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DPS-Modern Indian School hosted the first inter school Biology workshop, ‘Syn-

apse- Quest for Perfection’ for all the CBSE affiliated schools in Qatar, under the aegis of Qatar Chapter on March 11. Thirty-two teachers from 11 Indian schools attended the one-day refresher course.

Interactive sessions on the top-ics ‘making, teaching and learning of Biology interesting’, ‘classroom management strategies during group activity’ and ‘dealing with underachievers in Biology’ were conducted by the faculty members of DPS-MIS.

The presentations focused on research-based teaching tech-niques to facilitate logical reasoning and independent & crit-ical thinking among the students.

Vice-President Yasir Nainar, inaugurated the workshop.

The participants were wel-comed by Headmistress of Senior Secondary School, Soma Bhattacharjee.

The Principal, Asna Nafees, commented that this workshop is an initiative of the ‘Qatar Princi-pal’s Forum’ for the continual training of teaching staff of all Indian Schools in Qatar

First inter-school Biology workshop at DPS-MIS

Driven by its commitment to continuously playing a more active role in supporting

educational and social responsibil-ity initiatives in Qatar and beyond, Doha Bank, one of the largest com-mercial banks in the State of Qatar, has announced its sponsorship of the annual “Al Ruwad Regional Business Case Competition”, to be hosted by the College of the North Atlantic – Qatar from March 24 to 26, 2017.

As part of the sponsorship, three judges from Doha Bank will take part in evaluating the entries.

Winners will be announced during an awards ceremony at the end of competition, where they will be presented with trophies and prizes in recognition of their hard

work and excellence. The competition will bring

together participants from several prestigious institutions including:

Carnegie Mellon University (Qatar), Stenden University (Qatar), Geor-getown University (Qatar), Abu Dhabi Men’s College (UAE), Higher

College of Technology (Oman), Arab Open University (Oman), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar), and College of the North Atlantic (Qatar).

Doha Bank sponsors CNA-Q’s business competition

COVER STORY THURSDAY 16 MARCH 201704

Mabhoko AFP

Esther Mahlangu’s colourful geometric art work is exhib-ited in galleries around the

world, but she remains in her South African village of Mabhoko unfazed by fame and determined to preserve her ethnic Ndebele cul-ture. The 81-year-old painter and mural artist earned an interna-tional reputation with her Ndebele motifs at a time when the art scene in her home country was focused on contemporary styles.

Now Johannesburg is hosting a major exhibition for Mahlangu, an elderly black woman with no art training who rose to global

acclaim using a skill passed down for generations.

With just a chicken feather, Mahlangu first painted mud huts and chipboards before moving on to luxury cars, skateboards and footwear as her intricate patterns became huge commercial hits.

At home in a dusty village in South Africa’s eastern province of Mpumalanga, the sprightly great-grandmother looks nothing like an artist who has exhibited at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the 5th Biennale in Lyon, France, and London’s British Museum.

She goes about her daily chores, sweeping the courtyard in front of her hut and worrying about crying babies.

South Africa’s ‘chicken feather’ painter brushes off fame

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Unlike many locals, she still dresses in the distinctive Ndebele traditional attire, with heavy beaded necklaces and dozens of copper rings around her neck and legs.

‘I’m not intimidated’ —“Working with famous people has not changed me,” she said. “I am not intimidated by anything and not even once have I changed who I am to fit in with their culture.”

The only change she has incor-porated into her work is replacing natural pigments of cow dung and soil with acrylic paint. Mahlangu’s first big international break came in 1989, when she was 54.

Her ornately decorated house had caught the eye of French researchers who invited her to the Pompidou Centre.

In Paris, she painted a replica of her hut for an exhibition.

Mahlangu’s heavily wrinkled face lights up in disbelief when showcasing what she had been doing since she was a child.

“I only used chicken feathers, no brushes,” she said taking a break from her chores.

“I am an ordinary Ndebele woman, doing what I was taught by my mother and grandmother,” she

chuckled. She said she was amazed by the interest her work attracted, an experience that prompted her to teach the age-old Ndebele skill to youngsters in her village.

“My aim is to preserve the Nde-bele culture. I don’t want it to get lost with civilisation,” she said.

German carmaker BMW has col-laborated with Mahlangu on two

occasions, when she painted the body of their luxury sedans with her iconic Ndebele shapes.

Her first collaboration with the company in 1991 made her the first woman to be invited to take part in the Art Car project, following in the footsteps of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.

“Painting the car was exciting. I

never felt under pressure,” she said. The car has been displayed in major exhibitions around the world, and in February ended a four-month show at the British Museum.

