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Summer Camps more about company innovation with HEC WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Paris Associate Professor Frederic Dalsace, Centre, Al Hilal MSc from HEC and an MBA with honors from WHEN: Ongoing till August 31 Harvard Business School and both MSc and a TIME: 8am – 12:30pm PhD Management from INSEAD. Mamangam Performing Art Centre will be holding Summer Camps in its Al Hilal branch Choreography Lessons - Brazilian for two batches of age groups from 4 -18 yrs. Zouk The summer camps will include Yoga, Karate, WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier near MOI Art and Craft, Music, Hip-hop, Bollywood, WHEN: Ongoing till September 15 Indian Classical and Contemporary dance. Brazilian zouk is characterised by the For details, call 33897609. dancers’ undulating bodies and the girls’ fl owing hair. Dancer or not, depending on the style of Brazilian zouk, you’ll be able to choose connection and embrace with long graceful steps. The fi nal performance is scheduled to be on 15 September as a fl ashmob.

Med Food WHERE: DECC WHEN: Oct 1 – 4 EVENTS This summer camp is designed to give TIME: 3pm – 9pm every camper a skill to create music through For international entrepreneurs, traders, Ben 10 Live Stage Shows special training in musical instruments piano, manufacturers, suppliers, food technology WHERE: Doha Festival City guitar and drums, to visualise child’s limitless companies, and hospitality services on food WHEN: Ongoing till August 30 imagination and bring it to creative visuals and beverage, MedFood will be an excellent TIME: 4pm – 8:30pm through art and craft. This camp will develop Summer Camp for Kids platform to open new vistas to foray into Doha Festival City celebrated its second their communication skills through training WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier, Villa 57 the emerging markets of Qatar While Qatar Eid al-Adha with family-friendly activities in public speaking along with hip hop dance, Bin Omran economy is rapidly progressing, the demand and much-adored Ben 10 live stage shows, warm up exercises, karate and yoga. WHEN: Ongoing till August 31 and supply of food is inevitably increasing enjoyed by hundreds of visitors. The TIME: 7:30am – 2:30pm due to the growth of local population, foreign celebration will continue until 30th August Doha’s Kids Summer Camp where artists worker and its tourism. with three live shows daily in addition to an are made! The A to Z of kid’s summer camp experiential activity zone. – from artworks, dance and music lessons Outdoor and fi ve-a-side football Live show featuring characters from and play in between. For ages 5 years and up. pitches Ben 10, centralised around the on-road Contact [email protected] and WHERE: Aspire Zone adventures with the Rust Bucket. mobile 33003839. WHEN: Daily TIME: 7pm – 11pm After School Activities Summer Entertainment City 2018 Aspire Zone’s fi ve-a-side football outdoor WHERE: Atelier WHERE: DECC pitches opposite Al Waab Street are available WHEN: Ongoing WHEN: Ongoing till August 31 every day from 7pm – 11pm. Music and arts activities for students TIME: 12pm taking place after they fi nish their day in An amazing range of local shopping Hobby Classes school, includes group music lessons, hip- stalls will feature products from all over the WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al hop, ballet, drawing and painting, drama world on the Eid. The Summer Shopping Hilal Focus Medical Centre theatre and taekwondo. Ages between 5 and Souq has started from June 14 till August WHEN: Wednesday – Monday 10 years old after school hours. 31. Colour your summer at Doha Exhibition Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic performing and Conventional Centre, West Bay during artsinstitution and a one stop solution for Summer Entertainment City 2018 with adults as well as children looking to explore over 75 activities and games, more than 40 their talents in various art forms. We off er Minipolis Summer Camp food and 132 retail outlets and amazing live classes in Carnatic Music, Hindustani Music, WHERE: The Pearl-Qatar performances. Get set for an exciting and Karate, Yoga, Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, WHEN: Ongoing till August 31 eventful summer in 2018. Hip Hop, contemporary and Bollywood dance TIME: 9am – 5pm forms. For details, call An Edutainment Entertainment summer HEC Paris Masterclass 4723680/ 33897609. camp is now in Qatar where kids can enjoy WHERE: 15th fl oor, Tornado Tower their time by discovering the world of Mad WHEN: September 9 Dance and instrument classes Science, and spend a good sharing time in TIME: 5pm – 7pm WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf making new friends while baking, enjoying HEC Paris is organising ‘The Journey of Times their meals, watching cinema, doing aerobics Innovation: From the Innovator to Eco- Building and so much more. systemic Innovation’, an opportunity to learn WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Learn the movements of dance styles in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard for adults as well kids and move in the world of music. For details, contact 66523871/ 31326749.

IAID Summer Workshop WHERE: IAID WHEN: July – August It’s time to set your kids summer activities today with IAID, the pioneer in conducting workshops in Qatar since 2001. IAID’s Summer Workshop features fun and exciting activities. It only means more singing, playing and dancing for the sweet little ones aged 3 years and above. International Wedding Exhibition to position it in the calendar as a key WHERE: DECC, West Bay appointment for the luxury market in Summer Camp WHEN: September 26 – 30 the Middle East. This event also offers WHERE: Music Lounge TIME: 10:00am- 10:00pm women, who are interested in fashion and WHEN: Ongoing till August 30 IWED 2018 is to stage a high-profile luxury, the latest styles and trends in the TIME: 9am – 12pm luxury wedding exhibition in order market.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 28, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY

The coveted informant Since its release in 2016, Titan HST’s emergency communication system has been embraced by businesses, educators and the medical profession. One reason, customers say, is the system’s reliability, writes Ronald D. White

People date from apps, you order food from apps. You do everything from apps, right? So why can’t you get help from an app?

