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ROOFTOPPOWER
Installing solar panels on your roof is not just for tree-hugging environmentalists. The increasing ease of the process and the financial returns have made going solar practically mainstream
Compass students take part in Cambridge
STEAM
| 03WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
CAMPUS
MES Indian School
Youth Festival begins
MES Indian School Youth Festival, a
three-day cultural extravaganza, start-
ed with a colourful and spectacular cere-
mony. The chief guest. M P Salim, Direc-
tor, Culturai/Co-curricular Activities of the
school Governing Board declared the event
open and he appreciated the participants
for the their overwhelming response and
enthusiasm. The school principal congratu-
lated the participants for their interest in
excelling in their co-curricular endeavours.
The three-day cultural fiesta includes clas-
sical and instrumental music categories,
competitions in folk dance, classical dance,
Kathak, Kuchupudy, mono act, fancy dress,
painting contest depicting art and culture.
The competition will be conducted in sen-
ior, intermediate, junior and sub junior cat-
egories. There are some 3,500 student en-
tries in various categories to be held at 125
venues of the school campus. School offi-
cials, parents and students were present
during the inauguration.
Compass students take
part in Cambridge STEAM
Students from Compass International School
Doha showcased their STEAM (science, tech-
nology, engineering, arts and maths) skills to vis-
itors and science enthusiasts from around the
world at the 10th annual Cambridge Science
Festival held in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Compass International School Doha students
joined more than 100 others from 13 Nord An-
glia Education schools globally for an exclusive
programme designed by the Cambridge Science
Festival and MIT Museum of Science. Students
participated in inspiring sessions and hands-on
workshops with MIT scientists, researchers and
engineers. The programme culminated in a cele-
bration of STEAM at the festival’s Curiosity Chal-
lenge as the students worked together to design,
build and operate a massive chain reaction ma-
chine.
Dr Terry Creissen, Executive Principal of Com-
pass International School Doha, said: “Our con-
tingent of students who have travelled to Boston
have been given a unique opportunity to partic-
ipate in the Cambridge Science Festival, one of
many such experiences and opportunities that
Nord Anglia provide for its students.”
COVER STORY
04 | WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
By Audrey Hoffer The Washington Post
Installing solar panels on your roof
is not just for tree-hugging envi-
ronmentalists. The increasing ease
of the process and the financial re-
turns have made going solar practically
mainstream.
“By the end of 2020, the amount
of installed solar capacity will be 300
percent higher than today,” said Dan
Whitten, Vice-President of communi-
cations at the Solar Energy Industries
Association in the US. “Nationwide, it
grew 10 times between 2008 and
2015.”
In Washington, residential solar in-
stallations have tripled since 2011, said
Chelsea Barnes with EQ Research.
Sun shining on solar panels gener-
ates electricity that goes directly into
your home’s breaker panel, which sup-
plies electricity to power your appli-
ances and devices.
The power that panels produce but
don’t use goes out of your meter and
back into the grid for later use. A net
meter — installed by your utility com-
pany in place of the standard meter —
rolls backward, and at the end of the
month calculates your “net” usage
from the grid. This is called net meter-
ing.
Power generated from the sun is
meant to offset your electric bill. How
much offset you get depends on how
many panels are installed and how
much electricity your family uses.
Whatever the amount is, your
household remains connected to the
grid and you receive an electric bill
from the utility.
The goal is to reduce your utility ex-
penses as much as possible.
Eventually, the savings on the elec-
tric bill will add up to what you paid
for the system, which means from
then on you’re basically getting free
electricity. The average return on in-
vestment is 5 1 / 2 years in Washing-
ton, said JD Elkurd, executive director
at Solar Solution.
The process starts with a site eval-
uation.
“We go up on the roof. We look at
the direction of sunlight, take meas-
urements of the space, see obstacles
like air conditioners, vents, ducts, com-
pressors and skylights. Then we know
where everything is, how many panels
can fit, and we can set them to maxi-
mize sun exposure,” Elkurd said.
“People assume solar panels have to
be on your roof, but they can be on an
adjacent structure,” said Chris Pierce,
who lives on Capitol Hill in Washington.
“Our roof is slate, which can’t accom-
modate panels. But the garage is shin-
gled, and Solar Solution said we could
put up 18. They made a computerized
drawing on the spot to show us what it
would look like.”
Installers told Washington resident
Greg Crist that based on the sun’s po-
sition, a porch would be ideal for pan-
els. So as part of a house renovation,
he added a front porch and 13 panels
were installed on it.
The navy blue, 250-watt, 3-by-5-
foot glass panels are manufactured
in the United States, China and Mexi-
co. The aluminum racking system Solar
Solution uses is made in North Carolina
and California. California-made micro-
inverters attached to the back of each
panel convert the solar energy from a
DC current to AC so that the electric-
ity can be used in your home. Panels
and micro-inverters have 25-year war-
ranties.
Like the sun, the use of solar is rising
By the end of 2020, the amount of installed solar capacity will be 300 percent higher than today,” said Dan Whitten, Vice-President of Communications at the Solar Energy Industries Association in the US. “Nationwide, it grew 10 times between 2008 and 2015.
COVER STORY
| 05WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
Tax breaks and other incentives
reduce the cost of electricity and cov-
er a large portion of a system’s cost.
“That’s why 90 percent of our custom-
ers are in the solar business. For fi-
nancial reasons, it makes sense,” said
Elkurd.
Here are ways to defray the cost
of your system:
Federal tax credit: One nation-
wide incentive is an FTC equivalent
to 30 percent of the cost. This credit
was supposed to expire in December
2016 but was extended for five years.
Solar Renewable Energy Certifi-
cates: Government policy has fur-
ther incentivized solar on a state lev-
el with SRECs.
