s Face ID technology uses a TrueDepth camera system made up of a dot projector, infrared cam-era and flood illuminator, and is powered by A11 Bionic to accurately map and recognise a face.

According to the firm, the rec-ognition mechanism is not as strict as one thinks and Apple seems to rely too much on Face ID’s AI.

“We just need half a face to cre-ate the mask. It was even simpler than we ourselves had thought,” Bkav said.

According to the firm, if exploited, Face ID can create problems.

“Potential targets shall not be regular users, but billionaires, lead-ers of major corporations, nation leaders and agents like FBI need to understand the Face ID’s issue.

“Security units’ competitors, commercial rivals of corporations, and even nations might benefit from our Proof of Concept,” Bkav noted.

As for biometric security, fin-gerprint is the best, said the firm which discovered the first critical flaw in Google Chrome just days after its launch in 2008.

Reuters

US sports broadcaster ESPN launched its flagship SportsCenter programme on messaging app Snapchat yesterday,

reimagining the show that provides sports highlights and commentary into a short-form series.

The new show deepens the relationship between ESPN parent Walt Disney Co and Snapchat parent Snap Inc.

The sports network, which has made Snap-chat content since 2015, is trying to reach a younger audience, while the social media app, whose messages disappear after viewing, is adding more content in an effort to grow its user base beyond its core youth demographic.

The partnership is a two-year deal and Snap and ESPN will share revenues, Snap said, though it declined to give specifics.

SportsCenter will air twice a day on Snap-chat during weekdays, and once a day on weekends.

A roster of six hosts will give commentary and perspectives, including ESPN anchors Katie Nolan and Elle Duncan, and ESPN Radio host Jason Fitz, Snap said.

Sean Mills, Snap’s head of content pro-gramming, said SportsCenter helps round out the app’s stable of daily shows, which already

includes news shows from CNN and NBC News, as well as an entertainment show called “The Rundown” from E! Network.

Along with daily shows, Snap launched a joint venture studio with NBCUniversal last month to produce scripted shows to air on the app.

ESPN brings SportsCenter show to Snapchat

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Tips to keep skin healthy during winterIANS

Get your hands on rose water, olive oil and egg yolk mix-ture and more to have

beautiful skin even during winter which robs moisture from you.

Naresh Arora, Founder of Chase Aromatherapy Cosmetics, and Nalin Verma, Co-Founder and Director, Euro Chroma Institute of Cosmetology, have a few skin care tips:

* Cleanse your face with natu-ral rose water or aroma water of lavender or chamomile. One drop in a bowl of water is enough.

* For a healthy glowing skin, use a papaya face pack. Take one papaya, one banana and two tablespoons of honey. Mash the papaya and banana well, mix it with honey, and apply this paste

on your skin to prevent dryness.* Aloe vera juice or extract is

also a good option.* Scrub your face with oatmeal

powder mixed with almond, orange peel powder and half drop of sandalwood or frankincense oil.

* Milk and almond face pack is helpful for cracked skin. Take two tablespoons of raw milk and one tablespoon of almond powder. Mix them well and put the paste on your face; massage gently.

* In winter, glycerin plays an important role for damaged skin. Wash your face with water. Do not use a towel to dry your face; leave the face slightly wet. Take a cot-ton ball, dip it in glycerin and apply it on your face.

* Petroleum jelly is commonly used in winter to help keep the

skin moisturised. Apply petroleum jelly all over the body; massage it for about two minutes. It will help in absorbing the moisture into your skin.

* You can also try an olive oil and egg yolk mixture. Take two eggs and three to four drops of

olive oil; mix it well. Apply the mixture on your face and keep it on for 20 minutes.

* For dry skin, virgin coconut oil is helpful. Apply coconut oil on the damaged skin and massage it until the stickiness vanishes. Do not wash off the oil.

Sore throat and hoarseness might not be just a coldThe Washington Post

As winter nears, we tend to ascribe a whole bunch of symptoms to having a cold:

runny nose, cough, sore throat, body aches, fatigue and so on. There are other causes of some of these ailments, however.

Itchy eyes and sneezing might suggest indoor allergies. A sore throat and hoarseness can suggest another condition: airway reflux.

Wait, you say, reflux causes heartburn. You’re right. Heartburn results when the acidic contents of the stomach escape up into the esophagus, the tube that delivers swallowed food to your stomach. When heartburn is frequent or severe, it’s called gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. The cul-prit is the gatekeeper muscle between the stomach and the esophagus, which doesn’t close properly.

