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COVER Nostalgic rush STORY Bumblebee writer Christina Hodson never really left the ’80s behind. P2-3

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Khaman vs dhokla, Best of 2018: In jazz, powerful the Gujarati cuisine. voices demand being heard. Page 6 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Friday, December 28, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Timeless magic For Christina Hodson, the London-born writer, it made sense to set the movie Bumblebee in the ’80s

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ote Unquo Qu te “Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.” — Alan Alda The ’80s is when I fell in By Tracy Brown love with Transformers, and it kind of felt right hristina Hodson spent so much time air Community Editor and good to go back to drumming to music by the Smiths when she Kamran Rehmat that decade was younger that her e-mail: [email protected] CNew Year’s resolution in 2002 was Telephone: 44466405 to stop. She didn’t. Fax: 44350474 — Christina Hodson, It’s a love that still runs so deep that asking the Bumblebee ‘ screenwriter ’ screenwriter to pick her favourite Friday, December 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 3 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

Bumblebee is an upcoming American science fiction film centred around the Transformers character of the same name. It is the sixth instalment of the live-action Transformers film series and a prequel to 2007’s Transformers

Smiths songs could be considered the adventure and the girl was that’s when I discovered the Charlie’s garage, and the Autobot’s One of the many ’80s movies an act of cruelty. maybe along for the ride,” Hodson Smiths,” Hodson said. “That resulting affi nity for the 1985 John Hodson recalls being obsessed Hodson has passed this love said. “The girls were rarely the ones opening sequence of her waking Hughes fi lm was also a part of the with in her youth was The Lost for the British alternative band leading the charge, and that was up in her bedroom and putting story from the start. Boys (which starred Jason Patric, along to Charlie, a wise beyond always what I wanted to see.” on the headphones is very The development spoke to Kiefer Sutherland and Jami Gertz her years teenage girl (played by The Times spoke with Hodson autobiographical. I used to do a lot Hodson emotionally, and she was alongside Corey Haim and Corey Hailee Steinfeld) who discovers that — who is also writing two highly of air drumming to the Smiths at glad that they were able to keep Feldman and coincidentally hit the beat-up car she has recently anticipated DC Comics movies: that age.” the reference because “it does kind theatres in the summer of 1987). salvaged is actually an alien robot. the upcoming Harley Quinn She added: “Initially of end up being this key thing for “I wore out a lot of VHS tapes Set in 1987, this Transformers vehicle and a [Bumblebee] rejects that music. Bumblebee.” in my time, and Lost Boys is prequel is peppered with references standalone adventure — about But the fi rst time he uses a sentence “I just love The Breakfast Club,” definitely one of the most worn- to the era. But instead of serving some of the more prominent ’80s to speak to [Charlie] is using the Hodson said. “I really loved that out ones,” said Hodson, explaining as mere nostalgia bait, these references that appear in Bumblebee Smiths and using her language. It movie and, yes, it is dated in some that she and her sisters rewatched elements evoke the timeless magic (as well as one that doesn’t). felt like a lovely way to bridge the ways and it is a movie about tropes, the tape over and over. emblematic of certain ’80s classics. gap between them and bring them but it’s also a movie about denying “One of the surprising, Hodson cites [Steven] Spielberg’s Charlie and the Smiths together.” the tropes. That ending is so iconic delightful treats of this movie is Amblin movies as a prime Charlie’s love for the Smiths and so great, and I love that song” that I wrote all of the boardwalk inspiration for Bumblebee, “both was baked into the story from the Bumblebee and The Breakfast — Don’t You (Forget About Me) by stuff imagining the boardwalk the ones he directed and the ones he very beginning and helped set the Club Simple Minds.” from The Lost Boys.” And though produced,” she said. “They feel like heroine up as a bit of an outsider. Bumblebee stumbles across she didn’t tell him, director Travis they exist almost outside of time.” “When I was Charlie’s age, a VHS of The Breakfast Club in The Lost Boys Cconnection Knight also had that boardwalk in For the London-born writer, it mind when scouting locations for made sense to set the movie in the the film. ’80s because that was the era that “We ended up shooting in Santa Transformers originated. Cruz exactly where The Lost Boys “The ’80s is when I fell in love shot, which of course made for with Transformers, and it kind of the greatest set visit of all time,” felt right and good to go back to Hodson said. that decade, because I think that’s when a lot of people fell in love with A Wham! moment that got Transformers,” Hodson said of the cut franchise that launched as a toy line There are always some scenes in 1984. and references that don’t make it From the pop culture references into the final version of a movie. and household gadgets to the For Bumblebee, one of these music Bumblebee relies on to involved a more comedic take on communicate after losing his robot a scene that just didn’t work out. voice, Hodson admits that there [Minor spoiler alert for those who was plenty of research involved haven’t seen the film yet.] when penning the script for this “I did used to have a silly, origin story. funny beat when [Bumblebee] But Hodson’s fond recollections first comes back to life in the of days wearing out VHS tapes hangar where he starts singing watching and rewatching her Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” favourite movies with her sisters Hodson recalled. “Which I always — as well as the “labour of love” found really funny. But, to be fair, that went into recording mixtapes does not really work in the more on cassettes — makes it clear that emotional version of the scene.” the decade is one she was happy to In this “slightly more comedic revisit. iteration of that scene they’re There’s at least one thing she putting him back together, and would be pleased to see remain a he keeps singing that song and relic of that era, however: the lack they’re, like, ‘Shut up!’ ” of aspirational female characters. It turns out there’s only so “I would watch a lot of these DIFFERENT: The spin-off is very diff erent from the five films. Notably, there are fewer Transformers — it’s much ’80s goodness one movie movies growing up and it was mainly Bumblebee and the two Decepticons who chase him to Earth in 1987. The heroic Optimus Prime only has a can safely contain. always the boy who was going on cameo. —Los Angeles Times/TNS 4 GULF TIMES Friday, December 28, 2018 COMMUNITY BODY & MIND Heart attack, stroke may predict cancer risk

