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COVER STORY General knowledge This coronavirus glossary will help make sense of the pandemic. P4-5

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It doesn’t matter what children are playing, it’s all learning. But there are ways for parents to prepare for extended time in the home, writes Keeta Williams

n ordinary days, when understanding of boundaries and people aren’t talking time. Abel suggests using a timer to about pandemics, show children the passing of time I work from home while you’re working, or creating Owhile caring for my a visual schedule for the day. “Set three-year-old daughter. I’ve had up some house rules with the kids many years to refi ne my lifestyle as so they know what the behavioural a freelancer but other parents may expectations are during this time.” now fi nd themselves thrown into the same situation, without preparation Give them information they or choice. can process If childcare centres close because After overhearing an adult of coronavirus, parents will have conversation, my daughter said she long, tiring days at home with their was “sad because so many people children. Playgroups and other social were sick”. Talking to young children activities will be limited or non- about Covid-19 isn’t easy but it existent, and parents may need to cannot be avoided. Children are work from home. impacted by other people’s fears and This is already a reality for some dramatic changes to their normal people, who have chosen to stop routines. sending their children to daycare, or Abel’s primary message to parents to limit their reliance on vulnerable is to ensure “kids aren’t getting grandparents for babysitting. So information that is developmentally how can families adapt? Amanda inappropriate for them. Only give Abel, a paediatric psychologist in them the type and amount of Melbourne, reminds parents: “This information that they can process at is not forever. While it is a very trying their age. time, and the uncertainty around “Most kids should really only know timeframes is proving unbearable PROMOTING INTEREST: Parents don’t need expensive toys and structured activities to replicate an early learning that there’s a virus going around for some, it can be really helpful to programme. In childcare centres, educators encourage children to discover what is interesting to them. which is like the fl u, and for most increase our sense of control as this is of us it won’t be a big deal, but the often how we manage our anxiety.” community is working really hard to playing in my shoe cupboard. She make sure that it doesn’t spread too Solid blocks of time are made a “dog” by threading wooden much.” precious beads on leftover Christmas ribbon. I try not to let external stresses Abel’s strategies for taking control This is an activity she created herself stop me from being patient with my include speaking to employers about that develops imagination and fi ne- daughter but it isn’t easy. I am much expected working hours. An evening motor skills. more tolerant of thrown toys and shift could be an option, or working Michelle Walsh, an early childhood emotional meltdowns when there in bursts so there is time to give trainer and consultant, says: is toilet paper in my house. And children undivided attention. “Children learn through play … now, more than ever, children need As a parent working from home, I whether it’s playing with Barbie dolls patience and support from the people am grateful my daughter still naps. or toy cars, playing imaginary games, they love. Solid blocks of time are precious and dressing up or being a dog. It doesn’t “One of the most helpful things should be used for work that requires matter what they’re playing. They are parents can do is contain their own deep focus. Not distractions like learning.” anxieties around the situation … social media or television, and not Walsh suggests parents prepare because as parents, our anxiety gets housework. My daughter loves to their homes for play fi rst thing in the transferred to our kids,” Abel says. fold laundry and cook dinner so we morning. “It could just mean putting do these things together when she’s puzzles on the fl oor or setting up When in doubt, turn to Bluey awake. some playing cards or a clipboard for One of the best things for my drawing. Then let the day fl ow.” mental health is sitting on the fl oor, “Children learn through play” playing with my daughter. I prefer to My previous career as an early Show children the passing of do other things in my downtime and childhood teacher taught me time I don’t always feel like it, trust me – that opportunities for play and To guide behaviour positively, but I know it benefi ts us both. learning are everywhere. Parents distraction is an excellent technique “I encourage eight minutes of play don’t need expensive toys and for babies and toddlers. Abel says: a day with your children,” Walsh structured activities to replicate “Set up some boxes with activities or says. “It’s just like a Bluey episode. an early learning programme. materials in them that are relatively For anyone who hasn’t seen a Bluey In childcare centres, educators novel for the children … bring these episode, I encourage you to watch encourage children to discover what out during important meeting times one and then choose to play with is interesting to them. or for when you need to knuckle RECOMMENDATION: Children closer to school age will have improved your children for eight minutes a I know about six diff erent recipes down and get some work done.” self-control and an understanding of boundaries and time. It is recommended day. It’s not very long but it really for playdough but I haven’t made Children closer to school age will to use a timer to show children the passing of time while you’re working, or enhances their learning.” any in months. My daughter prefers have improved self-control and an creating a visual schedule for the day. – The Guardian 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 24, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Glossary of Covid-19 The new coronavirus has thrust a host of unfamiliar terms into our everyday discourse. Some are brand new; others aren’t but are being used in unexpected ways. Rong-Gong Lin II comes up with some definitions to help you keep up with the latest on the global pandemic

Social distancing.

ARS-CoV-2: The offi cial scientifi c name of the coronavirus causing the pandemic. It stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. It was previously known as 2019-nCoV. This isn’t Sthe only coronavirus in circulation — four other strains are responsible for 20% to 30% of the common colds we’ve been getting for decades. Two other coronaviruses were responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers). The virus that caused Sars was named SARS-CoV, which stands for Sars-associated coronavirus; the virus that caused Mers was named MERS-CoV.

Covid-19: Short for Coronavirus Disease 2019. It’s the offi cial name of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2.

Incubation period: The time between when someone is infected with a pathogen, such as a virus, and when the fi rst symptoms of illness appear.

