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Thursday, September 20, 2018 Moharram 10, 1440 AH

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BOBBING UP: With pilot Stockton Rush in the dome, the submarine surfaces off Point Caution in the San Juan Islands.

COVER Scrutiny STORY Scientists unravel the mysteries of Salish Sea. P4-5

REVIEW BOLLYWOOD

The cogs never quite I did some of my best work after fi t together. becoming a mom, says Mandira. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Thursday, September 20, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

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Outdoor and five-a-side football TCA QATAR Music Competition 2018 pitches WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf WHERE: Aspire Zone Times Building WHEN: Daily WHEN: October 5 – October 13 TIME: 7pm – 11pm Enroll for music competition in Aspire Zone’s five-a-side football categories, including Sub Juniors ( Grade outdoor pitches opposite Al Waab Street are 3-5 ), Juniors (Grade 6 - 8 ), Intermediate available every day from 7pm – 11pm. (Grade 9- 12) and Seniors (above 17 years ). Registration fee QR30. For further details, Dual Inspirations contact 66523871/44373259 WHERE: Fire Station Garage Gallery WHEN: Ongoing till October1 TCA QATAR Dance Evolution TIME: 9am – 7pm Competition 2018 Dual Inspirations explores the WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf intellectual concepts that revolve around Times Building inspiration as a platform. Over a nine WHEN: September 28 – October 5 month residency programme 18 artists Are you a dancer ? Do you love to dance ? were engaged in rich monthly debates If yes, then you can come and tap your foot with curators and researchers that helped steps on the your favorite dancing numbers to shape a diverse assemblage of artistic and be a part of Qatar Dance Evolution approaches from inception all the way to Competition 2018. their final form as artworks. The ultimate identity of the exhibition was formed Gymnastics World Championships according to these juxtapositions and WHERE: Aspire Dome similarities among the artists, as well as WHEN: October 25 – November 3 the exchange of ideas, methodologies, and Over 700 male and female gymnasts from visions. over 80 countries, including three Team EVENTS public speaking and leadership skills. For Qatar gymnasts, will compete across 10 further details, 70903639. days of competition in Doha’s ionic Aspire Acrobat Tech Show Dome. Experience the drama, emotions and WHEN: Ongoing Weekly Knitting and Crochet Circle excitement of gymnastics’ pinnacle event WHERE: Mall Of Qatar WHERE: Qatar National Library as global superstars go head to head in a bid Enjoy the supreme aerial acrobatics skill WHEN: Ongoing till September 27 to be crowned the best in the world. show with an exceptional laser act and a TIME: 9am – 11am haunting music soundtrack that promises Join the casual gathering of knitters and After School Activities to entertain the whole family. crocheters to work on projects and share WHERE: Atelier skills in a friendly atmosphere. Participants WHEN: Ongoing Free Activities will be welcome to bring their own supplies Music & arts Activities for students WHEN: Ongoing and projects or to borrow QNL needles and taking place after they finish their day in WHERE: Swiss International School yarn. All skill levels are welcome including Inter-School Yoga Championship school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- The Swiss International School is beginners who are interested in learning. WHEN: October 5 hop, Ballet, Drawing & Painting, Drama opening its new HUB offering Zumba, WHERE: MES Indian School, Abu Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and Salsa, Yoga, Hip Hop, Football, Spinning, Humour 10 years old after school hours. Boxercise, Drama, Piano, Violin and TIME: 1pm ABRSM music theory: enjoy a large range of Indian Sports Centre is all set to organise Hobby Classes activities for both kids and adults.No need the second edition of ‘Inter-School WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al for registration. Yoga Championship’, sponsored by ‘The Hilal Focus Medical Centre Children’s Place’. The championship has WHEN:Wednesday – Monday Kannada Film Screening been expanded to include students of Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic WHEN: Tomorrow all nationalities residing in Qatar. Free performing artsinstitution and a one stop WHERE: Asian Town Screen 3 training sessions can also be arranged to solution for adults as well as children TIME: 5:30pm help schools prepare their students for looking to explore their talents in various The screening is to reach out to Kannada the championship. Team and Individual art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic speaking audience in Qatar providing Championship is classified into two Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, premier family entertainment. categories of under-12 and under-18 for Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, both boys and girls. Rolling trophy will be contemporary and Bollywood dance forms. Story time for kids awarded to the champion school. Last date For details, call 4723680/ 33897609. WHERE: Virgin Megastore, Doha of entry is September 26. For further details Festival City 55646693 /55824194 or email at yoga. Dance and instrument classes WHEN: September 22 [email protected] WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf TIME: 3pm – 5pm Times Building Experience the magic of getting lost in Doha Women Forum Med Food WHEN: Wednesday – Monday the wonderful world of books with Virgin WHERE: The Westin Doha Hotel & Spa WHERE: DECC Learn the movements of dance styles Megastore’s Story Time session happening WHEN: September 26 WHEN: October 1 – 4 in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the at Doha Festival City. TIME: 8am – 5pm TIME: 3pm – 9pm musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Doha Women Forum 2018: Press for For international entrepreneurs, traders, Keyboard for adults as well kids and move HEC Paris EMBA Session Progress is a platform where women can manufacturers, suppliers, food technology in the world of music. For details, contact WHERE: Tornado Tower, West Bay learn from experts, get inspired by the companies, and hospitality services on food 66523871/ 31326749. WHEN: September 22 experiences of other women, share ideas, and beverage, MedFood will be an excellent TIME: 4:30 pm – 6pm and network. The forum will feature the platform to open new vistas to foray into Learn more about this world-class stories of women who took steps to affect the emerging markets of Qatar While executive program. Discover the positive change in their workplace, their Qatar economy is rapidly progressing, the international diversity of participants, community and personal lives. The event demand and supply of food is inevitable blended learning and international mobility will consist of empowering talks, group increasing due to the growth of local options. Find out how it will help you discussions and workshops. population, foreign worker and its tourism. transform yourself and your career. 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Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, September 20, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY To take better care Scientists want to develop a baseline of knowledge about the sand lance to see if their habitat is changing. One concern: sea level rise, which will aff ect the currents, could sweep away the sandy sediment that sand lance live in, writes Katherine Long

SUB: A stern view of the OceanGate sub, placed in its cradle after surfacing from a research mission.