INCREASING RISK: The risk of having a heart attack and stroke jumped by 70 per cent in the year before cancer diagnosis. The risk was most acute in the month immediately before cancer diagnosis.

eart attack or stroke as advanced-staged cancers, appear Babak Navi, Associate Professor at thromboembolic activity, before heart attack and stroke risk were may be an early sign to be most strongly associated with Cornell University in the US. they come to medical attention, he increased in the months before of cancers, especially an elevated risk of heart attack and “These results suggest that explained. cancer diagnosis, although heart in older adults, say stroke caused by blood clots in cancer’s eff ect on the clotting system For the study, the team included attack events were slightly more researchers. the arteries, according to a report may be what’s predominantly driving 748,662 people (67 years and common than strokes. HThe fi ndings showed that the risk published in the journal Blood. the associated risk of heart attacks older) and looked at the risk of “If someone has a heart attack or of having a heart attack and stroke “Our data shows there is an and stroke,” Navi added. heart attack and stroke in those stroke and there are any concerning jumped by 70 per cent in the year associated risk of ischemic stroke and Cancers can take months and newly diagnosed with breast, signs for an undiagnosed before cancer diagnosis. The risk was heart attack that begins to increase in sometimes years to develop and lung, prostate, colorectal, bladder, malignancy, such as weight loss or most acute in the month immediately the fi ve months before the cancer is be diagnosed, and some cancers non-Hodgkin lymphoma, uterine, unexplained anaemia, then perhaps before cancer diagnosis. offi cially diagnosed and peaks in the may be exerting biological pancreatic, and gastric cancers. a cancer screening should be Lung and colon cancers, as well month just before,” said lead author eff ects on the body, especially When analysed separately, both considered,” Navi said. – IANS

Breast cancer drugs useful Associate Research Director of the that when they blocked this in treating drug-resistant Francis Crick Institute in the UK. interaction in genetically modifi ed lung tumours “These drugs are improving, mice with EGFR mutations, their but unfortunately after a couple tumours shrank signifi cantly to about A class of drugs used to treat of years, the cancer usually a tenth of the space inside the lung. certain breast cancers could help becomes resistant and starts to Before the intervention, the tackle lung cancers that have become grow and spread again. The second tumours fi lled around two thirds of resistant to targeted therapies, line of treatment is currently the space inside the lung. suggests a study done on mice. conventional chemotherapy, These drugs could potentially The study showed that lung which is not targeted and has benefi t patients with EGFR-mutant tumours in mice caused by mutations substantial side-eff ects,” said lung cancers whose tumours have in a gene called EGFR shrunk Downward. Importantly, it would become resistant to treatment signifi cantly when a protein called be worth investigating whether and could be approved for clinical p110a was blocked by the drugs. p110a inhibitors could be used purposes in the near future, the team “At the moment, patients with as a second-line therapy. For the suggested. EGFR-mutant lung cancers are given study, the researchers targeted a Since the research is at such an targeted treatments that are very specifi c interaction between the early stage, more research in mice eff ective for the fi rst few years,” said RAS protein and p110a. Findings, and patient cells would be needed, BENEFICIAL: The drugs could potentially benefit patients with EGFR-mutant lead researcher Julian Downward, published in Cell Reports, showed Downward noted. – IANS lung cancers whose tumours have become resistant to treatment.

Short-height people in ICU death risk increases by around 30 per male patients. It could be that shorter someone’s height can damage their is for doctors to be more aware of at increased death risk cent for the very shortest. people are given too large a dose of lungs as they are forced to take larger people’s height.” “We know doctors In addition, women see their death medication, more than required, such breaths than necessary, results do not always measure people’s Patients in intensive care units rates jump from 17.1 to 24.1 per cent as sedatives resulting in sleepiness, showed. heights but equipment settings (ICUs) who are shorter in height are if they are shorter, as per the study which ultimately causes them to stop “There is not a single thing should often take this into account. more likely to die in hospital than published in the journal Intensive breathing. which could explain this increase in The small diff erences relevant to how taller ones who have much better Care Medicine. In addition, wrong-sized mortality in shorter people admitted tall someone is can add up,” noted survival rates, fi nds a new study. The reason shorter people may breathing tube could cause damage to intensive care units,” said Hannah Wunsch. The study showed that the be at a higher risk of death could to the vocal cords in shorter people, Wunsch, researcher from the For the study, researchers included average-height man’s odds of dying be because a lot of intensive care Daily Mail reported. Sunnybrook Hospital in Canada. 400,000 patients at 210 intensive are just over 22 per cent, but that equipment is set up for average-sized A ventilator not adjusted for “The message from this research care units. – IANS Friday, December 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 BODY & MIND COMMUNITY

POTENTIAL: Common acne medication has the potential to alter the microbiome of the skin, raising the possibility of developing microbiome-based acne treatments. Medication for severe acne alters skin microbiome

esearchers have found a previously unknown benefi t of called Propionibacterium acnes, skin that support the growth of it’s in response to changes in the that a common acne the medication. It shifts the skin which is associated with acne. certain communities of bacteria, patient’s skin. The drug appears medication has the microbiome of acne patients to But such antibiotics can and we know that some of them to make the skin less hospitable potential to alter the more closely resemble that of people contribute to the development of appear to be associated with acne,” to acne-causing bacteria,” McCoy microbiome of the skin, with normal skin. resistant strains of bacteria and said lead author William H. McCoy, said. Rraising the possibility of developing According to the researchers, can kill off potentially benefi cial an instructor in medicine and a The results were published microbiome-based acne treatments. there is a need for microbiome- microbes as well. Isotretinoin is not dermatologist. in the Journal of Investigative Isotretinoin, a form of vitamin A, based acne treatment alternatives an antibiotic. “We asked whether we would see Dermatology. has been prescribed to treat acne for because isotretinoin causes severe It is largely thought to treat acne fewer of those bad bacteria on the The team studied bacteria decades. It reduces oil production in birth defects, so doctors must take by drying out the skin, making it a skin after isotretinoin treatment, sampled from facial skin swabs at the skin, which helps prevent acne added precautions for women of less inviting place for acne-causing and we did. But we also know that four time points over the course of from forming. child-bearing age. and acne-promoting microbes to this drug doesn’t work on the the 10-month study. The new research from Doctors often prescribe fl ourish. It is the only therapy that bacteria themselves. It changes the They found that isotretinoin Washington University School antibiotics that target bacteria can reliably clear acne long term. patient’s skin. therapy increased the diversity of of Medicine in St. Louis showed called Cutibacterium acnes, also “There are greasy areas of the “So if the microbes are changing, microbes found on the skin. – IANS

