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CREATIVE WORLD The Echo of India Kolkata Thursday June 7 , 2018 PAGE-10 Ariana Grande says she suffers from PTSD after Manchester blast Experts urge Amitabh Bachchan to dissociate himself from 'Horlicks' Cast members (L to R) Cate Blanchett, Awkwafina, Sarah Paulson, Anne Hathaway, Sandra Bullock, Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham Carter and Rihanna pose at the world premiere of the film "Ocean's 8" at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, New York, U.S.––REUTERS 'BE YOU X' The Salt House: 'BAD' Experience KOLKATA, JUNE 6 /--/ The Salt House is giving you a golden opportunity to have a ‘BAD’ Experience with Yoga at The Salt House, 40, Shakespeare Sarani Rd, Elgin, Kolkata onwards 9th and 10th June from 5:00-7:00p.m. Yoga has always been beneficial to the mind and body. Increased flexibility, reduction of stress, mental clarity, improved stamina and immunity are some of the important advantages which one has while practicing yoga regularly. It helps to control the day to day anxieties and relax. In short, it helps to make life fit, healthy and happy. This June, The Salt House is giving you a golden opportunity to have a ‘BAD’ Experience with Yoga. Wait, before you start guessing why is yoga suddenly being associated with the word ’ BAD’ let us clarify that BAD here stands for ‘Bringing A Difference’. This enlightened thought has come from Bhavna Dhanani who is a Yin Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Instructor. She has been the pioneer of ‘BAD’ experience which has been initiated by her to bring awareness to one’s soul, body and mind. The two-day Yoga session will help one to release the pent up thoughts, get clarity on confusing emotions and feelings and live in the present moment. Following Up the session will be with “Asti-High Tea”- an assortment of light canapés, sandwiches and teas to pump in more energy. So what are you waiting for? Just bring along a Yoga Mat and join this illuminating Yoga session. (EOIC) Plastic is children's word of the year: OUP AI system can count, identify wild animals Sanchaita Munshi Saha wins 'Hello Kolkata Dance Award' Rudra: Boom ChikChik Boom KOLKATA, JUNE 6 /--/ Nickelodeon brings magic to the kids’ entertainment category with the Prince of Magic “Rudra – Boom ChikChik Boom”. Rudra is all set to up the entertainment quotient for kids only on Nickelodeon, starting 11th June every Monday to Friday at 7.25 pm Nickelodeon, India’s leading kids’ entertainment franchise and a pioneer in creating home-grown content in the country is all set to introduce the Prince of Magic “Rudra – Boom ChikChik Boom”. Rudra is the story of a 9-year-old boy who is a spirited and intelligent. He lives in the magical Sun City with his grandfather Jai Singh, a supreme magician and patriarch. Always curious to learn, Rudra is being mentored by his grandfather to emerge as his successor and the greatest magician ever. Rudra’s journey in the world of magic is made exciting with his best friends Varun and Maira who together protect Sun City from the Super-Evil magician Shakaal and his minions. All set for the launch, RUDRA will be painting the country orange and making friends with his young viewers along the way. (EOIC) NEW DELHI, JUNE 6 /--/ "Plastic" has been declared the children's word of the year as it is most commonly used by them, indicating that they are aware about the hazards of plastic pollution, according to Oxford University Press. The Oxford University Press analysed short stories submitted to BBC Radio 2's 500 Words competition. Plastic, the ocean, Emmeline Pankhurst, Donald Trump, Brexit, Korea, Grenfell Tower, unicorns, slime and computer game Fortnite are some of the people and subjects that influence British children's creativity and use of language, says a report published today by Oxford University Press (OUP). Plastic is the Oxford Children's Word of the Year because of its significant increase in use in the competition (a total rise of more than 100 per cent on the 2017 competition). Children use plastic in their stories in an emotive way to convey their understanding of the damage pollution is causing to marine life, drawing on their creativity and imagination to deliver powerful descriptive imagery in stories, with titles such as The Plastic Shore, The Mermaid's Plastic Mission and The Evil Mr Plastic, OUP said in a statement. Vineeta Gupta, head of Children's Dictionaries at OUP, was quoted in the statement as saying: "Children have shown they are acutely aware of the impact plastic has on our environment and how it will affect their own future. They