However, those acidic contents can reach higher, up to the throat. If you are frequently hoarse, if you constantly have to clear your throat or if you find that your cough is

more annoying after eating or when lying down, you may have airway reflux. Other symptoms are a lump-in-your-throat sensation and waking at night gasping for air.

The condition has other names: silent or atypical reflux (because it can occur without heartburn); laryngopharyngeal reflux, or LPR; supraesophageal reflux; and respi-ratory reflux.

How can you have airway reflux without heartburn?

The esophagus has a protective lining, so acid reflux may not be felt there, says Kevin Tse, an allergist with Kaiser Permanente in San Diego. “In contrast, the upper air-way does not have a protective lining, so even a quick splash of acid can irritate the vocal cords and throat,” he says.

Airway reflux is often mistaken for sinus problems or allergies, says Jamie Koufman, founder of the Voice Institute of New York. Peo-ple who have mucus in their throats typically call it postnasal drip, which suggests the source is above

- in the nose and upper airways.Koufman says airway reflux is

much more common than people - even many doctors - think. However, there are no prevalence numbers available.

Tse says he sees many patients who have both allergies and airway reflux.

“We try to diagnose any asthma or allergies first, and treat those,” he says. “What’s left, in terms of symptoms, may well be LPR,” if, for instance, allergy treatments don’t work or symptoms persist after the seasons change.

Koufman has developed a ques-tionnaire to distinguish allergies from reflux. Distinctive signs that you have an allergy include sneez-ing fits, itchy eyes, sensitivity to fumes such as perfume, seasonal-ity of symptoms and having to carry tissues around.

Once symptoms are considered, physicians can do a visual exam of the throat and monitor the pH of the throat.

If you think you may have air-way reflux, what should you do? You can discuss your symptoms with your primary-care provider or try some lifestyle changes on

your own.Staying upright after meals

helps keep the gastric juices down where they belong. In particular, don’t eat anything within two to three hours of bedtime. “The most common way to (bring on) reflux is to lie down,” Tse says.

What you eat is as crucial as when you eat, Koufman says. “Diet is the most important thing you can do.” On the verboten list? “Overeat-ing, high-fat foods, eating late, soda, caffeine and alcohol,” she says.

For patients with more-serious reflux, Koufman recommends a strict two-week diet that avoids acidic foods such as peppers and onions, citrus juices, fried food, fatty meats and chocolate. She has pub-lished a series of books recommending a low-acid diet for reflux.

A 2017 study reported that a dietary approach was as good as treatment with medicines known as proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs.

Sleeping on an incline can help. You can either raise the head of your bed or sleep on a wedge pillow.

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Over 100 films

available online

for IKFFI

IANS

Over 100 films from 25 countries will be availa-ble for screening during

the International Kids Film Fes-tival of India (IKFFI), an online film gala.

Launched by LXL Ideas, the festival can be hosted independ-ently by schools across India from November 14 to 19.

The festival is powered by YouTube Kids, a specifically designed app which makes it easier for children and parents to find content they are inter-ested in, read a statement by LXL.

This fun-filled cinematic adventure curated by LXL Ideas in association with the French Embassy, Culture House of Iran and Children’s Film Festival, Seattle, has received registra-tions from over 402 schools across 58 cities.

IKFFI aims to reach over one million students during this film festival.

“I always wanted to create a film festival that is democratic and accessible to children across India, even in the remotest parts. Schools can organise a screen-ing for all their school students, invite neighbouring schools, have family screening and after-school screening,” said Syed Sultan Ahmed, Managing Direc-tor of LXL Ideas and IKFFI Festival Director.

Through IKFFI, LXL Ideas aims not just to entertain, but also to evoke emotions, inspire and educate future citizens and provoke discussions.

It encourages young film-makers to translate their dreams and stories into films by partic-ipating in Make Cinema, an IKFFI special filmmaking competition only for children. The entries for Make Cinema close on Decem-ber 31, 2017 and the winners will be announced on January 26, 2018.

Harshvardhan Kapoor’s next film to release in MayIANS

Actor Harshvardhan Kapoor, last seen on screen in

“Mirzya”, will soon be fea-turing in Vikramaditya Motwane’s untitled directorial releasing on May 25 next year.

