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The Cultural Village Foundation, Katara, looks back

to Qatar’s humble beginnings in an attempt to

preserve an important aspect of its rich tradition

for the future through the Halal Qatar Festival which

opened on Friday.

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Shantiniketan Indian School (SIS) felicitated winners of inter-school competitions during the 2015-16 Session. Members of the Managing Committee of SIS,

principal, vice-principals, headmistresses, teachers and parents of the winners attended. K C Abdul Latheef (President), Abdul Kader (General Secretary), Abdu

Shukoor (Vice-President) and members of the committee felicitated the winners who brought laurels to the school by displaying their outstanding skills. The

students showcased glimpses of their talents in a cultural extravaganza. Dr Geetha Menon, parent of two of the winners, called for increased efforts to sustain

this momentum. Abdul Kader urged them to use their unlimited potential to achieve greater heights.

Director of the Department of

Youth Affairs at the Ministry of

Culture and Sports made a vis-

it to College of the North At-

lantic – Qatar (CNA-Q) to discuss the

upcoming Qatar Youth Forum, which

will be held this week at the Shera-

ton Doha Hotel. Abdulrahman Al Hajri

spoke with Qatari students to per-

sonally invite them to the forum and

to hear about their expectations and

needs from the Ministry, as a state or-

ganization with a mission to improve

the lives of youth.

Al Hajri also met with college ex-

ecutives to establish a partnership

for future youth events as CNA-Q

and the Ministry have a shared vision

to improve the lives of youth in Qatar

through education, culture and sport.

Through the Department of Stu-

dent Affairs, CNA-Q offers over 100

student-centred events and activities

each year, including, a Qapco-spon-

sored leadership workshop series,

dozens of sports leagues and teams,

Arabic poetry events, wellness sem-

inars and women’s leadership ses-

sions.

“I was pleased to visit the College to

speak with these bright students about

what they need from the State of Qa-

tar in order to grow as future leaders,”

said Al Hajri. “CNA-Q already has ex-

tensive extra-curricular programmes,

from cultural to recreational activities,

tailored toward engaging Qatari youth

on their campus. The Ministry looks

forward to partnering with them in the

future to grow these established pro-

grammes, and offer new ones as well.”

“There is a shared vision and strong

bond with the Ministry of Culture and

Sports,” said CNA-Q President, Dr Ken

MacLeod. “As the state’s premier tech-

nical college, we believe in shaping

the future generation to be stewards

of Qatar’s National Vision 2030. This

means helping youth grow as citizens,

both inside and the classroom. Suc-

cessful students, graduates and em-

ployees are well-rounded individuals

who are shaped through education,

culture, sport and leadership.”

Shantiniketan Indian School honours inter-school contest winners

Youth Affairs official meets CNA-Q students

COVER STORY

04 | SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016

By Raynald C Rivera The Peninsula

Prior to the discovery of oil three

quarters of a century ago, Qa-

tar was chiefly inhabited by

Bedouins who were highly

skilled in the practice of livestock rais-

ing.

For centuries, the tribes had relied

solely on fishing, pearl diving and ani-

mal husbandry as sources of their live-

lihood. The Cultural Village Foundation,

Katara, looks back to Qatar’s humble

beginnings in an attempt to preserve

an important aspect of its rich tradition

for the future through the Halal Qatar

Festival which opened on Friday.

“This festival is very important to

keep an eye on this element of Qatari

heritage especially nowadays when life

in Qatar has become fast-paced along

with technology. People might forget

their heritage so we insist on keeping

and reinforcing this tradition to ensure

the new generation are linked to their

past,” Katara General Manager Dr Kha-

lid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti told Doha To-

day yesterday.

The 10-day Festival offers the public

a rare insight into the livestock industry

allowing them to journey into this es-

sential aspect of Qatari culture deeply

ingrained in their traditions.

On its fifth year, the annual festi-

val is a traditional village inclusive of all

necessary features that bring to mind

the crucial role livestock breeding and

trade has played in the past as an inte-

gral component of Qatari culture and

heritage.

“This fifth edition of the festival has

multiple activities for those who raise

Halal and other activities related to the

industry catered to families and chil-

dren. Qatari women who make prod-

ucts out of Halal and a section for tra-

ditional food are among the other fea-

tures of the festival,” explained Dr Al

Sulaiti.

One of the main highlights of the

10-day festival are competitions which

are divided into three categories name-

ly Arab, Awared, and Suriyat. Each

competition includes two parades of

local sheep in support of local breed-

ers.

This edition is also marked by four

main events including Al Mazain — a

beauty contest for sheep and goats,

Al Mazad — a public auction of live-

stock, Al-Hathaer (barns), and Ahl-El-

sanf (breed).

The different events and competi-

tions of this year’s festival have seen a

huge number of participants from all

GCC countries, noted Dr Al Sulaiti.

He said attractive prizes are at stake

in the competitions which many look

forward to every year, the prize money

of which varies according to the cate-

gory. To give more space for more com-

petitors interested to take part in the

contests, the organising committee this

year decided to conduct registrations

on the competition day itself.

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The top 10 participants for this

edition of the competitions will

be awarded with a shield and a

cash prize. The winner will receive

QR100,000 while the second place

will bag QR50,000, third place

QR30,000, fourth place QR15,000

and fifth place QR10,000. The sixth

to 10th place winners will each re-

ceive QR5,000.

On the opening day, the festi-

val, which is located in the south-

ern part of Katara, witnessed hun-

dreds of visitors enjoying its many

activities.