South Africa was not quick to recognise Mahlangu’s talent, though she has had solo exhibitions in Cape Town.

In 2006 she was given a presi-dential award.

“I had to travel to Pretoria to accept it,” she said. “It made me proud to be seen as doing something for the people.”

In her cramped two-room thatched roof hut that doubles as a makeshift gallery stands a wooden cabinet displaying some of her many accolades. “A lot of people have looked at Esther’s work as being more on the craft side,” said Craig Mark, director of The Melrose Gal-lery in Johannesburg.

“She hasn’t been really recog-nised in the visual arts side in South Africa until very recently.”

The gallery is showing a collec-tion of Mahlangu’s latest work, a series of paintings paying tribute to the late freedom icon Nelson Man-dela. The paintings were created by embellishing prints of drawings cre-ated by Mandela in 2001.

At the opening of the exhibition, the painter said she had no inten-tion of slowing down despite her age.

“I may no longer have the same energy as I used to, but I can still do everything.”

COMMUNITY THURSDAY 16 MARCH 201706

Amna Pervaiz Rao The Peninsula

This year ‘QITCOM 2017’, the fourth edition of Qatar’s information and communication technol-ogy exhibition held from

March 6 to 8, got an added attrac-tion as two brand new innovations of Shoura Business Group were on display to lure the thousands of people who visited the venue.

The smart vending machine and the HypeBox which were dis-played at the expo became the centre of attraction of the expo with the state-of-the-art technol-ogy being used for the innovation of them. The Peninsula on its visit to QITCOM’s ‘Shoura Stall’ found people throng the stall to take look at those products and to know more about them.

Explaining about the inventions, Shaza D Ibrahiem, Business Devel-opment Officer at Shoura Company,

told The Peninsula that: “The ‘smart vending machine’ (SVM) has a huge multi-touch screen with high qual-ity display and graphic and video advertisement playing to attract customers and spread brand awareness.”

SVM now offers not only tradi-tional goods, such as hot and cold drinks, food, technologies, mobiles and other daily necessities, but also provides new life services such as adding value to metro cards, buy-ing tickets, and paying bills.

“We also have created applica-tions for it to be used as a marketing tool to distribute gifts and collect customer data. This invention is one of its kid in the market, we are really excited to see its potential in Qatar. The stall was a great attrac-tion at QITCOM, in fact many people put money to purchase products as they found the screen so attractive and alluring although the setup was for display purposes only,” she fur-ther added.

Shoura Business Group is Qatari service and consulting company established in 2012 and it currently being supported by QDB (Qatar Development Bank). QDB provides Shoura office place and guidance. Shoura Business Group is a soft-ware development and interactive solutions company. Always seek-ing to create innovative concepts and make them accessible to the Qatari market.

The audience at QITCOM found the HypeBox to be so mysterious and there was so much curiosity around it. People were keen to know about the box at the stall. Elaborating the amazing features

of HypeBox; Shaza told that: “Hype-Box is an integrated transparent LCD screen solution which enables the users to see a real product at the same time as a person can see digital content on the screen.”

HypeBox includes amazing four features which are; ‘Auto-matic Video playback’- plays automatically from USB stick (looped playback). Video formats like MP4, MPG, AVI and MOV are supported, ‘Clear and Crisp Image Quality’- Full HD resolution is available for nearly all sizes. Bril-liant colours and our highly developed LED lighting create a unique experience, ‘Incredible Transparency’- The high and clear transparency turns this product into an incredible tool for any store, exhibition or event. Look through the display like it’s just

piece of glass and the last feature is it’s ‘Sophisticated Design’ the robust construction is made from steel finished by white matt pow-der coating. The rounded corners let the boxes look beautiful in any environment.”

“We create videos and interac-tive solutions on the transparent screen to promote the real prod-ucts showcased in it. We found it useful in retail and awareness campaigns, it comes in a range of sizes (it can even fit in a car),” she further noted.

Shoura’s innovations attract visitors at QITCOM 2017 The brand new innovations of Shoura Business Group — the smart vending machine and the HypeBox — were on display at QITCOM 2017.

CAMPUSTHURSDAY 16 MARCH 2017 07

By not addressing the root causes of its civil war, Leba-non’s political leaders have

caused it to remain entangled in various forms of political violence in its post-war period, argues Sami Hermez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern Uni-versity in Qatar (NU-Q), in a new book published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

The book, ‘War is Coming: Between Past and Future Violence in Lebanon’, sheds light on the impact of protracted conflict on people’s everyday experiences and the way people anticipate political violence.

