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The Mall Cinema (1): Mamnoun Min Landmark Cinema (3): Toilet Ek e Unq El Ektirab (Arabic) 2pm; 47 Meters Prem Katha (Hindi) 2:30pm; 47 uot uo Down (2D) 4pm; Kidnap (2D) 5:45pm; Meters Down (2D) 5:30pm; Kidnap Q te Finally Found Someone (Tagalog) Ek Prem Katha (Hindi) 4pm & 6:45pm; (2D) 7:30pm & 9:15pm; oilet Ek Prem 7:30pm; Kidnap (2D) 9:45pm; Kidnap (2D) 9:30pm; Toilet Ek Prem Katha (Hindi) 11pm. I don’t think Chunkzz (Malayalam) 11:30pm Katha (Hindi) 11:15pm. Asian Town Cinema: of all the misery but of The Mall Cinema (2): The Emoji Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Screen 1: Jab Harry Met Sejal (Hindi) Movie (2D) 2:30pm,4pm & 5:30pm; (3): The Emoji Movie (2D) 2pm; 12pm*,3pm*,6pm,9pm,12am. the beauty that still Wind River (2D) 7pm; Chunkzz Chunkzz (Malayalam) 3:30pm; 47 Screen 2: Thondi Muthal remains. —Anne Frank (Malayalam) 9pm; Toilet Ek Prem Meters Down (2D) 5:45pm; Kidnap (Malayalam) 1pm*; Sunday Holiday Katha (Hindi) 11:15pm. (2D) 7:30pm; Chunkzz (Malayalam) (Malayalam) 3:45pm*; Vikram Vedha The Mall Cinema (3): Toilet Ek 11:30pm; Podhuvaga Emmanasu (Tamil) 6:30pm; Sunday Holiday Prem Katha (Hindi) 2:30pm; Huroob Thangam (Tamil) 11:30pm. (Malayalam) 9:15pm,12am,2:30am** Ezterari (Arabic) 5:15pm; Toilet Ek Landmark Cinema (1): Huroob Screen 3: Fidaa (Telugu) 12:30pm*; Prem Katha (Hindi) 7:15pm; 47 Meters Ezterari (Arabic) 2:30pm; Chunkzz Jab Harry Met Sejal (Hindi) 3:15pm*,6 Down (2D) 10pm; Wind River (2D) (Malayalam) 4:30pm; Toilet Ek Prem pm,8:45pm,11:30pm,2:15am** 11:15pm. Katha (Hindi) 7pm; Kidnap (2D) Screen 4: Goutham Ganda (Telugu) Community Editor Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): 9:45pm; Podhuvaga Emmanasu 1pm*; Jab Harry Met Sejal (Hindi) Wind River (2D) 2:30pm; The Emoji Thangam (Tamil) 11:30pm. 3:45pm*,6:30pm,9:15pm,12am. Kamran Rehmat Movie (2D) 4:30pm & 6pm; Special Landmark Cinema (2): The Emoji e-mail: [email protected] Show 7:30pm; 47 Meters Down (2D) Movie (2D) 2:30pm,4:15pm & 5:45pm; Timing marked (**) only screening Telephone: 44466405 9:45pm; Wind River (2D) 11:30pm Wind River (2D) 7:15pm; Chunkzz on Thursday & Friday Fax: 44350474 Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): (Malayalam) 9:15pm; Wind River (2D) Timing marked (*) only screening Huroob Ezterari (Arabic) 2pm; Toilet 11:30pm. on Thursday, Friday & Saturday Thursday, August 10, 2017 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY

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The club WHERE: Doha Festival City TIME: 8:30am in the summer to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. has been working with a panel of coaches The entertainment off ering has been Unfolding Creative Methods is now open Swimming and running sessions will be and directors to plan the events which will designed to ensure there are numerous to the public at the Garage Gallery. The available for all community members be announced over the coming months. opportunities for physical activities, from entry is free. throughout August in the Aspire Dome Members should look forward to a variety the running track which features exercise Swimming Pool and Indoor Athletics Track. of diff erent occasions, suitable for all ages stations, the bike trail, through to our ‘fi rst- Summer Camp at TCA Registration will be available online and so the whole family can get involved in the of-its-kind’ in Qatar, Snow Dunes theme WHEN: Until August 24 onsite at the Dome’s main entrance. birthday celebrations. To kick-off things off , park. DFC is excited to welcome fi rst visitors WHERE: TCA Evolution Sports recently launched their 10- in April and to celebrate the best leisure TCA has successfully completed the Summer Camp year anniversary logo. The emblem has been facilities, retail mix and dining options, all two batches of summer camp and now WHERE: Ain Khaled designed by Toyan Greaves, the man behind with exceptional service.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 10, 2017 COMMUNITY COVER STORY

