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Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 30, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “It’s like waking up every morning in quicksand” — Aaron McQ, aid-in-dying patient, before the curtains

He drank the medication, he went to sleep and he died in six minutes. I think we were all a little surprised ‘he was gone that fast — Gretchen DeRoche, volunteer

LAST STAND: Aaron McQ speaks during an interview in his Seattle apartment in January. “No-one is ever really ready to die,” McQ said. “There will always be a reason not to.”

who legally changed his given to obtain lethal drugs to end their according to state reports. Even and some doctors — argue that such By JoNel Aleccia name, McQ had been in pain and lives. as similar statutes have expanded laws could put pressure on vulnerable physical decline for years. Then Although the option was legal, to more venues — including, this people and that proper palliative care the disease threatened to shut actually carrying it out was diffi cult year, Hawaii — it has remained can ease end-of-life suff ering. n the end, it wasn’t easy for down his ability to swallow and for McQ, who agreed to discuss his controversial. Thin and wan, with silver hair Aaron McQ to decide when breathe. deliberations with Kaiser Health California’s End of Life Option and piercing blue eyes, McQ to die. “It’s like waking up every News. He said he hoped to shed Act, which took eff ect in 2016, still could have passed for the The 50-year-old Seattle morning in quicksand,” McQ said. light on an often secretive and was suspended for three weeks photographer’s model he once was. man — a former world “It’s terrifying.” misunderstood practice. this spring after a court challenge, But McQ’s legs shook involuntarily Itraveler, triathlete and cyclist — Last fall, McQ decided to use “How does anyone get their head leaving hundreds of dying patients beneath his dark jeans and his learned he had leukemia fi ve years Washington state’s 2009 Death around dying?” he said, sitting in a briefl y in limbo. voice was hoarse with pain during a ago, followed by an even grimmer With Dignity law to end his wheelchair in his Seattle apartment Supporters say the practice gives three-hour eff ort to tell his story. diagnosis in 2016: a rare form of suff ering. The practice, approved in late January. patients control over their own Last November, doctors told amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,’ or in seven states and the District of More than 3,000 people in the fate in the face of a terminal illness. McQ he had six months or less to ALS. Columbia, allows people with a US have chosen such deaths since Detractors — including religious live. The choice, he said, became An interior and urban designer projected six months or less to live Oregon’s law was enacted in 1997, groups, disability rights advocates not death over a healthy life, Thursday, August 30, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY but a “certain outcome” now over a prolonged, painful — and “unknowable” — end. “I’m not wanting to die,” he said. “I’m very much alive, yet I’m suff ering. And I would rather have it not be a surprise.” In late December, a friend picked up a prescription for 100 tablets of the powerful sedative secobarbital. For weeks, the bottle holding the lethal dose sat on a shelf in his kitchen. “I was not relaxed or confi dent until I had it in my cupboard,” McQ said. At the time, he intended to take the drug in late February. Or maybe mid-March. He had wanted to get past Christmas, so he didn’t ruin anyone’s holiday. Then his sister and her family came for a visit. Then there was a friend’s birthday and another friend’s wedding. “No-one is ever really ready to die,” McQ said. “There will always be a reason not to.” Many people who opt for medical aid-in-dying are so sick that they take the drugs as soon as they can, impatiently enduring state- mandated waiting periods to obtain the prescriptions Data from Oregon show that the median time from fi rst request to death is 48 days, or about seven weeks. But it has ranged from two weeks to more than 2.7 years, records show. Neurodegenerative diseases like THE DRUG THAT DID IT: In late December, a friend picked up Aaron McQ’s prescription for 100 tablets of the powerful sedative secobarbital. For weeks, the ALS are particularly diffi cult, said