“Professor Hermez’s book high-lights the need for alternative paths

in Lebanon for it to sustain its polit-ical and social life,’” said Everette E Dennis, Dean and CEO. “His

research on the root causes of con-flict and the political dynamics in Lebanon is an important contribu-tion to the ongoing dialogue on how to sustain peace in Lebanon.”

Hermez contends that the peace agreement that followed and offi-cially propelled the country into a postwar era did not address many of the root causes of war, nor did it hold the main actors accountable. He argues that despite the decision by the political elite to consign the war to the past through the politics of “no victor, no vanquished,” bombings, assassinations, and out-breaks of armed combat persist.

Hermez’s book has received praise from Lara Deeb of Scripps College who said it was: “Deeply

poignant. An eloquently written and altogether fascinating read about how violence is lived in multiple temporal registers in Lebanon, and how both remembering past and anticipating future violence criti-cally shape lived experience in the present.”

Hermez has been at NU-Q since 2014 and has held posts as visiting scholar in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard Univer-sity, visiting professor of contemporary international Issues at the University of Pittsburgh, vis-iting professor of anthropology at Mt. Holyoke College, and postdoc-toral fellow at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, St. Antony’s Col-lege, Oxford University.

NU-Q professor’s book focuses on post-war Lebanon

Using the Internet in classrooms for study purposes, is likely to affect academic perform-

ance, even among the most intelligent and motivated students, researchers warned.

When Internet is used in class-rooms, students tend to spend most of their time on social media, read-ing email, shopping for items such as clothes or watching videos, that could lead to poorer scores.

Internet’s use was a significant predictor of students’ final exam score, even when their intelligence and motivation were taken into account, said lead author Susan Ravizza, Associate Professor Michi-gan State University in the US.

“The detrimental relationship associated with non-academic

Internet use raises questions about the policy of encouraging students to bring their laptops to class when they are unnecessary for class use,” Ravizza said.

Previous research has shown that taking notes on a laptop is not as ben-eficial for learning as writing notes by hand. “Once students crack their laptop open, it is probably tempting to do other sorts of Internet-based tasks that are not class-relevant,” Ravizza added.

For the study, the team studied Internet use on laptop in a one-hour lecture course with 127 students. The study showed that using the Inter-net for class purposes did not help students’ test scores. The findings are forthcoming in the journal Psy-chological Science.

Experts say no to ‘Internet in classrooms’

HEALTH THURSDAY 16 MARCH 201708

Dr Najmudheen Manappattu MBBS, DLO, DNB

ENT Department

SCH LIC NO: 6291

Tuberculosis is an ancient bacterial disease present all over the world. About 3500 years ago, Rigveda had mentioned about this

as ‘Yaksim’. It claimed many million lives and caused untold miseries to the mankind over the years.

For many centuries,tuberculosis had been a dreaded disease; a slow death sentence for many.

Discovery of the bacteria by Rob-ert Koch opened a new era in TB control. In 1904 he received Nobel prize for his great contributions.

TB mostly affects lungs. However no organ in the body nor any age is immune to the bacteria. It can dam-age lungs, spine, bones, joints and brain.

Common symptomsContinuous cough for 3 weeks

Blood stained sputum/spitting of blood.

Fever, especially evening rise of temperature,

TirednessWeight lossChest pain / BreathlessnessPainless swellings in neck

When a patient coughs up or sneezes out plenty of TB bacteria are shed in to air,They travel in to a healthy person’s lungs through breathing air. Usually his immune system will fight these germs and make them inactive. However in 5-10% of individuals the bacteria win over and produce lung damage. From the lungs it can spread to any parts of the body including brain

TB in Children Tuberculosis affecting children

is termed primary complex. Unlike in adults, it cannot spread to others i,e not contagious. We suspect this when the child shows symptoms like Loss of appetite, Poor weight gain/ failure to thrive or repeated respira-tory infections , especially following an exposure to TB patient (s).

Your family doctor can diagnose the disease by investigations like Chest X-ray, Sputum analysis, Man-toux skin test, AFB culture etc. It is difficult to get sputum in children in whom a morning sample of stom-ach aspirate may help.

TB is now a controllable disease. The first antibiotic effective against TB -Strepomycin- was introduced in 1944. Advent of drugs like INH, Rifampicin Ethambutol &

Pyrazinamide further fortified the armamentarium and hastened the recovery time.

BCG vaccine, first introduced in 1921, is very popular and widely used even today.