— Vic Merjanian, ‘ CEO, Titan HST ’ Tuesday, August 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

n the morning a fi re who have not checked in to report forced the evacuation their status. of her daughter’s The technology is still being school, Ruth Kobayashi refi ned, Merjanian said. The found out about it company is adding “mesh Owhen her smartphone bleated out networking” to allow a phone to link the distinctive tone she knows she to nearby phones if cellular towers are can’t ignore: the Orange County down and Wi-Fi isn’t accessible. high school’s app-based emergency Titan recently partnered with communications system. Newport Beach-based Exoio to The app, created by Newport make and market small sensors Beach, California, start-up Titan with a communication range of 30 HST, sent her a series of reassuring feet to 1,000 feet to help pinpoint messages. The fi re was small. It was app users’ locations during quickly extinguished. The evacuation emergencies. Exoio is the latest was precautionary. All of the technology company started by students were safe. Shawn Dougherty, co-founder and “It was great because kids don’t former chief operating offi cer of always have accurate information in Mophie, the Tustin-based maker of an emergency,” Kobayashi said. “If phone charging accessories. I was just relying on my daughter to The app’s cost varies by sector, send me a text saying, ‘There’s a fi re. volume and use type, Merjanian They’re making us evacuate,’ you can said. For schools, the cost starts at imagine me thinking that the whole $2 a student per year paid by the school’s burning down. I didn’t have institution, not parents. Private- to go through that.” sector clients usually pay between $2 Since its release in 2016, Titan and $10 per user per month. HST’s emergency communication The app, designed for schools, businesses and Emergency management system has been embraced by government agencies, allows users to transmit consultant Bill Cunningham has businesses, educators and the made the Titan HST app part of medical profession. One reason, emergency alerts by picking from a menu of preparedness plans and training he customers say, is the system’s devises for businesses, government reliability. emergency icons on a smartphone or Apple Watch. agencies and other customers. Another? Americans are The system also is accessible through text message, Cunningham, chief executive of hungry for ways to feel safe and Irvine-based Building Emergency well informed. And little wonder, e-mail, the web and social media feeds including Response Teams, got to try the app considering: out sooner than expected in early In 2016 and 2017, the FBI reported Facebook and Twitter. It’s available in multiple September with some clients on 50 active shooter incidents that left the Caribbean island of Anguilla, more people dead and wounded than languages including a hotel, as they braced for in any previous two-year period. a direct hit from Hurricane Irma’s US natural disasters caused a practice. He began to wonder how 2016. The private company doesn’t food allergies,” he said. “A college 185-mph winds. Cunningham had record $306.2 billion in damage people, rather than suing after an reveal revenue. sorority has used this to alert people created a preparedness plan but in 2017, shattering the infl ation- injury, could avoid mishaps in the The app, designed for schools, at parties if they fear the drinks are hadn’t had time for a trial run. adjusted mark of $214.8 billion that fi rst place. businesses and government agencies, being spiked.” The Titan HST app “helped keep had stood since 2005, according “People date from apps, you order allows users to transmit emergency Titan HST has created an app track of everyone to make sure they to the National Oceanic and food from apps,” Merjanian said. alerts by picking from a menu of designed to keep people connected were safe,” Cunningham said. “It Atmospheric Administration. “You do everything from apps, right? emergency icons on a smartphone and well informed during natural really worked.” The American Psychological So why can’t you get help from an or Apple Watch. The system also is disasters like wildfi res, hurricanes The 23,000-student Newport- Association’s most recent Stress app?” Merjanian called his company accessible through text message, and fl oods. It also does the same for Mesa Unifi ed School District has in America Survey showed fears Titan Health & Security Technologies e-mail, the web and social media manmade incidents, such as active rolled out the app systemwide. It over personal safety and terrorism Inc., but he shortened it to Titan HST feeds including Facebook and shooter situations. The app is being has already gotten quick medical beginning to rival more typical for marketing and branding. Twitter. It’s available in multiple used by school districts, businesses, attention for a teacher who had worries about money, work and the “We saved our fi rst life within languages. and medical facilities. an emergency during a class. It’s economy. The percentage of people 20 minutes of public deployment,” “The fi rst core function is the The app can access a phone’s also enabled immediate lockdowns citing personal safety as a signifi cant Merjanian said, recalling how SOS. So you can select any kind of camera to send visual alerts. when strangers were on campus. source of stress climbed to 34 percent a teacher returned to a science emergency you have,” Merjanian said. “If people are hiding from a “It has proved to be a fantastic in 2017, the highest since the question classroom and found a student trying “Even though everyone is worried shooter, you can see where they’re emergency broadcast and was fi rst asked in 2008. to drink bleach. about active shooters, 40 percent of hiding and whether they’re injured or communications platform for our One-third of business owners are Usage has exploded. Merjanian the use of the system is for medical not,” Merjanian said. The app shows schools, our students, our families relying on advanced technologies said the system was used 62 million emergencies. So we’re talking about the location of people who are safe and our staff ,” said Phil D’Agostino, such as apps, drones, wearable times in 2017, up from 16 million in everything from diabetic shock to and those who are not, and lists those director of student and community devices and building sensors to services for Newport-Mesa. support workplace safety, according David Marcus, campus business to Nationwide Insurance’s fourth manager at West Hills’ De Toledo annual business owner survey, High School, said the school uses conducted in June. This use of such the Titan HST app but hasn’t had technology has “become a part of a real emergency yet, just lots of the business ecosystem,” Nationwide practice sessions for when the real Vice President Tony Fenton said. thing happens. Vic Merjanian, chief executive of Marcus said the app has been Titan HST, has been riding that wave useful in non-emergencies, alerting since founding the company in 2013. parents that students returning In 2016, his company closed seed from games or fi eld trips will be funding and began signing up clients. arriving late because of heavy Business has been booming. traffi c. Most recently, Merjanian said, Titan The technology is designed to HST has signed a contract with resist pranks, employing such the Cal State University system, things as geo-fencing to prevent beginning with the chancellor’s someone from declaring a school offi ce. In April, the company signed a emergency when they are actually contract valued at $300 million with far away from campus. New York-based Titan Global, an “There are good control unrelated security fi rm. features,” Marcus said. “That’s It wasn’t the likeliest of outcomes really important because we for a UC San Diego graduate who didn’t want just anyone sending a majored in sociology, earned his law message out to our entire school degree from University of San Diego MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: “Even though everyone is worried about active shooters, 40 percent of the use of the community.” — Los Angeles Times/ law school and then founded a law system is for medical emergencies,” says Titan HST chief executive Vic Merjanian. TNS 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 28, 2018 COMMUNITY

Musical programme organised in support of people with disabilities

Prakash Katuwal, Nepali folk singer; and Riya Shrestha, dancer. the third time in Qatar, touched the base of drug abuse with his By Usha Wagle Gautam Kamal Khatri opened the night with his famous soundtracks. soundtracks during the performance. Khatri felt proud for being the part of the cause and said, “Nepali Sana Maharjan performed three songs. She expressed her expatriates in Qatar are really fond of cultural programmes. I feel happiness in supporting people with disabilities and being the irat Karki recently organised a musical programme proud to be a part of it, upholding the spirit of social service.” part of the programme. at Dalla driving academy, as part of a social cause to Smriti Gautam, who had performed for the fi rst time in Doha, The event concluded with a performance by Reeya Shrestha. support people with disabilities in Nepal. The artistes said, “I am impressed by Nepali expatriates living here. I wish After the performance, she requested audience to contribute who performed at the event, included Kamal Khatri, to come here and perform again. I request you to listen and for disadvantaged people in every way. The event was hosted by BSana Maharjan, and Smriti Gautam, Nepali singers; promote Nepali music.” Prakash Kutuwal, who performed for Vivek Khatiwoda. TYG organises football tournament for Nepali community

