White House Reporter Eli Stokols on What It Was Like to Cover Another Trump Year

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COVER Breathless STORY White House reporter Eli Stokols on what it was like to cover another Trump year. P4-5

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Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, December 31, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY In The Donald’s den With so much being packed into 12 months — a Mueller report, trade talks, tweet storms, rally tirades, terrorist raids and impeachment testimony, as a White House reporter, I often can’t recall what the story was two days ago, admits Eli Stokols

year of President Donald Trump is better measured in dog years, with so much being packed into 12 months A— a Mueller report, trade talks, tweet storms, rally tirades, terrorist raids, impeachment testimony. As a White House reporter, I often can’t recall what the story was two days ago. Thinking back to January is overwhelming. For the fi rst 25 days of 2019, the federal government remained shut down as the president tried and failed to pressure Democrats into approving money for a border wall. At year’s end, we interrupted our nonstop coverage of impeachment hearings to bring you the president’s decision to overrule the Secretary of the Navy in order to halt disciplinary action against a Navy SEAL who was convicted of posing with the corpse of a prisoner in Iraq. And then we interrupted that to inform you that the Supreme Court might or might not weigh in to settle the matter of whether Congress has a right to the president’s closely held fi nancial disclosures. The fi re hose of news, or what seems in the moment to qualify as “news,” is relentless. The constant, of course, is Trump. That I can remember. I also remember being in the West Wing in February the day after Attorney General William Barr held a news conference to prebut the report by Robert S Mueller III, informing the public that the special counsel, after a 22-month investigation, had found “no collusion” between FLUSTERED: US President Donald Trump speaks to the media about the impeachment hearings on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before the president’s campaign and the his departure to Austin, Texas in November 2019. Russians who meddled in the 2016 election. When the report actually became public, the reality proved diff erent — Mueller had opted not to make a decision about whether the president had obstructed justice. But on the day Barr released his advance spin, the mood inside The fire hose of news, or the White House was something akin to a winning team’s locker what seems in the moment room minus the celebratory to qualify as “news,” is spray. Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley had cut out and relentless. The constant, was annotating a newspaper cartoon depicting the president’s of course, is Trump. That most ardent critics in a “Mueller I can remember Madness” NCAA-style bracket. Kellyanne Conway crowed in the White House driveway, telling reporters that all who’d suggested —Eli Stokols, wrongdoing by the president owed him an apology. White House The president, relieved to be off reporter the hook politically, immediately ‘ ’ Tuesday, December 31, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY found another fi ght, telling a surprised group of Republicans that he wanted to try again to repeal Obamacare. He quickly dropped that idea after GOP senators and aides — bruised from their fi rst failed repeal push and from the 2018 midterms that had delivered Democrats the House — informed him that the politics of another healthcare fi ght was something less than advantageous. I also remember the president’s reactions in August after a white supremacist concerned about halting a “Hispanic invasion” gunned down 22 people at an El Paso Walmart, which was followed hours later by another gunman opening fi re and killing nine at the popular nightlife district in Dayton, Ohio. Days later I fl ew with Trump on Air Force One to visit with victims and fi rst responders in both cities. He had already expressed an openness to enacting federal “red fl ag” laws and expanding background checks, promising to “come up with something that’s going to be really good.” But shortly after we arrived, the president’s focus on the shooting victims turned inward after Dayton’s A LOT OF HOT AIR: US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un talk before a meeting in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on June 30 in mayor, who accompanied him on a Panmunjom, Korea. visit to one of the city’s hospitals, told the media after his departure that Trump’s past rhetoric had been It has been another year of Trump-dominated programming, “divisive.” shocking story lines overtaken by more shocking storylines, As we fl ew from Dayton to El Paso, Trump tweeted that the few of them ever fully resolved mayor and “failed Presidential Candidate (0%) Sherrod Brown” to hold next year’s Group of Seven then quickly abandoned the project. approval rating has remained and then used a Sharpie to edit an were “totally misrepresenting what summit at his private Florida club Trade agreements with China and static. The base stayed put, and offi cial map of the storm’s projected took place inside the hospital.” The (he would later reverse course after Japan, and a nuclear deal with North so did Republicans, even through path, drawing an expanded line media were not allowed to follow GOP allies were reluctant to defend Korea, remain unfulfi lled promises, impeachment proceedings as around Alabama and the nation’s the president inside the hospital, the decision). all hanging in suspended animation the evidence piled up. More attention to the lengths he would but White House social media It has been another year of as the president asks the public to administration offi cials departed. go to, to avoid admitting a simple director Dan Scavino assured the Trump-dominated programming, believe that the fi nal handshakes More of their replacements were mistake. world in a tweet that Trump “was shocking story lines overtaken by could be just around the corner. brought on in an “acting” capacity. He insulted Republican Elijah treated like a Rock Star.” Within more shocking storylines, few of He did fi nally win congressional Many of the departed inked lucrative E Cummings and denigrated his days, intensive news coverage of the them ever fully resolved. Trump approval for his revamped North book deals, in hopes of sating the hometown of Baltimore as a “rat and shootings began to ebb, and so, too, and Congress did nothing all year to American Free Trade Agreement public’s endless appetite for Trump rodent infested” place where “no did Trump’s interest in gun reform. address climate change, the nation’s at year’s end, 12 months after stories. human being would want to live.” The promise to “come up with crumbling infrastructure or the orchestrating an initial signing In September, the president When Cummings died in October, something” was eventually shelved epidemic of mass shootings. The ceremony. mistakenly tweeted that Hurricane Trump praised him and off ered his entirely. president threw his weight behind a For all the nonstop action and Dorian could impact Alabama, even condolences in a statement but I also remember fl ying with Vice push to oust Venezuela’s president, commentary, the president’s though forecasts showed it wouldn’t, seemed to be the only Washington President Mike Pence to Ankara politician absent from his funeral. in October, a 5,418-mile face- In announcing the successful saving venture hastily arranged operation that led to the death of days after Trump agreed during a Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al- phone call with Turkey’s president Baghdadi, Trump fabricated details to move US troops off the Syrian of the raid, saying the terrorist border. The crisis, at least for the died “whimpering and crying” in a president, was the uproar it caused tunnel — a detail that no-one in the among Republicans in Washington, military seemed able to corroborate. who were appalled over Trump’s He visited the US-Mexico border hasty retreat and the discouraging to show off a segment of new wall, message sent to US allies the world even though it was a replacement over. for a pre-existing barrier. He After fi ve hours of private talks encouraged China to investigate at the presidential palace, our Joe Biden while denying, during motorcade sped back to the US one of many South Lawn shout- Embassy, where Pence earnestly a-thons, that he’d demanded announced a temporary “ceasefi re.” Ukraine investigate the former vice In the van, while we were president. scrambling to learn the details At the White House, Trump joked of the cease-fi re agreement, we with the leader of Turkey about the listened to a livestream of a White “fake news” media he had to deal House briefi ng by chief of staff with. He embraced Kim Jong-un in Mick Mulvaney, who admitted a photo op at the DMZ. He blithely the quid pro quo at the centre threatened the whistleblower. He of the Democrats’ burgeoning stuck to conspiracy theories. He impeachment inquiry by telling the pardoned a Thanksgiving turkey. world to “get over it.” That’s just what I can remember. That gob-smacker overshadowed It all seemed quite signifi cant at the another Mulvaney bombshell, his MASS SHOOTING: People look over a memorial to those killed in Sunday morning’s mass shooting while the time. announcement that Trump intended businesses along E. 5th Street in the Oregon District try to return to normal on August 6, 2019 in Dayton, Ohio. — Los Angeles Times/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, December 31, 2019 COMMUNITY