have used their stories to devise imaginative ways to combat this issue and bring about change in their world." Last year, Trump was the Children's Word of the Year. This year, US president Donald Trump took the top spot for famous people mentioned for the second year in succession. Santa and Cinderella remain the most used fictional characters as in all other years of the competition. Of the political words/names which have grown most in frequency of use since 2017, Brexit tops the list with an increase of 182 per cent. It is mainly mentioned as an item on the news, or as a boring topic of conversation. (PTI) under the misbelief that Horlicks is a good nutritious product for children as it is endorsed by Mr Bachchan. Thus Horlicks may displace healthy real family home foods and this way contravenes tackling the problem of undernutrition among children," said Dr Arti Maria, Head of Neonatology Department, RML hospital here. Dr Aseem Malhotra, a renowned British cardiologist and author of The Pioppi Diet and former Director of Action on Sugar, UK, said high sugar foods/ beverages should be prohibited for children as sugar has no nutritional value and that there is increasing evidence that added sugar increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and fatty liver. Claiming that the campaign was misleading and undermines optimal nutrition, the experts NEW DELHI, JUNE 6 /--/ A group of public health experts have urged superstar Amitabh Bachchan to dissociate himself from promoting Horlicks, a multinational brand that has extended support to the Centre's recently launched National Nutrition Mission aimed at addressing the issue of undernutrition in the country. The experts under the banner of the Nutrition Advocacy in Public Interest - India (NAPi) in a letter to the actor said, "Horlicks is a high sugar product, as 100 gram of a popularly advertised pack of Horlicks Delight, contains 78 gram of carbohydrates of which 32 grams is sucrose sugar". "This is harmful for children as it may contribute to childhood obesity and non communicable disease in later life," the experts said. They said the WHO recommends a reduced daily intake of free sugars throughout the life course to less than 10 per cent of total energy intake. Furthermore, in the interest of good health WHO suggests intake of free sugars to below 5 per cent of total energy intake, the letter stated. The letter mentioned that in 2016, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted a Resolution 69.9 that recommends ending inappropriate promotion of foods for children from ages 636 months based on WHO and FAO dietary guidelines. "Going by this recommendation promotion of Horlicks falls in category of inappropriate as they use false health claims in TV commercials," they said, adding that it dents Bachchans image as a socially responsible celebrity. "I fear that this campaign may have serious adverse repercussions: Horlicks is expensive and is likely to drain pockets of marginalized families urged the actor to call off his association with Horlicks. Indias former health secretary Keshav Desiraju is the Chairman of Nutrition Advocacy in Public Interest - India (NAPi). On March 8, on the occasion of International Womens Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the National Nutrition Mission at Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan. (PTI) KOLKATA, JUNE 6 /--/ 6th Annual Program of 'NRITYAVASH', an Academy of Performing Arts, was held with great fanfare at Behala Sarat Sadan on 3rd June eve. Nationally acclaimed dancer & choreographer Sanchaita Munshi Saha presented a solo recital of Classical Dance. About hundreds of her students (from 4 years onwards) also presented several dance numbers, including the world-class dance-drama 'Chandalika'. Sanchaita's most ardent supporter, her dear husband and eminent actor Raja Munshi played an exemplary role as the monk and regaled the audience, as did other co- actors with their synchronized movements. During a brief felicitation ceremony during the program, 'Hello Kolkata Dance Award' was presented to the danseuse Sanchaita Munshi Saha by Yoga-Guru Chandan Das, Dr. Arun Kumar & Asish Basak. Asish Basak, Editor-Director, 'Hello Kolkata' remarked that the great devotion and perseverance of Sanchaita & Raja Munshi should motivate others to preserve and develop the rich heritage of Indian Classical Dance. (EOIC) LONDON, JUNE 6 /--/ Singer Ariana Grande says she experienced post- traumatic stress disorder following the suicide bomb attack on her Manchester Arena concert in May last year that claimed the lives of 22 people. The 24- year-old American singer suspended