Trax Youth Group (TYG) recently organised a football Parajuli, Prem Prasad Bhatterai, Ram Prasad Parajuli, Surya tournament for Nepali community as part of Eid al-Adha Gurung and Bimala Sharma. The match was followed by celebrations at Barwa labour stadium. 19 teams played a prize distribution ceremony. Tilka Das and Mias Limbu against each other in the tournament. Karabari secured bagged the shield for Best Goal Keeper and Highest Goal other prizes. Birendra Yakhthumba talking on the occasion the title against Trax Youth Group team in the fi nal match Maker respectively. Kul Bahadur Banam, Ram Putuwar, congratulated the organisers and players for making the event by 1-0. The tournament was inaugurated by Birendra Ganeswor Bhoot and Shekar Magar were also felicitated with successful. Prabin Ghimire, Chairman of the ceremony, gave Yakthumba, President of Sandhya Group, along with Sushila Certifi cation of Appreciation and special honour along with the vote of thanks. – Usha Wagle Gautam PMG organises Eid Milan party

Punjab Music Group (PMG) recently organised an Eid Milan party as part of Eid al-Adha celebrations. Haji Hafaz Afeel Mughal was the chief guest at the event. PMG is all set to organise another event with Ali Abbas, former winner of Sare Gama Pa, and Akram Rahi. Tuesday, August 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 BOOK REVIEW COMMUNITY McBee on boxing, masculinity and his probing memoir

By David Varno

homas Page McBee’s Lambda Award-winning debut memoir, Man Alive, was his exploration of what it means to be a man after making a physical transition toT the male gender in 2011. McBee never identified as a woman (he says he was “ ‘gender nonconforming’ before that phrase existed”), and his writing asks questions about gender that he believes are relevant to all people, trans or not. His new book, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man (Scribner, 204 pp., $24), probes the culture (or cult) of masculinity through, among other things, his experience as the first trans man to enter the boxing ring at Madison Square Garden, where he competed in a 2015 charity event when he was 34. Newsday spoke with McBee by telephone; the conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

When you were training for your boxing match, you noticed that men at the gym were comfortable in one another’s space. What are the benefits of that kind of experience? Masculinity is fragile for so many men, and boxing created space for men that were around me to be a lot of things I hadn’t seen men be — like caring and tender and vulnerable, and touching each other with love and care. When you lift the veil of the performance of being a man, where it’s all about homophobia and showing how strong you are and not needing anyone, all of that stuff sort of disappears. In boxing, you really need the other person. There’s such an intimacy with sparring, because you’re not fighting, you’re actually learning from each other. You also are failing all the time. That’s part of the sport. CANDID: "Masculinity is fragile for so many men, and boxing created space for men that were around me to be a lot of things I hadn’t seen men be," You write about how you and your says Thomas Page McBee. wife, Jess, had the same socialisation, growing up. Could you talk about how you integrate that with your experience “I’ve learned that because we’re responsive after transitioning? organisms, the way culture acts on us I wrote that in part because I shared with the women in my life the thing that unites changes our biology. I believe we all have the all people who aren’t men, which is the need to protect oneself from male violence. ability to identify that and stop it, in the same Having experienced that myself, I definitely was socialised in that way. way we can stop cyclical violence and other kinds of trauma” How would you like to see the media reflect trans people? We could do better if we remove the transitioned, I could feel myself losing a strong father figure. Do you see any lens of othering, which I think is super that vulnerability. For the book, I drew truth in that, or do you feel fulfilled by problematic, not just for trans people, but on my reporting background to call finding strong role models elsewhere? actually for everyone. Trans people have a various experts with questions like, “Does My mom was a really big influence on gender and so do women who aren’t trans testosterone make you aggressive?” I was me because she was transgressive. My and so do men who aren’t trans. I believe really afraid the answer was yes, and that boxing coach was ultimately an amazing there’s an opportunity for a lot of people there was some sort of horrible lineage to model of what a man could be, and also who aren’t trans to reflect back on their being a man that I was now part of that I some of the other guys I trained with. I just own gender identity. If you don’t do that, couldn’t escape. But in fact, I’ve learned feel very conscious of everyone in my life no matter how progressive you are, you’re that because we’re responsive organisms, who’s helped form me, especially in the last not truly an ally to anyone else because you the way culture acts on us changes our seven years since I transitioned. My hope don’t understand your own place in the biology. I believe we all have the ability to is that when people read my book, they see world. identify that and stop it, in the same way themselves in it. That’s what I want it to we can stop cyclical violence and other do: create a world where we could see each What drove you to write this book? kinds of trauma. other in these stories and not see them Men are deliberately socialised not to as trans stories or even just masculinity be vulnerable from a young age. After I Our culture tells us that boys need stories. —Newsday/TNS 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 28, 2018 COMMUNITY TRAV

BREATH-TAKING: Impressive sandstone cliff s streaked with minerals seeping from groundwater, turquoise from copper, red and orange from iron and brown and DOING THE LOOP: Motorists, motorcyc black from manganese, were works of art. boaters to snowmobilers and hikers do t A 1,300-mile route gives new perspective to Lake Superior As I toured Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, my memories of pebble beaches didn’t match the Caribbean hues and multi-coloured cliff s of Michigan’s south shore, writes Kelly Smith

