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Maja Kinnemark from VCUQatar tells how the innovative design ideas crafted by university’s Interior Design Department are improving housing situation of Syrian refugees in Lesvos, Greece.

FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES

HELPING HAND

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Birla students release school magazine

Birla Public school in a solemn function organised on the main campus brought to light the biennial edition of the school magazine.

The student leaders from various sections ( Middle School, Senior, Higher Secondary, and International Curriculum ) were the guests of honour and officially released the magazine of the school. This was a pioneering action by the leadership team of the school. It is a policy of the school to empower its students to give them the task of leading and pioneering, taking lit-tle tender steps in to responsibility as a symbol of their future endeavours.

Special guests were honoured were Malay and Sharon, Head Boy and Head Girl, senior section, Dhruv and Jovina, Head Boy and Head Girl, International Curriculum, and Ben John and Eminta, Head Boy and Head Girl, junior section.

These leaders released the magazine giv-ing copies to A K Shrivastava, Principal, and Shirly Rappai, Senior Vice-Principal, and to the core committee members.

“My beloved students, our school is a pio-neer in many spheres of scholastic and co-scholastic life and we are today charting a

new trail in the path of student empowerment in this humble endeavour of student leaders releasing the school magazine,” said George Edison, Vice-Principal addressing the school assembly.

“The school magazine is the reflection of the culture of a school, as it is a mirror to the cream of activities and expression of your creativity

and imagination. It is a valuable souvenir for the students and the staff and a golden trophy for parents and the community to cherish the school for years to come. It is also a kaleido-scope of sorts of the variety and diversity of the demography that our school contains. The mag-azine is a delightful and colourful museum of the students who carried the school’s torch of glory across the country and abroad in aca-demic excellence enlivening its pages,” George Edison said.

‘Expressions 2016’, like its previous editions, bears ample testimony to quality of the school and immortalises its reputation as a leading Indian School in Qatar.

The special assembly was called to cele-brate students’ achievements and honour them, especially those who have contributed to the lustre of the pages of the magazine, those who have contributed substantially to enrich their student life and of the school’s.

Suresh Veeraraghavan, English teacher was the editor in chief. John Mpamei, music teacher, dedicated a piece of music honouring the stu-dent leaders.

Lakshmidevi, teacher in English, proposed a vote of thanks.

COVER STORY THURSDAY 19 JANUARY 201704

Where there is a will, there is a solutionIrfan Bukhari The Peninsula

They say action springs not from thought but readi-ness for responsibility. Everyone talks about the miseries of Syrian refu-

gees in somber tone but there are few who can walk the talk.

Maja Kinnemark, assistant pro-fessor of Interior Design at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar and Theekshani Perera, a former student of the same varsity repre-sent the segment of society who believes in action and never shy away from lending help to any noble cause.

Kinnemark along Perera and undiluted support of VCUQatar are trying to bring comfort in camps of Syrian refugees in Greece with their innovative designs in collaboration with a team of behaviour scientists, material engineers and local archi-tects on site in Kara Tepe refugee camp in Lesvos, Greece.

The Peninsula talked to Kinne-mark on her journey’s start, hopes attached with the ongoing project, future plans of VCUQatar’s Interior Design department for promoting humanitarian design concepts, plight of refugees in camps etc.

What is Better Shelter project and how did VCUQ associate itself with the initiative?

For us it all started last year when I took my Interior Design stu-dents at VCUQatar to Stockholm to meet first hand with the designers behind the award-winning refugee housing called Better Shelter, that has been developed with the sup-port of IKEA Foundation and is now being used all over the world in areas of crisis.

Better Shelter is a cost effective structure that provides a more dig-nified housing than a tent. It’s not great – because nothing is great about the situation for refugees, but it’s at least “Better” than a tent, cheaper and more sustainable than a cabin. There is for example a proper door which you can close behind you to give a sense of

privacy in a busy camp, and good sturdy walls that provide a bit of safety.

Our team from VCUQatar has been working with representatives from Better Shelter and a team of behaviour scientists, material engi-neers and local architects on site in Kara Tepe refugee camp in Lesvos, Greece, to use innovative design

ideas and new technologies to improve the housing situation for all the people caught in limbo on their journey to Europe from war-torn Syria. The island of Lesvos has received 750, 000 people in tran-sit and many of them are still stuck on the island.

After careful field study of the use of space in the refugee camp

we learned that there was an appar-ent lack of privacy and shade for the people living there, and these fundamental human necessities forced people to build their own shading and demarcation devices, which eventually turned into a fire hazard (there was a tragic fire with casualties in camp Moira nearby just a few days before our team from VCUQatar arrived). This is where design and architecture can really make a change.