bottle holding the lethal dose sat on a shelf in his kitchen. Dr Lonny Shavelson, a Berkeley, California, physician who has 10. Robinson came over early in the Four close friends gathered, to open the 100 capsules of “I said, as I do to everyone: ‘If supervised nearly 90 aid-in-dying afternoon, as she had often done, along with Robinson. They sorted 100-milligram secobarbital, one at you take this medication, you’re deaths in that state and advised to drink coff ee and talk — but not through McQ’s CDs, trying to fi nd a time, a tedious process. Then she going to go to sleep and you are not more than 600 patients since 2016. about his impending death. appropriate music. mixed the drug with coconut water going to wake up,’” she recalled. “It’s a very complicated decision “There was a part of him that “He put on Marianne Faithfull. and some vodka. McQ drank half the drug mixture, week to week,” he said. “How do didn’t want it to be like this is the She’s amazing, but, it was too Just then, McQ started to cry, paused and drank water. Then he you decide? When do you decide? day,” she said. much,” Robinson said. “Then he DeRoche said. “I think he was just swallowed the rest. We don’t let them make that DeRoche arrived exactly at put on James Taylor for, like, 15 kind of mourning the loss of the life His friends returned, but decision alone.” 5:30pm, per McQ’s instructions. seconds. It was You’ve Got a Friend. he had expected to live.” remained silent. Philosophically, McQ had been a At 6pm, McQ took anti-nausea I vetoed that. I said, ‘Aaron, you After that, he said he was ready. “They just all gathered around supporter of aid-in-dying for years. medication. Because the lethal drugs cannot do that if you want us to McQ asked everyone but DeRoche him, each one touching him,” He was the fi nal caregiver for his are so bitter, there is some chance hold it together.’” to leave the room. She told him he DeRoche said. grandmother, Milly, who he said patients won’t keep them down. DeRoche went into a bedroom could still change his mind. Very quickly, just before 7:30pm, begged for death to end pain at the it was over. end of her life. “It was just like one fl uid By late spring, McQ’s own motion,” DeRoche said. “He drank struggle was worse, said Karen the medication, he went to sleep Robinson, McQ’s health care proxy and he died in six minutes. I think and friend of two decades. He was we were all a little surprised he was admitted to home hospice care, but gone that fast.” continued to decline. When a nurse The friends stayed until a funeral recommended that McQ transfer home worker arrived. to a hospice facility to control his “Once we got him into the growing pain, he decided he’d vehicle, she asked, ‘What kind of rather die at home. music does he like?’” Robinson “There was part of him that recalled. “It was just such a sweet, was hoping there were some other human thing for her to say. He was alternative,” Robinson said. driving away, listening to jazz.” McQ considered several dates — McQ’s friends gathered June 30 and then changed his mind, partly in Seattle for a “happy memories because of the pressure that such a celebration” of his life, Robinson choice imposed. said. She and a few others kayaked “I don’t want to talk about it out into Lake Washington and left because I don’t want to feel like, McQ’s ashes in the water, along now you gotta,” he said. with rose petals. Along with the pain, the risk In the months since her friend’s of losing the physical ability to death, Robinson has refl ected administer the medication himself, on McQ’s decision to die. It was a legal requirement, was growing. probably what he expected, she “I talked with him about losing said, but not anything that he his window of opportunity,” said desired. Gretchen DeRoche, a volunteer “It’s really tough to be alive and with the group End of Life then not be alive because of your Washington, who said she has choice,” she said. supervised hundreds of aid-in- “If he had his wish, he would dying deaths. DOWN MEMORY LANE: Aaron McQ and his friend Karen Robinson go boating on Seattle’s Portage Bay in 2013, have died in his sleep.” —Kaiser Finally, McQ chose the day: April before he fell ill with leukaemia and a rare form of ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Health News 6 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 30, 2018 COMMUNITY IABJ Qatar organises ‘Eid Milan Celebration’