ibrant blue-green water journey, at 2,500 people and counting. Its lapped at my kayak, bobbing editor, Konnie LeMay, has seen an uptick beside towering sandstone in interest. cliff s. Seagulls squawked “It’s a very accessible vacation and it overhead. The water that kind of harks back to those family road Vsprayed from my paddle was ice-cold, a trips and there’s some nostalgia about reminder that I was paddling the largest that,” she said. “Lake Superior has a and coldest of the Great Lakes. magnetic, mystic draw.” As I toured Michigan’s Pictured Rocks Motorists, motorcyclists and bicyclists National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, I have done the trek since the 1960s, when could hardly believe that this dramatic it became possible to drive around the landscape was part of the same lake I’ve entire lake. But everyone from sail- spent my life visiting on Minnesota’s boaters to snowmobilers and hikers do North Shore. My memories of granite the loop, too. By the 1990s, the magazine outcrops and pebble beaches didn’t match started publishing a tour map. While the Caribbean hues and multi-coloured the magazine’s guidebook recommends cliff s of Michigan’s south shore. taking two weeks to do the drive, it’s This fresh view is why I wanted to possible to do it in one week. My deadline- complete the Lake Superior Circle Tour, driven parents and I set out on our a 1,300-mile route around the world’s weeklong trip in June, beating the peak largest freshwater lake. As a Minnesotan, crowds in July and August. While it meant I had mistakenly believed I knew the lake layering up for cooler weather, we eluded and all it had to off er. But after a weeklong pesky black fl ies. road trip around it totalling 1,700 miles After living in Duluth and spending with sightseeing, I realised how wrong I years visiting Minnesota’s shoreline, was. we zipped by Gooseberry Falls and Split Minnesota claims only part of the big Rock Lighthouse. Soon, we were in new lake’s western end. Go past that and the territory across the Canadian border. terrain varies through Ontario, Michigan In earshot of the second highest and Wisconsin, from the rugged high waterfall in Ontario, we pitched tents at hills and sandy beaches in Canada to the Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park and drove sandstone caves and rock formations in to Ouimet (pronounced we-met) Canyon. Michigan. The only constant: the frigid A half-mile path led to platforms over the temperature of the lake’s waters. Awe- rim of the sheer cliff s that drop 300 feet inspiring scenery is likely why the Circle to a rocky, stark canyon fl oor. Already, we Tour is becoming more popular. The were amazed by a new side of Superior. Duluth-based Lake Superior Magazine, “It’s hard to believe this is the same which prints a travel guide, runs a ‘circle water in Duluth,” my dad said as we passed FASCINATING: Superior has more than just postcard-perfect views. It’s also full of fascinating history and culture. tour club’ for those who complete the the town of Rossport, Ontario, after Tuesday, August 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 AVEL COMMUNITY

clists and bicyclists have done the trek since the 1960s, but everyone from sail- the loop, too.

gawking at two black bears tromping above the lake, past yellow warning through roadside fi elds. signs for moose and dense forests of We skirted the shore, past islands spruce, aspen and birch trees. “This and steep hills. At Kama Bay, the rivals any road through Colorado,” my northernmost point of the lake, mom said. “It’s wilderness right up to we snapped photos in a quick your car.” HIGHLIGHTS: Kayakers paddle along Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan, along the south shore of Lake unceremonious stop. That was the After crossing into the US, we Superior, one of the highlights along the 1,300-mile Lake Superior Circle Tour. downside to our one-week trek, there cheated on Superior with a day trip to was little room in the schedule for long Lake Huron, stepping back in time on breaks or spontaneous sightseeing. We Mackinac Island. During our detour had to keep moving. to the famous island, its 19th-century Far from major cities and reliable main street lined with fudge shops and cell service, we dashed by small lake horse-drawn wagons, we pedalled the towns, surprised not to see clusters 8 miles around it by bike and learned of restaurants and souvenir shops like about British and American soldiers those that dot the lake’s southern shore who had lived at the fort. in places like Grand Marais, Minn, or After paddling the caves of Bayfi eld, Wis. Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands, I had Instead, there were boarded up high hopes for Pictured Rocks and it hotels and shuttered truck stops in blew me away. We maneuverer our Wawa, a 3,000-resident town in kayaks under arches and into caves Ontario that once bustled with logging surrounded by translucent blue- and mining, even gold. When the green water. Impressive sandstone mines closed and the paper mill shut cliff s streaked with minerals seeping down, other businesses fell, a resident from groundwater, turquoise from told us. copper, red and orange from iron and The town now may be best known brown and black from manganese, for two massive roadside goose were works of art. Like magic, fog sculptures. Like other cities, Wawa’s creeping on the lake dissipated as a tourism seemed to rely on its natural waterfall dropped off the cliff into the sights, hiking trails, beaches and lake in the distance. waterfalls. After a night at Rock Then it was back to paradise, Mich, HISTORICAL: Whitefish Point Lighthouse is the oldest operating light on Lake Superior and is located next to the Great Island Lodge, a cosy B&B on a craggy where we camped at Tahquamenon, Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich. peninsula, we gazed at the Scenic Falls State Park under a canopy of High Falls on the Magpie River, the towering red pines. The second 125-foot-wide waterfalls spilling over largest state park in Michigan is in wispy streaks like a man-made becoming a popular spot in the Upper resort fountain. Peninsula. At Lake Superior Provincial Park, we Its root beer-coloured river, caused walked a sandy beach at a horseshoe- by the tannic acid from the cedar and shaped bay with 650-foot-tall forested hemlock trees, led to the Upper Falls, a cliff s and crystal-clear water. It felt 50-foot-tall, 200-foot-wide waterfall, like we were a world away from our one of the largest east of the Mississippi familiar lake. Superior has more than River. Four miles downstream, mist just postcard-perfect views, though. from the smaller Lower Falls hit our It’s also full of fascinating history and faces as visitors took selfi es. With a culture. packed day of sightseeing over, I looked We stopped at Agawa Rock, where for a spot to refuel: a brewpub. The the Ojibwe people, who have called Tahquamenon Falls Brewery and Pub Gi chi Gamiing, Great Lake, home for is the country’s only brewery in a state centuries, left sacred messages. On a park, our server told us. We ordered cliff wall, they painted canoes, sh,fi pasties and pints of beers as clouds serpents and mythical creatures like rolled in and the temperature fell into Misshepezhieu, a horned animal that is the 50s in Paradise. said to be the spirit of the water. With Strong winds slammed against us signs warning of the dangerous climb, the next day as we stood in the gallery we made our way across the ledge, deck atop the Whitefi sh Point Light holding onto ropes fastened to the Station, the oldest operating light on rocks. We were awed by the red-orange the lake. pictographs, which are 150 to 400 years “We wouldn’t even consider this old and visible only from a ledge that windy,” a staff member at the Great drops abruptly into aqua waters. Back Lakes Shipwreck Museum told us.– in the car, the road wound its way high Star Tribune/TNS SCENIC: The Scenic High Falls on the Magpie River near Wawa, Ontario. 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 28, 2018 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Tuesday, August 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Beauty colours for every skin tone