Our team designed a new way to layout the camp through a small device that fits on the existing bolts of Better Shelter. Our idea expands on the function of the shelter and makes an enormous change because it allows for shades and partitioners to be mounted easily, both outside and inside. We also incorporated the idea of traditional Qatari courtyard houses in our pro-posal for the layout of an extension of the refugee camp. The traditional Qatari courtyard houses provide a safe private environment for the extended family in the centre, a place for children to play and women to rest, and a similar layout will improve the life of women and children greatly in the camp.

Team Better Community: Multidisciplinary design team of one behaviour scientist, two architects, two interior designers, and one material engineer at work.

Maja K Kinnemark, Assistant Professor Interior Design at VCUQatar. Pic: Abdul Basit/The Peninsula

COVER STORYTHURSDAY 19 JANUARY 2017 05What kind of tangible benefits you

expect from your input for the ongo-ing project?

I expect no benefits, this is part of what designers do. Anyone interested in Humanitarian Design can complete our programs at VCUQatar and work within this field in the future. It might not be the most lucrative area of expertise but cer-tainly meaningful.

Being an interior designer, what kind of professional and technical sup-port you have so far provided to other partners of the project and what more lies in the pipeline?

My background is in furniture mak-ing so I am a detail-oriented interior designer concerned about materials and joinery. I considered the small device we designed to be “a little piece of archi-tecture” with its own list of requirements that are crucial to fulfil to succeed. It may appear insignificant at a glance, but the form of the device makes all the differ-ence; it had to fit effortlessly over the existing bolt but should at the same time discourage other people from “borrow-ing it”.

What is the level of support you have received from VCUQ in accom-plishing the task?

VCUQatar has been very supportive of our engagement in Greece and is now planning an exhibition for “The Gallery” on the same theme of “Displacement and Shelter” in which we will bring a Better Shelter structure to Doha for our stu-dents to study and learn from.

The company in Sweden has pro-vided us with the challenge to develop a desert skin for Better Shelter because the way it is designed now is not func-tional in very hot climates.

We are also planning a cross disci-plinary workshop expanding on the function of so called CORE Relief items, provided by UNHCR, that every person entering a refugee camp is entitled to, such as blankets and water containers. As for my own academic research I feel strongly supported by the university in my work exploring ideas of Adaptabil-ity in Design and Diaspora Cities.

Your impression on refugees’ life in camps of Greece and what else urgently needed to ameliorate their plight?

My impression of the situation in Greece was one of shock. Not that I was surprised, I knew what to expect, and I

quickly realized that the camp we got to work in was one of the better ones in Lesvos offering communal spaces and activities for children, but it was still a terribly emotional shock experiencing the desperate feeling of permanent limbo that families find themselves in.

I saw an environment not good for people. What the people in the camp really need is to get out of there. No design solution will ever make life bear-able for them if they have to stay in the camp, but design can really help make life a bit better in a transit camp for a limited amount of time.

The problem now is that the tempo-rary camps are becoming permanent because people are not allowed to con-tinue their journey in Europe. Greek economy has hit rock bottom, they can’t even afford basic health care for all Greek children, and the government is gener-ally thought of as corrupt. Still, the population of the island of Lesvos was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for all their humanitarian aid provided people crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

Sharing her views, Theekshani Per-era an alumni student from Interior Design Department at VCUQatar who is part of the team said: “As a designer, the most important lesson that I have learned from this experience is that designing a solution for the smallest problem can make a huge difference to a community and/or an individual’s lifestyle. It takes a passionate and committed team or indi-vidual to not only look at the big picture, which is usually the surface of the prob-lem, but to regard the minor details.”

New camp layout for 400 people in the extension of

Kara Tepe refugee camp that will implement the designs

developed by the team Courtyard.

The small connection device allows for grand court yard

configuration of the shelters, inspired by traditional Qatari

houses.

LEFT: Illustration shows how the little connector device is added on to the existing bolts of Better

Shelter. RIGHT: The courtyard configuration coming together step by step. The shades, the washing

line, and the family friendly space in the courtyard.

COMMUNITY THURSDAY 19 JANUARY 201706

PIBAQ opens Season 22 with a big bang

At least 29 teams joined the 22nd season of Pinoy Basketball of Qatar (PIBAQ), the pre-m i e r e F i l i p i n o

basketball league, considered as the biggest participation so far since the yearly tournament started in 2005, bringing in a bonanza of spectacu-lar opening ceremonies over the weekend at Al Gharafa Multi Pur-pose Training Gym.