Indian Association of Bihar and Jharkhand (IABJ) Relief Fund. Rafique Ahmad requested the Qatar, an associated organisation of Indian gathering to donate and help the Kerala flood Cultural Centre, under the patronage of the victims. The guests enjoyed games, puzzles and Embassy of , recently organised an ‘Eid Milan other social and cultural activities at the event. Celebration’ as part of Eid al-Adha celebrations at The programme was hosted by Gautam Singh, Hotel Crystal Palace. Senior Editor Al Jazeera and Shamshad Ahmad. The event kicked off with the recitation of the The teaser of the film Gaon, directed by Gautam Holy Qur’an. Rafique Ahmad, General Secretary of Singh, Cultural Secretary of IBAJ, was also shown IBAJ, addressed the gathering. He urged people at the event. The prize distribution ceremony was from Bihar and Jharkhand in Doha to join IABJ organised for the winners of several contests held and make the community bigger and better. One during the event. The event concluded with a donation box was also placed at the entrance of buff et dinner. Arvind Yadav, Executive Member of the hall as a contribution to Kerala Chief Minister IABJ, proposed a vote of thanks.

Genesis receives ‘Best of the Best’ Red Dot Awards for retail and sound design

Genesis received ‘Best of the Best’ Red Dot Awards for both retail and sound design, the Genesis Gangnam, designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) led by Rem highest possible honours from the judges of the leading international design competition, Koolhaas, is the Genesis brand’s new independent facility designed to provide a complete stated a press release. The Red Dot Awards recognise the flagship Genesis Gangnam experience in all facets of the brand and product. It opened to the public in January 2017. showroom in Seoul, South Korea, and the Genesis Sound 360-degree audio branding Inspired by the traditional beats and sound of the Korean Jangu-drum, Genesis Sound campaign, respectively. translates the Genesis brand personality, dubbed ‘Quietly Iconic,’ into an auditory and visual In Qatar, Genesis vehicles are available at Skyline Automotive W L L., a Jaidah Group company experience. Focusing on the touch points of the automotive life cycle — from showroom and and official distribution partner of the Hyundai Motor Company in the country. brand event space sounds to the expression of sound while driving — the gentle, confident “We are honoured to be selected by the esteemed Red Dot Design panel for Genesis Genesis Sound radiates an atmospheric presence filling the empty spaces between the notes. Gangnam and the Genesis Sound, which are only the initial steps for our full design The Red Dot jury is composed of 40 international experts in design. designers, agencies and transformation,” said Manfred Fitzgerald, Executive Vice President and Global Head of the companies from 45 countries took part in this year’s competition, which received more than Genesis Brand. “Genesis design, in all its forms, will continue to pave the way forward.” 8,600 entries. Thursday, August 30, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 OFFBEAT COMMUNITY Wildman Steve: New Yorker eats his way through Central Park A concrete jungle is one of the last places you’d expect to be able to forage for food. But this nature lover knows where to look and is showing fellow New Yorkers how to find and cook wild plants. By Johannes Schmitt-Tegge

teve Brill’s hunt for food and contends that the machinery has led him to a tree used by park offi cials is much more stump in front of New damaging. York’s Central Park. Brill says he is awakening an Brill picks a handful of understanding of nature in people mushrooms.S “If you’re making a - including children and school soup or a stew, or sauteing a bunch groups. “The air, the atmosphere, of more tasty ingredients, you can the oceans are where the trouble is,” include these,” he says. Brill says. These light-brown mushrooms The park authorities have growing next to parked cars might acknowledged the educational seem the tastiest of treats, but they value of his tours - or the “PR are edible - just like the rest of fi asco” of his arrest, as Brill the food Brill gathers throughout describes it: They dropped charges the parks of New York City. Brill and hired him as a plant expert for is a nature lover and a hobby chef. several years. With his pith helmet, functional, A Chinese woman called Lily earth-coloured clothing and is one of Brill’s regulars. “I have hiking rucksack, complete with a his app but I really need to take a gardening spade, passers-by might refresher,” she says. She has been think he’s going on an expedition able to fi nd ingredients for Chinese to explore some kind of exotic cuisine on foraging sessions. The tropical vegetation. group stops before a climbing But the 69-year-old isn’t going shrub, and Brill digs out the root to some far-off location: He’s with his spade as Lily gets to work going to lead locals through city with the sheers. parks and show them what edible Brill then pulls out a pre-made treasures are sprouting in the example of how the root can be midst of the concrete jungle. eaten: Steam and marinate the root Brill, who calls himself in apple juice, soy sauce and olive ‘Wildman Steve,’ has been giving SEASONING: Brill’s group finds some Virginia Cress in the Central Park, New York. The plant was used as a way to oil, along with garlic and bay leaf, tours since the beginning of the season food by the poor. and you have yourself a vegan dish. 1980s and has written several Brill’s daughter Violet says her books on plants and cooking. He says, and goes well in salads or plant dwarf mallow (tea) and a 1986, two park offi cials in plain friends don’t want to spend so has even developed an app to spot cooked with potatoes or pasta. leaf with a hint of lemon. “I never clothes took part in the tour and much time outside, they prefer wild plants. Put the seeds in a blender with thought I’d be able to fi nd plants handcuff ed him after he picked and to be ‘on their devices, on social Brill’s group doesn’t have to a bit of vinegar, miso paste and like this that taste like lemon and ate a dandelion. media.’ But she is already following look for long. Several steps from tarragon, and you can even make pepper,” says one of the group. “Oh, “Parks Muzzle Weed Maven,” the in the footsteps of her father. In the the meeting point in Central mustard, he advises. Then he sends there’s tons of them,” Brill replies. New York Daily News wrote at the future she wants an environmental Park, they fi nd some Virginia his explorers away, over the hill. “Before supermarkets and farms, time. Henry Stern, the New York job that will allow her to spend as Cress – a relative of rocket, it is “Help yourselves, leave the roots in, this is how people ate.” Raspberries City parks commissioner back then, much time with nature as possible. often referred to as ‘poor man’s these grow back again,” he says. and blackberries are due to ripen just couldn’t make peace with the She was accompanying her dad on pepper’ because of its spicy taste. Armed with plastic bags, they here soon. idea of someone ‘eating our parks.’ his tours when she was two months The cruciferous plant was used by scout around the bushes and rip out Brill’s tours don’t always go so Brill fi nds absurd the notion old, the 14-year-old says. “I grew the poor to make half-rotten food green stalks. During the tour, some smoothly, as it’s actually illegal that ripping out a few herbs from up with it, like someone else goes to palatable in the 15th century, Brill of them fi nd leaves of the healing to take plants out of the parks. In the greenery could harm the park the grocery store.”– DPA

SPOTTED: Steve Brill shows off a mushroom he found on a tree stump during his tour. TOUR GUIDE: ‘Wildman Steve,’ has been giving tours since the beginning of the 1980s showing people how to forage. 8 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 30, 2018 COMMUNITY INSPIR

