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Nestled in the hills of Austria sits Gugging, an artists’ colony with a difference where the worlds of psychiatry and art collide – with spectacular success.

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CBSE Class X International Results - Birla Public School

Aniket Panda Esha Nitin Doshi Michelle Shibu Mansi Hiteshkumar

Madhvani

Sarah Hussain

Parappil

Laasya Priya

Juvvaladinne

Aman Krishna

Satheesh

Ayushi Srivastava

Anas Abdul

Fathah

Andrea Beatrice Gokul Krishnan Maab Mamoun Mohammed Saad

Khan

Muhammed Fadil

Rafeeque

Yasin Kabir Abdul

Razak

Advait

Puthenpura

Milendeep Singh

Walia

Nida Mehaboob

Ashraf Mukhtar

Elamin Mukhtar

Hanie Dianne

Penera Rafael

Hassan Sedaghat

Zahra Ahmadi

Hussein Sedaghat

Zahra Ahmadi

Mohammad

Imam Uddin

Rasha Faisal

Abdul Majeed

MES Indian School

MES Indian School registered 100 percent result in the CBSE International Class X CBSEi

Board Examination (Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation) for the aca-demic year 2016-17, with all its 22 students qualifying for admission to higher classes. They passed out with flying colours with 7 of them securing the cumulative Grade Point 10 (A1) in all five subjects,

DMIS scored well in the CBSE International Class X CBSEi Board Examina-

tion (Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation) for the academic year 2016-17, with

4 out of 20 students scored 10 CGPA. They are Advait Puthen-pura, Milendeep Singh Walia, Mohammed Far-Han Mulla & Nida Mehaboob.

Total 20 students appeared

for the exams and scored a 100 percent pass. The percentage of students scored 9 and above CGPA is 50% while 80% students scored 8 and above CGPA and 95% scored 7 and above CGPA.

CBSE Class X Interna-tional curriculum results of Birla Public

School Class X International Curriculum results were announced by the CBSE and as usual BPS has earned hundred percent pass.

The sixth batch con-sisted of 47 students.

Among them 8 students scored A1 grade

DMIS

Shantiniketan Indian School

Students of Shantiniketan Indian School have excelled once again in the Class X Board examinations conducted by CBSE-Interna-

tional in March 2017. School attained 100% pass with 6 students (33.33%) scoring 10 CGPA (A1 Grade in all subjects). 50% got CGPA 9 and above while 16.67% of students got CGPA 8 and above.

CBSEi Class XII - Results MES Indian School

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Lizbina Hifah

MES Indian School recorded a wonderful result of 100% pass percentage with Mohammed Omer emerged Qatar topper with 86.8% in the CBSE

International Class XII Examination. A total of 28 stu-dents who sat for the examination produced fairly good results. The school toppers:Mohammed Omer emerged topper with an aggregate of 434(86.8%) marks followed by Ashmitha Jeyakumar with 399 (79.8%) marks and Reem Azhary Mukhtar with 392 (78.4%) marks.

in all subjects, thereby having a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 10. The following students have obtained a perfect score of 10 : Aniket Panda, Esha Nitin

Doshi, Michelle Shibu, Mansi Hiteshkumar Madhvani, Sarah Hussain Parappil, Laasya Priya Juvvaladinne, Aman Krishna Satheesh, Ayushi Srivastava.

which is the highest grade in the examination. A total of 11 students obtained A1 in English, 9 in

Mathematics, 8 in Science, 7 in Social Science, 12 in 2nd Languages.

COVER STORY SUNDAY 11 JUNE 201704

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Nestled in the hills of Austria sits Gug-ging, an artists’ colony with a difference where the worlds of psy-chiatry and art collide — with spectacular success.

Over the past 50 years, mentally ill patients here have churned out an astounding 75,000 recognised artworks, some selling for over €100,000 ($110,000).

In particular, it is a wellspring for “Art Brut”, producing some of the giants in the popular genre like August Walla, Oswald Tschirtner and Johann Hauser.

“Raw art” or “outsider art”, as it is known in English, is art by those untrained in — and

untainted by —artistic conventions.To the Frenchman who coined the term, Jean

Dubuffet (1901-1985), it is found in the works of “primitive societies”, of children — and of the mentally ill.

Until July 2, Dubuffet’s sensation-causing 1949 “L’Art Brut” exhibition in Paris that started it all is being staged again at the Gugging Museum.

Featured are works by those Dubuffet met while scouring Europe’s care homes for people with mental illnesses, like Adolf Woelfli, a Swiss suffering from psychosis and hallucinations.

