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The Cultural Village Foundation, Katara, looks back
to Qatar’s humble beginnings in an attempt to
preserve an important aspect of its rich tradition
for the future through the Halal Qatar Festival which
opened on Friday.
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A GLIMPSE OF A GLIMPSE OF TRADITIONTRADITION
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Shantiniketan Indian School (SIS) felicitated winners of inter-school competitions during the 2015-16 Session. Members of the Managing Committee of SIS,
principal, vice-principals, headmistresses, teachers and parents of the winners attended. K C Abdul Latheef (President), Abdul Kader (General Secretary), Abdu
Shukoor (Vice-President) and members of the committee felicitated the winners who brought laurels to the school by displaying their outstanding skills. The
students showcased glimpses of their talents in a cultural extravaganza. Dr Geetha Menon, parent of two of the winners, called for increased efforts to sustain
this momentum. Abdul Kader urged them to use their unlimited potential to achieve greater heights.
Director of the Department of
Youth Affairs at the Ministry of
Culture and Sports made a vis-
it to College of the North At-
lantic – Qatar (CNA-Q) to discuss the
upcoming Qatar Youth Forum, which
will be held this week at the Shera-
ton Doha Hotel. Abdulrahman Al Hajri
spoke with Qatari students to per-
sonally invite them to the forum and
to hear about their expectations and
needs from the Ministry, as a state or-
ganization with a mission to improve
the lives of youth.
Al Hajri also met with college ex-
ecutives to establish a partnership
for future youth events as CNA-Q
and the Ministry have a shared vision
to improve the lives of youth in Qatar
through education, culture and sport.
Through the Department of Stu-
dent Affairs, CNA-Q offers over 100
student-centred events and activities
each year, including, a Qapco-spon-
sored leadership workshop series,
dozens of sports leagues and teams,
Arabic poetry events, wellness sem-
inars and women’s leadership ses-
sions.
“I was pleased to visit the College to
speak with these bright students about
what they need from the State of Qa-
tar in order to grow as future leaders,”
said Al Hajri. “CNA-Q already has ex-
tensive extra-curricular programmes,
from cultural to recreational activities,
tailored toward engaging Qatari youth
on their campus. The Ministry looks
forward to partnering with them in the
future to grow these established pro-
grammes, and offer new ones as well.”
“There is a shared vision and strong
bond with the Ministry of Culture and
Sports,” said CNA-Q President, Dr Ken
MacLeod. “As the state’s premier tech-
nical college, we believe in shaping
the future generation to be stewards
of Qatar’s National Vision 2030. This
means helping youth grow as citizens,
both inside and the classroom. Suc-
cessful students, graduates and em-
ployees are well-rounded individuals
who are shaped through education,
culture, sport and leadership.”
Shantiniketan Indian School honours inter-school contest winners
Youth Affairs official meets CNA-Q students
COVER STORY
04 | SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016
By Raynald C Rivera The Peninsula
Prior to the discovery of oil three
quarters of a century ago, Qa-
tar was chiefly inhabited by
Bedouins who were highly
skilled in the practice of livestock rais-
ing.
For centuries, the tribes had relied
solely on fishing, pearl diving and ani-
mal husbandry as sources of their live-
lihood. The Cultural Village Foundation,
Katara, looks back to Qatar’s humble
beginnings in an attempt to preserve
an important aspect of its rich tradition
for the future through the Halal Qatar
Festival which opened on Friday.
“This festival is very important to
keep an eye on this element of Qatari
heritage especially nowadays when life
in Qatar has become fast-paced along
with technology. People might forget
their heritage so we insist on keeping
and reinforcing this tradition to ensure
the new generation are linked to their
past,” Katara General Manager Dr Kha-
lid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti told Doha To-
day yesterday.
The 10-day Festival offers the public
a rare insight into the livestock industry
allowing them to journey into this es-
sential aspect of Qatari culture deeply
ingrained in their traditions.
On its fifth year, the annual festi-
val is a traditional village inclusive of all
necessary features that bring to mind
the crucial role livestock breeding and
trade has played in the past as an inte-
gral component of Qatari culture and
heritage.
“This fifth edition of the festival has
multiple activities for those who raise
Halal and other activities related to the
industry catered to families and chil-
dren. Qatari women who make prod-
ucts out of Halal and a section for tra-
ditional food are among the other fea-
tures of the festival,” explained Dr Al
Sulaiti.
One of the main highlights of the
10-day festival are competitions which
are divided into three categories name-
ly Arab, Awared, and Suriyat. Each
competition includes two parades of
local sheep in support of local breed-
ers.
This edition is also marked by four
main events including Al Mazain — a
beauty contest for sheep and goats,
Al Mazad — a public auction of live-
stock, Al-Hathaer (barns), and Ahl-El-
sanf (breed).
The different events and competi-
tions of this year’s festival have seen a
huge number of participants from all
GCC countries, noted Dr Al Sulaiti.
He said attractive prizes are at stake
in the competitions which many look
forward to every year, the prize money
of which varies according to the cate-
gory. To give more space for more com-
petitors interested to take part in the
contests, the organising committee this
year decided to conduct registrations
on the competition day itself.
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The top 10 participants for this
edition of the competitions will
be awarded with a shield and a
cash prize. The winner will receive
QR100,000 while the second place
will bag QR50,000, third place
QR30,000, fourth place QR15,000
and fifth place QR10,000. The sixth
to 10th place winners will each re-
ceive QR5,000.
On the opening day, the festi-
val, which is located in the south-
ern part of Katara, witnessed hun-
dreds of visitors enjoying its many
activities.