Paying a visit to the 10 enclo-

sures which house sheep and goats,

people learn about over a dozen

breeds, many of which are unknown

to those not native in the region.

Adjacent to the barns are stalls of

veterinary clinics specialized in live-

stock and falcons.

Not only herds of sheep and

goats but also a collection of rare

species of animals such as the Ara-

bian oryx can be seen at the festi-

val courtesy of Al Kubaisi Reserve in

Al Shamal.

Scores of buyers flocked to the

auction to purchase their choice

of sheep and goats. The auctions,

which are held in the evenings, will

continue until the end of the festival.

In keeping with the tradition-

al ambience of the festival, some

of the activities are hosted in tradi-

tional tents, one of which features

Qatari women demonstrating how

to create traditional handicrafts by

hand such as rug weaving, wool dy-

ing, quilt making, and many other

decorative items usually found in a

traditional Qatari home.

There is also a children’s tent

which has already seen a large

number of families from different

backgrounds enjoying folkloric per-

formances and other entertain-

ment. Books on Qatari heritage, a

collection of mounted animals and

a number of traditional objects are

on display in the tent.

A crowd-puller at the festival is

a traditional market inspired by an-

cient Qatari architecture and dis-

plays which sells products produced

by local entrepreneurs. An assort-

ment of traditional handicrafts

and local products can be found

in more than 20 stalls in the souq.

They include spices, perfumes, aba-

yas, honey, Arabic coffee and sup-

plies, swords, dates, dairy products,

sweets, olive oil, and souvenir items

like frames and mugs.

Food kiosks selling scrumptious

traditional Qatari dishes such as

madroobah, harees, balaleet, and

biryani are also open throughout

the duration of the festival. Other

prominent heritage features with-

in the festival site are Arabic majlis

which reflect the warm Qatari hos-

pitality.

At the centre of the festival site

are two areas where children can

ride camels and horses in addition

to a playground containing bouncy

castles where children can play.

A crowd-puller at the festival is a traditional market inspired by ancient Qatari architecture which displays and sells products produced by local entrepreneurs.

COMMUNITY


Members and office-bearers

of Visual Arts Forum India

(VAFI) met at the residence

of its patron Dr Mohan Tho-

mas. The meeting elected new office-

bearers.

VAFI President Dr Sreekumar pre-

sided over the meeting which start-

ed with a silent prayer. VAFI Secretary

Patric Rozario talked about past activi-

ties of VAFI, which was followed by the

treasurer’s report by Smita Aloni.

Dr Mohan Thomas spoke about the

benefits of being a member of the fo-

rum. He explained the opportunities

that can be expounded from VAFI and

indicated that there is a great artist

waiting to be born in each and every

one of the members present. He said

that it is possible the next M F Hussain

is waiting to be discovered from with-

in VAFI.

VAFI was formed in 2012 to provide

a platform for Indian visual artists in

Qatar. VAFI will aid in identifying, nur-

turing, and promoting Indian visual art-

ists to blossom, produce art of interna-

tional quality and eventually become

celebrated. This will be accomplished

by collective participation, active en-

gagement, dialogue and advocacy of

artist members, leading art authorities,

and a select few corporate organisa-

tions in Qatar.

Members of VAFI consist Artist

Members, Patrons, Volunteers and Of-

fice Bearers. VAFI also has a Board

of Advisors consisting leading art au-

thorities from Qatar, India and other

countries. Members are Indian nation-

als, while other nationalities will be-

come Associate Members. VAFI has a

Jury Panel who professionally evaluate

artist and their works, aiding in selec-

tion and induction as Artist Members

of VAFI

The meeting selected office bear-

ers and Executive Committee mem-

bers. Swapna Namboodri volunteered

to become the Social Media person

for VAFI. Mahesh proposed a vote of

thanks. The new office-bearers are

President, Dr Sreekumar Padmanab-

han; Vice-President, Mahesh B P; Sec-

retary, Patric Rozario; Joint Secretary,

Ravindran Namasivayam, and Treasur-

er, SmitaAloni

Executive Committee memmbers

are: Regint Varghese, A r c h a n a

Bhardwaj, Rajeesh Ravee, Kotteeswari

Mahesh, Basith Khan and Vasu Vani-

mal.

Visual Arts Forum India elects office-bearers

QIGC tees off community outreach programmeQ

atar International Golf Club

(QIGC), participated in the

National Sport Day event as

part of its ongoing commu-

nity outreach initiatives. QIGC hosted

hundreds of junior participants with

their parents at Oxygen Park in Edu-

cation City, where the visitors enjoyed

testing their golfing skills through a

range of fun and educational golf for-

mats, referred to as ‘golf edutainment’.

The activations were set up to encour-

age people of all age groups to try the

game of golf in line with the project’s

commitment to growing golf partici-

pation and encouraging an active and

healthy lifestyle.

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser,

Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for

Education, Science and Community

Development (QF), H E Sheikh Joaan

bin Hamad Al Thani (President of the

Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC)) and

H E Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani

took part in the activities.

Participants of all ages were able to

perfect their swing as they aimed for

huge targets placed around the golf

club’s inflatable SNAG castle where

points and prizes were up for grabs

for the most accurate shots. Foot golf

was also on offer at the QIGC area as

a fun way to introduce the principles

of golf and for those looking to take

their skills to the next level; personal

20 minute golf Instruction was avail-

able throughout the day with QIGC’s

PGA-certified Director of Instruction.