Others include schizophrenic Aloise Corbaz

who would use, at first in secret, juice from pet-als and toothpaste to create colourful and fantastical images, often of lovers.

“Up until then (1949), what they produced was seen, at best, as a kind of curiosity, certainly not as works of art,” Johann Feilacher, director of the Gugging Art Brut Centre, said. The early history of the Gugging psychiatric hospital, in the forested hills north of Vienna, is dark. Dur-ing World War II, hundreds of its patients were killed. In the 1950s though, its new director, Leo Navratil, began to diagnose his patients by get-ting them to draw.

Featured are works by those Dubuffet met while scouring Europe’s care homes for people with mental illnesses, like Adolf Woelfli, a Swiss suffering from psychosis and hallucinations.

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Amazed by the results, Navra-til began a correspondence with Dubuffet and as the output of its patients grew, so did Gugging’s fame as a citadel for art brut.

In 1981, Navratil founded at Gugging an art and psychotherapy centre, later renamed the House of Artists.

A commercial gallery and museum followed, drawing a grow-ing stream of visitors. One was David Bowie, who bought several works for his art collection.

The psychiatric clinic itself closed around a decade ago, but the artists’ colony remains.

“For us, the residents are first

and foremost artists with special needs, not patients,” said Feilacher, who took over from Navratil in 1986.

Walla, Tschirtner and Hauser are dead now but half a dozen Gug-ging artists still generate works today bought by galleries and col-lectors the world over.

They include Franz Kernbeis, who, when first admitted in 1955, would remain immobile for hours, Karl Vondal, who specialises in erotic works, and Johann Garber.

“Along with the Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland (California), Gugging is one of the rare places in the world to have produced so many great artists,” said Sarah Lombardi, director of the Art Brut Collection in Lausanne, Switzerland, home to Dubuffet’s legacy.

The artists split the proceeds from sales 50:50 with the gallery, in which they are also shareholders.

Garber, whose busy surrealis-tic designs adorn Gugging’s walls and whose technicolour ear

sculpture is a Vienna landmark, also has an exhibition on.

“I am an artist and a genius,” Garber said. “It is beautiful to draw and paint. We are happy that we have a place where we can live and draw.”

Just being part of Gugging is no guarantee of success, however.

Not all of the 15 residents pro-duce work “particular enough to be recognised artworks,” said Feilacher. “Some of them develop late, some of them never.”

The artists split the proceeds from sales 50:50 with the gallery, in which they are also shareholders.

COMMUNITY/ MARKETPLACE SUNDAY 11 JUNE 201706

In the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan, Integral Food Services W.L.L. (IFS Qatar) organised the

Iftar for its staff at Medi, The Village Restaurant, Midmac Roundabout, Salwa Road.

IFS Qatar hosts Iftar Nutty Delights at your doorstep now

Calling all food lovers and health conscious eaters, Nutty Delights and Then

Some is delivering to your door-step now. Tammy Schiel, an American woman married to a Qatari, has created her own home-based business here in Qatar.

Schiel, who specialises in selling a variety of nut butters, granola and many other healthy food items such as granola bars and the like, only began her home-based business a few months back, but since then it has really taken off and has been welcomed warmly in the com-munity here. “My protein packed triple nut butter with chia, flax and pumpkin seed is my best seller, followed by salted honey roasted peanut butter and my decadent thick pistachio butter with a hint of cinnamon, sweet-ened slightly with honey,” she said.

All her nut butters and granolas sell from QR40 to QR65.

Her food items along with her contact details can be found on her Instagram account @nut-tydelightsandthensome and orders can be sent to her What-sApp account on 66866650. Providing free samples with each purchase, Schiel is confident that her products will become a sta-ple item in your home.

Media Plus sets world record with heaviest business directory

Media Plus, a local advertis-ing and event management company, has set a world

record by producing the heaviest business directory in the world.

The 11th edition of Gulf Business Card Directory released recently at a colourful function held at Swiss Belhotel has more than 900 pages and weigh more than 4kg. This is supposed to be the heaviest business directory ever produced in the world, Media Plus CEO and Chief Editor of GBCD Amanulla Vadakkangara claimed. “We have written to world agencies and hope the record will be recognised soon,” he said.

Mathai Vaidian, General

Manager of Qatar UAE Exchange, released the directory by handing over a copy to T V H Useph, Manag-ing Director of Logic group of companies.

Marine Airconditioning and Refrigeration company General Manager T A J Shoukathali released the online version of the directory while Star Kitchen Equipment Man-aging Director PM Abdul Salam and Eastern Exchange GM Baiju KC released the iPhone and android versions of the directory, respec-tively. ICBF Vice-President PN Baburajan, Al Rawabi group HR Coordinator Ameen Sayyaf, Tea Time group Operations Manager

Muhammed Shibili, Flyer group MD K Firoz, attended the function as guests of honour.