If this forage fish disappears, the salmon will disappear. We’re just starting to get a handle on these things now

— Gary Greene, marine geologist. RADIO CONTACT: James Fitzgerald, boating-safety off icer with Bodega Marine Laboratory at the University of California-Davis, is in radio contact with the crew of the submarine off Point Caution ‘ ’ in the San Juan Islands. Thursday, September 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

y now, the millions of dive headfi rst into shifting “waves” people around the world of sand hundreds of feet below the who followed the saga of surface. a mother orca carrying It dines on tiny organisms her dead calf know the like copepods and zooplankton, Bendangered southern-resident transferring energy from organisms orca whales exclusively eat chinook at the bottom of the food chain to salmon. But what do the chinook eat? animals at the top, like killer whales. A team of research scientists The sub’s scientists have also climbed into a small submarine and explored whether scientifi c trawling plunged to the bottom of the Salish on the sea fl oor is causing any Sea off San Juan Island last week, in damage to the environment (so far, it search of the forage fi sh that are a looks like it is not). They also took a staple of the chinook’s diet. close look at the red sea urchins that They were looking for sand lance live in Haro Strait, the deep channel — a bottom-dwelling fi sh rich in west of San Juan Island’s Lime Kiln fats and protein. Scientists know Point State Park, where orcas hunt very little about its life and habitat in for salmon — and where J50, the the Salish Sea. But they know it’s a 3-year-old resident of J pod, was last critical link in the food chain. seen alive. “If this forage fi sh disappears, the Here at the edge of the island, the salmon will disappear,” said Gary bottom drops off precipitously. It’s Greene, a marine geologist who an ideal habitat for red sea urchins, works with the nonprofi t SeaDoc which can live up to 150 years. They Society. “We’re just starting to get a move so little that “they’re kind handle on these things now.” of like an old growth forest,” said The scientists had a rare Alex Lowe, a UW graduate student opportunity to view the sand lance’s studying biology. habitat through the porthole of On a dive last week, Lowe and the small sub, which was built by Aaron Galloway, an assistant Everett-based OceanGate. The professor at the University of submersible has a bulbous viewing Oregon’s Institute of Marine Biology, window on the front, and can hold spotted a red sea urchin at about fi ve people and dive about 500 284 metres — more than double the metres, or 1,640 feet — one-and-a- PREFERRED FOOD: Sea kelp is the preferred food of red sea urchins, which have limited mobility. They snag the kelp known range of the urchin. half times as deep as the Columbia with their spines. The urchins feast on a conveyor Center, Seattle’s tallest building, is belt of kelp salad — leaves that high. have broken off kelp plants. “This Scientists want to develop a “You build this picture in your head, and it’s kind of an expands our perspective on what this baseline of knowledge about the abstraction from the real world, but you want it to be particular species does,” Galloway sand lance to see if their habitat is said. changing. One concern: sea level rise, accurate,” said Alex Lowe, a graduate student studying Last Wednesday, four graduate which will aff ect the currents, could students took a turn underwater sweep away the sandy sediment that sea urchins. Seeing something like the red sea urchin in the sub to study the eff ects of sand lance live in. living at a depth greater than anyone had ever seen trawling on the sea’s fl oor. The sub “was a really good After a three-hour dive, the sub observatory,” said Greene after his before, he said, “changes your entire vision of the way came to the surface in a froth of fi rst dive in the vessel. bubbles. Two OceanGate boats, a SeaDoc, an 18-year-old nonprofi t the system works” big UW research towing vessel and based on Orcas Island, works to a small infl atable craft zoomed in, understand the environmental helping to guide the sub onto a cradle factors that could aff ect the health of on a barge that is used to tow the the inland sea. submersible around. The sub moves “Our role is to gather the science slowly, and needs to be towed long needed to make decisions about how distances. we can better take care of this place,” Once it was secured to the cradle, said Joe Gaydos, science director the four graduate students popped for SeaDoc. “We saw a clear need out of the top hatch, perching on for deep sea research that was not the vessel’s top to put their shoes on happening” because of the cost and before climbing a ladder down to the logistics of underwater exploration, barge. They were followed by their he said. SeaDoc used private funding pilot, Stockton Rush, the CEO of to partner with the OceanGate OceanGate. Foundation to make the sub available. The students, all studying with Greene, a researcher with Moss UW professor Adam Summers, were Landing Marine Labs in California beaming as they returned to one of who now lives in the San Juans, is an the UW research boats, the Molly B, expert in underwater topography, for the ride home. and has mapped the entire Salish How was it down there? Sea fl oor. On Sept. 11, he dived in In a word: “Awesome!” the sub with Matt Baker, a marine For a period of time, they turned biologist and sand-lance expert. Both off the lights in the sub and sat on scientists work out of the University the bottom. “You can’t imagine the of Washington’s Friday Harbour blackest black,” said Kayla Hall. “You Labs. could see nothing.” Wednesday’s Greene said he and Baker were dive took her 360 feet below the surprised to see many more sand surface, 330 feet beyond her lowest lance than they expected. The fi sh plunge to date. “And you build this popped out of the sand as the sub picture in your head, and it’s kind of approached, an arresting sight that an abstraction from the real world, hinted at how the chinook may be but you want it to be accurate,” said able to hunt them. Lowe, the graduate student studying The sand lance is so oily that if you sea urchins. dry it out, it will burn, Greene said. Seeing something like the red sea It has no swim bladder to stabilise it urchin living at a depth greater than in the water column, unusual among EXPLORATION: Fresh off the submarine, graduate students Frederike Klimm, left, Kayla Hall, Jules Chabain and Karly anyone had ever seen before, he said, fi sh. To rest, escape predators and Cohen discuss their experience as they head back to the UW Friday Harbour Laboratories. Klimm is from Germany “changes your entire vision of the overwinter during cold months, the and Chabain is from France. Hall said, “you can’t imagine the blackest black” when they turned off the lights and sat on way the system works.” slender fi sh uses its pointed snout to the bottom. The researchers all proclaimed the experience “awesome.” —The Seattle Times/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Thursday, September 20, 2018 COMMUNITY The Embassy of Nepal celebrates third Constitution Day