hoosing make-up for your skin like magic to transform a muted regular tone goes far beyond getting the wear look into a glamorous glow. foundation right. However, there are a few colours in make-up Debasmita Panja, Senior Brand Manager, products that look flattering and Color Category at AVON India, shares stunningC on anyone, irrespective of skin inputs: tone. Roy N Subramoney, Managing Director, Colour correcting (CC) cream: INGLOT Cosmetics, APAC and Middle Choosing the right foundation for your skin East, lists some trends that will work well tone can be tricky. Whenever in doubt, a CC on every skin tone: Cream with SPF 50/ PA is the best option as a make-up base. CC cream has the real The iconic red lipstick: There’s results of fading dark spots and dullness, something magical about the red lipstick. feels lightweight on the skin and gives 24- A flattering red lipstick can pull your look hour moisturisation. Women with fair to together, even if you’re not wearing heavy light skin tone can opt for wheat shade and make-up. Available in matte, gloss and others can go for nude shades. shimmer, the red lipstick can complete your make up look even if you opt for a Matte lipsticks: Women nowadays are minimalistic look. There is a shade of red selecting the lip shades that are perfectly lipstick for every skin tone. Fair toned matte but are always confused on which women can pick cool-toned red lipsticks shade will look good with their skin tone. with hints of blue and purple. For medium Different shades of orange complement all skin tones, orange-red shades work well. skin-tones — like true orange or tangerine A poppy red also helps cancel out any tango shade suits well on fair skin whereas sallowness in medium skin tones. On dark bright nectar or coral burst works best on complexions, deep, bright, matte reds work tanned skin tone. well. One can opt for, candy-apple reds. best to create a natural look which works in your collection. The blush, even when Pretty blush: Dab your way to fresh, Neutral colours in eyeshadows: Eye well as day wear, for brunch and other day applied in a small amount, brings out the natural finish, eye-popping shades. shadows are an integral part of eye make- occasions alike! inner glow, highlights cheekbones and Whether you have fair, wheatish, or olive up. Whether fair/medium/dark skin tones, defines the face. A cinnamon or deep skin tone, almond and peach shade will give one can create sultry looking eyes with Bronze toned blush: The blush is bronze toned blush works well for all skin your cheeks a natural, pretty glow. neutral eye shadows. Neutral tones are the always an important make-up product tones be it fair/ medium/dark and works — IANS

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

People often see you as shy and reserved, Aries, but of course you All things domestic are highlighted, Taurus. It could be that you’ve Keep your mind open to any and all possibilities today, Gemini. know that you’re really very friendly once you relax. Today you find finally called the plumber or set out to do those household repairs It’s likely that you’ll encounter someone who imparts valuable it unusually easy to interact with others. In fact, you feel downright yourself. New people are likely to come into your life. In fact, they information. You may not realise right away just how important gregarious as you chat and joke along with the best of them. This may appear at your doorstep to finagle an invitation for dinner. All this information is, but it could have a dramatic impact on new, sociable you does wonders for your image. You’ve needed to you can expect today is the unexpected. Have some extra food on your life. Be prepared for anything. This is likely to be a most loosen up for some time. hand and see what happens. interesting day. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Your ship could come in today, Cancer. It will happen unexpectedly, You’re likely aware of your writing abilities, Leo, but you may not Tact isn’t necessarily your strong suit, Virgo. No one would accuse and it may take you some time to adjust to this sudden financial realise the extent of your talent. It would be worthwhile to devote you of being overly sensitive to other people’s emotions, but today windfall. This is a day of big changes, because you may also decide more time to your craft. You can’t improve much if writing time you turn over a new leaf. This “new and improved” you tunes in to to use this money to completely alter your way of life. It could be is interrupted by other obligations. Take some time to produce the thoughts and feelings of others and responds in thoughtful, that you make a move to another part of the country or decide to something of value. Why not give it a try, even if just for a week or so, caring ways. You may be surprised at how eff ective this gentler change professions. Trust your instincts, Cancer. to see what you can do? touch can be. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

If you aren’t getting on a plane today, Libra, expect to in the near Positive change rarely happens without eff ort. Keep this in mind You have natural leadership abilities, and today would be an ideal future. Your wanderlust is back and you’re bound for the wild blue as transformation occurs quickly. You may feel as though you’re in day to make use of this talent. In the past you may have hesitated to yonder yet again, most likely to someplace exotic. Enjoy the time the middle of a whirlpool and getting sucked deeper and deeper, step forward and implement your ideas. But recent successes have away, but do come back. It seems that sometimes your spirit of unsure of where you’ll ultimately end up. This is merely the “nose given you the necessary confidence to pursue your objectives. You’ll adventure dampens your enjoyment of the more mundane but more to the grindstone” phase. Trust that your eff orts will ultimately be likely find that the higher-ups support your eff orts. Make the most of real daily life. rewarded. today's auspicious circumstances, Sagittarius. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Today you feel in control and on top of the world. You can do Friendship could turn into a relationship if you aren’t careful, Today you wake up feeling reinvigorated and renewed, Pisces. anything, Capricorn. This would be an auspicious time to begin a Aquarius. A platonic relationship could turn intense, and no one You feel as though you can accomplish anything. And very likely, new project or creative endeavour. You can’t help but succeed, but would be more surprised than you. Think carefully about where today you can. Anything you set your mind and attention to take care not to get in your own way. Sometimes you can be your you’d like this to go. While it can’t go back to the way it was, you can works out beautifully. Take care that you don’t gloat too much, own worst enemy. Believe in yourself and move confidently in the stop it from progressing further if you’re uncomfortable with the though. Just because you feel invincible doesn’t necessarily mean direction of your dreams in order to make them come true. new dynamic. You can only make this decision once. that you are. 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 28, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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

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Sudoku

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, August 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1. The lovely lady in red rose 1. Don’t give in: there may be (8) a rise on the way (6) 5. Having returned, give out 2. Don’t allow the lady to have about wanderings (6) the music (9) 10. What an unusually early 3. It’s not hard to let the nine daffodil will do? (6,1,8) captured out (7) 11. Is it a nuisance in a water 4. Animal I trained with Daniel garden? (7) (5) 12. Catches the silly sole 6. The answer is to have an swimming around (7) irregular stripe round the 13. In a trice found out is not middle (7) terribly sorry (8) 7. I am off on leave, chum (5) 15. For the senior, how red 8. The tear shed, doubtless, is letter days start off (5) from love (8) 18. It’s clear it’s going beyond 9. How you know for sure time (5) there’s no shortage of 20. Cut back that’s tough, on water? (4,4) food (8) 14. An impressive “The artist 23. Allow to step back around is using me as his subject” the rim, tottering (7) (8) Answers 25. A man in a car having a 16. Bravery in an odder form drink (7) outside the arena (7-2) Wordsearch Codeword 26. Totally new methods of 17. Created, or was calm (8) cleaning? (8,7) 19. Does his outing fall 27. Leave the day before the through? (7) steer stampede (6) 21. The case now holds plants 28. What moving from a (7) penthouse to a basement 22. Finds, by chance, one of is? (8) the big films of the year is shown (4,2) 24. Films the river fish (5) 25. The doctor is holding a child; male (5)

