Seeing Light

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Seeing light

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Scientists want to know more about using UV light to fight Covid-19 spread. P4-5

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The good news about rage is this: We each have the power to manage our rage. We can decide exactly how we’ll control our anger, writes Judi Light Hopson

These ideas will off er tools for empowerment: 1. You can act out your rage in fantasy. This will diff use a lot of the anger for good. For example, pretend you’re in a room with your ex-husband. Rant and rave at her until you fully speak your mind, however ugly it gets. Or, write her a letter that you do not mail. 2. Don’t talk about your anger on a daily basis. Psychologists say that discussing a horrible event frequently will give it too much power. Learn to turn the bad thoughts off . 3. Forgive the perpetrator. This doesn’t mean what this person did was ok. It means you’re freeing them to move out of your life. They will occupy no emotional space in your brain. Remember: you can always call a lawyer if they try to hurt you again. “If you dwell on those who hurt you too much, they might as well live in your house,” says a psychologist we’ll call Raymond. Raymond was once physically injured in a protest movement many years ago. He reports that some who opposed him back then have since apologised. “Remember that rage is caused by ignorant people or circumstances aff ected by TURNING IT OFF: Don’t talk about your anger on a daily basis. Psychologists say that discussing a horrible event frequently will give it too much power. Learn ignorance,” says Raymond. to turn the bad thoughts off . “Knowledge is the only power that can open the light. For example, re you upset over a that man who stole your friend friend who betrayed will ﬁ nd out soon enough that he is you? Furious about not living in paradise. That person someone who lied who lied about you will eventually Aabout you to co- be found out. The truth is always workers? Angry about money you revealed at some point.” got cheated out of in a business The antidote for rage is to deal? believe that you can channel good Most of us know the feeling of toward mankind. Don’t let anyone rage. It’s the result of having our contaminate you with their poison dignity dismantled. It’s the anger for too long. Vow to become the and hurt pressing on us that we best individual you can become. know we didn’t deserve. There is no revenge stronger or more There are all kinds of ways to beautiful than that. deal with rage. We push it down. “I work as a prison counsellor,” We cope. We relax a little. But, the says a psychologist we’ll call Bradley. problem is, it’s hard to keep it from “Reaching into the rage, pain and coming back. bad luck of these individuals is “Watching the news can trigger something I love to do. I’m on a my lifelong rage,” says a mother rescue mission every day. we’ll call Donna. “I grew up in a “I despise that pain, abuse, mixed racial family, and I get so neglect and poverty stole who mad thinking, ‘Why can’t we all get ANTIDOTE: The antidote for rage is to believe that you can channel good towards mankind. they are. But, the worse their along?! Why can’t we respect each backgrounds, the more I love sitting other?!’” in India, moved to the US to open siblings and me,” Donna explains. The good news about rage is this: down with these individuals. The Donna was adopted by a couple businesses and build a large family “But, they hated us more because We each have the power to manage human heart is the only weapon, from India when she was ﬁ ve. The through adoption. we had more money than most our rage. We can decide exactly how tool, or instrument that can couple, who were very wealthy “People voiced racial slurs to my people.” we’ll control our anger. overcome these obstacles.” – TNS 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 4, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Light at the end of the tunnel With concern mounting that coronavirus may be easily transmitted through aerosols,some researchers and physicians hope UV technology can be recruited yet again tohelp disinfect high-risk indoor settings. By Will Stone

igh up near the ceiling, the technology can be recruited yet Aerosols are microdroplets in the dining room again to help disinfect high-risk expelled when someone exhales, Although it’s not of his Seattle-area indoor settings. speaks or coughs. Unlike the larger perfect, it probably restaurant, Musa Firat “I thought it was a great idea, and heavier respiratory droplets Hrecently installed a and I want my customers to be that fall quickly to the ground, offers the best “killing zone” — a place where safe,” said Firat whose casual eatery, aerosols can linger in the air a long swaths of invisible electromagnetic Marlaina’s Mediterranean Kitchen, time and travel through indoor solution for direct energy penetrate the air, ready to is 20 minutes south of downtown spaces. When someone catches a disarm the coronavirus and other Seattle. virus this way, the process is called air disinfection. (But) dangerous pathogens that drift As the US grapples with how to “airborne transmission.” upward in tiny, airborne particles. interrupt the spread of the highly It’s already recognised that the we have very little Firat’s new system draws on a infectious virus, UV is being used coronavirus can spread by means of practical experience century-old technology for fending to decontaminate surfaces on aerosols during medical procedures, off infectious diseases: Energetic public transit and in hospitals which is why health care workers to show how effective waves of ultraviolet light — known where infectious droplets may have are advised to wear respirators, as germicidal UV, or GUV — are landed, as well as to disinfect N95 such as N95 masks, that fi lter out it can be (in a delivered in the right dose to wipe masks for reuse. But so far using this these tiny particles. Yet there is pandemic) since it’s out viruses, bacteria and other technology to provide continuous air still considerable debate over how ‘ microorganisms. disinfection has remained outside likely the virus is to spread in other been out of use in (the Research already shows that of most mainstream, policy-setting settings via aerosols. germicidal UV can eff ectively conversations about the coronavirus. Recently, the question of US) and in Western inactivate airborne microbes that Experts attribute this to airborne transmission gained transmit measles, tuberculosis a combination of factors: new urgency when a group of 239 Europe and Sars-CoV-1, a close relative misconceptions about UV’s safety, scientists called on the World of the novel coronavirus. Now, a lack of public awareness and Health Organisation to take the with concern mounting that the technical know-how, concerns threat of infectious aerosols more — David Sliney, coronavirus that causes Covid-19 about the costs of installing seriously, arguing that the “lack may be easily transmitted the technology, and a general of clear recommendations on researcher on through microscopic fl oating reluctance to consider the role the control measures against the germicidal UV particles known as aerosols, some of aerosols in the spread of the airborne virus will have signifi cant ’ researchers and physicians hope coronavirus. consequences.” Tuesday, August 4, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

SPOTLIGHT: Ultraviolet fixtures mounted above the restaurant’s ceiling panels glow faint blue and DIFFERENT TRAJECTORY: Inside Marlaina’s Mediterranean Kitchen, a Seattle-area eatery, create a “killing zone” that can wipe out viral aerosols building up in the air. Some experts are calling for which is battling the coronavirus using UV light. wider adoption of UV light to help disinfect the air in indoor settings.