The Embassy of Nepal recently celebrated celebrate Asoj 3 as a national festival when the third Constitution Day on its premises. The new constitution was promulgated, addressing event was chaired by Professor Ramesh Prasad seven decades of the aspirations of Nepal to Koirala, Ambassador of Nepal. Constitution have a constitution. He said the constitution Day commemorates the anniversary of the has been regarded as an important document adoption of the 2015 Constitution of Nepal that that has guaranteed the rights of people of all off icially consolidated the country’s transition languages, and religion. from a constitutional monarchy to a federal He said, “The day has paved the way for republic. the greater social, economic and cultural The event was attended by Nepali development and we know, we have a long businesspersons, social workers, journalists, way to walk being committed to fulfil the hopes and Nepali community leaders residing in and aspirations of the people of Nepal.” He Doha. Professor Koirala hoisted the national thanked Nepali community members in Qatar flag. The programme kicked off with one- for their contribution towards the welfare of minute silence as a tribute to the martyrs of the the community. He urged Nepali community country who rendered supreme sacrifices for members to work in accordance with the the their motherland. vision of Nepali government. He also thanked Speaking at the event Professor Koirala Qatar for hosting more than 4,00,000 Nepalis. expressed his happiness at the opportunity to — Text and photos by Usha Wagle Gautam

INLS elects new committee

International Nepalese Literary Society (INLS) recently elected its new off ice bearers in general Prasad Bhattarai, Chairman INLS; Sitaram Thapa, First Vice Chairmen; Mani Poudel, Second Vice assembly. The congress marked 85th Nabodit Literary Recital Series and 153rd birth anniversary Chairmen; Yadav Regmi, Secretary; Dilip Parajuli, Treasurer; and Khem Raj Subedi, Sub-Treasurer. of Moti Ram Bhatta, Nepali poet. Narayan Bhandari, Ishwor Rai, Dilip Parajuli, Chakra Karki and Tirtha Sangam Rai, Advisor INLS, took oath from the new committee members. Santosh Adhikari recited their poems at the event. The newly elected committee includes Prem – Text and photo by Usha Wagle Gautam Thursday, September 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY Liz McColgan visits Doha College

Liz McColgan, former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete turned luck or lack thereof still has a part to play. She also identified a three-directional approach of an running coach, recently paid a visit to Doha College 6th form students, enrolled in BTEC Diploma ‘athlete-driven, coach-led, science-supported’ training, and recognised the huge strides made in the in Sport and Exercise Science delivered by LLS. In the interactive session, she spoke about for what science of running during the time elapsed since the beginning of her career. it takes to make it as a successful athlete, and what she appreciated most in her own coaches. She Liz ran the 2016 edition of the Doha College 10K Race, winning the Female Masters category. also famously coached herself for a large part of her career, and has coached her daughter Eilish Marc Garnett, Commercial Director of LLS said, “Qatar is committed to providing opportunities for on her own path to success. all in the community members to participate in sports and recreational activities and thanks to In a recount of what makes a successful sports person, Liz emphasised on determination, self- the words of wisdom Liz shared with our students, these youngsters will be able to have a further reliance and visualisation of success, all illustrated with her personal experiences, admitting that positive impact whilst continuing their work experience this year.”

IIRSM – Qatar Branch elects new off ice bearers

The International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) - Qatar Branch recently held The off icers and the team are to lead the IIRSM Qatar Branch members for two years. They a regular meeting and instated new off ice bearers and technical support team at Radisson Blu are to further promote the benefits of gaining knowledge and information in risk and safety Hotel. management as part of everyday work life and beyond. Viv Turner, Past Chair and Adviser of IIRSM Qatar Branch, instated Balamurugan Arunachalam as Over 80 members attended the meeting. A presentation on ‘Hand Tools Safety Awareness’ was the Chairman IIRSM. The other off icers, includes Leo Dote, Vice Chairman; and Philmar Potente, presented by Metabo at the meeting. and raff le draw was held where winners won units of the Secretary. The technical support team includes Viv Turner, Reece Chahal and Santosh Pillai. Metabo Cordless hand drills.

DPS-MIS organises three-day medical camp

DPS-Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) recently organised a three-day medical camp on its premises for a thorough and complete health check-up of its teaching and non-teaching staff . A team of doctors from Naseem Al Rabeeh Medical Centre visited the school to raise health awareness among the staff members. A few medical tests like Blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI and cholesterol screening were also carried out for an explicit diagnosis, followed by a consultation session with the doctors. An interactive workshop on ‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ by Dr Zeba Iqbal, MBBS and MD Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Naseem Al Rabeeh Medical Centre was also conducted for the female staff . An overview of breast cancer’s symptoms, risk factors, diff erent stages of breast cancer and preventive measures was provided to the attendees. An emphasis was laid on early detection to downstage the disease. 8 GULF TIMES Thursday, September 20, 2018 COMMUNITY TRA Why autu a trip to Comfortable temperatures, fewer pe