The activities marked the ongo-

ing roll-out of QIGC’s community out-

reach programme which aims to intro-

duce golf further into the local commu-

nity and grow participation. As part

of the upcoming community outreach

programme, QIGC will be conducting

road shows at some of the most pop-

ular venues and public spaces, to raise

awareness of golf with the ultimate

goal of growing the game within the

country.Deputy General Manager of

the QIGC Mohammed Al Naimi said:

“We are passionate at Qatar Interna-

tional Golf Club in bringing the game

to as many people in Qatar as we can.

We want everyone to feel like they

can participate in the sport and make

it as accessible as possible.”

MARKETPLACE


Sharq Village and Spa has lined

up events to celebrate upcom-

ing special occasions. Guests

can choose their favourite del-

icacies from a variety of spreads at dif-

ferent restaurants at Sharq Village

and Spa

Mother’s Day

Brunch in Al Liwan

Let us embrace the unforgettable

moment with the queen of our hearts

during Mother’s Day and pamper her

on this special day with a memora-

ble brunch experience. Al Liwan Res-

taurant, March 21, 6.30pm to 11pm.

QR290 per person excluding bever-

ages. QR145 per child aged 6 to 12

and children aged 5 and below dine

complimentary.

Mother’s Day in A Jalsa

Treat your Mom to a Qatari-style

afternoon tea that includes a lavish

selection of local specialities finely

paired with artisan tea. Al Jalsa Lob-

by Lounge, March 21, 2.30pm to 5pm.

QR145 per person.

Persian New Year

Persian New Yearin Parisa

Celebrate Nowruz, the Persian

New Year, as the mark for the be-

ginning of Spring at Parisa overlook-

ing Doha bay. Experience a real fam-

ily feast specially prepared by Chef

Moghadam Najjari. Parisa Restaurant,

March 21, 6.30pm to 11pm. QR320

for a family style set menu per per-

son. QR 450 inclusive of selected bev-

erages.

C Lounge By Al Dana

C Lounge Hour

Every Monday to Wednesday from

8pm till 11pm, guests can make the

weekday count with the One-for-One

offer on individual orders from the

menu.

Al Liwan

Take Me To Lebanon

Guests can sample an array of

authentic Lebanese, Middle Eastern

and Continental cuisines prepared

by master Arabic chefs. The buffet

spread offers a selection of Orien-

tal and Lebanese mezze, freshly pre-

pared salads, traditional specialities

all of which are sewed within an au-

thentic Arabian atmosphere whilst ar-

omatic Shisha is served in a variety

of exotic flavours to the dulcet melo-

dies of the Oud. Al Liwan Restaurant,

Every Thursday from 6.30pm to 11pm.

QR250 per person excluding bever-

ages. QR370 inclusive of house bev-

erages. QR100 per shisha

Friday Brunch

Unwind with friends and fami-

ly and indulge in a luxurious buffet

featuring fresh seafood, Middle East-

ern favourites and international clas-

sics. Al Liwan Restaurant, Every Fri-

day from 12.30pm to 4pm. QR325 per

person including ordinary beverages.

QR420 inclusive of selected beverag-

es. Children ages 12 and below dine

complimentary

Qatari Brunch

Sharq Village & Spa has intro-

duced a unique Qatari dining expe-

rience for guests through offering a

wide selection of authentic dishes

available every Saturday at Al Liwan

Restaurant. Led by Qatari guest chef,

Sheikha Ahmad M Almeer and Exec-

utive Chef Hassan Abdallah, the culi-

nary team will present a buffet laden

with a selection of mouth-watering

local dishes that will provide a truly

unique experience to diners as they

enjoy flavours both familiar and new

to them. A Henna service along with

Majlis seating area will complement

the restaurant’s elegant décor. Al Li-

wan Restaurant, Every Saturday from

12.30pm to 4pm. QR250 per person

including a welcome drink. Children

ages 12 and below dine complimen-

tary.

Sharq Village and Spa lines up events for upcoming occasions

Pierre Herme Paris ties up with Nicolas Buffe

The Maison Pierre Herme Par-

is gave free reign to an excep-

tional artist, Nicolas Buffe, to

imagine a unique universe that

would be revealed across all of the

Pierre Hermé Paris boutiques around

the world throughout 2016.

Having Pierre Hermé’s work dialogue

with that of Nicolas Buffe’s multifacet-

ed and pluridisciplinary universes led to

the creation of a series of drawings call-

ing on ancestral myths, manga culture,

as well as Renaissance and Baroque art.

The Pierre Hermé x Nicolas Buffe associ-

ation is unprecedented in scope though

part of a tradition of having Pierre Her-

mé’s work dialogue with those of oth-

er artists. Whether they are painters,

sculptors, musicians, perfume design-

ers, architects, photographers, authors,

graphic artists, poets or filmmakers,

many artists have worked with the Mai-

son Pierre Hermé Paris including Nicolas

Vial, Soledad Bravi, Jean-Michel Duriez,

Fabien Verschaere, Jean-Philippe Del-

homme or Bernard Quentin. These

partnerships highlight the originality of

Pierre Hermé’s art and are a testament

to the profound attachment to and re-

spect for audacity at Pierre Hermé Paris.

At the Pierre Hermé Paris boutique

in Qatar–3 of the unique gift boxes will

be launched in March 2016. And for

the first time, this unique universe will

not only be revealed on the boxes but

on the chocolate bonbons themselves.