Nepali organisations conduct general assembly

Nawalparasi Welfare Society (NWS), a Nepalese community organisation, recently organised Sanaiya-2. The new working committee led by Bishnu Bhandari was elected on the occasion. its first general assembly at Al Dosari Park. The programme was chaired by Sujan Laudari, Hari Ram Khadka, outgoing chairman of Nuwakot Welfare Society, and TB Karki, notable Chairman of NWS, and inaugurated by Mohammad Muktada Musalman, Chairman of Non- community leader, were the chief guests on the occasion. The event was attended by notable Resident Nepalese Association – Qatar (NRNA). The event was hosted by Durga Hamal. Amit community leaders, including Tanka Kumar Khadga, Samir Khatri, Niran Nepal, Ajay BK, Bal Dev Barali welcomed the gathering. NWS elected its new management committee. The new Rana, Karim Baks Miya, Prakash Bohara, Rudra Sharma, Ramesh Tiwari, Lalit Kumar Tamang, management committee includes Amit Barali, Krishna Panthi, Durga Hamal, Sujan Kunwar, Sagar Adhikari, Shyam Pandey, Chhabilal Pariyar, Prakash Memba, Honga Ghale and Ram Hari Giriraj Pathak, Nar Bahadur Thapa, Basudev Pandey, Bishow Bahadur Shahi, Ramesh Puri, Ghimire. Bishnu Bhandari welcomed the gathering and Dipendra Ghale, General Secretary Jit Bahadur Gurung, Ramjee Subedi, Bishow Adhikari, Saddam Hussein, Jita Kumari Gurung of Nuwakot Welfare Society, spoke about the organisation and its activities. The members of and Sandhya Aryal. KB Hamal, Patron of NWS, along with Mohan Karki, Adviser of NWS, and previous working committee were felicitated on the occasion. Nanda Ram Subedi, outgoing Mohammad Muktada Musalman, notable community leader, spoke on the occasion. Treasurer, presented the fiscal report of the organisation. Likewise, Nuwakot Welfare Society organised its sixth general assembly at Green Restaurant, – Text and photo by Usha Wagle Gautam

PISQ conducts in house training session for faculty members

Mubarika, Headmistress KG-Wing at Pakistan International School Qatar (PISQ), recently conducted in house training session for its faculty members. Following topics, including learning styles, active learning, co-operative learning, organising learning, creativity in classroom, understanding a child, eff ective classroom management, and love yourself and your work were discussed and presented during the workshop. The workshop featured various activities, including solving the puzzles, finding numbers and alphabets, huruf-e-tahaji from the sand buckets, case studies of problem creating students, survey /questionnaire, creating diff erent objects by using shapes, arranging the alphabets, numbers and huruf-e-tahaji, and jumping on the given alphabets and numbers.