HONOURED: Barack Obama, former US president, presenting Presidential Medal of Freedom to Katherine. The human computer, Katherine Johnson turns 100

brought them back safely, turned husband, Jim. They marked their Her schedule is maintained by at NASA Langley, African-American By Mike Holtzclaw 100 on Sunday, August 26. 59th anniversary on August 22. her daughters, 78-year-old Joylette women doing vital work at a time West Virginia State University, “Every picture you see of her, Hylick and 74-year-old Katherine and place when neither blacks nor her alma mater, unveiled a 7-foot she’s got that smile,” Darden says. Moore. Their middle sister, women were thought to have any atherine Coleman statue of her likeness and endowed “I’m glad her mind is still good. Constance, died in 2010. Travel is aptitude for math and science. Goble Johnson is a a scholarship in her name. Anthony Sometimes she forgets things, very limited, but she answers as The other key fi gures in the book, mathematician whose Jenkins, School President, calls her but she’s got that wit about her. many letters as possible. Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, calculations of orbital “someone who changed America.” Katherine was always an outgoing “We try to keep her calm, because are dead. Johnson has made it a mechanics as a Nasa She is hearing impaired and person. She loves meeting people her energy wears pretty quickly,” point in interviews to stress that the employeeK were critical to the success soft of voice, but Johnson loves and talking to them.” Moore says of her mother. “What’s spotlight shining on her should shed of the fi rst and subsequent US company and conversation and She is very much in demand. keeping her going right now is the light on all of the women she worked manned spacefl ights. She is amused she still displays a playful wit. She A post offi ce box maintained by trip her birthday weekend. I’m going with. by the question. A smile starts at her enjoys playing bridge, as well as the family regularly fi lls up with to West Virginia!’ She gets tired “She is the fi rst person to remind mouth and quickly spreads across board games. Rummikub is a current letters. Many are from students of easily, but when she has something us that all of the work she did was as her whole face. As she approaches favourite. all ages wanting to thank her for lined up, she rises to the occasion.” part of a team,” Shetterly says, “and her 100th birthday, does she have Christine Darden, one of the the inspiration or ask her questions All of this attention, the honours, that one of her greatest joys was any explanation for her longevity and ‘human computers’ who followed about her life. Some of the letters the letters, the interview requests, rolling up her sleeves and working health? “I’m just lucky,” she says. in Johnson’s footsteps at NASA carry news about buildings and began a couple of years ago with side by side with other brilliant The former ‘human computer’ Langley, is a frequent visitor and classrooms being named in her Margot Lee Shetterly’s book Hidden people. It’s a sign of her belief in her at NASA Langley Research Centre, bridge partner at the retirement honour. Often, people want to talk Figures. The book, and the Oscar- own gifts that she’s the fi rst to call whose intricate, done-by-hand community in Newport News where with her, or visit her, or ask her to nominated fi lm adaptation, told the attention to the work of others.” calculations sent men into space and Johnson lives with her second attend a ceremony. stories of Johnson and her colleagues Johnson remains humble about Thursday, August 30, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 ATION COMMUNITY

DRAWING ATTENTION: All of attention including INSPIRATION: A few generations of young women and girls seem honours, letters and interview requests, began a couple to be inspired by Johnson’s story to seek educations and careers in RETIRED: Katherine lives at retirement community in Newport of years ago with Margot Lee Shetterly’s book Hidden the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. News with her second husband, Jim. Figures.