SRECs are a credit homeowners
get when they supply power to a bro-
kerage market and can help offset the
initial cost of the system.
Customers can sell SRECs to So-
lar Solution. “We’ll buy — in advance
—eight years worth of SRECs and ap-
ply that money to your project cost,
bringing it down about 35 percent
(including federal tax credits),” Elkurd
said.
The average system size installed
in Washington last year was five kil-
owatts, with 20 panels and cost-
ing $16,000, he said. After a 30 per-
cent tax credit of $4,800 and an up-
front credit of $5,500 for the SRECs,
the cost would be $5,700. This size
system typically provides an electric
savings of $950 per year at today’s
rates.
A homeowner can instead broker
their SRECs independently (via SREC-
Trade.com or another brokerage) and
receive a check each time a credit is
produced. That’s what Crist did.
“I chose to go with a brokerage be-
cause I ran the numbers and thought
I could make more than the $11,000
Solar Solution offered,” he said. He
said he hopes to pay off his system
in a couple of years and make a profit
on SREC sales.
Property tax exemption: In Wash-
ington, a property tax abatement rul-
ing allows homeowners to exclude
the added value of a solar system
from their property value. For every
dollar of electricity savings per year,
property value is estimated to in-
crease by $20, said Elkurd. The prop-
erty value of the system described
above increased by about $19,000.
Income-based grants: The feder-
al government sets qualifying income
levels. For a household of two, the
maximum annual income is $40,967;
for a household of four, it’s $60,245.
Solar Solution obtained support
from D.C. Sustainable Energy Utility,
a nonprofit contractor to the D C De-
partment of Energy and Environment.
DCSEU provides grants to solar con-
tractors who provide and install so-
lar systems for low- and moderate-in-
come District residents at no cost.
In 2014, Solar Solution installed
80 systems under this program; last
year, 130. “We expect to put in 150
this year,” Elkurd said.
Option to lease: If you don’t want
to buy a solar system, you can lease
one for a small application fee. So-
lar providers own the system, so you
don’t pay for installation. You pay for
the electricity, but at cheaper rate
than the utility charges.
“We sell you back the electricity but
at about 35 percent below Pepco’s
(the regional utility) rate,” Elkurd said.
“And we don’t raise the rate. You lock
in the cost of electricity for 15 years,
which is the lease contract term.
Then ownership reverts to you at
no cost. So leasing is actually a de-
layed purchase.” Electricity typically
goes up about 5 percent annually.
“From a money perspective alone,
I don’t know why everyone in D.C.
doesn’t have panels,” said Washing-
ton resident Neha Bhatt. “Financially,
solar roofs are becoming a no-brainer,
even if you’re not trying to ‘save the
environment.’”
06 | WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
COMMUNITY
ICC bids farewell to Managing Committee member
Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), under
the aegis of Embassy of India, bid
farewell to P K Aboobacker, a Man-
aging Committee member of the
apex body of the Indian Embassy, con-
tributing as a Head of Affiliation & Con-
sular Services at ICC.
Aboobacker has spent 40 years
working in various fields and capaci-
ties. For the last 24 years, he worked
at Hamad Medical Corporation as a
team member of Emergency (Disas-
ter) Response Department also called
Bleep section.
He has been a very active mem-
ber of Incas, an affiliated organisation
in various capacities for 10 years. Now
he is a Global member of OICC – Over-
seas Indian Cultural Congress. He is al-
so an active member of V Care organ-
isation, where humanitarian services
are rendered for the benefit of under-
privileged people.
He is a member of the Manag-
ing Committee of ICC, where he has
been serving continuously for the
last two terms, as a Head of Affilia-
tion and Consular service.
Aboobaker is married to Sameera
and they have three children.
AbooKattil intends to continue his
voluntary contributions to the society
in India.
The event was attended by Coor-
dinating Officer of ICC, Second Secre-
tary at Embassy of India, Suneel Thap-
liyal, ICC President Girish Kumar, Presi-
dent of IBPN K M Varghese, President
of ICBF Arvind Patil, various communi-
ty leaders, heads of affiliated organi-
sations of ICC and ICC staff.
Suneel Thapliyal conveyed the
farewell message of Indian ambas-
sador Sanjiv Arora and wished him
good life in India and thanked him for
his contributions to the Indian Com-
munity in Qatar. Girish Kumar felici-
tated Abookatil with a memento of
appreciation.
Head of Cultural Activity Jaya-
ti Maitra, presented a souvenir to
Sameera Abookatil, on behalf of the
Managing Committee members of
ICC.
Others who spoke at the event
were K M Varghese-IBPN, Arvind Patil-
ICBF, Suresh Babu-Incas, Milan Arun-
Past ICC MC Member, Yousuf-Islam-
ic Exchange, ICC Vice-President Seenu
Pillai, Head of HSSE Pallash Das and
Joint Secretary and Head of Education
Vijayan-ICC.
The event was compered by Gen-
eral Secretary of ICC Divakar Poojary.
KSCA members
celebrate Vishu
Members of the Kerala Social and
Cultural Association (KSCA) Qatar
celebrated Vishu at Indian Cultural Cen-
tre (ICC) - Ashoka Hall recently. Mem-
bers presented traditional and cultural
programmes highlighting the relevance
of the harvest festival of Kerala.
Prominent percussionist from Kerala
Pallavoor Shreedharan Marrar enlivened
the evening with his Pancharimelam, a
classical percussion concert. A skit was pre-
sented in memory of the legendary poet
late ONV Kurup based on his work Amma”.