Paying a visit to the 10 enclo-
sures which house sheep and goats,
people learn about over a dozen
breeds, many of which are unknown
to those not native in the region.
Adjacent to the barns are stalls of
veterinary clinics specialized in live-
stock and falcons.
Not only herds of sheep and
goats but also a collection of rare
species of animals such as the Ara-
bian oryx can be seen at the festi-
val courtesy of Al Kubaisi Reserve in
Al Shamal.
Scores of buyers flocked to the
auction to purchase their choice
of sheep and goats. The auctions,
which are held in the evenings, will
continue until the end of the festival.
In keeping with the tradition-
al ambience of the festival, some
of the activities are hosted in tradi-
tional tents, one of which features
Qatari women demonstrating how
to create traditional handicrafts by
hand such as rug weaving, wool dy-
ing, quilt making, and many other
decorative items usually found in a
traditional Qatari home.
There is also a children’s tent
which has already seen a large
number of families from different
backgrounds enjoying folkloric per-
formances and other entertain-
ment. Books on Qatari heritage, a
collection of mounted animals and
a number of traditional objects are
on display in the tent.
A crowd-puller at the festival is
a traditional market inspired by an-
cient Qatari architecture and dis-
plays which sells products produced
by local entrepreneurs. An assort-
ment of traditional handicrafts
and local products can be found
in more than 20 stalls in the souq.
They include spices, perfumes, aba-
yas, honey, Arabic coffee and sup-
plies, swords, dates, dairy products,
sweets, olive oil, and souvenir items
like frames and mugs.
Food kiosks selling scrumptious
traditional Qatari dishes such as
madroobah, harees, balaleet, and
biryani are also open throughout
the duration of the festival. Other
prominent heritage features with-
in the festival site are Arabic majlis
which reflect the warm Qatari hos-
pitality.
At the centre of the festival site
are two areas where children can
ride camels and horses in addition
to a playground containing bouncy
castles where children can play.
A crowd-puller at the festival is a traditional market inspired by ancient Qatari architecture which displays and sells products produced by local entrepreneurs.
COMMUNITY
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Members and office-bearers
of Visual Arts Forum India
(VAFI) met at the residence
of its patron Dr Mohan Tho-
mas. The meeting elected new office-
bearers.
VAFI President Dr Sreekumar pre-
sided over the meeting which start-
ed with a silent prayer. VAFI Secretary
Patric Rozario talked about past activi-
ties of VAFI, which was followed by the
treasurer’s report by Smita Aloni.
Dr Mohan Thomas spoke about the
benefits of being a member of the fo-
rum. He explained the opportunities
that can be expounded from VAFI and
indicated that there is a great artist
waiting to be born in each and every
one of the members present. He said
that it is possible the next M F Hussain
is waiting to be discovered from with-
in VAFI.
VAFI was formed in 2012 to provide
a platform for Indian visual artists in
Qatar. VAFI will aid in identifying, nur-
turing, and promoting Indian visual art-
ists to blossom, produce art of interna-
tional quality and eventually become
celebrated. This will be accomplished
by collective participation, active en-
gagement, dialogue and advocacy of
artist members, leading art authorities,
and a select few corporate organisa-
tions in Qatar.
Members of VAFI consist Artist
Members, Patrons, Volunteers and Of-
fice Bearers. VAFI also has a Board
of Advisors consisting leading art au-
thorities from Qatar, India and other
countries. Members are Indian nation-
als, while other nationalities will be-
come Associate Members. VAFI has a
Jury Panel who professionally evaluate
artist and their works, aiding in selec-
tion and induction as Artist Members
of VAFI
The meeting selected office bear-
ers and Executive Committee mem-
bers. Swapna Namboodri volunteered
to become the Social Media person
for VAFI. Mahesh proposed a vote of
thanks. The new office-bearers are
President, Dr Sreekumar Padmanab-
han; Vice-President, Mahesh B P; Sec-
retary, Patric Rozario; Joint Secretary,
Ravindran Namasivayam, and Treasur-
er, SmitaAloni
Executive Committee memmbers
are: Regint Varghese, A r c h a n a
Bhardwaj, Rajeesh Ravee, Kotteeswari
Mahesh, Basith Khan and Vasu Vani-
mal.
Visual Arts Forum India elects office-bearers
QIGC tees off community outreach programmeQ
atar International Golf Club
(QIGC), participated in the
National Sport Day event as
part of its ongoing commu-
nity outreach initiatives. QIGC hosted
hundreds of junior participants with
their parents at Oxygen Park in Edu-
cation City, where the visitors enjoyed
testing their golfing skills through a
range of fun and educational golf for-
mats, referred to as ‘golf edutainment’.
The activations were set up to encour-
age people of all age groups to try the
game of golf in line with the project’s
commitment to growing golf partici-
pation and encouraging an active and
healthy lifestyle.
H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser,
Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for
Education, Science and Community
Development (QF), H E Sheikh Joaan
bin Hamad Al Thani (President of the
Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC)) and
H E Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
took part in the activities.
Participants of all ages were able to
perfect their swing as they aimed for
huge targets placed around the golf
club’s inflatable SNAG castle where
points and prizes were up for grabs
for the most accurate shots. Foot golf
was also on offer at the QIGC area as
a fun way to introduce the principles
of golf and for those looking to take
their skills to the next level; personal
20 minute golf Instruction was avail-
able throughout the day with QIGC’s
PGA-certified Director of Instruction.