Scientists develop from further damage caused by eye drop is designed to retain the sight-saving treatment blinking. Decorin on the surface of the eye, for eye infection Pre-clinical research shows and form a ‘therapeutic bandage’ that within a matter of days the that promotes scarless healing,” Scientists have developed a eye drop speeds healing, reduces added Ann Logan, professor from novel eye drop that can rapidly scarring and improves corneal the varsity. reduce sight-threatening scarring transparency compared to the The anti-scarring eye drop could to the surface of the eye or the current standard of care for also help save many people’s sight, cornea. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an eye particularly in the developing The cornea is usually infection commonly associated world where surgical interventions transparent, but scars, resulting with poor contact lens hygiene. such as corneal transplants are from eye infection or trauma, make “The fl uid gel is a novel material not available, said the scientists in it opaque causing blurred vision that can transition between a solid a paper published in the journal, or in extreme cases complete and liquid state. This means it Regenerative Medicine. blindness. contours itself to the surface of Disorganisation in the cornea The eye drop consists of a fl uid the eye, is retained there, and is leads to corneal opacity, disorder gel with a natural wound-healing only slowly removed by blinking,” of the cornea and sight-loss. Such protein called Decorin. said lead researcher Liam Grover, corneal opacities are a leading HEALING: Within a matter of days the eye drop speeds healing, reduces According to the scientists, the professor from the University of cause of blindness, according to scarring and improves corneal transparency compared to the current fl uid gel forms a protective barrier Birmingham. the World Health Organisation. standard of care for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. that protects the surface of the eye “This innovative fl uid gel in the – IANS 6 GULF TIMES Friday, December 28, 2018 COMMUNITY CUISINE

Some other prominent types of dhokla are the green peas dhokla, cheese dhokla and mixed dal dhokla. In terms of colour and texture, the dhokla is pale in colour as compared to the khaman as it uses white rice, often some colour is added to the ones available in the market to make it appear more appealing and fresh. Khaman on the other hand is naturally richer looking and has a softer and spongeier texture. Khaman

Ingredients Chana dal 250 gm Yoghurt 50 gm Sugar 1 tsp Salt to taste

For tempering Oil 1 tbsp Mustard seeds ½ tsp Green chili 3-4 nos. POPULAR: Dhokla and khaman are two popular snacks for those trying to stay from junk food. Photo by the author Asafoetida 1/3 tsp Water 1/3 cup Lemon juice 1 tsp Curry leaves few sprigs Salt to taste Coriander leaves 2 tbsp

Garnish Khaman vs dhokla, Coconut grated 2 tbsp Coriander leaves 2 tbsp

Method Soak the chana lentil in water overnight or seven hours to allow the chana dal to soften up. the Gujarati cuisine Blend the chana dal with little water and add yoghurt and sugar to often wonder about one Khaman is made up of fresh is made using leftover khaman little harder than khaman and is get a pancake batter consistency. dish from diff erent cuisine chana (gram) dal or chana fl our crumble, tempered with garlic, and garnished with a tempering of Keep aside at a warm place to of India that lead the array (besan), soaked overnight in water pomegranate and is topped with mustard seeds, coriander leaves, ferment overnight. of dishes from that region. to make a soft thick paste which sev. and split green chilies. It can be In another bowl add baking soda Thinking of Gujarati cuisine, has a cake batter like consistency. Vati dal khaman – this traditional eaten for breakfast and can also be and oil and leave in a cool place. Ithe fi rst dish that comes to my The batter is then steamed to a type of khaman is made from served as evening snacks. Dhokla For cooking khaman, after the mind is dhokla. Gujarat off ers a soft spongy bread like texture. crushed lentils (vateli dal). Vati can also be prepared in a variety batter is fermented the next day, host of delightful snacks that are Gram fl our, semolina, lemon dal khaman is coarser in texture of ways like rasia dhokla, khatta add the baking soda and oil mixture very popular across the length and juice and yoghurt are some of the as compared to the nylon khaman dhokla, toor dal dhokla and rava and salt and stir well to combine the breadth of not only India but across main ingredients used in making made using besan. dhokla. ingredients. the globe. Gujaratis being mainly a khaman. The snack can be baked, Masala khaman – masala Rasia dhokla – The dhokla is Grease a steamer mold and pour vegetarian community know how steamed or even cooked in a khaman is a fried variant where boiled in a curry made of tamarind, the required batter in the vessel and to extract multiple fl avours out of microwave. A tempering using baked khaman is fried in oil, along chillies, jaggery and other spices steam for 25-30 minutes or until their veggies and grains in their curry leaves, asafoetida and chilies with red pepper powder, mustard giving dhokla a delightful touch. khaman is steamed. kitchen. Dhokla and khaman are is added on the top in the end to seeds and turmeric powder, instead Khatta dhokla – The white rice Remove and allow to cool and cut two popular snacks for those trying keep it moistened. This is just the of tempering it. dhokla is fermented with yoghurt or into cubes and keep aside. to stay from junk food. Yes, you basic version of khaman, there are After knowing so much about lemon juice and served with a sweet For the tempering, heat oil in read it right, dhokla and khaman several other interesting versions khaman, I am sure you are super chutney for added yumminess. The a pan and add mustard seeds and are two diff erent dishes that are of khaman which are a must try like curious about dhokla and wonder addition of yoghurt or lemon juice wait until they splutter, add curry often confused for each other or nylon khaman, Amiri khaman, Vati that all these years you have been gives it a delicious sour taste leaves, green chili, asafoetida, both the words are used together dal khaman and masala khaman to denoting this dish with a diff erent Toor dal dhokla – This dhokla is lemon juice and water and pour to denote one of the food item due name some popular and prominent name. Well let me tell you that only prepared with mainly toor dal paste over the prepared khaman. to the ignorance about the cuisine ones. a trained eye can tell the diff erence and is fl avoured with ginger garlic Garnish with grated coconut and and the dish. Today, I will share Nylon khaman – This version is between dhokla and khaman. paste. coriander leaves and serve warm. with you the in-depth knowledge made from besan and gets its name Dhokla is made from fermented Rava dhokla – The last but not about these two diff erent dishes, from its soft, smooth and spongy batter of rice and split chickpeas the least, it is the softest dhokla z Chef Tarun Kapoor, which look like each other but are texture. and is pale yellow in colour. It is available and is made with semolina Culinary Mastermind, diff erent in terms of the ingredients Amiri khaman – You can call usually served with mint chutney. and is mainly served with green USA. He may be contacted at being used. it the perfect teatime snack, and Speaking of texture, Dhokla is mint and cilantro chutney. [email protected] Friday, December 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 BOOK REVIEW COMMUNITY Jonathan Franzen’s essay collection takes flight The author sees that trend of public self-validation is everywhere from Twitter and Facebook to the boom in autobiographical novels, but, he says, none of them do what the essay does