Quarantine: When someone who has been exposed to a disease but is not visibly sick stays away from others for a period of time in case they are infected. By keeping their distance, they can avoid spreading the disease to Flattening the curve. others. A quarantine usually lasts a little longer than the Tuesday, March 24, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

incubation period for a disease, slow the pace of new infections and just to be safe. A quarantine can “fl atten the curve.” be ordered by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Flattening the curve: This or by state and local governments. phrase describes the goal of spreading out infections in a Isolation: When someone population to minimise the number who is defi nitely sick stays away of people who are sick at any given from others so that they don’t time. Picture a hump-shaped graph infect anyone else. In the case of that shows the number of new this coronavirus, isolation should infections over time. If a disease is continue until the risk of infecting spreading quickly, the number of someone else is thought to be new daily cases of infection will be low. The decision to end isolation very high, and the hump will rise should be made on a case-by- steeply. But if the disease spreads case basis, in consultation with slowly, the number of new daily healthcare providers and the local cases will be lower, and the hump health department, according to will be shorter and wider. the CDC. Isolation can be ordered Slowing the spread of the virus by the CDC or by state and local can help prevent the hospital governments. system from being overwhelmed by too many patients. If that were Public health orders: These to happen, critical care units could are legally enforceable directives run out of the ventilators that are that may place restrictions on the needed to help people breathe if activities of individuals or groups in their lungs fail. the name of protecting the public’s During the 1918 Spanish fl u health. Federal, state or local pandemic, offi cials in Philadelphia agencies may issue public health failed to cancel a citywide parade orders, such as restricting people’s and acted far more slowly to movements or requiring that their ban public gatherings than their movements be monitored by health counterparts in St Louis. As a authorities. result, the peak death rate in Philadelphia was much worse than Containment: A public health in St Louis, according to a study strategy in which offi cials aim to in the Proceedings of the National prevent the spread of an infectious Academy of Sciences published in disease beyond a small group of 2007. people to the broader community. Containment actions include Community spread: When restricting travel from aff ected an infectious disease is spreading regions, identifying infected people in an area and the people who are and tracking down everyone they contracting it don’t know where live with or have spent time with or how they caught it. It’s an (contact tracing), and asking those indication that a virus is no longer who have been exposed to the virus contained to a limited number of to stay at home for a period of people. time. Although it did not work for Covid-19, containment has been Close contact: In the case used to keep a measles outbreak of Covid-19, it’s anyone who is from spreading out of control within 6 feet of a person infected within communities with low with SARS-CoV-2 for a prolonged immunisation, for instance. period of time. This includes people who live Mitigation: The public health with, care for or visit an infected goal once a virus has spread so person. It can also describe people widely that it’s impossible to keep who merely share a waiting room it away. Instead of mainly relying with an infected patient or who on public health authorities to do have direct contact with a patient’s things like locate sick people and infectious secretions (such as by identify their contacts, health being coughed on). offi cials ask the public to help slow the spread of the virus. Useful Outbreak: An increase, often actions can include reminding sudden, in the number of cases of people to stay home when they’re a disease above what is normally sick and disinfecting commonly expected among the population in a touched surfaces in buildings daily. limited area.

One of the main strategies is Epidemic: An outbreak that has to practice “social distancing.” spread to a wider area.

Social distancing: Measures Pandemic: An epidemic that has designed to keep people away from spread over multiple countries or crowded places where a virus could continents, usually aff ecting a large more easily spread. In the case number of people. of Covid-19, health offi cials are encouraging members of the public Presumptive positive: When to work from home, cancel mass a public health laboratory has events and maintain about six feet determined a patient has tested of space between themselves and positive for a viral infection, others. but offi cials are still awaiting A radical measure is to close confi rmation from the CDC. For most businesses and order the the purposes of public health, public to shelter at home except a presumptive positive result is for essential activities, such as treated as confi rmed positive. There purchasing food and caring for are, however, rare situations in relatives, while allowing people to which a presumptive positive may go outside for a walk. If successful, turn out to be negative. social distancing measures will help — Los Angeles Times/TNS Close contact. 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 24, 2020 COMMUNITY FASHION

TAKE FIVE: Tudor neckline, XXL suit, Salander, doily and Studio 54 style. How to wear the key catwalk trends, from XXL suits to doilies Get your summer wardrobe sorted with these five looks, writes Priya Elan

e’re guessing The XXL suit Dress like a doily your plans this It makes sense that fashion’s The moodboard for this season summer might current re-romances with tailoring has been firmly set to Things Your include everything and anything oversized (handbags, Gran Might Like. An increase in Wfrom weekend coats, watches, Lenny Kravitz’s the quilted, knitted and upcycled getaways to hot city commutes and scarf) should collide. The bigger has resulted in catwalk looks summer weddings, making easy suit takes its inspiration from that that resemble a jazzy grandma and stylish looks more essential childhood moment when you went at Wednesday night bingo. The than ever, once you get out of into your parents’ wardrobes and style that best embodies this is a quarantine and this Coronavirus slipped inside your dad’s work Clangers-esque crochet: seen at crisis ends worldwide. Single-item suit. The look calls for excellent Simone Rocha, Isabel Marant and outfi ts are the perfect solution for accessories (a clinch belt, say) Loewe on tops and shirts in first- packing and travelling, while also and meaningful ways to tuck your communion white, it’s a bit Little make getting ready for the offi ce hands into your pockets. Women, a bit Lord Of The Rings. less stressful and a lot quicker. Wear it now A boxy blazer Wear it now River Island has a From romantic smocked frocks to is perfect for a power lunch; try crocheted mini dress with balloon one-step white dresses, consider Arket’s oversized twill. paisley sleeves. picking up a few of the best summer dresses to live in all season Style it like Salander Studio 54 chic long. This season, we’ll all dress like Maximalism is a big vibe this a misanthropic hacker-cum- season: platform boots, lots of The Tudor neckline genius and go for the wardrobe disco slink and Being More Lizzo The romance of a ruffl e, a with the dragon tattoo: lots of are key. High-octane, glamorous jacquard pattern, a headband and a leather (real and fake), a soupçon looks were in evidence at Saint bodice is very “in” this season. But of bodycon and big, busting- Laurent, Celine and Rick Owens, perhaps Renaissancecore’s most the-algorithm boots, like Lisbeth who paired glitter, sequins and wearable trend is the Tudoresque Salander. The catwalks of Daniel bold metallic colours with classic portrait neckline. It provides a Lee at Bottega Veneta (the designer silhouettes. perfect frame for Instagram poses currently dictating fashion norms) So what if you’re only going and taps into the trend for all things were fi lled with brooding and to the pub? Channel Princess Henry VIII (Six The Musical, Hilary inventively cut leather pieces à la Stardust and dress red-carpet Mantel’s The Mirror & The Light). Grease and 1968 Elvis. Who are we OVERSIZED: The oversized suit STATEMENT: The catwalks of ready. Princess Fiona got here fi rst. to argue? look calls for either minimalism or Daniel Lee at Bottega Veneta (the Wear it now Pay tribute to Wear it now Channel Anne Wear it now & Other Stories’ excellent accessories (a clinch belt, designer currently dictating fashion the Angelina Jolie leg in an Asos Boleyn in a square-necked gingham relaxed leather shirt is worthy of say) and meaningful ways to tuck norms) were filled with brooding and luxe-gold dress with party slit. dress from Zara. Lisbeth herself. your hands into your pockets. inventively cut leather pieces. – The Guardian Tuesday, March 24, 2020 GULF TIMES 7 BOOK REVIEW COMMUNITY Families come forward in Randy Wayne’s latest Doc Ford book