said Reinhart, who in March earned a gold record for her understated version of Can’t Help Falling in Love, a 1961 hit for Elvis. Canadian vocal star lang paid tribute to Elvis in a diff erent way. Elvis once more! The cover photo for her 2006 album, Reinternation, pays homage to the cover photo of him on Elvis Presley, No other solo singing star — not Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Michael his 1956 debut album. “There’s not too much to not like about Elvis, other than the fact Jackson, Madonna or Beyonce has matched Elvis. His influence and that he was friends with (President) Nixon,” lang said. “Everything he did from the beginning of his career up example helped pave the way directly or indirectly for The Beatles, to his 1968 comeback (TV) special, where he wore the black leather jumpsuit, is pretty untouchable.” Bob Dylan, and countless others, writes George Varga The late John Lennon put it more bluntly. “Before Elvis,” the bespectacled con? Thief? Sex symbol? in his autopsy for 10 diff erent beast had arrived,” said Paul Stanley we played the music and handled Beatle once famously said, “there was Menace to society? Hero? Drug prescription medications, including of Kiss. ourselves on stage.” nothing.” addict? The King? 10 times his prescribed amount of “There was a sexuality, a danger Ringo Starr, who replaced Best In fact, there was much before There is only one Elvis codeine. and a joy in what he was doing that in The Beatles, echoed his fellow Elvis — and many who inspired him Presley, but there are also many Yet, while he died far too young, was the sign of a phenomenon. You drummer’s enthusiasm. profoundly from the worlds of blues, ElvisI Presleys. Elvis had seemingly lived several see early footage of him, shimmying “Elvis turned my head around,” gospel and rhythm-and-blues. No, that’s not an existential riddle lifetimes in just over four decades. across the stage and playing for these Starr said. “Frankie Laine, who I liked They included a wealth of gifted about the hip-swivelling, lip-curling He was a sometimes scorned high screaming crowds — he was that (in the early 1950s) was like my dad; but obscure African-American singer who irrevocably changed the school student, an impoverished generation’s template for everything everyone you listened to was like your musicians and songwriters who sound and look of contemporary Memphis truck driver, an aspiring that came after him and everyone dad, until Elvis came out.” created rock ‘n’ roll and paved the music, and — with it — popular singer, a wealthy pop music copied that template.” Similar sentiments are voiced by way for Elvis and many more. culture in the 1950s and beyond. superstar, a sergeant in the US Army, Indeed, no other solo singing such disparate artistes as American At a time when much of this Nor is it a reference to a smouldering sex symbol, a movie star — not Bing Crosby, Frank Idol winner David Cook, neo-R&B country was still segregated, Elvis the estimated 35,000 Elvis idol, a middle-of-the-road Las Vegas Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Madonna vocal star Maxwell, Idol alum Haley frequented black nightclubs in impersonators still active around showroom staple, a bloated, drug- or Beyoncé has matched Elvis. His Reinhart and multiple-Grammy Memphis to absorb and study the world today, 40 years after the addled victim of fame, and more. infl uence and example helped pave Award-winner k.d. lang. the music of Ike Turner, Jackie intensely charismatic singer hailed Most signifi cant of all. Elvis was the way directly or indirectly for The “I think Elvis changed the Wilson, Little Junior Parker, Matt as “The King” permanently left the the proto-rock star, an inadvertent Beatles, Bob Dylan, and countless dialogue, and maybe the morality, “Guitar” Murphy and others. The building on August 16, 1977. He died revolutionary and a game-changing others. of the entire country. The cultural sizzling sensuality of their songs from a drug-fuelled heart attack in cultural phenomenon, whose “Elvis is my man,” Paul McCartney impact he had can’t be overrated,” and performances was a major Memphis in his famed Graceland impact extends from The Beatles said. “He was a big infl uence on the Cook said. inspiration for him. mansion, which still draws 600,000 and U2 singer Bono to Bruno Mars Beatles.” “What he managed to do in his Elvis’ fi rst commercially released visitors a year (second in the US to and beyond. “There were other American career,” Maxwell noted, “was unlike recording was his reverent 1954 the White House). “He is about as iconic as anyone greats, but it was Elvis we talked anything ever done before. I know version of bluesman Arthur “Big Only 42, Elvis reportedly in American music gets,” said John about,” said former Beatles’ drummer he was very infl uential to people like Boy” Crudup’s That’s Alright Mama. weighed 350 pounds at the time of Oates of Hall & Oates. Pete Best. “The eff ect he had on all Michael Jackson.” He also recorded Crudup’s So his death — 187 pounds more than “When Elvis came on the scene it the members of The Beatles showed, “He was so incredibly unique. He’s Glad You’re Mine and My Baby Left when he was 32. He tested positive was like an unbridled and untamed from our repertoire to the way defi nitely somebody to look up to,” Me, along with Roy Brown’s Good Thursday, August 10, 2017 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

Elvis Presley’s decline was artistic, physical and spiritual. The superstar who once had it all became a victim of his own success. He also fell prey to forces within and beyond his control

Rockin’ Tonight, Little Junior Parker’s his once rebellious client. And he Mystery Train, Arthur Gunter’s Baby funnelled an eye-raising amount of Let’s Play House, Kokomo Arnold’s Elvis’ earnings to himself. Milkcow Blues Boogie, Jesse Stone’s “Elvis was a tragic fi gure who Money Honey, Ivory Joe Hunter’s I should have stood up and fi red Need You So and Smiley Lewis’ One his manager,” said former Dead Night (of Sin) (which was sanitised Kennedys’ singer Jello Biafra. “The by Presley and his producers as One ‘Colonel’ appears to have robbed Night With You. him blind; it appears Elvis’ handlers Many of these songs are available preferred him to be strung out on in the new 3-CD Sony Legacy drugs so that he couldn’t take more box set, A Boy From Tupelo — The control of the direction of his career.” Complete 1953-1955 Recordings. Eagles’ co-founder Don Henley is Three of Elvis’ landmark early equally critical of Parker. recordings — All Shook Up, Don’t Be “Elvis’ Hound Dog was the fi rst Cruel and Return to Sender — were rock record I ever owned, so you written by Otis Blackwell. Sadly, could say that changed my life Blackwell’s own singing career never completely,” Henley said. ignited, despite the fact that Presley’s “But Elvis’ manager took 50 recordings were almost identical percent of Elvis’ earnings, which is to how Blackwell sang them on his absolutely disgusting. He put him in demonstration recordings. all those (crummy) movies, and put “It’s unfortunate that a lot of songs him in Vegas. Not that Elvis wasn’t Elvis was famous for were written by culpable to some degree, but he was African-American music artists that just kind of a naive country boy.” he didn’t really credit,” said noted Even as a teenager, though, Elvis New Orleans drummer Herlin Riley. was eager to be heard. By so expertly “He changed the whole feeling of emulating the blues, R&B and gospel rock ‘n’ roll.” music he loved. Elvis had what his Yet, while Elvis may have been a fi rst producer, Sun Records’ honcho far more adept musical synthesist Sam Phillips, had long sought: “A than an actual innovator, the power, white man with the Negro sound and range and emotional depth of his the Negro feel.” singing — on stage and on record — It was a potent combination that were undeniable. Ditto his ability to would change Elvis and — with him transcend even so-so songs through — the world, forever. — The San Diego the sheer force of his musical skills Union-Tribune/TNS and personality. “Elvis was a great, great performer,” said San Diego-born avant garde vocal wizard Diamanda Galas. “Even at the start of his Las Vegas decline, he was phenomenal. It was sad to see a talent like that go away.” U2’s Bono has at times emulated both the singing and bigger-than-life stage persona of Elvis. U2’s acclaimed 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire, includes Elvis Presley and America, a song reportedly inspired by Albert Goldman’s controversial 1981 biography, Elvis. “Even at the height of his middle- of-the-road terror period, at his most hamburger-esque, Elvis could stop the traffi c, and not just give them a speeding ticket,” Bono said. “His voice, when he wanted to connect — even in Las Vegas, when he was forgetting the words — that was opera. And it was living opera.” At fi rst, Elvis’ real-life story was as triumphant as the second act of Verdi’s Aida. But, like Aida’s harrowing fi nal act, he was destined for doom. His decline was artistic, physical and spiritual. The superstar who once had it all became a victim of his own success. He also fell prey to forces within and beyond his control, in particular his manager, “Colonel” Tom Parker (in actuality a former Dutch carnival barker born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk). Parker turned Elvis into an incredibly lucrative international brand, but at a soul-sapping cost to TWO'S A COMPANY: Elvis with boxing legend Muhammad Ali. 6 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 10, 2017 COMMUNITY New PICPA Doha council takes over