Nowadays combination therapy with more than one anti-bacterial drug is used for a period of 6-9 months. This is to prevent drug resistance.

In India, DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment-Shot course) therapy is in vogue. In this a health-worker directly observes and ensures the intake of medicine by the patient. This is very important because irreg-ular or incorrect treatment can lead to emerge multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB).

Overcrowding ,malnutrition, unhygienic practices of open sneez-ing and coughing,lack of health education have all contributed to the spread of TB in the past.

There were high hopes of total

eradication of TB thanks to improved health awareness,education, BCG vaccination and new drugs.

But, of late, tuberculosis is stag-ing a comeback mainly due to HIV related immune-suppression and MDR-TB. According to WHO statis-tics 1.3 million people died from TB in 2012. In the same year the largest number (60%) of new TB cases glo-bally were reported from Asia.

REMEMBER !!TB contagious and Air-borneTB is curable and preventablePrecautions

-Seek medical advice when sus-picious symptoms appear

-Avoid over-crowding/ close con-tact with TB patients

-Cover nose while sneezing and coughing

-Health education-Ensure strict adherence to Anti-

tuberculous treatment schedule-BCG Vaccination right from birth.

TB is curable and preventable

FOOD THURSDAY 16 MARCH 201710Emily Horton The Washington Post

Mexico was where the small-seeded limas many Southern cooks call butter-

beans were born. But in Peru, birthplace of the larger limas, cooks harness this starchy quality in two reverential treatments: in one, soaking the beans in water over-night, then peeling the thin skin before cooking them into a velvety puree; in another, cooking the skinned limas with milk and sugar into a version of the luscious cara-mel sauce dulce de leche.

All the same, I would insist that limas don’t really need coddling. My own approach is to cook them lazily and minimally, with just a little salt, a bay leaf and some olive oil, until they begin to break down and the cooking liquid is thick and rich. I make a huge batch, because one meal is never enough.

Cooking the basic beans involves some commitment, if only to be present for a couple of hours while they bubble on the stove. Beyond a stir every now and then, they take care of themselves. Bet-ter, they don’t suffer a nick for being made in advance, becoming thicker and creamier with time. You can thin them with a little water if you like, but some folks prefer them this way, the better for sopping with one edible utensil or another.

Lima Bean Soup With Chard and Harissa

6 servings (makes about 8 cups)

This soup comes together quickly, built upon a base of long-cooked Creamy Lima Beans; see the related recipe.

Store-bought varieties of harissa vary widely, with some

incorporating the sweetness of tomato and others leaning to the more savoury side. The latter are an especially good counterpoint for the sweet beans and greens used here.

MAKE AHEAD: The Creamy Lima Beans can be refrigerated up to 3 days in advance.

Harissa is a spicy North Afri-can chile paste, available at Mediterranean markets and some Whole Foods Markets. From food writer Emily Horton.

IngredientsCreamy Lima Beans (see

related recipe)1 bunch chard (about 1 pound;

may substitute spinach or beet

greens)1 small bunch cilantro, bottom

half of stems trimmed1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice2 tablespoons harissa paste (see

headnote)2/3 cup water, or more as

neededSea salt (optional)

StepsWarm the Creamy Lima Beans

in a large pot over low heat. Strip the stems from the chard (reserve them for another use, if desired), and cut the leaves into thin ribbons.

Coarsely chop the cilantro leaves and remaining tender stems.

Whisk together the lemon juice

and harissa paste in a small bowl.Stir the water into the cooked

beans; increase the heat to medium-low. Add the chard and cook for 5 to 10 minutes, until the leaves are just tender. Stir in the cilantro, then remove from the heat. Add water, as needed, to achieve the desired consistency; without additional water, the consistency is that of a thick stew. Season lightly with salt, if desired.

Ladle into individual bowls and swirl 1 teaspoon of the harissa mixture into each portion. Serve warm.

Nutrition | Per serving: 270 cal-ories, 16 g protein, 46 g carbohydrates, 4 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 430 mg sodium, 16 g dietary fiber, 6 g sugar.

This soup

comes together

quickly and it’s

delicious

BOLLYWOODTHURSDAY 16 MARCH 2017 11

IANS

Popular singer Shreya Ghoshal’s wax statue will be unveiled at India’s first Mad-

ame Tussauds museum, which is to open in Mumbai in June. She is thrilled. “I am thrilled to be a part of history here at Madame Tussauds, and it is an honour to be featured among such talented stars, artists, historians and renowned celebri-ties,” Shreya said in a statement.