By Colette Bancroft

onathan Franzen’s novels The Corrections, Freedom and Purity have been widely acclaimed, but in his nonfi ction and in interviews Jhe has acquired a reputation for being contrarian and cantankerous. He has had public feuds with everyone from Oprah to the Audubon Society, been called everything from a Luddite to a misogynist to a climate change denier. In Franzen’s smart, often witty new essay collection, The End of the End of the Earth, he doesn’t so much embrace his curmudgeon image as unpack it. Maybe, he suggests, it’s not that he sometimes has the wrong answers to big questions. Maybe the very idea of wrong (and right) answers is the problem, because it’s too simple. This collection of 16 essays covers a range of subjects and begins, fi ttingly, with a meditation on the form, The Essay in Dark Times. Because essays are based on the PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: Franzen recounts personal stories that combine author’s personal experience and two of his greatest passions, including politics and bird-watching. opinions, he writes, “we might seem to be living in an essayistic golden environmental degradation. sister of Franzen’s father. As a boy, age. The presumption of social media It’s not that climate change isn’t Franzen didn’t know them well, they is that even the tiniest subjective a dire threat to birds and every other lived with their daughter, Gail, in micronarrative is worthy not only of living creature. It’s such a huge threat another state. Only late in Walt’s life private notation, as in a diary, but of that it paralyses problem solving. does Franzen learn that his uncle had sharing with other people.” VARIED: Some of the book’s essays focus on varied subjects, including “As a narrative, climate change can realised years ago that he had made a Franzen sees that trend of public technology, friendship and literature. be told in fewer than a hundred and bad marriage. But Gail died young in self-validation everywhere from forty characters: We’re taking carbon a car crash, and Fran, always mentally Twitter and Facebook to the boom in the New Yorker about climate change. pretty.” Ironically, the essay is about that used to be sequestered and fragile, was so devastated he stayed autobiographical novels, but, he says, It caused some furious readers to Wharton’s own exploration, in her putting it in the atmosphere, and with her. none of them do what the essay does. accuse him of climate change denial. novels, of the power and perils of unless we stop.” Later, out of the blue, Walt and Writing or reading an essay isn’t the Franzen notes, “In fact, I’m such feminine beauty. “Conservation work, in contrast, Franzen’s widowed mother are only way to stop and ask yourself a climate-science accepter that I But most of the essays migrate is novelistic. No two places are alike, surprised to fi nd themselves in love who you really are and what your life don’t even bother having hope for back to Franzen’s obsession with and no narrative is simple.” Hanging but he loses her, too. Despite all that, might mean, but it is one good way. the ice caps.” But, he concludes, he birds, “If you could see every bird the blame on big bad climate change he’s a warm and cheerful man with “The essay’s roots are in literature, might have been wrong when he in the world, you’d see the whole lets people shrug and ignore their an enduring sense of adventure. So and literature at its best ... invites wrote that incendiary essay. And he world.” kitty’s death-dealing ways, lets the Antarctica trip seems a fi tting you to ask whether you might be might also have been right. That’s He takes us on that tour, chasing developers drain another wetland for tribute. Franzen knows there’s no somewhat wrong, maybe even less important than understanding sightings for his life lists from suburbs. Franzen sees tackling the answer that can be expressed in entirely wrong, and to imagine why and facing the complexities of an Jamaica to Albania to Antarctica. smaller problems as a way of getting a tweet. But the essay can take a someone else might hate you.” endangered planet. He frets about those very lists, and at the big one. deeper look at how we respond, and In the same essay, Franzen does Some of the book’s essays focus on whether they make him a compulsive The book takes its title from the it becomes clear that Franzen gives us just that, recounting personal stories varied subjects, including technology, game player rather than a genuine fi nal essay, which brings together Walt’s story not just to explain how that combine two of his greatest friendship and literature. Into that lover of the natural world. He gets many of the other threads. Franzen he paid for the trip. passions, including politics and bird- last category falls A Rooting Interest lost on back roads and loses his writes about inheriting $78,000 from Walt lived with joy even in the watching. In 2016, he had booked a (for Edith Wharton), which got him suitcase in an airport. And when he his Uncle Walt and earmarking it for a face of loss. His story stands for the birding trip to Ghana and was there in trouble with some feminists for catches sight of some of the rarest trip to Antarctica, which is, of course, human race’s situation now: Will we on Election Day. He weaves the story daring to mention that Wharton birds, he’s lyrically ecstatic. chock-full of birds found nowhere love our planet enough to fi gure out of his shock at Donald Trump’s herself was extremely privileged Birds also become his most else. That challenging journey is just how to save it? Or must we settle for victory together with the reaction a but “did have one potentially powerful metaphor for the part of the story. Uncle Walt is the loving it fi ercely as it, and we, wink year before to an essay he wrote for redeeming disadvantage: she wasn’t complexities of dealing with other. Walt was married to Fran, the out? – Tempa Bay Times/TNS 8 GULF TIMES Friday, December 28, 2018 COMMUNITY INFOGR Friday, December 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 RAPHIC COMMUNITY 10 GULF TIMES Friday, December 28, 2018 COMMUNITY GARDENING Double play Candy Corn spirea takes your breath away Candy Corn is recommended for full sun probably towards a morning sun and afternoon shade. You’ll find this one to be more compact reaching 18 to 24 inches with a mounding habit. By Norman Winter