The outgoing council were given appreciation plaques. Dr Alexander S Acosta during his session.

he Philippine Institute of Certifi ed The movie Pangarap (Dreams in the Desert) Public Accountants (PICPA), is an original film produced by PICPA Doha Chapter held its Annual Doha and directed the Jordan dela Cruz. General Assembly and Induction The movie was inspired by the true-to- Ceremony for Fiscal Year 2017- life story of Warren Molas about his long, 2018T recently. challenging, yet eventually winning journey Hundreds of PICPA members attended. of becoming a CPA. The film was written by The programme was opened by Sharon dela Seige Ledesma and stars previous council Cruz, PICPA’s new VP for External Aff airs. officers and members. As part of PICPA’s commitment to assist The winners of the Tagline Making its members in their professional and Contest and #OldiesButGoodies personal skills development, first segment Throwback Photo Contest were announced of the event was a technical session. during the event. Emma Vitor won the The topic was “Reflective Leadership: Tagline Making Contest for her entry A new way of leading and dealing with “Proactively Innovating for Continued people”. This seminar was facilitated Professional Advancement: Celebrating by Dr Alexander S Acosta, PhD, School a Decade of Excellence”. As the winning Principal of Philippine School Doha. entry, this will be the tagline of PICPA Doha PICPA’s Outgoing President Emma Vitor for the fiscal year 2017-2018. Kentry Ayson presented the Past President’s Report. She won the #OldiesButGoodies Throwback was then awarded a token of appreciation Photo Contest for his entry with the for her services. Certificates and plaques caption “Every moment and every event of were given to the entire outgoing council every man’s life on earth plants something officers by PICPA’s past presidents, Richard in his soul,” garnering more than 4,600 Ali, Derrick Tusi and Jennifer Pintor. Vitor Facebook likes. The chapter's leadership being handed over to the new team. also surprised her team by awarding them and others who contributed to a prolific 2016-17 for PICPA with what she termed a “Presidential Award.” Emma Vitor then offi cially handed over the leadership to the President Elect, Jeff rey Quinto. Robert Lepon, one of PICPA advisers, presented the new set of Council Officers for fiscal year 2017-2018. The Council Officers took their Oath of Office before the Philippine Labor Attaché to Qatar, David Des T Dicang. In the later part of the programme, Quinto outlined the plans and priorities of the current council for the members, associates and the organisation that is to assist accounting professionals in strengthening their profi ciencies to the highest standards. He stressed PICPA’s current campaign for professional advancement and presented the whole-year’s training plan that will support their members in earning the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements of the Philippine Regulations Commission (PRC). Updates and Open Forum about CPD was also discussed in the event. Quinto also facilitated the Induction of the Members and Associates where they took their Pledge and Oath of Membership. And for the entertaining part of the programme, an inspirational film was shown for the first time to the audience. A large number of people participated in the event. Thursday, August 10, 2017 GULF TIMES 7 HEALTH COMMUNITY Rapid method for determining antibiotic resistance developed

esearchers at Uppsala University identify bacterial resistance patterns in Sweden have developed a and provide the proper treatment from new method for very rapidly the start, ie right from the doctor’s determining whether infection- appointment, are a solution to the problem. causing bacteria are resistant or This has not been possible because Rsusceptible to antibiotics. existing antibiotic resistance tests take too While the test is primarily intended for long. urinary tract infections – a condition that, The new rapid test could enable a patient globally, affects approximately 100 million to take the right antibiotic home from women a year – researchers believe the the health centre straight after the first method could be usable for other types of appointment. infection, such as blood infections where The “fASTest” method is based on prompt, correct choice of antibiotic is sensitive optical and analytical techniques critical to the patient. developed to study the behaviour of “We’ve developed a new method that individual bacteria. allows determination of bacterial resistance Monitoring whether individual bacteria patterns in urinary tract infections in 10 to grow in the presence of antibiotics or not 30 minutes. By comparison, the resistance reveals their resistance or susceptibility determination currently in use requires within a few minutes. one to two days,” said PhD student Ozden “It’s great that the research methods Baltekin, who performed most of the we developed to address fundamental experimental work of the study published questions in molecular biology can come in in the journal Proceedings of the National useful for such a tremendously important Academy of Sciences (PNAS). medical application,” said Johan Elf, one of Antibiotic resistance is a growing the researchers behind the study. medical problem that threatens human “The hope is that, in future, the health globally. One important contributory method could be used in hospitals and factor in the development of resistance health centres to quickly provide correct is the incorrect use of antibiotics for treatment and reduce unnecessary use of treatment. antibiotics,” Dan Andersson, who was also Antibiotic resistance is a growing medical problem that threatens human health globally. Reliable methods to quickly and easily involved in the research, said. - IANS A dose of longevity hormone may boost treatment for Parkinson’s

single dose of a life-extending protein hormone and Alzheimer’s disease – in young, ageing or impaired mice similar to what happens with exercise, which also improves – naturally produced in both kidney and brain – with normal or low levels of the hormone. cognition and brain health, although we don’t know how,” may lead to rapid improvement in cognitive and However, it remains unexplained how the piece of the she added in the paper published online in the journal Cell physical performance, indicating potential for klotho hormone that was injected into the bodies of the Reports. the development of treatments for Parkinson’s mice caused these eff ects since there is no evidence that Further, the benefi cial eff ects in young mice occurred Aand Alzheimer’s disease, a study has shown. klotho is able to enter the brain from the bloodstream, the within hours of administering a dose of Klotho and far The fi ndings showed that administering hormone klotho researchers said. outlasted the time that klotho remained active in the body. like a drug improved cognition, including spatial learning “It makes us wonder about the connection between the “It suggests that there is a long-lasting eff ect of even and working memory, as well as the ability to navigate and body and the brain,” said Dena Dubal, Associate Professor at a single treatment and it probably has to do with the to learn new tasks – defi ciencies which may lead to age- the University of California - San Francisco. remodelling of synapses, the sites where communication related neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s “What we saw with acute klotho administration may be among nerve cells takes place,” Dubal said. – IANS Cardiovascular deaths rise in low, middle income countries