rest of her tour after the May 22 attacks but returned to Manchester in June to host a charity concert to raise 23 million for the bombing victims and their families. In an interview with British Vogue, the singer has revealed how the bombing affected her. "Yeah, it's a real thing. I know those families and my fans, and everyone there experienced a tremendous amount of it as well. It's hard to talk about because so many people have suffered such severe, tremendous loss "I feel like I shouldn't even be talking about my own experience like I shouldn't even say anything. I don't think I'll ever know how to talk about it and not cry," she said. Grande also spoke about anxiety. "I think a lot of people have anxiety, especially right now. My anxiety has anxiety. I've always had anxiety. I've never really spoken about it because I thought everyone had it, but when I got home from tour (in September 2017) it was the most severe I think it's ever been." The singer has a worker bee tattoo, the Industrial Revolution-era symbol of Manchester that became a symbol for solidarity in the wake of he arena attack, behind her ear. Grande's album 'Sweetener' is due for release soon. (PTI) WASHINGTON, JUNE 6 /--/ Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can automatically identify, count and describe animals in their natural habitats. Photographs that are automatically collected by motion-sensor cameras can then be automatically described by deep neural networks. The result is a system that can automate animal identification for up to 99.3 per cent of images while still performing at the same 96.6 per cent accuracy rate of crowdsourced teams of human volunteers. "This technology lets us accurately, unobtrusively and inexpensively collect wildlife data, which could help catalyse the transformation of many fields of ecology, wildlife biology, zoology, conservation biology and animal behaviour into 'big data' sciences," said Jeff Clune, an associate professor at the University of Wyoming in the US. "This will dramatically improve our ability to both study and conserve wildlife and precious ecosystems," said Clune. Deep neural networks are a form of computational intelligence loosely inspired by how animal brains see and understand the world. They require vast amounts of training data to work well, and the data must be accurately labelled. This study obtained the necessary data from Snapshot Serengeti, a citizen science project that has deployed a large number of "camera traps" (motion-sensor cameras) in Tanzania that collect millions of images of animals in their natural habitat, such as lions, leopards, cheetahs and elephants. Crowdsourced teams of human volunteers were asked to label each image manually. The study harnessed 3.2 million labelled images produced in this manner by more than 50,000 human volunteers over several years. "Not only does the artificial intelligence system tell you which of 48 different species of animal is present, but it also tells you how many there are and what they are doing. It will tell you if they are eating, sleeping, if babies are present, etc," said Margaret Kosmala from Harvard University in the US. "We estimate that the deep learning technology pipeline we describe would save more than eight years of human labeling effort for each additional 3 million images. That is a lot of valuable volunteer time that can be redeployed to help other projects," said Kosmala. (PTI) Netflix orders Dolly Parton anthology series LOS ANGELES, JUNE 6 /- -/ Streaming giant Netflix has ordered a Dolly Parton anthology series based on her music. Parton will serve as singer and songwriter for the show, as well as executive produce and co-star. "As a songwriter, I have always enjoyed telling stories through my music. I am thrilled to be bringing some of my favourite songs to life with Netflix. "We hope our show will inspire and entertain families and folks of all generations, and I want to thank the good folks at Netflix and Warner Bros. (PTI) Cory Hardrict to star in 'The Outpost' LOS ANGELES, JUNE 6 /- -/ "American Sniper" actor Cory Hardrict is set to star alongside Scott Eastwood and and Orlando Bloom in "The Outpost". Rod Lurie is directing the World War II film, which also features Caleb Landry Jones, reported Variety. The film is based on Jake Tapper's book and will chronicle the true story of the 53 US soldiers who battled a force of some 400 enemy insurgents in northeastern Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. The film is scheduled to begin production in August. (PTI)
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The Echo of India Kolkata Thursday June 7 , 2018 PAGE-10