PIBAQ officials are keeping their fingers crossed the much more com-petitive tournament in this Ooredoo Cup 2017 22nd Men’s Basketball League will offer thousands of fans in the hardcourt a bigger excitement as the teams slug it out in action all the way to the championship rounds.

“We see tougher matches that is why we prepared for it that officiating will be done fair and square in every weekend game,” said Pat Carido, PIBAQ Chairman.

Competing in this season are six teams in the Senior Open Division, seven teams in the Aspirants Divi-sion and 16 teams in the Rising Division divided into two groups for

better pairing and equal chances of play. As expected, fans are focusing their eyes on the matches of the stars of the stars among veteran players in the Senior Open who already earned their niche in the 12-year league of which many of them were former players of popular commer-cial leagues back home including the prestigious Philippine Basketball Association.

The Aspirants and the Rising Divisions , however, could not be counted out since it also parade of promising players whose tenacity and skills in the hardcourt were already drawing attention to their

own legion of followers.This season’s teams who joined

were: Junalvn, Oooredoo, GAC Motors, Lucky Seven LS7, AA Tai-loring-Vintage and Khalifa Boyz in the Senior Open; Inter-Tech Jireh, Season Restaurant, 3 Stars & a Sun, Monte Vista, Philippine Tailoring, Pampanga Village Bacolor and DW Ballers in the Aspirants Division.

In the Rising Division: Group A- Stealers, Pinoy Warrior, Season Restaurant, Mangyan Tribe, Nissan, Pilipinas Express, One Zamboanga, and M-Builders and for Group B: Zoom, Spartan, Doha Desert Reload, Elite Basketball, RAMS, Pinoy

Slammers, Al Heen and Pampanga Dragon. Adding glitters to the open-ing ceremonies are the presentation of gorgeous and pretty ladies as respective muses of the different teams the best among them were chosen in each division.

Making it to the best muse in the Senior Open was Diane Castillo of the Ooredoo team while Josh Gar-cia of 3 Stars & A Sun was chosen best muse in the Aspirants Division and Liberty Borromeo of Pampanga Dragon for the Rising Division. PIBAQ also honoured the teams donning with the most attractive uniforms with GAC Motors for the Senior Open, Season’s Restaurant for the Aspirants Division and One Zamboanga for the Rising Division.

Giving prestige in the opening programme were VIPS who graced the occasion which include Antonio Valdez Cruz, Protocol and Board Affair of Ooredoo Headquarters One, Ressie Fos, chairman of United Fil-ipino Organization in Qatar, Becky Tiwan, owner-operator of Filipino Community Center and Joyce Dyan A. Cruz, area manager of 51 East- Maybelline/ L’Oreal brands.

The 22nd Men’s Basketball League 2017 has been brought by Qatar Basketball Federation in coop-eration with the Philippine Embassy in Qatar and United Filipino Organ-isation in Qatar.

Ooredoo serves as the main league sponsor while Philippine Air-lines, Alicafe, Diana Jewellery, Filipino Community Center and Shutter Bugz Photography Club are co-sponsor.

HEC Paris to hold ‘Marketing through Social Media’ programme

HEC Paris In Qatar is offering an open enrolment programme in “Marketing through Social Media” with Kristine de

Valck, HEC Paris Associate Professor of Market-ing, to be held on February 7 and 8 at Tornado Tower, West Bay. The tuition fees is $1,950.

The programme includes a new marketing paradigm due to the horizontal revolution: how have the 4Ps of marketing evolved due to the rise of constantly connected customers?

• The digitised customer journey: what is

the role of the internet in general and social media in particular in the consumer’s purchase decision process? • Social media landscape and cultures: recognising the wide variety of plat-forms that are used for different purposes and adhere to different social norms • The four pil-lars of social media marketing strategy: 1. Communicate: content marketing and thought leadership. 2.Create: word-of-mouth market-ing and engaging influencers. 3. Care: using social media for market research and customer

support 4. Commune: managing and leverag-ing consumer communities

The benefits include • Understand the dif-ference between traditional, digital and social media marketing • Gain insight in the varied landscape of social media • Increase your social media literacy • Learn key concepts in social media marketing • Discover the array of ways in which social media can be leveraged and • Develop your ability to design successful social media strategies.

MARKETPLACETHURSDAY 19 JANUARY 2017 07Care for hands with hand products from Rituals Cosmetics

Rituals Cosmetics has unveiled a range of luxu-rious hand products and treatments, which will

combat the effects that winter (and ageing) can have on delicate hands.

Miracle Scrub Rituals Cosmetics Miracle Scrub

is enriched with nourishing oils that are easily absorbed by the skin to restore suppleness and moisture balance. Use the hand scrub on dry hands, rubbing in well. Rinse with lukewarm water and pat dry. Your hands feel remarkably nourished and silky smooth.

