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THE GOOD SAMARITAN: Dr Vanessa Grubbs was a primary care doctor when she met Robert Phillips. She says seeing how diff icult life can be for people with chronic kidney disease was part of what led her to further specialise in nephrology. Love, actually An inspiring story of love, through giving — a

COVER kidney in this case — and changing course, STORY literally, to help the less privileged. P4-5 2 GULF TIMES Monday, July 24, 2017 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

Altitude DIRECTION: Alex Merkin CAST: Denise Richards, Dolph Lundgren, Jonathan Lipnicki SYNOPSIS: FBI agent Gretchen Blair goes rogue during a hostage negotiation and is sent packing to a desk job back in Washington, DC. As PRAYER TIME soon as her flight takes off, her seatmate offers Fajr 3.31am her millions of dollars Shorooq (sunrise) 4.57am if she can get him off Zuhr (noon) 11.40am the plane alive. As Asr (afternoon) 3.06pm his ex-partners stage Maghreb (sunset) 6.26pm a brutal hijacking, Isha (night) 7.56pm Gretchen finds herself in the fight of her life – choosing sides USEFUL NUMBERS between two factions of a criminal gang while trying to keep the plane from going down.

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Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Vikram Vedha the lead roles. Shraddha Srinath, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Qatar Airways 40253374 DIRECTION: Gayatri, Pushkar Kathir play supporting roles. Produced by Sashikanth, the CAST: Madhavan, Sethupathi, Shraddha Srinath team began pre-production works in 2014 and the fi lm began SYNOPSIS: Vikram Vedha is an Indian Tamil neo noir production in November 2016. The story revolves around the action crime thriller fi lm written and directed by Pushkar the lives of a police offi cer and a North Madras rowdy. and Gayathri featuring R Madhavan and in THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo u te The Mall Cinema (1): Spider- Homecoming (2D) 7pm; Huroob Q man: Homecoming (2D) 2:30pm; Ezterari (Arabic) 9:15pm; Vikram Huroob Ezterari (Arabic) 5pm; Vedha (Tamil) 11:15pm. Don’t try too hard to Baby Driver (2D) 7pm; Huroob Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): be something you’re not. Ezterari (Arabic) 9pm; Vikram Vedha (Tamil) 7pm; Altitude (2D) Baby Driver (2D) 3pm; Cars 3 (2D) Vedha (Tamil) 11pm. 9:45pm; Vikram Vedha (Tamil) 5pm; Huroob Ezterari (Arabic) The Mall Cinema (2): Cars 3 (2D) 11:30pm. 7pm; Baywatch (2D) 9pm; Huroob – Daniel Radcliff e 2pm; Despicable Me 3 (2D) 4pm; Landmark Cinema (2): Ezterari (Arabic) 11pm. Baywatch (2D) 5:30pm; Tisbah Despicable Me 3 (2D) 2:30pm; Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Ala Khair (Arabic) 7:30pm; Baby Cars 3 (2D) 4pm; Despicable (3): Despicable Me 3 (2D) 2:15pm; Driver (2D) 9:30pm; Baywatch Me 3 (2D) 6pm; Huroob Ezterari Baywatch (2D) 4pm; Baywatch (2D) 11:30pm. (Arabic) 7:30pm; Huroob Ezterari (2D) 6pm; Baby Driver (2D) 8pm; The Mall Cinema (3): (Arabic) 9:30pm; Huroob Ezterari Tisbah Ala Khair (Arabic) 10pm; Vikram Vedha (Tamil) 2pm; (Arabic) 11:30pm. Altitude (2D) 11:45pm. Altitude (2D) 4:30pm; Cars 3 (2D) Landmark Cinema (3): Spider- Asian Town Cinema: Vikram Community Editor 6pm; Huroob Ezterari (Arabic) man: Homecoming (2D) 2:30pm; Vedha (Tamil) 12:30, 1, 3, 3:45, 5:45, 8pm; Altitude (2D) 10pm; War Altitude (2D) 5pm; Baby Driver (2D) 6:30, 8:30, 8:45, 9:15, 11:15pm, 12, Kamran Rehmat For The Planet Of The Apes (2D) 7pm; Baywatch (2D) 9pm; Spider- 1:45, 2:15, 2:30am. Fidaa (Telugu) e-mail: [email protected] 11:30pm. man: Homecoming (2D) 11pm. 12:30 & 6pm; Munna Michael Telephone: 44466405 Landmark Cinema (1): Cars 3 Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (Hindi) 3:15 & 11:30pm; Thondi Fax: 44350474 (2D) 2:30pm; War For The Planet (1): Cars 3 (2D) 2:15pm; Vikram Muthal () 1, 3:45 6:30, Of The Apes (2D) 4:30pm; Vikram Vedha (Tamil) 4:15pm; Spider-man: 9:15pm & 12am. Monday, July 24, 2017 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY

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Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Monday, July 24, 2017 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “A lot of people thought I was insane” — Dr Vanessa Grubbs, kidney donor and associate professor of medicine

“There’s so much that people aren’t aware of, from the basics to these larger societal issues. People should understand that high blood pressure and diabetes are two of the major risk factors for kidney disease; it explains two-thirds of the kidney failure that we see”

CANDID: “I think the way to get past our own personal biases, conscious and subconscious, is more automation,” says Dr Vanessa Grubbs. Monday, July 24, 2017 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

TOPICAL: Interlaced Fingers traces roots of racial disparity in kidney transplants.

nephrologist and then that person has to look at you and think about kidney transplant and talk to you in a way about it that sounds like a good idea to you, then actually make the referral. So a lot of things happen long before you even get to the transplant centre, and then they have their set of rules and make the decisions about who gets a kidney in their closed space. It’s not a transparent process, which to me always brings up fl ags in terms of what’s happening. So I do think there is (that) part of just the actual transplant centre, but there are many steps before anyone gets there that contribute to the fact that blacks and people of colour, in general, are slower to get the transplant than whites.