Ariana Grande says she suffersfrom PTSD after Manchester blast
Experts urge Amitabh Bachchan todissociate himself from 'Horlicks'
Cast members (L to R) Cate Blanchett, Awkwafina, Sarah Paulson, Anne Hathaway, Sandra Bullock, MindyKaling, Helena Bonham Carter and Rihanna pose at the world premiere of the film "Ocean's 8" at Alice Tully Hallin New York City, New York, U.S.––REUTERS
'BE YOU X' The SaltHouse: 'BAD' Experience
KOLKATA, JUNE 6 /--/ The Salt House is giving youa golden opportunity to have a ‘BAD’ Experiencewith Yoga at The Salt House, 40, ShakespeareSarani Rd, Elgin, Kolkata onwards 9th and 10thJune from 5:00-7:00p.m. Yoga has always beenbeneficial to the mind and body. Increasedflexibility, reduction of stress, mental clarity,improved stamina and immunity are some of theimportant advantages which one has whilepracticing yoga regularly. It helps to control theday to day anxieties and relax. In short, it helps tomake life fit, healthy and happy. This June, The SaltHouse is giving you a golden opportunity to have a‘BAD’ Experience with Yoga. Wait, before you startguessing why is yoga suddenly being associatedwith the word ’ BAD’ let us clarify that BAD herestands for ‘Bringing A Difference’. This enlightenedthought has come from Bhavna Dhanani who is aYin Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation Instructor.She has been the pioneer of ‘BAD’ experience whichhas been initiated by her to bring awareness toone’s soul, body and mind. The two-day Yogasession will help one to release the pent upthoughts, get clarity on confusing emotions andfeelings and live in the present moment. FollowingUp the session will be with “Asti-High Tea”- anassortment of light canapés, sandwiches and teasto pump in more energy. So what are you waitingfor? Just bring along a Yoga Mat and join thisilluminating Yoga session. (EOIC)
Plastic is children's word of the year: OUP
AI system can count, identify wild animals
Sanchaita Munshi Saha wins'Hello Kolkata Dance Award'
Rudra: BoomChikChik BoomKOLKATA, JUNE 6 /--/Nickelodeon brings magic tothe kids’ entertainmentcategory with the Prince ofMagic “Rudra – BoomChikChik Boom”. Rudra isall set to up theentertainment quotient forkids only on Nickelodeon,starting 11th June everyMonday to Friday at 7.25 pmNickelodeon, India’sleading kids’ entertainmentfranchise and a pioneer increating home-growncontent in the country is allset to introduce the Princeof Magic “Rudra – BoomChikChik Boom”. Rudra isthe story of a 9-year-old boywho is a spirited andintelligent. He lives in themagical Sun City with hisgrandfather Jai Singh, asupreme magician andpatriarch. Always curiousto learn, Rudra is beingmentored by his grandfatherto emerge as his successorand the greatest magicianever. Rudra’s journey in theworld of magic is madeexciting with his bestfriends Varun and Mairawho together protect SunCity from the Super-Evilmagician Shakaal and hisminions. All set for thelaunch, RUDRA will bepainting the country orangeand making friends with hisyoung viewers along theway. (EOIC)
NEW DELHI, JUNE 6 /--/"Plastic" has been declared thechildren's word of the year as it ismost commonly used by them,indicating that they are awareabout the hazards of plasticpollution, according to OxfordUniversity Press. The OxfordUniversity Press analysed shortstories submitted to BBC Radio 2's500 Words competition. Plastic, theocean, Emmeline Pankhurst,Donald Trump, Brexit, Korea,Grenfell Tower, unicorns, slimeand computer game Fortnite aresome of the people and subjectsthat influence British children'screativity and use of language,says a report published today byOxford University Press (OUP).Plastic is the Oxford Children's
Word of the Year because of itssignificant increase in use in thecompetition (a total rise of morethan 100 per cent on the 2017competition).
Children use plastic in theirstories in an emotive way to conveytheir understanding of the damagepollution is causing to marine life,drawing on their creativity andimagination to deliver powerfuldescriptive imagery in stories, withtitles such as The Plastic Shore,The Mermaid's Plastic Mission andThe Evil Mr Plastic, OUP said in astatement. Vineeta Gupta, head ofChildren's Dictionaries at OUP, wasquoted in the statement as saying:"Children have shown they areacutely aware of the impact plastichas on our environment and how it
will affect their own future. Theyhave used their stories to deviseimaginative ways to combat thisissue and bring about change intheir world." Last year, Trump wasthe Children's Word of the Year.This year, US president DonaldTrump took the top spot for famouspeople mentioned for the secondyear in succession.