Miracle Balm Rich, nourishing hand balm

based on rejuvenating Ginseng and strengthening Ginkgo Biloba. This luxuriously rich hand balm is spe-cially developed to soothe and calm dry, rough hands. Massage this rich balm onto hands and cuticles for hydration and nourishment. Tip: use Miracle Balm at night when the skin’s natural renewal process works eight times faster.

Ginkgo’s Secret A best selling Rituals Cosmet-

ics product, Ginkgo’s Secret owes its popularity to its luxury ingre-dients. This rich and luxurious hand balm is enriched with Gin-seng and Ginkgo Biloba. These natural ingredients promote ultra soft skin for delicate areas and protect from environmental

factors such as the cold. It has been specially created to soothe and repair rough, dry hands. Ginkgo’s Secret has been specifically designed to work in harmony with skins natural night-time renewal process of the skin. It combines the regenerating powers of the renowned life root Ginseng with extracts of the ancient Ginkgo Biloba tree to stimulate circula-tion and boost cell renewal leaving hands soft and rejuvenated.

Happy Hands Rituals Cosmetics’ ultra condi-

tioning hand lotion Happy Hands with extra Allantoin hydrates the skin, while the combination of Man-darin and Mint provides an energising fresh-sweet aroma sen-sation. Rituals Cosmetics provide

hand treatments in a selection of stores. This treatment starts with a relaxing hand massage with Ritu-als’ Cosmetics exceptional hand scrub.

These products are available at RITUALS stores in UAE, Oman & Qatar. Rituals Cosmetics has opened six stores in GCC in 2016, first store being in the UAE in Dubai’s luxury Mall of Emirates. 2017 is the year of expansion for Rituals Cosmetics in the Middle East. The story of Rituals started in 1999 when Raymond Cloosterman, founder and CEO of Rituals, decided to create a global beauty and life-style brand.

“International expansion remains important for rituals and we are thrilled to launch the brand

in the UAE. We strongly believe the Middle East market has a strong potential for Rituals and we are excited to open more stores in the region.”

Apparel Group is a global fash-ion and lifestyle retail conglomerate residing at the crossroads of the modern economy – Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Apparel group has carved its strong presence not only in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia but opened thriving gateways to market in India, South Africa,Poland, Singa-pore, Jordan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.

Additionally, clear strategies are in place to enter emerging markets such as Hungary, Pakistan, Egypt and the Philippines.

Limited edition of Disney x Cath Kidston collection launchedLaunched on December 6, the second lim-

ited edition of Disney x Cath Kidston collection, pays tribute to Disney’s most

iconic character, Mickey Mouse, and his equally beloved girlfriend Minnie. Once again, Cath Kid-ston has been granted access to Disney’s archive in order to source the perfect original charac-ter illustrations to blend into the brand’s signature prints. For this one-off collection

Cath Kidston carefully selected five iconic print designs to receive the Mickey and Minnie treatment. You’ll find Mickey and Minnie woven into famous florals and classic spots as well as cute novelties and a scenic, story-telling print. These unique designs, which were created in close collaboration with Disney, will delight Cath Kidston and Disney fans alike. They’re full

of fun, with a playful energy that nods to Mickey and Minnie’s roots as mischievous cartoon char-acters, and star in a limited edition collection that includes women’s fashion and accessories as well as designs for home and kids.

Minnie and Mickey Spot

The spotlight’s on Mickey and Minnie in this playful take on one of Cath Kidston’s classic designs, Button Spot.

Minnie Mews DitsyMinnie’s in full bloom, and woven seam-

lessly into the fabric of a signature Cath Kidston ditsy floral.

Minnie Linen SprigMinnie strikes a pretty pose amongst Cath

Kidston’s delicate florals.Mickey in LondonMickey pays a visit to Cath Kidston’s Lon-

don hometown! This print puts a modern spin on vintage cartoons.

Mickey Hearts MinnieA Mickey and Minnie love story in print form,

brimming with hearts and flowers.

HEALTH THURSDAY 19 JANUARY 201708

A third of adults with asthma may not have itWashington IANS

As many as one third of adults diagnosed with asthma may not actually have the disease, according to a Canadian study. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at

613 randomly selected patients from 10 Canadian cit-ies diagnosed with asthma in the last five years, Xinhua news agency reported.

After a series of detailed breathing tests followed by consultation with a lung specialist, asthma was ruled out in 203 or 33 percent of these patients.