Amanulla Vadakkangara said that the GBCD will be useful not only to the business community but also for strengthening social fabric. He explained that it was a team effort to do something different. The directory facilitating the busi-ness community to interact among themselves for mutually reward-ing enterprises contain business cards of individuals and establish-ments which can be a ready reference of all the leading busi-ness concerns to boost Indo Gulf and Intra gulf business.

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Seventy percent of digital blood pressure monitors used at homes are “unacceptably

inaccurate”, and could cause seri-ous implications for people who rely on them, said researchers one of Indian-origin.

The study found that about 70 percent of the time, these digital devices weren’t accurate within five mmHg, when compared to the mercury reading of the sphyg-momanometer (used by medical practitioners) leading to flaws in making informed health decisions. The devices were off the mark by 10 mmHg about 30 percent of the time.

The findings are extremely rel-evant given millions of patients are asked to monitor their blood pres-sure through a device at home and report the results back to their doc-tor, researchers said.

Further, the readings were more inaccurate in men than in

women. According to researchers, there are many factors that could account for their findings.

“Arm shape, arm size, the stiff-ness and age of blood vessels, and the type of blood pressure cuff are not always taken into account when a blood pressure machine is designed and validated,” said Raj Padwal, a professor at University

of Alberta, Canada.“Individual differences, such as

the size, age and medical back-ground of the person using the blood pressure monitor are also contributing factors,” Padwal added.

For the study, published in the American Journal of Hypertension, the team tested 85 patients with home monitors. They noted that

steps can be taken to minimise inaccurate readings.

Patients should not start or change drugs based on one or two measurements taken at a single point in time unless the measure-ments are clearly elevated.

Patients should also compare the blood pressure machine meas-urement with a blood pressure measurement in clinic before exclu-sively relying upon home blood pressure readings. What’s really important is to do several blood pressure measurements and base treatment decisions on multiple readings, the researchers advised.

“High blood pressure is the number one cause of death and dis-ability in the world,” said lead researcher Jennifer Ringrose, from the University of Alberta. “Monitor-ing for and treating hypertension can decrease the consequences of this disease. We need to make sure that home blood pressure readings are accurate,” she added.

People who consumed more than one serving per day of skim and low-

fat milk, had a 39 percent greater chance of developing Parkinson’s compared to those who consumed less than one serving per week, according to a study.

The findings, published in the journal Neurology, showed that for people who consumed at least three servings of low-fat dairy a day had a 34 percent greater chance of developing Parkinson’s than people who consumed less than one serv-ing per day.

Eating sherbet or frozen yogurt also was linked to a modest increased risk.

“The results provide evi-dence of a modest increased risk of Parkinson’s with greater consumption of low-fat dairy products. Such dairy products,

which are widely consumed, could potentially be a modifi-able risk factor for the disease,” said Katherine C Hughes, from the Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

For the study, the team analysed approximately 25 years of data on 80,736 women and 48,610 men. Participants in these studies completed health questionnaires every two years and diet questionnaires every four years. During that time, 1,036 people developed Parkinson’s.

In a meta-analysis, look-ing at a group of studies, the researchers found that total dairy intake was associated with an increased risk of Par-kinson’s disease. However, more research is needed before recommendations can be made about dairy consump-tion, the researchers said.

Dark red onions, known as the richest source of dietary flavo-noids, may help fight off cancer

of the colon and breast, a researchers has suggested. “We found that onions are excellent at killing cancer cells,” said Abdulmonem Murayyan, doctoral student at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.

“Onions activate pathways that encourage cancer cells to undergo cell death. They promote an unfavoura-ble environment for cancer cells and disrupt communication between can-cer cells, which inhibits growth,” Murayyan added.

The findings, published recently in the journal Food Research Interna-tional, revealed that red onions contain high levels of quercetin — a plant polyphenol from the flavonoid group, found in many fruits, vegeta-bles, leaves, and grains — and include

benefits such as lowering inflamma-tion and fighting allergies, among others.

Further, red onions were also found to have high amounts of anthocyanin, which enriches the scav-enging properties of quercetin molecules. “Anthocyanin is instru-mental in providing colour to fruits and vegetables so it makes sense that the red onions, which are darkest in colour, would have the most cancer-fighting power,” said Murayyan.

In the first study, to examine how effective onions are at killing cancer cells, researchers have found that not all onions are created equal. The team tested five onion types grown in Ontario and discovered that the Ruby Ring onion variety — that has hard, firm, tall globe-shaped bulbs with dark red colour features — came out on top.