EXPLORING: Canoes are the best way to explore the edge of an epic wilderness of lakes, rivers and rapids. DOGSLEDDING VACATION: Most visitors stay at the Wintergreen Dogsled Lodg

those slim, orange maple trees, with I seized as a good omen. In aching the next. On this trip, I vowed to pay “You haven’t really been to a place,” By Jenna Ross more to come. It was as if all the harmony and amid a steel guitar, more attention to the maps and the he said, “until you’ve been in the forest’s colour had gravitated toward Robert Plant and Alison Krauss sang weather and the knots used to tie up water.” the water. ‘Leaves were falling just like embers/ canoes. I wanted to be able to venture I awoke the next morning to the addling across White Iron We had gravitated there, too. We In colours red and gold they set us on into the Boundary Waters on my own sound of rain peppering the roof and Lake, I looked up at the sky, had come to canoe, to explore just the fi re/ Burning just like a moonbeam in next time. the smell of onions frying in a cast iron cloudless and blue. Then I edge of an epic wilderness of lakes, our eyes. The two Wilderness Inquiry guys, pan. After exploring the Boundary glided around a bend and rivers and rapids. This trip, put on We had other goals besides clad in Chaco sandals and sporting Waters by backpack, I was struck by spotted them, a pair of by Wilderness Inquiry, proved more leaves, of course. One man in our tans, let me look over their shoulders the luxury. A roof! A kitchen! slimP maple trees, rising from the rocky easy-going than my past pack-and- small group, the paediatrician from as they marked their maps and made We gathered at the long wooden shoreline, burst into a brilliant orange. portage excursions into the Boundary Oakland, had brought his wife and their plans. But Karen, who had table, drinking coff ee and checking It was still early. Mid-September. Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Each sons to experience the sight that as navigated this part of the state many the weather on our phones. The rain In this northern edge of Minnesota, evening, we returned to a cosy lodge a Minnesota youth he had fallen in times before, became my guide, too. would pass, our guides promised. just outside Ely, most of the trees on a pine-covered peninsula on White love with ‘the view of a sunny lake Karen looked up from Listening still shimmered green. But from our Iron Lake. from underneath a portaged canoe.’ The power of water Point, the book that naturalist Sigurd canoes, my paddling group witnessed The weekend had been billed as Karen, in her 70s, wanted to explore From the dock, on that fi rst Olson wrote about his retreat on hints that autumn, in all its brilliance, an ‘amazing trip for leaf-peepers.’ As her beloved Boundary Waters with the evening, we measured the time to Burntside Lake, not 20 miles from would soon arrive. the trip approached, swaths of the help of a guide. Devan, always quick to sunset with our fi ngers. I stretched here, and began reading aloud. Olson “It’s the perfect time to be up here,” Department of Natural Resource’s identify a bird in fl ight, hoped to see a out my arms toward the blaze, cocking was describing a paddle in the dark, one of our guides, Devan, later told us. colour-coded state map which bull moose. my palms perpendicular. Each fi nger when ‘the lake evoked a spell.’ Water’s “Oh, you say that to all the groups,” Minnesotans eye each fall had begun I craved time in a canoe. between the sun and the horizon power, he surmised, springs from the laughed Georganne, who had trekked turning yellow and orange. But the My camping and canoeing trips represented 15 minutes. Six fi ngers fact that man’s history is woven into here from Oakland, Calif, with her Ely area? had relied, for too long, on men who meant an hour and a half of light left. waterways. husband and two 20-something sons. Stubbornly, disappointingly green. boasted more gear and experience The brothers stripped off “A mountain, a desert, or a great But the weekend would back up Still, as the van headed north, I than I had. Who knew how to start a their shirts and grabbed a pair of forest might serve his need of his claim; comfortable temperatures, hoped. fi re despite the rain and if I’m being paddleboards, launching themselves strength, but water refl ects his inner fewer people and perhaps more Our canoe guides, manning the honest were willing to carry the canoe out onto the lake. Their dad watched needs. Its all-enveloping quality, important fewer mosquitoes. And wheel and the music, picked a song on their shoulders from one lake to them paddle in the waning light. its complete diff usion into the Thursday, September 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 AVEL COMMUNITY umn is the best time for o the Boundary Waters ople and perhaps fewer mosquitoes is something to look for while taking the trip this season

FALL COLOURS: A hike up to Kawishiwi Falls off ers beautiful views and a few pops of fall colours.

We took off , pulling the clear water back with our paddles as quickly as we could. As we got closer, the swimmer looked smaller. A deer indeed, its short antlers sticking out above the water. We watched it swim toward shore. ge, on White Iron Lake outside of Ely, in the winter, for dogsledding vacations. A paddle, an island respite and another paddle later, Devan spotted surrounding environment, the fact it gesturing to the door, are 2,000 lakes, another swimmer, much smaller this is never twice quite the same and each “almost all of which are clean enough time. A beaver, someone predicted. approach to it is a new adventure, give that you could dip your cup in and I dug my paddle into the water it a meaning all its own.” drink from them.” quickly, deeply, using every skill I had When Karen was done with the “Although Wilderness Inquiry learned over these past few days, until passage, Georganne sighed. “That’s wouldn’t recommend it.” we got close. Closer. Its fi gure fi nally beautiful.” A visitor dropped by, Our guides were right. The skies became clearer: a red squirrel, dog- a dog at his heels. Arctic explorer cleared. We drove east, to the Lake paddling toward shore. Paul Schurke and his wife own this One trailhead, and dipped our Kevlar Then we took our time, paddling lodge, which specialises in winter canoes into the water. and pausing, exploring the lakes’ dog sled excursions. But in the edges and its fauna. Moss the colour of warmer months, he lends the place to Creatures of the water rust. Lily pads, turning from green to Wilderness Inquiry, the company he Across Fall Lake, in the distance, gold. At one point, we found ourselves co-founded with Greg Lais while at an animal swam, creating ripples of in a bay of what appeared to be wild St. John’s University. “This little lodge water that spread and disappeared rice. The brilliant burgundy of their is lonely and forlorn all summer,” he long before reaching our canoe. The stalks beat any tree I had seen, so far. said. “Mostly we wait until the snow animal was deep, strong. But what While we chopped vegetables for fl ies, which it will very soon.” was it? dinner that night, Devan disappeared Wearing a baseball cap and a sweet, “Hard to tell,” Devan said, leaning to build the fi re that would stoke the crooked smile, Schurke welcomed the forward. “A deer, maybe.” Finnish sauna, coaxing the fi rst fl ames group. “We like to think you’re in a Or maybe a moose? We called over by blowing, gently, into an open door very special place,” he said. “You’re at to the other canoe, careful not to on the sauna’s side. A few hours later, the entry point to the most popular, shout too loud. Their eyes widened. after a veggie stir-fry, some wine beloved, heavily visited protected We had been talking moose all and a few more stories, we changed wilderness area on Planet Earth and, weekend, hoping to see one on our into our swimsuits. It had grown just for that matter, in the Milky Way hike to Kawishiwi Falls. Or from the cool enough outside to appreciate galaxy.” road. But on the water? We had never the dry heat inside.– Star Tribune SCENIC: While on a trekking across the White Iron Lake it gives a feeling as if all Outside this cabin, Schurke said, considered such a thing. (Minneapolis)/TNS the forest's colour has gravitated towards the water. 10 GULF TIMES Thursday, September 20, 2018 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Thursday, September 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Study: Losing weight through diet, exercise in pregnancy safe