Each character imagined by Nicolas

Buffe reveals one of Pierre Hermé Paris

signature flavours: Paineiras (Pure Or-

igin Brazilian dark chocolate ganache

from the Paineiras Plantation, enrobed

in dark chocolate) takes the form of

Helios. Infiniment Vanille (Chocolate

and vanilla (Tahiti, Mexico and Mada-

gascar)ganache enrobed in dark choc-

olate) becomes Roxane. Ispahan (Choc-

olate and raspberry ganache, rose and

litchi fruit paste, enrobed in dark choc-

olate) shines under the heart. Dulcezza

(Corsican Maquis honey ganache, en-

robed in dark chocolate) hides under

the stars. Infiniment café Iapar Rouge

du Brésil(Iapar Rouge du Brésil coffee

ganache, enrobed in dark chocolate)is

carried by Ichtyonef. Chuao(Pure Or-

igin Chuao chocolate ganache with

black currant, dark chocolate) takes

the form of star. Pierre Hermé Paris x

Nicolas Buffe, 210g box of chocolates:

QR225. Pierre Hermé Paris x Nicolas

Buffe, 350g box of chocolates: QR360.

Nicolas Buffe has also imagined

unique installations to fully immerse

the client upon arrival in boutique. A

visit to the Pierre Hermé Paris Qa-

tar boutique in Lagoona Mall will be-

come even more an experience than

ever with the artwork of Nicolas Buffe

enveloping the Pierre Hermé Paris uni-

verse to create a unique ephemeral

world — pushing the boundaries be-

tween art and pastry to a new level.

By Melissa D’Arabian AP

There are two kinds of people

— fans of slow-cookers and

those who haven’t tried them.

I’m definitely the former.

I just love my slow-cooker. I make

everything in it, from summertime

ribs to baked potatoes to spaghet-

ti squash. But in the winter, there

is nothing quite as satisfying as a

thick stew or hearty soup that bub-

bles away gently all day, slowing fill-

ing the house with welcoming aromas

while I’m off at work, running errands

or spending the day at my daughters’

school.

My kids’ slow-cooker favourite?

Probably Southwestern stew. It has all

the flavours they love, plus they are

allowed to have (baked) corn chips at

dinner, which is exciting stuff around

the d’Arabian house.

I make a version that is trimmed

down and healthier, full of fibre and

protein thanks to the combination of

black beans and chickpeas. But the

star of this soup is the ground beef.

I love ground turkey, and I certainly

have made this soup with it, but lean

ground beef is, calorie-wise, a close

peer of most ground turkey.

In fact, many of the ground tur-

key packages offered will have high-

er fat and calorie count than 95 per-

cent lean ground beef. For a 4-ounce

serving, lean ground beef boasts 24

grams of protein and just 160 calo-

ries and 4 grams of fat! And, ground

beef just feels more like comfort food

(since I grew up in an era before we

regularly ground up our Thanksgiving

bird to eat it year-round).

Slow cooker Southwestern stewTo make this dish even easier, you

can prep it up to the step of layering

all of the ingredients in the slow cook-

er, then refrigerate it overnight. In the

morning, just pop the slow cooker in-

sert into the cooker and walk away.

Start to finish: 4 hours on high, 8

hours on low (20 minutes active)

Servings: 6

Ingredients

1 teaspoon olive oil1 ½ pounds lean ground beef (93

percent or leaner)1 large yellow onion, diced3 cloves garlic, minced or pressed1 tablespoon chili powder1 teaspoon ground cumin1 teaspoon smoked or sweet pa-

prika28-ounce can diced tomatoes1 cup prepared tomato salsa

(mild or hot)15-ounce can black beans,

drained and rinsed15-ounce can chickpeas, drained

and rinsed1 cup frozen corn (do not thaw)1 cup frozen chopped spinach (do

not thaw)Juice of ½ limeKosher salt and ground black

pepper

To serve:

Crushed baked tortilla chipsCubed avocadoLow-fat plain Greek yogurtChopped fresh cilantroChopped tomatoesShredded reduced-fat cheddar

cheeseIn a large saute pan over me-

dium-high, heat the oil. Add the beef and cook until browned, six to eight minutes. Spoon the beef into a slow cooker, then layer the remaining ingredients (except the lime juice, salt and pepper) over it. Cook on high for four hours or sev-en to eight hours on low. Stir in the lime juice, then season with salt and pepper. Serve with optional toppings.

Nutrition information per serving:

540 calories; 170 calories from fat (31

percent of total calories); 19 gram fat

(6 gram saturated; 0 gram trans fats);

80mg cholesterol; 1190mg sodium;

49 gram carbohydrate; 15 gram fiber;

9 gram sugar; 43 gram protein.

FOOD

Beefy, beany stew is a warm and simple meal


FASHION

By Robin Givhan The Washington Post

Thom Browne has tackled a

lot of complex ideas in his

womenswear collections.

He has explored gender-

based stereotypes, death and grief.

He experiments with complex con-

struction techniques and he is rig-

orous in his tailoring.

But for fall 2016, he gives us

dogs. And they made us smile.

His fall 2016 show was situat-

ed in a park—one that had been

recreated inside a Chelsea gallery

and came with pine trees and dog-

friendly dirt paths. The show be-

gan with two gentlemen, dressed

as if from a more genteel time, tak-

ing an afternoon stroll. And one of

them was walking a dog—or rather,

a fake little black pooch on wheels.

The women who followed were

dressed in frocks embellished with

little cocker spaniel-like dogs. One

model carried a furry brown hand-

bag in the shape of what could

have been a cairn terrier mix breed.

Another toted a black bag that re-

called a black lab or perhaps a

dachshund.

There were also a host of

grownup frocks on the Browne’s

runway—clothes with extraordinary,

impressive details. But every now

and then there is something utterly

fanciful that makes one smile. And

in that moment, fashion has done

its job.