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 1 Bad dream; 5 Stocks; Down: 1 Before; 2 Deluge; 3 9 Falls out; 10 Caller; 12 Regain; Respite; 4 Arum; 6 Twaddle; 13 Condense; 15 Second person; 7 Colonise; 8 Sergeant; 11 18 All steamed up; 23 Let me Fondles; 14 Forages; 16 Fall over; see; 24 Minute; 26 Vainly; 17 Clothing; 19 Trebles; 20 27 Recovers; 28 Ragusa; 29 Uniform; 21 Rulers; 22 Reason; Parmesan. 25 Lena. 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 28, 2018 COMMUNITY POP SPOT

in brief

Seafret

The Yorkshire coastal town of Bridlington is rather better known as a seaside resort than a hotbed for contemporary music. But the appropriately named Seafret are in the process of putting their home town on Britain’s musical map. The brand of acoustic soul performed by singer Jack Sedman and guitarist Harry Draper has certainly caught the ears of UK music fans and critics. Their acclaimed 2016 debut album, Tell Me It’s Real, peaked at number 59 on the UK chart. Solid concert and music festival performances have given the duo every reason to expect a considerably higher placing for their forthcoming EP which is released on September 7. Lead single, and title-track, Monsters, is available now. The accompanying video can be viewed at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=q0afRR3cJ9c. Tell Me It’s Real is posted in full at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Dsou7wCsc&list=PLhIhG dIhcQJ5JcqxZWq61FyBv35119ypS. Each track is an audio posting apart from a lyric video for Be There and an off icial song video for Give Me Something. Off icial videos were also made for some of the other SMASH HIT: Jack & Jack’s 2015 four-track EP, Calibraska, shot straight to number one on the US iTunes Albums chart and reached number tracks. These can be found at www.youtube.com/channel/ 12 on the Billboard 200. UCGjFAOmZmFRi6gYz-fa-vPA. Featured in the video for Oceans is English actress Maisie Williams, best known for her role as Arya Stark in the hit TV series, Game of Thrones. Billy Lockett