Salt River off ers readers an unusual peek into Ford’s past and how he became involved in his clandestine line of work. By Colette Bancroft

ome folks sow more wild oats than others. Fans of Randy Wayne White’s series of S addictive novels about Sanibel biologist-secret agent Doc Ford will not be surprised that Doc’s best pal, Zen boat bum Tomlinson, was one of those sowers. Among his many adventures, back in the day Tomlinson was an avid donor to a fertility clinic (thanks to an attractive and helpful nurse). As Ford says, “Forty-some donations in less than a month? If it’s not a sin, it should be a felony.” In White’s new novel, Salt River, all those fertilised eggs are coming home to roost, thanks to the craze for DNA testing. Tomlinson is suddenly hearing from a clutch of adult offspring he never knew he had – and not all of them are happy with him. This is White’s 26th novel about Ford, whose day job as a marine biologist is a deflection from his deep-cover work for an unnamed intelligence agency. In several recent books, Ford has circled around the Caribbean, from Cuba to the Bahamas, but Salt River stays mostly in his home territory around Sanibel. The fi rst of Tomlinson’s surprise progeny to show up at Dinkin’s Bay Marina is a young woman named Delia, an Eckerd College grad who sails her own boat down from St. Petersburg. She has mixed feelings about fi nding out Tomlinson is her biological father, as do some of the others who get in touch, ranging from a Baptist preacher to a practitioner of holistic medicine. Tomlinson is ready to host a reunion of sorts, even though the half-siblings have never met each other or him. TWENTY-SIXTH INSTALMENT: This is Randy Wayne White’s 26th novel But when another young about Ford, whose day job as a marine biologist is a deflection from his deep- stranger shows up stowed away on cover work for an unnamed intelligence agency. Tomlinson’s sailboat, things get ugly. book, Caribbean Rim, Ford got – some of which occurs in a AUTHOR: Randy Wayne White has written New York Times best-selling Ford, meanwhile, has his own involved in a race to discover loot houseboat off Egmont Key – Salt novels and has received awards for his fiction and a television documentary. wild oats to consider. He, too, has hidden by a treasure hunter and River offers readers an unusual a couple of adult children, but con man named Jimmy Jones, peek into Ford’s past and how we had no close family ties. Highly Doc Ford’s restaurant at the shiny they’re from previous wives, and who died in prison. Jones’ hiding he became involved in his trained and expendable. That was new St Petersburg Pier soon; at he knows them, in distant fashion. places were ingenious, but Ford clandestine line of work. When us. And if the worst happened, about the same time, he’ll debut Now, though, he has a baby now has several million dollars’ Ford was 19, an agent plucked there were no adoring folks back a new book series. Coming later son with his wife, fishing guide worth of gold stashed near his him out of Navy basic training home to raise a stink or go running this month is Fins, his first Sharks Hannah Smith. Ford is earnestly stilt house. When a mysterious with an offer of highly specialised to their congressman.” Incorporated book. Written for trying to be a good parent to little couple on a motorcycle plant a and secret education. “I’m not Along with young Izaak and readers ages 8 to 12, the book is Izaak, but Hannah has just broken GPS device on his pickup, and a a genius or a gifted athlete,” he Tomlinson’s brood, that may be a about three youngsters, a boy up with him and taken up with a rogue IRS agent shows up trying tells us. “As I discovered later, reason family is on Ford’s mind. from the Midwest and two sisters stranger. to blackmail him, it doesn’t seem ‘candidates of special interest’ Kids seem to be on his creator’s from Cuba, who go to work for – Another recent escapade is like coincidence. shared one key asset – our parents mind, too. As local fans might who else? – Doc Ford. bringing aftershocks. In the last Amid the chases and mayhem were either dead or estranged and know, White will be opening a – Tampa Bay Times/TNS 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 24, 2020 COMMUNITY OFFB Experts’ tips on surviving – even Missing the restaurant? Invite friends to online meal hour. That’s just one tip from a panel of experts on how to make the most of enforced downtime

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: A meal hour on a video conferencing site, sending one or two friends every day an invitation to meal in front of their laptop (or phone) at a time when we might normally meet at a restaurant or at each other’s homes can surprising make a diff erence to a day of isolation.