ow and middle income countries disease death rates were observed in all high- Heart Institute said that cardiac arrest among “The countries with extreme high have seen a rise of nearly five income countries such as Japan, Andorra, other cardiovascular diseases is killing people prevalence include most countries in West million cardiovascular deaths France, Israel and Spain. more, mostly in the middle and low income Africa, Morocco, Iran, Oman, Zambia, since 1990, revealed a study “Globally, there were an estimated 422.7 countries. Mozambique and Madagascar. The published in the Journal of million prevalent cases of cardiovascular “After a cardiac arrest, there are four authors observed that the steep declines LAmerican College of Cardiology (JACC) disease in 2015 but prevalence varied to six minutes before brain death... and in cardiovascular disease prevalence recently. significantly by country. Countries with the death occurs. Chances of survival reduce experienced by the US, Canada, Australia, The study found the highest cardiovascular lowest prevalence in 2015, after accounting by 7-10 per cent with every passing minute. New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and disease death rate in Central Asia, Eastern for population size, included Singapore, Unfortunately, most Indians are oblivious to countries in Western Europe over the past Europe as well as in countries such as Iraq, Japan, South Korea, Chile, Argentina, this silent epidemic and succumb to sudden two decades have begun to plateau,” said Afghanistan and many South Pacifi c island Uruguay, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, cardiac arrest,” said Singh. Singh. nations. Ireland, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Greece and According to the study, west European There were an estimated 8.92 million The study was conducted to understand Israel,” said the study. countries, as well as the US, developed Arab deaths due to ischemic heart disease (IHD) in the change in trend of the disease. Balbir Singh, Chairman, Department of nations and Nepal, all had only a slightly 2015, making IHD the leading cause of death Signifi cant declines in cardiovascular Cardiology and Electrophysiology, Medanta higher prevalence. in the world. - IANS 8 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 10, 2017 COMMUNITY TRA Call of the Colorado River le

Chayse Buchta, left, and Justin Buchta, right, after navigating the Duckie inflatable kayak through a set of rapids.

After years of talking about the power than willing to accommodate the By Jim Buchta of the river, she’d fi nally get the many needs of our group, including chance to experience it with some of my 7-year-old niece, Faith, who her off spring. was about half the minimum weight hoa, that’s Getting to the river, and getting on requirement for the trip. the most it, though, were no easy feats. Smiles signed her e-mails “River beautiful The Colorado, perhaps best love,” so I knew we’d click. thing I’ve known as the river that forged the ever seen Grand Canyon, traces a meandering To Moab, By RV “Win my life,” my 9-year-old nephew 1,450-mile route from the central Our launch point was just north Deegan whispered, staring at a night Rocky Mountains of Colorado to the of Moab, Utah. There, the Colorado sky that was pitch black and dotted Gulf of California in Mexico. It slices glances the southeast border of with starlight. through seven states, two nations Arches National Park, known for Worn out after a day of rafting, and 11 US national parks, so there are its otherworldly sandstone rock nearly a dozen of us were zipped into a mind-boggling number of ways to formations and pink sunsets. With no sleeping bags, strewn about the sandy get on the water. direct fl ights from the Twin Cities to banks of the Colorado River like pieces Travellers with plenty of time – and Moab, we’d have to pack camping and of driftwood tossed ashore. The wild money – book multiday fl oat trips fi shing gear, fl y to Denver and then river bubbled a few yards from our through the Grand Canyon in Arizona rent several cars for the drive. Too feet, invisible except for a few moonlit that start or end with a helicopter complicated. ripples. ride out of the canyon. There are What we needed was a motel on I had to agree. easy, rollicking half-day trips along wheels. I rented a 36-foot Class That calm scene near Arches an untamed section of the river that A with fi ve TVs, a bedroom with National Park in Utah was a startling parallels an interstate just below its king-size bed, a set of bunk beds, a contrast to the chaos of an August source in Rocky Mountain National convertible sofa and a dinette that morning two days earlier. That’s when Park. Several outfi tters off er lazy day quickly becomes a bed. There was 10 assorted family members and I trips on a calm stretch of water below only sleeping space for eight, so I gathered in a Twin Cities suburb to the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona, one brought a tent and one of my brothers pack ourselves into a 36-foot RV – an of two major dams that create massive followed behind in his minivan packed RV that I drove 2,600 miles on our reservoirs that help quench the thirst with more camping gear. collective quest to raft a stretch of of 40 million people. On a mid-August morning we the Colorado River that borders the None of the options were right packed every corner of our Costco- national park. for our multigenerational group, on-wheels with snacks, drinks and The trip was inspired by my ranging from 7 to 70, including a few instant meals and hit the road just mom, aka Grandma Mary, whose non-swimmers, a couple who had before rush hour. With just two days appreciation of the Colorado is fi erce. never camped and a few bad backs before meeting Smiles in Moab, When our group stopped for lunch on Day Two of our rafting trip. Faith Johnson o For years, she has paused before and knees. I combed the Internet in we barrelled through southern bottoms. family meals to give thanks to the search of an organisation such as Twin Minnesota and northern Iowa hands that made the meal and for the Cities-based Wilderness Inquiry, before heading west to Nebraska. into only a few hundred square feet – On Day 2 we needed to cover less “hardworking Colorado River,” for which aims to let people of varying As we crossed the Plains, stiff winds about the size of my sister’s kitchen ground, but much of it was along a providing power and water to people abilities experience the wilderness. buff eted the broad sides of our RV – everyone found a place to nap, jaw-droppingly scenic and heart- and fi elds, ensuring fresh vegetables After dozens of searches, I hit the like a hulking metal prairie schooner. cuddle with the kids or stare at the poundingly steep stretch of I-70 for Minnesotans in January. Google jackpot with Splore, a non- The needle on the 80-gallon scenery. Twelve hours and 700 miles through the Rocky Mountains. So when Grandma turned 70, she profi t outfi tter that provides “adaptive gas tank slid toward empty with later, we pulled into a campsite along Our 26,000-pound big rig (not didn’t want a typical party blowout. adventures in Utah.” I quickly booked alarming speed; I was too horrifi ed Lake McConaughy north of Ogallala, including people and cargo) struggled She wanted a family white-water an overnight trip. We were assigned to calculate our fuel mileage. Neb., and camped in the shade of a to crest the stunning Vail Pass, but we pilgrimage to the high desert of Utah. a trip leader, Smiles, who was more Though there were 10 of us packed cottonwood forest. sailed across the Continental Divide Thursday, August 10, 2017 GULF TIMES 9 AVEL COMMUNITY eads to a family pilgrimage

After more than 10 miles of flat water and rapids, our group pitched tents along the sandy banks of the Colorado River.