Jack & Jack: More than It’s been a sad time for English singer/songwriter Billy Lockett. Tours with Lana Del Rey and Birdy established him in the consciousness of Britain’s record buyers. But after finding success with his debut EP, Burn It Down, just those kids from vine 25-year-old Billy has spent the past two years re-evaluating his career and trying to cope with the death of his beloved dad. 4x4 sign on the back of a Jeep.” After moving to Los Angeles, Jack & “I looked at life diff erently after my dad passed away,” Billy By Geoff rey Rowlands In addition to their comedy clips, Jack Jack have concentrated more on their admitted. “We were so close and it was so hard to lose him & Jack’s Vines also included six-second music career. Their 2015 four-track EP at such a young age. Most people are more than double song covers. Their fi rst original song, (Extended Play Record), Calibraska, shot my age when their parents die. ix-second video clips on the now Indoor Recess, was developed with the straight to number one on the US iTunes “I felt like my music was just the product to make myself defunct Vine Internet website assistance of brothers Turner and Travis Albums chart and reached number 12 on famous. But after dad died, I stopped caring about doing hardly seem enough upon which Eakins, better known as Barrington Park. the Billboard 200. things for the wrong reasons. I actually realised I didn’t to build a successful career. Yet Although the song could be heard in full This came on the back of singles particularly like many of the songs I’d written. I wanted to this is exactly the route to music and purchased at iTunes, there was much success, most notably with Wild Life. The start my career again writing songs that I love which really Sfame taken by 22-year-old Jack Johnson confusion among Jack & Jack’s Vine track peaked at number 87 on the Hot mean something to me.” and 21-year-old Jack Gilinsky, better followers. 100, number 25 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop A new EP will soon be available but two tracks have known collectively as Jack & Jack. “We had about 700,000 followers at Songs chart and number 16 on the Hot Rap already been released. Both are accompanied by off icial “We actually started on YouTube in that time,” Jack Johnson explained. “They Songs chart. But their expected rise to true videos. Fading Into Grey is posted at www.youtube.com/ 2007,” recalled Jack Gilinsky. “We made knew us for comedy but our music was music stardom did not materialise. watch?v=t2YplePdBWY. My Only Soul can be found at short comedy videos as a hobby during our serious. We were afraid that any song we “Our stuff has sold pretty well without www.youtube.com/watch?v=82o9yZK6bDc. free time after school in fourth, fi fth and made wouldn’t be taken seriously so we setting the charts alight,” Jack Gilinsky sixth grade. We used to get a pretty good decided to disguise our identities under refl ected. “We play sold-out concerts and MNEK number of hits but we stopped doing these the name of Indoor Recess for a track the number of our social media followers when we started high school.” called Chill Pad Deluxe or CPD. keeps increasing. We’ve also done a lot of London-born singer, rapper, songwriter and producer School has played an important role in “But the fans knew it was us and thought tracks with other artistes.” MNEK must be one of the most successful artists to Jack & Jack’s lives. They met on their fi rst Indoor Recess was part of the song title. It One of those other artistes is London- have never released an album. But this is about to day of kindergarten in Omaha, Nebraska, ended up with people being so confused that based producer, songwriter and remixer change. The man born Uzoechi Osisioma Eminike will attended the same elementary and high we dropped the Chill Pad Deluxe and just Guy Robin, better known as Jonas Blue. issue his debut album, Language, on September 7. schools and have remained the best of called the song Indoor Recess even though He heard Jack & Jack being interviewed His song-writing and production credits read like a who’s friends since their fi rst meeting. this was supposed to be our group name.” on a Los Angeles radio station and felt who of contemporary pop. Little Mix, Rudimental, Clean “We were both wearing the same shirt Although Indoor Recess made no great they were perfect to provide the vocals for Bandit, Dua Lipa, Bastille and Stormzy are just a few of the on that fi rst day in kindergarten,” Jack impression on the charts, it marked the his house-pop track, Rise. The song has artists with whom MNEK has worked. Add to these some Johnson laughed. “I guess that made us beginning of Jack & Jack’s progression become an international smash hit going long-established superstars such as Beyonce, Madonna think we must be kindred spirits.” from comedy to all-round entertainers. top ten in numerous countries including a and Kylie Minogue. Jack Johnson made his fi rst posting on They crossed America with other notable number three spot in Britain. MNEK’s biggest hit single to date as a performer is 2015’s Vine during the summer of 2013. Vine personalities on the Magcon Tour, “The style of the song was really foreign So Good, his duet with Swedish singer/songwriter Zara “It was July 4th to be precise. I did were featured performers at the INTOUR to us,” Jack Johnson admitted. “We’ve Larsson. The song was enormously successful throughout the fi rst few Vines under my own name social festival and headlined their own never even previously done a feature on the world. It peaked at number five in Britain and number but Jack (Gilinsky) would make guest Jack & Jack DigiTour. A fi lm was made an electronic dance music song like Rise. 13 in America but topped the dance charts in both appearances so we rebranded the account chronicling their performances. This also But we are huge fans of feel good music so countries. as Jack and Jack.” included behind-the-scenes footage. doing the song was a no brainer for us.” A lyric video for lead single, Crazy World, is posted at www. “Things really began to happen for The boys have also developed mobile “It wouldn’t have seemed as genuine if youtube.com/watch?v=YBwzTgNL-zw. us after our Nerd Vandals comedy Vine app games in partnership with their local we’d just come out with this sort of dance He says of his forthcoming album: “Language is so went viral,” Jack Gilinsky stated. “As Eric Omaha-based mobile games company, song,” Jack Gilinsky added. “I think we’d special to me because it’s something I’ve put my heart and Winston, a couple of hard-core nerd SkyVu Entertainment. The fi rst of these also have felt really self-conscious because and soul into writing, producing and singing. I’ve criminals, we’d vandalise stuff . The Vine was downloaded by more than one million we’re not DJs. But with Jonas behind the designed it to be listened to from start to finish so the that went viral and got praised by the users within the opening month after song and us just providing the vocals, songs all flow into each other in a way that tells a sonic Huffi ngton Post saw us write 16 after the release. everything is totally authentic.” story.” Tuesday, August 28, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY Carving niche in Bollywood hasn’t been easy: Karisma she is happy and content to see how her grit, determination By Durga Chakravarty and hard work over all those years paid off . “I am in a very secure space and feel that whatever I had set in my mind, has been achieved. I am sure everybody dreams ven though she comes from a family of powerful of reaching a certain height and I am very thankful, how actors like Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Rishi things are continuing to shape up for me. I am very grateful to Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor, actress Karisma my audience and fans for showing me so much love all these Kapoor says her journey of carving a niche for years,” she added. herself in the Hindi fi lm industry has not been easy. Asked if she feels that the age of an actress is considered EHas Karisma found it pressurising for making impactful detrimental in the industry, Karisma, who is a mother of two, performances on screen? said: “I don’t regard age as a parameter for one’s success. “I believe that my family has been the most formidable There has been a shift in the mindset of the audiences as well. fi lm dynasty that the Indian cinema has seen. My journey Age to me has and always will be a non-issue. Today, there of carving a niche for myself in this industry hasn’t been are some great roles out there for everybody and gone are the the easiest. While the longstanding legacy of my family did days when an actor’s success was equated to how old he or she inspire me to be a part of this industry, I’ve had to work very was.” hard for that recognition. With generations behind you, it Karisma made her presence felt on Day 3 of the Lakme does take a whole lot of skill and talent to be the best version Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2018 edition, where she walked of yourself,” Karisma told IANS. the ramp for designer Arpita Mehta’s line called La Fleur. “I feel fortunate enough to be part of some the best fi lms,” The actress looked ravishing in an all-black ruffl ed saree she added. embroidered with tiny clusters of kardana going from dense With a career spanning over two decades, Karisma, has to a fi ne scatter that continued through all the tiers of the managed to work with some of the fi nest fi lmmakers including garment as well as the drape. Shyam Benegal, Kundan Shah and David Dhawan. The actress The sari was paired with a sheer sylph mirror and thread fi nds herself lucky enough to have worked with them. embroidered black blouse along with a black organza cape. “It was such an honour to work so closely with the Talking about the showstopper ensemble, Karisma said: fi nest talent in our country. I have never really used any “Arpita’s collection La Fleur, is glamorous, chic and elegant. strategy; I have always relied on my own instinct. All of Her latest collection is in the colour palettes that I am most the opportunities that came my way, of working with such fond of. The kind of designs and silhouettes she creates wonderful fi lmmakers, were rather organic. I fell in love with are timeless and classic, they match my personality and their stories and I am so glad that I got to be a part of them,” sensibilities perfectly. Arpita’s designs this time are feminine she added. FASHION STATEMENT: Actress Karisma Kapoor walks the yet fl irty with a understate boho luxe vibe that I absolutely The 44-year-old actress, who has worked in fi lms like ramp for fashion designer Arpita Mehta’s show at the Lakme love. It is perfect for the contemporary woman of today.” — Zubeidaa, Raja Hindustani, Dil Toh Pagal Hai and Fiza, says Fashion Week Winter/ Festive 2018 in Mumbai. IANS Neighbours want rapper Pitbull to clean up trash at abandoned house