attended Johnson’s 99th birthday party. “Rarely do we get a chance to be a part of history,” he says. “This is one of those moments, for multiple reasons. It is the perfect moment for the university to show homage to one of its alumni who has represented herself and the university and the nation at the highest level. She will grace our campus forever, and she will inspire new generations to come for as long as West Virginia State University exists.” Jenkins says the fundraising campaign for the statue and the scholarship exceeded its $250,000 goal. He is particularly fond of a photograph he once saw of Johnson on campus back when she was a student. He arranged for the statue to stand on the precise spot where that photo was taken. Her daughters are thrilled about such honours, and delighted that she has lived long enough to see and enjoy them. “We’re just trying to do her justice,” Moore says. Hylick says her mother fi nishes every day by sharing a “fi st bump” RECOGNITION: West Virginia State University, alma mater of Katherine Johsnon, recently unveiled a 7-foot statue of her likeness and endowed a scholarship in with her husband Jim, who is her name. 93. Communication isn’t always easy because of their diminished the nature of her celebrated work. ‘60s who didn’t work for the space and math. She says that means more more: an avid sense of curiosity hearing, but they remain She talks in terms of solving programme. to her than being on stage at the about the world, and openness to aff ectionate. problems and uses the phrase ‘just “They were mothers and wives Academy Awards, or receiving the other people. She brings that to the “They make sure they say ‘good doing my job’ as a sincere mantra. and community organisers and Presidential Medal of Freedom and rest of her life as well. We can all night’ and bump fi sts before going Told that many people think church-going people,” Hylick a peck on the cheek from Barack take a lesson from how Katherine to bed,” Hylick says. “That’s their her work was something special, says. “When she came home from Obama. Johnson has lived her life.” ritual.” she laughs and says, “Well, they’re work, she wasn’t expecting any That’s another part of the She began taking advanced Johnson says she still tries to crazy!” kind of special recognition, just message she tries to convey, not only math classes at West Virginia State abide by a piece of advice her father She thinks about it for a moment like a teacher wasn’t, or anyone to young girls but to everyone: Find when she was just 10, because the gave her _ to try to learn something and then adds, “All jobs are else. Certainly not at that time. a career that challenges you and segregated schools in her home new every day. important to somebody. They had The heroes at the time were the excites you, and the rest will take town. White Sulphur Springs, about But what comes after celebrating to be important to somebody. My astronauts. She was a team person.” care of itself. 100 miles away did not challenge her centennial weekend with a road theory is, do the best you can all the It means everything to Johnson “She’s the only person I know her. She graduated summa cum trip, a statue and a scholarship, she time. No fooling around.” that a few generations of young who says she enjoyed every single laude at age 18 with degrees in math is asked. Any early plans for her Joylette Hylick notes that her women and girls have been inspired day of her career at work and she and French. 101st birthday? mother’s story is not all that by her story to seek educations truly means it,” Shetterly says. “She Jenkins, the president at West She smiles. diff erent from the stories of other and careers in the STEM fi elds of brought intellectual talent to her Virginia State, began planning this “Just to live,” she says. “Just to working women from the 1950s and science, technology, engineering job but she also brought something year’s honours last August, when he stay living.”– Daily Press/TNS 10 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 30, 2018 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Thursday, August 30, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Replace essential oils with carrier oils for glowing skin

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ARIES TAURUS GEMINI March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20

Peace reigns in the home today. Members of your household could You could attend a social event today, Taurus, but you won’t feel like Someone, perhaps a close friend or partner, could present you with a communicate with each other almost telepathically, Aries. You might talking. You could be content just to listen to what everyone else says, small gift today, Gemini, possibly a book. There might not be any special find it strange, but it shouldn’t be surprising. After all, they’ve been living feel at peace, and enjoy the warmth, music, and company. You may occasion other than your friend thought you’d enjoy it. This can bring together for a while! It’s good for peace in the home. They can sense have been spending too much time at home and could well need to get up warm and aff ectionate feelings. You’ll want to spend a considerable and avoid whatever irritates someone else. That should give you some out for a while. Relax, sit back in your chair, and enjoy yourself! amount of time with this person. You may think it’s rare to find someone welcome breathing space. so sensitive and kind. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Your intuition should be keener than usual today, Cancer, but right now Happiness reigns in the home, Leo, as everyone seems to have reached Today you might attend a group event of some kind in your you’re apt to be more interested in historical figures, perhaps people a new understanding of one another. You could also experience a new neighbourhood, Virgo, possibly in the company of a friend. You and associated with spiritual disciplines. Books on these subjects could not sense of peace and quiet. Everyone is concentrating more on reading your friend might take an active part in discussing goals for the group. only be interesting but also informative. Insights you gain from reading and working on their own projects and less on socialising. This could be You feel strongly bonded to everyone – your friend, fellow group about these people help increase your understanding of the present. a wonderful time for you. You’re getting along with your family and the members, even the community. It’s a warm, fuzzy feeling that could stay Keep reading! house is a peaceful haven. Enjoy! with you all evening. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Circumstances are changing regarding your professional goals, Libra. You’re probably good at applying your spiritual principles to the way Sagittarius, you’re usually more outwardly directed, but today you You may have been thinking about a change for a long time, but you live, Scorpio. You’re especially good at it today, particularly when might break that pattern. You could be in a contemplative mood and someone you meet today, perhaps in a social or casual situation, could it comes to understanding others deeply. Relationships of all kinds will wondering about everything from metaphysics to philosophy to money provide the motivation you need to finally decide. This isn’t just the likely grow and improve, at least those that matter. Those that don’t will to your future. You’re basically feeling positive about life, but you might result of outer changes. You’ve been changing inside, too. You aren’t the disappear. This is a time of great outer and inner change for you. Make be at a crossroads now. It may take some serious thought before you same person you were when you chose your current job. the most of it! decide which direction to go. Give yourself some time. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Today you might crave the companionship of friends and family You’re feeling pretty strong now, Aquarius. You’re probably in fairly Are you getting along better than ever with a significant other, Pisces? alike, Capricorn. You’re probably in the mood for some good food, good health and your mind is sharp. You’ve outgrown some areas of If so, it’s probably because you’re more attuned to what your partner good music, and great conversation, and that’s just what you’ll get. your life that no longer seem what they once were. One of these could thinks, feels, needs, and wants. You might fetch something before Later you might spend time alone with a friend, reflecting on recent be your work. You could be considering leaving a job you took primarily he or she even knows it’s necessary. This can help you reach a new conversations. Some of them might be worthy of deeper thought. Have for the money and going into a profession you really love. Do it if it understanding of your beloved. Go with the flow and make the most of a pleasant day and a wonderful evening. works for you. it. You’ll be glad you did. 12 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 30, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Thursday, August 30, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1 Frames top sporting trophy 1 Mark left behind Jack’s (6) amulet (6) 5 Soften wax (6) 2 Strong wine-container (4) 8 Let a pupil across (5) 3 Where it’s said rain-storm will 9 Dan, for one, takes a bow (6) appear (8) 10 Having become hardened, I 4 Quick as a footballer? (5,3,7) run over a chap (6) 5 Tangles the strands (6) 11 A rich man takes the plunge 6 Knocked back too much (5) French wine (4) 14 Give ring to a girl in a 7 Colour left Kelly when upset handkerchief (8) (6) 16 Anger observed about 12 Put off by modern day French record being overturned (6) way (7) 18 Paid many hands to 13 Object when a student heads transport the old friends the assembly (7) (5,3,7) 15 Not out following a trail (5) 20 Lovesuit (6) 17 Force otherwise represented Answers 22 No reason to sit in any order as ‘the old Bill’ (5) (8) 19 An ambiguous response Wordsearch Codeword 25 Compare a figure with Donne, say aroused (3,3,2) President North (5) 20 He’s the husband of that 27 People don’t get any woman over there (6) younger in this household 21 Pick out the Spanish faction (6) (6) 28 It’s crazy to go back and 23 Delivery made by the enquire for this material (6) Archbishop to the Queen (6) 29 Standard type (5) 24 Arms laid back, appearing 30 Rod’s back to pick up a bit of nice and comfortable (4) silver (6) 26 Secure a covered wagon (4) 31 One beginning to discover a writer in past poetic style (6)