WHO offi cials conceded that vast majority of their particles are When used with proper droplets or touch a surface been out of use in this country and more research is needed but going to get pulled up there into ventilation, upper-room GUV is contaminated with them, and then in Western Europe,” said Sliney maintained that most infections do the killing zone and circulate and about 80% eff ective against the touch their eyes, nose or mouth. of Johns Hopkins, who chairs a not happen this way. bounce around,” Davidson said. spread of airborne tuberculosis, UV also does not prevent committee with the Illuminating As the science continues to “Statistically, the risk to other according to several studies. This is someone from being exposed to Engineering Society, which recently evolve, UV could emerge as an people is going to be very low.” equivalent to replacing the air in a infectious aerosols that have just released new guidance on GUV. attractive safeguard against Research shows close to 90% of room up to 24 times an hour. emerged from an infected person — Sliney recommends installing airborne transmission — one with airborne particles from a previous But widespread adoption of and are lingering quite near his or UV in big-box stores, restaurants a track record against pathogens coronavirus (Sars-CoV-1) can be UV systems could be an uphill her body — what researcher Richard and grocery stores, which typically — that can be deployed to reduce inactivated in about 16 seconds battle, Sliney said, because in the Corsi called the “near fi eld.” have high ceilings. “There needs to the risk of infectious aerosols when exposed to the same strength US, interest in using UV for air “In that scenario, you’re inhaling be vertical air exchange,” he said, accumulating in indoor settings of UV as in the restaurant’s disinfection has waned in recent a very concentrated cloud of these as with ceiling fans, so “it’s not just such as schools and businesses. ceiling. Other viruses, such as the decades as scientists focused their tiny particles that you can’t see,” said sterilising the air in the upper space At Marlaina’s restaurant, there adenovirus, are more resistant and attention on powerful vaccines and Corsi, dean of the Maseeh College of of the room.” are just two visible clues of the require a higher dose of UV. drugs to deal with infectious diseases. Engineering & Computer Science at “No-one doubts the effi cacy new UV disinfection system — a “Although it’s not perfect, it UV can be a powerful weapon Portland State University. “You’re of germicidal UV in killing small subtle glow of blue light above the probably off ers the best solution against an airborne virus, but it can getting a pretty signifi cant dose in microorganisms and pathogens. I black grates of the drop ceiling, and for direct air disinfection” in the go only so far toward preventing your respiratory system.” think the bigger controversy, if there a hand-chalked sign at the door, current pandemic, said David infection. People can still get sick So, even if there is upper-room is any, is misperceptions around proudly announcing to diners: Sliney, a faculty member at Johns from the larger, heavier droplets UV in a building, Corsi said, face safety,” said Dr Edward Nardell, a “Coronavirus Disinfected Here!” Hopkins University and longtime ejected via coughs and sneezes. masks and social distancing are still professor at Harvard Medical School The system was installed while researcher on germicidal UV. They can directly inhale those necessary to block larger respiratory who researches GUV. the restaurant was closed during droplets and remove some of the Low-dose germicidal UV Washington state’s lockdown. The “If somebody has undetected aerosols in the near fi eld. But Corsi can damage the eyes and skin, setup is known as “upper-room said there’s now enough evidence but Nardell said those risks can germicidal UV” because the UV coronavirus and doesn’t eat with a to show that coronavirus aerosols be avoided by following the fi xtures are mounted high and can hang in the air and spread appropriate guidelines. While angled away from humans below. mask and is talking and so on, the throughout a room (“the far fi eld”), international guidelines warn Ceiling fans circulate the vast majority of their particles are and it’s time to take that airborne against directly exposing humans to air, eventually pushing any spread seriously. UV-C, the risks of skin cancer are suspended viral particles that going to get pulled up there into the One example of far-fi eld considered negligible, especially have accumulated in the dining transmission is documented in compared with longer wavelengths space through the grated drop killing zone and circulate and bounce a study of a restaurant in China of UV that can penetrate more ceiling, to the area where UV lights, at which some diners seated at deeply. positioned horizontally, blast them around. Statistically, the risk to other neighbouring tables contracted With interest in UV climbing, with radiant energy. people is going to be very low” the Covid-19 virus despite never there is concern about shoddy The inspiration and technical coming into close contact with the products on the market and assistance for Marlaina’s “index case-patient.” Another piece exaggerated claims about their owner came from customer of evidence came from a March 10 eff ectiveness against the virus, Bruce Davidson, a pulmonary — Bruce Davidson, pulmonary physician choir practice in Mount Vernon, said Jim Malley, a professor at physician who was Philadelphia’s Washington, after which the the University of New Hampshire “tuberculosis czar” in the mid- majority of singers contracted the who studies public health and ’90s. Back then, the US was coronavirus, even though members disinfection. grappling with a new outbreak of of the group took precautions to use Consumers should be wary TB that included strains resistant to hand sanitiser and avoid hugs and of marketing claims about “UV existing drugs. handshakes. wands” that can be waved quickly “Preventing transmission was In their letter to WHO, scientists over surfaces or special “portals” the most important part, because note that the coronavirus that that people walk through, he said, we had no drugs, no vaccine,” causes MERS can spread through because those are probably not recalled Davidson, who now lives aerosols, and “there is every reason correctly calibrated to inactivate outside Seattle. UV light proved to expect that (the Covid virus) the virus and could be dangerous. to be a key strategy back then, and behaves similarly.” Malley said he does not think Davidson thinks it can help again: Germicidal UV harnesses a there’s much of a viable market for “It really ought to be in most indoor portion of the electromagnetic upper-room GUV outside health care public spaces now.” spectrum that contains short waves settings, but he supports installing To demonstrate the concept, of radiant energy, called UV-C. This the technology in the most high-risk Davidson lit a cigar inside wavelength is further away from settings, such as meatpacking plants Marlaina’s and showed how the the visible spectrum than other and nursing facilities. smoke danced upward, collecting forms of UV light. “My gut feeling is we should do in the ceiling space with the UV Think of it as giving the virus a anything we can in those places, fi xtures. lethal sunburn. because we have a horrendous “If somebody has undetected “We have very little practical fatality record” with the coronavirus and doesn’t eat with a experience to show how eff ective coronavirus, he said. mask and is talking and so on, the it can be (in a pandemic) since it’s — Kaiser Health News 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 4, 2020 COMMUNITY Student of PISQ bags second position in commerce stream in HSSC-II exams