ere’s what the (I pay £110 annually for BlueJeans) beginners to grow herbs. They’re There’s lots of great online uncertainty, we have to make do experts have to say: and guests pay nothing. easy and delicious – and when content available. Equinox’s with what we have. I haven’t been Clearly, this can be expanded supermarket supplies are low they Furthermore platform off ers a so much panic-buying – not having Meal hour to talking to neighbours you may become increasingly worthwhile. variety of workouts, but search a car limits that – but I have been H Henry Porter, not know very well, or people you The plastic trays that tomatoes and the web to fi nd a trainer or teacher guiltily hoovering up scraps from novelist and Vanity Fair editor believe are really suff ering from mushrooms come in will do – just you like and trust. John Berardi, a the reduced cabinet late in the One of the nastier aspects of enforced isolation and loneliness. It make some holes in the bottom for nutritionist I work with, is often day, to save them being discarded. the pandemic is that it turns your may even be a good way of meeting drainage. asked, “What’s the best vegetable This week’s haul included three friends and all that you do to show people. Each participant might Fill with, ideally, peat-free to eat?” His answer is that it’s boxes of chestnut mushrooms, a them aff ection – hug; share meals invite a person no one else knows. multipurpose compost (most the vegetable you like and will eat withered bunch of wild garlic and a – into a deadly threat. And yet, in It’s certainly great for new mothers, nurseries deliver and will be regularly. Exercise is the same. pile of French purple garlic, a little this appalling moment, we need book clubs, football supporters grateful for the custom). Parsley There is a run on home gym battered around the edges. our friends more than ever, and it – anyone who is missing out on and basil rub along happily next equipment right now, but I will dry the mushrooms, peel is probably true that our immune regular contact. to one another, but mint’s a bit of dumbbells, ropes and other useful and pickle the garlic cloves, and systems do, too. Isolation is bad Despite the remoteness of the a thug and better in its own pot. products are still available online. knock the wild garlic with some for a species addicted to social interaction and the occasional You can also chuck in some salad Choose what’s right for your space. nuts into a sauce aillade. This will intercourse. annoyances of the technology, I leaf seeds: pea shoots, rocket and I’ve just ordered some competition keep for a month past the sell-by My solution has been to start a fi nd that people really talk in the nasturtiums germinate quickly kettlebells because they’re date that consigned it to the bargain meal hour on a video conferencing video meal hour. Maybe that has and are tasty at any point in their something I really enjoy. bin in the fi rst place. Preserving site, sending one or two friends something to do with the ambiguity growing cycle. Sow according to There’s copious anecdotal and food is not going get us too far in a every day an invitation to meal in of the interaction – you are neither packet instructions: you’ll need a scientifi c evidence showing how pandemic, admittedly, but pickling front of their laptop (or phone) at alone nor really in company. You fraction of what’s in the packet. important fi tness is for mental what we have now is an investment a time when we might normally are half-way between the two Keep the soil moist – an old spray health: so during this very stressful in future dinners. I am also pickling meet at a restaurant or at each and perhaps that makes you more bottle is perfect for this – before time, it’s even more important. It a slow cooker’s worth of dried white other’s homes. It’s surprising what candid. and after shoots appear. If you also boosts the immune system. beans in oil and vinegar, to use until a diff erence it can make to a day Sites I have used include Zoom, harvest no more than a third of the But exercise isn’t just about tinned ones come back into stock. of isolation, and to your spirits in BlueJeans and Whypay? And my plant at a time, all should bounce health – it’s often a social activity, general, to see your friends’ faces in daughter has just introduced me to back. too. I’m using FaceTime more Decorating the evening and hear them talk and the Houseparty app. than ever before because I’m not Laura de Barra, ‘She’-I-Y laugh. Exercise having regular social contact. Work expert and author The scale of Covid-19 and what Grow herbs Justin Jacobs, manager, out with a friend on FaceTime or If you want to use this time it’s doing to us is very worrying, but Alice Vincent, urban Equinox fi tness clubs have an online dance party with it to zhuzh up your home, start an hour with diff erent friends every gardening columnist and author We are creatures of habit in your family. Last night I watched with paint. Consider the space evening really helps reduce anxiety, I genuinely think gardening is what we eat, when we work, what a band I like called Sofi Tukker DJ and think about what mood you and of course you can make much what will keep us sane through this. TV shows we watch. Right now, live on Instagram. That was a new want works best. If you want your more eff ort than I do dress up, light It connects us with the outdoors all those habits have been shoved experience. Find something like kitchen to give you a little lift each candles, provide nibbles (crisps and the gentle satisfaction of out of the window. There’s a that and dance for half an hour and morning, go for light, bright tones. make too much noise). Whatever watching things grow brings a lot of confusion, but this is an your cardio will be done. Avoid mistakes: that shade that joy is released when you see your unique positivity. If you’ve no opportunity to create new habits. looks gorgeous on the tin (or on pals in the fl esh is also present in garden, there are plenty of ways to So what to try? What’s your new Pickling Instagram), can look less appealing these video meals, and the beautiful grow indoors. routine? It may be fl uid and can Jack Monroe, food writer and on walls with less natural light thing is that for a small charge the You’ll need a sunny windowsill, change, but what do you want to activist or in a diff erent-sized room, so host gets unlimited conference calls inside or out. I always advise try? In times of food scarcity and swatching is key. Tuesday, March 24, 2020 GULF TIMES 9 BEAT COMMUNITY n enjoying – life under lockdown

ONLINE WORKOUT: There’s lots of great online content available for exercise and workout. Search the web to find a trainer or teacher you like and trust.

QUICK AND TASTY: You can chuck in some salad leaf seeds: pea shoots, rocket and nasturtiums germinate quickly and are tasty at any point in their growing cycle.