The activities marked the ongo-
ing roll-out of QIGC’s community out-
reach programme which aims to intro-
duce golf further into the local commu-
nity and grow participation. As part
of the upcoming community outreach
programme, QIGC will be conducting
road shows at some of the most pop-
ular venues and public spaces, to raise
awareness of golf with the ultimate
goal of growing the game within the
country.Deputy General Manager of
the QIGC Mohammed Al Naimi said:
“We are passionate at Qatar Interna-
tional Golf Club in bringing the game
to as many people in Qatar as we can.
We want everyone to feel like they
can participate in the sport and make
it as accessible as possible.”
MARKETPLACE
| 07SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016
Sharq Village and Spa has lined
up events to celebrate upcom-
ing special occasions. Guests
can choose their favourite del-
icacies from a variety of spreads at dif-
ferent restaurants at Sharq Village
and Spa
Mother’s Day
Brunch in Al Liwan
Let us embrace the unforgettable
moment with the queen of our hearts
during Mother’s Day and pamper her
on this special day with a memora-
ble brunch experience. Al Liwan Res-
taurant, March 21, 6.30pm to 11pm.
QR290 per person excluding bever-
ages. QR145 per child aged 6 to 12
and children aged 5 and below dine
complimentary.
Mother’s Day in A Jalsa
Treat your Mom to a Qatari-style
afternoon tea that includes a lavish
selection of local specialities finely
paired with artisan tea. Al Jalsa Lob-
by Lounge, March 21, 2.30pm to 5pm.
QR145 per person.
Persian New Year
Persian New Yearin Parisa
Celebrate Nowruz, the Persian
New Year, as the mark for the be-
ginning of Spring at Parisa overlook-
ing Doha bay. Experience a real fam-
ily feast specially prepared by Chef
Moghadam Najjari. Parisa Restaurant,
March 21, 6.30pm to 11pm. QR320
for a family style set menu per per-
son. QR 450 inclusive of selected bev-
erages.
C Lounge By Al Dana
C Lounge Hour
Every Monday to Wednesday from
8pm till 11pm, guests can make the
weekday count with the One-for-One
offer on individual orders from the
menu.
Al Liwan
Take Me To Lebanon
Guests can sample an array of
authentic Lebanese, Middle Eastern
and Continental cuisines prepared
by master Arabic chefs. The buffet
spread offers a selection of Orien-
tal and Lebanese mezze, freshly pre-
pared salads, traditional specialities
all of which are sewed within an au-
thentic Arabian atmosphere whilst ar-
omatic Shisha is served in a variety
of exotic flavours to the dulcet melo-
dies of the Oud. Al Liwan Restaurant,
Every Thursday from 6.30pm to 11pm.
QR250 per person excluding bever-
ages. QR370 inclusive of house bev-
erages. QR100 per shisha
Friday Brunch
Unwind with friends and fami-
ly and indulge in a luxurious buffet
featuring fresh seafood, Middle East-
ern favourites and international clas-
sics. Al Liwan Restaurant, Every Fri-
day from 12.30pm to 4pm. QR325 per
person including ordinary beverages.
QR420 inclusive of selected beverag-
es. Children ages 12 and below dine
complimentary
Qatari Brunch
Sharq Village & Spa has intro-
duced a unique Qatari dining expe-
rience for guests through offering a
wide selection of authentic dishes
available every Saturday at Al Liwan
Restaurant. Led by Qatari guest chef,
Sheikha Ahmad M Almeer and Exec-
utive Chef Hassan Abdallah, the culi-
nary team will present a buffet laden
with a selection of mouth-watering
local dishes that will provide a truly
unique experience to diners as they
enjoy flavours both familiar and new
to them. A Henna service along with
Majlis seating area will complement
the restaurant’s elegant décor. Al Li-
wan Restaurant, Every Saturday from
12.30pm to 4pm. QR250 per person
including a welcome drink. Children
ages 12 and below dine complimen-
tary.
Sharq Village and Spa lines up events for upcoming occasions
Pierre Herme Paris ties up with Nicolas Buffe
The Maison Pierre Herme Par-
is gave free reign to an excep-
tional artist, Nicolas Buffe, to
imagine a unique universe that
would be revealed across all of the
Pierre Hermé Paris boutiques around
the world throughout 2016.
Having Pierre Hermé’s work dialogue
with that of Nicolas Buffe’s multifacet-
ed and pluridisciplinary universes led to
the creation of a series of drawings call-
ing on ancestral myths, manga culture,
as well as Renaissance and Baroque art.
The Pierre Hermé x Nicolas Buffe associ-
ation is unprecedented in scope though
part of a tradition of having Pierre Her-
mé’s work dialogue with those of oth-
er artists. Whether they are painters,
sculptors, musicians, perfume design-
ers, architects, photographers, authors,
graphic artists, poets or filmmakers,
many artists have worked with the Mai-
son Pierre Hermé Paris including Nicolas
Vial, Soledad Bravi, Jean-Michel Duriez,
Fabien Verschaere, Jean-Philippe Del-
homme or Bernard Quentin. These
partnerships highlight the originality of
Pierre Hermé’s art and are a testament
to the profound attachment to and re-
spect for audacity at Pierre Hermé Paris.
At the Pierre Hermé Paris boutique
in Qatar–3 of the unique gift boxes will
be launched in March 2016. And for
the first time, this unique universe will
not only be revealed on the boxes but
on the chocolate bonbons themselves.