camp and drove north of Moab to stretch of calm river, Smiles told us it Eager to get just a little closer to a takeout spot along the river. We was time to tighten our PFDs and get her beloved Colorado, Grandma parked the RV, loaded into a Splore wet. Faith was fi rst in the water, but raised her hand, strapped on a van, and headed upriver to meet we all followed, fl oating weightless helmet and the two of us slipped Smiles and our other guides. We as we trailed in the calm wake of into the fl imsy little blow-up. There gathered under a park shelter to talk the rafts. I tilted my head to watch was no turning back. We paddled about our expectations and the rules mosquito-small jets trace their way into the quickening current, and the of the river. across a bluebird sky and twirled like a rapids closed in on us. We plunged, Smiles had kind eyes and a human gyroscope in a calm eddy. paddled harder and steered the bow mischievous grin and she quickly Back in the rafts, we bounced of the boat straight into the curl of charmed all of us. The guides herded our way through our fi rst set of a wave. It doused us in cool river us into several rafts, including an rapids, a gentle washboard of rocks water. infl atable two-person kayak and and ripples. We jumped back in the In what seemed like the snap of a much larger pea-green oar boat water, fl oating until we got warning a fi nger, it was over and Mom and I dubbed the “Seldom Seen Smith,” of the next set of rapids. For several drifted into calmer waters, relieved named after a fi ctional river guide lazy hours we repeated this cycle we hadn’t capsized. We heard who plots to sabotage a dam along before landing on a sandy stretch clapping. We held up our paddles, the Colorado as part of a gang of of beach where we’d camp for the saluting the river and our travelling environmental activists. He was night. Part of the Splore crew got companions. created by Edward Abbey in his novel, there ahead of us to get a start on Within a couple of hours, we’d Monkey Wrench Gang, a book that I setting up the camp kitchen, where arrived at Takeout Beach, where we had coincidentally brought on the trip. they cooked chilli and cornbread. unloaded the rafts. Avoiding the Seldom Seen Smith was packed We played a few camp games, but work – and a goodbye to the river – with all the essentials: coolers, tents the hijinx didn’t last long and as the the kids and one of the guides did and cooking gear. To make the ride sun set, our camp grew quiet and cannonballs and cartwheels off the more comfortable for Grandma’s the river dissolved into darkness. front of a raft. We hugged our guides tender back and knees, Splore From the clearing where we’d laid and thanked them for being part of tethered a white plastic lawn chair out our tents and camp pads, the our family, and for keeping us safe and a big patio umbrella to the deck. opposite bank of the river was barely and happy. With Smiles at the helm and perceptible except for a faint Etch- Back on the road I had time to Grandma Mary under the umbrella, a-Sketch panorama of sandstone think about the Monkey Wrench the two of them channelled buttes and towers. Gang and Edward Abbey, who said, Humphrey Bogart and Katharine The next morning, after French “The idea of wilderness needs Hepburn in The African Queen, the toast and coff ee, we wasted no time no defence. It only needs more iconic fl ick about an uppity British getting back on the river, repeating defenders.” of St. Francis was the first ashore to explore the hidden treasures of the river missionary and a coarse Canadian the pattern of the fi rst day. We were Abbey, in the fi ctional characters captain who battle rapids and other all feeling more comfortable on the he created, protected the river by challenges on an ill-fated steamboat water, but still not bored with the blowing up bridges and dams. With through the longest mountain tunnel Finally, we pulled into a trip down an untamed East African scenery. A mountain goat stood her unpopular dinner blessings, on the interstate highway system. campground near the entrance to river. amid boulders just beneath the Grandma Mary had committed her During uphill sections, we struggled Arches National Park – in time to see We battled nothing. The water surface of the water. own quiet act of environmental to keep moving at half the speed the sun set, bathing a moonscape of was calm, the current swift and the As we neared the end of the trip, terrorism. I have no doubt that the limit; the downhill stretches weren’t stacked rock formations in the fi ltered scenery spectacular. We fl oated past Smiles said there was one more set next time she tells us to put down much easier. Passing “Check brakes pink light of sunset. Fisher Towers, jagged limestone of rapids and they’d likely be the the forks and show a little love for frequently” signs, I kept the engine in formations that rise from the desert worst we’d rafted. the hardworking Colorado River, low gear, doubling what is normally a Comfort on the Colorado mesa like petrifi ed shark fi ns in an “Who’d take their turn in the we’ll all be a little more grateful. – three-hour drive. Early the next morning, we broke ancient seabed. And during the fi rst Duckie?” Smiles asked. TNS 10 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 10, 2017 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Thursday, August 10, 2017 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Diabetes impacts younger people more often: Are you at risk?

very 17 seconds someone is diagnosed developing diabetes, including: with diabetes. What’s even more surprising is diabetes is growing Weight: Staying at a healthy weight can fastest among younger people, help you prevent and manage problems like outpacing the rate of heart disease, prediabetes, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high substanceE abuse and chronic obstructive blood pressure and unhealthy cholesterol. Keep pulmonary disease. tabs on your weight by weighing yourself at least A new study shows that the impact of diabetes once per week. Stay active and strive to watch continues to grow and is increasing most rapidly less than 10 hours of TV per week. among those age 18 through 34. The 4.7 percent Physical activity: Physical activity can do a growth in diabetes impact for younger adults lot for your overall health. Set your alarm to get from 2013 through 2015 corresponds to this age up and stretch or walk around the house or offi ce group’s spike in obesity rates, a key contributor to at least every 30 minutes throughout the day. A the onset of diabetes. walking buddy or workout friend can support you Diabetes ranks third in terms of its health while you both work toward your goals. impact nationally on quality of life and cost for Healthy eating: Eating healthy is one of the the commercially insured population among the most important things you can do to lower your more than 200 conditions. The “health impact” risk for Type 2 diabetes. Cut back on calories of a specifi c condition refl ects the prevalence and and fat in your diet. Choose lean meats, whole severity for that condition as well as the years of grains and fi ll half your plate with non-starchy life lost due to disability and risk of premature veggies such as carrots, broccoli and green beans. death. Consider keeping a journal of what you eat and Younger people may not be as focused on have fun trying new healthy recipes. Finally, their health and many may not be aware they speak with your doctor about any concerns you are at risk for diabetes at their age. The fi rst step have. Your doctor is able to provide individualised is to understand the risk and the next step is to insight into your risks and guide you to how you take action. Type 2 diabetes is preventable with can prevent diabetes and live healthier. thoughtful, proactive measures. There are many ways to lower your risk of ©Brandpoint