Said Ali, a student of Pakistan International School Qatar (PISQ), has recently secured second position in Zainab Latif Awan, 889; Saba Anwar Farooqi, 888; Mah-I-Noor Gul, 885; Maria Naz, 877; Usman Khan, all Federal Board aff iliated institutions in Pakistan and abroad in the Commerce group of HSSC Annual 876; Muhammad Adnan, 871; Aamina Ahsan, 871; Aaima Shahid Baig, 864; Wafa Nasir Khan, 863; Examination 2020, held by Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) Islamabad. Ahmad Hassan, 861; Dania Imshad, 849; Abdullah Javed, 846; Fahad Shah, 846; Muhammad Ali, 840; A total of 142 students appeared in the examination with 100% pass result. The school achieved 23 A1, Tooba Mazhar, 840; Huzaifa Usman, 836; Maha Masood Khan, 835; Rameesha Asim, 832; Alveena 38 A and 43 B grades. In Pre-Medical Group, Eman Amir Latif secured first with 1,016 out of 1,100 marks, Imshad, 830; Salwa Mir, 826; Saif Ur Rehman, 823; Hafsa Zahid Mirza, 820; Rawia Nasir, 812; Javedullah, which was followed by Hamda Qadeer, second with 1,015 marks; and Ruhmaa Shahid, third with 1,005 811; Muhammad Munyb Jamal, 807; Muniba Kayani, 805; Saarim Khan, 800; Eman Muhammad Khalil, marks. 799; Maryam Tahir, 799; Aisha Mohammad Javed, 795; Sana Atta Ur Rehman, 794; Muna Akhtar, 794; In the Commerce Group, Said Ali secured first position in the school and second in FBISE with 983 Mujeeb Ahmad Khan, 787; Mauzzah Naseem, 782; Ghanem, 780; Ali Mirza, 780; Waqas Khan, 778; marks, which was followed by Mariya Nasser Khan, second with 950 marks; and Saliha Nasser Khan, Muhammad Zeeshan Iqbal, 776; Sahel Khurshid, 771; Nida Ishtiaq, 771; and Hamad Yousaf Khan, 770, third with 940 marks. Nargis Raza Otho, Principal of PISQ, congratulated students, parents and teachers on the excellent Maheen Malik, Ahmad Hassan and Muhammad Munyb Jamal secured first, second and third positions result. “This year, our results overall have been outstanding. I could not be but proud of all our students with 912, 861 and 807 marks, respectively in the Pre-Engineering group. In Science General Group, and teachers who have worked hard even during these diff icult and challenging times. Everyone Usman Khan bagged first position with 876 marks, which was followed by Abdullah Javed, second with deserves to be congratulated, especially our star of the year, Said Ali who has really made us prouder 846 marks; and Muhammad Ali, third with 840 marks. with his second rank in all Federal Board institutions,” she said. In the Humanities group, Dania Imshad, Alveena Imshad and Sana Atta Ur Rehman secured first, Syed Ahsan Raza Shah, Ambassador of Pakistan, congratulated the school principal, teachers, second and third positions with 849, 830 and 794 marks, respectively. students and their parents on the brilliant performance of the students in the Federal Board The students who secured A1 and A grades, include Eiman Amir Latif, 1,016 marks; Hamda Qadeer, Examinations and said, “I extend my heartiest congratulations to all the successful students of PISQ 1,015; Ruhmaa Shahid, 1,005; Muhammad Owais Raza, 992; Eman Akhtar, 990; Safa Saif, 990; Farah in general and Said Ali in particular on achieving second position in all Federal Board inland and Ramzan, 988; Said Ali, 983; Asmaa Tahir, 974; Filzah Fatima, 972; Khola Qazi, 960; Mariya Nasser Khan, abroad institutions. I am quite satisfied and happy to hear that Pakistan International School has 950; Fatima Gul Zeb, 948; Saliha Nasser Khan, 940; Shazia Syed Ghulam, 923; Syeda Mahnoor Faraz produced 100% results and majority of the students have achieved A1 and A grades in the SSC and Rizvi, 920; Farhana Ramzan, 916; Maheen Malik, 912; Muhammad Moosa, 909; Aamna Manzoor, 894; HSSC Annual Examinations 2020.”