Each character imagined by Nicolas
Buffe reveals one of Pierre Hermé Paris
signature flavours: Paineiras (Pure Or-
igin Brazilian dark chocolate ganache
from the Paineiras Plantation, enrobed
in dark chocolate) takes the form of
Helios. Infiniment Vanille (Chocolate
and vanilla (Tahiti, Mexico and Mada-
gascar)ganache enrobed in dark choc-
olate) becomes Roxane. Ispahan (Choc-
olate and raspberry ganache, rose and
litchi fruit paste, enrobed in dark choc-
olate) shines under the heart. Dulcezza
(Corsican Maquis honey ganache, en-
robed in dark chocolate) hides under
the stars. Infiniment café Iapar Rouge
du Brésil(Iapar Rouge du Brésil coffee
ganache, enrobed in dark chocolate)is
carried by Ichtyonef. Chuao(Pure Or-
igin Chuao chocolate ganache with
black currant, dark chocolate) takes
the form of star. Pierre Hermé Paris x
Nicolas Buffe, 210g box of chocolates:
QR225. Pierre Hermé Paris x Nicolas
Buffe, 350g box of chocolates: QR360.
Nicolas Buffe has also imagined
unique installations to fully immerse
the client upon arrival in boutique. A
visit to the Pierre Hermé Paris Qa-
tar boutique in Lagoona Mall will be-
come even more an experience than
ever with the artwork of Nicolas Buffe
enveloping the Pierre Hermé Paris uni-
verse to create a unique ephemeral
world — pushing the boundaries be-
tween art and pastry to a new level.
By Melissa D’Arabian AP
There are two kinds of people
— fans of slow-cookers and
those who haven’t tried them.
I’m definitely the former.
I just love my slow-cooker. I make
everything in it, from summertime
ribs to baked potatoes to spaghet-
ti squash. But in the winter, there
is nothing quite as satisfying as a
thick stew or hearty soup that bub-
bles away gently all day, slowing fill-
ing the house with welcoming aromas
while I’m off at work, running errands
or spending the day at my daughters’
school.
My kids’ slow-cooker favourite?
Probably Southwestern stew. It has all
the flavours they love, plus they are
allowed to have (baked) corn chips at
dinner, which is exciting stuff around
the d’Arabian house.
I make a version that is trimmed
down and healthier, full of fibre and
protein thanks to the combination of
black beans and chickpeas. But the
star of this soup is the ground beef.
I love ground turkey, and I certainly
have made this soup with it, but lean
ground beef is, calorie-wise, a close
peer of most ground turkey.
In fact, many of the ground tur-
key packages offered will have high-
er fat and calorie count than 95 per-
cent lean ground beef. For a 4-ounce
serving, lean ground beef boasts 24
grams of protein and just 160 calo-
ries and 4 grams of fat! And, ground
beef just feels more like comfort food
(since I grew up in an era before we
regularly ground up our Thanksgiving
bird to eat it year-round).
Slow cooker Southwestern stewTo make this dish even easier, you
can prep it up to the step of layering
all of the ingredients in the slow cook-
er, then refrigerate it overnight. In the
morning, just pop the slow cooker in-
sert into the cooker and walk away.
Start to finish: 4 hours on high, 8
hours on low (20 minutes active)
Servings: 6
Ingredients
1 teaspoon olive oil1 ½ pounds lean ground beef (93
percent or leaner)1 large yellow onion, diced3 cloves garlic, minced or pressed1 tablespoon chili powder1 teaspoon ground cumin1 teaspoon smoked or sweet pa-
prika28-ounce can diced tomatoes1 cup prepared tomato salsa
(mild or hot)15-ounce can black beans,
drained and rinsed15-ounce can chickpeas, drained
and rinsed1 cup frozen corn (do not thaw)1 cup frozen chopped spinach (do
not thaw)Juice of ½ limeKosher salt and ground black
pepper
To serve:
Crushed baked tortilla chipsCubed avocadoLow-fat plain Greek yogurtChopped fresh cilantroChopped tomatoesShredded reduced-fat cheddar
cheeseIn a large saute pan over me-
dium-high, heat the oil. Add the beef and cook until browned, six to eight minutes. Spoon the beef into a slow cooker, then layer the remaining ingredients (except the lime juice, salt and pepper) over it. Cook on high for four hours or sev-en to eight hours on low. Stir in the lime juice, then season with salt and pepper. Serve with optional toppings.
Nutrition information per serving:
540 calories; 170 calories from fat (31
percent of total calories); 19 gram fat
(6 gram saturated; 0 gram trans fats);
80mg cholesterol; 1190mg sodium;
49 gram carbohydrate; 15 gram fiber;
9 gram sugar; 43 gram protein.
FOOD
Beefy, beany stew is a warm and simple meal
08 | SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016
FASHION
By Robin Givhan The Washington Post
Thom Browne has tackled a
lot of complex ideas in his
womenswear collections.
He has explored gender-
based stereotypes, death and grief.
He experiments with complex con-
struction techniques and he is rig-
orous in his tailoring.
But for fall 2016, he gives us
dogs. And they made us smile.
His fall 2016 show was situat-
ed in a park—one that had been
recreated inside a Chelsea gallery
and came with pine trees and dog-
friendly dirt paths. The show be-
gan with two gentlemen, dressed
as if from a more genteel time, tak-
ing an afternoon stroll. And one of
them was walking a dog—or rather,
a fake little black pooch on wheels.
The women who followed were
dressed in frocks embellished with
little cocker spaniel-like dogs. One
model carried a furry brown hand-
bag in the shape of what could
have been a cairn terrier mix breed.
Another toted a black bag that re-
called a black lab or perhaps a
dachshund.
There were also a host of
grownup frocks on the Browne’s
runway—clothes with extraordinary,
impressive details. But every now
and then there is something utterly
fanciful that makes one smile. And
in that moment, fashion has done
its job.
