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AS EL NINO EXITS AS EL NINO EXITS LA NINA LOOMSLA NINA LOOMS
The ocean’s surface is starting to cool, which may signal the start of a La Nina. Scientists say this pattern typically contributes to more hurricanes in the Atlantic, drought in Brazil and heavy rain in Asia.
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SARAH LAVENDER HISANA
HIDAYATH
FATHIMA LUIS THOMAS HAFIZ HAMZA DIDYMUS
VARGHESE
KHALID UMAR
COVER STORY
04 | SUNDAY 29 MAY 2016
Brian K Sullivan Bloomberg
Think of it as Mother Nature’s
roller-coaster ride: the shift be-
tween the weather patterns
known as El Nino and La Nina
that, at their worst, can cause havoc
worldwide.
El Nino — spurred on by a warming
of the equatorial Pacific — has dried up
rice crops across Southeast Asia, cocoa
fields in Ghana, coffee in Indonesia and
sugar cane in Thailand since last year.
It contributed to the Western Hemi-
sphere’s strongest hurricane on record
and the planet’s warmest year since
at least the 1880s. Now the ocean’s
surface is starting to cool, which may
signal the start of a La Nina. Scien-
tists say this pattern typically contrib-
utes to more hurricanes in the Atlantic,
drought in Brazil and heavy rain in In-
donesia and India. While it might give
a boost to US natural gas, it could hurt
Australian coal operations and palm-oil
output in Malaysia. For some areas, it
may be worse than a typical El Nino.
“El Nino extremes are greater, while
La Nina lasts longer,” said Kevin Tren-
berth, distinguished senior scientist at
the National Center for Atmospheric
Research in Boulder, Colorado.
The cycles occur every two or three
years on average and help regulate the
temperature of the Earth as the equa-
torial Pacific absorbs the heat of the
sun during the El Nino and then releas-
es it into the atmosphere. That can cre-
ate a La Nina: a “recharge state” when
“the whole Earth is cooler than it was
before this started,” Trenberth said.
Forecasters on two continents have
issued La Nina watches for this year.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology says
the odds are about 50 percent. The US
Climate Prediction Center’s bet is 75
percent by December, but it says for-
mation also could come earlier: some-
time from July to September.
Peruvian fisherman centuries ago
were first to notice the ocean would of-
ten warm late in the year. They called
the phenomenon El Nino, after the
Christ child. Modern researchers came
to realise its importance to global
weather in the 1960s, when they rec-
ognised the link between warm surface
water and corresponding atmospheric
changes. They tweaked the name to El
Nino/Southern Oscillation. La Nina was
named about two decades later.
The patterns aren’t simply oppo-
site sides of the same coin. “La Nina
is more like a strong case of ‘normal,”’
Trenberth said. If a region is typically
dry, it could become arid in a La Nina.
If it’s usually wet, there may be floods.
So far, the United States hasn’t tried
to predict how strong a La Nina might
be. For both parts of the cycle, great-
er intensity means greater impact. The
ebbing El Nino was one of the three
strongest on record, generating the
hottest global temperatures in more
than 130 years, according to the U.S.
National Centers for Environmental In-
formation in Asheville, North Caroli-
na. April marked the 12th consecutive
month to set a new record.
El Nino also spurred the growth
of Hurricane Patricia last year, which
clocked winds exceeding 322km per
hour before going ashore in Mexico.
La Ninas typically produce more
hurricanes, but that may not mean
more losses: What matters most is
where the storms hit, according to Pe-
ter Hoeppe, head of Munich Re’s Geo
Risks Research/Corporate Climate
Center in Germany. And La Ninas actu-
ally have lowered the Atlantic hurricane
count in some years by bringing more
African sand storms — which reduce
the moisture hurricanes need —and
cooler water into the tropics, he said.
Mayhem on the way, this time it’s La NinaLa Nina is more like a strong case of normal. If a region is typically dry, it could become arid in a La Nina. If it’s usually wet, there may be floods.
COVER STORY
| 05SUNDAY 29 MAY 2016
Commercial and academic fore-
casters have said La Nina probably will
cause a slightly above-average year for
tropical storms and hurricanes. The
30-year normal for the June 1-to-No-
vember 30 season is 12. Last year, 11
storms rose out of the Atlantic. The year
before, when the El Nino was trying
to get started, only eight were named.