Eman Amir Latif Hamda Qadeer Ruhmaa Shahid Said Ali Saliha Nasser Mariya Nasser Maheen Malik Ahmad Hassan Muhammad Usman Khan Khan Khan Munyb Jamal

Abdullah Javed Muhammad Ali Dania Imshad Alveena Imshad Sana Atta Ur Khola Qazi Huzaifa Usman Saif Ur Rehman Aaima Shahid Maha Masood Rehman Baig Khan

Zainab Latif Awan Rameesha Asim Muna Akhtar Muhammad Maria Naz Farhana Ramzan Muhammad Syeda Mahnoor Ghanem Shazia Syed Moosa Zeeshan Iqbal Faraz Rizvi Ghulam

Mauzzah Naseem Aamina Ahsan Aisha Waqas Khan Fahad Shah Maryam Tahir Filzah Fatima Muniba Kayani Ruhmaa Shahid Eman Akhtar Mohammad Javed

Salwa Mir Saba Anwar Muhammad Hafsa Zahid Mujeeb Ahmad Saarim Khan Farah Ramzan Safa Saif Mah-I-Noor Gul Tooba Mazhar Rawia Nasir Farooqi Adnan Mirza Khan

Sahel Khurshid Ali Mirza Asmaa Tahir Muhammad Hamad Yousaf Aamna Nida Ishtiaq Eman Fatima Gul Zeb Javedullah Wafa Nasir Owais Raza Khan Manzoor Muhammad Khan Khalil Tuesday, August 4, 2020 GULF TIMES 7 INTERIOR DESIGN COMMUNITY Black is the new black in luxury living A complete rebuild sees a London house opened up to create a haven of warmth, light and space, writes Becky Sunshine

weren’t here to restore an original mews house, but I wanted to retain some of its character.” What stands now feels deceptively spacious, embracing its past while retaining a sense of modernity. Entry is into a large dining area and kitchen, with plenty of unobtrusive storage. What isn’t expected is the natural light that fl oods in from a walled patio to the back. “We were so lucky and bought the land from a neighbour who didn’t need the space,” Krassa says. “Because of the patio we opened up the kitchen with fl oor-to-ceiling glazing, which makes everything feel much bigger. In the summer we have somewhere lovely to sit.” Upstairs is home to an airy living room with a home offi ce tucked in one corner with front and back French windows. The recently built top fl oor has two bedrooms, both en suite, while the master bedroom has a large freestanding bathtub. The paintwork is inspired by Krassa’s trips to the Netherlands. “I looked at a lot of houses in Amsterdam where they’re very bold with painting things black.” She’s blended that with the warmth of wooden fl oors WARM COMBINATION: Exposed brick walls, period furniture and wood flooring at Afroditi Krassa’s house. throughout, vintage brass light fi ttings and plenty of glazing. The interior is still evolving. he matt black exterior “After the build I couldn’t be and large windows of the bothered to choose any furniture west London mews house – we didn’t have a sofa until last belonging to interior year. There’s no theme – it’s our Tdesigner Afroditi Krassa home – but there is a common are good indications of what you’ll language in the paint and discover behind the front door. materiality. I just collect things What was once a cramped, dark I like.” Many of those things are house, built during the 1880s, is now high-street purchases. Ikea side open-plan living, fi lled with natural tables, black metal shelves from light and her trademark restrained Swoon and the grey sofa in the colour and material palette. Like her living room from Camerich all studio’s high-profi le projects, which sit neatly by a vintage sideboard include interiors and branding for and contemporary photography. restaurants, this place is welcoming “We buy one or two pieces each and unpretentious. summer from a tiny gallery on the “This was our fi rst house, having Greek island of Antiparos.” lived in fl ats around Westbourne Budget-saving tricks include Grove and Bayswater,” explains retaining the existing Mario Krassa, who bought the house in Botta-designed Artemide lights, 2010 with her partner. and vertical radiators. Using Ikea What sold it to the Greek-born kitchen carcasses for which Krassa designer, who studied product designed simple oak-veneered ply design under Ron Arad at the RCA doors kept her costs down. Favours before setting up her studio in 2002, from her restaurant interior was its pleasing square footprint as suppliers also saved money on the well as a fi rst fl oor with a 6m-high fl ooring and marble counter and pitched ceiling. “I thought perhaps splashback in the kitchen. Dining someday we could add an extra fl oor, LIGHT IT UP: Freestanding bath, mirror and natural lighting in the bathroom. chairs and a compact black sofa which we eventually did. There were as well as Lee Broom lights in the also authentic details, such as the while the upstairs was an open- realised things were in the wrong land.” Krassa decided, having briefl y stairwell are all leftovers from jobs. original exposed brick walls and plan kitchen and living room. She place for our needs. We ended up consulted an architect, to draw up When Krassa invites people to fi replaces, that I really liked.” decided to fl ip it around. knocking down everything and were elevations herself as well as plans for see her home, they say it’s very her. Krassa describes how, despite the “We totally reconfi gured the left with two party walls and the the layout. “I did a lot of research on “I think that means there is a lack work an architect had done in the place,” Krassa says. “Originally, structural beams. The walls at the mews houses,” she says. “There are of fussiness, nothing too fl ashy or early 90s, the house had an awkward we thought we’d keep things like back and front were rebuilt to add certain characteristics: a symmetric decorative. This place fl ows well layout. The ground fl oor had been the staircase, which had been much bigger windows. At one point façade, exposed bricks, specifi c and that is something I’m very a garage with adjoining bedrooms, beautifully made. But then we we had a pool of mud and a piece of windows and a garage door. We proud of.” — The Guardian 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 4, 2020 COMMUNITY BOOK R Fresh read: Brilliant books to t