Thom Browne’s new
purses look like dogs
By Mike Householder AP
One auto supplier is taking
the term “ready to wear” to
a whole new level. Inteva
Products LLC commissioned
a fashion designer to produce four
gowns using the same thermoplas-
tic material the maker of engineered
components and systems places in
the instrument panel surface of a
number of General Motors Co vehi-
cles.
The results were on display dur-
ing a recent pop-up fashion show at
the North American International Au-
to Show in Detroit.
Four models outfitted with formal
dresses made from Inteva’s Inteather
material strutted up and down a car-
peted area, passing by dumbfound-
ed auto show attendees as well as
the GMC Yukon and Sierra, both of
which feature instrument panel exte-
riors made of Inteather, a thermoplas-
tic olefin material.
Inteather has the appearance of
traditional leather, but Inteva says it
weighs less, lasts longer, and is recy-
clable.
Inteva’s Ken Gassman, who leads
the team responsible for the commer-
cial use of Inteather, was on hand to
see the models in action. He says the
designer, Ferndale-based Janna Cou-
moundouros, did a “phenomenal job”
creating the gowns.
Coumoundouros says people are
taken aback by the texture of the
dresses, because “it looks like hard
leather, but when they touch it, it’s re-
ally soft.”
“Even though it’s automotive ma-
terial, they’re very elegant,” she said.
“They have a really classic, beautiful
look to them, too, so people are very,
very surprised when they find out
what the material is.”
Gowns out of car interior material
| 09SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016
HEALTH & FITNESS
By Roberto A Ferdman The Washington Post
Almost 20 years ago, psychol-
ogy professor and biologist
Paul Rozin tested a theory
about food. Many people be-
lieved their bodies were good at tell-
ing them when to start and stop eating,
but he wasn’t so sure.
“A lot of things that control what
and how much people eat have noth-
ing to do with the state of nutrition,”
Rozin told The New York Times in 1998.
His experiment, published in the
journal Psychological Science, was sim-
ple, but ingenious. He worked with
two severely amnesic patients, whose
memory had been damaged by illness
and who had difficulty recalling things
that happened more than a minute
before, and fed them a meal. At least
10 minutes later, he fed them another.
And at least 10 minutes after that, he
fed them a third. He repeated the ex-
periment on three separate occasions,
and each time the same thing hap-
pened: they eagerly ate the food that
was served to them. One of the partic-
ipants even announced, after having a
third lunch, that he planned to “go for
a walk and get a good meal.”
“Without their memory, what they
had eaten previously had absolute-
ly no impact on how much they ate a
second and even third time,” said Dav-
id Just, a professor of behavioural eco-
nomics at Cornell who studies consum-
er food choices. “It was fascinating; this
widely help assumption didn’t really
hold up.”
The part of the patients’ brains that
triggered satiety and hunger didn’t
seem to function without the patients
actually remembering having eaten.
There was something that could be
more important than the physiological
effects of eating — than the activation
of taste buds and digestion of calories.
Rozin didn’t respond to a request for
comment. In the study, he wrote that
memory was likely “a substantial con-
tributor to the onset or cessation of
eating of a meal.”
Today, despite Rozin’s work, and
other research that suggests our bod-
ies aren’t the masterful eating com-
passes we want them to be, the mis-
conception persists — people still like
to believe that their stomachs are
good at telling them when to eat and
when to stop.
“We aren’t rigged like that,” said
Just, who believes the misunderstand-
ing plays an important role in the prev-
alence of overeating.
It’s natural that our eating patterns
ebb and flow, depending on circum-
stance. Some days we eat more than
others, and that’s fine so long as we
adjust for the stints of gluttony. But ad-
justing is less a matter of responding to
feelings of fullness than it is one of re-
membering what we had earlier in the
day, or week, and our memories aren’t
reliable in this way.
We might not eat three meals in
close succession like Rozin’s test par-
ticipants, but the fried chicken we had
for lunch isn’t as likely to change what
we eat later that day or week as we
might think.
“We’re just not very good at remem-
bering what we’ve eaten previous-
ly,” said Just. “And even when we are,
we’re not very good at compensating
for it.”
Memory is just one of the subtle
but powerful factors that affect eat-
ing habits. Some of these are simple
and fairly straight forward, like the size
of the plates we use, which have been
shown to change how much we eat, or
the presence of a television, which has
been shown to do the same.
“I don’t think people are totally un-
aware of these sorts of things, but I’m
not convinced they realise how much
they influence the amount they eat,”
said Traci Mann, who teaches psychol-
ogy at the University of Minnesota and
has been studying eating habits, self-
control and dieting for more than 20
years. “They definitely add up. If you’re
eating 10 or 15 percent more at every
meal, that’s going to add up.”
But other influences are far less ob-
vious. A recent peer-reviewed study
found that something as innocuous-
seeming as the size of a table can af-
fect how people perceive the food
that’s placed in front of them — the
larger the table, the harder it is for
people to discern that they have been
served less food, and the more easily
they are satiated.
Subtle social cues, meanwhile, are
impactful, too. A separate study, pub-
lished last month, found that diners
who were served by overweight wait-
ers tended to “order significantly more
items.” Yet another, published in 2014,
found the size of the people someone
eats with alters the quantity and qual-
ity of the food they choose — when ac-
companied by an overweight friend,
people tend to opt for more and less
healthy food.
But our natural impulse is also, quite
simply, to eat. When we eat, Mann said,
it’s not our stomachs that make us
stop. That, she explained, happens lat-
er, after we’re finished. And it’s part of
why convenience can be such a dan-
gerous thing.