The chief guest was Deputy Chief
of Mission Embassy of India Raj Ku-
mar. Other dignitaries included Bhavans
School Principal Balasubramaniam, Do-
ha Bank Corporate Head Krishnan, ICC
Vice-President Seenu Pillai, IBPN Presi-
dent KM Varughese. KSCA General Sec-
retary Girish Nair, President VA Gopinath
and Chief Programme Coordinator An-
il Kumar R.
| 07WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
MARKETPLACE
Katara Hospitality offers Qatari cuisine at ATM
Katara Hospitality, the leading
global hotel owner, developer
and operator based in Qatar,
has introduced at this year’s
ATM “Katara Specialties,” a contempo-
rary initiative designed to highlight the
evolution of the organisation’s food
and beverage concepts.
Katara Specialties which serves to
create authentic Qatari cuisine mys-
tique within all of Katara Hospitality’s
local and international hotels, is char-
acterised by signature dishes that ex-
hibit the flavoursome warmth of Qatari
hospitality. The concept has been cre-
ated to showcase the rich Qatari herit-
age and Arabian hospitality, while add-
ing to the diverse and enriching dining
experiences for esteemed guests.
“We are pleased to introduce Katara
Specialities at ATM 2016, as we aim to
offer our distinguished guests unique
culinary experiences that are reminis-
cent of the authenticity of Qatari herit-
age and Arabic culture. Katara Hospital-
ity places high importance on initiatives
that enhance our combined product of-
fering while highlighting our passion for
creating the ultimate guest experienc-
es across our worldwide portfolio of ho-
tels,” said Hamad Abdulla Al Mulla, Chief
Executive Officer of Katara Hospitality.
Katara Hospitality stand at ATM
2016 will offer visitors a taste of the
three signature culinary dishes char-
acterised by a combination of rich in-
gredients and aromatic spices, the cu-
linary selections available for tasting at
ATM 2016 as part of Katara Specialties,
will be rolled out in all-day dining res-
taurants and room service menu offer-
ings across 23 operational Katara Hos-
pitality hotels in 11 countries.
Katara Hospitality is located at
stand HC0850 at this year’s ATM taking
place at the Dubai World Trade Cen-
tre, where the organisation is show-
casing its portfolio of world-class Qa-
tar-based and international hotels in-
cluding those operated by the recently
launched Murwab Hotel Group, Katara
Hospitality’s standalone operating arm
which manages a collection of inter-
national upscale boutique hotels and
brands.
HIA beIN SHOP offers gifts and photo opportunity
After the successful opening of beIN SHOP in January 2014 at Hamad
International Airport Doha, beINSHOP now presents several exciting
activities for all the travellers.
The shop offers very good quality products for its visitors and
consumers such as headsets, digital clocks, mobile phone accessories and
branding beIN merchandise. During last week of April travellers are encour-
aged to visit beINSHOP not only for shopping but for participating in loads
of fun activities.
beINSHOPwill be conducting two activities in the coming days. The first
activity, “Scratch & Win”, started on April 24 and will continue for three
weeks. All travellers who visit beIN SHOP at Hamad International Airport
will get a scratch card. Any lucky winner who find three matching pictures
can win a goodie bag. No purchase is necessary to participate in this activity.
The second activity, “Taking Pictures with TheStars”, will be a one-day ac-
tivity and is scheduled only for Thursday. Numerous beIN star analysts and
guests from different countries will be at beIN SHOP posing with the travel-
lers.
BeIN intends not to limit these activities to April but to continue until May.
beIN is keen to keep entertaining its audience and prospects on and off-
screen. Visit beIN SHOP next time you are travelling through HIA to partici-
pate in these activities and to explore beIN SHOP. beIN SHOP is located at
the departure area.
08 | WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
FOOD
By Joe Yonan The Washington Post
When Anna Thomas wrote
her first cookbook, The
Vegetarian Epicure, in
1973, the prospects for
vegetarian eating seemed anything
but epicurean. The book became a
classic, Thomas went on to write two
sequels (and other books), and the cu-
linary landscape of America drastically
changed. These days, especially in ur-
ban centres, you may be just as likely
to hear cooks talk about grain bowls
and almond milk as you are about the
perfect roast chicken.
At the same time, diets have be-
come so divergent that the prospect of
cooking for a group almost immediate-
ly raises the question: How can I pos-
sibly please everyone? Thomas’s lat-
est book, Vegan Vegetarian Omnivore:
Dinner for Everyone at the Table, an-
swers with recipes and menus that be-
gin with the food that everyone can eat
(it’s vegan), and build on that in differ-
ent directions depending on the crowd.
“There is something more important
than what’s at the table - and that’s
who’s at the table,” Thomas, 67, told
me.
Roasted beet and lentil salad8 servings. This earthy vegan sal-
ad, stained an alluring wine-red, is
hearty enough to be a meal centre-
piece, served on a bed of salad greens
and accompanied by a chewy roll or
piece of crusty bread. Anna Thomas
suggests that when you’re serving it to
a crowd that includes vegetarians, add
slivers of ricotta salata or aged Jack or
chunks of gorgonzola. For omnivores,
top it with smoked fish, sliced smoked
duck leg or diced, sauteed pancetta as
a garnish.
IngredientsFor the salad2 pounds small to medium beet
roots with at least 1/2 pound greens
2 1/2 teaspoons sea salt, plus more as needed
1 1/4 cups Beluga or other black lentils (may substitute brown or green lentils)
3 medium carrots, scrubbed and finely diced
3 cloves garlic1 dried arbol chili pepper (may
substitute another dried chili of your choice)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 large red onion, quartered and thinly sliced
1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vine-gar
For the vinaigrette5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive
oil2 tablespoons agave nectar1 teaspoon fine sea salt
StepsFor the salad: Preheat the oven to
400 degrees.
Scrub the beets and trim off the
greens, leaving an inch of the stalks.