Home BP monitors 70% inaccurate: Study

Low-fat milk consumption linked to Parkinson’s Eating red onions may

help combat cancer

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FOOD SUNDAY 11 JUNE 201708

Bonnie S Benwick The Washington Post

With foie gras and oil-packed tuna in the mix, these surf-and-turf dev-

iled eggs are deliciously over-the-top.

Make Ahead: The eggs can be hard-cooked up to 1 week in advance; refrigerate in an airtight container and let the egg white halves come to a cool room tem-perature before serving. The filling needs to be refrigerated for 1 hour before serving.

4 to 6 servings (makes 24 halves)

Ingredients12 hard-cooked eggs1/2 cup mayonnaise1 tablespoon Dijon-style

mustardFine sea salt2 teaspoons black truffle sauce

(optional)4 ounces good-quality tuna

packed in olive oil, drained and crumbled

3 tablespoons minced chives, plus more minced or cut chives for garnish

2 ounces canned foie gras ter-rine, at room temperature

StepsCut the eggs in half lengthwise.

Separate the whites and yolks and make sure the egg white halves have no trace of cooked yolks; hold the whites in a bowl of cool water until ready to use. (You may wish to slice a thin layer off the bottoms of each one, for stability.)

Place the yolks in a food proc-essor, along with the mayo, mustard and a pinch of salt. Puree until smooth. Add the black truffle sauce, if using, and pulse to incorporate.

Transfer the mixture to a mix-ing bowl. Fold in the tuna and

chives. Use a fork to mash the foie gras in a separate bowl, then add to the egg yolk mixture, stirring until it is lump-free. Taste and add more salt, as needed.

Spoon the filling into a piping bag or gallon-size zip-top bag. Seal and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Drain and pat the egg white halves dry. Pipe some filling into each one, then garnish with minced chives.

Nutrition: Per filled half: 90 cal-ories, 5 g protein, 0 g carbohydrates, 8 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 100 mg cholesterol, 115 mg sodium, 0 g die-tary fiber, 0 g sugar.

Lourdes’s deviled eggs with foie gras and tuna

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Bonnie S BenwickThe Washington Post

The next time you’re looking for a sweet end to a Middle East-ern-inspired meal, try a

no-bake dessert. A pair of small helper’s hands can stuff walnut pieces into tender pitted dates — which form the cake’s base — while you stir up a roux until it’s the color of toasty caramel.

The roux, aromatic spices and finally a crumbly blanket of pista-chios go on top; once they’re set, the cake’s ready to go.

TIP: The freshness of the wal-nuts is key here.

18 to 24 servingsA soft pitted date works best for

this recipe; in testing, we used the deglet noor variety, available at Trader Joe’s stores.

Make Ahead: The cake needs an hour or two to set up before serving. It can be covered and stored at room temperature for up to 4 days.

1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

3 packed cups pitted dates, pref-erably deglet noor (about 1 pound)

1 cup safflower oil (may substi-tute 16 tablespoons unsalted butter or ghee)

2 cups flour3 tablespoons confectioners’

sugar1 teaspoon ground cinnamon2 teaspoons ground

cardamom1 cup shelled, coarsely ground

raw pistachiosToast the walnuts in a large non-

stick skillet over medium heat for about 5 minutes, shaking the pan so they don’t scorch, until the nuts are fragrant and lightly browned. Let cool.

Line the bottom of a 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom or a springform pan with parchment paper.

Use the walnuts to stuff each date, arranging them in the pan in a single layer as you work; this will take 15 to 20 minutes, and it should be easy to do because the dates have been split.

Heat the oil in the same skillet you used to toast the walnuts, over medium heat. Gradually add the flour, whisking constantly, to form a smooth and thick roux. Cook for

15 to 20 minutes, whisking all the while, until the roux is a light mocha color; it picks up color especially in the last 5 minutes of cooking. Turn off the heat and stir in the sugar, until it has dissolved.

Carefully transfer the roux (it’s molten hot!) to the pan; use an off-set spatula or table knife to smooth it evenly over the dates, making sure they are completely covered. Imme-diately sprinkle the cinnamon and cardamom evenly over the roux, then top with the pistachios, to cover completely.

Let the date cake sit for at least an hour or two before serving.

When ready to serve, remove the ring from the pan. Cut the cake into 18 to 24 squares or diamond shapes (edges and bits left over are for the cook).

Date cake

BOLLYWOOD SUNDAY 11 JUNE 201710

Katrina is a machine of superhit films: RanbirActor Ranbir Kapoor says his “Jagga

Jasoos” co-star Katrina Kaif is a big star, who delivers superhit films

time and again. He would even like to make a film “only for her” in the future as a producer.