According to the study, 181 participants or 30 per-cent continued to exhibit no clinical or laboratory evidence of asthma after an additional 12 months of follow-up. The researchers speculated that the failure to confirm a previous diagnosis of asthma by doctors could be because of spontaneous remission or misdi-agnosis. “It’s impossible to say how many of these patients were originally misdiagnosed with asthma, and how many have asthma that is no longer active,” lead author Shawn Aaron, senior scientist and respirol-ogist at Ottawa Hospital and professor at the University of Ottawa, said in a statement.

According to the study, 80 percent of the partici-pants who did not have asthma had been taking asthma medication, and 35 percent took it daily.

The study also found that doctors often did not order the tests needed to confirm an asthma diagno-sis. Instead they based their diagnosis solely on the patient’s symptoms and their own observations. “We

need to educate physicians and the public to get the diagnosis right in the first place,” said Aaron. “Asthma can be deadly, so patients should never go off their medication without speaking to a doctor first.”

Diagnosis of asthma can be difficult because var-ious types have been identified, all of which potentially have different triggers and symptoms.

Asthma can be episodic or can follow a relapsing and remitting course, which further complicates attempts to arrive at a diagnosis based on a single patient-physician encounter.

Mini-strokes may contribute to dementiaNew York IANS

Although mini-strokes may seem to last only for a few minutes, the effect may be

long lasting and is likely to con-tribute to dementia, research have suggested. Mini-strokes or “tran-sient ischemic attack” (TIA) is a brief stroke-like attack that occurs when there is a temporary drop in the blood supply to the brain.

Mini-strokes -- also called cor-tical microinfarcts — cause m i n u s c u l e l e s i o n s o f

approximately 0.05-3 millimetres in diameter.

However, the findings showed that a mini-stroke can create a dysfunction in the brain that could be as large as 12 times than what was visible by histology or mag-netic resonance imaging (MRI).

The functional deficit caused by a single microinfarct occurs across a much larger area of via-ble peri-lesional tissue than was previously understood and the resulting deficits are much longer-lasting.

The neuronal activity across

the affected tissue area was found to remain partially depressed for 14 to 17 days after the microinfarct.

“Even after three weeks, the neurally evoked blood flow responses had only partially recov-ered. So, that means a microinfarct can come and go and you can see it briefly with MRI but it leaves a lasting impression on brain func-tion-possibly for months,” said Andy Shih, Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina in the US.

Furthermore, these tiny

infarcts occur not only in the brain’s grey matter, but also in the white matter, which sends mes-sages from one part of the brain to another.

“Over time, after you have a lot of microinfarcts, there may be enough accumulated damage in the brain’s circuitry to equal the impact of a larger event,” Shih said.

For the study, the team devel-oped a mouse model so that they could examine the effects of indi-vidual cortical microinfarcts on surrounding tissue function in vivo over several weeks post-event.

Hypertension in late life may protect dementia risk

Individuals who develop High blood pressure at the age 80 or older — known as the ‘old-

est old’ — may have decreased risk of dementia after age 90, a study has found.

Hypertension and other heart health risk factors are gen-erally thought to increase dementia risk.

“The study found that hyper-tension is not a risk factor for dementia in people age 90 or over, but is actually associated with reduced dementia risk,” said lead author Maria Corrada, Professor at the University of California, Irvine.

The results revealed that participants who reported hypertension onset at age 80 to 89 were 42 percent less likely to develop dementia after age 90 compared to those who reported no history of high blood pressure.

Participants whose hyper-tension began at age 90 or older were at even lower risk — 63 percent less likely to develop dementia.

MARKETPLACE THURSDAY 19 JANUARY 201710

Tommy Hilfiger presents Fall 2017 Hilfiger Edition collection during Pitti Immagine Uomo

Tommy Hilfiger, which is owned by PVH Corp. hosted an exclusive presentation during Pitti Immagine Uomo to show-case the Fall 2017 Hilfiger Edition

collection on January 10. Tommy and Dee Hilfiger were joined by guests including Lucky Blue Smith, Rafferty Law, Gabriel Kane Lewis, Presley Ger-ber, Julian Ocleppo, Johannes Huebl and Jim Chapman at the historic Palazzo Corsini in the heart of Florence.

“I am very proud to be presenting my mens-wear collections at Pitti Immagine Uomo,” said Tommy Hilfiger. “Since I first launched my brand in 1985, menswear has been a key part of the Tommy Hilfiger brand. Men’s fashion is really hav-ing a moment right now, and it’s great to be here at Pitti – one of the greatest platforms in the world for menswear designers – to celebrate the growth and achievements of the men’s fashion world.”