Santa and Cinderella remainthe most used fictional charactersas in all other years of thecompetition. Of the politicalwords/names which have grownmost in frequency of use since2017, Brexit tops the list with anincrease of 182 per cent. It ismainly mentioned as an item onthe news, or as a boring topic ofconversation. (PTI)
under the misbelief that Horlicksis a good nutritious product forchildren as it is endorsed by MrBachchan. Thus Horlicks maydisplace healthy real family homefoods and this way contravenestackling the problem ofundernutrition among children,"said Dr Arti Maria, Head ofNeonatology Department, RMLhospital here.
Dr Aseem Malhotra, arenowned British cardiologist andauthor of The Pioppi Diet andformer Director of Action onSugar, UK, said high sugar foods/beverages should be prohibitedfor children as sugar has nonutritional value and that there isincreasing evidence that addedsugar increases the risk ofdeveloping type 2 diabetes,metabolic syndrome and fattyliver. Claiming that the campaignwas misleading and underminesoptimal nutrition, the experts
NEW DELHI, JUNE 6 /--/ Agroup of public health expertshave urged superstar AmitabhBachchan to dissociate himselffrom promoting Horlicks, amultinational brand that hasextended support to the Centre'srecently launched NationalNutrition Mission aimed ataddressing the issue ofundernutrition in the country. Theexperts under the banner of theNutrition Advocacy in PublicInterest - India (NAPi) in a letter tothe actor said, "Horlicks is a highsugar product, as 100 gram of apopularly advertised pack ofHorlicks Delight, contains 78 gramof carbohydrates of which 32grams is sucrose sugar". "This isharmful for children as it maycontribute to childhood obesityand non communicable disease inlater life," the experts said. Theysaid the WHO recommends areduced daily intake of free
sugars throughout the life courseto less than 10 per cent of totalenergy intake.
Furthermore, in the interest ofgood health WHO suggests intakeof free sugars to below 5 per centof total energy intake, the letterstated. The letter mentioned thatin 2016, the World HealthAssembly (WHA) adopted aResolution 69.9 that recommendsending inappropriate promotionof foods for children from ages 636months based on WHO and FAOdietary guidelines. "Going by thisrecommendation promotion ofHorlicks falls in category ofinappropriate as they use falsehealth claims in TV commercials,"they said, adding that it dentsBachchans image as a sociallyresponsible celebrity. "I fear thatthis campaign may have seriousadverse repercussions: Horlicks isexpensive and is likely to drainpockets of marginalized families
urged the actor to call off hisassociation with Horlicks. Indiasformer health secretary KeshavDesiraju is the Chairman ofNutrition Advocacy in PublicInterest - India (NAPi). On March8, on the occasion of InternationalWomens Day, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had launched theNational Nutrition Mission atJhunjhunu in Rajasthan. (PTI)
KOLKATA, JUNE 6 /--/6th Annual Program of'NRITYAVASH', anAcademy of PerformingArts, was held with greatfanfare at Behala SaratSadan on 3rd June eve.Nationally acclaimeddancer & choreographerSanchaita Munshi Sahapresented a solo recital ofClassical Dance. Abouthundreds of her students(from 4 years onwards) alsopresented several dancenumbers, including theworld-class dance-drama'Chandalika'. Sanchaita'smost ardent supporter, herdear husband and eminentactor Raja Munshi playedan exemplary role as themonk and regaled theaudience, as did other co-actors with theirsynchronized movements.During a brief felicitationceremony during the
program, 'Hello KolkataDance Award' waspresented to the danseuseSanchaita Munshi Saha byYoga-Guru Chandan Das,Dr. Arun Kumar & AsishBasak. Asish Basak,Editor-Director, 'Hello
Kolkata' remarked that thegreat devotion andperseverance of Sanchaita& Raja Munshi shouldmotivate others to preserveand develop the richheritage of IndianClassical Dance. (EOIC)
LONDON, JUNE 6 /--/ Singer ArianaGrande says she experienced post-traumatic stress disorder following thesuicide bomb attack on her ManchesterArena concert in May last year thatclaimed the lives of 22 people. The 24-year-old American singer suspended restof her tour after the May 22 attacks butreturned to Manchester in June to host acharity concert to raise 23 million for thebombing victims and their families. In aninterview with British Vogue, the singer