the Village should do more.” He said the trash problems began By Sarah Blaskey and Caitlin Ostroff after Hurricane Irma. On October 17, 2017, a code inspector issued a verbal warning about the weeds and trash littering the lawn — but to whom is molding, single-family eyesore with a knocked- unclear from the record. In May 2018, the property received a over fence and trashy yard that embarrasses reminder for the same violations — weeds, trash, standing water. neighbours — it’s not really what you’d expect The most recent violations are unresolved according to village from a house associated with fl ashy Latino rapper records, though it’s unclear if the property owner has been fi ned Armando “Pitbull” Pérez. The self-ascribed for these violations, as Kyle wrote. AMr 305 has spent much of the last decade staring down at Pinecrest’s crackdown on nuisance code violations hasn’t the rest of Miami from Top 40 charts, racking in millions in been directed only at Pitbull. The village issued 633 nuisance record deals and frequenting South Florida’s hottest clubs. code violations in 2017, up from 439 the year before, according Mr Worldwide is known for numerous investments including to Pinecrest’s records. Kyle said in recent years many properties restaurants and at least one other residential property. in the neighbourhood have been sold to speculators who, in But at this Pinecrest property, you’ll fi nd peacocks, not turn, tear buildings down to replace them with more modern scantily-clad women, basking in the sun. And instead of structures. Those construction projects have caused problems messages from adoring fans, the front door is plastered with UNDER FIRE: Armando “Pitbull” Pérez. like noise and excess dust and exhaust, according to Kyle. notices of code violations for abandoned or unkept property — On the fence of the once-beautiful home was a sign for G3 specifi cally trash, dilapidated structures, and standing water. Pitbull never actually lived at 7474 SW 102nd St. But as the Development, and the direct phone number of CEO Michael And no sign of Pitbull. (He’s on tour.) apparent owner of the group of businesses associated with the Garcia Carrillo. Garcia told the Miami Herald his wife, Paola County records show the property was purchased in February property, the rapper should be held responsible for its upkeep, Garcia Carrillo, the listed agent in the 2015 transaction, brokered 2015 for $850,000 by Enpi Gao LLC, a company registered to the Kyle said. the deal with Pitbull himself. G3 was not directly involved with same address as Pitbull’s record label, Mr 305 Inc, and dozens of “Pitbull, look man it’s not personal. Just be a good neighbour,” the sale nor does it manage the property, according to Garcia. But other companies associated with the popular rapper’s empire. said Kyle, whose 74 year old-mother still lives across from the Garcia said Pitbull was a friend and had allowed him to advertise At the time of the purchase, Enpi Gao was managed by Michael dilapidated property. He says the state of Pitbull’s property could his company there. Calderon, one of Pitbull’s personal managers. A developer whose aff ect their home value if the family ever decides to sell. When pressed, Garcia would not say why Pitbull had originally sign was on the property said his wife brokered the sale of the “I’m sure in the past year we’ve had code enforcement out purchased the property, then quickly hung up saying the Herald house to Pitbull, a friend of the couple. Still, Pitbull’s lawyer, here at least 10 times. That’s a conservative estimate,” Kyle said. reporter was asking too many questions. Paola Garcia Carrillo Leslie Zigel, said his client denied owning the property and that On his petition he named Pitbull and wrote: “He has purportedly did not respond to the Herald’s attempts to contact her. he would provide no further comment. been getting fi ned $100 a day since March 2018 for not The sign advertising G3 Development was removed from the Lance Kyle grew up in the house across the street. He says complying with the Village of Pinecrest Code of Ordinances but property the same day. —Miami Herald/TNS 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, August 28, 2018 COMMUNITY Theme parks: Not just for thrills, but as economic indicators! As Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens celebrates its 175th anniversary, theme parks around the world are reporting good business and experts say the positive numbers could be a sign of good economic times ahead

By Theresa Muench

assengers on the rollercoaster will, as usual, have a fresh breeze blowing through their hair. But it’s still a really hot summer day at the Europapark in the south- Pwestern German-French border town of Rust. Amusement park operators in Europe are not so keen on this kind of weather. When the sun is beating down, the competition for visitors is huge, the beach, the swimming pool, the lake. “The visitor numbers at the moment are a touch lower because it’s so warm,” says a spokeswoman for park, the second-largest in Europe after Disneyland Paris. It could well be that the 2018 business results will end up being hurt by the good weather. Every year, millions of guests head to Europe’s amusement parks seeking fun and spine-tingling thrills. After a few years of crisis, the parks are now doing good business again. Visitor numbers are the currency that counts, and according to the amusement park industry association IAAPA, the continent’s 307 theme and amusement parks sell around 150 million tickets each year, achieving revenues of nearly fi ve billion euros (5.7 billion dollars) and providing employment to more than 50,000 people. One of the oldest parks in the world, IN DEMAND: The Disney World theme park in Florida draws in more than 20 million visitors every year. the Tivoli Gardens in the Danish capital Copenhagen, is celebrating its 175th birthday in 2017, above all thanks to the dramatic growth in 2018. Despite the weather, visitor numbers in China. But the 20 largest parks in Europe also held up during the summer months of 2018, showed robust fi gures, with visitor numbers according to spokeswoman Ellen Dahl. rising an average of 3.4 percent. The world’s “Business is really good right now.” single largest amusement park destination That might also be because there is money remains the US state of Florida. Disney World circulating in abundance in Denmark at the alone draws in more than 20 million visitors moment. Amusement parks like the Tivoli every year. By contrast, the Europapark in Rust Gardens typically feel economic ups and downs ranks only 21st worldwide with 5.7 million well before the big fi nancial institutes, Dahl visitors. says. The Tivoli Gardens, at 4.6 million, comes “Our numbers suff er in a crisis before those close behind, even though it still operates only of the rest of the world. This is the place where for eight months of the year. The park is closed people fi rst start to cut back,” she says about between New Year and the end of March, what she has observed at the Tivoli over the and for a month in the autumn. In its 175th past decade. “Yet we also are the fi rst to notice anniversary year, the Tivoli Gardens tested when things are turning around again.” A being open in the spring for the fi rst time. “The visit to an amusement park is one of the fi rst strategy of doing business spanning the full small luxuries people indulge in once they can year appears to be successful,” supervisory aff ord it again. Right now, the Tivoli Gardens’ board chairman Jorgen Tandrup commented. economic indicator is pointing upwards. In The Danish park is unique in other 2017, the Danish recreational park reported the aspects, too. It is located right in the middle best results in its long history - despite a rainy of Copenhagen, directly next to the town summer that resulted in lower visitor numbers. hall. The advantage is that virtually every HANDFUL: The Rutsjebanen at Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens is one of only a handful of Turnover rose to 947.4 million kroner (145 tourist in Copenhagen plans a visit. The rollercoasters worldwide where a brakeman still rides along. million dollars). Net profi t came to 80 million disadvantage: There is no chance to expand. kroner, up 4.2 per cent from 2016. This year, the The rides cannot keep growing in size or one in three Tivoli visitors even tries out the restaurants and a hotel that operate year-round, improved visitor numbers promise yet better become increasingly spectacular. Instead, rides. Most of them, Dahl says, just come for regardless of whether people are coming to visit business results. the more than 100-year-old wooden a stroll, for concerts, for dining, for the fl oral the park. Worldwide, too, amusement parks Rutsjebanen (rollercoaster) will have to do arrangements, or simply to have a picnic on The Europark in Rust also has a hotel with are rebounding. The industry’s Themed for spine-tingling thrills, being one of only the lawn with food brought from home. 4,500 beds. The park calls this a ‘stability Entertainment Association (TEA) reports that a handful of rollercoasters worldwide where So, at the Tivoli Gardens, it’s not just about factor’ especially during a year when, due to the visitor numbers rose on average by 8.6 per cent a brakeman still rides along. Yet not even spine-tingling thrills. The company also owns heat, fewer visitors have been coming.– DPA