Her statue will be alongside those of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, megastar Amitabh Bachchan and American pop star Lady Gaga.

“To be immortalised forever is a fabulous feeling. With its brilliant concept, Madame Tussauds has always been famous for bringing joy all across the world,” added

Shreya, known for songs like “Teri meri”, “Dola re dola”, “Deewani mastani”, “Agar tum mil jao”, “Sunn raha hai”, “Saans” and “Piya o re piya”. She turned a year older on March 12. The wax attraction, which will open its doors for the public in June, will exhibit over 50 figures from diverse leagues.

“We are pleased to unveil Shreya’s figure in the Delhi attrac-tion. She is one of the most loved singers of today’s generation. We are excited to see our visitors sing along with her. She was one of the most requested figures for us to include in the attraction, and we are delighted to be able to honour those fans with this wax figure,” said Anshul Jain, General Manager and Director, Merlin Entertainments India Pvt Ltd.

Shreya Ghoshal’s wax statue to be unveiled

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he has recorded two songs for different projects

at his friend and late Bollywood singer-composer Aadesh Shrivas-tavas studio here.

“Singing at the studio I often vis-ited -- the studio of Aadesh Srivastava... He left us… For a bet-ter place… We left ourselves in his memory,” Amitabh posted on his blog. “Two songs within minutes -- one for the song done by that

talented Papon on the Brahmapu-tra river and the other for Navratna Oil the one I endorse... A fun ver-sion, adding bits and pieces to an already given track, but giving addi-tions in the company of music director Rohan, is always fun, he added. “There is some madness that always prevails at such moments… A madness to just loosen up, be light, be in sun and in sunshine, be away from any bindings limits and bar-riers,” he wrote.

Big B records two new songs

A group of unknown per-sons torched and reduced to ashes a huge outdoor

film set of Sanjay Leela Bhansa-lis upcoming film “Padmavati” early yesterday, an official said.

The incident occurred at the picturesque Masaipathar area, around 15km on the outskirts of Panhala town in Kolhapur dis-trict, Maharashtra, said an investigating officer. “The set is spread across nearly 50,000 square feet and a group of uni-dentified persons set it on fire around 1am,” the official said. A large team of police from Pan-hala and other police stations reached the film site. No arrests have been made so far.

This is the second time Bhansali has faced the ire of cer-tain groups over the filming of his next magnum opus “Padma-vati”, a historic-costume drama based on the legendary Rani Padmini of Chittor in modern day Rajasthan.

Ace choreographer Terence Lewis, who recently made his acting debut in a short

film, has joined the jury of French Short Film Festival of Rennes - 7eme Lune. Lewis, who has judged shows like “Dance India Dance” and “Nach Baliye”, is one of the six members of the fest, which will be held on March 15-18 in France.

“It’s an honour to be a part of the jury of this esteemed short film festival in Rennes! International

cinema has always been close to my heart as it is thought provok-ing, intelligent and pregnant with meaning,” Lewis said in a state-ment. He added: “French cinema hits you at the gut and it’s direction and artistry is real n unparalleled in the world.” The festival is in its fourth edition and is headed by a French film director Alain Guiraudie. The panel also includes other French directors like Rebecca Zlotowski and Kim Chapiron.

Terence Lewis to judge French film fest

‘Padmavati’ film

set torched in

Maharashtra

HOLLYWOOD THURSDAY 16 MARCH 201712

AFP

Disney yesterday said it would not release a censored ver-sion of its film “Beauty and

the Beast” in Malaysia after author-ities in the Muslim-majority nation cut a “moment” in the movie.

The film, featuring “Harry Pot-ter” star Emma Watson, has raised hackles worldwide among religious groups angered by its depiction of Le Fou, the sycophantic sidekick to antagonist Gaston making him

Disney’s first ever out LGBT char-acter. The head of Malaysia’s censorship board earlier told local media that a “moment” had been removed from the film before approving its release.

But yesterday, a Disney spokes-person said that “the film has not been and will not be cut for Malay-sia”, effectively shelving plans to release it in the Southeast Asian country. The film was originally slated to be released on Thursday in Malaysia. Director Bill Condon

has revealed that the movie con-tains Disney’s “first exclusively moment”, although some critics have said the reference is extremely mild and fleeting.

Religious groups and Islamic scholars had previously called for the film to be banned over concerns that it would promote “negative val-ues” in the country. The movie has also come under fire from religious figures in neighbouring Singapore, with Christian clergy attacking Dis-ney for deviating from “wholesome,

mainstream values”. At least one theatre in the US state of Alabama has refused to show the film while Russia slapped an adults-only rat-ing on the movie last week following pressure by an ultra-con-servative lawmaker who was pushing for a ban.