One storm, Alex, already formed this
past January.
While El Nino can produce a milder
winter across the northern US, La Nina
often brings chills to the Pacific North-
west, northern Great Plains and parts of
the Midwest. For places like Iowa, a ma-
jor source of corn and soybeans, timing
is key, said Harry Hillaker, the state’s cli-
matologist. If a La Nina occurs early in
summer, there’s a chance for hot and
dry weather, which can hurt the plants
as they are pollinating.
Natural-gas producers in the US
“would really like La Nina,” said Teri
Viswanath, managing director for the
commodity at PIRA Energy Group in
New York. They hope it will produce
warmer temperatures in summer and
the possibility for cooler temperatures
in winter. “A cool winter, wow, that
would be really helpful.”
For Europe, the energy prospects
are more muddled. From November
to December, the phenomenon could
mean colder temperatures and thus
higher fuel demand.
“It’s also the case that we get the
unfortunate relationship of lower wind
speeds during that period, so that could
mean we get lower wind power,” said
Hazel Thornton, manager of the UK
Met Office’s climate-change adaptation
team. After the New Year, the pattern
in Europe would typically flip, with tem-
peratures becoming milder and wind
increasing. For Brazil, La Nina is more
dangerous than El Nino because it hits
crop production “hard,” said Eduar-
do Assad, a climate researcher at Bra-
zil’s state-run agricultural research com-
pany, Embrapa. That’s because it can
bring drier conditions, which also could
damage the water supply, worsening
Sao Paulo’s water crisis, he said.
Brazil tops the world for soybeans
and oranges, and Sao Paulo is one of
the cities hosting football matches for
this year’s Olympic Games.
For India, La Nina “means good
rains,” said Atul Chaturvedi, chief execu-
tive officer of Adani Wilmar Ltd, a refin-
er and retailer of cooking oils. “India has
been reeling with poor rains for almost
two years now, so La Nina for all practi-
cal purposes should be a boon.”
It might come too late to enhance
this year’s monsoon, however, said
Dave Streit, chief operating officer for
the Commodity Weather Group in
Bethesda, Maryland.
It also may come too late to help this
year’s palm-oil crop in Malaysia, with
futures there rising in February to the
highest in eight years.
“There is no way the emergence of
La Nina, or just normal weather, will un-
do the damage done by El Nino,” said
Ling Ah Hong, director of Malaysian
plantation consultant Ganling Sdn in
Kuala Lumpur. “This is something a lot
of people misunderstand.”
An extreme La Nina could cause
yields to fall. Flooding hurts the abil-
ity to harvest and reduces the quality
of fruit, said Roy Lim, group plantations
director at Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd.,
Malaysia’s third-largest producer.
For Australia, the “main negative
impact” from La Nina is heavy rainfall
and “a disproportionate number of ma-
jor flood events,” said Blair Trewin, a cli-
matologist with the national Bureau of
Meteorology.
In 2010-2011, the pattern triggered
so much rain that 85 percent of the
continent’s coal production was hit
by flooding. Spot prices of metallurgi-
cal coal jumped to $383 by the start of
2011 from $212 per metric ton in the
third quarter of 2010, Mark Levin of
BB&T Capital Markets said in a May 10
note to clients.
La Nina returned in 2011-2012,
helping to boost wheat production to
a record 29.9 million metric tons. It al-
so caused vegetation to flourish in the
usually arid interior — which fueled
widespread grass fires when the rains
stopped. While the world waits to see
if a La Nina will develop, there’s always
a chance it could fizzle. Forecasters
were certain an El Nino would form in
2014, only to see it fall apart. The pre-
diction models are better around June
and July than they are now, according
to Michelle L’Heureux, a forecaster for
the Climate Prediction Center.
So stay tuned.
While it might give a boost to US natural gas, it could hurt Australian coal operations and palm-oil output in Malaysia. For some areas, it may be worse than a typical El Nino.