The good news is that there are
ways to counteract our tendency to
put too much food into our faces. One
of the simplest is putting barriers in be-
tween ourselves and our food - placing
cereal boxes inside cabinets, sweets
in less easily accessible places, and
snacks at more than an arm’s distance.
But there are others, some of
which have been shown to be surpris-
ingly effective. One of the most useful
of these, according to Mann, is what
is often referred to as mindful eating.
“When people start to eat with more
focus or attention, they tend to eat
less,” she said. “It helps to track not just
every meal, but every bite. When peo-
ple are mindful of everything they put
in your mouth, they’re more in touch
with each meal.”
Why we eat too much
10 | SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016
ENTERTAINMENT
Braxton explores her
career in TV movieBy Mesfin Fekadu AP
Toni Braxton has opened her life
to the cameras on the WEtv re-
ality series Braxton Family Val-
ues, but she’s exploring more of
her past in a Lifetime movie.
Unbreak My Heart, named after one
of her Grammy-winning hits, takes a
look at the 48-year-old singer’s career,
which spans 23 years.
The TV movie, which she execu-
tive-produced, stars Lex Scott Davis as
Braxton.
“I think it’s important that when I’m
telling my story ... I wanted to be hon-
est with myself. Not only did people
hurt me, but I hurt people, too,” she
said in a recent interview.
“And I wanted them to go along
with me during my struggle. I wanted
them to feel like they were sitting right
there beside me through all the ups
and downs.”
Braxton released her self-titled de-
but in 1993 with the help of Babyface
and L A Reid. The album reached 8x
platinum status, winning three Gram-
my Awards, including best new artist
for Braxton. Her follow-up, 1996’s Se-
crets, won two Grammys and was also
certified 8x platinum.
But despite her pop-star success,
she’s filed for bankruptcy multiple
times.
“The (first) contract I signed, if I
could do it all over again, I would do
it again,” Braxton said by phone from
Los Angeles. “I think what we show in
the movie is that once I had success, I
was still governed by the old contract
and it’s supposed to change. ... I did
get some bumps and some raises, but
it was so minimal and it wasn’t reflect-
ed on the sales” of her albums.
Braxton said she grew emotion-
al watching her story unfold on the
screen. She has appeared in film, TV
and on Broadway; has battled lupus;
and is an avid advocate for autism re-
search (her son Diezel has autism).
“It was surreal,” said the singer, who
released her memoir, Unbreak My
Heart, in 2014. “Overall, I’m proud of
myself that I survived those things.”
Braxton said she was honest with
her story and tried not to tell other
people’s stories in the process of mak-
ing the two-hour TV movie.
“I think it’s very important in any
business that, especially in our busi-
ness, to guard secrets. Sometimes
while you’re telling your story you tell
other people’s stories, and a lot of
things happened that I would never
feel comfortable talking about — ever,
ever,” she said. “So that was the most
challenging part, even writing the
book, once it was in black and white,
you know, there were some stories
that needed to be completed, but we
can’t talk about that.
“But overall, the story is 100 percent
accurate on my part, what happened
to me, that part of it.”
3D technology applied to new Oscar statuettesThis year’s Oscar statuettes will
look a little bit different with a
new manufacturer for the first
time in 34 years, the Academy of Mo-
tion Picture Arts and Sciences an-
nounced on Tuesday.
The Academy announced that
Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry, based
in Rock Tavern, New York, will exclu-
sively create its iconic Oscar statu-
ettes, starting with the 88th Academy
Awards, Xinhua reported.
Since 1982, the statuettes have
been made by Chicago-based R S
Owens & Co. According to the Acad-
emy, the switch will take the statuette
back to its “roots”, being hand-cast in
bronze before receiving
its 24-karat gold finish.
Academy officials
said Polich Tallix used a
cast-bronze Oscar from
1929 to create its wax
mold with the help of
a 3D printer, restoring
some “subtle features of
George Stanley’s origi-
nal sculpture, which was
based on sketches by
MGM art director Cedric
Gibbons”.
Each of the wax stat-
uettes is coated in ce-
ramic, then cured and
fired at 1,600 Fahren-
heit degrees, which
melts away the wax
and leaves the emp-
ty Oscar form that is
cast in liquid bronze at
more than 1,800 de-
grees Fahrenheit.
The overall size and
weight of the statuette
remains the same as
its predecessor — 13.5
inches high and 8.5
pounds.
“With the help of
some 21st century
technology, we’re able
to honour the Oscar’s proud begin-
nings,” said Academy President Cher-
yl Boone Isaacs. “The new statuette
exemplifies impeccable craftsman-
ship and the enduring nature of art.”
“With this project, we’ve been en-
trusted with continuing a great tra-
dition,” said Dick Polich, Polich Tallix
founder and CEO. “It’s a privilege to
be able to bring our art experience
and technical expertise to the Oscar.”
The Academy still plans to work
with R S Owens to service existing
statuettes and create other awards
for the Academy, including plaques
for its annual Scientific and Technical
Awards.
| 11SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016
ENTERTAINMENT
IANS
A glimpse into the fairy tale
romance with Cinderel-
la, a twist to Adele’s popu-
lar song Hello, a sneak peak
into the sounds of their latest album
Road Less Traveled accompanied by
an acoustic musical wave — that’s
how Boyce Avenue brought an end
to their India tour. The American boy
band spread the message of love
with their music here with a promise
to be back soon with their sound box.
The band, comprising Alejandro,
Fabian and Daniel Manzano, which
found fame through the digital route
after becoming a YouTube sensation,
plugged in their musical chord at ‘U/A’
festival on Valentine’s Day on Sunday.