“I think Katrina is a machine of super-hit films. In the future, when I will produce a film, I would like to make a film only for her,” Ranbir, who was present at the song launch of the film along with its director Anurag Basu, told media here on Friday.

Katrina, who was sitting next to him, smiled and said: “Thank you very much.” The actors have also shared screen space in films “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani” and “Raajneeti”. Ranbir, who is currently busy shooting for a biopic on actor Sanjay Dutt — directed by Rajkumar Hirani

— feels safe and blessed to have a wide range of films in the pipeline. “Last few years weren’t that good at the box office, but even then I’ve got the opportunity to work with Raju sir, Anurag Basu and Ayan Mukerji. I feel very fortunate and blessed. “They are putting their vision in a film and gifting it to me. So, I really hope that I can repay that with my tal-ent,” said Ranbir, whose films like “Bombay Velvet” and “Roy” bombed at the box office.

‘Bank Chor’ to release with U/A certificate

“Bank Chor” has passed the censor test with a U/A certificate, with minor audio dubs and without any visual cuts. With actors Riteish Deshmukh and Vivek Anand Oberoi in lead roles, it is

the story of three men who choose the worst day possible to rob a bank. The three ‘chors’ -- Champak, Genda and Gulab -- are simpletons and their banter has no adult humour, read a statement from Y-Films. The team wanted the film to appeal to family audiences. “Throughout the making of the film, we kept family audiences in mind and we are so glad that the film has got a rating that will attract all kinds of people to the theatres on June 16,” said Riteish.

Imtiaz Ali’s next movie “Jab Harry Met Sejal” — starring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka

Sharma — has now been set for release on August 4, averting a box office clash with Akshay Kumar’s “Toilet: Ek Prem Katha”, confirmed the film’s posters.

After months of speculation, it was officially revealed by Shah Rukh, Anushka and Imtiaz through their social media handles that the movie is titled “Jab Harry Met Sejal” — an obvious take on the Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal. Inter-estingly, the title is also reminiscent of Imtiaz’s super-hit movie “Jab We Met”.

Commenting on the film’s title, Shah Rukh tweeted: “Just in case Ranbir Kapoor ever claims it... The title ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’ was never ever sug-gested by him! So he doesn’t win the Rs5,000 reward.” The film’s posters were splashed across dailies on Friday.

The romantic drama, widely shot in Prague, Amsterdam, Lis-bon and Budapest, marks the third time that Shah Rukh and Anushka have been paired after “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” and “Jab Tak Hai

Jaan”. The first glimpses reflect a

positive vibe with Shah Rukh and Anushka portrayed at their jovial best. Taking this positivity for-ward, Shah Rukh, who is also presenting the movie under his Red Chillies Entertainments ban-ner, decided it would be best for the films to release a week apart, the sources close to the film said.

“Seeking your love,” Imtiaz posted for fans on Facebook, alongside the film’s first two looks which carry the tagline -- “What you seek is seeking you”.

As a date, August 4 will allow “Jab Harry Met Sejal” to cash in on a long weekend given that Rakshabandhan falls on August 7 — a Monday — this year. There will also be an Independence Day holiday in the subsequent week.

Actress Richa Chadha, who is known for portraying bold characters in films like

“Gangs of Wasseypur” and “Masaan”, says that women are trolled all the time irrespective of the time and situation.

“Dangal” famed actress Fatima Sana Shaikh has been shamed for posting a picture of herself in a bikini in the month of Ramadan on her social networking site.

When asked about this contro-versy, Richa said: “I am not aware of this controversy but I feel, if she was an athlete or swimmer and if she would have had posted her pic-ture, then also people would have

shown problem with it.”“Women are trolled all the time,

it is not because it’s a holy month of Ramadan or anything. Even on any other normal day if she would have put picture like this, then also there would have been horrible comments.”

Richa was present at the launch of A kreations Hair and Beyond salon in Mumbai on Friday. She also said that “People can only comment on things, so it shouldn’t matter much.” “I don’t think it is something to be discussed also and media peo-ple should also be aware of that,” said the actress.

When Richa was asked about

the importance of looking present-able and good, she said: “As an actor, it is important because it is visual medium and people look at your beauty, hair and fashion.”

“I try to be as natural as possible and on regular days, I don’t wear makeup...,” added Richa.

Her next projects include “Fukrey Returns” and talking about that, she said: The shoot of the film is complete. It is in editing stage and it will release in December.”

“Fukrey Returns” is directed by Mrighdep Singh Lamba. It also stars Pulkit Samrat, Ali Fazal, Varun Sharma,Vishakha Singh and Priya Anand.