Wrap the damp beets in heavy-du-
ty aluminium foil and roast them until
they can be easily pierced with a fork,
45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours, depending
on their size. Let them cool until you
can easily handle them, then slip off
their skins, trim off the stalks and cut
them into 1/2-inch dice. (You should
have about 3 1/2 cups.)
While the beets are roasting, bring
8 cups water to a boil in a medium
saucepan over medium-high heats.
Add 2 teaspoons of the salt, plus the
lentils, carrots, garlic cloves and arbol
chili pepper. Reduce the heat to me-
dium-low so the liquid is gently bub-
bling, and cook the lentils until they
are just tender but still firm, 25 to 30
minutes. Drain the lentils. (Keep the
broth for soup if you’d like.) Discard
the chili pepper and garlic. Spread the
lentils and carrots on a baking sheet
to cool.
Wash the beet greens, trim off on-
ly the thick lower stalks, cut the leaves
in half lengthwise if they are large,
then stack and cut them into 1/4-inch
strips.
Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a
large skillet over medium-high heat.
Once the oil shimmers, add the onion
and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, tossing
frequently until the onion is softened,
blistered and shows brown spots, 6 to
7 minutes. Turn off the heat, add the
vinegar and stir quickly as the vinegar
sizzles away.
Combine the onion and diced beets
in a large mixing bowl.
In the same skillet, heat the remain-
ing tablespoon of oil over medium-
high heat. Add the damp beet greens
and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt,
and toss them until they are just wilted,
3 to 4 minutes. Add the greens to the
beet mixture.
For the vinaigrette: Whisk together
the lemon juice, oil, agave and salt in a
medium bowl, or shake them togeth-
er in a jar fitted with a lid. (You should
have about 2/3 cup.)
Add the lentils and carrots to the
beet mixture, along with 1/4 cup of the
dressing, and gently toss to combine.
Right before serving, taste, and add
salt or more of the dressing as needed.
Divide among plates and serve.
The secret to serving dinners that please vegetarians
| 09WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
FASHION
By Karin Brulliard The Washington Post
Magnificent photos of a horse
in a bespoke suit, shirt, tie
and flatcap were revealed
recently, and they quick-
ly won Internet glory. The three-piece
suit — billed as the “world’s first Har-
ris Tweed suit designed specifically for
a racehorse” by the bookmaker that
commissioned it ahead of a major rac-
ing event in England - was made by a
former apprentice to the late fashion
designer Alexander McQueen.
The ensemble took four weeks to
finish and required nearly 20 yards of
tweed shipped in from Scotland, ac-
cording to William Hill, the betting firm.
Designer Emma Sandham-King pro-
nounced it “one of the biggest chal-
lenges that I have faced in my career.”
Many relevant questions could be
asked about a tweed suit for a horse,
which, in this case, is a retired race-
horse named Morestead. Does a horse
need a suit? Does a horse like to wear a
suit? Does the horse know that tweed
is the fabric of choice at the Chelten-
ham Festival?
But here, we will concern ourselves
with just one question: Is it a well-de-
signed horse suit? For answers, we
turned to fashion guru, animal rights
activist and dapper suit-wearer Tim
Gunn.
“I think it’s very brilliantly done,”
Gunn said of the horse couture in an
interview on Tuesday. “The silhouette
and the proportions and the fit are all
outstanding.”
It helps that the assignment was
menswear, he said, because horse wo-
menswear “could just end up being a
big, voluminous mess.”
Gunn is a former faculty member
at Parsons the New School for De-
sign in New York, and so he threw in
some fashion education. Suit tailoring
was born in the United Kingdom and
popularized in contemporary times
by 19th-century fashion arbiter Beau
Brummell, said Gunn, who added that
he has “the greatest respect for Har-
ris Tweed; it’s a venerable textile with
a very distinguished history.” (The fab-
ric is handwoven by residents of Scot-
land’s Outer Hebrides islands.)
But Morestead and the retired
jockey who posed with him, Sir Antho-
ny McCoy, deserve as much praise as
the equine’s suit, Gunn said.
“The horse looks more at ease and
confident and believable than most
women on the runway at awards
shows. He doesn’t look like a joke. He
really looks noble and regal and be-
lievable,” Gunn said. McCoy, he said,
“looks smart and English countryside
and enviable.”
Gunn has some animal clothing-
design cred, having mentored “Project
Runway” contestants as they created
pieces for dogs. But don’t expect a
horse challenge on the show any time
soon.
“I don’t think we could do any better
than this,” he said.
Racehorse wears designer tweed suit well
10 | WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
HEALTH & FITNESS
By Fatima Nabil The Peninsula
Pregnancy is the stage of
life cycle where dietary pat-
terns play a very impor-
tant role for the develop-
ment of healthy wellbeing. Good
nutrition is a key factor for the de-
velopment of a healthy baby along
with other important factors such
as; regular physical activity, right
amount of weight gain and food
choices.
There are three trimesters of
pregnancy during which develop-
ment and growth of the baby hap-
pens; t is important that during
these trimesters a healthy and bal-
anced diet is followed which is nec-
essary for proper growth of the ba-
by. Following are some nutritional
guidelines for a healthy pregnancy.
Essential nutrientsKey minerals which are needed
by the body during pregnancy are
iron, calcium and folic acid.
IronThe most common nutrient defi-
ciency during pregnancy is iron de-
ficiency, ie anaemia and it occurs
during third trimester. Pregnant
women usually need 27mg of iron
per day which is very difficult to ful-
fil through their diet, physicians rec-
ommend iron supplements to meet
the nutritional needs during preg-
nancy. Iron is important to support
the healthy growth of baby and it
stores in the foetus body for later
use which may reduce the risk of
iron deficiency in baby. Symptoms
of iron deficiency are fatigue, le-
thargic feeling and low resistance
to infection. Iron deficiency may
cause premature delivery, low birth
weight or even infant mortality as
well. Iron rich foods are meat, poul-
try, fish, eggs and whole grain cere-
als to absorb iron vitamin C is man-
datory. Vitamin C rich foods are cit-
rus fruits, kiwi and broccoli.
