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Events 46 maltatoday, Sunday, 2 november 2014 Gioia Bananas are pleased to an- nounce the winners of their Disney- land Paris competition. The lucky winner of the Gioia Bananas selfie competition is Noemi Attard from Sta Venera. Participants were asked to like the GIOIA® Bananas Facebook page and send selfies with the Gioia Bananas logo. The competition closed off on 30 September and the finalist won an all-expenses paid holiday to Dis- neyland Paris for two people. Growing the best quality bananas requires a lot of hard work and ex- pertise. Each banana plant is nur- tured and nourished by hand at each stage of development. Gioia Banan- as meet strict selection criteria and they go through a complete quality check. Only the very best banana is given the Gioia quality mark and the Gioia label is the sign of a premium quality banana. For more information and upcom- ing competitions follow Gioia Ba- nanas on Facebook. 10,000 Interactive TV connections with GO Neville Psaila from Marsascala is the 10,000th customer to sign up for GO's Interactive TV service and to celebrate this milestone he will be given a free 35Mbps internet up- grade for one year. Through GO Interactive TV, customers have the opportunity of watching more than 100 TV chan- nels in amazing picture quality. Viewers can Restart any live TV programme and Pause, Rewind or Record any TV programme with up to 20 hours of recording time. Furthermore, viewers can tap into a vast on-demand library to watch any TV programme from the previ- ous seven days. Ian Bugeja, Marketing Communi- cations Officer at GO, said, "GO's Interactive TV gives customers the freedom to watch their favourite TV when it's convenient to them. "This summer there were two im- portant additional innovations to the service. These were the launch of TV Anywhere, through which interactive customers can watch TV on their tablets and smart- phones wherever they are in Malta and Gozo and the opportunity to install more than one Interactive TV outlet in homes. These, coupled with the existing features which Interactive TV already offered has continued to make the service more popular." GO's Interactive TV serv- ice is available to existing GO TV customers for an additional month- ly service charge of €5 per TV out- let. New customers who wish to make use of the services offered through Interactive can opt to sign up for GO's Silver Interactive TV or Gold Interactive TV packages, which respectively cost €21.99 and €28.99 per month. More information is available from https://www.go.com.mt/per- s o n a l /t v/p ac k a ge s/t v-p ac k a ge s , from all GO retail outlets and ex- clusive resellers or by calling Free- phone 8007 2121. Terms and condi- tions apply. GO Teatru Unplugged 17 This is the 17th edition of the Te- atru Unplugged concert; surely an event that is on the calendars of theatregoers year after year. Te- atru Unplugged was co-founded by Jonathan Shaw and Nirvana Az- zopardi way back in 1998 and since then has been a showcase for both well-known and upcoming Maltese artists. Teatru Unplugged is an inimitable concert in its style and one of the Malta's national theatre's annual highlights. Typical to this unique event, this year's 17th edition will feature a number of different acts of various music genres. The concept of different, yet short acts, by six or seven solo artists or bands is a win- ning formula providing a fast and moving concert. Once again our compère Josef Bonello, will surely add that spice expected by our reg- ular and fun audience. This year's line-up will once again take the audience on a journey of rock, pop, and classic tunes as dif- ferent genres, voices and style of music will be the main ingredients of the night. The audience will be entertained by the likes of London based pian- ist Berne presenting a delicate and dramatic voice, the fun loving band Gianni & Friends and Stoned with a number of Rolling Stones cov- ers. Internationally renowned and France based classical guitarist Simon Schembri, violinist Emilia Wisniewska, indie rock band nos- now/noalps, as well as duo Claire Tonna & Justin Galea will also per- form in what is looking like another exceptional line-up for this edition. We invite you to join us on one of the nights of the 12, 13 and 14 De- cember at Teatru Manoel for a night of fun, music and great atmosphere. Tickets at €20, €15 and €10 can be obtained from http://booking.te- atrumanoel.com.mt/. Early book- ing is recommended. Teatru Unplugged 17 would not been possible without the invalu- able support of our main sponsor GO. Special thanks also go to our supporting sponsors The Point, Baileys, Johnnie Walker, Monsoon, Accesorize, Häagen-Daaz, BRND WGN and Camilleri Paris Mode. The University of Malta has launched its survey "SAĦĦTEK – Health and Well being" at the University of Malta Medical School in Mater Dei Hospi- tal. The study was launched in the pres- ence of the University of Malta Rector Prof. Juanito Camilleri and a number of officials from sponsoring organisa- tions. The project co-ordinator, Sarah Cuschieri and the chairman of the project steering committee Julian Mamo gave a description of the aims and benefits of the study for partici- pants and for future health planning in Malta. Julian Sammut, trustee of The Al- fred Mizzi Foundation (TAMF), main sponsors of SAĦĦTEK, praised the initiative being taken by the team of doctors and researchers and ex- pressed the Foundation's pleasure in assisting by means of a financial grant especially as Alf. Mizzi and Sons Ltd., patron of TAMF, will be celebrating its centenary in 2015. Other major sponsors include the University's Research and Innovation Development Trust (RIDT) and Atlas Insurance. It is to be noted that the Parliamentary Secretariat for Health facilitated access to the health centres and clinics, together with furnishing access to the hospital laboratories for some blood testing that will be re- quired for the study. Technoline pro- vided some of the kits to be used for laboratory testing. SAĦĦTEK is going to focus mainly on one of the diseases that afflict a large proportion of the Maltese popu- lation – diabetes. SAĦĦTEK is a cross-sectional health survey across the whole of Malta and Gozo, which will start this November and will be completed in two years. The project team will be visiting different localities using the facilities provided at health clinics (bereġ) and health centres in order to perform free health checkups and col- lect information from a representative sample of individuals chosen at ran- dom by the National Statistics Office from all over Malta and Gozo. The study is aimed at gaining precise estimate of the prevalence of diabetes, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, to- gether with the related conditions of obesity and hypertension, as well as the levels of physical activity, tobacco consumption and nutritional intakes. The last frequency study of this magnitude was conducted in 1981 and SAĦĦTEK will update the situa- tion in Malta today with regards to the percentage of the population having this disease within different groups in the population. Further, SAĦĦTEK is expected to provide information about the pro- portion of the population with obes- ity, high blood pressure, regular physi- cal activity, smoking habits, regular alcohol consumption and nutritional patterns. During the launch, the importance of this study for understanding in greater detail the factors underlying the current health of adults in Malta was outlined. Participants receiving a letter to participate in this important health survey were urged to accept the invitation, undertake the free check up and contribute towards informing the planning of health policy in Malta. The study also enjoys the support of a number of private entities. No- vartis, VJ Salomone Pharma, Charles De Giorgio, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Bayer Diabetes Center, Lilly, MIDI plc, Chemimart Group, Holland and Bar- rett, Camilleri Group, Calypso Hotel, Kristal Water, The Smart Skin Clinic, Vascas, Hilton, Corinthia Group, Scan Computers, Bristow Potteries, JB Stores, and San Michel Water all contributed to realising SAĦĦTEK. First nationwide health study in decades, 'SAHHTEK' to tackle diabetes SAHHTEK project steering committee chairman Dr Julian Mamo points out one of the key study features as (from left) project co-ordinator Dr Sarah Cuschieri, University Rector Prof. Juanito Camilleri, and Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Dean Prof. Godfrey LaFerla look on Gioia bananas make dreams come true