Reliance Entertainment and Eros International have come together to release the Phantom Films production, read a state-ment. It promises some intense action and well-crafted hand combat fights, which have been designed by an international crew, and shot at some never-before-seen locations in and around

Mumbai.Motwane said: “The story

explores love, friendship, anger and heroism and its relevance in today’s times. It’s been with me for a very long time and I’m delighted at the way it’s turned out. The action sequences are awesome and I can’t wait for the audience to see it.”

The yet untitled film is the story of one young man’s quest for revenge, and the discovery that he is destined for much big-ger things.

Shibasish Sarkar, COO Reli-ance Entertainment, said: “We are happy to collaborate with

Phantom Films for this film which will resonate with public at large in a unique way. Vikramaditya Motwane’s films have always attained great critical acclaim and we are confident that this film will not only attain the acclaim but will be successful at the box office.”

The film’s music has been composed by Amit Trivedi with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya. They have earlier worked with Motwane on “Lootera” and

“Udaan”. Sunil Lulla, Managing Director, Eros International Media Ltd, said with the “mass enter-tainer”, they are looking forward to “creating a new milestone”.

IANS

“Crime Patrol Dial 100” will dedicate the week to five stories on children’s

safety, says its host Annup Soni.As Children’s Day will fall on

Tuesday, the crime show has planned special episodes focuss-ing on their safety.

“We are treating this week as children’s safety week. There will be five stories related to crime against children and also children committing crime as that is also on the rise,” Annup said.

Will there be an episode on the Ryan International School murder case?

“No. We avoid cases that are still under investigation. We don’t want to jump to conclusions. We don’t have the right to judgment,” he said.

Giving an insight into the epi-sodes, he said: “There will be cases where children committed crime, how they got into it, what kind of precautions can be taken.”

He stressed on the importance of communication between chil-dren, their parents and the society.

“We always have parents who expect children to behave like them. ‘We used to do this when we were children’. That’s not going to hap-pen because the environment is different and there is a generation gap too. So, there will be difference

in thinking. “We have to create an environ-

ment in our house where children should be fearless about sharing anything with parents. Parents should monitor them, but not be over-possessive or put a lot of restrictions,” said Anuup.

As part of a society, people need to stop forcing children to be too competitive.

“Every child is different. If a child is not good in studies, he might be good in sports or some other activity. Society shouldn’t be judgemental,” said the actor.

He has some advice for parents too.

“What happens is that some-times parents don’t care about fighting in front of children. They get affected by it,” he said.

Anuup has been serving as the

host of the show for a while now. Has it affected him too?

“I think I have completed about 1,500 episodes of ‘Crime Patrol’ since 2010. By 1,500 episodes I mean 1,500 cases. Somewhere or the other, the effect is negative. So, initially I used to easily panic. Later, I tried to see the positive side of it.

“It has changed me as a person. I have become a more positive per-son now,” said Anuup, who used to host “Crime Patrol Satark” as well.

The whole message of the Sony Entertainment Television show is that “crime is not the solution to problems”.

“People have thousands of prob-lems. Those who don’t commit crimes doesn’t mean that they don’t have problems. After committing a crime, they put themselves in a bigger problem,” he said.

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ENTERTAINMENT TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 201712

Bob Geldof returns Dublin award

in protest over Aung San Suu KyiReuters

Irish musician and anti-pov-erty activist Bob Geldof will return his ‘Freedom of the City

of Dublin’ award to his home town yesterday, saying he could not continue to hold the honour with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Well over 600,000 Muslims from Myanmar’s Rakhine state have fled to refugee camps in Bangladesh after military clearance operations described by the United Nations as ethnic cleansing were launched in response to attacks by Rohingya militants.

The plight of the Rohingya has brought outrage from around the world and there have been calls for Suu Kyi to be stripped of the Nobel peace prize she won in 1991 because she has not condemned the Myan-mar military’s actions.

“I am a very proud Dubliner but cannot in all conscience continue to be one of the honoured few to have received this great tribute whilst Aung San Suu Kyi remains amongst that number,” Geldof said in a statement.

“In short, I do not wish to be associated in any way with an indi-vidual currently engaged in the mass ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people of North West Burma.”

Suu Kyi, previously renowned for her human rights activism, was under house arrest when she was given the Freedom of Dublin in 1999 and received her award at a public reception in Ireland in 2012, two years after her release.

Last month she was stripped of a similar honour by the British uni-versity city of Oxford, where she was an undergraduate.