If there was one thing you could change to make things more equitable, what would it be? I think the way to get past our own personal FOR LOVE: Dr Vanessa Grubbs and Robert Phillips at their wedding in August 2005. Just a few months earlier, when his kidneys were failing, she biases, conscious and subconscious, is more gave him one of hers. automation. For example, a central lab where everyone’s results go, and when a person hits medical odyssey, she shifted course things are about the same, so we’re really a certain level, it triggers a response: “This is By Nara Schoenberg professionally, pursuing advanced training in happy about that. what’s going on with you. Talk to your doctor the demanding fi eld of nephrology, or kidney about it” or, for the physician, “This person treatment. Do I have this right, the background has hit this level of kidney function. Have you r Vanessa Grubbs lay in a She also became an advocate for African- photo on your Twitter profi le is a detail considered transplant or whatever else, and if hospital bed, her stomach doing American patients, who have to wait nearly of a kidney? not, why not?” somersaults, even as a smile two years longer than whites to get life- (Laughs.) Yes, I’m going to change that one. I think these kinds of fail-safes would played at the corners of her saving transplants. No-one understands it, but to me, it’s really get past a lot of the issues that make people mouth. Grubbs, 47, an associate professor of gorgeous. That’s the kidney on an electron- stumble along the way. DA nurse gave her Valium through the IV in medicine at the University of California at microscopic level. It was pictures like that her left arm, and then Grubbs was wheeled San Francisco, and the author of the new I saw when I was (doing advanced training) Is there any movement toward doing off to the operating room, where a surgeon book Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A that really made me feel awe of the kidney for that? would extract one shiny pink kidney from Kidney Doctor’s Search for the Perfect Match, the fi rst time. Sadly, you don’t really have to Not that I’m aware of. Our health care deep within her abdomen. recently discussed her journey and her delve into nephrology when you’re a medical system is so disjointed, and the fact that Grubbs, who is not a woman given to goal of educating the public about kidney student. everyone is doing their own thing means that halfway gestures, not only gave a kidney to disease. we’re nowhere near having a unifi ed system. the man she loved on that day in April 2005 She and her husband live with her teenage I was surprised by the fi gure that — she did so after dating him for only nine son in Oakland, California. African-Americans wait two years Is the average person doing enough to months. The following is an edited transcript. longer than white people for kidney monitor his or her kidney health? “A lot of people thought I was insane,” she transplants. Why is that? There’s so much that people aren’t aware recalled. How is your husband doing? I think a lot of things go into it. For of, from the basics to these larger societal “We weren’t offi cially engaged, but it’s not He’s doing well. After the hospitalisation, example, when you think about the process issues. People should understand that high like we were teenagers. We had (chuckles) — he never required dialysis again — knock on of what it takes to actually get from needing a blood pressure and diabetes are two of the how do you say it? We’d been to the circus, wood! He immediately felt better, and he kidney to getting one. First, you have to know major risk factors for kidney disease in this seen all the rides. So we kind of knew what we immediately started doing things — planning that you have kidney failure, which means country; it explains two-thirds of the kidney wanted in a partner; we knew where we were for his future. He works full time. you have to be in care, which makes it hard to failure that we see. going.” The kidney was never considered do if you’re uninsured — and particularly if Grubbs married her boyfriend, Robert perfect. He’s a big man, and my kidney was you’re feeling well. What can we do? Phillips, now the CEO of a Sacramento considered relatively small for him. The The thing about kidney failure is that People should get at least an annual nonprofi t, four months after the surgery. And kidney function tests never came down to people feel really well until it’s almost time physical, so they can get the blood and she didn’t stop there. normal. But for us, it’s good enough — good to start dialysis, for the most part. So you urine tests. Those simple things can detect a Distressed by the racial disparities in health enough to keep him (healthy), hopefully, for have to know that something’s wrong, you problem very, very early. —Chicago Tribune/ care she encountered during her husband’s the rest of his life. It’s been 12 years now, and have to be in care, you have to be referred to a TNS 6 GULF TIMES Monday, July 24, 2017 COMMUNITY

IvaQ members hold meeting to show solidarity with Qatar

Members of the Indian volleyball University Physical Education Association of Qatar (IvaQ) recently Director Zakir Hussain, Rajesh held a meeting at Al Jazeera Kumar, Basheer Pattara, and IvaQ Academy to declare solidarity with patron Abdullah Keloth spoke. Qatar and His Highness the Emir At the meeting, the Qatar volleyball Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. association officials praised the Representatives of the Qatar efforts being made by IvaQ to Volleyball Association and several popularise the game at different members of IvaQ and their families levels. Haris Pangad read out the attended the function. pledge. The event was co-ordinated Former Qatar national player by Jassim (Red Apple), Faisal Mubarak al-Eid inaugurated the Keloth, Shafeeq Keloth, Santhosh meeting. Former players Sayyed al- Samuel, Rineesh, Elias Bengala, Salam and Yousuf Fardauni, Calicut Thahir, Shareejm Salim and Saneer.

MOTORING The new Nissan LEAF with e-Pedal, premieres September 6

issan has announced that the widely anticipated new Nissan LEAF will come with e-Pedal, a revolutionary technology that transforms the way we drive. NWith the fl ip of a switch, the technology turns your accelerator into an e-Pedal, allowing drivers to accelerate, decelerate and stop using just the e-Pedal. The technology is the world’s fi rst one- pedal operation that allows drivers to bring the car to a complete stop even on hills, stay in position, and resume driving instantly. Drivers can cover 90% of their driving needs with the e-Pedal, making the process of driving more exciting. In heavy traffi c and during city commutes, drivers will greatly reduce the need to shift from one pedal to the other, making your drive simpler and more engaging. The e-Pedal technology represents another key milestone in Nissan’s ongoing commitment to bring accessible, advanced driver assistance technologies to the mainstream. Set to make driving safer and more enjoyable, the development of these technologies is part of Nissan Intelligent Mobility, the company’s blueprint for transforming how cars are driven, powered and integrated into society. By launching the Nissan LEAF, the world’s fi rst mass-market electric vehicle, Nissan established itself as pioneer in the EV movement. Today the Nissan LEAF is the world’s best-selling electric vehicle, with more than 277,000 sold worldwide. For the latest updates, follow #Nissan #LEAF #ElectrifyTheWorld and join in the conversation. Monday, July 24, 2017 GULF TIMES 7 HEALTH COMMUNITY Indian scientists tap Artificial Intelligence to identify aggressive breast cancer