Hilfiger Edition pays homage to Tommy Hilfiger’s storied menswear heritage, with time-honoured classics reimagined for today. The curated selection of looks forms the building blocks of an essential menswear wardrobe and new silhouettes are executed with premium fab-rics and luxe details. The look approaches style with a modern confidence and relaxed feel – it’s elevated and sophisticated, with Hilfiger’s signa-ture youthful twist.

Additionally, Tommy Hilfiger celebrated the best of the Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2017 global mens-wear portfolio at the 91st edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo from January 10 to 13. The high impact setup in the Fortezza Da Basso combines artistic installations and mannequin presentations with digital displays that celebrate the youthful spirit and modern innovation at the heart of the brand’s Fall 2017 collections. The space includes a curated selection of the Hilfiger Edition, Tommy Hilfiger Tailored and Tommy Hilfiger sportswear collec-

tions together in one space for the first time.Guests are invited to browse the Fall 2017

menswear designs through a variety of unique digital mediums, including touchscreen retail shopping walls and visual merchandising fixtures, as well as the brand’s signature Digital Showroom. The Digital Showroom revolutionises the whole-sale experience for retailers by offering a more engaging and highly customised buying approach that significantly reduces global sample invest-ments. The interactive system blends collection information, assortment sales tools and brand content in one seamless interface.

Tommy Hilfiger wore a blue pin striped suit, and Dee Hilfiger wore a short, silver, sequin, cus-tom-made Hilfiger Collection dress.

Lucky Blue Smith wore a black leather detail

jacket, tartan tuxedo, white shirt with stripe patch-work and red suede sneakers, all from Hilfiger Edition. Rafferty Law wore a black jacket, white shirt, red, black and white striped sweater, black tracksuit and white sneakers, all by Hilfiger Edi-tion. Presley Gerber wore a blue sweatshirt, black bomber with red sleeves, black tracksuit and red suede sneakers, all from Hilfiger Edition.

Julian Ocleppo wore a tartan coat, black flag sweater, tracksuit and red suede sneakers, all by Hilfiger Edition. Gabriel Kane Lewis wore a camel coat with blue collar, gray shirt with patchwork details, tartan shirt, black jeans with red details, and blue/gray sneakers with Sherpa lining, all by Hilfiger Edition. Jim Chapman, wore black monk shoes, a gray blazer, light blue shirt, and tie from-Tommy Hilfiger.

TECHNOLOGYTHURSDAY 19 JANUARY 2017 11

HOLLYWOOD THURSDAY 19 JANUARY 201712

IANS

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who has toned down her image

since last years Paris robbery, is reportedly planning to make a new photo book of her completely new social media persona. “Kim is using these new photos to put together a series for a new photo book, which will follow her last book, ‘Selfish’,” a source told radaronline.com. “She wants to give fans a glimpse of her new life and her new self,” the source said, adding that her husband Kanye West is also plan-ning to cash in on her low-key appearance.

“In addition, Kanye is also planning on using photos from the series as a cover for his upcoming studio album,” the source added. Kim spent months away from the limelight following the robbery that happened in Octo-ber last year when she was in Paris with sisters Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner for the fashion week.

Isabelle Huppert receives French Cinema AwardIANS

Actress Isabelle Huppert, who won a Golden Globe for her performance in Elle Verho-evens “Elle”, received UniFrances French

Cinema Award at a star-studded ceremony here.Hosted by Culture and Communication Min-

ister Audrey Azoulay and UniFrance President Jean-Paul Salome, the ceremony brought together more than 12 filmmakers who came on stage to celebrate Huppert’s success, reports vari-ety.com.

Among the attendees were Anne Fontaine, Mia Hansen-Løve, Eva Ionesco, Guillaume Nicloux, Marc Fitoussi, Serge Bozon, Benoit Jac-quot, Diane Kurys, Francois Ozon, as well as “Elle” producers Said Ben Said and Michel Merkt, and producer Sylvie Pialat.

Azoulay said: “Diversity is at the core of France’s DNA. You said it yourself a few years ago during an interview you gave to France Cul-ture: ‘There is often this idea of American dream. I don’t have a more American dream than a Korean one or a Taiwanese one, wherever these wonderful films are being made’.

“This is your view of diversity, which is opposed to uniformity, conformism and

standardisation. It’s the diversity that French cinema is made of.”

Speaking about the honour, Huppert said: “What amazes me with films or even plays is how they can stem from a very private moment, and the way in which they can find an echo and evolve from being infinitely small to becoming

infinitely universal.” She added: “I realised through my trips how much people abroad love French cinema. Through all the recognitions that I have been receiving over the last few months, it’s French cinema which was being celebrated for its audacity, transgression, subversion and ultimately its freedom.”