Despite the controversy, the movie has already become the fast-est-selling family film in history, outpacing previous record-holder

“Finding Dory,” according to online ticket seller Fandango.

‘Beauty and the Beast’ release in Malaysia scrapped

“The Matrix” will be back soon. Production house Warner Bros is in the early stages of develop-

ing a relaunch of the iconic 1999 sci-fi movie. “The Matrix” is considered one of the most original films in cinematic his-tory, and Zak Penn is in talks to write a treatment. According to multiple sources, there is potential interest in Michael B. Jor-dan to star in the reboot, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

At this point, the Wachowski siblings, who wrote and directed the original and its two sequels, are not involved in the

project. The nature of their potential engagement with a new version has not been determined either. Joel Silver, who produced the original trilogy, is said to have approached Warner Bros about the idea of mining “The Matrix” for a poten-tial new film. However, Silver sold his interest in all his movies to the studio in 2012 for about $30m, according to sources. Written and directed by the Wachowskis, the original movie sees humanity living in a simulated reality, unaware that humans are in pods in which their bodies are being harvested for energy.

Costume jewellery

worn by stars

up for auction

From the coral necklace worn by Vivien Leigh in “Gone With The Wind” to Marilyn Mon-roe’s gold and pearl drop earrings from

“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” the glittering adorn-ments made for Hollywood’s stars will go up for auction this year.

About 700 pieces of ornate costume jewel-lery made by Hollywood costume jeweller Eugene Joseff will be exhibited in Ireland’s Newbridge Silverware Museum of Style Icons from March until May before going under the hammer in November at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles.

“Buying a piece of this isn’t like buying a dia-mond necklace from Cartier, you’re actually owning a piece of Hollywood memorabilia,” said Isabel Yeo, Julien’s Auctions’ jewellery special-ist. The auction house has not yet set estimates for the jewellery. Costume jewellery pieces do not tend to contain precious stones and metals.

Joseff made custom pieces of jewellery for major film studios during the 1930s and 1940s. The jeweller died in a plane crash in the late 1940s and the pieces of his collection have not been offered for auction until now. Yeo said Joseff developed a special method of jewellery-mak-ing that involved plating metals to give it a softer glare under studio lighting, a secret formula that has been kept within his family.

Highlights from the auction include Clark Gable’s gold engraved cigar case from 1939’s

“Gone With The Wind” and a costume pearl and blue stone necklace worn by Bette Davis in 1955’s

“The Virgin Queen.”

‘The Matrix’ reboot in the works

Jack Harris, who cemented his place in Hollywood history by producing the 1958 horror film “The Blob,” has died. He was 98. Harris died of natural causes on Tues-day at his home in Beverly Hills surrounded by family, according to his daughter,

Lynda Resnick. Born in Philadelphia and a vaudeville performer from a young age, Harris was a decorated WWII veteran before getting into the movie business. He worked in marketing, publicity, distribution and production across his long career.His first film, the B-movie “The Blob,” which starred Steve McQueen in his first lead-ing role, became an enormous hit, grossing more than $3m on a $110,000 budget.

Film producer Jack Harris dies

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYTHURSDAY 16 MARCH 2017 13

IANS

The next time you want any information about a stranger, try the new facial recog-nition app on your iPhone, which can

provide you his or her details by just matching a photograph on Facebook.

Users can take a picture of anyone and run it through the Facezam app which will show them their Facebook profile.

Facezam scans billions of Facebook profile images a second, which it accesses through a database for developers, until it finds a match. It claims to be able to link most photos with a pro-file on the social network within 10 seconds.

“Facezam could be the end of our anonymous societies,” Jack Kenyon, a British entrepreneur and founder of Facezam, was quoted as saying

to telegraph.co.uk yesterday. “Users will be able to identify anyone within a matter of seconds, which means privacy will no longer exist in pub-lic society,” Kenyon added. The app, which will launch on iOS on March 21, has been tested on more than 10,000 images to date with a 70 per cent accuracy.

However, the launch could be delayed by Facebook, which said Facezam violates its pri-vacy policies. “This activity violates our terms and we’re reaching out to the developer to ensure they bring their app into compliance,” Facebook was quoted as saying. Facebook reviews apps that use its data before they go live to check they adhere to its policies. Apps that collect users’ data or use automated technology to scan Facebook are forbidden from launching without permis-sion from the social network.