regnant women can safely birth weight of the baby. It could be limit their weight gain because “by the time these women with diet and exercise are already in the second trimester, interventions, the results it may already be late to change of a group of trials by important outcomes”, Peaceman theP US National Institutes of Health said. “To lower the risk of obstetrical (NIH) show. complications, they may have to Many overweight and obese start changing their lifestyle before women gain too much weight during or immediately after they conceive,” pregnancy, further ratcheting up he noted. the already increased risk of serious For the study, published in the complications for themselves and journal Obesity, the teams recruited their babies such as childhood 1,150 participants (579 women had obesity or diabetes. the lifestyle intervention, 571 had “This is an important study standard care), which ran from the because it affi rms that women second trimester to birth. can change behaviours to control Each trial off ered a varied lifestyle the amount of weight gained in intervention but all aimed to improve pregnancy,” said lead author Alan diet quality and reduce calories, Peaceman from the Northwestern increase physical activity and University Feinberg School of incorporate behaviour strategies such Medicine, US. as self-monitoring. Overweight and However, the reduced weight gain obese women are a critical group to — about four pounds per woman — target because they have higher rates did not result in fewer obstetrical of excess pregnancy weight gain and complications, including caesarean of retaining that weight postpartum. sections, diabetes, hypertension, and They are also more likely to have preeclampsia, or change the average children who are obese. — IANS

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

Today may be filled with sudden changes and unexpected events, You might not get the things done that you want to do today, Today is a fantastic day, Gemini, so make the most of it. If you’re Aries. The energy is electric and strong. People will act in erratic, Taurus, but don’t sweat it. Go easy on yourself if you still have a emotionally and mentally prepared to go on a new, exciting life powerful bursts. Try to stay centred and maintain your focus. Keep few unchecked things on the list tonight. People may pop out of journey, the opportunity will present itself. The energy will be fast in mind that if you need to break free from certain limitations, now nowhere and demand your attention for much of the time. Listen, be and furious. You can work harmoniously with electrical gadgets is the time to make that move. Have confidence in your actions and present, and try not to think of the things that aren’t getting done. and new technologies. Break free of the mundane and seek less make it happen. Focus on those things that are getting done. conventional ways of living. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

You’ll be tested today, Cancer, so brace yourself for the unexpected. You have lots of energy at your disposal today, Leo, but it’s erratic It’s time to take a bold step forward, Virgo. Have confidence in A large piece of your life is coming into question at this time, and and powerful. You have the stamina to make major changes, and the yourself and all the careful planning you’ve been painstakingly you’re being forced to face the music. Is this something that really opportunity to break free from any restrictions that hold you back. doing for the past few months. Realize that much of this hard work rings true with your inner being? If it is, you should be able to deal Embrace the new, fresh aspects of your life that ring true to your is paying off , but only if you’re willing to take the next step. The with this challenge. If you’re struggling, perhaps you should take this freedom-loving nature. Give your soul room to breathe as you take a opportunity is there. All you need to do is jump on it. Act out of faith as a sign that you need a major life change. long walk in nature this afternoon. and confidence instead of fear and restriction. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

You can’t ask for a better day, Libra. Positive energy is coming your Be on your toes today, Scorpio, and expect the unexpected. People If you’ve put in your time and done your homework, this day way. You should look for the opportunities that are right in front of may be acting out in rash, outlandish ways, so go with the flow. As can prove very rewarding, Sagittarius. Watch out for incredible you. You may be going through some significant upheaval right now. usual, you have a tremendous ability to roll with the punches and opportunities hiding nearby. You have a great deal of physical Clear away all the things that have limited you in the past. The future still come out unscathed. Just take care that someone else isn’t energy today, although you may find it erratic and a bit out of is wide open. Empower yourself to make the changes necessary to grabbing the reins. Stay laid-back while maintaining control of your control. Break free of anything that seems to be binding you. Shed build your life way you want it to be. actions. the chains and live the way you want to live. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