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 1 Scrap paper; 6 Coop; Down: 1 Sepia; 2 Real thing; 3 10 Prairie; 11 Itemise; 12 Attribute; Parting present; 4 Avenues; 5 13 Since; 14 Sling; 15 Satin wood; Evident; 7 Onion; 8 Pretender; 17 Regarding; 20 Loser; 21 Nicks; 9 Personal letter; 14 Springers; 23 Preferred; 25 Extends; 26 16 Observant; 18 Impasse; 19 Attract; 27 Saps; 28 Celebrated. Grenade; 22 Cut up; 24 Dated. 14 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 30, 2018 COMMUNITY REVIEW

ACTION: Taraji Henson takes aim. The movie feels like a parody rather than a sincere tribute to female-led blaxploitation films like Foxy Brown, Cleopatra Jones or Coff y, according to the reviewer. Thriller that fires blanks It’s a poorly paced attempt to introduce the film with a retro bent, with no-nonsense mobster assassin dressing up and arming herself before heading out to kill an anonymous mark

things get a lot worse before they to be moving. And unfortunately, By Simon Abrams get marginally better. Mary feels while there’s nothing theoretically bad after she kills an anonymous wrong with an over-abundance of guy, and makes an orphan out cornball sentimentality, you have ou can tell a lot about of his son Danny (Jahi Di’Allo to be competent enough to sell neo-blaxploitation Winston). A year later, Mary that. thriller Proud Mary rescues Danny from a life of crime Najafi and his colleagues’ by the way that by taking out his cartoonishly evil biggest mistake was not putting lead actor Taraji P drug dealer boss Uncle (Xander the camera down long enough to Henson,Y coming off the back of Berkeley). Unfortunately for highlight Henson, and her equally her role in Hidden Figures, and her Mary, Uncle was protected by the talented co-lead’s performances. predominantly African American Russian mafi a-esque rivals of her Even Glover, a formerly great cast members are either over- or surrogate gangster dad Benny leading man who has delivered under-lit. This may seem like a (Danny Glover). Mary wants to too many unworthy performances negligible detail, but it’s a dismal keep her involvement with Uncle’s recently, is at his peak in two later sign that the makers of Proud Mary death a secret from Benny, but his scenes that, on paper, are almost don’t know what to do with their biological son Tom (How to Get rather good. Too bad it’s almost terrifi c ensemble cast. Henson may Away with Murder’s Billy Brown) impossible to appreciate his be due for a Taken-style career wants to go to war. And taking care performance during these darkly- boost (and Proud Mary may very of Danny is at least a part-time job lensed sequences. At one point, well be it). But she deserves so As a result, a sizable chunk Glover stands directly in front of much better than this. of Proud Mary is superfi cially a window during harsh day-time Proud Mary starts going concerned with Mary and Danny’s sunlight. At this point, it becomes Proud Mary downhill slowly during an opening relationship. There are hints comically impossible to make out only comes to life at credits sequence that hints at that these two under-developed the expressions on Glover’s face. its close, when its heroine finally a fun time that director Babak characters share a special bond This creative decision would Najafi (London Has Fallen), and the since neither she nor he takes at least make sense if we weren’t gets to look like the badass that fi lm’s three credited screenwriters themselves too seriously. She supposed to know, in this almost never deliver. It’s a poorly scolds him with tongue slightly in moment, what Benny was feeling. her justly adoring fanbase want paced attempt to introduce cheek while he gives as good as he But no, putting Glover in front the fi lm with a retro bent, with gets before and after he tells her of an over-exposed, naturally lit her to be. She’s got enough sheer no-nonsense mobster assassin “You know I’m just messing with window just feels like a result of presence that she makes you Mary (Henson) dressing up and you, right?” Unfortunately, Najafi imaginative ineptitude since this arming herself before heading out and his colleagues don’t develop sequence is one of the only ones believe she’s a real person no to kill an anonymous mark. The this bitter-sweet melodramatic that is paced well enough to be Temptations’ Papa Was a Rollin’ subplot very well. There are a effectively moody. It robs Glover, matter what she’s doing Stone blares. But the mood is handful of scenes that could have and the film, of one of their only ruined by sloppy direction and an been, with a little more care and highlights. that she makes you believe she’s a climactic shoot-out look good just off beat rhythm. You can’t help but fi nesse, rather touching. But Henson is also rarely given the real person no matter what she’s by strutting confi dently down a feel like you’re watching a parody many of Proud Mary’s crucial attention she deserves. Proud doing, everything from scolding couple of hallways, and looking rather than a sincere tribute to emotional sequences, including Mary only comes to life at its close, Danny (Language!) to walking ferocious when she pulls the female-led blaxploitation fi lms their concluding pre-end credits when its heroine fi nally gets to down a hallway and killing a bunch trigger. — The Guardian like Foxy Brown, Cleopatra Jones scene, and their fi rst heart-to- look like the badass that her justly of anonymous eastern European or Coff y. heart talk set at a windy Boston adoring fanbase want her to be. bad guys. She even makes the DVDs courtesy: Then the plot kicks in, and harbour, aren’t thoughtful enough She’s got enough sheer presence fi lm’s poorly choreographed Saqr Entertainment Stores, Doha Thursday, August 30, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY

Depicted Indo-Pak relationship metaphorically in : Vishal

Filmmaker , Pre-med student who is busy promoting his forthcoming fi lm Pataakha, says he tried to depict metaphoric relationship between India and Pakistan through the protagonists of his fi lm who who redefined a keep fi ghting each other for no reason. Bhardwaj was interacting with media at the Balma song launch of Pataakha along with actors Sunil Grover, Radhika Coldplay song Madan, , and singers and . overwhelmed with studies — late CANDID: Vishal Bhardwaj. Pataakha is based on Charan one night, she got her dad on the Singh Pathik’s short story titled phone to perfect the Mandarin lyrics Do Behnein and it revolves around two sisters who share a diffi cult for Yellow, working line by line relationship with each other. through meanings and infl ections. On how he managed to depict metaphorically the relationship “I actually fell asleep at the piano between India and Pakistan through protagonists of the fi lm, Bhardwaj and woke up the next morning and said: “We completed the shoot of the fi lm in 30 days. Earlier the title recorded it before class,” Ho says. of this fi lm was Churiyan but everyone was calling it Chudiyan, so I got Ho auditions for a lot of stuff , so really irritated and I renamed it as Pataakha. she fi led the session in her memory “We used the relationship between two sisters in the fi lm as a bank and returned to her biology metaphor for the relations between India and Pakistan who keep classes. When she found out she got fi ghting each other for no reasons.” the job, she still didn’t know how it Bhardwaj has earlier adapted William Shakspheare’s Hamlet and would be used. She was told to show Macbeth for his fi lms like and , respectively. up at a Burbank studio, but it wasn’t With Pataakha being also an adaptation, Bhardwaj said: “We have until about an hour before the perception that literature is boring and I feel that it is completely session that the studio team called wrong. to tell her the song was for Crazy “It’s an individual approach of a director about what kind of depth he Rich Asians. wants in his project. I think the kind of depth you get from literature, it Her reaction? is diffi cult to fi nd in popular stories. I always try to bring literary aspect “I freaked out in the car with my in fi lms and I feel our Hindi literature is still unexplored when it comes dad, who was there to help me with to adapting into the fi lm.” the dialect stuff ,” Ho says. Irrfan Khan and Deepika Padukone were supposed to be a part “After I found out it was going to of Bhardwaj’s next fi lm. However, with Irrfan’s illness, the fi lm was be played at the very end of the fi lm, postponed. it freaked me out even more.” When asked about the status of that fi lm, Bhardwaj said: “I don’t That ending song was one of know the status of that fi lm, but we all want Irrfan to be healthy again. I a number that Chu and music miss him as a friend but more than that, I miss him onscreen.” supervisor Gabe Hilfer had Pataakha stars Sanya Malhotra, debutant , Sunil contemplated when brainstorming Grover, Saanand Verma and Vijay Raaz in lead roles. It is scheduled to the movie-ending sequence. Hilfer release on September 28, 2018. — IANS says that after Chu suggested the Mandarin version of Yellow, the scene locked into place. Haven’t walked out of any project Given the word’s loaded, oft- with Hrithik, says Disha RECALL: “After I found out it was going to be played at the very end of the film, it derogatory meaning, Hilfer recalls freaked me out even more,” says Katherine Ho. “spirited conversations about it in Actress Disha Patani has post-production just to discuss, said she has not walked out fter chemistry class representation in pop culture. For ‘Is that something we should of any project with Hrithik on a recent weekday, her part, Ho was one of dozens be concerned with?’ It was not Roshan, contrary to media sophomore Katherine vying to cover Yellow. something that slipped under the reports blaming the Kaho Ho sat at an outdoor A fi rst-generation Chinese radar.” Naa Pyaar Hai star of scaring table in USC Village and American from Woodland Hills, Released in 2000, Coldplay’s her off with irtatiousfl sharedA the chain of events that made California, the 19-year-old is a vaguely structured lyrics off er ample behaviour. the pre-med student’s rendition of lifelong singer who has performed opportunity for interpretation, Disha shot down what Coldplay’s Yellow appear during the on the NBC singing competition Ho says. “For me, the song’s about she called “childish and climactic scene in the box-offi ce show The Voice. She is also minoring taking a risk. Not really knowing irresponsible gossip about topping movie Crazy Rich Asians. in songwriting at USC. for sure whether or not this love Hrithik sir and me” via social As students pass on scooters, Says Ho, “It’s really cool that this is going to pay off and being very media. skateboards and foot, Ho describes word — yellow — and the song have hesitant. But in the end, you go for “I would like to say it’s “a series of surprises” that led to her a deeper meaning past just the plot it, and you are brave.” completely untrue and in voice being featured in the fi lm. of the fi lm.” She and her friends, she For Crazy Rich Asians director the minimum interaction Her story involves a singing camp, adds, “were never that proud to call Chu, Yellow resonated as a kind that I have had with him, a tip from a former teacher, a series ourselves ‘yellow.’ It defi nitely had a of anthem, he wrote in a letter to he has been one of the most DENIAL: Disha Patani. of February rehearsals in a freshman lot of negativity associated with it.” Coldplay after the group initially dignifi ed and joyful people. dorm and a big reveal, all in service The chance to shift its meaning declined its use in the fi lm. Penned It’s my regard for him as a person that is making me even respond to of a song about a hue with meaning came in February. Ho received a to the individual members of something like this trivial. “There is no truth in me walking out of that extends far beyond its place on text from a former voice teacher the band, Chu’s note, which was any project with him,” she wrote. The rumours are in relation to a fi lm the color wheel. asking whether she’d “be down to provided to The Times by Warner starring Hrithik and Disha’s alleged beau Tiger Shroff . According to a Sung in Mandarin, Ho’s Yellow submit a demo for an unnamed fi lm Bros., describes the song as “an section of media reports, Disha walked out of the fi lm because Hrithik moment in the movie wasn’t a and TV project,” she says. “He was anthem for me and friends (that) had fl irted with her and made her feel uncomfortable. foregone conclusion. Its placement looking for a young girl who could gave us a new sense of pride we Hrithik has also slammed the reports, albeit in a unique way. sparked active behind-the- sing Mandarin.” Ho grew up in a never felt before.” Sharing a screenshot of two online Hindi news report on the matter, scenes conversations in the music Mandarin-speaking household, The words, he said, off ered such the actor penned Hindi messages loaded with sarcasm. department on the intricacies and Yellow was one of her favourite “an incredible image of attraction “For the progress of your website, consider this tweet as a of language and lyrical intent. songs. and aspiration that it made me contribution. In future, state it clearly that you need help.” Licencing the song even required She got to work. rethink my own self-image.” To another website, Hrithik recommended a set of exercises “to clear a personal plea from director Despite the fact that she was Ho said that after she read Chu’s the minds of any rubbish”. — IANS Jon Chu to members of Coldplay starting her second semester as note, she felt the song even more that spoke to the history of Asian a freshman — and was already deeply. —Los Angeles Times/TNS 16 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 30, 2018 COMMUNITY

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