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

Much of your focus today will be on personal possessions and Dependability and stability are key aspects of today, Taurus. Take Be gentle and reserved in your approach, Gemini. There's a great material goods in general, Aries. Think about what you can do to action that will prove to others that these parts of your nature deal of tenderness in the air that you should tune into and enjoy. Do improve your home. Make your physical surroundings comfortable are fully functional. Other people may be stubborn and not easily things to improve your home. Make amends with the people you and inviting. Spend time alone in your sanctuary where you can moved. You will have to fight to get your viewpoint across. You live with and clear the air so that relations will be calm in the future. centre and concentrate on the big picture. Comfort and beauty will may need to get out the bulldozer. Maintain tenderness in all your You have a great deal of yourself invested in making your home a translate into emotional security. relations with others. sanctuary, so respect and nourish it. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

This is a great day to go to thrift stores, Cancer. Your eye for beauty Things that have been building for a long time suddenly come It may be diff icult to get moving today, Virgo. You may want to just is keen and your radar for good deals is sharp. Lady Luck is with to a head today, Leo. Strong, slow-moving trends rear their ugly stay in bed. Don't feel guilty about it. Take an afternoon nap and you and you may score some terrific buys. Concentrate on beautiful heads. There's a great deal of opposition now making itself known enjoy the intellectual company of a friend. Stick close to home and objects for your home that adorn your life. One person's trash is in your life. Try not to lose yourself in the situation. See this as an enjoy good music and a fine meal with someone you love. Don't rock another's treasure. See how creative you can be with making old opportunity to gain perspective and bring balance to the roller the boat. Simply relax and enjoy the pleasures life has to off er. items into treasures. coaster that is your emotional life. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Check your stocks today, Libra. Read the latest investment news There may be something or someone trying to slow you down today, Put some roots down today, Sagittarius. Concentrate on a creative and assess your finances. Figure out the best place to put your hard- Scorpio. Maybe this is a sign that it's what you need to do. Don't fight project that you've had in your head for a while. It's time to follow earned money. Do some serious long-term planning to make sure the urge to sit on the couch and do nothing. Take this day to soak in through. Ideas are great, but implementation is the key to making your home and family are secure. Take a reserved, stable approach a hot bath and recharge your spirit. Your personal possessions and them work. Consolidate your resources and take the time to make in all your dealings with others, and spend a comfortable evening at security are of great importance now. Indulge in the good things a plan. The more patient you are in plotting your actions today, the home with someone you love. that life has to off er. more successful you will be in seeing them through to completion. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

If you plan on arguing for a cause today, make sure you have solid Today is a very expansive day for you, Aquarius. Long-term projects Connect with people on a deep level, Pisces. Much of your focus is facts to back up your statements, Capricorn. People aren't likely to are coming into focus. There's a huge windfall coming your way. on emotional security. Make sure your home is a sanctuary where fall for things too easily. It will take a great deal to change someone's Your ego should experience an extra boost and your relationships you feel comfortable being exactly who you are. Demonstrate mind about something. It's a great day for you to take a walk through should go extremely well. This would be a great time to attend to patience and understanding through your words and actions. The the woods. Get back to the Earth. Try to bring some greenery into your financial investments and think about putting money into real more solid and steady you are, the more you will do and the more your living space. estate or remodelling your home. you will connect with the people around you. 12 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 10, 2017 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

Wordsearch Adam

Pooch Cafe Metals

ANTIMONY COPPER PEWTER BARIUM GALLIUM PLATINUM BISMUTH GOLD SILVER BRASS IRON STEEL BRONZE LEAD TUNGSTEN CADMIUM LITHIUM URANIUM CHROME MERCURY ZINC COBALT NICKEL

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. Thursday, August 10, 2017 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1. Not visible to the watchers, 1. Move in, to keep oneself busy having alighted from the (6) coach (3-5) 2. Without troops, is ineffectual 5. With an arm in the water, (9) turned over the stones (6) 3. In that before it was on that 10. What the stream of money account (7) goes on? (7,8) 4. One goes through them, for a 11. The rest again got captured start (5) by the police on return (7) 6. Understood the big end rested 12. Making the descent a row at against it (7) a time (7) 7. She’ll get up when ready (5) 13. Given that we do play against 8. Seen off, puss runs over, in a the champion (8) state of indecision (8) 15. Goes out with fruit (5) 9. Ranted and raved when the Answers 18. When back in the light, you theory was disproved? (8) can see the name (5) 14. Bored silly by the fight over 20. Tell again to send it on (8) the clothes (8) Wordsearch Codeword 23. Pet trained by a hard master 16. Cast the line and catch; it’s all (7) very scientific (9) 25. With the non-appearance of 17. The carrier takes Michael Jack, the scene is a write-off around the plant (8) (7) 19. A logical name to give to 26. Draw a blank! (8,1,6) mountains (7) 27. Myrna housed the backward 21. Uneasy, strive to cut a key (7) boy abandoned (6) 22. Take command and kill (6) 28. Open with a nude swimmer 24. So the chap outside is a capturing an aquatic animal builder (5) (8) 25. On the other hand, it does show a profit (5)

Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 1 Resisted 5 Spared DOWN: 1 Repack 2 Siskin 3 9 Pastoral 10 Forces 12 Crimps Stopper 4 Edam 6 Provost 13 Allowing 15 Present tense 7 Ructions 8 Designed 11 18 Mass murderer 23 Blunder 14 Astride 16 Roadside 24 Abrade 26 American 17 Escapist 19 Chimes 27 Starling 28 Masseur 20 Embargo 21 Notary 29 Importer. Sadist 22 Verger 25 Stem. 14 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 10, 2017 COMMUNITY REVIEW

Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, who’s worked mainly in TV until now, is confident and focused in every frame.