Folic acidFolic acid is the B complex vi-
tamin which is very important dur-
ing and before pregnancy. Lat-
est researches state that if one
is planning to get pregnant she
should take folic acid supplements
before three months to reduce
the risk of birth defects. Deficien-
cy of folic acid during pregnancy
may lead to certain malformations
of brain, skull and spine; these
are neural tube defects which are
known as spina bifida, it usually
occurs in first trimester of preg-
nancy. Recommended dietary al-
lowance of folic acid during preg-
nancy is 0.4mg per day. Cereals,
green leafy vegetables and citrus
fruits are the highest sources of
folic acid.
CalciumDuring pregnancy calcium is
needed by the body for the proper
development of bones, teeth, and
heart and nerve muscles of the
baby. Recommended calcium dur-
ing pregnancy is 1000mg/day. If
the diet does not provide enough
calcium then the body takes cal-
cium from mother’s bone to fulfil
baby’s requirement. High sourc-
es of calcium are milk, cheese and
yogurt.
Nutritional guidelinesIn the first trimester of preg-
nancy; nausea and vomiting are
usual symptoms in which it is diffi-
cult to have a proper balanced di-
et, but one should consume prop-
er diet which contains all food
groups: fruits, vegetables, milk,
meat, poultry, and cereal group
and this can only happen if we
add variety of foods in our diet. To
avoid nausea and vomiting have
frequent meals instead of hav-
ing them at one time, it may low-
er the symptoms of nausea and
vomiting.
Calorie intakeDuring pregnancy 500kcal
are extra required. In the first tri-
mester extra calories are not re-
quired, in second and third trimes-
ters more calories are required.
Calorie intake requirement is in-
creased up to 2700kcal. Calorie
intake should be in a healthy way,
do not increase your calories by
adding sugary drinks or saturated
fat in your diet but complete your
calorie count by adding variety of
fruits, vegetables, milk and cereals
in the diet.
Healthy weight gainIn pregnancy do not follow
weight loss strategy, it may affect
the growth of fetus. Weight gain
should be according to individu-
al’s body mass index. Food choic-
es are the key source of healthy
weight gain.
Physical activityPhysical activity helps in main-
taining weight gain during preg-
nancy it helps in relieving stress
and makes women active. Physi-
cians advise to walkatleast half an
hour daily for healthy pregnancy.
Caffeine and Sugary beveragesCaffeine, alcohol and tobacco
are strictly restricted during preg-
nancy. One should avoid sugary
beverages and food which are high
in saturated fats, it only increases
your weight which is not healthy for
you and your baby as well.
The author is a dieti-cian with a Bachelors of Sci-ence (BS) in Nutrition and Die-tetics from University of Karachi, Pakistan.
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By Anne Midgette The Washington Post
LBJ was always larger than life.
Now, he’s downright operatic.
Within the last six months, I’ve
seen LBJ singing in the bath-
room in two separate operas. Last
November, he conducted his busi-
ness in the Oval Office in “Appomat-
tox” at the Washington National Op-
era. On Saturday, he serenaded John
F Kennedy in his bath in one of sev-
eral dream sequences in JFK by David
T Little and Royce Vavrek, which had
its much-anticipated premiere at the
Fort Worth Opera Festival.
Little, 37, has become a hope for
the future of opera since the suc-
cess of his and Vavrek’s last opera,
Dog Days, a chamber opera about
a post-apocalyptic world. But suc-
cess in a small-scale work doesn’t al-
ways translate to the stage of a main-
stream opera house. The tremendous
expectations for JFK drew critics and
opera insiders from around the coun-
try to the premiere; and both creators
seem to have taken a lot of those ex-
pectations upon themselves in their
palpable efforts to make their opera
Great with a capital G. It’s a credit to
both their talents that they manage
to pull off some measure of dramatic
coherence in this ambitious, uneven,
and sometimes appealing work.
Attempts at realism don’t always
translate well to the opera stage;
and Little and Vavrek haven’t even
tried. While their opera faithfully fol-
lows the chronology of Kennedy’s last
night, which he spent with Jackie in a
Fort Worth hotel, it’s also deliberate-
ly over the top. It attempts at once to
be portentous (two of the three Fates
accompany Kennedy’s final hours); to
depict the birth of an American my-
thology (with big surging melodious
music that gives cinematic emphasis
to key moments, as when Jackie puts
on her pink pillbox hat); and to offer
a meditation on mortality. (Near the
beginning and end of the opera, the
chorus gently invokes “fragile life,” in
soft music like falling petals.)
And while the creators say it’s not
a “political opera,” the fact that it
doesn’t have a plot per se means that
some of the characters in Thaddeus
Strassberger’s bright, graphic pro-
duction - Nikita Khrushchev (Casey
Finnegan, sounding strained) on the
moon surrounded by members of the
Red Army in one dream sequence;
LBJ (gleefully played by an exuber-
ant Daniel Okulitch) in the bathroom
with a backup posse of rhinestone
cowboys in another - have the satiric
punch of political cartoons.
Vavrek and Little have set them-
selves a daunting challenge in try-
ing to create a dramatic work based
largely on moments of narrative sta-
sis (starting with Jackie Kennedy’s
opening aria in a Fort Worth hotel
room, Midnight is the Loneliest Hour).
Their point is to slow the inexorable
march of time toward the fate that
awaits Kennedy in Dallas, something
they achieve by expanding the oper-
atic tradition of characters stepping
out of the narrative and expounding
on their inner thoughts, and by with-
holding bits of information — includ-
ing the assassination, which is not
directly depicted on stage. To their
credit, JFK keeps a sense of dramat-
ic movement despite containing so
many pauses and flashbacks, unlike
some other last-night-of-life oper-
as (“Yardbird,” about Charlie Parker,
comes to mind).