Thom Browne’s new

purses look like dogs

By Mike Householder AP

One auto supplier is taking

the term “ready to wear” to

a whole new level. Inteva

Products LLC commissioned

a fashion designer to produce four

gowns using the same thermoplas-

tic material the maker of engineered

components and systems places in

the instrument panel surface of a

number of General Motors Co vehi-

cles.

The results were on display dur-

ing a recent pop-up fashion show at

the North American International Au-

to Show in Detroit.

Four models outfitted with formal

dresses made from Inteva’s Inteather

material strutted up and down a car-

peted area, passing by dumbfound-

ed auto show attendees as well as

the GMC Yukon and Sierra, both of

which feature instrument panel exte-

riors made of Inteather, a thermoplas-

tic olefin material.

Inteather has the appearance of

traditional leather, but Inteva says it

weighs less, lasts longer, and is recy-

clable.

Inteva’s Ken Gassman, who leads

the team responsible for the commer-

cial use of Inteather, was on hand to

see the models in action. He says the

designer, Ferndale-based Janna Cou-

moundouros, did a “phenomenal job”

creating the gowns.

Coumoundouros says people are

taken aback by the texture of the

dresses, because “it looks like hard

leather, but when they touch it, it’s re-

ally soft.”

“Even though it’s automotive ma-

terial, they’re very elegant,” she said.

“They have a really classic, beautiful

look to them, too, so people are very,

very surprised when they find out

what the material is.”

Gowns out of car interior material


HEALTH & FITNESS

By Roberto A Ferdman The Washington Post

Almost 20 years ago, psychol-

ogy professor and biologist

Paul Rozin tested a theory

about food. Many people be-

lieved their bodies were good at tell-

ing them when to start and stop eating,

but he wasn’t so sure.

“A lot of things that control what

and how much people eat have noth-

ing to do with the state of nutrition,”

Rozin told The New York Times in 1998.

His experiment, published in the

journal Psychological Science, was sim-

ple, but ingenious. He worked with

two severely amnesic patients, whose

memory had been damaged by illness

and who had difficulty recalling things

that happened more than a minute

before, and fed them a meal. At least

10 minutes later, he fed them another.

And at least 10 minutes after that, he

fed them a third. He repeated the ex-

periment on three separate occasions,

and each time the same thing hap-

pened: they eagerly ate the food that

was served to them. One of the partic-

ipants even announced, after having a

third lunch, that he planned to “go for

a walk and get a good meal.”

“Without their memory, what they

had eaten previously had absolute-

ly no impact on how much they ate a

second and even third time,” said Dav-

id Just, a professor of behavioural eco-

nomics at Cornell who studies consum-

er food choices. “It was fascinating; this

widely help assumption didn’t really

hold up.”

The part of the patients’ brains that

triggered satiety and hunger didn’t

seem to function without the patients

actually remembering having eaten.

There was something that could be

more important than the physiological

effects of eating — than the activation

of taste buds and digestion of calories.

Rozin didn’t respond to a request for

comment. In the study, he wrote that

memory was likely “a substantial con-

tributor to the onset or cessation of

eating of a meal.”

Today, despite Rozin’s work, and

other research that suggests our bod-

ies aren’t the masterful eating com-

passes we want them to be, the mis-

conception persists — people still like

to believe that their stomachs are

good at telling them when to eat and

when to stop.

“We aren’t rigged like that,” said

Just, who believes the misunderstand-

ing plays an important role in the prev-

alence of overeating.

It’s natural that our eating patterns

ebb and flow, depending on circum-

stance. Some days we eat more than

others, and that’s fine so long as we

adjust for the stints of gluttony. But ad-

justing is less a matter of responding to

feelings of fullness than it is one of re-

membering what we had earlier in the

day, or week, and our memories aren’t

reliable in this way.

We might not eat three meals in

close succession like Rozin’s test par-

ticipants, but the fried chicken we had

for lunch isn’t as likely to change what

we eat later that day or week as we

might think.

“We’re just not very good at remem-

bering what we’ve eaten previous-

ly,” said Just. “And even when we are,

we’re not very good at compensating

for it.”

Memory is just one of the subtle

but powerful factors that affect eat-

ing habits. Some of these are simple

and fairly straight forward, like the size

of the plates we use, which have been

shown to change how much we eat, or

the presence of a television, which has

been shown to do the same.

“I don’t think people are totally un-

aware of these sorts of things, but I’m

not convinced they realise how much

they influence the amount they eat,”

said Traci Mann, who teaches psychol-

ogy at the University of Minnesota and

has been studying eating habits, self-

control and dieting for more than 20

years. “They definitely add up. If you’re

eating 10 or 15 percent more at every

meal, that’s going to add up.”

But other influences are far less ob-

vious. A recent peer-reviewed study

found that something as innocuous-

seeming as the size of a table can af-

fect how people perceive the food

that’s placed in front of them — the

larger the table, the harder it is for

people to discern that they have been

served less food, and the more easily

they are satiated.

Subtle social cues, meanwhile, are

impactful, too. A separate study, pub-

lished last month, found that diners

who were served by overweight wait-

ers tended to “order significantly more

items.” Yet another, published in 2014,

found the size of the people someone

eats with alters the quantity and qual-

ity of the food they choose — when ac-

companied by an overweight friend,

people tend to opt for more and less

healthy food.

But our natural impulse is also, quite

simply, to eat. When we eat, Mann said,

it’s not our stomachs that make us

stop. That, she explained, happens lat-

er, after we’re finished. And it’s part of

why convenience can be such a dan-

gerous thing.