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FOOD
Season’s best strawberries are meant for this dessertBy Ellie Krieger The Washington Post
A highlight of spring for me,
something I await with in-
tense anticipation, is the
moment local strawberries
hit the farmers market. They are en-
tirely different from the berries you
get in the store year-round: small, del-
icate, plump with juice, deep ruby red
and powerfully fragrant.
Each week I buy as many as I can
carry, and the feasting begins. I go
through a fair share of them right out
of the container, pile them on cereal,
stir them into yogurt, whir them in-
to smoothies, blend them into sauce,
toss them on salads and, of course,
work them into sumptuous, healthful
desserts.
The accompanying recipe is one
of my all-time favourites, a treat that
takes strawberries and whipped
cream to another level by piling them
into parfaits with a crumble of am-
aretti cookies. The berries are simply
tossed with a little lemon juice and
honey and allowed to sit for a few
moments so they relax, meld together
and become even more sumptuous.
The whipped cream is folded with
Greek yogurt — which imparts a love-
ly, gentle tang as well as health ben-
efits —and a touch of almond extract
for aromatic flavor.
The berries and cream are layered,
with the crushed cookies placed stra-
tegically between them, so the cookie
crumbs absorb the berry juices, and
on top, where they lend a contrasting
crunch. It’s a simple but stunning des-
sert you could make any time of year
to rave reviews. But there is certain-
ly no better time to make it than now.
Strawberry Amaretto Parfaits4 servings
Make Ahead: The parfaits can be
assembled, covered and refrigerated
up to 8 hours in advance; leave off the
final topping of amaretti crumbs until
just before serving.
Ingredients1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
16 ounces strawberries, hulled and
sliced
1/3 cup well-chilled heavy cream
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/3 cup plain low-fat Greek-style
yogurt
14 small amaretti cookies (2 ounc-
es)
StepsWhisk together the lemon juice
and honey in a medium bowl. Add the
strawberries and toss gently to coat.
Combine the heavy cream, sugar
and almond extract in the bowl of a
stand mixer or handheld electric mix-
er; beat for about 2 minutes on high
speed until soft peaks form. Use a
spatula to gently fold in the yogurt.
Place the cookies in a zip-top bag;
seal, pressing as much air out as pos-
sible, then use a rolling pin or mallet
to crush them to the consistency of
large crumbs.
To make the parfaits, dollop 1 ta-
blespoon of the whipped cream mix-
ture into each serving bowl or glass.
Top each portion with 2 tablespoons
of the cookie crumbs, then a quarter
of the dressed, sliced berries. Com-
plete the layering with 1 tablespoon
of the whipped cream mixture, then 1
tablespoon of cookie crumbs.
Serve right away.
Nutrition | Per serving (using half
the cream mixture): 110 calories, 2 g
protein, 17 g carbohydrates, 4 g fat,
3 g saturated fat, 15 mg cholesterol,
10 mg sodium, 1 g dietary fiber, 15 g
sugar.
Krieger is the host of “Ellie’s Real Good Food” on public television. She blogs and offers a weekly newsletter at www.elliekrieger.com.
| 11SUNDAY 29 MAY 2016
HEALTH & FITNESS
12 | SUNDAY 29 MAY 2016
Dry skin, aches, puffy face & fatigue: The thyroid was faultyBy Suzanne Allard Levingston The Washington Post
The news my doctor gave me at
my recent annual physical was
surprising — and a little alarm-
ing: My blood tests showed
that my thyroid was sputtering out. If
I were a car, as my doc explained it, I’d
be operating on two to four cylinders
instead of the eight needed to motor
through life. He told me that I had a
condition called hypothyroidism and
that I needed medication.
Like most people, I’m loath to ac-
quire a new medical label, so I didn’t
want to believe it. I had had some ran-
dom complaints, but surely they were
not enough for such a diagnosis.
I headed home and searched the
Mayo Clinic’s website. I discovered that
my patchwork of complaints — weird
aches that sometimes made it painful
to stand or move, and persistent dry
skin that felt, well, vaguely reptilian —
were more than random. I felt an in-
tense fatigue that oddly made it diffi-
cult to rest and left me lying bolt awake
at night, as if I’d been plugged into an
electrical socket. Another symptom,
a puffy face, helped me understand
where my cheekbones had gone. Tack
on weight gain, hoarseness and de-
pression, and it all added up to hy-
pothyroidism.