You could argue that any depic-
tion of JFK is a priori political; and
you could certainly call “political” Va-
vrek’s depiction of him as a callow
young man weakened by pain and
almost without a voice, buffeted by
feverish dreams of his past and po-
litical present, and overshadowed by
the far clearer delineation of Jackie’s
character. The work’s ultimate act of
withholding is its refusal to reveal
much of Kennedy’s own inner voice
(sung ably by the baritone Matthew
Worth) until the very end of the op-
era, when an aria about how lucky
he is is tinged with poignancy as he
enumerates a roster of caveats.
It’s Jackie, though, who does
most of the heavy lifting; and one of
the opera’s deliberate go-for-broke
moments is a trio for three women:
Jackie, her future self Jackie O (sung
with warm depth by Katharine Goe-
ldner), and a maid named Clara who
is also an incarnation of one of the
Fates — Talise Trevigne, lovely but
underutilised in a strange tripartite
part. Trevigne and her fellow-Fate,
the strong, slightly strident tenor
Sean Panikkar, also appear as Clara
Harris and Major Henry Rathbone,
who was stabbed while trying to
keep John Wilkes Booth from shoot-
ing Abraham Lincoln, and later went
mad and killed Harris, his fiancé.
The whole Fate/historical figure
conceit is an example of some of the
unnecessary baggage the opera is
carrying on its bid for greatness. Still,
the musical and dramatic lines remain
pretty clear. The composer, mercifully
free of a need to prove his sophistica-
tion, has written a score that retains
a cinematic clarity: here the effulgent
romance of a love duet, here the om-
inous precursors of what is to come,
obvious as “Carmen’s” Fate theme, all
clearly spotlight by the Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Steven Osgood.
Parts of this opera are frankly eye-
rolling, trafficking in eager, honest cli-
chés: Fates and “fragile lives” and all.
Yet overall, the piece represents an
honest attempt to make a work of art
that can communicate with a broad-
er audience without sacrificing its in-
tegrity, drawing on lots of elements of
the operatic tradition without mere-
ly copycatting other works. (Yes, you
can hum along. No, it does not sound
like Puccini.) As an evening of thea-
tre, it has serious flaws, but its very
openness, its outsized Texas scale, its
accommodation to the gung-ho com-
munity that commissioned it, makes
it worth a second look (which it will
get at the Opéra de Montreal, a co-
commissioner). Personally, I didn’t like
it very much. But you might.
| 11WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
ENTERTAINMENT
JFK comes to operatic stage
The tremendous expectations for JFK drew critics and opera insiders from around the country to the premiere; and both creators seem to have taken a lot of those expectations upon themselves in their palpable efforts to make their opera Great with a capital G. It’s a credit to both their talents that they manage to pull off some measure of dramatic coherence in this ambitious, uneven, and sometimes appealing work.
12 | WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
ENTERTAINMENT
By Haricharan Pudipeddi IANS
Trinity Pictures, which recent-
ly announced its first slate of
movies for the year, is keen to
penetrate the Indian market via
franchise-based films across multiple
genres, big budgets and languages.
It took Trinity Pictures, a subsidiary
of Eros International, over one year to
set up its studio.
“Traditionally, Eros was known for
acquiring and distributing films. We,
at, Trinity Pictures have planned to do
things differently. We are probably the
first to have a studio within a studio. It
took us 13 months to set up everything
and start rolling,” Ajit Thakur, CEO, Trin-
ity Pictures, said.
To cater to audiences across mar-
kets, the company has lined up a bevy
of character-driven franchise-based
films.
“As a studio, we’d like to popular-
ise franchise-based films which, in my
opinion, are bigger than any stars. In-
stead of finding a subject and then hir-
ing someone to direct it, we’ve set up a
team of writers as part of Trinity’s Writ-
ers’ Room. They have already created
over 10 original franchises,” he said.
The franchise-based lineup in-
cludes an animal-based film, a chil-
dren’s action film and a Sino-Indian
production, among others.
Over the next 12 months, the stu-
dio plans to take at least four to five
projects into production.
“Well-known filmmakers such as Ka-
bir Khan, Amole Gupte, Krish Jagarla-
mudi and Prabhu Solomon have al-
ready been roped in to direct some of
these projects. We want to have a mix
of directors from across the country to
make films in various genres,” he said,
adding that some of these films will be
made as bilinguals.
National Award-winning director
Krish, for instance, has been brought
on board to direct a buddy cop film.
“Krish’s film will be shot in Hindi and
Tamil simultaneously, featuring popu-
lar actors from Bollywood and south.
The film has been written by Shridhar
Raghavan, Dheeraj Rattan and K. Sub-
hash,” he said, adding another bilin-
gual project will be the Elephant-based
film which will be directed by Tamil di-
rector Prabhu Solomon.
Was zeroing in on the directors for
the suitable scripts challenging?
“When we wanted a director for a
kid’s action film, we asked ourselves
who has made the best children’s film
in the country. We could instantly think
of Amole Gupte, and that’s how he was
roped in. For the buddy cop action film,
we thought of Krish after he impressed
with his work in Akshay Kumar-starrer
‘Gabbar’,” said Thakur.
“One of our Indo-China productions
needs a star, and who else than Kabir
Khan could direct the project. He has
worked with Salman Khan and Saif Ali
Khan, so he was our first choice. I’ve
personally liked his action films,” he
added.
Similarly, Prabhu Solomon was
chosen to direct the elephant-based
after Thakur saw his Tamil film Kum-
ki, which was about a mahout and his
elephant.