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Bush’s marriage, American Wife, with portrait of a New York under threat The Guest List by Lucy Foley a thoughtful investigation into choice from an ancient evil, and defended A glitzy wedding party on a remote and fate that unpicks the misogyny by human embodiments of its fi ve Irish island; an ambitious bride and missed opportunities behind the boroughs, is hugely enjoyable, as well and groom for whom appearance is 2016 election. as a trenchant take on inequality and everything; a jostling cast of narrators, gentrifi cation. all nursing secrets and resentments Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line … and then the storm hits. Gloriously by Deepa Anappara Grown Ups by Marian Keyes escapist thrills from an Agatha In an unnamed Indian city, children Every smooth-running family Christie for the Instagram age. are vanishing. Inspired by TV cop relies on certain silences and shows, nine-year-old Jai and his secrets – but what if someone Independence Square by A D friends set out to investigate. A debut started telling the truth? Laughter Miller full of heart and soul with a hugely and tears intertwine, as ever, in the In 2004, an idealistic British endearing young narrator, it is a latest from our leading chronicler diplomat in Kyiv is caught up in the coming-of-age adventure story that of the emotional messiness of pro-democracy protests, trying to does not shirk the realities of slum contemporary life. head off disaster; 12 years later, he is life, child exploitation and globalised back in London, a broken man. The poverty. Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins two timelines intertwine for a savvy, The word-of-mouth success of soulful investigation into corruption, Actress by Anne Enright lockdown, this riveting exploration geopolitics and capital from the A woman looks back on the of emotional damage is set against author of Snowdrops. glamorous, troubled life of her famous the dysfunctional world of Oxford mother in the Booker winner’s sharp, academia. A college master’s young Three Hours by Rosamund emotionally acute tale of stardom, and daughter has gone missing: how far Lupton motherhood. is her nanny involved? It is twisty, A Somerset school is under page-turning stuff , but Atkins siege in this tensely emotional The City We Became by N K also excels at characterisation: the thriller, unfolding over the titular Jemisin deliciously horrid master and his new three hours: ordinary heroes are The sci-fi /fantasy giant Jemisin wife, the eccentric scholar writing revealed, as teachers and pupils are described this fi rst book in a new a history of their creepy house, the tested by extraordinary events. A trilogy as “my chance to have a little closed-off nanny with her own breathlessly involving read that is also monstrous fun” after the award- secrets and the girl at the centre of a disquisition on community, love and winning Broken Earth saga. Her it all. self-sacrifi ce. — The Guardian 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 4, 2020 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Tuesday, August 4, 2020 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Gloves may do more harm than good in protecting you from coronavirus

eople want to debate whether “You might feel protected because your wearing a mask works against skin is not touching a surface,” Bartlett said, Covid -19, but the CDC says it’s but as soon as you move from touching that the gloves you should take off . surface to touching your mask or face, that’s P The CDC and the European contamination, even if you are wearing CDC have both released guidelines stating gloves. “And you’ve accomplished nothing in that glove use isn’t a necessary preventive the way of safety,” she said. tactic when it comes to Covid -19. CDC According to the CDC guidelines, reusable guidelines say gloves “will not necessarily gloves can be used while dishwashing or deep protect you from getting Covid-19 and may cleaning your home, but this is more about still lead to the spread of germs.” protecting your hands than transmission Gloves can trick the wearer into prevention, Bartlett said. The CDC also complacency, said Allison Bartlett, associate recommends wearing disposable gloves if medical director of the Infection Control you’re taking care of someone who is sick and Program Pediatric at the University of there is an increased risk of coming in contact Chicago. She said gloves are not a substitute with their secretions. for good hand hygiene. Gloves are most needed in medical settings “I think that disposable surgical gloves where healthcare workers know how to use don’t really have a place in coronavirus them, Bartlett said. Widespread use of gloves (protection),” Bartlett said. “People get the by the general public can deplete the supplies false sense of security that their hands are of those who need them most. She said there clean and protected when that’s not the case is not the same level of shortage now as when at all.” the pandemic started, but keeping up that She said you might accidentally supply is more diffi cult as the pandemic with gloves is on my walk home from the the people’s energy, anxiety and wanting to keep contaminate your hands in removing gloves, continues. hospital when I see the new Covid garbage on themselves and others safe to the activities so if you don’t wash your hands after you Bartlett said there’s also an environmental the ground,” she said. we know are really impactful – like staying take your gloves off , your hands aren’t clean aspect to consider. Gloves are single use. In preventing the spread of Covid -19, home, wearing a mask when you’re out in – assuming your hands were clean when you “The only thing that irks me more than seeing Bartlett said it’s important to focus on what public, washing your hands and keeping put the gloves on. people out and about in the grocery store works. “It’s all that we can do to redirect frequently touched surfaces clean.” – TNS

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

Are you worried about the psychological and emotional state of a Your current love interest could be experiencing some family Is someone you know having a birthday, Gemini? If so, beware of friend, Aries? Don’t get yourself too worked up over it. Your friend is problems, Taurus. Therefore, don’t expect too much scintillating all the great food that will undoubtedly be brought to the party! If probably more troubled about money than anything else. If this is your conversation this evening. Your partner may seem preoccupied you’re trying to improve your level of health and fitness, you’ll be partner, you should be especially careful not to push for confidences, and not be in the best of moods. Rest assured that this has nothing sorely tempted to depart from the programme. Be as firm as you as this could be a turn-off . Your beloved will talk to you when the time is to do with you. Don’t let your insecurities get the best of you. Don’t can, but remember that we all need a little indulgence occasionally. right. In the meantime, be patient and a good listener. demand an explanation. Be there, even if it means being silent. Chocolate cake and ice cream might not be on your diet. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Are you into abstract art forms, Cancer? Today you could find Have you been toying with the idea of redecorating your house, Leo? Emotions run high today as a partner calls on you to discuss some yourself irresistibly drawn to them, whether blank verse, abstract If so, you might actually come up with a few solid ideas, although troubles, Virgo. These don’t directly concern you, but you’d still like painting, or New Age music. If you’re into the arts yourself, you you’ll have a diff icult time deciding among them. Sometimes making to see them straightened out, as you tend to feel helpless when might want to try your hand at whatever discipline appeals to you a list can help you work out the details of each and discern which is someone you care for is upset. At times like this, it’s really best to the most. If you aren’t, attend a concert, stroll through an art gallery, the most workable at this time. Look at home decorating magazines listen rather than try to give advice. Your partner probably just or go to a poetry reading. Whatever you do, enjoy your day! and furniture catalogs. Write down what appeals to you. needs to talk it out. Be patient and all will be well. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