COMBINATION: Double Play Candy Corn spirea, purple heuchera, Lemon Ball sedum and blue pansies make a dazzling combination.

andy Corn, a new spirea parts of zones 8 or 9, I would in Proven Winners probably go toward a morning Double Play series, may sun and afternoon shade. You’ll change any opinion fi nd this one to be more compact you have regarding reaching 18 to 24 inches with a deciduousC shrubs in mixed mounding habit. Even though I am containers. touting them in mixed containers It is the foliage that demands you’ll fi nd them great as a border your attention. The Proven plant even grown as a small hedge. Winners tag says it all, the foliage In the landscape, they would colour is orange, red, yellow, and look magical growing in front of pineapple yellow. The fl ower the taller, burgundy loropetalums colour is a shade of purple. Intense like Purple Diamond, or Red red new foliage matures to yellow Diamond. In zone 7 and warmer with red Ɵ ps, then lime-yellow. you would also love them with Masses of purple bloom clusters in cleyera like Lee Ann and Montague late spring. Dark purple blooms that seem to always be exhibiting appear in late spring, making some bronze foliage. this the most eye-poppingly The Double Play series off ers colourful Double Play spirea yet. several choices, Double Play Spirea is a popular plant because Red, Double Play Gold, Double it is blissfully low maintenance, Play Big Bang, and others, but and Double Play Candy Corn is I assure you the Candy Corn no exception. It naturally takes will be your favourite. The plan on a nice, rounded habit without remains quite drought tolerant pruning. If you wish, you can give BREATHTAKING: Intense red new foliage matures to yellow with red tips, then lime-yellow. Masses of purple bloom after a year or two in the ground it a trim after the fl owers fade, clusters in late spring. and makes a perfect choice for which will encourage even more borders, foundation plantings and colourful new growth. though we are a week away The plants bloom on new wood may have grown other varieties cottage gardens. Mostly ignored by My adventurous ‘Colour Guru’ from Christmas. The foliage is so cutting back late winter is like Gold Flame, Gold Mound, and animals in general, the deciduous son brought some in to use in a fi ery gold which stands out always a good thing. Deadheading Anthony Waterer. plant attracts butterfl ies and mixed containers. The plants to perfection paired with blue or a light shearing after bloom will Moist fertile loam is hummingbirds and remains pest were riveting in colour as they pansies, and purple heuchera often stimulate another round of recommended in the landscape. free. were still putting on new growth. and Lemon Ball sedum. Once the blooms which, by the way, bring in It is apparent that the premium So, as you enter this Christmas Three months later and several leaves decide to give up and go butterfl ies. blends of potting soil used in season now is the time to locate nights in the 20s their display is into a winter rest before spring. Double Play Candy Corn is mixed containers are also just right your sources and even put a bug in still magnifi cent. The new growth The stems will be cut back only as known botanically as Spirea to maintain its stunning presence. the ear of your favourite supplier has stopped but the deciduous needed to maintain a showy look in japonica or Japanese spirea and is Candy Corn is recommended by asking them ‘when’ they will be senescence has not arrived even the container until spring growth. cold hardy from zones 4-8. You for full sun, though in the hottest getting them in.– TNS Friday, December 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 LEISURE COMMUNITY

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Maze Connect the dots Picture crossword 12 GULF TIMES Friday, December 28, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOON Friday, December 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 LEISURE COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Wordwatch

aggrate mortal, mortgage, nightmare, USAGE: (uh-GRAYT) amaranth, amaranthine, daymare, “At the end of the report is a draft for MEANING: mortify, premorse, and ambrosia. a law to allow schools to arm their verb tr.: To please or gratify. Earliest documented use: 1624. teachers.” ETYMOLOGY: USAGE: From Italian aggradare (to please), “I accompanied them to the door; what hawkshaw from Latin aggratare, from gratus a pretty eff ect the snow background (HAWK-shaw) (pleasing, grateful). Earliest gives to young faces; it lends a pretty MEANING: documented use: 1590. morbidezza to the colouring, a sort of noun: A detective. USAGE: very delicate green tinge to the paler ETYMOLOGY: “... bending laws and conscience to shades.” After the name of a detective in the aggrate men in power ...” 1863 play The Ticket-of-Leave Man juxtapose by Tom Taylor. The character also morbidezza (JUHK-stuh-pohz) appeared in the comic strip Hawkshaw (mor-bi-DET-suh) MEANING: the Detective by Gus Mager. Earliest MEANING: verb tr.: To place side by side for documented use: 1863. noun: An extreme softness, comparison or contrast. USAGE: smoothness, or delicacy, especially in ETYMOLOGY: “Please don’t think that Eleanor is works of art, sculpture, music, etc. Back-formation from juxtaposition, so busy hobnobbing with Nobel ETYMOLOGY: from Latin juxta (near, next) + French Prize authors that she neglects From Italian morbidezza (softness, poser (to place). Ultimately from the her responsibilities as detective. In smoothness), from morbido (soft, Indo-European root yeug- (to join), fact, FDR is always cautioning her smooth), from Latin morbidus which is also the ancestor of junction, to be discreet: ‘I believe you are (diseased), from morbus (disease). yoke, yoga, adjust, enjoin, rejoinder, intermeddling in police business, Babs. Ultimately from the Indo-European junta, junto, syzygy, jugular, jugulate, Please leave the hawkshawing to the root mer- (to rub away or to harm), subjugate, zeugma, and rejoinder. hawkshaws.’” which also gave us morsel, mordant, Earliest documented use: 1851. — wordsmith.org Sudoku Yesterday’s Solutions