Test multiple swatches on every could make Y-fronts using nettle years of “screen-free family wall. Paint dries to a diff erent fi bre. (We’ll all be wearing nettle Sundays”, I have plenty of ideas shade, so don’t be freaked out. when the cotton stops, so plant it for entertaining children at home. Walk away and come back when it’s now. And relax: the fi bre doesn’t First, get comfortable with mess. fully dry before considering how sting.) Kids having fun do not keep things it looks. If you’ll need two coats, Did people laugh? Well, it was neat. Manage the chaos with a do two coats when you swatch. meant to be funny. But not only “tidy-up half-hour” for everyone Pay attention to how the colour is funny. Like any activity that before they go to bed. Also give the aff ected by light at the times you involves applying your mind to kids some control – they’re always use the room most. the physical universe, sewing is more willing to throw themselves EXPERIMENTATION: If you want to have a go and spend some time doing When it comes to painting a wall, meditative. It puts you in the here into things if they feel it was at least something, try darning something. Cut something up and use it to patch use a brush to “cut in” fi rst. This and now. partly their idea. Let them lead: something else. Learn diff erent stitches (for diff erent eff ects), and experiment by means painting the corners and Gradually I set aside the angst help them gather material for junk combining materials. edges before anything else – it gives that had got me started and started modelling, a fashion show or house a better fi nish. Rollers are ideal for sewing for pleasure. Hoping others construction, but resist getting too large areas and easier on the hands. might follow, I let my repairs show involved. Their imaginations are Make sure you have the correct themselves off , using thread of better than yours. roller for the surface – check with contrasting colours to edge holes in On day one of any long stretch your paint supplier. a jumper, and to stitch the slogan with the kids, we make a “boredom I favour water-based paint it “Fresh Air Machine” on the back. buster”. Take a large jar and lots of doesn’t trap moisture, it’s kinder to I published a book about all this, squares of paper. On each, one, write the environment and the clean-up initially as a limited series of hand- an activity everyone can do – play is easier. Also, while modern satin bound books I stitched together, a board game, make a milkshake. and sheen paint fi nishes are great, with bits of cereal box and old Whenever anyone says “I’m bored”, consider a matt paint in an older shirts for the cover. (Better than it you pick an activity from the jar. home: it won’t bounce light from sounds.) This, too, was meditative The only rule is you all have to do it any dents and imperfections. C’est work. before you pick another. bon!Laura de Barra is author of Gaff If you want to have a go, try To add an element of trepidation, Goddess (Penguin, £14.99) darning something. (Look at slip some chores into the jar: clean YouTube.) Cut something up your room, empty the dishwasher. Sewing and use it to patch something That way, the jar won’t be empty by John-Paul Flintoff , writer and else. Learn diff erent stitches (for the end of day two, and the house crafter diff erent eff ects), and experiment might not look as if a bomb has hit Ten years ago, to be kinder to the by combining materials. Using it. planet, I took up mending clothes. embroidery, write your name on Anything out of the ordinary is I knee-patched jeans, darned your shirt or give it a luxury brand always more fun. If it’s mealtime, jumpers and, before you could say logo: it will make you smile, and why not have a picnic on the carpet “treadle-powered Singer sewing might give joy to others. rather than sitting at the table? If machine”, I had bought one and they want to run a cafe and serve started making things from scratch. Play with kids the family lunch, or set up a library, I shirted and trousered myself, and Dawn Isaac, garden designer let them have a go. Just don’t with knitting needles I socked and and author expect perfection – they’re still REVAMP: If you want to use time at home to zhuzh up your home, start with jumpered. I learned crochet so I After three children and eight apprentices. – The Guardian paint. Consider the space and think about what mood you want works best. 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 24, 2020 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Tuesday, March 24, 2020 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Opening chocolate packaging at home may put you at risk

aily tasks such as published in the journal Scientifi c cutting, tearing or Reports. twisting open plastic The researchers found that bottles, chocolate diff erent shapes and sizes of Dpackaging and microplastics were generated containers at home also generate during tearing or cutting. These small amounts of microplastics – included fi bres, fragments or pieces of plastic that pollute the triangles, ranging from nanometres environment and may risk humans, to millimetres in size. Fragments warn researchers. and fi bres were generated most Microplastics are generally often. They estimated that ten to believed to originate directly from 30 nanograms (0.00001-0.00003 industry, for example as cosmetic milligrams) of microplastics may be exfoliates, or indirectly from the generated per 300 centimetres of breakdown of larger plastic items plastic during cutting or twisting, over time. depending on the opening approach Researchers at the University of and conditions of the plastic, such Newcastle in Australia monitored as stiff ness, thickness or density. the generation of microplastics “Everyday activities such as during the tearing open of opening plastic bags and bottles chocolate packaging, cutting of could be additional sources of small sealing tapes and opening of plastic quantities of microplastics,” the bottle caps. researchers noted. The generation of microplastics However, their risk, possible during these processes was toxicity and how they may be exposure is needed, the study warning that we must be about microplastics and care confi rmed using chemical tests ingested are not yet resolved said. careful when opening plastic about reducing microplastics and microscopy, said the study and further research into human The finding sends an important packaging, if we are concerned contamination. – IANS