A close friend or your partner may present you with a gift, Libra. Love matters may seem to be far worse than they really are, Scorpio. Is your imagination brimming over with ideas for new projects, You’ll be touched but you’ll also feel uncomfortable. Maybe the Emotion runs high as your current love interest seems preoccupied Sagittarius? Are you drawing upon old memories for inspiration? present is costly or not something you really like. You might also and uncommunicative; however, it wouldn’t be a good idea to let Your past can be a very fruitful resource; however, today you may feel that your friend is too eager. What you do in this situation is, of your insecurities get the best of you and lash out. Your partner’s find that some of these recollections make you feel more emotional course, up to you. Tip: don’t refuse the gift unless you genuinely feel heart is with you, though the mind is another matter. Family or than you should. Let them all go. This is a necessary release. it’s totally inappropriate. And definitely don’t give it back. career problems are getting in the way of your enjoyment. Channelling your feelings into creative work could prove cathartic. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Are you suddenly falling for an old friend, Capricorn? This may have You might find that thoughts of your friends and family haunt you A picture of an art object from a diff erent culture could arouse some you confused and a little frightened since you’ve never viewed today, even while you’re apart. These emptions will interfere with strange feelings in you, Pisces. You won’t know why, but it will spark this person in this way before. However, this person probably does your other projects if you aren’t careful. Try to stay focused on the a new interest in that culture. This probably relates to events deep in reciprocate the attraction, so don’t completely write it off . Consider tasks at hand and make a date to get together with your family later. your past that you don’t remember. Go ahead and explore this new this: could this person be a strong part of your future? If the answer After all, you want to keep all departments of your life in their proper interest. It will be intriguing and at the same time could help you to this questions are positive, give it a try! perspective! release old traumas or phobias. Enjoy! 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 4, 2020 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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Jay on how fatherhood brought him closer to wife Mahhi Akshay announces new fi lm Raksha Bandhan on Rakhi day His daughter Tara turned one yesterday, and actor Jay Akshay Kumar announced his new Bhanushali opened up on how film on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan fatherhood has changed his yesterday , and the title of the film perspective about life. celebrates the festival. “Things have changed a The film is titled Raksha Bandhan lot. I am much closer to my and, sharing the first poster on wife (actress Mahhi Vij) now. Instagram, Akshay said he is dedicating I had no clue what women the project to his sister, Alka go through in their life while Hiranandani. giving birth to kids, but “Hardly ever in life does one come during Mahhi’s pregnancy I across a story that touches your heart understood how diffi cult it is so deeply and so instantly...it’s the for a lady to go through those quickest I’ve signed a film in my career. nine months,” Jay told IANS. Dedicating this film, #RakshaBandhan “Tara’s birth has changed to my dear sister, Alka and to the most my perspective a lot. I have special bond in the world...that of a realised the importance of brother and sister,” Akshay wrote. family. Now I consider my Filmmaker Aanand L Rai will direct family to be my priority. I the film, and co-present it with Alka always try to make sure my Hiranandani. Himanshu Sharma has family members are happy, GOING STRONG: Jay Bhanushali and wife Mahhi Vij. scripted Raksha Bandhan. safe and sound,” he added. “It makes me happiest that my sister Jay also spoke about how children bring positivity in a man’s life and make him a better Alka is presenting and producing this person. film along with Aanand L Rai. Can’t “Aadmi kitna bhi teda ho lekin woh baccha hone ke baad bhi seedha nahi hota toh woh thank him enough for bringing me one insaan hi nahi (No matter how crooked a man is, if he does not reform even after a child, of the most special films of my life,” A FAMILY TALE: Raksha Bandhan is he is not a human being),” Jay quipped. Akshay added. scheduled to hit the big screens on He took to Instagram to pen a cute birthday wish for his daughter. According to director Rai, the film November 5, 2021. “Having a baby changes your perspective on life. It brings little joys and sweet is a “special tale which celebrates moments every day, such as being kissed by your baby or waking up next to a cooing or relationships in the most beautiful way”. Akshay is currently also working gurgling baby girl. I love you @tarajaymahhi and I pray you get whatever you wish in Expected to go on the floors next year, with Rai in the director’s next release, life,” Jay wrote. Raksha Bandhan is scheduled to hit the Atrangi Re. The film co-stars Sara Ali Jay and Mahhi are also parents to two adopted children, Khushi and Rajveer. – IANS big screens on November 5, 2021. Khan and Dhanush. – IANS Mithoon records album with artistes in different time zones

omposer Mithoon Vishal Dadlani was at his says embracing the farmhouse, Vishal Mishra was in new normal and using Chandigarh, Ahmad was in Los innovative technological Angeles, Ishaan Chhabra was in Cresources is the need of Arizona and Javed Ali was in New the hour. Delhi while I was in Mumbai. Mithoon has worked on the Though each one of us was working music of the upcoming fi lm, on this remotely I feel we have Khuda Haafi z, for which he had to experimented quite a bit on this collaborate with artistes such as album. The very ethos of my incline Sonu Nigam, Vishal Dadlani, Javed towards this fi lm was the emotional Ali, Armaan Malik, Vishal Mishra intensity that the plotline off ered and Asees Kaur. where I could truly add layers to The album was created my music. Faruk Kabir wanted me completely online during the to highlight the emotional graph of lockdown, and was creatively every character in equal proportion. produced across diff erent time As a composer it was very appealing zones in a span of three months, for me to leverage and bring what with the singers recording forth the diverse graph of human their portions from diff erent parts emotions through the soundtrack, of the country. Among musicians from romance to separation to who collaborated on the album passion to hope to loss,” he added. were Egyptian singer/songwriter Talking about each track from the and producer, Ahmad A. El fi lm, he said: “Jaan ban gaye sung Haggar, and award-winning music by Vishal Mishra and Asees Kaur is producer, Ishaan Chhabra, both of all about celebration and happiness. whom are based out of the US. Mera intezar karna sung by Armaan “Given the unprecedented Malik speaks about how hope is CREATIVE: The album for Khuda Haafiz was created completely online during the lockdown, and was creatively times we live in, embracing the what keeps the world going. Even produced by Mithoon across diff erent time zones in a span of three months. new normal and using innovative today while our present is deeply technological resources is the surrounded by chaos as a human soundtrack because the place he is one of the most technically overseas in search of better career need of the hour. This is probably race, we haven’t forgotten to dream where it comes in the fi lm has a sound singers our country has ever opportunities. Under mysterious my fi rst ever virtual album where and hope for a better tomorrow. lot of signifi cance. It’s a song of produced,” he added. circumstances, Nargis goes all my fellow counterparts have This song is about patience and dedication and commitment and Khuda Haafiz is the story of a missing in the foreign land and contributed to the music remotely, redemption and believing that after this song is special since this is the young, recently-wedded couple the film shows Sameer’s attempt outside of the comfort zone of a every storm there comes a rainbow. maiden time, I’m working with from India, Sameer (Vidyut to find his wife. It will release recording studio,” Mithoon said. “Aakhri kadam tak is one of Sonu Nigam. I’ve always looked Jammwal) and Nargis (Shivaleeka on August 14, on a streaming “Sonu Nigam was in Dubai, the most eternal songs on the up to him as a vocalist. I think Oberoi), who decide to work platform. – IANS Tuesday, August 4, 2020 GULF TIMES 15 HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY Beyonce’s Black Is King reimagines The Lion King