Across Down 1. Poor dad being caught by a 1. The spilling of beer was on a fish got the child screaming previous occasion (6) (3,5) 2. Carry into the river or swamp 5. Shares the punishment (6) (6) 9. Fights with, but won’t march 3. Break the one Peter’s driven with (5,3) round in (7) 10. He named the visitor (6) 4. Florist’s answer to ‘What’s Sudoku is a puzzle based 12. Get back the lost earring yours?’ (4) on a 9x9 grid. The minus its central piece (6) 6. Nonsense! There’s little time grid is also divided into 13. To cut it short, it’s not for the to dawdle, anyhow! (7) nine (3x3) boxes. You stupid (8) 7. People close in are worried are given a selection of values and to complete 15. Somebody else for you (6,6) about the vacancy (8) the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that 18. Annoyed at being unable to 8. The soldier’s delighted about every column, every row and every 3x3 see yourself in the bathroom the new gear (8) box contains the digits 1 to 9 and none mirrors?(3,7,2) 11. Is touchingly affectionate (7) is repeated. 23. Um .... what did you say to 14. Tries to find the reverse of the person obstructing your ‘furies’ (7) view? (3,2,3) 16. The fellow finished only to The Mall Cinema (1): Puliscredibles (Tagalog) 24. A tiny tick (6) collapse (4,4) Thomas And Friends: Big 7:30pm; Between Worlds 26. How the incorrigibly 17. Hot and bothered, hang Wolrd! Big Adventure! The (2D) 9:45pm; Pretham 2 narcissistic try to become about to get the garments (8) Movie (2D) 2pm; Thomas Zero (Hindi) 2:30pm; (Malayalam) 11:30pm. less so? (6) 19. Increases the number of And Friends: Big Wolrd! Aquaman (2D) 5:30pm; Royal Plaza Cinema 27. Pulls through and swathes singers (7) Big Adventure! The Movie (Hindi) 8pm; Palace (1): Thomas And round again? (8) 20. Have one make something to (2D) 3:30pm; Aquaman (2D) Simmba (Hindi) 11pm. Friends: Big Wolrd! Big 28. As a sweetener, brought back wear (7) 5pm; Jack Em Popoy:The Landmark Cinema (2): Adventure! The Movie port (6) 21. They ensure that the drawers Puliscredibles (Tagalog) The Fixies: Top Secret (2D) (2D) 2:30pm; Thomas And 29. Mean by outrageous means don’t wobble about (6) 7:30pm; Between Worlds 2:30pm; Mary Poppins Friends: Big Wolrd! Big to get something to eat (8) 22. Why? Because Nero is (2D) 9:30pm; Pretham 2 Returns (2D) 4pm; Mary Adventure! The Movie frisking about (6) 25. Is she spoiling Selina? (4) (Malayalam) 11:30pm. Poppins Returns (2D) (2D) 4pm; Simmba (Hindi) The Mall Cinema (2): 6:15pm; Mary Poppins 5:30pm; Mary Poppins Pretham 2 (Malayalam) Returns (2D) 8:30pm; Zero Returns (2D) 8:30pm; 2:30pm; Mary Poppins (Hindi) 10:45pm. Simmba (Hindi) 11pm. Yesterday’s Solutions Returns (2D) 5pm; Mary Landmark Cinema (3): Royal Plaza Cinema Poppins Returns (2D) 7:15pm; Thomas And Friends: Big Palace (2): Pretham 2 Across: 1 Carried on 6 Basil Down: 1 Craft 2 Responses 3 Speed Kills (2D) 9:30pm; Wolrd! Big Adventure! The (Malayalam) 2:30pm; 9 Asses 10 Totalling 11 Took Institutes 4 Ditches 5 Natural Bumblebee (2D) 11:30pm. Movie (2D) 2:15pm; Thomas Mary Poppins Returns it hard 12 Deal 14 Tissues 15 6 Bill 7 Shine 8 Legalised 13 The Mall Cinema (3): And Friends: Big Wolrd! Big (2D) 5pm; Vox Lux (2D) Litters 17 Austere 19 Barmaid Sternwards 14 Transport 16 Simmba (Hindi) 2pm; Zero Adventure! The Movie (2D) 7:15pm; Jack Em Popoy: The 20 Sack 22 The low-down 25 Elaborate 18 Exhumed 19 Odd-jobman 26 React 27 Tired Balance 21 Cider 23 Natal 24 (Hindi) 5pm; Simmba (Hindi) 3:45pm; Jack Em Popoy: Puliscredibles (Tagalog) 28 Dress well. Told. 8pm; Simmba (Hindi) 11pm. The Puliscredibles (Tagalog) 9:15pm; Cold Skin (2D) Landmark Cinema (1): 5:15pm; Jack Em Popoy: The 11:30pm. 14 GULF TIMES Friday, December 28, 2018 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE How to step-up your style game with modern jewellery

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

It may be upsetting to you, Aries, but there’s something you need What a great day for you! You seem to have the innate listening If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This is your maxim for the to think about. You should finally get it through your head that the abilities of a therapist or counsellor. Everyone comes to you with day, Gemini. What have you done lately to improve the way you live people you often call “brilliant” are only reflections of you. If this their problems or to cry on your shoulder. They know that you your life? Would you consider taking off on some wild adventure month you decide to have a little faith in yourself and assert yourself will listen without judgment. Have you ever thought about doing without looking back? Today you may meet some people who will a little, you could be in for some very nice surprises! You’ll see! something like this for a living? Perhaps today will make you think make you want to. They’re adventurers looking for thrills and chills, about it. with all the risks that come along with them. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Strength of character will be your partner today, Cancer. You What an extraordinary day for you, Leo! The dynamic energy in the You can start your day without all the usual planning. Be free to seem to have an aura whose intensity scares some people and air will help you set new personal goals. The positive feedback you discover your day as it unfolds. This might feel like it’s against your attracts others. Your force of character could be the cause of some get from the people around you could inspire you to make some nature, but it’s good for you to enjoy life’s sometimes arbitrary wonderful feelings and emotions for the people close to you. Don’t life-changing decisions for the good of you and your family. Don’t nature every once in a while. Otherwise, you may miss out on some try and hide your emotions. They’re the source of your creativity. hesitate to share the day’s positive attitude with them. of the best things life has to off er!