New iPhone app may help find strangers on FB

Saturn moon Enceladus’ hidden sea might be closer to the surface than previously thought, suggests a new study that found the south polar region of the moon to be

warmer than expected just a few feet below its icy surface.The new study was published in the journal Nature Astron-

omy. The excess heat is especially pronounced over three fractures that do not appear to be active at the moment. Seem-ingly dormant fractures lying above the moon’s warm, underground sea point to the dynamic character of Enceladus’ geology, suggesting the moon might have experienced sev-eral episodes of activity, in different places on its surface.

“What is the warm underground ocean really like and could life have evolved there? These questions remain to be answered by future missions to this ocean world,” said Cas-sini Project Scientist Linda Spilker at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.

Hidden sea in Enceladus closer to surface

Motorola Moblity, a Lenovo brand, yesterday launched in India its G5

Plus smartphone with rapid charging, a fingerprint reader and advanced camera features.

Moto G5 Plus will be availa-ble for 3GB RAM + 16GB storage and 4GB RAM + 32GB storage con-figurations, exclusively on Flipkart. The device features 5.2-inch full-HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and runs on Qualcomm

Snapdragon 625 2.0 GHz octa-core CPU along with 650 MHz Adreno 506 GPU.

“Featuring a flagship level cam-era sensor with dual auto-focus pixels, the Moto G5 Plus allows you to lock onto your target in the blink of an eye, so you never miss a shot. The large aperture f/1.7 and bigger pixels combine to let in up to 25 per cent more light than the previous generation Moto G4 Plus,” the company said in a statement.

The device sports 12MP rear camera, 5MP front camera and houses 3,000mAh battery with TurboPower charging giving up to six hours of battery life in just 15 minutes. Moto G5 Plus also includes Moto Actions and a new experience -- One Button Nav, which lets you quickly navigate through screens using the finger-print reader. Moto G5 Plus is NFC enabled allowing you to use it to make mobile payments.

The Microsoft Garage team has come up with a latest mobile application — SMS

Organizer — to transform and sim-plify the way of handling SMSes (short message service). The new app will enable the users to clas-sify and interpret important messages over others. “The SMS Organizer app uses sophisticated machine learning algorithms to classify and interpret transactional, personal, promotional, and spam messages. The app occupies very little space on the device.

SMS Organizer app unveiled

Motorola Mobility launches G5 Plus smartphone

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Machine depicts the story of racing enthusiasts , who meet each other

under mysterious circumstances. As their bond becomes stronger,

they eventually fall in love. However, new things begin to unfold,

which change their lives forever.Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

MACHINE

NOVO — Pearl ROYAL PLAZA

ASIAN TOWN

MALL

LANDMARK

Logan (2D/Action) 10:30am, 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 & 11:50pmBeauty And The Beast (2D) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pmKong: Skull Island (2D/Action) 10:30am, 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 8:30, 9:30, 11:00pm & 12:00midnight La La Land (2D/Musical) 11:20amThe Belko Experiment (2D/Horror) 2:10, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnightKung Fu Yoga (2D/Action) 10:00am & 12:05pmVengeance: A L ove Story (2D/Thriller) 10:15am, 2:45, 7:15 & 11:45pm Akher Dek Fe Masr (2D/Arabic) 12:30, 5:00 & 9:30pm Hidden Figures (2D/Drama) 11:30am, 4:30 & 9:30pm A United Kingdom (2D/Drama) 2:00, 7:00pm & 12:00midnight Sleepless (2D/Action) 10:15am, 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15, 10:15pm & 12:30am Skull Island (2D/Action) 1:35, 6:45 & 11:55pm Beauty And The Beast Kong (2D/Family) 11:00am, 4:10 & 9:20pm Beauty And The Beast Kong (IMAX/Family) 3D 10:30am, 3:30 & 8:30pm 2D 1:00, 6:00 & 11:00pm

Kong: Skull Island (2D/Action) 2:15pm Beauty & The Beast (2D/Family) 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 & 11:15pmVeeram (2D/Malayalam) 3:00 & 11:00pm Vengeance: A Love Story (2D/Thriller) 4:15 & 9:30pm The Belko Experiment (2D/Horror) 6:15pm A United Kingdom (2D/Drama) 5:00pm El 3Atir (2D/Arabic) 7:00pmSleepless (2D/Action) 7:30 & 9:00pm Hidden Figures (2D/Drama) 11:30pm