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

If you’ve been thinking about taking a trip, Aries, this isn’t the day A letter or phone call regarding money that you may be expecting An invitation to a social event could come today, Gemini, and you to make plans. Whatever you learn today about airline schedules or may still not come today, Taurus. This could put you in a panic and probably won’t want to go. The people involved may not have hotels may not reflect the situation as it really is. If you wait a few cause you to want to phone those responsible to see what’s going anything in common with you, and you’ll probably feel the event will days, things should go far more smoothly. If you already have plans on. Don’t be surprised if you end up playing phone tag. This just isn’t be tedious and boring. Nonetheless, there may be business factors to leave, expect some delays. Don’t let them put you in a gloomy a good day for any sort of communication. Your call will come. Just involved that could have you thinking you should go anyway. How state of mind! Make up your mind to have fun! hang in there for a day or two more. urgent is the business? How important are the contacts? CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Are you feeling a little under the weather, Cancer? You may have A long-anticipated visit from a close friend or partner may have to Career matters may be put on hold today, as important been burning the candle at both ends. The obvious tip would be to be postponed, Leo. This could be rather disheartening. You may fear communications you’re expecting fail to come on time, Virgo. As slow down, but you might feel it isn’t possible now. Get as much rest that the postponement implies that the visit will never happen, but you’re anxious to conclude the matters involved, you could make as you can and be sure to eat right. Ask for help if urgent work needs this isn’t the case. Your friend has probably run into a few snags that yourself crazy with frustration. Don’t do this. Find something else to to be done. That way it will get done quickly even if your energy need to be straightened out. Be patient and hang in there. All should do while you’re waiting and the time will pass more quickly. You’ll get level isn’t up to snuff . work out as you want, albeit a bit later! something done besides. Your primary concern will be resolved. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Short trips in your neighbourhood may be rendered nearly impossible This isn’t the day to take care of paperwork, Scorpio, particularly if it Communication with partners is likely to be poor to nonexistent today by factors above and beyond your control, such as traff ic, involves money. Your mental processes are slower than usual, and today, Sagittarius. This isn’t the time to enter into contract construction, or both, Libra. If you have errands to run, put them off . If you may find that you’re easily distracted. Your mood won’t be all negotiations or other discussions that could aff ect your future in a you can, walk or ride a bicycle. If you must go in the car, however, make that great either, so it might be a good idea to wait a few days before major way. The prevailing mood is down, so whatever you decide sure you have your favourite music with you so you can do something tackling tasks like this. If the work is urgent, ask for help. You’ll be today is apt to reflect that mood. It might be best to wait a few days while waiting in traff ic. Otherwise, you’ll go crazy with boredom. able to stay more focused if you do. until everyone is in a more positive frame of mind. Hang in there! CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Whatever work you do today could go more slowly than usual, Phone calls and e-mails between you and your friends may get Delays and frustrations could plague you throughout the day, Pisces, Capricorn, as you’re apt to be a bit distracted. You may be preoccupied misplaced or otherwise go astray, Aquarius. A little patience is called especially regarding communications. A young visitor you’re expecting with the past, especially with feelings and events you thought you’d for when trying to reach anyone at this time, especially if modern at your home today could be delayed in some way and might not be long forgotten that aff ect your mood in various ways. This might be a technology is involved. If a matter is urgent, it might be best to do able to call and let you know. Don’t waste any time worrying. Your friend good day to concentrate on routine tasks that you can do automatically, the old-fashioned thing and actually go see the person in question. is probably safe and will eventually turn up. Congested traff ic and other if possible. That way you’ll be as productive as always. That’s the only way to ensure reaching anyone right now. unforeseen annoyances are probably to blame. Hang in there. 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 24, 2020 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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Codeword Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Squares with the same number in have the same letter in. Work out which number represents which letter.

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Sudoku

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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. Tuesday, March 24, 2020 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

Across Down 1 Deep professional discovered 2 Put right about costume (7) (8) 3 Side dish set before king (5) 6 Second book for Mafiosi (3) 4 Smooth outlaw in Yorkshire 9 Land at the end of a passage? river (6) (5) 5 Refuse to drop off (7) 10 Work yet to be done with 6 Island producing whisky first second record (7) of all (5) 11 Unauthorised entry upset 7 Vehicle that’s infested? (5) bear’s family (5-2) 8 River skirting the end of 12 Odd bits missing in rift valley Birnam Wood (6) country (5) 14 Pointers mostly superfluous 13 Rebellion caused by one (7) skinhead in band (6) 16 Amount of land? A hundred 15 Go and get married again? (6) agree to differ (7) 19 Backing European missile 17 Tell Rex to cheer up (6) business (5) 18 Is story about tennis star? (6) 21 A military leader is not specific 19 It’s bound to be recorded! (5) (7) 20 Try to stop any extreme 23 Leader of pack with lots of suffering (5) dogs (7) 22 Not any nuts for Land Rover? 24 Some antagonism, some of (5) which is intended (5) 25 Thirsty doctor coming to end of surgery (3) 26 Superficial variety in ooze (4-4) Answers

Wordsearch Codeword Solution 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 24, 2020 COMMUNITY BOLLYWOOD Rani says she started a ‘new journey’ with her film Hichki

STAR: Ranveer will next be seen in 83, directed by Kabir Khan. Ranveer Singh shares his ‘out of quarantine’ look

The outbreak of Covid-19 has brought the world to a standstill, however Bollywood’s livewire star Ranveer Singh is thinking ahead and shared his “out of quarantine” look. On Monday, Ranveer shared a photograph of himself on Instagram, wherein he looked like a zombie and also carried dreadlocks. He captioned the image: “Me coming out of quarantine”. The image currently has 1.4 million likes on the photo- sharing website. Ranveer has been keeping his fans and followers entertained with his daily updates during quarantine times. The actor recently shared a photograph of himself indulging in a whole jar of Nutella. SPECIAL: Rani Mukerji feels Hichki will forever remain a truly “special” film for her. On the acting front, Ranveer will next be seen in 83, directed by Kabir Khan. – IANS er fi lm Hichki completed The fi lm has a message of beating intention you are making a fi lm,” she two years of its release on stereotypes and featured Rani as a said. Monday, and actress Rani determined school teacher who is Rani says the fi lm was made with Mukerji said that the fi lm dealing with Tourette Syndrome. the “purest of intentions” and that no His very special for her and Rani says the statement Hichki made amount of business strategy went in to that she started a new journey in the with its success shattered the massive making Hichki. industry with the movie. stereotype that married actresses are The actress feels Hichki will forever “When I think how special Hichki shunned by audience, a regressive remain a truly “special” fi lm for her. is, I have to fi rst say that it was a belief prevalent in the industry. “I think for me it will always remain as triumph of sorts for many things. It “Hichki spoke about a lot of things that one special fi lm. My fi rst fi lm after was breaking a lot of stereotypes. I which were kind of unspoken in away. motherhood. In a way, my fi rst fi lm in was doing a fi lm after marriage and When you do a fi lm, you don’t know the second innings of my career. It was a motherhood,” she said. what that fi lm is going to eventually re-birth for me as a person, as a mother. Rani added: “It was a fi lm that was do but the success of Hichki helped a I started a new journey in the industry releasing globally especially in countries lot of people to understand that it’s and Hichki would be the fi rst. My fi rst like China where it became a blockbuster never an actor’s personal life that can ever fi lm was Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat and was accepted as a heart-touching trigger any kind of failure or success. which was my Phase 1 I would say and in human story and a celebration of the It all depends on how good the content Phase 2 – Hichki would be my 1st fi lm. human spirit. I think that kind of proved is, what are you doing as an artist to It will always remain special. I loved how special a fi lm Hichki was.” bring the script to life and with what working on it,” she said. – IANS