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

In general, you tend to be critical of the way the government and Scorpio, you may have felt as if something has been changing in You tend to think of yourself as a lone warrior, Sagittarius. Today politicians handle social issues and institutions. Your goal isn’t just to your family environment over the last few weeks. Today you will find your eff orts over the last few weeks pay off . You’ve found your place criticise, however. You would also like to see some positive changes out what’s been going on. Someone close to you has been going in a group of people. You may even call it a family. You now have a in these areas. The aura of understanding and comprehension in through some important changes in his or her life. You feel as if you place to come home to, whether it’s to celebrate your victories or the air today helps you realise that if you want the world to evolve, need to be there and accompany this person on a journey of self- lick your wounds. If you could just open up to other people, you’d you’re going to have to get people to react. development. soon find that you have more than one safe haven. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

You love the creative process, Capricorn. Even watering your plants Aquarius, your lighthearted attitude has given you a reputation as What changes have there been in your life since this time last or painting a picture will give you a feeling of joy. If this month you an eternal teenager. But levity is also a sign of a very wise person, year? Think about the events that have taken place. What have get a chance to finish a project that you really care about, you will a person who knows how to laugh at their wisdom. Whether you you accomplished? What decisions have you made? And most be satisfied with the results. And you will be surprised to see people realise it or not, you can get involved in a serious relationship importantly, how much you have grown as a person? Try to make react positively. It’s OK to be proud of yourself. without losing your lightheartedness. If you’re already in a changes by following your intuition. Even though it seems stressful committed relationship, you know how true this is. and sometimes painful, change means growth! Friday, December 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY Best of 2018: In jazz, powerful voices demand being heard

By Chris Barton

hough often associated with being a form that emphasises the instrumental, some of my favourite recordings in jazz this year also include the human Tvoice, though maybe not in a way that’s CELEBRITY: thanks her often associated with vocal jazz. fans for making her reach the mark. Maybe as a result of not wanting any mistakes made about musical intention at a Deepika clocks in 30mn time of upheaval, records such as Origami followers on Instagram Harvest, Your Queen Is a Reptile and Heaven & Earth made their messages explicit or After actress Priyanka Chopra, newlywed expand the reach of, say, a trumpet with actress Deepika Padukone has garnered over phrases that lingered as strong as any 30 million followers on Instagram. melody. Celebrating the same and thanking her America, Americana. America, nah was fans for making her reach the mark, Deepika one weary refrain on Ambrose Akinmusire’s uploaded a video in which she can be seen record, an album whose restless examination having fun while doing a moonwalk dance. of race and identity lingered as much as “Moonwalking into 30 million...Thank You his intricate compositions, while a voice for the love,” she captioned the video. from London’s Sons of Kemet answered the It seems 2018 is ending on a good note for nationalist fervour dividing their country Deepika as in November she got married to her and ours with a defi ant promise from the longtime boyfriend and actor Ranveer Singh son of an immigrant, “I’ll be here when your in Italy. cities are sediment, and only your borders Deepika made her debut with and fences are left” before culminating with superstar Shah Rukh Khan starrer Om Shanti a repeated promise, “I’m still here.” Om. After that, she featured in fi lms like Whether in words or music, the best of Cocktail, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Piku, 2018’s music all but demanded to be heard. Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, Happy New Ambrose Akinmusire, Origami Harvest Year, Bajirao Mastani and . (Blue Note). A trumpeter so in command She also appeared in Hollywood fi lm xXx: of his voice that his instrument sometimes Return of Xander Cage starring alongside Vin disappears on this album, Akinmusire Diesel. – IANS created an arresting mix of hard-hitting rhythms, orchestral strings and plaintive Janhvi calls Smriti Irani ‘aunty’ rhymes (delivered by Kool A.D., formerly of Das Racist) about race, identity and police Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani was brutality. Few albums felt as immersive, happy to meet actress Janhvi Kapoor, but says haunting and timely. PERFORMANCE: Ambrose Akinmusire performs at So Whats Next Festival on November 4, she was surprised when she called her aunty. Makaya McCraven, Universal Beings 2017 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The former television actress on Thursday (Imaginational Anthem). Part lion-hearted uploaded a boomerang video with the percussionist, part conductor-composer, Allison Miller and Carmen Staaf, Science an interview years ago, Shorter defi ned star on Instagram, and captioned it: “The this Chicago-based drummer’s distinctive Fair (Sunnyside). An open-ended meeting jazz in three words: “I dare you.” Here, someone shoot me moment when Janhvi technique of harvesting live performances point between a graduate of the Thelonious he presents a similar challenge with an Kapoor sweetly apologises for continuously for seamless and invigorating splice- Monk Institute for piano in Staaf and Miller 84-page graphic novel and a triple LP calling you aunty and you say ‘koi baat nahi and-dice jazz-funk reached a new level — an inventive, elastic drummer who’s been box set, a three-disc CD package and, not beta (it’s okay child).” with recordings from London, New York, heard on Late Night with Seth Meyers along accidentally, no digital outlets. Drawn from She used hashtags – #TotalSiyapa, Chicago and L.A. that featured a rotating with her own crackling band, Boom Tic live recordings with an orchestra, his free- #YeAajKalKeBachche and #AuntyKiskoBola. cast but remained rooted to a nocturnal, Boom — this project also boasts standout fl ying quartet and, at one point, Esperanza Smriti’s hilarious post garnered several head-bobbing sense of groove and turns by Akinmusire and saxophonist Spalding, the 85-year-old Shorter comments. Some users posted laughing atmosphere that indeed felt universal. Dayna Stephens. But the focal point continues to challenge listeners with an emoticons on the post while some appreciated Sons of Kemet, Your Queen Is a Reptile remains the interplay between the album’s uncompromising listen. her sense of humour. (Impulse!). Part of a booming London jazz dual leaders. Myra Melford’s Snowy Egret, The On the work front, Janhvi will next be seen scene, that’s combining long nights and Walter Smith III Twio (Whirlwind Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12). An expert in ’s period drama Takht. – IANS young underground crowds, saxophonist Recordings). Born in Texas but now an navigator and illustrator of off -kilter angles, Shabaka Hutchings leads this politically L.A. resident, this saxophonist has been the Berkeley-based pianist leads the second charged album with a propulsive, urgent heard backing top-fl ight talent, including edition of a quintet that includes trumpeter tone amid hard-hitting rhythms (the group Eric Harland, Terence Blanchard and Jason Ron Miles and drummer Tyshawn Sorey is girded by two drummers and, crucially, Moran. Smith remains an under-the-radar through pieces that invite ample exploration Theon Cross’ tuba) and barbed spoken bandleader and here, fronting a trio that among its players but remain steadily word sections for a borderless sound that occasionally expands to include bassist anchored to a blend of groove and melody. embraces Hutchings’ Caribbean roots as Christian McBride and fellow saxophonist Andrew Cyrille Lebroba (ECM). In well as elements of UK grime. Joshua Redman, he carries upbeat, inventive his second recording as a leader for the Kamasi Washington, Heaven & Earth pieces with a swinging verve. esteemed German label, this longtime (Young Turks). How do you follow a Sylvie Courvoisier Trio D’Agala (Intakt). collaborator of the late Cecil Taylor three-disc debut that brought jazz onto Born in Switzerland and based in Brooklyn, delivered a record rich with open spaces and mainstream stages such as Coachella this pianist proved there’s ample unexplored like-minded explorers. One is trumpeter and Bonnaroo? With a double-album territory for a piano trio. Backed by downtown Wadada Leo Smith, who continues to that ups the ante with a spiritually NYC specialists in Kenny Wollesen and Drew mine the rich, resonant stream of free- charged examination of the celestial and Gress, Courvoisier paid tribute to infl uences fl owing unpredictability of his rewarding terrestrial with a mix of sweeping, soul- such as Geri Allen, Ornette Coleman and recent output, and guitarist Bill Frisell, stirring orchestration and impassioned Louise Bourgeois, whose piece Bourgeios’s who weaves in and out of the edges with instrumental catharsis that confi rms his Spiders carries an inviting mix of menace and his trademark mix of electronics-shaded Janhvi Kapoor tight-knit band’s arrival on those stages play that shines throughout. textures and bent tones. was no fl uke. Wayne Shorter, Emanon (Blue Note). In – Los Angeles Times/TNS 16 GULF TIMES Friday, December 28, 2018 COMMUNITY ACQ’s philanthropy in Sri Lanka and Qatar

