CREATIVE WORLD

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)