CELEBRATION: The Punjab Music Group (PMG) recently organised an event to mark Quaid-e-Azam Day, birth anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan and Pakistan’s first Governor-General, at Grand Palace Hotel. Nazakat Ali Khan, Chief Organiser of PMG, along with other local artistes, including Nadeem Khan, Ejaz Ahmed and Faseehullah performed at the event. Tuesday, December 31, 2019 GULF TIMES 7 PARENTING COMMUNITY Parents should teach good manners Manners reduce friction between two people – whether they’ve just met or they’ve been together for years, writes Judi Light Hopson, Emma H Hopson and Ted Hagen

DISCUSSIONS: We all should truly respect others. You don’t want manners to be phony or used for manipulative purposes. Hold discussions with your child about various situations as they arise.

to shepherd the emotional growth We all should truly respect and maturity of their off spring. others. You don’t want manners to be phony or used for manipulative Here are some tips: purposes. Hold discussions with 1. Realise that speaking and your child about various situations acting thoughtfully shows power. as they arise. In life, your child will need to “Teaching manners will help feel in control by being someone other people enjoy being around others respect. This happens when your child,” says a psychologist they take the high road. Teach we’ll call Evelyn. “Rude children your child to off er co-operation, who aren’t taught anything will kindness, and a willingness to be in for a lifetime of pain. I have listen. a lot of clients who can’t make PRO TIP: Explain to your children that smiling, off ering to help someone, or showing empathy tells other people you 2. Teach your child that the relationships work, and strangely, are trustworthy. Others can feel safe in your presence. most intelligent people do listen. they don’t know why.” Those who tell others to ‘shut up’ Teaching manners that incorporate o you believe having or ‘go take a hike’ are burning their phrases such as “thank you,” “excuse manners will make bridges to other people. me,” “may I” and similar language your child vulnerable? 3. Show your child that being makes the process of learning Maybe you think nice doesn’t mean ignoring a bully. kindness second nature to children. children who are too Being nice means you monitor You can only teach these niceD will get bullied. your own behaviour, so you avoid phrases by having your children If so, you might be telling your making a contribution to ugliness. hear you use them. They should kids to ‘fi ght back’ or ‘toughen up.’ Teach a child that dealing with a seem natural and part of normal Or do you believe the school bully, many times, will require an conversation. system will teach your child adult to step in. Good manners Show your children how to set enough manners to get by? won’t fi x a bully. boundaries by using verbal phrases Somehow, you feel that he Every child should feel confi dent that aren’t overly off ensive. They or she will ‘absorb’ enough they are reasonably well-liked might say, “Hold on. I don’t good behaviours to fi t in. By by others. Explain to them that appreciate you talking to me like watching others, your child will smiling, off ering to help someone, or that.” Teach them that throwing automatically know how to act on showing empathy tells other people verbal rocks by saying, “Stop, you the ball fi eld, in groups or, later, in you are trustworthy. Others can feel jerk. I’m gonna punch you in the a job setting. safe in your presence. face,” will wreck any chances of However, nothing could be “I helped my son build a circle talking things out with someone. further from the truth. Learning of friends by coaching him on Manners are like oil in good manners is a lot more manners,” says a friend of ours we’ll relationships. Good behaviours complicated than copying nice call Sharon. “I told him to imagine keep everything running smoothly. responses from others. how he was making others feel. I Manners reduce friction between BEING NICE: Show your child that being nice doesn’t mean ignoring a bully. Parents need to monitor their helped him develop a good sense of two people – whether they’ve just Being nice means you monitor your own behaviour, so you avoid making a kids’ actions, reactions, feelings humour and avoid taking all remarks met or they’ve been together for contribution to ugliness. and mental health. Parents need from other people too personally.” years. – TNS 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, December 31, 2019 COMMUNITY FALCONRY Instead of guns, these hunters in Germany rely on birds of prey

More than 380,000 people hunt in Germany, but roughly 1,000 leave their guns at home, opting to use birds instead. Hawks, peregrines, Harris hawks and even golden eagles help hunters track their prey. By Peer Koerner

ith a few powerful but with 50 breeding pairs, they are beats of its wings, no longer considered to be acutely the golden eagle high risk. dives down on the “Falconing with a golden eagle is fox, but at the last one of the most demanding forms minute,W it swoops away. The fox of hunting,” Knapheide says. “You managed to duck into the weeds, should respect the bird but you so the bird glides across the river to shouldn’t fear it.” Golden eagles can perch on a ridge. Golden eagles are a be dangerous, however, and the claws rare sight in northern Germany. But that grip their prey 10 times stronger this particular Alpine bird has not than a grown man’s hand. lost its way in the ﬂ atlands between The falconry season starts in the cities of Hanover and Bremen. autumn and most hunters use Its name is Nordmann, and on this goshawks, Harris hawks or peregrine autumnal day, its job is to hunt foxes falcons. “There are only 30 or 40 and hares together with his owner, hunters who take a golden eagle out the hawker Andre Knapheide. with them, mostly in the south and In Germany, there are more than east.” Knapheide is legal adviser 380,000 hunters, but only about to the German falconry order and 1,000 are active hawkers, who prefer has also written a book about the to use birds instead of guns. laws governing hawking. Hunters “Falconry isn’t a hobby like any need to pass an exam to gain a other, it is a way of life,” Knapheide hunting licence, and there are many says. In the language of hawkers, he is regulations governing how the birds an eagle man. are to be kept. “You really need time and support “The types of birds used by if you’re going to have a job and a German falconers are bred,” he says. family as well,” says the 51-year-old Just like a pedigree dog, such a bird lawyer from Osnabrueck. Caring can cost several thousand euros. for the birds is enormously time- How do conservationists feel consuming, but Knapheide is lucky about falconry? “In the past, some enough to have a partner who is also a HUNTERS: In Germany, there are more than 380,000 hunters, but only about 1,000 are active hawkers, who prefer to people took wild birds and trained falconer and owns a hawk. use birds instead of guns. them for falconry, and that seriously Hunting makes him feel like part endangered some birds of prey. It of nature. “As a falconer, I am directly meant some nests needed constant involved – as a participant and as an monitoring to protect them from observer of processes that occur in thieves. So nature associations have nature every day,” he says, adding: traditionally tended to be a bit critical “It’s part of my life; it is my passion of falconry,” says Lars Lachmann, and individuality. I’ve been hunting a bird expert at the Nature and like this since the age of 10 – I grew Biodiversity Conservation Union up in a family of falconers.” (NABU). “Nowdays we don’t have In Germany, falconry is now this problem in central Europe any designated as a Unesco world cultural more.” heritage. Falconry has its roots in In fact, falconers are now key central Asia some 4,000 years ago partners who work with NABU to and is one of humanity’s oldest forms protect birds of prey. “Falconers of hunting. The falconer does not have a great deal of knowledge about control the bird; instead, hunter and breeding birds of prey,” Lachmann bird work as partners. How well the says. two work together determines how “Compared to falconry, no successful the hunt is. other form of game and wildlife “The connection between the management takes such good care of person and the eagle is closer and the creatures, as long as they’re cared more personal than with other birds for correctly,” Knapheide says. of prey,” says Knapheide. It can’t He is happy if his bird seizes a hare be described as love, though the in its claws, rather than it ending up relationship can last longer than in a game bag. Either way, it will end some marriages, as golden eagles can up as Sunday dinner. live for 40 years or more. “By hunting in this natural way, of Golden eagles have a 2-metre course I’m glad if we do come home wing span and their plumage is dark with a catch – but it’s just as beautiful brown. In Germany, they are native if the prey manages to get away,” says only to the Alps. The birds used to be Knapheide. endangered and are now protected, ANCIENT: Falconry has its roots in central Asia some 4,000 years ago and is one of humanity’s oldest forms of hunting. – DPA Tuesday, December 31, 2019 GULF TIMES 9 OFFBEAT COMMUNITY