For a little gland, the thyroid has a
big job. At just two inches long, this but-
terfly-shaped structure at the base of
the front of the neck controls the me-
tabolism and energy for virtually eve-
ry organ system, Smallridge explained.
People tend to think of the thyroid in
terms of weight and metabolism, but
it also controls the heart, brain, mus-
cles, digestion, breathing and fertility.
“It has some say in everything,” he said.
The thyroid gets its orders from its
master gland at the base of the brain,
the pituitary. Arvan described the thy-
roid as a furnace, supplying hormones
(called T4 and T3) that help control
metabolism, including calorie burn-
ing. T4, known as thyroxine, circulates
in the bloodstream, and a tiny fraction
of that T4 is continuously converted to
T3, the active form of thyroid hormone.
The pituitary acts as the thermostat,
regulating T4 and T3 levels. A thermo-
stat sends a signal to a furnace when
more heat is needed. Likewise, if more
thyroid hormone is needed, the pitui-
tary sends a signal called thyroid stim-
ulating hormone, or TSH, to the thyroid
to activate it.
If the thyroid doesn’t supply
enough hormone, the pituitary keeps
sending the TSH signal. Doctors meas-
ure the blood level of TSH in diagnos-
ing thyroid problems. Hypothyroidism
indicates too little thyroid hormone in
the blood, as opposed to hyperthy-
roidism, which indicates too much hor-
mone.
Additional testing may be needed.
If you’re not getting enough thyroid
hormone, medication usually helps.
The synthetic thyroid hormone lev-
othyroxine was the most prescribed
drug, branded and generic, in the Unit-
ed States in 2014 and 2015, according
to IMS Health.
Once you start on the medication,
you will probably be taking it for the
rest of your life, working with your doc-
tor to stay on top of your condition.
Finding the proper dose is an art as
well as a science.
Before blood testing can determine
if a levothyroxine dose is correct, the
body needs at least five to six weeks
to build up new hormone levels. Dos-
age is adjusted gradually, especial-
ly for older patients, Smallridge said.
Most patients start feeling much better
within a few weeks.
For my elevated TSH, I was pre-
scribed an initial low dose of 25 micro-
grams of levothyroxine and instructed
to double the dose after two weeks.
In the United States, the leading
cause of hypothyroidism is Hashimo-
to’s thyroiditis, in which immune cells
attack the thyroid. For reasons that are
not clear, this condition is seven to nine
times more common in women than
men, Arvan said.
Other causes of inadequate thyroid
in the body could be the surgical re-
moval of the thyroid (for cancer or oth-
er reasons); radiation treatment for
Graves’ disease and other conditions;
some medications, and problems with
the pituitary.
The thyroid needs iodine to fuel it-
self and create hormones. Worldwide,
the leading cause of hypothyroidism is
inadequate iodine. This is not the case
in countries such as the United States
that supplement the food supply with
iodine and where iodized salt has been
used for almost a century. Iodine is al-
so found in dairy, fish, some baked
goods and eggs. Iodine deficiency can
cause mental and physical retardation,
so pregnant women should take pre-
natal vitamins containing potassium io-
dide, Smallridge said.
For those whose hypothyroidism is
well treated, no special nutrition or ex-
ercise is needed other than to follow
the government’s dietary and fitness
guidelines for all, Arvan said.
Now that I’m feeling better, the
next part of my health journey is fight-
ing the battle of the bulge — trying to
drop those extra pounds I acquired in
the past few years.
For a little gland, the thyroid has a big job. At just two inches long, this butterfly-shaped structure at the base of the front of the neck controls the metabolism and energy for virtually every organ system.
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IANS
Actress Kalki Koechlin on Thurs-
day said her “Waiting” co-star
Naseeruddin Shah constant-
ly surprises everyone with his
performance and even argues for the
honesty of his character.
“Naseer is amazing; he is obvious-
ly a very talented actor. He is also ex-
tremely spontaneous; he’s constantly
surprising us. He is also someone who
really argues for the truth and honesty
of a character, tooth and nail; it’s amaz-
ing,” Kalki said in an interview.