The good news is that there are

ways to counteract our tendency to

put too much food into our faces. One

of the simplest is putting barriers in be-

tween ourselves and our food - placing

cereal boxes inside cabinets, sweets

in less easily accessible places, and

snacks at more than an arm’s distance.

But there are others, some of

which have been shown to be surpris-

ingly effective. One of the most useful

of these, according to Mann, is what

is often referred to as mindful eating.

“When people start to eat with more

focus or attention, they tend to eat

less,” she said. “It helps to track not just

every meal, but every bite. When peo-

ple are mindful of everything they put

in your mouth, they’re more in touch

with each meal.”

Why we eat too much


ENTERTAINMENT

Braxton explores her

career in TV movieBy Mesfin Fekadu AP

Toni Braxton has opened her life

to the cameras on the WEtv re-

ality series Braxton Family Val-

ues, but she’s exploring more of

her past in a Lifetime movie.

Unbreak My Heart, named after one

of her Grammy-winning hits, takes a

look at the 48-year-old singer’s career,

which spans 23 years.

The TV movie, which she execu-

tive-produced, stars Lex Scott Davis as

Braxton.

“I think it’s important that when I’m

telling my story ... I wanted to be hon-

est with myself. Not only did people

hurt me, but I hurt people, too,” she

said in a recent interview.

“And I wanted them to go along

with me during my struggle. I wanted

them to feel like they were sitting right

there beside me through all the ups

and downs.”

Braxton released her self-titled de-

but in 1993 with the help of Babyface

and L A Reid. The album reached 8x

platinum status, winning three Gram-

my Awards, including best new artist

for Braxton. Her follow-up, 1996’s Se-

crets, won two Grammys and was also

certified 8x platinum.

But despite her pop-star success,

she’s filed for bankruptcy multiple

times.

“The (first) contract I signed, if I

could do it all over again, I would do

it again,” Braxton said by phone from

Los Angeles. “I think what we show in

the movie is that once I had success, I

was still governed by the old contract

and it’s supposed to change. ... I did

get some bumps and some raises, but

it was so minimal and it wasn’t reflect-

ed on the sales” of her albums.

Braxton said she grew emotion-

al watching her story unfold on the

screen. She has appeared in film, TV

and on Broadway; has battled lupus;

and is an avid advocate for autism re-

search (her son Diezel has autism).

“It was surreal,” said the singer, who

released her memoir, Unbreak My

Heart, in 2014. “Overall, I’m proud of

myself that I survived those things.”

Braxton said she was honest with

her story and tried not to tell other

people’s stories in the process of mak-

ing the two-hour TV movie.

“I think it’s very important in any

business that, especially in our busi-

ness, to guard secrets. Sometimes

while you’re telling your story you tell

other people’s stories, and a lot of

things happened that I would never

feel comfortable talking about — ever,

ever,” she said. “So that was the most

challenging part, even writing the

book, once it was in black and white,

you know, there were some stories

that needed to be completed, but we

can’t talk about that.

“But overall, the story is 100 percent

accurate on my part, what happened

to me, that part of it.”

3D technology applied to new Oscar statuettesThis year’s Oscar statuettes will

look a little bit different with a

new manufacturer for the first

time in 34 years, the Academy of Mo-

tion Picture Arts and Sciences an-

nounced on Tuesday.

The Academy announced that

Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry, based

in Rock Tavern, New York, will exclu-

sively create its iconic Oscar statu-

ettes, starting with the 88th Academy

Awards, Xinhua reported.

Since 1982, the statuettes have

been made by Chicago-based R S

Owens & Co. According to the Acad-

emy, the switch will take the statuette

back to its “roots”, being hand-cast in

bronze before receiving

its 24-karat gold finish.

Academy officials

said Polich Tallix used a

cast-bronze Oscar from

1929 to create its wax

mold with the help of

a 3D printer, restoring

some “subtle features of

George Stanley’s origi-

nal sculpture, which was

based on sketches by

MGM art director Cedric

Gibbons”.

Each of the wax stat-

uettes is coated in ce-

ramic, then cured and

fired at 1,600 Fahren-

heit degrees, which

melts away the wax

and leaves the emp-

ty Oscar form that is

cast in liquid bronze at

more than 1,800 de-

grees Fahrenheit.

The overall size and

weight of the statuette

remains the same as

its predecessor — 13.5

inches high and 8.5

pounds.

“With the help of

some 21st century

technology, we’re able

to honour the Oscar’s proud begin-

nings,” said Academy President Cher-

yl Boone Isaacs. “The new statuette

exemplifies impeccable craftsman-

ship and the enduring nature of art.”

“With this project, we’ve been en-

trusted with continuing a great tra-

dition,” said Dick Polich, Polich Tallix

founder and CEO. “It’s a privilege to

be able to bring our art experience

and technical expertise to the Oscar.”

The Academy still plans to work

with R S Owens to service existing

statuettes and create other awards

for the Academy, including plaques

for its annual Scientific and Technical

Awards.


ENTERTAINMENT

IANS

A glimpse into the fairy tale

romance with Cinderel-

la, a twist to Adele’s popu-

lar song Hello, a sneak peak

into the sounds of their latest album

Road Less Traveled accompanied by

an acoustic musical wave — that’s

how Boyce Avenue brought an end

to their India tour. The American boy

band spread the message of love

with their music here with a promise

to be back soon with their sound box.

The band, comprising Alejandro,

Fabian and Daniel Manzano, which

found fame through the digital route

after becoming a YouTube sensation,

plugged in their musical chord at ‘U/A’

festival on Valentine’s Day on Sunday.