LEADER: Valerio Carocci, leader of the Cinema America collective in Rome, THEATRE: Cinema Troisi film hall in Rome is set to be completely renovated and reopened in late 2020. stands in front of the boarded-up Cinema Troisi, closed since 2013. Reopening a cinema in Rome in the Netflix era an ‘act of resistance’

of a stylish 1930s building originally says. Cinemas need to “pamper” immediately.” Carocci says his Irons and Mathieu Kassovitz were By Alvise Armellini designed as headquarters for the their target audience as “it’s no group has done a lot of research. among those who came this year youth organisation of Italy’s then- longer enough to let people into “We talked to a lot of people to present their work. ruling Fascist Party. a dark room and press play and across Europe and we realised that With a mix of pragmatism and n Italy, if you aim high, you It should reopen in late stop,” she says. it’s possible to be economically idealism, the Cinema America “dream America,” according 2020, after a 1.4-million-euro Il Cinemino is a small viable. What’s key is to build a group says that bringing people to an old saying from the (1.5-million-dollar) renovation membership-only venue, cultural and social community out to watch movies in a public times when many poor financed by public and private opened in 2018, with 74 seats around your cinema,” he says. space is a key way to revive a Italians sought a better life sponsors and, to a smaller extent, and top-quality sound and video The Cinema America ensemble community spirit in urban spaces. Iacross the Atlantic. crowdfunding efforts. equipment. It is also a bar and has come a long way since their That message resonated even Today, a collective of Roman It is a bold plan, especially in a cultural space for exhibitions, 2012 squatting origins, winning more in June, after a young man twenty-somethings have found a city where cinema-going has book readings and lectures. widespread recognition and out with friends in Trastevere their “America” closer to home, been in decline from well before Its nine founders meet every respect for their activism. with a Cinema America crimson in the once working-class, now the onset of online streaming day to admit new members At first they ran the occupied T-shirt was assaulted by neo- heavily gentrifi ed district of services: Since 2005, more than and decide what films to show. Cinema America as a self- Fascists for displaying an “anti- Trastevere. 45 film halls have closed in Rome. Listings can change if enough governed community space, fascist” symbol. They are known as the Cinema But Carocci and his peers are members request a specific film, offering film screenings, theatre “Our association has no America Girls and Boys, and they not afraid to go against the flow. De Laurentiis says. classes, a study area and AS Roma party or political affiliation, but take their name from a disused fi lm Their plan is to run a 300-seat One of the December titles is football matches. believes in a few fundamental theatre they occupied in 2012 to indie cinema showing “movies Marriage Story, a 2019 critics’ After police forcibly evicted principles, including anti- stop it from being knocked down that you can’t find anywhere else,” favourite that has been boycotted them, they continued film fascism, anti-racism, anti- and redeveloped into luxury fl ats. plus a neighbourhood library by mainstream film distributors in screenings in a smaller venue sexism, inclusion and solidarity,” Seven years on, the Cinema “open 24/7,” Carocci says. Italy because it is produced by the next door, and later in “pirate” Carocci says. America is still standing, albeit A small, but growing enemy: Netflix. open-air shows in scenic spots The 28-year-old has become boarded up, its future in limbo. community of independent Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, around Rome, such as the Castel a darling of the Italian left, and a But its defenders have won a cinemas in other Italian and another Netflix production, has Sant’Angelo fortress. political future is mooted for him. public tender to run another of European cities has been an also been given the cold shoulder The group gradually emerged He already has a politician-like Trastevere’s abandoned fi lm halls. inspiration. by distributors. So there are high- from the underground, and since capacity to handle media pressure “It’s defi nitely an act of One example is Il Cinemino in quality movies out there for the 2015 it has run a free open- and stay on message. resistance, like everything that Milan. taking for indie venues. air summer film festival with “Yeah, people have been we have done so far,” group leader “I have no doubts that “I don’t have any particular institutional sponsors like BNL, mentioning me as a possible Valerio Carocci says. “Cinemas can neighbourhood cinemas will advice for the Cinema America one of Italy’s main banks. candidate for this and that,” he survive in the age of Netfl ix,” he survive, but what needs to guys,” De Laurentiis says. “I can The festival attracts leading says. Until the Cinema Troisi is insists. change is the approach of cinema only tell them: We’re very pleased film stars. Composer Ennio open and the first tickets sold, “I The Cinema Troisi has been managers,” one of Il Cinemino’s by how we are doing, so don’t Morricone, director Paolo can’t think [about] what I’ll do closed since 2013 and occupies part founders, Agata De Laurentiis, lose heart if things don’t go well Sorrentino and actors Jeremy next.” – DPA 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, December 31, 2019 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Tuesday, December 31, 2019 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Hydrating body in winter