The application revolves around a protein By Sahana Ghosh (or marker) called Ki-67 which is used to calculate an index that groups cancers in the “low” or “high” aggressiveness groups. hile the word “biopsy” is The Ki-67 globally-approved index is used enough to send patients to help predict outcome (prognosis) and help into a tizzy, oncologists fi gure out what treatment might work best, say it is crucial to correctly they say. It is increasingly being used by identify the cancer stage and doctors to refl ect cancer behaviour. W“faster growing” ones for appropriate and “The proposed computerised recognition timely treatment. And to ensure accuracy, can precisely measure the Ki-67 score by researchers in India are now turning to detection of the faster-growing cancer cell artifi cial intelligence (AI). percentage, called hotspots, from the biopsy A team of experts from IIT-Kharagpur tissue images. (IIT-Kgp) and Tata Medical Centre (TMC), “The software has been standardised. As Kolkata, has devised a computer-assisted soon as the pathologists get the biopsy, all model they say can automatically grade they have to do is make a section, grab an breast cancer aggressiveness, even in remote image and put in the computer,” Chatterjee settings, providing fresh impetus to AI- explained. based medical technology in India. “To get the job done faster, a basic set up It also seeks to reduce human error in requires a GPU (graphical processing unit) to identifying breast cancer of various levels compute the images. of aggressiveness to assist in distinguishing “There is no need for expensive normal and low and higher risk malignant The team from IIT-Kharagpur and Tata Medical Centre tapped into deep learning, a form of AI infrastructure. Moreover, in the rural and tumours. concerned with algorithms inspired by the structure and function of the brain called artificial urban areas with minimum or few advanced To do that, the team tapped into deep neural networks, for their model. instrumentation, manual inspection of learning, a form of AI concerned with Ki-67 scoring may provide results which are algorithms inspired by the structure and They were driven by the fact that the based on certain pathological markers as error-prone,” Saha, research scholar, School function of the brain called artifi cial neural precise grouping of aggressiveness (high seen in examining a tissue or cell sample of Medical Science and Technology, IIT-Kgp, networks. or low rates of cell growth) of breast under a microscope (called biopsy), they said. told IANS. “The idea is to assess and identify the cancer remains a challenge at a time when “The manual assessment is subjective, and The study notes: “Several machine cancer that’s of high risk. This software the disease is the top cancer in women could be error-prone with a steep learning learning approaches have been reported; allows accurate identifi cation of the worldwide and is increasing, particularly in curve and dependent on the intra and inter- nevertheless, none of them had worked on aggressive cancers anywhere, even in the developing countries like India, where the observer ambiguities. The AI algorithm aids deep learning-based hotspots detection and remotest part of the country, allowing faster majority of cases are diagnosed in their late pathologists to identify aggressive forms proliferation scoring.” referral and quicker treatment for patients, stages. accurately to allow quicker and faster referral “The next phase of the study is validation. irrespective of their geographical location,” “For best results, it is always desirable and suitable treatment,” said Chakraborty, The clinicians and the pathologists are going Sanjoy Chatterjee, senior clinical oncologist to have experienced pathologists in lead researcher and professor-in-charge of to recruit patients and we will treat them at TMC, told IANS. sophisticated laboratories, but it is also the Biomedical Imaging Informatics (BMI) depending on what the pathologists say. We Chandan Chakraborty and Monjoy Saha important that we recognise that this is Laboratory, School of Medical Science & will tally the results from the software as well of IIT-Kgp and TMC’s Indu Arun and Rosina not always feasible, especially outside large Technology, IIT-Kgp. as from the pathologists, so the discordant Ahmed are the co-authors of the study, urban hospitals,” Ahmed pointed out. The software showed over 90 per cent rates are pretty low. Then we can release the published in Nature Scientifi c Reports in The clinical decision on breast cancer precision in the experimental set-up, he process for clinical use,” added Chatterjee. June. aggressiveness is mostly made manually added. –IANS Know how physical exercise prevents dementia egular physical exercise not only enhances fi tness but also has a positive impact on brain metabolism, Rresearchers say. The fi ndings showed that physical activity prevented an increase in choline – a macronutrient that’s important for liver function, normal brain development, nerve function, muscle movement, supporting energy levels and maintaining a healthy metabolism. The concentration of this metabolite often rises as a result of the increased loss of nerve cells, which typically occurs in the case of Alzheimer’s disease, said Johannes Pantel, Professor at the Goethe The findings showed that physical activity prevented an increase in choline – a macronutrient that's important for liver function, normal brain development, University Frankfurt in Germany. nerve function, muscle movement, supporting energy levels and maintaining a healthy metabolism. In the study, physical exercise led to stable cerebral choline the training period. Overall, these sports physicians examined the The participants were asked to measure brain metabolism and concentrations in the training fi ndings suggest that physical eff ects of regular exercise on mount an exercise bike three times brain structure. group, whereas choline levels exercise not only improves physical brain metabolism and memory a week over a period of 12 weeks for The results showed that regular increased in the control group. fi tness but also protects cells. of participants aged between 65 30-minute training sessions. physical exercise seems benefi cial The participants’ physical fi tness To understand the positive and 85 on movement-related Magnetic resonance tomography in the prevention of cognitive also improved. They showed infl uence of physical activity parameters, cardiopulmonary (MRT) and magnetic resonance impairment and dementia in old increased cardiac effi ciency after on the brain, gerontologists and fi tness and cognitive performance. spectroscopy (MRS) were used to age. - IANS 8 GULF TIMES Monday, July 24, 2017 COMMUNITY HERIT Zanzibar’s skyline is changing Last year, Unesco threatened to remove run-down Zanzibar from it redevelopment in the archipelago, with increasing numbers of tourists cha