You may find people very stubborn today, so take care, Capricorn. Initiate a major change in your life, Aquarius. Break free of the Action is the word of the day. Whether you’re initiating it or feeling Arguments can explode out of nowhere, so have your helmet ready. humdrum and launch into something exciting. Take part in a class the brunt of it, you’ll be caught up in the vortex of it. Try not to lose Think before you act and don’t feel pressured to get involved in that expands your mind. Consider yoga, tarot, or any form of martial your tempter today, Pisces, and don’t be surprised if people act something that makes you feel uncomfortable. Remember that it’s arts. You have a tremendous amount of energy today. It will help you rashly and insensitively. Perhaps this is their way of saying they need OK to just walk away. No one will win the boxing match, so don’t maintain confidence and endurance as you do the groundwork to you and that your energy and input are important. Have confidence even get in the ring. put this new life-enhancing endeavor in motion. in your words. 12 GULF TIMES Thursday, September 20, 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, September 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1. Almost catch the fair lady 1. He starts with an item of (4,4) apparel (6) 5. Firm providing 2. When back, the boys get accommodation (6) food (6) 9. A semi-translated passage in 3. Order the fellow to get Italian (8) himself a girl-friend (7) 10. The seaman returned with a 4. When the snow has melted, it bicycle (6) looks ornamental (4) 12. Win over, at last, the listener 6. The passage across, it is (7) (6) 7. Asked Gina out amid chaff (8) 13. Agrees the son switched the 8. Did he send me off to get coins round (8) trapped? (8) 15. Why the robot had to be 11. Do merge, which does given a rest? (5,7) perplex one (7) 18. Chasing someone through 14. For a man to climb the Turkish baths? (2,3,7) mountains is inborn (7) 23. Stay, also, to make a 16. On day one the trip is off, Answers suggestion (8) which does leave one 24. As against something which dejected (8) Wordsearch Codeword could be recited (6) 17. Firing a second warning (8) 26. Is one rushed round for you 19. The wet, slippery ball the boy to eat? (6) caught did deceive you (3-4) 27. Hauled in and given a ticking 20. Either someone who’s always off (6,2) complaining or not binding 28. Went along with, carrying (7) one’s identification (6) 21. Cold and tired out, gets the 29. Before the day arrived at or kudos (6) after, he’s rapacious (8) 22. The official custodian (6) 25. Backing up the car, sound happy (4)

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 1 Lemon sole; 6 Down: 1 Least; 2 Messmates; Halma; 9 Asset; 10 Assistant; 3 Not so dusty; 4 Oracles; 5 11 Tomfoolery; 12 Deed; 14 Ensures; 6 Host; 7 Leave; 8 Outruns; 15 Subedit; 17 Rosette; Antidotes; 13 Abstracted; 14 19 Settles; 20 East; 22 Past Ourselves; 16 Dalliance; 18 caring; 25 Volunteer; 26 Tango; Enamels; 19 Set free; 21 Solve; 23 27 Steve; 28 Speedwell. Growl; 24 Once. 14 GULF TIMES Thursday, September 20, 2018 COMMUNITY REVIEWS The cogs never quite fit together

Mrs. Florence Zimmerman (Cate that never quite evaporates, never By Katie Walsh Blanchett). allows us to fall headlong into this It’s not so easy to fi t in with the world. kids at school, though Lewis does The fi lm can serve as a gateway itches are so make one friend in the cool-kid for goth children, who may be 2017. Make way greaser Tarby (Sunny Suljic). But drawn to spooky and macabre for warlocks, aka if Lewis is going to learn anything things, but without too much “boy witches,” from his impressively bearded and blood, guts or real scares. The as defi ned by kooky uncle, it’s to embrace the climax, in which Lewis, Jonathan Wthe intrepid young Lewis (Owen weird — it’s the only way to be a and Mrs Zimmerman battle Isaac Vaccaro), the boy hero of The warlock. Lewis is soon receiving Izard (Kyle MacLachlan), a warlock House with a Clock in Its Walls. The lessons in magic from his uncle and risen from the dead, is breathless, adaptation of John Bellairs’ 1973 Mrs Zimmerman, a combination hysterical and goopy, but never all young adult fantasy novel, directed of old-school vaudeville magician that terrifying. He and his wife, by Eli Roth and written by Eric tricks, and real, mystical conjuring Selena (Renée Elise Goldsberry), Kripke, makes a play to move in on of the ethereal fantastic. want to turn back the world clock the young warlock turf vacated by Despite all the rich elements — housed in the walls of the house Harry Potter, but the fi lm just can’t the fantastic cast, the wonderfully and essentially Eternal Sunshine all quite keep time as a proper young detailed production and costume people off the planet. adult fantasy adventure. design, an oddball family story of The fi lm, with its 1955 setting, The story, which takes place in black sheep fi nding each other — gestures at the trauma of “the war” 1955, follows Lewis as he travels there’s something missing from for the reasons why good warlocks to New Zebedee, Michigan, to live The House with a Clock in Its Walls. turn bad, or strong witches become with his uncle, Jonathan Barnavelt It’s weightless, hop-skipping over weak. “No people, no war,” Isaac (Jack Black), after the tragic death necessary story-building, glossing says. No character embodies that of his parents. The fi lm has a over Lewis’ warlock training as more than Mrs Zimmerman, and vintage steampunk aesthetic, with well as the personal histories of his every moment Cate Blanchett is on Lewis outfi tted in tweeds and a guardians. screen is a small saving grace. Her ubiquitous pair of goggles. He fi ts It’s all style, no heft, and there’s one-on-one scene with Lewis is far right in to his uncle’s creaking, little personal connection to the more gripping than anything else in groaning, ticking house of wonders, characters. Piles of exposition the fi lm, which unfortunately drags. where there are no rules, plentiful pour out of characters’ mouths via Blanchett makes The House with a chocolate chip cookies and lots of speeches and monologues, rather Clock in Its Walls tick, but the cogs mysterious goings-on, courtesy than organically throughout the never quite fi t together as snugly as of Jonathan and his neighbour, script. There’s a layer of artifi ce they should. — TNS Less would have been more for Moore