stylised music videos and dance from Lion King, which sounds By Lorraine Ali numbers, strung together by a downright meditative when it’s weighty central idea, peppered with not coming out of the mouth of an guest appearances and poetry. animated cat. lack empowerment is And like that previous release, it Beyonce is the star here, no the star of Beyonce’s comes from a place of great love question, but she’s accompanied new visual album, Black and heartbreak, powered by the by a cast that seems to incorporate Is King, a 90-minute determination to rise. half the planet. Regular folk are Breclamation of heritage The “album” begins in long-ago everywhere, as are legions of and power that touched on the Africa, a modest woven basket dancers and recognisable figures streaming service Disney+. bobbing atop the current of the such as Lupita Nyong’o, former Directed, written and executive raging river. Inside is the infant Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly produced by the singer, the fi lm king, a celestial being from the Rowland, Naomi Campbell and is a visual companion to the 2019 heavens. Beyonce is there on the mother Tina Knowles-Lawson. album The Lion King: The Gift, river bank, replete in a flowing Beyonce’s children, Blue Ivy a recording Queen B curated for white gown, to receive and coddle and twins Rumi and Sir, are also The Lion King remake. According the boy. featured in Black Is King, which is to Disney, her new eff ort is meant Her star power is undeniable. dedicated to Sir, her only son. to reimagine the lessons of Lion But just as powerful in Black Is The production, which was King “for today’s young kings King is her intention to intersect shrouded in secrecy, took a year and queens in search of their own her work as an artist with matters to fi lm and was shot all over the crowns.” outside her own celebrity. globe — New York, Los Angeles, The message — explore and Namely, #BlackLivesMatter. South Africa, West Africa, London embrace the rich legacy of your “Bless the body born celestial, and Belgium. It was co-directed ancestors because it’s part of you — beautiful in dark matter,” she by Kwasi Fordjour, creative may sound simple, but in Beyonce says over images of the baby’s director at Beyonce’s Parkwood Knowles-Carter’s hands, it’s hardly first days on Earth. “Black is the Entertainment. Other director a rudimentary platitude. With colour of my true love’s skin. credits include Emmanuel Adjei, Black Is King, she creates a pageant Coils and hair catching centuries Blitz Bazawule, Pierre Debusschere, of sight and sound honouring the of prayer spread through smoke. Jenn Nkiru, Ibra Ake, Dikayl Black diaspora, weaving a collection You are welcome to come Rimmasch, Jake Nava and Dafe of vibrant, profound and defi antly home to yourself. Let Black be Oboro. creative scenarios into one abstract synonymous with glory.” The fi lm arrives at an opportune and mostly cohesive narrative. Critics may poke fun at Beyonce time in the US to address long- The story revolves around a for pulling critically serious simmering issues around the young African king who is cast out matters like race, racism and Black community and systemic from his family “into an unforgiving cultural affirmation into the pop racism, white supremacist world.” To reclaim his throne and world, but it works here as a piece rhetoric from Washington and self-identity, he must revisit the of timely art that entertains with police brutality. Black Is King is lessons of the past handed down eyes wide open. associated with Disney, however, by his ancestors. And because this Featuring global artists such so it’s less surprising the approach journey takes place in Beyonce’s as Lord Afrixana and Wizkid, focuses more on affi rmation and PASSIONATE: Directed, written and executive produced by Beyonce, Black Is world, it involves powerful as well as familiar collaborators reclamation of Black pride than on King is a visual companion to the 2019 album The Lion King: The Gift. commentary about womanhood, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell the hard truths making headlines touching insights on mothering, Williams, Childish Gambino and spurring BLM protests. the axis of the world and tell our at my natural, I’m so exotic.” a screaming-loud wardrobe and a and her husband, Jay-Z, her Still the intention of this visual REAL history of generational From the moving images of a cheetah-print Rolls-Royce (or is it music drives this wild ride from album is clear, but if anyone wealth and richness of soul that boy struggling to mature into a a Bentley?). African villages and shanty wasn’t sure: “The events of 2020 are not told in our history books.” man with his sense of self intact Black Is King boasts the towns to desolate desert scapes, have made the film’s vision and Beyonce slays, hitting the to the frenetic dance numbers and choreographed chops of 2018’s opulent mansions, lush Edens message even more relevant,” ground with boatloads of attitude technicolor styling, Black Is King Homecoming but is structured and dangerous gangster dens. The Beyonce posted on Instagram. “I and self-referential jokes. is a stunning visual experience. a lot like 2016’s visual album, film is sprinkled with the poetry believe that when Black people “I got the Nile running through And it happens to star Beyonce. Lemonade. It’s a collage of highly of Warsan Shire and dialogue tell our own stories, we can shift my body,” she sings in Nile. “Look — Los Angeles Times/ TNS