Many vacationers in Zanzibar are faced with a choice: a city vacation with a bit of beach, or a beach holiday with trips to the city? Island insiders advise a mixture of both.

or the moment, the Ocean from the lively city beach, or which is so very diff erent from among the investors is under way.” charm, for example on the rooftop hammering sound of the perhaps from the rooftop terrace of a its luxurious sisters in the Indian In 1964, it was forcefully united terrace of the legendary Emerson on builders has stopped. trendy boutique hotel. Ocean. along with the socialist mainland Hurumzi hotel, where Bill Clinton Everywhere you look, Every evening, a cacophony About 40 kilometres off shore state Tanganyika to create the and Johnny Depp have enjoyed the facades of buildings of sounds rises from the old city from Tanzania, the semi- new state of Tanzania. Three- Arab snacks. And so the message is areF covered in plastic tarpaulins. centre. There’s Western rap music autonomous island state of Zanzibar fourths of the old town centre was clear: Go to Zanzibar while it is still Zanzibar, the tropical archipelago off coming from the Tatu bar on the sea is in great demand, but not yet nationalised. But things did not genuine. Africa’s eastern coast, is waking up front; the sound of bells chiming overrun by visitors. The island work out. Instead of justice, there The area is called Stone Town from a long, deep sleep. from Indian temples; and from drew some 300,000 tourists last came decay. because the some 2,000 protected It’s just before twilight, and most mosques, the muezzin calling people year. In contrast to Mauritius or the Zanzibar City, with its old centre buildings – former Arab sultans’ holidaymakers here don’t even to evening prayers. Maldives, Zanzibar still has its own known as Stone Town, was founded palaces, Indian trading houses and notice the artful restoration work You could be forgiven for distinct identity. more than 1,000 years ago and small shops – are all made from going on around them, but instead wondering whether such a cultural The sudden construction boom is now a Unesco World Cultural coral stone. Most of the buildings are have just one thing on their minds: medley of old tradition and hip is “a sign of opening up,” says Said Heritage Site. 100 to 150 years old. to enjoy the sunset over the Indian partying will endure on this island, Salim, 52, a home owner. “The race Visitors enjoy the city’s run-down The entire city is like an open-air Monday, July 24, 2017 GULF TIMES 9 TAGE COMMUNITY g, but traditions still survive ts list of World Heritage Sites. The warning has prompted a wave of rmed by its mix of tropical beaches and rustic culture. By Andrea Tapper

Zanzibar off ers a bit of everything for tourists, from rustic culture and beautiful beaches to luxury hotels and spas.

The streets of Zanzibar are filled with buildings undergoing renovation work. The entire city is like an open-air museum – and yet, it is also very lively.

museum – and yet, it is also very in 2016 to take Zanzibar off its list of the old city has been irrevocably Many vacationers in Zanzibar spa in Zanzibar City. Spa boss lively. An annual open air festival World Cultural Heritage Sites due to lost,” he says. Of all places, the are surprised by the archipelago’s Stefanie Schoetz, who has been of African music, “Sauti za Busara” negligence, public greenery zones majestic “House of Miracles” church history. They are faced with a living here for the past 15 years, (Swahili for “sounds of wisdom”), such as the Jamhuri Garden Park are remains closed for the time being, in choice: a city vacation with a bit admits that she is worried about the draws 20,000 visitors. In the shops, being cleaned up for the fi rst time danger of collapsing. of beach, or a beach holiday with changes in the city. young designers are creating trendy in years. Elsewhere, investor hyperactivity trips to the city? Island insiders “In ten years’ time, there probably Afro-style clothing items. Applications have been fi led for is creating some eyesores. The advise a mixture of both. Although won’t be any more local residents Zanzibar is polishing its dozens of new hotel licenses for the new luxury Park Hyatt hotel one can go bathing on the city able to live in the old city centre,” the appearance, but not entirely old town centre, locals say. Private on the periphery of the old city beach, the true dream beaches are Dutch-German woman says. voluntarily. “The upswing in tourism investors are taking an interest in centre – which is under monument to be found on the northern and Local journalist Faridi Hamid and the pressure by the United areas that were previously inert. protection – has destroyed the eastern coasts. does not see things so negatively. He Nations brought the turnaround,” Renowned architect Abdul Sheriff skyline of old Zanzibar, according Zanzibar has long been a believes that socialism and tourism, says veteran parliamentarian says it is already too late to rescue to Unesco evaluators, who have destination for travellers with veils and bikinis will also peacefully Parmuk Singh. the World Cultural Heritage Site demanded a partial dismantling of big wallets. And they want to be coexist in the future on Zanzibar. – As a result of Unesco threatening status. “Eighty-fi ve per cent of the new building. pampered, such as in the “Mrembo” DPA 10 GULF TIMES Monday, July 24, 2017 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Monday, July 24, 2017 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Three ways to create an outdoor living area as unique as you are