The two have worked together in
Anurag Kashyap’s “That Girl in Yellow
Boots”, and in “Zindagi Na Milegi Do-
bara” in which they didn’t have any
scenes together.
About her character, she said,
“Slightly entitled, bratty girl, fast-paced
social media advertising girl and she
has to come to terms with reality when
her husband goes into coma. Suddenly
none of the things she placed so much
importance on matter, and she needs
to face herself, she needs to internalise
herself and find strength within her-
self.”
“Me and Anu (Menon) worked
closely to get Tara right. A lot of it was
trying to find the lingo, how she would
talk, like she’s always talking about Fa-
cebook and Twitter and is always mix-
ing her English and Hindi up. Then the
kajal and the dark hair.”
The film narrates the story of the
characters of Kalki and Shah, who de-
velop a bond when both of them are
waiting in the waiting room of a hospi-
tal for their spouses to spring back to
life from the state of coma.
About the challenges she faced,
Kalki said, “There weren’t too many
challenges actually; it was a really good
shoot. We had a good pace; we did the
entire film in one schedule, in 28 days.
What I found hard were the emotion-
al scenes. There are scenes you can’t
prepare for; you just have to jump right
into it. But overall, I enjoyed the expe-
rience.”
“It’s a film that really pulls the heart
strings; a film that appreciates the pre-
ciousness of life. Sometimes we get in-
to such a daily routine and fast-paced
life that we forget to realise that we are
alive. And this film reminds you of that,”
she added.
“Waiting”, directed by Anu Menon,
also stars Rajat Kapoor and Suhasini
Maniratnam.
Naseeruddin Shah constantly surprises us: Kalki Koechlin
IANS
Renowned film-maker Shek-
har Kapur launched his
new documentary on hu-
manitarian spiritual lead-
er, Mata Amritanandamayi, known
simply as ‘Amma’ to million of her
devotees, describing it a “spiritual
search and scientific quest”.
The 50-minute documenta-
ry entitled “The Science of Com-
passion” investigates the source of
human compassion and creativity
of Mata Amritanandamayi, who is
based in Kerala’s Kollam district.
Shot at her ashram for four
days during her 60th birthday cel-
ebrations in September 2013, it in-
cludes a rare private interview with
Amma, Nobel laureate scientist Le-
land Hartwell and other celebrities
who discuss her unique approach
to life and how love transformed
their lives.
“The search for what lies be-
yond our own individuality has
been with me since I was 15 years
of age. I have been grappling with
questions — What is the true na-
ture of love, is there love beyond
ownership, what is compassion,”
said Kapur at the launch.
He wondered whether if a per-
son becomes more compassion-
ate, does it alter his/her physiology,
make them more intuitive, and is it
an act, state of mind or state of be-
ing. “It is not only a spiritual search
for me, but a scientific quest. Meet-
ing Amma on her 60th birthday
was a huge opportunity to inves-
tigate these deeper truths,” Kapur
said, describing the “unique experi-
ence” of being in her presence and
feeling “the energy radiating from
her”.
“When you ask infinite ques-
tions, you cannot expect answers
in finite ways — in fact, there are no
answers. There is only experienc-
ing. When you go to Amma, you go
for the experience of her — I have
not remained unaffected,” he add-
ed.
Mata Amritanandamayi Math
vice chairman and Amma’s sen-
iormost disciple, Swami Amritas-
warupananda lauded Kapur for
capturing her unique combination
of beauty, grace, humility and wis-
dom through the biopic.
Shekhar Kapur’s documentary on Mata Amritanandamayi released
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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.
Yesterday’s answer
MEDIUM SUDOKU
ALL IN THE MIND
CROSSWORD
BRAIN TEASERS
Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
AMAZON, ARKANSAS,
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GANGES, HUDSON, INDUS,
JORDAN, LIMPOPO, LOIRE,
MEKONG, MISSISSIPPI,
MISSOURI, MURRAY, NILE,
ORINOCO, RHINE, RIO
GRANDE, SEINE, SHANNON,
THAMES, TIBER, TIGRIS,
VOLGA, YANGTZE, YUKON,
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