“More than finding the right direc-
tor, we wanted someone who was
passionate about the subject at hand.
I was told Prabhu spent several years
researching on elephants before he
made Kumki. When I watched the film,
I knew he’d be more excited about this
project than anyone else,” he said.
Other projects in the pipeline in-
clude a film by Siddharth Anand which
will explore a fresh take on the spy
genre in India.
Trinity Pictures to penetrate Indian market
Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif,
who made her Cannes Interna-
tional Film Festival red carpet de-
but last year as the ambassador of cos-
metic brand L’Oreal Paris, will be skip-
ping the prestigious film gala this year
due to“prior commitments”.
Disappointed at having to give a
miss to the film fest that acts as a “fab-
ulous platform” for an artist, Katrina
says it has been“an enormously busy
year for me so far” that is keeping her
on her toes, but she hopes to be part
of the film gala next year.
“Cannes is a fabulous platform for
any artist to attend, and I really en-
joyed the experience last year. While
the brand invited me to attend Cannes
again this year, I have had to regretful-
ly decline the opportunity due to prior
commitments,” Katrina said in a state-
ment.
The actress is busy with Anurag
Basu’s upcoming comedy-drama Jag-
ga Jasoos, also starring Ranbir Kapoor.
She also has Baar Baar Dekho lined up.
The actress added: “This has been
an enormously busy year for me so
far, and I am working on some amaz-
ing projects which are really keeping
me on my toes. Nevertheless, although
I will be giving Cannes a miss this year,
I wish the lovely L’Oreal Paris ambas-
sadors who will proudly represent In-
dia the very best and hope to attend
next year.”
Katrina was praised by one and all
for her sartorial choices and confident
stride on the red carpet last year.
Raagjeet Garg, general manager,
L’Oreal Paris India said they respect
her “dedication to her work and are
going to miss her magic at Cannes
2016”.
“Katrina had a glorious debut at
Cannes last year and was one of the
most spoken about L’Oreal Paris am-
bassadors at the platform. Unfortu-
nately she’s unable to attend the event
this year due to some prior commit-
ments,” he said.
Katrina too busy to attend Cannes
By Anurag Kotoky and Angus Whitley
Bloomberg
The world’s airlines have ambi-
tious plans to double the fleet of
commercial jets during the next
two decades as the number of
air travellers approaches 7 billion. The
trouble: There won’t be enough con-
trollers to help those 44,000 planes
take off and land safely.
A shortage of air traffic controllers
may rein in expansion by the aviation
industry and economic development
by emerging nations such as India,
which wants to activate hundreds of
unused runways to spur growth. There
is a potential solution, and it resembles
a video gamer’s dream — a wall of big-
screen TVs and a few tablet computers
controlled by a stylus.
Some airports are now testing “re-
mote towers” from Saab and Thales
that allow controllers sitting hundreds
of miles away to monitor operations
through high-definition cameras and
sensors. The technology is sensitive
enough to penetrate fog and detect
wild animals on runways, and the com-
panies say it’s also cheaper than hiring
people to fill vacancies at smaller or re-
mote airports.
“It’s a potential game-changer,” said
Neil Hansford, chairman of Strategic
Aviation Solutions, a consultancy firm
north of Sydney. “There’s a shortage.
As you go to more and more airports,
it’s going to exacerbate the problem.”
And plans are moving apace for
more airports. Worldwide, projects to
redevelop or build new airfields sur-
pass $900bn, according to the CAPA
Centre for Aviation, a Sydney-based
consultancy.
By 2030, the world will need an-
other 40,000 air traffic controllers to
handle those flights, according to the
International Civil Aviation Organisa-
tion. Yet, there are so few training facil-
ities in Asia, the fastest-growing travel
market, that the region will have a defi-
cit of more than 1,000 controllers each
year, the ICAO said.
Partly because of that, the Feder-
al Aviation Administration downgrad-
ed India’s aviation safety rating in 2014
and Thailand’s in 2015. The agency
said neither country’s civil aviation au-
thority was up to scratch and barred
their airlines from offering new servic-
es to the United States. After India ad-
dressed the FAA’s safety concerns, its
rating was restored last year.
Global demand for flight-manage-
ment equipment such as digital com-
munications and surveillance systems
is forecast to reach $5.5bn in 2020, ac-
cording to research by MarketsandMar-
kets. The growth in fleets and flights
outpaces the abilities of airport au-
thorities to keep up, said Brian Jackson,
managing director at Ambidji Group, a
Melbourne-based aviation consultan-
cy firm.
“There’s a real mismatch between
airlines’ forward planning and air traf-
fic-control forward planning,” Jackson
said. “Planning for infrastructure takes
years.”
That’s what Stockholm-based Saab
and Paris-based Thales are trying to
capitalize on. The companies can in-
stall towers loaded with cameras and
sensors covering 360 degrees over-
looking runways to beam high-defini-
tion video and sound to a distant con-
trol center. One controller can manage
several airports remotely.
“We can see a huge interest from all
continents,” Dan-Aake Enstedt, Saab’s
Asia-Pacific manager, said in an email.
“This lets you operate an airport that
might otherwise be too expensive to
keep open, or help to smooth the flow
of traffic around major airports as they
expand.”
Saab’s system resembles an immer-
sive IMAX theater. A bank of screens on
the wall gives the impression of look-
ing out the window onto a remote
airfield, with radar blips tracked on a
desktop monitor and flights managed
by oversized tablet computers that re-
spond to a stylus. Graphics pop up on
the screens, and the controller can
manually maneuver a zoom camera to
take a closer look at the runways or the
planes if an anomaly warning sounds.
The technology guides planes into
central Sweden’s Ornskoldsvik Airport,
with controllers monitoring from more
than 100km southwest at Sundsvall-
Timra Airport. It was the first remote
system installed in the world.