t’s amazing to contemplate decks of virtually any shape – from For a distinctive look for your that all the famous paintings curved sections following the deck, consider mixing colours and in history – from da Vinci’s contours of a sloping yard to round materials, like combining white Mona Lisa to van Gogh’s decks. Or, let your imagination run aluminium railing and balusters Starry Night – are essentially wild and create a specialty shaped with rich brown composite posts to Iformed from three primary colours. deck of something you love, like a create a dramatic look. Or, to add Artists skilfully combine red, giant guitar or stacked leaves. a sophisticated mix of texture and yellow and blue to formulate an colour, you can install on the top of infi nite range of colours to bring Rail against the ordinary a black or white railing a composite their paintings to life. Many decks are required by law board that complements the Likewise, when creating your to have safety railings. But, with decking colour. own outdoor living space, you can some creativity, the railing can combine three basic elements – enhance your deck’s look even as it Light up the night decking, railing and lighting – in prevents falls. With the variety of A third element to add to your nearly endless ways to “paint” a products now available, the railing outdoor living design palette is deck personal masterpiece of fun and can be a visual complement to your lighting. With the right lighting, relaxation. home and deck. For example, if you can extend your hours outside you have a cabin, you could install and keep your deck as charming in Get decked out with modern hewn timber posts and railings for the nighttime as it is during the day. decking a rustic appeal. For a waterfront From subtle post lights that cast a For decades, backyard decks home, a nautical-themed railing magical evening glow to understated mainly have been rectangles. This system of posts and ropes could do recessed lights and rail strip lights is largely because of the rectangular the trick. Or, if you have a modern that help guide guests’ steps, today’s LEDs, you can use them liberally specifi cally designed to integrate shape of traditional wood deck home and prefer simple visual lines, deck lighting choices are both with little eff ect on your monthly with their decking and railing. boards. With the advent of modern cable-and-wire railings or glass functional and aff ordable. And, with electricity bill. Some decking materials, it is now easier to fashion panels could be your style. the emergence of energy-effi cient manufacturers off er deck lights ©Brandpoint

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

Your heart could experience some wild fluctuations today, Aries. Suddenly things are coming to a head for you, Taurus. The drama Your focus will centre on your emotions today, Gemini, although It may seem as if your emotions are on a derailing train. The best is escalating and you aren’t sure if you can remember all your lines. being centred in itself will be quite a challenge. You may feel like thing to do if this is the case is sit by yourself and write them down. Take things one step at a time. Deal with the issues as they come. If a yo-yo in someone else’s hand. Don’t fall prey to victimisation. Compose a letter, song, or journal entry. You’re much less confused you get ahead of yourself, you might be overwhelmed by the fear Stand up for yourself even if it means that others get upset. You’re than you think. When in doubt, consult someone you love and trust. that the situation will be more than you can handle. Don’t sweat the responsible for your feelings and no one else’s. Go with your instincts. small stuff . CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Maintaining equilibrium may not be the easiest task today, but if Desire is the name of the game today, Leo. If you want it, you can Today is like playing a game on your home field, Virgo. You have fans anyone can do it, you can, Cancer. Strong opinions from others could get it, but it won’t come easily. The prize will go to the person who supporting you and you know the territory. Take advantage of the crop up to challenge you. You have a great deal of ammunition in desires it the most. Show the people around you how much you can little things that you have going for you. There is a dramatic force at your arsenal. You can learn quite a bit by accepting this challenge accomplish. You will impress others with your incredible drive and work that is erratic but extremely powerful as long as you maintain and engaging in a heated debate. Have faith in yourself. determination. Don’t fall victim to the wasp that could sting you. control. Stay focused on your goals. True happiness is only a small step away. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Enlist the help of others today, Libra. Information exchange is key This is an excellent day for you, Scorpio. Celebrate. Your ego is Your emotions may be a bit erratic. It may be hard for you to focus to putting the last few puzzle pieces into place. Doing things on strong. Beautiful things are flowing your way. You should enjoy a on anything today, Sagittarius. Things continue to shift from one your own is important and necessary, but at some point you need good mood that will attract favourable people and situations to you. topic to the next with little resolution. Others aren’t apt to be very to realise that the next major step requires a certain amount of There’s virtually no limit to the expansiveness of this day. One thing sympathetic to your feelings, so don’t expect it. You will only set input from others. Gather data and apply it to your situation. Don’t to watch out for is arrogance. Be proud but not obnoxious. yourself up for disappointment. It’s a better day to focus on your become a leech or burden to others. head rather than your heart. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

There’s an extra blast of wind ready to fill your sails today, Capricorn, The energy of the day is erratic, and you will probably be hopping Get up and get going today, Pisces. You have no time to lose. Your so make sure you have both hands on the tiller. Whichever way all over the place, Aquarius. Don’t worry about trying to firm up any mind will be busy tackling many tasks, but this suits you just fine. your rudder is pointed is the direction you will go. Once you get on plans at this time. You may feel like you’re trying to grab a slippery You’re well equipped to deal with the many frantic situations that are course, it will be diff icult for you to readjust your position, so make fish with greased hands. If so, don’t worry about it. Let the fish swim likely to come up. There’s a great deal of strength to your emotions sure your compass is properly set. Continue with your journey, full away for now. Relax. You can always catch another one later if you that you can use to connect with others and communicate your speed ahead. need to. thoughts in a healthy manner. 12 GULF TIMES Monday, July 24, 2017 COMMUNITY PUZZLES/CARTOONS

Wordsearch Adam

I Must Be Going Pooch Cafe

ABSCOND EGRESS MOVE OFF ADIEU ELOPE QUIT ADIOS EVACUATE RETIRE ARRIVEDERCI EXIT RETREAT CHEERIO FAREWELL SCRAM CIAO FLIT SET SAIL CLEAR OUT GOODBYE SO LONG DECAMP HIT THE ROAD VAMOOSE DEPART LEAVE WITHDRAW

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. Monday, July 24, 2017 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 3. A slight tilt of the head in it 1. Happened to be across (8) does reveal something (4,1,5) 2. How one spent the time when 8. Either sell or pass on to (6) left behind (6) 9. Have the Russian name about 3. Rushed round the edge and five (4) lost one’s footing (7) 10. The popularity that a 4. Stopped, indeed, when I had gathering has? (4,6) gone out (5) 11. Read out a letter giving 5. In the ‘Best Dye’ competition, support (3) did it get no points? (4) 13. Contended she had gone in 6. The horse rears when there dressed (4) are shots on the platforms (8) 14. Trains to play a Russian lady 7. Stand to move, later, to the (7) east (8) 15. Had a gun battle and got even 12. Round about a thousand will with (4) be needed in the power cut 17. Record at a quarter to ten, (4) about, rain (5) 14. Follow me and shoot (4) Answers 20. Having got to F for ‘fake’? (5) 16. Called from the ladder (4) 22. A near thing, perhaps: 17. The great bit man turns tail Wordsearch Codeword beheaded almost (4) when the mouse runs out! (8) 24. Continuing when leaving (7) 18. As one got back with the 25. Getting the wheel caught in a anaesthetic (8) furrow as you drive away (4) 19. Guard the bird (4) 27. Not shining on the floor (3) 21. Cut short it’s true; can’t have it 28. Got into position (4,6) otherwise (8) 29. When all’s said, it is an 23. There’s nothing in here about opening (4) the iron lady (7) 30. When one’s tired, possibly, 25. Turn the key and set free, out things look bad (6) from the asylum(6) 31. Undo like mad (5,5) 26. A game novice: a boy (5) 28. Order one to come clean (4)

Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 1. String 5 Iritis 8 DOWN: 1 Spares 2 Ruby 3 Again 9 Ambler 10 Sapper 11 Gardener 4 Mad as a March Draft 14 Sardinia 16 Parson 18 hare 5 Instep 6 Taps 7 Strain Labour candidate 20 Skirts 22 12 Adjourn 13 Bridget 15 Contents 25 Ethel 27 Malaga Alack 17 Octet 19 Dangling 20 28 Inside 29 Karen 30 Rushes Summer 21 Steaks 23 Silent 24 31 Garret. Ales 26 Tier. 14 GULF TIMES Monday, July 24, 2017 COMMUNITY BOLLYWOOD Nepotism does not rock he IIFA Awards have found themselves under a barrage of become the biggest event of criticism for distasteful humour. Soon Bollywood in recent times. enough all three of them were making This time it was held in New apologies. York and all the bigwigs of Saif sent a text message to Kangana theT industry were present. But what regretting what he had said. In overshadowed the news emanating from an interview he said Kangana had there was a joke that became a huge understood. Varun put up a tweet that controversy. said, ‘I express my apology and regret .. Karan Johar and Saif Ali Khan were I am extremely sorry if I have off ended hosting the event. When Varun Dhawan or hurt anyone with that act.’ Karan got the best comic actor award for his too apologised and said that this was role in Dishoom, he came up to receive it. not something that gelled with his Saif then told him that Varun was there upbringing. because of his father. Varun replied that But then he went on to put up a Saif was there because of his mother. lengthy blog post that seemed to subtly Saif’s mother Sharmila Tagore and defend his position on nepotism which Varun’s father David Dhawan are both was that it might get a step in but industry veterans. Then Karan said that to survive real talent was necessary. he was there because of his father, one He wrote, ‘We’re not NGOs! We are more Bollywood insider, the late Yash businesses with bottom lines and Johar. And then all of them together budgets. And tomorrow if I want to shouted, ‘Nepotism Rocks’. launch Shah Rukh Khan’s son because This little skit was in the context he’s Shah Rukh Khan’s son and I believe of Kangana Ranaut telling Karan to I can gain from it, why won’t I? I run a his face during an appearance in his company, it’s a balance of commerce and television chat show that he was a art, and both matter.’ flagbearer of nepotism in Bollywood. Meanwhile Kangana made news At IIFA, the three even made a snide in another way when she had a nasty remark about Kangana using a line accident on the sets of a movie she was in a song that alluded to her name shooting for. A sword being used in the to say that she spoke too much. The scene apparently cuts her between the joke wasn’t taken with much laughter brows by mistake. But she is said to be outside the venue and soon the three recovering now. Kangana Renaut was the butt of an ill-conceived joke at the recent IIFA Awards.

Director’s choice Tiger Shroff . Sabbir is said to have known the Khan family and Salman for many decades now and that Dabanng has been a franchise that has been should help. But he has not confi rmed that he has been professionally very lucrative for Salman Khan and fi nalised, only that he is among the probables. his family. The fi rst movie was directed by Abhinav Kashyap. Then he had a falling out with the Khans and so Salman’s brother Arbaaz directed Dabanng 2. And, while it was thought that the movie might not do well in his hands, it went on to be an even bigger blockbuster than the fi rst one. But then, when Dabanng 3 was being contemplated, Arbaaz said that he wouldn’t be directing it. That was a curious thing to do for someone who had proven himself. There was the question of who it would be and they might have fi nally zoomed in on a director to helm the project. It will apparently be Sabbir Khan whose movie Munna Michael has just been released. Earlier he had The director for the third Dabanng has still not been directed Heropanti, which was big hit. Both had starred finalised.

Another fl op fl op after fl op while Ranbir continued to make the box offi ce sing. Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan started their careers At that time, he had looked unassailable and even at almost the same time, swiftly rose to stardom with touted to be the next superstar on the horizon. But now a number of hits and then Imran took a nosedive with it seems he is catching up with Imran. Ranbir has been Shraddha Kapoor's look for her upcoming film. doing poorly since almost four years. His last big hit was Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013. Weighty role and it shows Shraddha looking After that they have all been average fares or fl ops. markedly diff erent from how people Jagga Jasoos, his latest movie which he was even co- Shraddha Kapoor has so far have been seeing her so far. She producing, hasn’t bucked this trend. After a week, it stayed within a narrow range of has added on a lot of weight to has collected just over Rs40 crore in the box offi ce, roles, mostly in keeping with the play what is essentially a middle which fi rmly puts it in fl op territory considering the Bollywood trope of the heroine aged somewhat unglamorous cost of the project. playing the second fi ddle. Her last character. What is interesting is His future now rests on the Sanjay Dutt biopic being few movies haven’t worked well and that diff erent media reports had directed by Rajkumar Hirani. If that too fl ops, then it so that brings a dilemma to any star diff erent numbers on how much just might be a slow descent to nowhere like Imran. — how to reinvent oneself to make a she gained to play the role. One said One of the fallouts of Jagga Jasoos fl opping is said fresh space for themselves. she put on eight kilos and another to be Ranbir and its director Anurag Basu not being on This might explain Shraddha said she gained 17 kilos. This might good terms anymore. Apparently Basu went overboard taking on a role that many would be because the publicity wing of on costs while shooting and while that might have been say does not fi t into her profi le at the movie didn’t decide on what overlooked if the movie had made money, a loss making all. She is the central character in number to put out and so were project just emphasises the cost of self-indulgence. the biopic of the gangster Dawood giving whatever came to their mind. Ibrahim’s sister Haseena, in the Shraddha herself said at an event Send your feedback to movie by the same name. that she had gained nine kilos, Ranbir Kapoor's latest eff orts have resulted in another [email protected] The trailer of the movie is out which is probably the real number. flop, mainly due to high production costs. Monday, July 24, 2017 GULF TIMES 15 HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