Women are trolled all the time: Richa Chadha

SRK’s smart move: Averts ‘Jab Harry

Met Sejal’ clash with ‘Toilet...’

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AFP

More than 40 years ago, Americans

were afraid to go into the water as “Jaws” scared the daylights out of a generation of ocean swimmers. Hollywood is hoping for a repeat this sum-mer with the movie

“47 Meters Down.”There have been

more than 50 shark movies since Steven Spielberg made cin-ematic history with

“Jaws” in 1975. This year’s shark movie, which will open in the US on June 16, takes place almost entirely under water.

Sisters Lisa and Kate — played by Mandy Moore and Claire Holt — are on vacation in the Gulf of California, and it becomes clear that they should avoid climbing aboard a flimsy boat belonging to Taylor (Matthew Modine).

They also probably should not get inside Taylor’s rusty shark cage to plunge into the water and observe the predators up close. Modine’s character attracts the sharks by pouring blood into the water — before the cage breaks away from the boat and drops to the ocean floor.

The two young women with little diving experience find them-selves in the dark with less than an hour of air in their oxygen tanks — surrounded, of course, by hungry sharks. “What I found far more terrifying is the prospect and premise of drowning, of running out of air,” Moore told reporters.

“That’s my biggest fear. That’s far more terrifying than sharks,

which are terrifying enough.”Director Johannes Roberts

decided that once the women plunged into the ocean there was no need for scenes on the surface.

“I had no interest in going back to reaction shots with Taylor and the other boys on the boat,” he said.

“Imagine if in ‘Gravity,’ you kept cut-ting to ground control. It would have killed the movie,” he said, referring to the 2013 Oscar-win-ning film about astronauts stranded in space.

For the film, Moore and Holt therefore spent eight hours a day for eight weeks inside a six-meter deep water tank. “47 Meters Down” was filmed mainly in sun-deprived Britain, far from Mexico’s bright Pacific coast. A few scenes were made in the Dominican Republic.

“We didn’t realize how

physically taxing it was going to be, all that time under water,” Moore said. “In that sense we were kind of Guinea pigs because no one knew what effect eight weeks everyday under water would have.” An especially large diving mask was designed so viewers could better see Moore and Holt’s facial reactions.

T h e actresses could communicate via a special radio set, but communication with the rest of the film crew was via hand signs, while the d i r e c t o r ’ s

instructions were delivered through a speaker inside the water tank. “I was pretty nervous,” said Holt. “But we had great people taking care of us.”

Last year, just 81 unprovoked shark attacks were reported world-wide, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF). None were reported in Mexico. “We have a bet-ter chance of getting hit by lightning or eaten by a hippo than attacked by a shark,” said Modine, who has been diving since he was a teenager.

The chances of being attacked by a shark are nearly one in four million, according to the Interna-tional Wildlife Museum based in Tucson, Arizona. And yet, a large mouthful of sharp teeth and fear of the deep sea add up to shark bait for Hollywood producers.

Jennifer Lopez has a ladderin her closet

American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez has a ladder in her wardrobe,

so she can reach her vast array of clothes.

The chart-topping singer has such an expansive collection of clothes, she requires a “Beauty and the Beast”-style ladder to be able to reach them from the shelves, according to dancer Derek Hough, reports female-first.co.ukk Hough said: “There’s actually a ladder in her closet. And I don’t mean just a little step-ping ladder like in a pantry, oh I’m talking like, ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘tale as old as closet.’”

Hough has starred alongside the 47-year-old beauty on their NBC competition show, “World of Dance”. And he’s admitted to relishing the experience of work-ing alongside the seemingly ageless entertainer, describing her as the “queen bee” of the show’s cast.

‘Aladdin’ director keen to cast Tom Hardy

Actor Tom Hardy is report-edly being approached for the role of Jafar in the

live-action remake of “Aladdin”. The 39-year-old actor could be part of the project after the project’s director Guy Ritchie reached out to him, reports femalefirst.co.uk. A source told The Sun newspaper: “Guy is a huge fan of Tom’s work and securing him would be a major coup. There have been conver-sations and, although nothing is set in stone and things are sub-ject to change, he’s certainly one of Guy’s favoured choices.”

Ritchie may secure the “Mad Max” star, but he may be forced to come up with a back-up plan as Hardy’s schedule might not allow it. Meanwhile, Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall is in talks to play Princess Jasmine.