Kim Kardashian planning another photo book

IANS

Late King of Pop Michael Jacksons daughter Paris Jackson is report-edly planning to make her acting debut. She has even met with director Lee Daniels to discuss an

acting role in his new TV series “Star”. Daniels posted a snapshot of himself and

Paris on Instagram last week alongside the caption: “When Paris comes to you ...talk-ing talking talking.”

As per sources, Paris is “seriously con-sidering” his offer, reports tmz.com.

Paris has also been approached by “mul-tiple modelling agencies” and is already being lined up to appear on the cover of

“three major high fashion magazines”. Besides that, she is also tipped to sign endorsement deals with “several major brands”.

Michael Jackson’s daughter

eying acting debut

SCIENCE THURSDAY 19 JANUARY 2017 13IANS

Scientists have released incredible new images of Jupiter megastorm from the data sent by its Juno probe that reveal a crescent Jupiter and the iconic Great Red Spot. Below the Great Red Spot is

visible a reddish long-lived storm known as Oval BA. It also has a series of storms shaped like white ovals, known informally as the ‘string of pearls.’

The images were created by Roman Tkachenko, a citizen scientist using data from Juno’s JunoCam instrument, NASA said in a statement.

Jupiter which is the biggest in the solar sys-tem, appears as a deep red orb surrounded by layers of pale yellow, orange and white.

The Great Red Spot is a giant, spinning storm in Jupiter’s atmosphere and is more than twice the size of Earth.

Winds inside this storm reach speeds of about 270 miles per hour.

In the late 1800s, it was estimated to be about about 40,000km in diameter — wide enough for three Earths to fit side by side.

The images were taken on Decemeber 11, 2016 as the Juno spacecraft performed its third close flyby of Jupiter.

At the time of the picture, the spacecraft was about 458,800km from the planet.

IANS

When a star comes close to the black hole only to be ripped apart, the out-

ward gas streamer gathers itself into planet-size objects which are

then flung across the galaxy in a game of cosmic ‘spitball’, new research has revealed.

The team from Harvard Uni-versity noted that the closest of these planet-mass objects might be within a few hundred

light-years of Earth with a weight somewhere between Neptune and several Jupiters.

“A single shredded star can form hundreds of these planet-mass objects. We wondered: Where do they end up? How close

do they come to us? We developed a computer code to answer those questions,” said lead author Eden Girma.

These planet-size objects glow from the heat of its formation and are very different from a typical planet because they made of star-stuff.

“It takes only a day for the black hole to shred the star and only about a year for the resulting frag-ments to pull themselves back together,” said the study presented at the conference of American Astronomical Society recently.

Almost 95 percent of the planet-mass objects will leave the galaxy entirely due to their speeds of about 10,000 km per second. It would take about a million years for one of these objects to reach Earth’s neighborhood.

“Since most other galaxies also have giant black holes at their cores, it is likely that the same process is at work in them,” Girma added.

Don’t miss Jupiter’s

Great Red Spot

Milky Way spewing out planet-size ‘spitballs’

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly

returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler

Augustus Gibbons.Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE

NOVO ROYAL PLAZA

ASIAN TOWN

MALL

LANDMARK

XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2D/Action) 10:00, 10:45, 11:20am, 12:00noon, 12:20, 1:00, 1:40, 2:20, 2:40, 3:15, 4:00, 4:40, 5:00, 5:30, 6:20, 7:00, 7:20, 7:45, 8:40, 9:20, 9:40, 10:00, 11:00, 11:40pm, 12:00midnight & 12:15amBallerina (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00 & 6:00pm The Bye Bye Man (2D/Horror) 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight A Monster Calls (2D/Adventure) 10:30am, 3:00, 7:30pm & 12:00midnight Assassin’s Creed (2D/Action) 12:45, 5:15 & 9:45pmPatriots Day (2D/Thriller) 10:00am, 2:45, 7:30pm & 12:10am The Great Wall (2D/Action) 12:30, 5:15 & 10:00pm Sing (2D/Animation) 10:45am, 12:45, 2:45 & 4:45pm Passengers (2D/Drama) 6:45, 9:15 & 11:45pm La La Land (2D/Musical) 10:30am, 1:05, 3:40, 6:15, 8:50 & 11:25pm XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (3D IMAX/Action) 10:30am, 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10pm & 12:30am

Bairavaa (Tamil) 2:00 & 8:45pm Ballerina (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 5:15pmSurf’s Up 2: Wave Mania (2D/Animation) 3:45pmGuppy (Malayalam) 5:00 & 10:30pm Mantaka Mahzoura (2D/Thriller) 7:15 & 11:30pm XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2D/Action) 4:30, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm The Bye Bye Man (2D/Horror) 2:30 & 8:30pm The Family Fang (2D/Comedy) 6:30pm