or most people, plain Some studies also suggest that water is best for alkaline water might help slow bone dehydration. But fi rst, it’s loss, but further investigation is important to understand needed to determine if this infl uences the defi nition of alkaline overall bone mineral density and if water.F Scientists use pH to describe the benefi t is maintained over the how acidic or basic a substance long term. is, with a range from 0 to 14. Pure Often, claims about the benefi ts water has a pH of 7, meaning it’s of alkaline water rest on the neutral. Fluids with a pH under 7, argument that modern diets make such as coff ee and soda, are acidic. our bloodstreams and bodies too Substances with a pH over 7, such as acidic. This is misleading. Regardless baking soda, are basic, or alkaline. of what you eat or drink, your body Alkaline waters have a pH around is good at regulating your blood pH 8 or 9. Some vendors use water that through organs such as your lungs has a naturally higher pH, while and kidneys. It’s possible to have others say that they create alkaline excess acid in your body fl uids – water through an ionisation process. what is known as acidosis – but Alkaline water companies make this is generally caused by a serious a host of claims, saying it’s better condition such as a chronic disease at rehydrating the body, and that involving the lungs or kidneys. it will detoxify and “balance” Many people don’t drink enough your body, help you lose weight, water, and they may feel better and prevent or even treat cancer. after increasing hydration through However, there’s little credible alkaline water. However, it’s research showing that alkaline probably not the alkaline nature water benefi ts your health in any of the water that’s of benefi t; it’s important way. In general, be wary the water. You can save money and of promoted research on alkaline hydrate your body perfectly fi ne water, as some of these studies are simply by drinking plain water. – small or funded by alkaline water Mayo Clinic News Network/TNS companies.

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

Normally you tend to be a very spiritually oriented person, Aries, Today you might learn something about a friend that could be rather Outside responsibilities might temporarily interfere with your life, but today you might find metaphysical concepts of all kinds rather disconcerting, Taurus. There could be a dark side to this person that Gemini. You may feel a strong desire to get together with your baff ling. Whether these are ideas you’ve embraced for a long time or you weren’t previously aware of, and this could cause you to want partner or a friend early in the evening, but circumstances may new ones you’ve just discovered, you may find nagging little doubts to withdraw for a while and reevaluate your involvement with this necessitate your working odd hours. This can be frustrating, as creeping in, temporarily causing your faith to waver. This is a healthy individual. When considering it, remember that we all have our dark you’ve been looking forward to this for a long time, but you could development, however. sides. meet your friend later in the evening. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Today you’re likely to find your routine too boring for words, You could be feeling especially passionate towards work today, Leo. You may feel a bit of disappointment today, Virgo. You might tend to Cancer, and may have a sudden powerful urge to cut loose and play However, other responsibilities could get in your way. This could view whatever snags you’ve hit on the path to accomplishing your some serious hooky. Still, you may feel the pull of obligation. This provide you with the perfect excuse to sink into gloom, but don’t fall goals as personal failures, and if you let it, this idea could persist conflicted feeling should pass. If it persists beyond today, however, into this trap. Get whatever business you’re facing handled and out with you throughout the day. Try to remain objective, and don’t lose you might need to reevaluate certain areas of your life. of the way. Or perhaps you can arrange to finish it tomorrow. sight of the big picture. You haven’t even lost a battle - at worst, it’s a minor conflict! LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

A rather disheartening phone call could come to you today, Libra. After the rush of energy over the past few days, Scorpio, today A goal that you’ve been trying to reach may be temporarily stalled, This might bring news of a setback in one of your projects that is you may feel a powerful letdown. Not every day can be filled with Sagittarius, and you could be tempted to slip into despair, wondering only temporary but nonetheless frustrating. You’ll probably have to adventure and excitement. For now, you just need to take care of the if it will ever really happen. Remember that the keyword for today deal with some trivial little details you’d rather not bother with, and routine matters that are a byproduct of life on Earth. However, keep is “temporary.” Whatever obstacles are in your way will eventually this could take up too much valuable time. Hang in there - you’re still in mind that there are many weekends coming up, and with the right be overcome and your goal should be to continue to advance in the doing well! Don’t let your frustrations get the best of you. kind of planning you can get excitement back into your life. direction you want. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Today you might realise that you need to make a certain purchase, The weight of too many responsibilities, perhaps involving family, You may have your ups and downs today, Pisces. You could get at Capricorn. Perhaps your home or car requires some important a job, or group aff iliation, could be very much on your mind today, least one phone call of the “good news, bad news” variety, and this repairs, or maybe some new equipment is necessary for your work. Aquarius. You may feel like Atlas, carrying the world on your could have your moods swinging back and forth like a pendulum. This could prove rather disheartening, as it might involve spending shoulders! You’re tired. Perhaps you need to reevaluate your Try to stay centered. Take the good news as encouragement, and as money that you’d rather use for something more exciting. commitments - your innate kindness may have caused you to make for the bad news, try to consider it objectively and figure out ways to too many. turn it to your advantage. There’s always a way. Hang in there! 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, December 31, 2019 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