The two-day festival, which be-

gan on February 13, was held at Major

Dhyan Chand National Stadium near

India Gate.

The trio, who found their ticket to

fame by uploading covers on YouTube

before releasing original music in

2009, presented different moods

with their music with a mix of original

as well as cover songs.

Keeping the mushiness of a spe-

cial day intact, the concert was all

about love, affection and longing.

With heart cutouts hanging on the

stage, acoustics ruled the evening

with a blend of guitar notes with fast-

paced beats.

Striking an instant connection with

the music lovers, Alejandro also stat-

ed, “Tonight, it’s all about us”.

They pumped in the energy into

the crowd by saying, “Hey, New Del-

hi!”, “Such an amazing crowd”, “Hav-

ing a good time?”, “Thank you guys

for coming out”, “New Delhi is going

to make some noise”, “You got some

good singers out there”. In fact, when

Alejandro said “I love you”, music lov-

ers gave back the love with more zeal

and enthusiasm.

Alejandro, who kept on switching

guitars after almost all songs, said:

“We just made available our latest al-

bum and we will play lots of new song

from that”.

They rolled out songs like Cinderel-

la, One life, Pick yourself back againa,

and Be somebody.

Alejandro played with the audi-

ence’s mood, and energy level. He

asked, “How many discovered us

through YouTube?”, and started with

cover of “All of me”.

”We love you guys....Help me sing

this one”, Alejandro said, and when

the crowd cheered on, he made way

for the cover song of Hello.

He gave a ‘desi’ twist to Adele’s

Hello with a changed line: “I am in

New Delhi dreaming about who we

used to be”.

“Thank you for coming out and

making it special. It is bitter sweet be-

cause it is our last show in India and

we saved the best for the last. We

love you guys. Before coming to In-

dia, we were sceptical, but after see-

ing your passion and love we promise

it is not the last time we come here,”

Alejandro said.

Hues of red, blue, green and white

gave a colourful dimension to the sur-

real ambiance.

Music lovers, especially youngsters,

flocked towards the stage as a moth

to the flame as soon as the sounds

and beats from the house of Boyce

Aveneue started streaming across the

venue.

In the end, as the crowd asked for

an encore, the band members were

compelled to come back on the stage.

However, some people from the

crowd seemed disappointed. They

were complaining over the less

number of cover tracks and more of

original songs in the concert, consid-

ering cover songs brought them into

spotlight.

Other than Delhi, Boyce Avenue

performed in Mumbai and Bengalu-

ru during the tour. Bollywood talent

house Farhan Akhtar’s gave the fest

a musical start by getting the party

started with popular tracks like Sind-

bad the sailor, Rock on, Senorita and

Dil chahta hai.

Music was not the only attraction

of the festival. Other crowd pullers

were an immersive theatre experi-

ence, ukulele playing, 3D printing and

other U/A workshops.

“Thank you for coming out and making it special. It is bitter sweet because it is our last show in India and we saved the best for the last. We love you guys. Before coming to India, we were sceptical, but after seeing your passion and love we promise it is not the last time we come here.”

Music lovers, especially youngsters, flocked towards the stage as a moth to the flame as soon as the sounds and beats from the house of Boyce Aveneue started streaming across the venue.


Boyce Avenue wraps up India tour

By Brian Fung The Washington Post

Wow. A lot of readers had some very pas-

sionate responses to last week’s news

that the federal government had rec-

ognized Google’s software, not the hu-

man passenger, as the “driver” in its self-driving cars.

There was one, big theme running through many of

your comments.

See if you can identify it:

So does the software have to get a driver’s license

and insurance? -ikeaboy

So if I get drunk, get into my Googlemobile and

crash into someone the software is going to jail?

Seems awkward to put flash memory in with the oth-

er prisoners. -InAVanByTheRiver

Who is charged if there is a fatal accident and

there is an occupant in the driverless car? What hap-

pens if there is a lawsuit? Who pays the fine or serves

time if the driverless car is found guilty? -scoon42

All of these questions target the issue of liabili-

ty, which is about to get very interesting. As compu-

terized, self-driving cars come closer to fruition, car

accidents are likely to become vastly more complex.

What will happen when you get into a crash, and

who will be to blame?

People who study robot cars have actually been

aware of these questions for years. But they haven’t

been able to do much about it, because, well, no ac-

tual cases or policies have appeared in the real world.

With the National Highway Transportation Safety Ad-

ministration’s decision on Google’s cars last week,

however, the ball has begun to roll.

This is the future of the car accident, as policy-

makers and analysts see it.

Will carmakers be to blame for driverless crashes?

In general, experts have several big ideas about

what could happen.

As many of you guessed, making the car the le-

gal “driver” means the auto manufacturer may as-

sume greater responsibility for crashes. This is large-

ly a matter of product liability, several auto and insur-

ance analysts said, not personal insurance — though

as a 2014 study from the Brookings Institution sug-

gests, determining where one type of coverage ends

and the other begins will be tricky. We’ll come back

to this in a minute. But basically, victims of a collision

could (directly or indirectly through their own insur-

ers) try to seek damages from a driverless-car maker

for manufacturing a vehicle that didn’t operate as it

was supposed to.

Will my car insurance change?

Self-driving cars could cause insurance compa-

nies to rewrite your policies or change your rates, but

at this point it’s not entirely clear how, or what those

changes might look like. Many companies are still

working to understand the implications of NHTSA’s

recent decision. Many of the insurance firms I spoke

to offered non-committal reactions. Some didn’t re-

spond at all.