Guppy (Malayalam) 2:30 & 11:00pm Ballerina (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 3:45pm XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2D/Action) 5:00, 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30pm The Bye Bye Man (2D/Horror) 3:00 & 7:00pm Bairavaa (Tamil) 5:00pm Moana (2D/Animation) 5:30pm Dangal (2D/Action) 8:00pm Mantaka Mahzoura (2D/Thriller) 9:00pm The Family Fang (2D/Comedy) 11:00pm

Ballerina (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 5:30pm Guppy (Malayalam) 2:00 & 11:00pmXXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2D/Action) 3:00, 7:15, 9:15 & 11:15pm Surf’s Up 2: Wave Mania (2D/Animation) 3:45pm The Family Fang (2D/Comedy) 4:30 & 11:00pm The Bye Bye Man (2D/Horror) 5:00 & 9:00pm Bairavaa (Tamil) 6:30pm Mantaka Mahzoura (2D/Thriller) 7:00 & 9:30pm

Bairavaa (Tamil) 12:30, 3:00, 3:45, 6:15, 7:00, 9:30, 10:15pm, 12:30 & 01:15amShathamanam Bhavati (Telugu) 12:30 & 6:30pm Kirik Party(Kannada) 1:00 & 7:00pmGautami Putra (Telugu) 4:00pm Guppy (Malayalam) 12:30, 3:30, 9:00pm & 12:00midnightDangal (Hindi) 10:00pm

THURSDAY 19 JANUARY 2017

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

CINEMA PLUS14

AL KHORXXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2D/Action) 12:00noon, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 & 11:15pm Bairavaa (Tamil) 1:15, 4:30, 7:45 & 11:00pm Ballerina (2D/Animation) 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00 & 5:00pm

The Bye Bye Man (2D/Horror) 7:00, 9:15 & 11:30pm

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

08:00 News08:30 Witness09:00 World War One

Through Arab Eyes

10:30 Inside Story11:00 News11:30 The Stream12:30 People & Power13:00 NEWSHOUR14:00 News14:30 Inside Story15:00 Witness16:00 NEWSHOUR17:00 News17:30 The Stream18:00 newsgrid19:00 News19:30 People & Power20:00 News20:30 Inside Story21:00 NEWSHOUR22:00 News22:30 The Stream23:00 Empire

11:00 Alone 11:50 Time

Team 12:40 Swamp

People 13:30 Ax Men 14:20 Mountain

Men 15:10 Ice Road

Truckers 17:40 Leepu

And Pitbull 18:30 Counting

Cars 18:55 Car

Hunters 19:20 Ax Men 20:10 American

Pickers 21:00 America’s

Greatest Prison Breaks

22:40 Hunting Hitler

12:00 America’s Cutest Pets

13:20 Going Ape13:50 Wild Animal

Rescue14:45 Gator Boys15:40 Weird

Creatures With Nick Baker

16:35 Tanked17:30 River

Monsters18:25 The Lion

Queen19:20 The Vet Life20:15 Tanked21:10 Weird

Creatures With Nick Baker

22:05 The Lion Queen

23:00 The Vet Life23:55 Gator Boys

13:05 How Do They Do It?

14:20 Alaska: The Last Frontier

15:10 What On Earth?

16:00 Deadliest Catch

18:55 How Do They Do It?

19:20 What On Earth?

20:35 The Liquidator

21:00 So You Think You’d Survive?

21:50 Legend Of Croc Gold

22:40 Treasure Quest: Snake Island

23:30 Fast N’ Loud

King Features Syndicate, Inc.

BRAIN TEASERSTHURSDAY 19 JANUARY 2017 15

Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku is

a number-placing puzzle based on a

9×9 grid. The object is to place the

numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so

that each row, each column and each

3×3 box contains the same number only

once.

ANNEX, APPENDIX, CLIMAX,

COMPLEX, CONVEX, CRUCIFIX,

DUPLEX, EQUINOX, EXECUTRIX,

FLUMMOX, HELIX, IBEX, ICEBOX,

INDEX, INFLUX, JINX, JUKEBOX,

LARYNX, LETTERBOX,

MATCHBOX, MATRIX,

MULTIPLEX, ONYX, ORTHODOX,

PARADOX, PERPLEX, PREFIX,

REFLEX, RELAX, SPHINX, SUFFIX,

SURTAX, TELEX, TOOLBOX,

TRANSFIX, VERTEX, VORTEX.