The two-day festival, which be-
gan on February 13, was held at Major
Dhyan Chand National Stadium near
India Gate.
The trio, who found their ticket to
fame by uploading covers on YouTube
before releasing original music in
2009, presented different moods
with their music with a mix of original
as well as cover songs.
Keeping the mushiness of a spe-
cial day intact, the concert was all
about love, affection and longing.
With heart cutouts hanging on the
stage, acoustics ruled the evening
with a blend of guitar notes with fast-
paced beats.
Striking an instant connection with
the music lovers, Alejandro also stat-
ed, “Tonight, it’s all about us”.
They pumped in the energy into
the crowd by saying, “Hey, New Del-
hi!”, “Such an amazing crowd”, “Hav-
ing a good time?”, “Thank you guys
for coming out”, “New Delhi is going
to make some noise”, “You got some
good singers out there”. In fact, when
Alejandro said “I love you”, music lov-
ers gave back the love with more zeal
and enthusiasm.
Alejandro, who kept on switching
guitars after almost all songs, said:
“We just made available our latest al-
bum and we will play lots of new song
from that”.
They rolled out songs like Cinderel-
la, One life, Pick yourself back againa,
and Be somebody.
Alejandro played with the audi-
ence’s mood, and energy level. He
asked, “How many discovered us
through YouTube?”, and started with
cover of “All of me”.
”We love you guys....Help me sing
this one”, Alejandro said, and when
the crowd cheered on, he made way
for the cover song of Hello.
He gave a ‘desi’ twist to Adele’s
Hello with a changed line: “I am in
New Delhi dreaming about who we
used to be”.
“Thank you for coming out and
making it special. It is bitter sweet be-
cause it is our last show in India and
we saved the best for the last. We
love you guys. Before coming to In-
dia, we were sceptical, but after see-
ing your passion and love we promise
it is not the last time we come here,”
Alejandro said.
Hues of red, blue, green and white
gave a colourful dimension to the sur-
real ambiance.
Music lovers, especially youngsters,
flocked towards the stage as a moth
to the flame as soon as the sounds
and beats from the house of Boyce
Aveneue started streaming across the
venue.
In the end, as the crowd asked for
an encore, the band members were
compelled to come back on the stage.
However, some people from the
crowd seemed disappointed. They
were complaining over the less
number of cover tracks and more of
original songs in the concert, consid-
ering cover songs brought them into
spotlight.
Other than Delhi, Boyce Avenue
performed in Mumbai and Bengalu-
ru during the tour. Bollywood talent
house Farhan Akhtar’s gave the fest
a musical start by getting the party
started with popular tracks like Sind-
bad the sailor, Rock on, Senorita and
Dil chahta hai.
Music was not the only attraction
of the festival. Other crowd pullers
were an immersive theatre experi-
ence, ukulele playing, 3D printing and
other U/A workshops.
“Thank you for coming out and making it special. It is bitter sweet because it is our last show in India and we saved the best for the last. We love you guys. Before coming to India, we were sceptical, but after seeing your passion and love we promise it is not the last time we come here.”
Music lovers, especially youngsters, flocked towards the stage as a moth to the flame as soon as the sounds and beats from the house of Boyce Aveneue started streaming across the venue.
12 | SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016
Boyce Avenue wraps up India tour
By Brian Fung The Washington Post
Wow. A lot of readers had some very pas-
sionate responses to last week’s news
that the federal government had rec-
ognized Google’s software, not the hu-
man passenger, as the “driver” in its self-driving cars.
There was one, big theme running through many of
your comments.
See if you can identify it:
So does the software have to get a driver’s license
and insurance? -ikeaboy
So if I get drunk, get into my Googlemobile and
crash into someone the software is going to jail?
Seems awkward to put flash memory in with the oth-
er prisoners. -InAVanByTheRiver
Who is charged if there is a fatal accident and
there is an occupant in the driverless car? What hap-
pens if there is a lawsuit? Who pays the fine or serves
time if the driverless car is found guilty? -scoon42
All of these questions target the issue of liabili-
ty, which is about to get very interesting. As compu-
terized, self-driving cars come closer to fruition, car
accidents are likely to become vastly more complex.
What will happen when you get into a crash, and
who will be to blame?
People who study robot cars have actually been
aware of these questions for years. But they haven’t
been able to do much about it, because, well, no ac-
tual cases or policies have appeared in the real world.
With the National Highway Transportation Safety Ad-
ministration’s decision on Google’s cars last week,
however, the ball has begun to roll.
This is the future of the car accident, as policy-
makers and analysts see it.
Will carmakers be to blame for driverless crashes?
In general, experts have several big ideas about
what could happen.
As many of you guessed, making the car the le-
gal “driver” means the auto manufacturer may as-
sume greater responsibility for crashes. This is large-
ly a matter of product liability, several auto and insur-
ance analysts said, not personal insurance — though
as a 2014 study from the Brookings Institution sug-
gests, determining where one type of coverage ends
and the other begins will be tricky. We’ll come back
to this in a minute. But basically, victims of a collision
could (directly or indirectly through their own insur-
ers) try to seek damages from a driverless-car maker
for manufacturing a vehicle that didn’t operate as it
was supposed to.
Will my car insurance change?
Self-driving cars could cause insurance compa-
nies to rewrite your policies or change your rates, but
at this point it’s not entirely clear how, or what those
changes might look like. Many companies are still
working to understand the implications of NHTSA’s
recent decision. Many of the insurance firms I spoke
to offered non-committal reactions. Some didn’t re-
spond at all.
“This is certainly an area we not only watching, but
engaging in on a variety of levels,” said Anna Bryant,
a spokesperson for State Farm.