“This is certainly an area we not only watching, but

engaging in on a variety of levels,” said Anna Bryant,

a spokesperson for State Farm.

Liberty Mutual didn’t have much more to say, ei-

ther. “Liberty Mutual Insurance has a dedicated Inno-

vation team that constantly evaluates a portfolio of

key trends and technologies that could have future

impact on our customers,” said company spokesper-

son Karen Pevenstein. “Autonomous vehicle technol-

ogy is a fast growing and exciting trend with a poten-

tial benefit to help reduce accidents and injuries for

our customers.”

If these answers feel unsatisfying, there’s a good

reason for that, said Wayne McOwen, executive di-

rector of the District of Columbia Insurance Feder-

ation. While NHTSA’s letter shed light on the feder-

al government’s position on driverless cars, only a

handful of states have weighed in on the matter -

and it’s their laws that really matter to insurance com-

panies. That’s because it’s the states that ultimately

issue the drivers’ licenses that insurers use to evalu-

ate risk.

Different degrees of automation pose a real head-

ache.

Even though driverless cars may limit the ability of

humans to make mistakes, in many cases they won’t

absolve humans of the responsibility to avert an im-

minent crash if they can. And so the future of car

accidents may ironically create more scrutiny for hu-

mans in cars, not less.

Suppose you’re in a driverless car, and you see

that you’re about to rear-end another car. Whether

you bear some responsibility for the crash may ul-

timately turn on the degree of control you had over

the car. Could you have reasonably prevented the ac-

cident, or not?

The answer will depend a lot on your car’s tech-

nical capabilities. Google’s driverless car isn’t de-

signed to let humans take control. That’s because

in Google’s view, letting humans take over actual-

ly makes driverless cars less safe, because a pas-

senger could try to assert herself in ways that lead

to a crash. Most accidents on the road today oc-

cur because of human error, not system malfunc-

tion. This is one of the reasons why Google, as we’ve

discussed, could end up being liable for any acci-

dents with its cars.

But in a different car, it might be a different story.

Other car makers such as Audi intend to keep steer-

ing wheels in their cars indefinitely, even as they in-

crease the amount of automation in their vehicles.

And when Tesla announced its autopilot feature in

the Model S, it was upfront with owners that they

were responsible for keeping the car in control.

But what about the ability of the human driver?

Of course, humans are complicated. We try to mit-

igate that complexity today with standardized driving

tests to ensure everyone can drive correctly. These

tests make sure you can execute a three-point turn,

parallel park or show you can fully stop at a stop sign.

But we’re moving into a future where some hu-

man drivers may be physically incapable of doing

those things without the help of a driverless car. How

should insurance companies, car makers and the law

treat those folks?

You see, driver automation won’t just make com-

puters drivers. It also stands to change how we think

of human drivers, too. Driverless cars could allow those

who have difficulty driving - such as the elderly or the

blind - to get around in more meaningful, seamless

ways that significantly improve their quality of life. It’s

one of the big selling points of the technology.


TECHNOLOGY

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15SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016

Yesterday’s answerEasy Sudoku Puzzles: Place a digit from 1

to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every

column and every 3x3 box contains all the

digits 1 to 9.

Yesterday’s answer

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku.

HYPER SUDOKU

Yesterday’s answer

How to play Kakuro:The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.

KAKURO

ACROSS

1 Book whose last line is “Ask me

tomorrow but not today”

9 Non-primates with remarkably humanlike

fingerprints

15 Springsteen hit between “Born in the

U.S.A.” and “Glory Days”

16 Pressing

17 What boxers use to “shake hands”

18 Sight that’s not sound

19 “Positively Entertaining” channel

20 Black

21 Bribe money

22 Mr. Right

25 North title: Abbr.

26 Pool house?

29 See 43-Down

30 Turgenev’s birthplace

31 Funny ___

32 He played himself in “Broadway Danny

Rose” and “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”

33 With 47-Across, 1978 Covert Bailey best

seller on exercise and diet

34 “With ___ at the South Pole,” first

documentary to win an Oscar (for

cinematography)

35 Halted 40 Vacillate

41 Wrong numbers?

42 Virgin Islands export

43 Spiders and such, slangily

44 Certain hash ingredients

46 Datebook abbr.

47 See 33-Across

50 What Beyoncé decided to do in 2002

51 Upstate New York tribe

54 Part of a sundial that casts a shadow

55 Guitar virtuoso whose name

is an anagram of YO’ RECORD

56 Hidalgo honorific

57 Requirement that hybrid cars

may be exempted from

DOWN

1 Place for a ’55 45, say

2 Classic novel whose title

means “wanderer”

3 Subject of a certain addiction

4 Word before and after “to,”

“on” or “for”

5 “The ___ Today”

6 Much-performed aria from

Fauré’s “Requiem”

7 Almond syrups used in cocktails

8 Grinders

9 Treacly spirit of unity

10 Sirius’ master, in myth

11 Farm-related prefix

12 Like some copper gutters

13 Like Grenada, but not Granada

14 Old Pittsburgh work areas

22 “That’s O.K., I guess”

23 Critical 24 Open ___

26 1939 Wimbledon men’s champion

27 Response to a ranter

28 Street boss? 29 Casual Friday option

33 Turn toward

35 Borat or Ali G, to Sacha Baron Cohen

36 Script ending

37 Mercury poisoning symptoms

38 Place name

39 Home to 15-foot-long crocodiles

43 With 29-Across, pricier option at a print shop

45 Our kind of people?

47 Tapering hairdo

48 Seemingly forever 49 Biting

52 Seasonal quaff

53 What’s the point?

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However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

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