Zac Efron wants Talking about the sequel to Previously, Efron also to move out of LA the Baywatch movie, Efron said: confessed that actor Leonardo “I’ve fallen in love with Australia DiCaprio taught him how to Actor Zac Efron wants to sell and the fans out here, the people, cope with fame and gave him his home in Los Angeles and the culture, the beach. And I do tips on managing life in the move to Australia. feel like this is kind of my bay, spotlight. According to TMZ, the so I really love the idea of maybe “I was just kind of going to Baywatch star wants to live in shooting the second one here.” wait for him [to talk] and sure the Byron Bay area of Australia, The High School Musical star enough he had his hat down reports femaleﬁ rst.co.uk. It is said he frequently visits the low and then as soon as the ball being reported that Efron wants country, and has made some went to the other side he was to get away from the paparazzi, “great friends” during his trips. like, ‘Hey man, do you want to and for a change of scenery. He added: “I’ve come out for go get breakfast tomorrow?’ The 32-year-old actor isn’t most of my premieres, every And I was like, ‘Yeah, dude’. worried about having to attend chance I had the opportunity to. So he wrote his phone number meetings in the US, and plans to [I’ve] made great friends over down and handed it to me while do it virtually. Back in 2017, Efron the years here. I kind of sneak the other team was scoring and admitted he has “fallen in love” over here on my own time as nobody saw and I took it,” he with Australia. well.” said. — IANS NEW LOVE: Efron says he has fallen in love with Australia. 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 4, 2020 COMMUNITY “Pandemic will make medical students better doctors” Doha-based Italian doctor speaks about her experience of working with quarantine facilities in Qatar

DEDICATED: Dr Maria worked with diff erent quarantine facilities in the country AT WORK: Dr Maria at a quarantine facility with other staff members. during the pandemic.

from a urological point of view, this By Mudassir Raja does not mean urologists cannot “This year, students graduating be involved. Italy was hit very hard with the Covid-19 crisis. On March from the medical schools are he novel coronavirus 19, 2020 the European Association may not have infected of Urological Surgeons launched facing a very diff erent time line: everyone but it has a series of valuable guides on defi nitely aff ected management of various urological Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Teveryone in one way or patients since service provision another. Among those aff ected, may need to deviate from the many of them have been called medical practitioners and internationally accepted standard paramedical staff were among those of care during the current Covid-19 upon to volunteer or work in at the frontline who fought against pandemic.” the virus and also helped infected Speaking about her work related hospitals before their time in a people get better. to the coronavirus in Qatar, she Qatar has done very well in said: “During the current situation medical school was over” curbing the spread of the virus with as an Italian working in Qatar, I continuous decline in the number used all my knowledge coming from — Dr Maria Colavita of daily infected cases and high the Italian experience to help the ratio of recoveries. The medical community in Qatar. So I decided trying challenges that make up the Alessandro Manzoni writing about practitioners deserve praise for to give advice to the community bulk of physician’s career. the plague describes bakers selling ongoing hard work as doctors from about how to deal with coronavirus “This year, students graduating bread to customers through an Speaking high about what all fi elds have been busy in one in the normal life answering to from the medical schools are facing elaborate system of pincers to Qatar has done so far, she way or another in dealing with the the questions of the patients. a very diff erent time line: Due to the avoid contact, and coins sterilised said: “I realised that Qatar has pandemic. The questions were on diff erent Covid-19 pandemic, many of them in a solution containing vinegar tremendous commitment and Dr Maria Colavita is an topics such as the diff erence have been called upon to volunteer and water. I would like to pass on respect for its citizens and experienced female urologist from between coronavirus and Covid-19, or work in hospitals before their Manzoni’s view, through the mouth residents, and the way Qatar has Italy and has been working in Qatar symptoms of the disease, the time in a medical school was over.” of one of his surviving characters: been supporting the front line for over fi ve years. Like many other incubation period, the people with Sharing what she learnt form ‘If those who have survived [the doctors and those working in the doctors, she also performed duties high and serious infection risks, the outbreak in Italy, the urologist plague] do not start using their Ministry of Public Health was of related to Covid-19 pandemic in the approved recommendations said: “My country passed through head after this there is nothing left, the highest standard. Qatar. The doctor has worked with for the people at high risk, the the most diffi cult crisis since the but the end of the world!’ “I was touched when I knew diff erent quarantine facilities in transmission of the virus, defi nition Second World War. What happened “In the quarantine facility in that His Highness the Amir Sheikh the country. She recently shared of close contact, asymptomatic in Lombardy in Milan, where I Qatar, the doctors received full Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani was her experience and opinion on the cases, and what treatments are come from will be the topic of support and also a high degree one of the fi rst world leaders to virus and the fi ght against it with possibly available.” future commentary. This region of protection. Very often I was off er and deliver help to my country Community. Dr Maria believes that Covid-19 made history in the annals of reminded that the doctors in Italy sending a shipment of aid to Italy in In response to a question that pandemic will make medical epidemiology of communicable were dying because of a lack of support of the eff orts of the Italian about how she as a urologist students better doctors. “Medical disease. The Plague in 1630, like masks or PPEs. As many as 180 friends to confront and contain the has been helpful, Dr Maria said: students before Covid-19 were Covid-19, was imported into doctors died in Lombardy and Covid-19 outbreak. Coronavirus “Although there is no direct eff ect introduced to patients gradually, Lombardy from abroad. amongst them was a good friend of has strengthened bonds between of Covid-19 on the urinary tract taking their time engaging with the “Famous Italian novelist mine.” Italy and Qatar.”