has revealed how the bombing affectedher. "Yeah, it's a real thing. I know thosefamilies and my fans, and everyone thereexperienced a tremendous amount of it aswell. It's hard to talk about because somany people have suffered such severe,tremendous loss "I feel like I shouldn'teven be talking about my own experiencelike I shouldn't even say anything. I don'tthink I'll ever know how to talk about itand not cry," she said. Grande also spokeabout anxiety. "I think a lot of people haveanxiety, especially right now. My anxietyhas anxiety. I've always had anxiety. I'venever really spoken about it because Ithought everyone had it, but when I gothome from tour (in September 2017) it wasthe most severe I think it's ever been." Thesinger has a worker bee tattoo, theIndustrial Revolution-era symbol ofManchester that became a symbol forsolidarity in the wake of he arena attack,behind her ear. Grande's album'Sweetener' is due for release soon. (PTI)
WASHINGTON, JUNE 6 /--/Scientists have developed anartificial intelligence (AI)system that can automaticallyidentify, count and describeanimals in their naturalhabitats. Photographs thatare automatically collected bymotion-sensor cameras canthen be automaticallydescribed by deep neuralnetworks. The result is asystem that can automateanimal identification for up to99.3 per cent of images whilestill performing at the same96.6 per cent accuracy rate ofcrowdsourced teams of humanvolunteers. "This technologylets us accurately,unobtrusively and
inexpensively collect wildlifedata, which could helpcatalyse the transformation ofmany fields of ecology, wildlifebiology, zoology, conservationbiology and animal behaviourinto 'big data' sciences," saidJeff Clune, an associateprofessor at the University ofWyoming in the US. "This willdramatically improve ourability to both study andconserve wildlife and preciousecosystems," said Clune.
Deep neural networks are aform of computationalintelligence loosely inspired byhow animal brains see andunderstand the world.
They require vast amountsof training data to work well,
and the data must beaccurately labelled.
This study obtained thenecessary data from SnapshotSerengeti, a citizen scienceproject that has deployed alarge number of "cameratraps" (motion-sensorcameras) in Tanzania thatcollect millions of images ofanimals in their naturalhabitat, such as lions,leopards, cheetahs andelephants. Crowdsourcedteams of human volunteerswere asked to label each imagemanually. The studyharnessed 3.2 million labelledimages produced in thismanner by more than 50,000human volunteers over several
years. "Not only does theartificial intelligence systemtell you which of 48 differentspecies of animal is present,but it also tells you how manythere are and what they aredoing. It will tell you if theyare eating, sleeping, if babiesare present, etc," saidMargaret Kosmala fromHarvard University in the US."We estimate that the deeplearning technology pipelinewe describe would save morethan eight years of humanlabeling effort for eachadditional 3 million images.That is a lot of valuablevolunteer time that can beredeployed to help otherprojects," said Kosmala. (PTI)
Netflix ordersDolly Partonanthology seriesLOS ANGELES, JUNE 6 /--/ Streaming giant Netflixhas ordered a Dolly Partonanthology series based onher music. Parton willserve as singer andsongwriter for the show, aswell as executive produceand co-star. "As asongwriter, I have alwaysenjoyed telling storiesthrough my music. I amthrilled to be bringingsome of my favourite songsto life with Netflix. "Wehope our show will inspireand entertain families andfolks of all generations,and I want to thank thegood folks at Netflix andWarner Bros. (PTI)
Cory Hardrict to starin 'The Outpost'LOS ANGELES, JUNE 6 /--/ "American Sniper" actorCory Hardrict is set to staralongside Scott Eastwoodand and Orlando Bloom in"The Outpost". Rod Lurie isdirecting the World War IIfilm, which also featuresCaleb Landry Jones,reported Variety. The filmis based on Jake Tapper'sbook and will chronicle thetrue story of the 53 USsoldiers who battled a forceof some 400 enemyinsurgents in northeasternAfghanistan duringOperation EnduringFreedom. The film isscheduled to beginproduction in August. (PTI)