Hollywood seeks to scare new generation with shark thriller

TECHNOLOGY SUNDAY 11 JUNE 201712

Facebook planssecret tracking via webcam

Social media giant Facebook is planning to secretly watch and record users through their webcams and smartphone

cameras.“According to a newly discovered patent,

the company will use technology to see how facial expressions of users change when they come across different types of content on the site,” Independent.co.uk reported.

The patent document also suggests that the company would also analyse those images to see how users feel and later use that infor-mation to keep users on the site for longer.

For example, if you smiled looking at one of your friends pictures, Facebook’s algorithm would use that information and display more pictures of that friend in your News Feed.

“Another example included in the patent application explains that if you looked away from your screen when a video of a kitten played, Facebook would stop showing simi-lar type of videos in your Feed,” the report noted. However, Facebook has not put these plans into action yet, and there’s no guaran-tee that it ever would in future.

In a first, scientists have discov-ered that magnetic properties can exist even in the two dimen-

sional (2-D) realm of mono-layers, or materials that are formed by a single atomic layer.

The study proved that material chromium tri-chloride has mag-netic properties in the mono-layer form, which may open up a world of potential applications possibly in the information technology industry. “What we have discov-ered here is an isolated 2-D material with intrinsic magnet-ism, and the magnetism in the system is highly robust,” said Xiaodong Xu, Professor at the Uni-versity of Washington.

“We envision that new informa-tion technologies may emerge based on these new 2-D magnets,” Xu added, in the paper published in the journal Nature.

Atoms within mono-layer mate-rials are considered “functionally” two-dimensional because the elec-trons can only travel within the atomic sheet, like pieces on a chessboard.

To discover the properties of the material in its 2-D form, the team

used Scotch tape to shave a mono-layer off the larger, three dimensional (3-D) crystal form.

Surprisingly, in chromium tri-chloride flakes that are two layers thick, an optical signature demon-strating the magnetic nature disappeared. This signature returns

in a three layered structure.The scientists will need to con-

duct further studies to understand why the material displayed these remarkable layer-dependent mag-netic phases. But to Xu, these are just some of the truly unique prop-erties revealed by combining mono-layers.

“2-D mono-layers alone offer exciting opportunities to study the drastic and precise electrical con-trol of magnetic properties, which has been a challenge to realise using their 3-D bulk crystals,” Xu mentioned.

“But an even greater opportu-nity can arise when you stack mono-layers with different physi-cal properties together. There, you can get even more exotic phenom-ena not seen in the mono-layer alone or in the 3-D bulk crystal,” he said.

Microsoft has released a new test ver-sion of Windows 10 that introduces new user interface (UI) for “Start” and

“Action Center” features.The new build number “16215” includes

elements of the new “Fluent Design System”. “Fluent Design” is a revamp of “Microsoft Design Language 2” that includes guidelines for the designs and interactions used within software designed for all Windows 10 devices and platforms. The new build is open for developers and members of ‘Windows Insider’ programme for testing before market release.

“Action Center” has been redesigned to provide much clearer information separa-tion, hierarchy and also groups notifications together in a more coherent way from devices and apps.

“We heard your feedback, and in this build, you can now pin a website to the taskbar from Microsoft Edge. We will use the site’s icon to give you quick access to your favourite sites right from the taskbar. Simply select ‘Pin this page to the taskbar’ from the settings menu in Microsoft Edge,” said Dona Sarkar,

Software Engineer, Windows and Devices Group, Microsoft, in a blog post. In the new build, with your permission, personal assi-tant Cortana will now prompt you to create a reminder after noticing event posters in camera roll.

The company has also added a new “lasso” tool to circle the relevant information and Cortana will recognise the time and offer sug-gested follow-ups through a context menu.

Two-dimensional magnet discovered

New Windows 10 version to come with better user interface

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Aji Mathew, a lovable courageous and modest youngster, who hails from Pala.

He meets an NRI girl Sara in his college, they fall in love regardless of their

upbringing. Their moments of love did endure less, so does his happiness.Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

NOVO — Pearl ROYAL PLAZA

MALL

LANDMARK

The Mummy (2D/Action) 10:00, 10:30, 11:00am, 12:00noon, 12:15, 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 2:20, 2:40, 3:10, 3:15, 3:40, 4:40, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:15, 7:00, 7:20, 7:50, 8:20, 9:15, 9:20, 9:40, 10:30, 10:45, 11:40, 11:50pm & 12:00midnight Howard Love Craft And The Frozen Kingdom (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:00noon 2:00, 4:00 & 6:00pmThe Bleeder (2D/Drama) 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight Guardians of The Galaxy 2 (2D/Action) 11:00am, 3:45 & 8:30pm Stratton (2D/Action) 1:45, 6:30 & 11:15pm The Boss Baby (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00 & 4:00pm King Arthur:Legend of The Sword (2D/Action) 6:00, 8:30 & 11:00pm Gifted (2D/Drama) 10:30am, 3:00, 7:30pm & 12:00midnightAlien Covenant (2D/Action) 12:30, 5:00 & 9:30pmThe Mummy (3D IMAX/Action) 11:30am, 1:50, 4:10, 6:30, 8:50 & 11:10pm