Liberty Mutual didn’t have much more to say, ei-
ther. “Liberty Mutual Insurance has a dedicated Inno-
vation team that constantly evaluates a portfolio of
key trends and technologies that could have future
impact on our customers,” said company spokesper-
son Karen Pevenstein. “Autonomous vehicle technol-
ogy is a fast growing and exciting trend with a poten-
tial benefit to help reduce accidents and injuries for
our customers.”
If these answers feel unsatisfying, there’s a good
reason for that, said Wayne McOwen, executive di-
rector of the District of Columbia Insurance Feder-
ation. While NHTSA’s letter shed light on the feder-
al government’s position on driverless cars, only a
handful of states have weighed in on the matter -
and it’s their laws that really matter to insurance com-
panies. That’s because it’s the states that ultimately
issue the drivers’ licenses that insurers use to evalu-
ate risk.
Different degrees of automation pose a real head-
ache.
Even though driverless cars may limit the ability of
humans to make mistakes, in many cases they won’t
absolve humans of the responsibility to avert an im-
minent crash if they can. And so the future of car
accidents may ironically create more scrutiny for hu-
mans in cars, not less.
Suppose you’re in a driverless car, and you see
that you’re about to rear-end another car. Whether
you bear some responsibility for the crash may ul-
timately turn on the degree of control you had over
the car. Could you have reasonably prevented the ac-
cident, or not?
The answer will depend a lot on your car’s tech-
nical capabilities. Google’s driverless car isn’t de-
signed to let humans take control. That’s because
in Google’s view, letting humans take over actual-
ly makes driverless cars less safe, because a pas-
senger could try to assert herself in ways that lead
to a crash. Most accidents on the road today oc-
cur because of human error, not system malfunc-
tion. This is one of the reasons why Google, as we’ve
discussed, could end up being liable for any acci-
dents with its cars.
But in a different car, it might be a different story.
Other car makers such as Audi intend to keep steer-
ing wheels in their cars indefinitely, even as they in-
crease the amount of automation in their vehicles.
And when Tesla announced its autopilot feature in
the Model S, it was upfront with owners that they
were responsible for keeping the car in control.
But what about the ability of the human driver?
Of course, humans are complicated. We try to mit-
igate that complexity today with standardized driving
tests to ensure everyone can drive correctly. These
tests make sure you can execute a three-point turn,
parallel park or show you can fully stop at a stop sign.
But we’re moving into a future where some hu-
man drivers may be physically incapable of doing
those things without the help of a driverless car. How
should insurance companies, car makers and the law
treat those folks?
You see, driver automation won’t just make com-
puters drivers. It also stands to change how we think
of human drivers, too. Driverless cars could allow those
who have difficulty driving - such as the elderly or the
blind - to get around in more meaningful, seamless
ways that significantly improve their quality of life. It’s
one of the big selling points of the technology.
| 13SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016
TECHNOLOGY
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15SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2016
Yesterday’s answerEasy Sudoku Puzzles: Place a digit from 1
to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every
column and every 3x3 box contains all the
digits 1 to 9.
Yesterday’s answer
How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku.
HYPER SUDOKU
Yesterday’s answer
How to play Kakuro:The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.
KAKURO
ACROSS
1 Book whose last line is “Ask me
tomorrow but not today”
9 Non-primates with remarkably humanlike
fingerprints
15 Springsteen hit between “Born in the
U.S.A.” and “Glory Days”
16 Pressing
17 What boxers use to “shake hands”
18 Sight that’s not sound
19 “Positively Entertaining” channel
20 Black
21 Bribe money
22 Mr. Right
25 North title: Abbr.
26 Pool house?
29 See 43-Down
30 Turgenev’s birthplace
31 Funny ___
32 He played himself in “Broadway Danny
Rose” and “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”
33 With 47-Across, 1978 Covert Bailey best
seller on exercise and diet
34 “With ___ at the South Pole,” first
documentary to win an Oscar (for
cinematography)
35 Halted 40 Vacillate
41 Wrong numbers?
42 Virgin Islands export
43 Spiders and such, slangily
44 Certain hash ingredients
46 Datebook abbr.
47 See 33-Across
50 What Beyoncé decided to do in 2002
51 Upstate New York tribe
54 Part of a sundial that casts a shadow
55 Guitar virtuoso whose name
is an anagram of YO’ RECORD
56 Hidalgo honorific
57 Requirement that hybrid cars
may be exempted from
DOWN
1 Place for a ’55 45, say
2 Classic novel whose title
means “wanderer”
3 Subject of a certain addiction
4 Word before and after “to,”
“on” or “for”
5 “The ___ Today”
6 Much-performed aria from
Fauré’s “Requiem”
7 Almond syrups used in cocktails
8 Grinders
9 Treacly spirit of unity
10 Sirius’ master, in myth
11 Farm-related prefix
12 Like some copper gutters
13 Like Grenada, but not Granada
14 Old Pittsburgh work areas
22 “That’s O.K., I guess”
23 Critical 24 Open ___
26 1939 Wimbledon men’s champion
27 Response to a ranter
28 Street boss? 29 Casual Friday option
33 Turn toward
35 Borat or Ali G, to Sacha Baron Cohen
36 Script ending
37 Mercury poisoning symptoms
38 Place name
39 Home to 15-foot-long crocodiles
43 With 29-Across, pricier option at a print shop
45 Our kind of people?
47 Tapering hairdo
48 Seemingly forever 49 Biting
52 Seasonal quaff
53 What’s the point?
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
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56 57
CROSSWORD
However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.
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