making a pretty penny off the reality performing shoe-leather investigative By Katie Walsh show host’s stunts, he does the same documentary work. One of the sub- thing in 11/9. He cannot resist indulging stories in the story-cluttered 11/9 follows in his own petty desires in the fi lm, and the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, ichael Moore wants to you wish he had resisted such giggle- Moore’s hometown and the setting of his save us from ourselves. inducing montages, such as Trump’s fi rst fi lm, Roger & Me. Flint is Moore’s It’s been his mission election night party soundtracked to area of expertise, and he deftly explains for a long time, a noble opera or laying Trump speeches over how CEO-governor Rick Snyder’s one, and it’s obvious he Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will. business-style criminal tactics led to isM sincere. But as a fi lmmaker, Moore It’s cheap, indulgent fi lmmaking, and the never-ending deadly water crisis. He needs to save himself from his worst frankly, it’s not funny, not even in a dark interviews victims and whistleblowers, indulgences, which undercuts his good way. and he stages stunts like hosing down the work. His new fi lm, Fahrenheit 11/9, But as much as Moore loves making governor’s mansion with a Flint Water showcases both the best and the worst of fun of Trump any chance he gets, in 11/9 truck and attempting to make a citizen’s his fi lmmaking instincts. he has truly the knives out for Obama arrest. It’s biting, sharp and chilling, and Fahrenheit 9/11 was about former and establishment Democrats. Trump it proves Moore could have made a truly President George W Bush, and Fahrenheit gets off easy compared to Pelosi and powerful fi lm about Flint. 11/9 is about President Donald Trump Obama, and Moore argues Trump is However, Flint functions merely a and the way the mainstream media, the force off chaotic evil necessary to canary in the coal mine in Fahrenheit Democrats and the GOP function (or burn the whole rotten system down. 11/9, as a lynch pin of his argument don’t function) around him. Moore He shreds Democrat organisations to that Trump is marching straight for makes clear the connection between pieces while focusing on the new guard autocracy, using Snyder as inspiration. media ratings, money and Trump’s of leftist candidates like Alexandria It’s an argument that conjures up dread, election, starting off with a banger Ocasio-Cortez. These segments, as well the way much of the fi lm is designed to of an argument: that Trump’s news as sections on the teen survivors and do, to inspire action. conference announcing his candidacy activists of the Parkland school shooting, Fahrenheit 11/9 is an emotional for offi ce was merely a ploy to get a raise are uplifting and inspiring to the point of and intellectual roller coaster. Moore from NBC after learning Gwen Stefani tears. But Moore quickly plunges us back swings for the fences, as he usually made more money on The Voice than into the darkness of Trump, ominously does. But the fi lm, done in Moore’s he did on The Apprentice. When he was predicting an inevitable march toward traditionalist maximalist style, is fi red, the campaign became real. Thanks, Nazi Germany, likening the Reichstag fi re overblown and overstuff ed with editorial NBC. to September 11, in terms of the political indulgences. It’s clear that stylistically But while Moore indicts the media ramifi cations. and structurally, less should be more for for pandering to Trump for ratings, Moore is at his best when he’s Moore. — TNS Thursday, September 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY I did some of my best work after becoming a mom, says Mandira IMPRESSED: Emma Thompson. he is the best thing that could have ever Atkinson our modern-day happened to me,” said Mandira, who is Chaplin, says Emma married to fi lmmaker Raj Kaushal and became a mother in 2011 to a son named Actress Emma Thompson says English actor- Vir. comedian Rowan Atkinson is our modern-day Charlie The actress, who got instant acclaim Chaplin. with her TV show Shanti in the mid-90s, The actors have worked together in fi lms The Tall went on to become a popular TV host, Guy, Love Actually and most recently Johnny English commentator and presenter. Strikes Again. On the fi lm front, she has featured in Speaking of Atkinson, Thompson said in a statement: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Ittefaq “I’ve worked with him on and off for years, and and will feature in the upcoming movie I’ve admired him for years. I really do think he’s a Saaho, which also stars Prabhas. remarkable presence in our cultural pantheon.” Her hands are full with future projects, “He’s our Buster Keaton (late actor-comedian), our too. modern-day Charlie Chaplin really. You don’t need to “I have got lots on my plate at the hear him speak, he’s just funny,” she added. moment. I am doing a Telugu-Hindi Thompson plays the role of a Prime Minister in bilingual and have just fi nished shooting Johnny English Strikes Again. a Tamil fi lm as well which is up for release “She’s a real mix. She’s (Margaret) Thatcher and in October. I have done two web series — (Theresa) May. She is the darkest version of those one is scheduled to launch by fi rst week politicians who use their offi ce because the power of October and I am shooting a fi ction appeals. By the time we get to meet her, she is based one currently. desperate,” she said. “Initially people used to look at me like “She is making quite catastrophic decisions. a good guy or a bad guy like a gangster or Even though this is a comedy and is silly, it has been a cop. Now I am getting interesting and interesting to think, well what if you did hold that kind diff erent kinds of roles. I am playing the of power. This PM feels herself to be very important, creative head in an advertising agency. and as she senses that slipping away, it makes her I am really enjoying the roles that are desperate, like a caged animal.” FAMILY: Mandira Bedi and Raj Kaushal with their son Vir. coming my way — lots of fi ction, non- Johnny English Strikes Again is the third instalment fi ction and fi tness related events,” she of the Johnny English comedy series, with Atkinson it’s diffi cult to be a working mother in said.Mandira was the part of an event returning as the accidental secret agent. By Nivedita Bollywood. organised by Gatorade to celebrate the It will release in India on September 28. — IANS She says that one needs to aim in victory of Asian javelin throw champion keeping themselves relevant and look Neeraj Chopra. The sports drink brand ctress Mandira Bedi agrees after themselves. welcomed its ambassador. Regina King surprised by Emmy victory that juggling between family “It’s a balance that any working Talking about fi tness, the actress says and work is a struggle for mother has to maintain. There is no youngsters should not take their body for Actress Regina King a working mother but she formula, not just one specifi c way. granted. “When you are young, you have won the 2018 Emmy suggests that one needs Every week you have to fi gure out a high metabolism and everything seems Award for lead actress Ato fi nd the right formula. She says that new formula of how can you juggle to be working out for you. But you should in a limited series some of her best work happened after she your family and work life. So, juggle is a start taking care of your body at an earlier and she could hardly became a mother. struggle for every mother but you need to age. I started this journey of fi tness, good believe the good news “Some of the best work that I have fi nd your own formula. health and exercise around 10 years ago herself. done has been after I became a mother. “Mine may not work for you and yours even though I have been reasonably sport “Really? Say word,” I did 24, a couple of movies, some may not work for me. I sometimes fi nd inclined but never as fi t as I am today. the actress, who won commercials are coming my way. I am it really hard, sometimes it’s guilt when “It’s never too late nor too early to for her role on Seven doing lovely work now. So, I don’t think I don’t see my son as much as I want to. start taking care. Eat healthy, exercise Seconds, remarked as that there is any such thing as work not It’s tough but who said life is easy. But I regularly — it will keep you in a good she began her speech coming your way when you become a am really enjoying this phase of my life. state for a long time to come,” she said. on Monday night here, mother,” Mandira said when asked if “I look at my son and honestly feel that — IANS reports people.com. “Wow, I didn’t have nothing to say Happy on debut with a strong shooting for the fi lm. because I wasn’t really character, says Aishwarya “I didn’t have to prepare a lot for expecting this, but I am Devina, apart from understanding how so grateful television Actress Aishwarya Devan says she feels her job as a journalist framed her strong academy. You all are happy that her debut role in Bollywood is character and her Lucknowi dialect.” my friends, my peers, of a strong female character. Aishwarya will appear as the lead thank you, thank you, Aishwarya was interacting with media opposite actor Sharman Joshi who will be thank you,” she said. for the promotion of her forthcoming playing the title role of Kaashi. THANKFUL: Regina King. “This is amazing,” fi lm Kaashi in Search of Ganga. The fi lm Asked about her experience of working she continued. “I wanna will also mark her debut in Bollywood. with the 3 Idiots star, she said, “I never curse right now. This is good.” Talking about her character Devina, thought I would be debuting opposite King, 47, was the fi rst person of colour to win at the who is a journalist from Lucknow, him. He is an actor that I really look up to. Emmys, which drew criticism from some viewers at Aishwarya said, “I haven’t done as many He had successful fi lms like 3 Idiots, Rang home for its lack of non-white winners. strong roles in South fi lms so I am very De Basanti and all his characters have King has previously picked up two supporting actress happy that my debut role in Bollywood been so memorable.” in a limited series or movie Emmys for her work in is a of a strong female character. The Directed by Dhiraj Kumar and written American Crime. — IANS director of this fi lm (Dhiraj Kumar) who by Manish Kishore, the fi lm will release is also a debutant, helped me a lot while on October 26. — IANS GLAD: Aishwarya Devan. 16 GULF TIMES Thursday, September 20, 2018 COMMUNITY Peter Blauner sets chillingly dark crime novel on Long Island The author spins a hard-hitting, unsettling and relentless tale of police corruption that cuts across the parkways, villages and police headquarters of the island