Shah Rukh uses his movie scenes FAMILY TIME: Dressed in white kurta pyjama, the father-son to create Covid-19 awareness are looking extremely adorable. Superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Sunday came out with Saif busy gardening with son a unique and interesting video to create awareness about Taimur on ‘Janata curfew’ coronavirus among people. He made a fun and informative video on Covid-19 using Star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan scenes from his movies. know the best how to keep their little kid Taimur From the popular Loveria song of his 1992 hit Raju Ban entertained while abiding by Janata Curfew on Sunday, Gaya Gentleman to stills from hits such as Kal Ho Na Ho and staying indoors in the wake of coronavirus outbreak. (2003), Chalte Chalte (2003) and Raees (2017), clips of Kareena shared a few photographs on her Instagram various SRK fi lms have been put together in an attempt to account in which we can see Saif and Taimur planting convey facts about coronavirus in his explainer. saplings in their house’s balcony. Not only this, he even highlighted the kind of masks Dressed in white kurta pyjama, the father-son are people should not buy — the kind he wore in Baazigar and looking extremely adorable. Badshah. “My boys doing their bit,” Kareena captioned the “InshaAllah #JantaCurfew will help against the spread images. of virus, though we may have to do this again. The clapping HOPEFUL: SRK believes that #JantaCurfew will help against The Jab We Met actress even urged people to “make the brought so much cheer. So a reminder of safeguards, with the spread of virus in India. world a better place” and “play their part”. some cheer... Pls take it in the right spirit. To all relentlessly “Stay Home...Stay Safe. #JanataCurfew,” she added. working today – Extremely Grateful. Thx!,” he wrote in his action from the big screen since December 2018. He was – IANS tweet on Sunday,” SRK tweeted. last seen in Zero. His fans are eagerly waiting for him to Meanwhile, on work front, SRK has been missing in announce his next project. – IANS Tuesday, March 24, 2020 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY

Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page Imprisoned Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus and other rock legends’ guitars up for charity Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Guitars played or owned by Weinstein has tested some of rock musics biggest names positive for the novel including Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy coronavirus in prison and Page are set to hit the auction has been put in isolation. block. Weinstein has Music memorabilia auction been kept in medical company Gotta Have Rock and isolation at the Wende Roll are selling a number of guitars Correctional Facility, played and owned by the likes of reports aceshowbiz.com. Hendrix, Page, Duane Allman, A source told Press- Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, Republican newspaper to raise money for charity, reports that the producer is sick JAILED: Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to aceshowbiz.com. in prison, but offi cials at 23 years in jail earlier this month. Hendrix’s 1967 electric guild the state Department of Starfi re V cherry guitar is expected Corrections and Community Supervision are yet to confi rm the story. to sell for the highest amount, They have just revealed that two inmates at the Wende facility have with a minimum starting bid of tested positive for Covid-19. $250,000 in place. It’s expected to CHARITY: Music memorabilia auction company Gotta Have Rock and Roll Meanwhile, Weinstein celebrated his 68th birthday behind bars on fetch upwards of $400,000. are selling a number of guitars played and owned by the likes of Hendrix, March 19 after he was transported to the maximum-security prison, The instrument was used by Page, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, for charity. following a few days at New York’s Bellevue Hospital and also spending Hendrix in May 1968 when he some time at the medical unit at Rikers Island prison, New York. He had and Frank Zappam played an with the instrument. Fender Coronado II guitar is also complained of heart issues. impromptu concert at a bar in Page’s burgundy Fender expected to rack up $150,000, The former Miramax boss was sentenced to 23 years in jail earlier this Miami, Florida after a festival Stratocaster is also up for sale, and Richards’ Gibson Flying V month following rape and sexual assault charges. was cancelled due to adverse and is expected to fetch around is estimated to sell for around In addition to his current sentence, Weinstein also faces four charges weather. The guitar is said to be in $150,000. $125,000. of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles, where the District Attorney’s mint condition and it comes with He used the guitar for several Meanwhile, Clapton’s custom- has started procedure. documentation of authenticity and gigs when he stayed in Nevada in made Taylor Sunburst guitar is set The Los Angeles proceedings have been delayed owing to the ongoing a photograph of the rocker onstage late May/early June 1991. Allman’s to bring $40,000. – IANS Covid-19 crisis. – IANS Sophie slams Canadian star Lilly for trivialising Covid-19