CAST: The cast of Beatriz at Dinner (L-R): John Lithgow, Salma Hayek, Jay Duplass, Miguel Arteta, Chloe Sevigny and Connie Britton at the Variety Studio at Sundance. What’s coming to dinner: At the movies, it’s our own hostility, fear and paranoia

wind believe that fl imsy truce Peele has said the movie they all gather at the table for chatter, she grows increasingly By Gary Thompson would last more than fi ve minutes? represents a racial worst-case dinner, it becomes known that alarmed at the unquestioned If rancour and acrimony are on scenario lodged somewhere in his one member of each family has assumptions that mark their the menu, let’s be honest: It’s what subconscious, and he ends the potentially been exposed to the conversation. It represents the hen the Reverend we ordered. movie on a note of exaggeration germ. Edgerton looks across kind of opinion-spouting and Dr Martin Luther We got our fi rst taste of it in that invites us to laugh. the table to his counterpart belief-system insularity that King Jr dreamed the movies with Jordan Peele’s Nobody laughs at what happens (Christopher Abbott), and we develop when dissenting opinions that one day we horror hit Get Out, which made in It Comes At Night, a more see in their grim faces a tacit are excluded (these folks are could all sit down an astonishing (one might say naturalistic horror movie about understanding — the protection of conservative, but they are fl ip atW a table of brotherhood, I don’t alarming) $100 million working off a father (Joel Edgerton) willing to my family can only be achieved by sides to the self-satisfi ed liberals think he envisioned the gruesome the premise that there is no safe act ruthlessly to protect his family the destruction of yours. satirised in Get Out). food fi ght that has broken out at the place for a black man — least of all in the immediate aftermath of a Yikes. Beatriz, her tongue loosened movies this year. among white liberals who loudly plague. I miss the old days, when the by a bottle of white wine and the From Get Out to It Comes at proclaim racial open-mindedness. Keeping the contagion out of his most disconcerting thing to show indignity of having been repeatedly Night to Beatriz at Dinner to The When Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) remote and boarded-up woodland up for dinner was Sidney Poitier. mistaken for a housemaid, lets Big Sick, crucial centrepiece scenes travels to the home of his white home means keeping all outsiders Part of what’s so unnerving about loose. She is, needless to say, not show that when the American girlfriend to meet her folks, things away (by any means necessary) and It Comes At Night is that the men around for dessert and puts up not family sits down to dinner, discord at fi rst seem harmless enough, expelling even family members who ultimately at each other’s throats much of a fi ght when asked to leave. is served — often rare, to the point though he endures her father’s exhibit symptoms of the disease. are essentially the same man, The rift is insurmountable. of being bloody. painfully awkward demonstrations Edgerton’s character, however, reacting to the same situation in That’s what makes The Big Sick What’s the beef? Well, the of colour-blindness. is no maniac. The circumstances the same way. It’s easy to see them, so heartening. In it, a Pakistani- movies cited round up the usual The pretence of solidarity, are extreme, his goal (protecting pre-plague, on the same softball born Muslim (Kumail Nanjiani, hot-button suspects — race, class however, evaporates when he sits his immediate family) is team. who based the movie on his own and politics, gender, religion. But down with the entire (pardon the understandable, and there is a Not so of the characters in Beatriz life) with a declining interest in his in a larger sense, these movies are word choice) clan for dinner, and certain icy logic to his actions. at Dinner, where the dinner-table faith and a growing love for a non- about discord itself — the way it we get our fi rst inkling of what’s to He’s not a prepper or an armed divisions are stark and based mostly Muslim woman, is expelled from has become a default setting for a come. His girlfriend’s brother turns militia type or a separatist (the in class. the dinner table when his religious society ever more tribal, obstinate, strangely hostile, starts talking movie makes a point of giving him A wealthy couple (Connie Britton family learns the truth. paranoid, and angry. When several about Chris’ frame, his genetic a multiracial family). He’s a guy and David Warshofsky) host a They refuse to speak to him, Republican legislators were shot makeup, his potential to develop pushed by fear and paranoia past dinner at their spectacular home to and he leaves. But he later returns, recently by a madman who left into a “beast.” some grisly moral tipping point, celebrate a business success. The silent treatment or no, and takes his behind a bread-crumb trail of Foreshadowing, to say the least and the movie asks us to consider lavish aff air has been orchestrated seat at the table. hyper partisan internet rants, the (on that note, be advised this what happens when fear and to fl atter company CEO (John You are my family, he says, and incident prompted refl exive calls column contains spoilers). paranoia become the infection. Lithgow), but a plate is set for a always will be, whether you speak for unity, restraint and a return to As one critic wrote, the movie This comes to a chilling head nurse/masseuse (Salma Hayek) who to me or not, whether you look at reasoned discourse and respectful poses the question, “Can we all after he decides to admit another is stranded at the home when her me or not. engagement. get along?” and answers it with a family to his home, exchanging car breaks down. I’m here to stay. — The Did anyone with a fi nger to the resounding, “No.” shelter for their food supply. As As Beatriz listens to their insular Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS 16 GULF TIMES Monday, July 24, 2017 COMMUNITY How giant batteries can help reduce emissions