MASTER CLASS: Blauner’s work in Sunrise Highway is a master class in how to write a thriller. He crafts tight scenes that hum with tension and propel the reader forward.

how homes lose their value. You put away Despite his outward appearance as a this smoke and let people sleep sound ‘man’s man, and a cop’s cop, a likable again, you’ll be made for life.’ “ guy,’ Tolliver is a violent, disturbing This trial plays out in 1977, but it character with a network of cops, DAs eventually connects to several other similar and even a man in the White House under murder cases, including one in 2017. his thumb. Tolliver achieved this dark Washed up on the shore at the tip of Far influence by mastering what he calls the Rockaway is the body of a young woman ‘reverse integrity test.’ This perverse wrapped in a black contractor’s bag. Small leverage plays out in one of the book’s pebbles clog her mouth and throat. Her most chilling moments. Inside a police car, hands clasp her belly; she appears to have then-sergeant Tolliver leans on a rookie, been expecting. “There was a collection a ‘lanky, lantern-jawed’ farm boy from of small brittle bones between the fingers, Patchogue. which were not part of the anatomy. Almost Tolliver hands the boy a rolled up like the victim was trying to hold onto a 20-dollar bill and orders him to snort a line fragile little bird.” of cocaine. The rookie reluctantly complies Onto the case comes NYPD detective as Tolliver thinks, ‘I own you now.’ Lourdes Robles: tough and persistent When Lourdes points out the common but vulnerable still seeing herself as threads she’s uncovered in the murders, ‘the fat girl who couldn’t swim,’ Blauner Tolliver brushes them aside. Nagged by writes. Lourdes is a Latina working in a the possibility her sister could be one of world dominated by white men, and she’s the victims, Lourdes pushes on against the currently worried about her missing sister, resistance of Tolliver and his minions in who may have turned to not so respectable scenes that move to a harrowing climax. proffesions. (Lourdes debuted last year in Except for a few melodramatic MINUTE DETAILS: Characters major and minor along with keenly observed details create a Blauner’s Proving Ground.) descriptives ‘As seagulls swarmed like palpable sense of place in the novel. A detective working with Lourdes screeching boomerangs’, Blauner’s work in suspects the Rockaway case connects to Sunrise Highway is a master class in how to and relentless tale of police corruption the unsolved murders of several women write a thriller. A novelist and a writer on By Gerald Bartell that cuts across the parkways, villages and in Nassau and Suffolk counties. In one Law & Order: LA and Law & Order: Special police headquarters of Long Island. The of them, the young woman’s mouth and Victims Unit, Blauner crafts tight scenes case takes root in the moment a veteran throat were stuffed with branches. And that hum with tension and propel the hat James Ellroy did to Los detective from the Yaphank police nudges many of the victims’ bodies turned up reader forward. Characters major and minor Angeles in LA Confidential, a green prosecutor to boost his career by in wooded areas along the eponymous are distinctive, and keenly observed details; Peter Blauner does to Long pinning the murder of a white woman on Sunrise Highway. So the investigation the paper napkins, the cooks shouting in Island in his new thriller, a black man. The longer the case is open, expands with Lourdes soon facing off with Spanish and the stools that seem about to Sunrise Highway. he says, the harder it is on the community. Suffolk County Chief of Police Joseph ‘Joey’ tip at a popular chain restaurant create a WBlauner spins a hard-hitting, unsettling “’People are locking their doors. This is Tolliver. palpable sense of place.– Newsday/TNS