Other foreign recipients of the

Freedom of Dublin since it was first awarded in 1876 include John F Kennedy, Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Geldof, a former singer for the Boomtown Rats, was given the honour in 2005 in recognition of his charity work which included organizing the 1985 Live Aid con-cert, which reached an estimated 1.5 billion people and did much to raise the profile of those suffering from starvation and disease in

Ethiopia.“Her association with our city

shames us all and we should have no truck with it, even by default. We honoured her, now she appalls and shames us,” Geldof said.

“The moment she is stripped of her Dublin Freedom perhaps the Council would see fit to restore to me that which I take such pride in. If not so be it. Please accept this small gesture and the sadness that accompanies it.”

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ tops weekend box office again with $56.6m Reuters

Showing plenty of staying power, Disney-Marvel’s

“Thor: Ragnarok” is dominat-ing the North American box office with $56.6m at 4,080 locations in its second weekend.

The figure give the third Thor movie the 29th highest second weekend of all time and the fifth best of 2017. It also took in nearly the combined total of the two new titles -- Paramount’s family com-edy “Daddy’s Home 2,” with $30m from 3,575 sites and Fox’s mys-tery “Murder on the Orient Express” with $28.2m at 3,341 venues.

“Thor: Ragnarok,” starring Chris Hemsworth and directed by Taika Waititi, declined 54 percent from its $122.7m opening last weekend and is already the ninth highest domestic grosser of 2017 with $211.6m in its first 10 days.

It’s also been a stellar interna-tional performer with $438m in less than three weeks -- topping $650m worldwide.

On November 8, “Thor: Ragnarok” became the 12th con-secutive Marvel Cinematic Universe film to top $500m worldwide.

The movie has reversed a box office slump that persisted through October and left 2017’s overall domestic moviegoing down 5% from last year at $9.14bn as of Sunday.

With Warner Bros.’ “Justice League” opening next weekend, Disney-Pixar’s “Coco” on Novem-ber 22 and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” launching on December 15, the industry is now poised to end the year on an upbeat note. The overall weekend totaled about $148m, down 6 percent from the same frame in 2016, according to comScore.

Shawn Mendes wins big at MTV Europe Music Awards

IANS

Singer Shawn Mendes won big at the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) by taking home three honours.

Mendes had been expected to fare well, going into the EMAs with five nominations, and won for Best Artist, Best Fans and Best Song for “There’s nothing holdin’ me back”.

Singer Taylor Swift had more nominations, with six, but she didn’t pick up any award.

The award ceremony was held inside London’s SSE Arena, Wem-bley, on Sunday night, reports variety.com.

U2, recipients of the Global Icon Award on the night, performed “Get out of your own way” from Trafalgar Square.

Rapper Eminem was on the mic in a London pub before taking to the EMA stage and performed his new single, “Walk on water”. The rapper picked up the Best Hip Hop gong.

Best Video went to rapper Kendrick Lamar for “Humble”, Best Live Act to singer Ed Sheeran and Best Rock to Coldplay. Singer-songwriter Dua Lipa scooped the Best New Artist accolade.

Singer Rita Ora hosted and performed at the award ceremony, which was aired in India on Vh1. Mendes sung his Best Song-win-ning track “There’s nothing holding me back”.

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Thor: Ragnarok is a 2017 American superhero film based on the

Marvel Comics character Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and

distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 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

CINEMA PLUSTUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2017 13

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

THOR: RAGNAROK

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

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

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Undercover18:45 Hotel

Transylvania: The Series

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20:35 Jessie21:00 Tangled: The

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Undercover21:50 Hotel

Transylvania

08:50 Gorilla School

09:15 Treehouse Masters

10:10 Biggest And Baddest

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Queen20:15 Biggest And

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They Do It?13:10 Alaska: The

Last Frontier15:25 Sacred

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Left For Dead

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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.

BOISTEROUS, BUMPY,

BURNISHED, COARSE, CRUDE,

FLAT, FLOWING, FLUENT,

FLUID, GLOSSY, GRATING,

HARSH, IRREGULAR, JAGGED,

LEGATO, LIQUID,

PUGNACIOUS, REFINED,

RIDGED, ROCKY, ROUGH,

SATIN, SERRATED, SILKY,

SLEEK, SLICK, SMOOTH,

STACCATO, SUAVE,

WRINKLED.

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