By Jen Fifield

n Southern California, where an extreme energy shortage has threatened for months to shut off power for millions of homeowners, an unconventionalI source of electricity is helping to keep the lights on: giant batteries. Thousands of lithium-ion battery packs – the same kind of batteries that power smartphones and laptops – were installed in massive containers in a handful of spots on the grid earlier this year, from San Diego to Los Angeles. The batteries are now helping power tens of thousands of households. This kind of quick, mass installation of batteries wouldn’t have been possible in most places. But California had been preparing for years by requiring utilities to connect energy storage to the grid, and funding energy storage projects. Now, as the cost of batteries plummets, offi cials in other states are looking to follow California’s lead. State legislatures and utility Costs of lithium-ion battery packs have fallen by about three-quarters since 2011, from $1,000 per kilowatt-hour to under $250, and are increasingly become commissions in about a dozen viable for storage of electricity. states considered new laws and rules this year aimed at giving the for renewable energy fi nancing deals. smartphones. Storing energy for storage is not thought out carefully, In Arizona, regulators last year burgeoning – yet mostly unregulated And Maryland became the fi rst state electricity is not new – hydropower it could just as easily become part of ordered the electric utility in the and undefi ned – energy storage to create a tax credit for homeowners plants, which store energy generated those problems adding unnecessary state to spend up to $4 million to industry a clear path forward. This and business owners who store by dams, have been around for costs, redundancies and idle capacity develop a residential battery storage includes clarifying rules for who electricity for later use. generations. But to use that to the system,” an institute executive programme and a programme to can own storage and how it can be The market is at a turning point, technology, you have to have the wrote in a December letter to facilitate energy storage technologies, installed, requiring utilities to include said Ravi Manghani, energy storage space and money to build a dam. Massachusetts offi cials considering saying the eff orts could reduce storage in their long-term plans, director at GTM Research, an energy Stored energy can be turned on a mandate. costs for customers. The utility as New Mexico and Washington advisory fi rm. Costs of lithium-ion and off quickly to meet demand But energy storage proponents, is proposing to spend the full $4 are considering this year, and battery packs have fallen by about and help stabilise the amount of such as Alex Morris of California million. In Colorado, a bill proposed even setting targets for how much three-quarters since 2011, from electricity fl owing through the grid. Energy Storage Alliance, a trade this year seeks to clarify that storage utilities need to buy, as $1,000 per kilowatt-hour to under But it’s unclear how much these group, say that much of the electricity customers have a right to Massachusetts did last month. $250, according to the company’s services are worth, making it hard industry’s growth was fuelled by install and use energy storage on their States see energy storage as a way data. Most of this drop was fuelled for utilities to know how much California’s mandate. It also was property. to reduce carbon emissions and by the increased demand for electric they can make from setting up fuelled by the revelation that all of Government-run utilities see electricity costs. Energy stored on the cars, which forced manufacturers storage capacity. As a result, some the wind and solar energy being opportunities in batteries, as well. grid, for example, can be switched on to fi nd a way to make cheaper, more utilities have pushed back against generated in California couldn’t Last year, the village of Minster, in during times of high demand when effi cient batteries. Analysts expect requirements that they buy storage. be used at the time it was being western Ohio, became the fi rst utility electricity is more expensive, such the price to drop in half again from California enacted the fi rst produced, and some was being run by a local government to combine as when people get home from work, 2016 to 2020. mandate in 2010, requiring utilities wasted. solar power with batteries. It took eliminating the need for additional As costs continue to decline to buy 1,325MW of storage by 2020. Southern California has been short some time to get the village council power plants to be turned on. and state offi cials become more Last year, lawmakers added 500MW on energy since October 2015, when on board, according to Don Harrod, The more states rely on wind and interested, storage installation will to that target. Oregon also enacted the second-largest gas leak in US the village administrator. The council solar, the more they will need to fi nd skyrocket, Manghani said. a mandate, with a less ambitious history occurred at an oil and gas fi eld feared the batteries would catch fi re, a way to bottle up some of the energy As of last year, 221 megawatts of target. near Los Angeles. After the leak, the and didn’t know how the town would produced when the sun is shining energy storage had been installed on Massachusetts considered setting wells – the largest provider of energy dispose of them once they reach the and the wind is blowing, to be used the US grid. The fi rm expects that to a requirement, but decided to for the region – were shut down. end of their useful life. later when the sun sets and the wind increase to 395MW this year and to instead set a target for how much AES Energy Storage was among Under current rules in many dies down. 2,567MW by 2022. By comparison, a energy utilities should store on the the companies hired by local utilities states, utilities aren’t allowed to “You know you’re going to need typical US coal plant has a capacity of grid. In New York, a bill awaiting to connect batteries to the grid. both generate electricity and provide it,” said Jason Burwen, policy and 547MW. On average, a 1MW battery the governor’s signature would do Kiran Kumaraswamy, the company’s electricity services, which may advocacy director of the Energy could power about 500 households, the same. Nevada enacted a law to market development director, said prevent providers from also owning Storage Association. “But regulators according to Burwen. study whether a requirement is in the electric utilities were able to get the energy storage. State lawmakers or just aren’t sure how to treat it.” “State agency and regulators are public’s best interest. projects going quickly because they the electric commission can change Some state initiatives look to give waking up and realising the untapped Edison Electric Institute, which had been incorporating storage in that. the market a boost. Massachusetts potential of energy storage,” represents privately owned electric their long-term plans for years. The Federal Energy Regulatory created a new $10 million grant Manghani said. companies, opposes mandates Most state initiatives are focused Commission, which regulates energy programme this year, on top of an The ability to store energy in a because it says few storage on battery services sold en masse. markets, proposed a rule late last year initial $10 million investment, for cost-eff ective way has been the technologies are worth the cost But some are also considering how that would require market operators energy storage projects. Oregon turning point for many technologies, today. to help homeowners and business to allow utilities to store and sell clarifi ed that energy storage qualifi es such as electric vehicles and “If the deployment of energy owners buy batteries. energy. – TNS