Wordsearch Adam

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

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Sudoku

Bound And Gagged

Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Tuesday, December 31, 2019 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

Across Down 1 Principal nut (4) 1 Book that’s difficult to 3 New chap sure to buy endorse? (8) something (8) 2 Capital invested in Joan of 9 Judges playing conkers? (7) Arc casually returned? (5) 10 Bar returns from riotous 4 Invisible nun wandering feast (5) around diocese (6) 11 Smooth learner enters the 5 Song arranged by Carlo (5) ring (5) 6 Did save, somehow, as 12 Silent characters sign up (6) recommended (7) 14 Money we got back for nut 7 They wriggle in a creel (6) sometimes (4) 16 Tools needed for a quarter of 8 Pet for Dorset leader in the deck (6) Dorset resort (6) 19 Capital city taking back a 13 Ladies to gather round, famous inventor with love (6) being cut off (8) 21 Majestic and terribly large (5) 15 Showing taste in unusual 24 Wild dog kept in a building material (7) overseas (5) 17 Someone who carries drink? 25 A sign that visitors aren’t (6) welcome (4,3) 18 Jill’s partner gets alien 26 Ship’s officer with many garment (6) sailors (8) 20 A payment for a coral island 27 Feat unaffected by (5) revolution (4) 22 Geoff’s beginning to wander in a small wood (5) 23 The first man a woman Answers married (4) Wordsearch Codeword Solution 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, December 31, 2019 COMMUNITY BOLLYWOOD Amitabh Bachchan receives Dadasaheb Phalke Award

FUNNY: Akshay Oberoi says: “It was the funniest script which I read in a long time.” Akshay having fun working on KTina

Actor Akshay Oberoi is enjoying working on Ekta Kapoor’s KTina, and says working on the light-hearted project is turning out to be a pleasant break for him. The fi lm also stars Disha Patani. KTina will be written by Raaj Shaandilyaa, who recently made his Bollywood directorial debut with the Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer Dream Girl, and is directed by Ashima Chibber. “It is a sort of a chick fl ick and light-hearted. It was the funniest script which I read in a long time,” Akshay said. RECOGNITION: President Ram Nath Kovind presents Amitabh Bachchan with Dadasaheb Phalke Award. “We shot for some days in Chandigarh. We will resume in little time to fi nish the fi lm and I am looking forward to it,” he said. egastar Amitabh honour at the National Film Awards was no looking back. The fi lm The actor, known for Pizza, Gurgaon and Kaalakaandi, continued: Bachchan was ceremony, held last week. He also marked the birth of his Angry “If you look at most of my work, I haven’t done such movies. I have conferred with skipped the fi lm award ceremony Young Man avatar. done darker and heavier subjects. I think Kaalakaandi was the lightest, the prestigious owing to health issues. Amitabh Bachchan means but it also turned into something bigger towards the end. This fi lm is Dadasaheb In September, Union Information diff erent things to diff erent fans. super fun to do.” PhalkeM Award by President Ram Minister Prakash Javadekar Some remember him as the How will the fi lm help take forward his career? Nath Kovind on Sunday at the announced that Amitabh will be towering lead in fi lms like Deewaar, “I guess it depends on how the fi lm does. It is produced by one of Rashtrapati Bhavan. awarded with the award. Zanjeer, Don and Sholay, while the best producers of the country. She (Ekta) knows what she is doing. The government award is India’s “The legend Amitabh Bachchan some appreciate his nuanced, I have faith in her and her vision.... I haven’t thought in that way. I highest honour given in the fi eld who entertained and inspired for National Award-winning portrayals love the script, love working with Ekta and Disha...All these bunch of of cinematic art. Amitabh has two generations has been selected in Black, Paa and Piku. There are factors contribute in making the fi lm a success.” – IANS been honoured with the award unanimously for Dadasaheb Phalke fans who celebrate him for his for inspiring generations with his award. The entire country and comic timing, while others swear by diverse work. international community is happy. his intense screen presence. Evelyn extends contract for show Euromaxx The offi cial Twitter handle of My heartiest Congratulations to From touching the pinnacle of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) him,” Javadekar tweeted at that time. stardom to facing failure in his days of Actress Evelyn Sharma has renewed contract for another year for her shared a video of Big B receiving Amitabh started his journey bankruptcy and then bouncing back international show Euromaxx. the award amid loud applause. He in showbiz as one of seven in the game and seeing a meteoric After wrapping up another schedule in Berlin, Germany for her attended the ceremony with his protagonists in Saat Hindustani, rise – Big B, as Bollywood and fans international show, she renewed her contract for another year for the wife and actress Jaya Bachchan and and then went on to feature in the fondly call him, has seen it all. show which is about lifestyle and culture in Europe. The show is for son and actor Abhishek Bachchan. Rajesh Khanna-starrer Anand. His upcoming projects include German channel DW (Deutsche Welle). The 77-year-old actor was Once he got noticed in Prakash Chehre, Gulabo Sitabo, Brahmastra “Audiences across the globe are looking for more than earlier supposed to receive the Mehra’s 1973 hit, Zanjeer, there and Aankhen 2. – IANS entertainment,” said Evelyn. “Yes, people want to be entertained, however they also want to take away more. Information, education, inspiration! Our life is Failure really doesn’t meaningless without a deeper purpose, and I see the audience is affect me: John craving for great content more than a quick thrill,” added the actress turned host. Actor John Abraham says his On the personal front, she is also busy with wedding plans with biggest advantage is that he is not Australian based dental surgeon Tushaan Bhindi. – IANS afraid of failure. “I come from a very middle-class background and even today, I hold on to those values very strongly. My biggest advantage is that I’m not afraid of failure. And when you’re not afraid of it, you can do whatever you want because you’ve seen failure and success in the same measure. So, failure really doesn’t aff ect me,” John said. The actor expressed his views SIMPLE: John Abraham is someone who believes in living a simple life. when he appeared on chat show Not Just Supper Stars along with his and me went to watch a Tamil fi lm, “I don’t spend on myself as I personal trainer Vinod Channa. The Kaakha Kaakha, and it was on his don’t like it,” he said. show is aired in India on Zee Café. recommendation that I re-made When host Gunjan Utreja asked Talking about his friends, John this movie into Force.” John about his holiday plan, the said: “One of my close friends, Being someone who believes actor said: “I am a self-confessed Suku, is an auto rickshaw driver. He in living a simple life, John also workaholic. I have had a holiday for CANDID: Evelyn Sharma says: “Audiences across the globe are looking ferries me regularly from my home confessed that he prefers spending only fi ve days in the last 18 years.” for more than entertainment.” to the offi ce and back. Once Suku on others. – IANS Tuesday, December 31, 2019 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY

Mandy Moore has ‘major bout of food poisoning’ Efron escapes deadly Singer-actress Mandy Moore recently had a nasty bout of food poisoning that abruptly bacterial attack ended her Ecuador trip. She revealed on Instagram that she and her husband Taylor Goldsmith were forced to cancel whilst filming in PNG nearly the entire trip and fl y home after falling sick, reports people.com. “Sometimes things don’t go according to plan. For someone slightly type A (like myself), it’s challenging not drive myself absolutely crazy SICK: Mandy Moore. when things veer in a diff erent direction,” she said. “I love an end of year lesson (one that I’ve encountered a million times before and will again, btw). Wasn’t meant to be. We’d planned this extraordinary trip to hike Cotopaxi in Ecuador with my favourite friend and guide @melissaarnot, when T and I both got knocked out simultaneously with a major bout of food poisoning (on Day 2) and couldn’t continue on the trip,” she continued. “We just wouldn’t be able to catch up on hydration, nutrition and rest to complete any more acclimatisation hikes before our summit push.” “In any case…we made the tough call to travel home (wow — that wasn’t fun lol) and got back yesterday,” she added. “We showered and crawled into bed — shells of ourselves — but quickly had the kitties/dogs by our side and our own Mountain View out the window to enjoy.” Refl ecting on the unfortunate experience, Moore managed to fi nd a silver lining. “I think the Universe must have wanted us to slow down and just savour some time at home. And we shall,” she said. — IANS CLOSE CALL: Zac Efron.

Katie shares rare selfie ollywood actor Zac Efron was reportedly and is said to be “in a stable condition”. At the hospital, he with daughter Suri rushed to Australia from Papua New Guinea received treatment for several days, before being “given the after suff ering an “extraordinary life-or-death all clear” by doctors to fl y home to the US on Christmas Eve. medical emergency”. Dr Glenn McKay, Director of Medical Rescue, the A report by The Sunday Telegraph said the organisation that oversaw Efron’s fl ight, told The Sunday H32-year-old was fi lming a documentary series called Killing Telegraph that he could not discuss patient information, but Zac Efron when he came down with a ‘form of typhoid or confi rmed they “retrieved a US citizen in his 30s from PNG similar bacterial infection’ just before Christmas, reports to Brisbane for medical attention in Australia”. dailymail.co.uk. Efron was fl own to Brisbane, Australia It is believed that the Hollywood actor fl ew to Papua New from Papua New Guinea on a ‘life-or-death fl ight’ with Guinea at the start of December to fi lm the series, which will the assistance of medical professionals. After arriving in follow Efron as he will go deep into the jungle of a remote Brisbane, he was admitted in a private hospital in Spring Hill and dangerous island. — IANS Padma mistaken for Priyanka