ame Of Thrones star Sophie Turner has slammed people like The Ant-Man And The Wasp star Evangeline Lilly, MULTI-TALENTED: Vin Diesel wrote, directed, and Gwho are not taking the idea produced the self-starring 1997 movie Strays. of social distancing seriously in the time of coronavirus outbreak. Diesel says Spielberg has urged “Stay inside, don’t be (indecent him to get into direction description) stupid, even if you count your freedom over – I don’t know, Hollywood star Vin Diesel could be calling the shots as what is it – your health,” Turner said a director more often if fi lmmaker Steven Spielberg has his during an Instagram Live video. way. It seemed that Turner was referring Diesel had written, directed, and produced the self- to a controversial Instagram post that starring 1997 movie Strays, in which he played a drug Lilly made a few days earlier, reports dealer looking for a better life. Earlier, he had also directed variety.com. and starred in the 1995 short fi lm Multi-Facial, which had Lilly had said she values her freedom led Spielberg to give him a role in his 1998 fi lm, Saving more than the safety measures such as Private Ryan. isolation that have been suggested to In a recent interview with The National, the 52-year-old fight the massive Covid-19 outbreak actor said director Spielberg has been encouraging him to the world over, and also mentioned direct more often, reports aceshowbiz.com. how she was taking her kids to gym “Speaking of Steven Spielberg, I saw him recently, and camp. he had said to me, ‘when I wrote the role for you in ‘Saving Lilly had posted a photograph on Private Ryan’, I was obviously employing the actor but I Instagram saying she dropped her was also secretly championing thedirector in you, and you children off at a gymnastics camp have not directed enough. That is a crime of cinema and and that “they all washed their hands you must get back in the directing chair.’” Diesel said. before going in” and that “they are CAUTION: Sophie Turner tells people to stay indoors. He added: “I haven’t directed enough.” playing and laughing.” She also added The star went on to say he hopes to complete a planned a hashtag saying “business as usual”. doing this. So stay inside, guys. It’s not taking coronavirus seriously. fi lm series about famed Carthaginian military leader The post received backlash with people cool and it’s not big and it’s not clever,” “I’m sorry. It’s a virus, I get it. Hannibal Barca, who fought the Romans during the urging her to stay home and practice Turner said. I respect it,” she had said, adding: Second Punic War around 200 BC. social distance to lessen the spread of In fact, Lilly had even gone on to “But at the same time, like, even if “I haven’t done it yet. As much as I am grateful for the coronavirus. say that the government has taken too everybody gets it – like, yeah, people accomplishments, there are moments when I go ‘God, “I don’t give a F about your freedom. much control and dismissed Covid-19 are gonna die. Which is terrible. But, you promised the universe, very specifi cally, the Hannibal You could be infecting other people, as a “respiratory fl u”. Actress Vanessa like, inevitable?” She later issued an Barca trilogy, and you haven’t delivered it. You travelled all other vulnerable people around you, by Hudgens was also slammed for not apology for her comments. – IANS over the world’,” he said. —IANS 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 24, 2020 COMMUNITY ‘Don’t dismiss feelings, stresses of children during diff icult times’

everyone should be less rushed, anxieties. Children always look to By Mudassir Raja eat breakfast as a family – feed parents for answers and especially your brain with healthy foods. at a time when there are many Ideally children would ‘go to class’ unknowns. Do not dismiss them, ocial distancing may be in another room that is away from discuss their concerns and the the call of the day. People the bedroom, has lots of natural advice given by governments and are surely being advised light and no television or other health authorities and why they are and in some cases forced distractions. If parents are home helpful but also why they are hard. Sto keep a distance in there is nothing more powerful As adults, avoid sharing your own order to avoid further spread of than sitting and working together concerns with children. coronavirus pandemic. at the same table.” “A family doesn’t need to be The case, however, is diff erent Bradley lays stress on the point perfect; it just needs to be united with parents as they are made of not avoiding activities other – clichéd indeed, but a great to keep close contact with their than learning when planning for reminder at this diffi cult time. children as schools are closed and a day. “A school day is ‘chunked’ Another reminder/suggestion is a majority of people are asked to and very social, so it remains to play traditional board, card or work from home across the world. important to divide your day at dice games. These are great family The responsibility of parents has home. Set times for learning, activities and have many learning increased manifold when it comes exercise at least once a day, benefi ts; both social and academic. to healthcare and education of kids. make time to eat and drink, set Children can even play them online No doubt, it is diffi cult for people time away from technology but with friends or family in remote to play both parenting and teaching also have time to socialise with locations.” at the same time as families are classmates which will mean Bradley further laid emphasis keeping themselves locked down access to technology. on the need for unity at all levels to in their houses. But the task can “No one said this was going to ward off the outbreak. “Of course be made easier with the guidelines be easy! At least once a week have a schools are imperfect too but we recommended by experts and family conference, take it in turns to ignore the wisdom of being united experienced educators. say what went well this week, what at our peril. We need to unite at British national Philip was fun, what was hard and what is this time by being supportive, Bradley is the head of Swiss stressful. Take notes! Then decide listening, patient, kind and caring International School Qatar. He on a few actions that will make next – as individuals, families, school carries the experience of 34 years week easier/better – write these and country. If we get that right I in international education. The actions down and post them on the am also confi dent our students will seasoned educator has many pieces wall. They can be a list of dos and continue to make good learning of advice to off er parents on how to don’ts; they can be individual and progress and be ready when schools manage the studies of their children for the whole family.” reopen. while staying away from school. The experienced school teacher “A book we at SISQ have found “Supporting and helping your is not oblivious to the fact that to be very helpful in parenting and child to reach their full potential is a children must be asking question creating a more harmonious family role that parents willingly embrace. about the unusual conditions and life is: How To Talk To Kids So Kids Singing to a newborn, playing hide unprecedented measures. “As a Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will and seek, reading bedtime stories, parent you need to acknowledge Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine ADVICE: “At least once a week, have a family conference,” exhorts Philip proofreading essays, cheering your child’s feelings, stresses and Mazlish.” Bradley. at events and holding teenagers accountable are all part of the deal! “It is very important parents establish That said, most parents are glad that they are in partnership with fi rm routines: get children up, dressed school and their child’s teachers. So how do we best support learning and ready to learn at the same time now that schools are closed; children are confi ned to the home every day. There is no travel to school and the routines of attending school have gone? These are the time so everyone should be less questions, the parents are facing,” said Bradley. rushed, eat breakfast as a family – The educator urges parents to maintain daily routines and feed your brain with healthy foods. learning protocols as much as possible. “Many schools will Ideally children would ‘go to class’ in expect to see students in the virtual e-classroom at a specific another room that is away from the time and take attendance with live video calls. If this is not a bedroom, has lots of natural light and school requirement and your child is working ‘off-line,’ it is no television or other distractions” very important parents establish firm routines: get children up, — Philip Bradley, head of Swiss dressed and ready to learn at the same time every day. There International School Qatar is no travel to school time so