CO-FOUNDER: Zameer Nayeem, co-founder of ACQ. ORIENTATION: Orientation Programme being held for the new members of ACQ. Photos supplied

in Doha. During a recent interaction with sub-committees that work for diff erent run we plan to extend more and more support By Mudassir Raja Community, Zameer shared the details of his subjects ranging from education to social for the education of the children,” the group and its works. welfare.” founder said. “I felt lonely when I came to Qatar from “We have carried out diff erent activities He added, “On Friday (today), we will orming community groups and UK. Though I live with my wife and a two- back in Sri Lanka as well. In 2016, we started organise our 3rd Annual Winter gathering at helping fellow members is an year-old son, the idea of meeting people from our socialising activities with a cricket Dahl Al Hammam Park. We will launch our old tradition. This practice fi nds my hometown Akurana has always fascinated tournament and an Iftar programme. Same community website on the occasion as well. its truer spirit in Qatar where me,” said Zameer, who also takes part in year, our members also provided necessary Except our own activities, the members also expatriates from diff erent parts social welfare activities carried out by other food items and helped the fl ood victims take part in diff erent activities organised ofF the world abode. They form diff erent community groups in Qatar. back in Sri Lanka. We also conduct career by Federation of Sri Lankan Muslims community groups and carry out various He added, “In 2012, some people tried to counselling programmes in Akurana for the Association Qatar under the aegis of Embassy activities to socialise and help each other, form a society for Akurana natives in Qatar people who intend to seek work in Qatar. of Sri Lanka. Our group is duly registered being away from their own countries. but nothing really materialised. Back in We also distribute exercise books among with the federation.” Akurana Community Qatar (ACQ) is one February 2015 I had a meeting with fellow schoolchildren at the start of new academic Zameer went on to say, “Through our such group formed by expatriates hailing compatriots, including Riyas Mohamed, Rifas year,” Zameer noted. platform, we have helped many people from Akurana in Kandy Sri Lanka. Since its Kaleel, Arshard Sameen and Irfan Nuhman “In 2017 with the help of our members in Qatar. We have also been training our formation in late 2015, the group has been very and we decided to form ACQ and started ACQ started constructing a house for members to always respect and obey the active in bringing the people from Akurana collecting data for potential members. Today a widow in Akurana. The house is near laws of Qatar. We have taken part in diff erent living in Qatar together. The group members we have about 200 registered members and completion and we will start another house in welfare activities, including blood donation have been involved in diff erent social and we know that there are about 1, 000 natives 2019. We plan to build houses for the widows and beach clean-ups.” welfare activities in Qatar and Sri Lanka. of our hometown working in Qatar.” who have no one to support them. In the “We have been able to be helpful to others Zameer Nayeem has been working as a “We elect our executive committee after beginning of 2018, our members extended is because of being in Qatar. We have better contract administrator in the construction every two years. Ilham Abdul Cader is the their support to the victims of unfortunate resources here. We are at ease to carry out our area for about six and a half years. He formed current president of ACQ for the session riots in Akurana as well. We also helped one social activities in Qatar. We enjoy being here ACQ with the objective of getting to know of 2019-2020. We have our rules and of our members to re-establish his father’s and helping others. Qatar has helped us to more people from his hometown residing regulations for the members. We have seven bakery, torched during the riots. In the long help others,” said Zameer.

GROUP: The members of Akurana Community Qatar.