India-born supermodel Padma Lakshmi was recently mistaken for actress Priyanka Chopra by a New York magazine, and she had a witty yet fi tting response to address it. Padma got associated with New Yorker’s celebrity cartoon takeover issue. The post carrying her portrait on the offi cial Instagram account of the magazine was tagged to Priyanka Chopra. Padma took a screenshot of the post and shared it on her Actress Katie Holmes took to Instagram to share a rare Instagram handle, writing: “Thank you to the illustrious “@ mother-daughter selfi e. nydailynews” for the shoutout. I know to some we all look alike, Holmes, 41, took to her Instagram Story to share a rare but... #desilife #JustIndianThings.” picture with 13-year-old Suri Cruise, her daughter with The picture shows a black-and-white portrait of Padma with former husband Tom Cruise, reports usatoday.com. Priyanka’s Instagram account handle tagged on it. In the black-and-white snapshot, the mother-daughter The post on the New Yorker handle appears to have been pair are all smiles as they pose side-by-side while cuddling removed. together. The mother-daughter duo look near identical in Padma’s post got several reactions from celebrities. “Oh no,” the image. Holmes playful picture off ers a rare glimpse of wrote actress Natalie Portman, while one user said: “This is the her daughter. Though Holmes is famously private about equivalent of tagging Christina Aguilera in a photo of Britney her daughter, the actress opened up about motherhood in Spears.” November. In an interview to IANS in the past, Padma had expressed her “I was happy to become a mom in my 20s,” Holmes, who happiness about Indians fi nding a place in the West. welcomed her daughter, Suri Cruise, at age 27, told Elle UK. “I am very happy to see many more Indian faces on TV and in the “It’s been nice that our ages fi t... how do I put this? arts and in publishing... It was hard to be an immigrant in the 1970s Every age that my child has been and my age at that time and 1980s. I am lucky that I managed to somehow fi nd a place for WIT: India-born supermodel Padma Lakshmi was has been a good match. We kind of grew up together,” she myself. It is not like that I had a grand plan. There was no guarantee mistaken for actress Priyanka Chopra by a New York added. — IANS that I would be successful,” she said while refl ecting back on her magazine, and she had a witty yet fitting response to journey. — IANS address it. 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, December 31, 2019 COMMUNITY Connecting students in Qatar under one platform

INTERACTIVE: Vahid Suljic with his team at a local school in Qatar talking about his platform and the experience it provides.

How did you get the idea for it truly is, an oasis and a cradle of What is the end goal and your social media platform? knowledge. mission statement of this I started Campus & Student Growing the Campus & Student page? Life (CSL) in Qatar on Facebook Life in Qatar page hasn’t been What really makes us tick, is back in 2014 upon seeing the need an easy task. It’s taken a lot of to hear from people who have among the student community hard work to get the platform to been confused or even worried in Qatar for such a service. This where it’s at today. Nevertheless, and couldn’t make up their panned out well and we have been our eff orts have more than paid minds but after reaching out growing constantly ever since. off . Together we have exceeded to us and getting the proper expectations. We are monitoring information, they chose to come What inspired you to start the needs of students and fellow to Qatar and study. Our mission such an online community alumni non-stop and based on that is to be of service to the students, platform? we are getting the most engaging educational community and to I have been raised to be of content out there every day. It’s support the state of Qatar in service to my community wherever about driving growth through the achieving its educational goals. I am, and I felt the need to give creation of original content that back to this beautiful country and is completely unique to the page. Do you have any to do my small part in helping it, For us, the key to engagement lies competition, if so who? by helping its students. with consistency and knowing your This is not something that is audience inside-out – which isn’t easy to do, long term and it doesn’t What is the main purpose for always easy when you’re dealing make anyone rich. There have FOUNDER: Vahid Suljic, Founder of Campus & Student Life in Qatar, the creating such page, and what with students. Consistency is been tries to copy this initiative country’s largest student community platform. Photos supplied do you expect out of it? also important. If you want to be but it all ended rather quickly as My motivation was to create a successful on social media, you’ve people were not ready to put in community that would be useful got to be extremely reactive to the hard work and sacrifi ce their ow much of a platforms and forums are even to any student, weather local or current trends, news and events time without fi nancial gain. For this difference can a more useful when it’s drawing international, who was interested while fi nding new ways to innovate. reason, we remain the genuine voice student forum all the students in a particular in joining our educational of the student community in Qatar. make, providing a place to help each other in terms community here. One of the Where do you get your platform for all the of daily/practical life enquiries challenges faced by many was that sources from and how reliable What are your future plans Hstudents in one geographical and give an insight to prospect information, though available, are they? for this page, how do you want region or country to connect? students of what to expect of was scattered and not always We are blessed to have access it to grow? Quite a lot. Such platforms educational scenario in Qatar. easy to fi nd. Students are smart, to the offi cial information issued Our biggest goals are to allow students to content, share Campus & Student Life in pragmatic and quickly recognised by the universities, government continue providing value and challenges, teach each other, learn Qatar (@Students_Qatar) is our one-stop-shop. It also gives a entities and the student bodies guidance to all the students who by stating and understanding, Qatar’s largest student community great opportunity to high school but what really sets us apart is that are already in Qatar or think about clarify assumptions, experiment, platform fl ourishing with over students and their parents to get we complement this with untold coming here. How that might own new skills and ideas. The 43,000 followers and counting. a realistic look inside the actual stories from many of the alumnae look in detail will probably change benefits of using online forums They have also inspired a host of university and see what it might and current students themselves. over time as the technology and for enhancing student learning similar student communities, but off er their kids. In combination, this off ers both user behavioUr changes. What are well known throughout none have managed to challenge in This is a rare spot on the planet macro- and micro perspective won’t change is our dedication the world. Other than in full engagement. Vahid Suljic, Founder were cultures enrich each other and is highly appreciated by our to our community. There are so online courses, their adoption in of Campus & Student Life in Qatar, in harmony, were diff erences community. One thing is to hear many positive and groundbreaking traditional learning environments speaks about establishing the idea are respected and diversity is that a course is available, but it things happening in Qatar, that complementing face-to-face and bringing students of various celebrated. It off ers excellent is so much better to hear from world needs to know about. We teaching is also increasing and nationalities in Qatar under one opportunities in higher education someone who has taken the course want to be a part of that voice has now become a common platform and page, to discuss in many fi elds of study, and the already and pick their brains. It letting the world know that educational strategy in higher collectively and help each other in facilities are simply amazing. We helps prospective students make serious progress and world-class education. However, such every possibility. wanted to showcase Qatar as what better informed decisions. research is happening here.