exists largely to give Kong a brief moment as a gentle giant, saving her from drowning and carrying her to safety in his SUV-sized palm. Luckily, no beauty-and- the-beast romance blooms from This Kong is king it. Kong is never ridiculous. The same can’t be said for the trust doesn’t seem to understand itself against another. The fi lm’s The rest of the cast is neither casting of Tian Jing as a tag-along By Colin Covert that confl ict in that particular startling visuals, rhythmic editing hit nor miss. Hiddleston is an scientist for no reason better than theatre of the war can be very and 1970s rock ’n’ roll soundtrack attractive screen presence but her name recognition appeal to costly. Lesson poorly learned, they echo Coppola’s iconic musical an unconvincing action star, Asian audiences. ith seven full-on approve a secret military mapping attack sequence against a Viet Cong and not the leading man here. Those quibbles aside, literally King Kong movies run led by crackpot researcher stronghold, from carpet bombing The protagonist is about 10 and fi guratively, Kong is smashing. since his arrival Bill Randa (John Goodman) to runs to nightmarish blowback. Is times taller. Larson’s character All hail the king. - TNS on-screen in 1933 look into the unexplored isle and it sheer coincidence that Kong and — not to mention harvest valuable information about Viet Cong sound the same? Wcountless media spinoff s — it’s undiscovered creatures. As if. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, reasonable to question his return The team-building subplot who’s worked mainly in TV until in Kong: Skull Island. Why make puts together a wide ensemble. A now, is confi dent and focused in another movie about the big ape? large Vietnam-based helicopter every frame. He gives us epic action Turns out, there are excellent reconnaissance team will be led sequences that are never repetitive, reasons. Lots and lots of them. by Lt. Col. Packard (Samuel L and he drives home his satirical This utterly audacious Kong Jackson), a commander bitterly points with glimpses of throwaway hits the reset button in the grousing that the combat images. A Nixon bobblehead doll giant monster genre, shaking it mission there was “not lost,” carried on a helicopter dashboard awake with a mighty roar, just merely “abandoned.” Recording approves the chaos with jiggling as the excellent Logan gives us a the mission will be “antiwar nods. franchise-topping superhero movie photographer” Mason Weaver (Brie Infuriated by the monster’s that has nothing to do with being Larson), and the ground guide is impertinence, Packard sees his a superhero. The staple scenes James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston), farewell assignment as one last and fundamental ideas of earlier a Brit with a knack for jungle chance to show how sophisticated versions are largely missing here, excursions. Along with various well US fi repower under good command replaced by … I have to call it magic. detailed servicemen and scientifi c can force back beastly adversaries. This is the best badass gorilla types, they fl y to the island in a Jackson’s character has the same movie since Planet of the Apes fi lms combat-ready squadron of Bell rank as Robert Duvall’s crazed air were revitalised with whip-smart UH-1 Hueys. cavalry commander Kilgore in intelligence and rip-out-your- Trouble soon begins. Although Apocalypse and the same darkly windpipe action. It’s chaos and their guns can blast thousands of comic grandiosity. When it’s elemental fury, served with clarity, rounds a minute, the newcomers suggested that the crash survivors, craft, a lot of depth and the added face the existential shock of how now trapped in a labyrinth of bonus of rambunctious fun. poorly the choppers match up with prehistoric carnivores, should The brisk script builds on the colossal fi sts fl ying at full speed. retreat to safety and call for the premise of a rampaging behemoth Cinematographer Larry Fong’s cavalry, he growls, “I am the in the South Pacifi c, quickly (300) frenetic fi reballs are abstract cavalry!” veering off on a well-crafted art that makes your eyes water. John C Reilly delivers the only tangent of its own. It opens with The movie deliciously cites performance that tops Jackson’s. a World War II preamble battle Apocalypse Now, another delirious He plays a gonzo military vet between fi ghter pilots from Japan war adventure delivering a political who has gone native after and America over an uncharted parable. Like Francis Ford Coppola’s decades among the island’s tribal island, rousing a very tall, very surreal battle odyssey, Kong keeps inhabitants, a character not that angry local from his nap. We fl ash getting crazier and crazier as it diff erent from Dennis Hopper’s forward to Washington, DC, in goes along, synergising good extravagantly manic Apocalypse 1973 as the Vietnam War limps to and evil, darkness and light, one motor-mouth, except that Reilly the fi nish line. The federal brain bloodthirsty civilisation imposing makes him adorable. The poster for the film. Thursday, August 10, 2017 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY I’m a product of ’s cinema: Huma

Actress Huma Qureshi, who On the scenario of content driven “This was a challenging film debuted in Bollywood with Anurag cinema and mainstream cinema, for me. The film has now been Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur, Huma said: “I think times are dubbed in Hindi for the Indian says that she is a product of Anurag changing, audience is changing audience, and I really think people Kashyap. and cinema is changing. You will will appreciate the hard work that Huma, said this during promotional notice that nowadays no fi lms work we have done for this period film.” interviews of her upcoming fi lm because some names are attached On the ongoing censor board Partition: 1947, while responding to to it, it works because the content debate, Huma said: “Certification queries about the role of directors is great. is necessary and as much as I like Kashyap and Tigmanshu Dhulia “I think people also want to see understand, the censor board in giving content driven cinema. something new. We are in a digital is supposed to certify the film “I am a product of Anurag age and people can watch any and not dictate what people can Kashyap’s cinema, he directed content that is available all around watch. We are not a regressive my debut fi lm and I am glad that the world in any language. I think society, I think Indian culture is Gangs of Wasseypur was my fi rst the time has come to watch and to very progressive, may it be our fi lm. When I was working on the make interesting fi lms with stories literature or our movies, we are fi lm I didn’t realise it then but that people will love to watch. And making amazing films and we the specialty of the fi lm is that no the box offi ce also supports such will continue to do it in future. matter where you are from you will fi lms now which is great news.” People in the west love our films, enjoy the fi lm and will be able to Asked about which kind of kind of our actors and we are moving relate to it. roles or fi lms she prefers, Huma, forward.” “I think in that sense that Gangs who has done variety of roles in Partition: 1947 marks Huma’s of Wasseypur was a perfect fi lms like Dedh Ishqiya, Ek Thi international debut. She was last launch for me. It was dubbed in Dayan, Jolly LLB 2 and Dobaara: seen in Jolly LLB 2 and her future various languages and received See Your Evil, said: “I like doing projects include a Tamil film titled international appreciation as well. challenging roles and diff erent Kaala directed by Pa. Ranjith. As an actor, the fi lm was very characters. I try my level best to Partition: 1947, presented by important for me because it gave a make sure I am doing something Reliance Entertainment, will direction to my future journey,” said new or diff erent, it doesn’t matter if release in India on August 18. — UP FOR IT: Huma Qureshi says she’s always looking for something new or Huma. it’s my fi rst fi lm or last. IANS diff erent.

Pratt, Faris parted ways family,” a source told tmz.com. over desire for ‘more kids’ “Chris, on the other hand, has had some life-changing experiences that Actors Chris Pratt and Anna Faris, has required him to adjust the balance who announced their separation on between family and career. When he August 6 after being married for eight married Anna back in 2009, she was years, reportedly split because Faris much bigger than him. wanted more children but Pratt was not “He’s now at the top of the ready for it. Hollywood food chain, and with that The estranged couple currently have comes opportunities that take him all a son named Jack, who was born in over the world, shooting movies that August 2012. take him away from home for months “Anna wants a family that is pretty at a time. He doesn’t want more much together most of the time. She kids... at least not in the foreseeable wants a base... which for her has been future, because he can’t juggle a Los Angeles. She wants more kids. growing family with his career,” the The upshot... Anna wants a traditional source added. — IANS

CLARIFICATION: .