Deep (2D/Animation) 1:30pm Howard Love Craft And The Frozen Kingdom (2D/Animation) 4:00 & 9:00pm Raabta (2D/Hindi) 1:15, 2:45 & 10:30pm The Bleeder (2D/Drama) 3:30pm The Boss Baby 3:30 & 8:30pm The Mummy (2D/Action) 1:30 & 3:30, 8:30, 10:30 & 11:00pm CIA: Comrade In America (2D/Malayalam) 1:30 & 10:30pm

Howard Love Craft And The Frozen Kingdom (2D/Animation) 1:30 & 9:00pm Raabta (2D/Hindi) 1:15, 2:45 & 10:30pm CIA: Comrade In America (2D/Malayalam) 1:15, 3:00, 8:30 & 10:30pmThe Bleeder (2D/Drama) 3:30pm The Mummy (2D/Action) 8:30, 10:30 & 11:00pm

Howard Love Craft And The Frozen Kingdom (2D/Animation) 1:30pm CIA: Comrade In America (2D/Malayalam) 1:15 & 8:30pmThe Mummy (2D/Action) 1:30, 3:00, 8:30, 10:30 & 11:00pm The Bleeder (2D/Drama) 3:30pm The Boss Baby 3:30 & 8:30pmHindi Medium(2D/Hindi) 10:30pm

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

AL KHORThe Mummy (Action) 11:45am, 2:15, 9:30pm & 12:00midnight CIA: Comrade in America (2D/Malayalam) 12:15, 3:00, 9:00 & 11:45pm

CIA: COMRADE IN AMERICA

ASIAN TOWNGodha (Malayalam) 11:30pm CIA: Comrade in America (2D/Malayalam) 8:00, 10:30 & 11:00pm Rakshadhikari Baiju (Malayalam) 8:00 & 11:00pm

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SUNDAY 11 JUNE 2017 CINEMA PLUS 13

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

08:00 News 08:30 People & Power 09:00 The War in

October 11:30 Talk To Al

Jazeera 12:30 Viewfinder Latin

America 13:00 NEWSHOUR 14:00 News 14:30 Inside Story 15:00 Al Jazeera

World 17:30 Listening Post 18:00 Newsgrid 19:00 News 19:30 101 East 20:00 News 20:30 Inside Story 21:00 NEWSHOUR 22:30 Talk To Al

Jazeera 23:00 Once Upon

a Time in Punchbowl

13:05 Star Darlings

13:10 Good Luck Charlie

16:10 Liv And Maddie

17:05 Stuck In The Middle

19:15 Tsum Tsum Shorts

19:20 Binny And The Ghost

20:10 Jessie 20:35 Cracke 20:40 Disney The

Lodge 21:05 Bizaardvark 21:30 That’s So

Raven 21:55 Star Darlings 22:00 Shake It Up 22:25 Sabrina

Secrets Of A Teenage Witch

13:45 Swimming With Monsters: Steve Backshall

14:40 Untamed China With Nigel Marven

15:35 Tanked17:25 Speed Of

Life18:20 Wild Ones19:15 Tanked20:10 Cats 10121:05 Speed Of

Life22:00 Wild Ones22:55 Untamed

China With Nigel Marven

00:45 Bondi Vet01:40 Wild Ones

13:05 How Do They Do It?

13:30 Storage Hunters UK

16:00 Gold Divers16:50 Sacred

Steel Bikes17:40 Street

Outlaws18:30 How Do

They Do It?19:20 Treasure

Quest: Snake Island

20:10 Storage Hunters UK

21:00 What On Earth?

21:50 Salvage Hunters

22:40 Todd Sampson’s Body Hack

23:30 Sacred Steel Bikes

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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.

ALEXANDER SEVERUS,

ANTONIUS PIUS, AUGUSTUS,

CALIGULA, CARACALLA,

CLAUDIUS, COMMODUS,

DOMITIAN, GALBA,

HADRIAN, HELIOGABALUS,

JULIUS CAESAR, LUCIUS

VERUS, MACRINUS, MARCUS

AURELIUS, NERO, NERVA,

OTHO, PERTINAX, TIBERIUS,

TITUS FLAVIUS, TRAJAN,

VESPASIAN, VITELLIUS.