Australia tested Saab’s remote
tower in Alice Springs, which is almost
dead center of the continent. The air-
port, serving carriers including Qan-
tas Airways and Emirates Airline, was
run from a control tower 1,500km to
the south in Adelaide. Airservices Aus-
tralia, the government entity that em-
ploys more than 1,000 controllers, said
in an email that it is considering “fur-
ther evaluation and potential deploy-
ment of this type of technology.”
The executive airport in Leesburg,
Virginia, which has installed 14 camer-
as, says the concept is supported by
the National Air Traffic Controllers As-
sociation, adding it cuts costs and im-
proves staffing models.
Thales rolled out its competing ver-
sion, including night-vision cameras,
last month at the air-traffic industry’s
annual congress in Madrid. The sys-
tem also is appropriate for war zones
and “previously ‘unjustifiable’ sites,” the
company said.
Saab senses opportunity in India,
where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
plan to bolster the economy includes
reviving remote airstrips to increase
passenger and cargo traffic, said Var-
un Vijay Singh, marketing director for
air traffic management at Saab’s Indi-
an business.
| 13WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
A shortage of air traffic controllers may rein in expansion by the aviation industry and economic development by emerging nations such as India, which wants to activate hundreds of unused runways to spur growth. There is a potential solution, and it resembles a video gamer’s dream — a wall of big-screen TVs and a few tablet computers controlled by a stylus.
TECHNOLOGY
Automated systems watch skies
The Jungle Book (2D/Drama) 11:00am, 3:00 & 5:00pmDemolition (2D/Comedy) 11:30am, 3:30 & 9:30pm
The Ones Below (2D/Action) 1:30 & 5:30pmCriminal (2D/Action) 7:30pmThe Huntsman: Winter’s War (2D/Action) 1:00, 3:00, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm Precious Cargo (2D/Action) 11:30am, 7:30, 9:15 & 11:15pm Kung Fu Panda 3 (2D/Animation) 1:15pmFan (2D/Hindi) 5:00 & 11:00pm
AL KHORKali (Malayalam) 11:30am, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm & 12:00midnightTheri (Tamil) 12:00noon, 6:00pm & 12:00midnightThe Jungle Book (2D/Drama) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 & 11:45pmSarrainodu (Telugu) 3:00 & 9:00pm
ASIAN TOWN
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ROYAL PLAZAVILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER
PRECIOUS CARGO
BABY BLUES
ZITS
A crime boss tries to make off with loot that belongs to another thief.
14 WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
CINEMA PLUS
The Huntsman: Winter’s War (Action) 2D 10:00am, 12:00 noon, 12:20, 1:50, 2:20, 2:40, 4:40, 5:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:20, 9:20, 9:40, 11:20, 11:30pm & 12:00midnight 3D 11:30am, 4:10 & 8:50pmPrecious Cargo (2D/Action) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnightCriminal (2D/Action) 10:00, 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40pm & 12:00midnight Fan (2D/Hindi) 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30 & 11:15pmBennesbeh Labokra Chou (Arabic) 8:30pmDemolition (2D/Action) 11:30am, 3:30, 7:30 & 11:30pmThe Ones Below (2D/Action) 1:30, 5:30 & 9:30pmThe Boss (2D) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnightThe Jungle Book (2D/Drama) 10:00am, 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 6:40, 8:50 & 11:00pmThe Jungle Book (3D IMAX/Drama) 11:00am, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 & 11:50pm
Kali (Malayalam) 5:00, 6:00, 7:15, 8:15, 9:30, 9:45 & 10:45pm
Theri (Tamil) 7:00 & 10:00pm Sarrainodu (Telugu) 12:30, 3:30, 4:00 & 6:30pm
Vetrivil (Tamil) 11:30pm
Kali (2D/Malayalam) 11:30am, 1:15, & 11:30pm The Ones Below (2D/Action) 2:00pm Theri (Tamil) 2:00
Kali (2D/Hindi) 11:30am, 1:15 & 11:30pm
The Ones Below (2D/Action) 5:30pmThe Jungle Book (2D/Drama) 5:15 & 7:00pmLaal Rang (2D/Hindi) 11:30am & 8:45pmThe Huntsman: Winter’s War (2D/Action) 11:00am, 5:30, 7:30 & 9:30pm Demolition (2D/Comedy) 3:30pmPrecious Cargo (2D/Action) 5:00, 9:30 & 11:30pm Fan (2D/Hindi) 7:00pm Vetrivil (Tamil) 11:15pm
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EASY SUDOKU
15WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2016
Yesterday’s answer
Easy 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
MEDIUM SUDOKU
ALL IN THE MIND
CROSSWORD
BRAIN TEASERS
Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
APUKWA, CHIBIABOS,
GITCHE MANITO, HIAWATHA,
KABEYUN, KABIBONOKKA,
KEEWAYDIN, KENABEEK,
KWASIND, LAUGHING
WATER, MEGISSOGWON,
MINJEKAHWUN,
MINNEHAHA, MONDAMIN,
MUDJEKEEWIS, NAWADAHA,
NOKOMIS, OSSEO,
PONEMAH, PUKWANA,
SHAWONDASEE,
SHINGEBIS, TAWASENTHA,
TUSCALOOSA, WABASSO,
WABUN, WAWBEEK,
WENONAH, WYOMING,
YENADIZZE.
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8. Crib (3)
9. Sentinel (6)
10. Hinge joint (4)
12. Remedy (4)
13. Cask (6)
16. Mythical bird (3)
17. Fishing boat (7)
18. Duty (10)
DOWN
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3. Disregard (6)
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5. Nimble (5)
6. Arithmetical operation (4)
8. Lowest female singing voice (9)
11. Empty (6)
12. Freight (5)
14. Entice (4)
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