Apurva suggested credit for wanted and there is no issue.” Simran dialogues: Kangana The controversy erupted after the poster of the fi lm released showing Kangana’s name as co- Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut sought writer. Apurva took to Facebook to raise objection to dispel the controversy over the writing of the to it and slammed the actress for taking undue story and dialogues for upcoming fi lm Simran, credit. saying it was actually writer Apurva Asrani who Director and producer Bhushan suggested she take credit for the dialogues. Kumar were also present at the event. Kangana was speaking at the trailer launch of the While giving a little insight on her character in the fi lm and clarifi ed that Apurva has been given his fi lm, she said: “Though my character, Praful Patel, due credit. is a girl who works in a housekeeping department, “First of all, I want to make it clear that there she has big dreams and ambitions. She always are no dues pending. Somehow people make it fi ghts for her rights and she is unstoppable. There look like Apurva has not been given his credit, is a similarity between her and my personal life.” that is not true. We made the contract exactly The actress went on to say: “This is unfortunate the way he wanted it to be, in fact, Apurva is the that in every step of my life I had to fi ght for my one who suggested me to take additional credit right. And I have been doing that all my life. It for dialogue writing. So we made the contract is okay if you call me a fi ghter or a rebel, this is that way,” the Queen actress told the media. how I am. I do not take off ence on those names She added: “After Rangoon failed and some but I will stand for my right, be it by fi ghting or people attacked me, he decided to write the in any other way.” note and said what he wanted to say which I The fi lm is set to release on September 15. — NO KIDDING: Chris Pratt and Anna Faris. found in very bad taste. He has got the credit he IANS 16 GULF TIMES Thursday, August 10, 2017 COMMUNITY New York’s filthy Gowanus Canal inspires art and investment The residents of New York’s Gowanus neighbourhood have been campaigning for years to get the sewage-ridden Gowanus Canal cleaned up. Now, an ironic art project is turning it into a tourist attraction – and revealing a strange kind of beauty

was expanded into a canal that served By Christina Horsten the rapid growth of industries in Brooklyn. After World War II, the canal area hen the wind stirs fell on hard economic times. By then, the surface of the its waters had become completely water, it almost polluted and toxic from industrial looks beautiful wastes and sewage. The area went – tiny patches of into decline, attracting drugs, Wwhite against a dark blue background, prostitution and warring gangs. It like clouds in a summer sky. was rumoured that the mafi a would But then there is the smell, and you dump the bodies of their victims into remember that this is actually the the canal. oily, putrid surface of the Gowanus Then, with New York City’s Canal. The tiny white clouds are resurgence starting in the 1990s, what locals call “poop foam” from there was renewed interest in the the sewage. Gowanus quarter. Artists moved “This is the landscape that we in, but they were followed by real have made and that we live in,” says estate investors with a vision of Katarina Jerinic, the artist behind the a place that combined shades fl ags fl ying on all four bridges that of Amsterdam and Venice with cover the toxic canal in Brooklyn. industrial-era charm. Jerinic, 44, has lived in New York Over time, Gowanus became a hub for 17 years, and her art studio is in of trendy cafes, bars and shops. Rents one of the old industrial buildings began to rise. “It’s not aff ordable near the canal. any more. But it’s still there, and “I walk or ride my bike over the The Gowanus Canal in New York is so polluted that the bottom consists of 3 metres of coal tar, dubbed "black mayo" by the people that live and work in canal every time I go to my studio, so the locals. the neighbourhood are fi ghting I watch it and I see how bad it smells,” really hard to keep a part of it,” she says. “I became really interested Writer Joseph Alexiou, in his book in particular the growth of Brooklyn native inhabitants lived here; then Zimmermann says. in the canal and started taking Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Curious Canal, and its unique identity in its relation Dutch settlers. There were battles Yet the clean-up of the canal, pictures of it. says this: “In a way, the Gowanus is to its environs.” on the banks during the War of which the local residents have “I would get a refl ection in the a microcosm – a lens through which Originally, Gowanus was a small Independence (1776-1883). Then been demanding for decades, is canal and it would be so lovely, to view the passage of history, and inlet of the East River. To begin with, came industrialisation, and the inlet still not complete. In 2010, the but then I also noticed how the oil Environmental Protection Agency clouds, or the poop foam or whatever, (EPA) put the Gowanus Canal on actually looked like its own kind of its list of “Superfund sites” – the sky,” she adds. dirtiest and most toxic sites in the Jerinic’s friend Ute Zimmermann, country. Step by step, the canal is from Germany and the owner of a being cleaned up. store on the canal, saw the pictures But sewage is still being emptied on Facebook and was immediately into the canal, and the bottom thrilled. Together, the two women consists of 3 metres of coal tar, organised the fl ag exhibit and the dubbed “black mayo” by the locals. fi rst major outdoor art project at In 2015, an activist swam in Zimmermann’s Gowanus Souvenir the muck to draw attention to the Shop, where she and her husband pollution. “It’s just like swimming sell postcards, T-shirts, books and through a dirty diaper,” Christopher other items, mostly designed by local Swain told the New York Times at the artists. time. One item is the “Gowanus Swim Zimmermann and Jerinic have Team” shirt, decorated with a skull. never been in the water, but they do “This area has become a tourist plan to go out on their fi rst canoe destination, so we wanted to create tour. “Sure, it would be wonderful a classic souvenir shop – but with an if I could go swimming in it one ironic twist,” Zimmermann says. day,” Zimmermann says. “But Zimmermann, 43, moved like anything in New York, if you to the Gowanus area six years make it nice, it’s going to become ago. “Gowanus is a special unaff ordable.” neighbourhood,” she says. Jerinic likewise is fearful of one “Architecturally it has very fl at day not being able to aff ord to stay. buildings, so you can see really far, “This is a funny position to be in,” she which is unusual for New York. says. Normally one would be happy It’s sort of one of the last cool if the toxic waterway is cleaned up. neighbourhoods because it does have “But we live in New York City, and if the industrial, local manufacturing Artist Katarina Jerinic, left, and shop owner Ute Zimmermann have joined forces to create an art project focused on the it gets too nice, we won’t be able to be and lots of artists.” strange charm of New York's Gowanus Canal. Zimmermann's shop sells "classic souvenirs with an ironic twist." here.” - DPA