Machine (2D/Hindi) 2:15 & 11:15pmKong: Skull Island (2D/Action) 2:15 & 7:00pm Beauty & The Beast (2D/Family) 2:30, 4:45, 7:00 & 9:15pmSleepless (2D/Action) 4:15 & 11:15pm Veeram (2D/Malayalam) 5:00 & 9:45pm El 3Atir (2D/Arabic) 6:15pm The Belko Experiment (2D/Horror) 8:00pm Hidden Figures (2D/Drama) 9:00pm Vengeance: A Love Story (2D/Thriller) 11:30pm

Veeram (2D/Malayalam) 2:00 & 11:15pm Beauty & The Beast (2D/Family) 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 & 9:00pm The Belko Experiment (2D/Horror) 4:00pmKong: Skull Island (2D/Action) 3:00 & 5:00pm Trapped (2D/Hindi) 7:00pmEl 3Atir (2D/Arabic) 5:30pm Hidden Figures (2D/Drama) 7:15pm A United Kingdom (2D/Drama) 9:30pm Sleepless (2D/Action) 9:45 & 11:30pmVengeance: A Love Story (2D/Thriller) 11:30pm

Veeram (Malayalam) 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45pm & 01:15am Badrinath Ki Dulhania 5:30pm Trapped (Hindi) 12:45, 5:30 & 10:15pm Machine (Hindi) 2:45, 7:30pm & 01:00am Angamaly Diaries (Malayalam) 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 11:00pm & 01:30am

THURSDAY 16 MARCH 2017

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

CINEMA PLUS14

AL KHORBeauty & The Beast 12:00noon, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15 & 11:00pm Lego Batman 11:00 Sleepless 10:45am, 6:15 & 11:15pm Vengeance 1:15, 5:45 & 10:15pm Machine 12:45 & 8:15pm Veeram 3:30 & 8:00pm Kong 3:45pm Angamaly Diaries 12:15

ROXYBeauty & The Beast 4:00, 4:30, 7:00 & 9:30pm Veeram 2:00, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 8:45, 10:15 & 11:00pm Kong: Skull Island 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm & 12:00midnight Nemjam Marappathillia 2:00 & 7:15pm

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

08:00 News08:30 Witness09:00 The Occupation

Of The American Mind

10:30 Inside Story11:00 News11:30 The Stream12:30 Fault Lines13:00 NEWSHOUR14:00 News14:30 Inside Story15:00 Witness16:00 NEWSHOUR17:00 News17:30 The Stream18:00 newsgrid19:00 News19:30 AJEats20:00 News20:30 Inside Story21:00 NEWSHOUR22:00 News22:30 The Stream23:00 Art Trafficking

13:00 Welcome To The Ronks

14:05 Star Darlings

14:35 Jessie 15:00 Bunk’d 15:25 Kirby

Buckets 15:50 Sunny

Bunnies 15:55 The

Zhuzhus 17:10 Stuck In

The Middle 18:05 Bizaardvark 18:30 Bunk’d 20:15 Star

Darlings 20:20 Shake It Up 20:45 Backstage 21:35 Cracke 22:05 Best Friends

Whenever 22:55 Tsum Tsum

Shorts

13:50 Yankee Jungle

14:45 Gator Boys15:40 Escape To

Chimp Eden16:05 Escape To

Chimp Eden16:35 Tanked17:30 The Beauty

Of Snakes18:25 Gangland

Killers19:20 Life At Vet

University20:15 Tanked21:10 Escape To

Chimp Eden21:35 Escape To

Chimp Eden22:05 Gangland

Killers23:00 Life At Vet

University23:55 Gator Boys

13:05 How Do They Do It?

13:30 Storage Hunters

14:20 Alaska: The Last Frontier

15:10 The Island With Bear Grylls

17:40 Street Outlaws

18:30 How Do They Do It?

20:35 Storage Hunters

21:00 What On Earth?

21:50 Treasure Quest: Snake Island

22:40 The Wheel: Survival Games

23:30 Fast N’ Loud

King Features Syndicate, Inc.

BRAIN TEASERSTHURSDAY 16 MARCH 2017 15

Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku

is a number-placing puzzle based on a

9×9 grid. The object is to place the

numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so

that each row, each column and each

3×3 box contains the same number

only once.

ALIBI, ARREST, CAPTURE,

CAUTION, CHARGE, CLUE,

CRIME, CRIMINAL, DETECTIVE,

EVIDENCE, FORENSIC,

INVESTIGATION, MOTIVE,

MURDER, MYSTERY,

OPPORTUNITY, PERPETRATOR,

PLOT, POLICE, PURSUIT,

SENTENCE, SOLVE, SUSPECT,

WEAPON.