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P | 4-5 TRUMP VS HILLARY A unrelenting Hilary faces a ruthless Trump in a much- awaited debate tomorrow. The first of three debates promises to be a national sensation, contrasting two vastly different New Yorkers known around the world.

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 | 03 COMMUNITY HWW marks International Gratitude Day

The fresh, innovative programme of feel lack of self-worth; a life coach can HWW for 2016-17 was announced be your new friend. A life coach is a World Gratitude Day falls on September 21 and was and the new Head of HWW, Evridiki professional who can hear you out and started in 1977 by the United Nations Meditation Iliaki, was introduced. “In the race understand where you stand currently for qualified achievements we miss and where you want to be. I can help Group. An international gathering decided it would on some precious possessions that one to design a path to get where you be a good idea to have one day per year to formally may not have any assigned value really want to be.” express gratitude and appreciation for the many but are necessary to keep you going. The event was hosted by Elisabete It has no value assigned because it Reis who is an Image, Protocol and wonderful things to be found in the world. is priceless, it is precious and it is im- Etiquette Consultant and founder of portant for you to live your life to the ‘Glam Your Image’. fullest. It’s your state of mind the “I empower the women in fash- way you look at life that can change ion style which helps them to face the By Amna Pervaiz Rao An international gathering decided everything around you” said Evridiki world with confidence. Professional The Peninsula that it would be a good idea to have Iliaki while talking to The Peninsula. women are always looking for the right one day per year to formally express Evridiki Iliaki, who is Greek, is a look; I help them to carry themselves gratitude and appreciation for the business/ life coach and inspiration- perfectly. Today we celebrate change, wift gratitude is the sweetest. many wonderful things to be found in al speaker with over 15 years of expe- I better change together. We live in To spread the message of ap- the world. HWW is an interactive, in- rience. She continues to help women a country which is continually evolv- preciation and thankfulness, spiring and empowering initiative that around her through free seminars and ing so the change is necessary. We SHow Women Work (HWW) help people evolve ‘change’ in order to counselling sessions. “We all should should positively embrace the chang- marked International Gratitude Day on adapt and be successful. celebrate it and enjoy a holiday on this es and come in together. Over the past Wednesday. HWW expressed its gratefulness day” said Evridiki Iliaki. 7 years, HWW has been conducting Organised with the theme ‘Wel- for support from H E Sheikha Alanou While addressing the gathering, monthly gatherings, conferences and come Change’, the colourful yet se- bint Hamad Al Thani, who is once she added: “Life is to enjoy and live to seminars to support the local commu- rene event at City Centre Rotana was again the patron for a second year. the fullest each day, if you feel lost or nity” said Elisabete Reis attended by a large number of women to which the new head of HWW was introduced. HWW Community was founded in 2009 with the aim of em- powering women to grow and succeed; reaching hearts and minds, breaking down barriers and promoting under- standing across cultures and genders. It brings women with aspirations and ambitions together to share knowl- edge, ideas, and ambitions, enabling them to find sustainable ways to suc- cess. HWW is presented by Tataowar Coaching & Consulting. “In everything we do at Tataowar we believe that meaningful, sustainable growth fulfills the true needs of the individual and the greater good,” it says. The HWW community includes leaders, employees, executives, busi- ness owners, entrepreneurs, graduates and students, as well as women who want to re-enter the workforce. The group welcomes any woman with as- pirations and ambitions. World Gratitude Day falls on Sep- tember 21 and was started in 1977 by From left: Evridiki Iliaki, the new head of HWW, Zuniara Shahid, host of Whats up Doha, and Elisabete Reis, founder of the United Nations Meditation Group. Glam Your Image.

How Women Work team with all ladies present at the event. 04 | SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 COVER STORY

Mother of all debates tomorrow

By Sahil Kapur over controversies such as the Clinton The debate at Hofstra University in or two, opinions get suspended and Bloomberg Foundation, her private email server, New York comes six weeks before the people look at the candidates, on large her paid speeches to Goldman Sachs November 8 election, as Trump has measure, afresh. There are a certain and other Wall Street firms, and by ac- closed the gap nationally and in nu- number of open windows for people cusing Clinton and her husband of ex- merous battleground states, with Clin- to look and decide what they’re feel- illary Clinton and Donald Trump ploiting the Haiti earthquake for per- ton retaining an edge in the electoral ing.” have been locked in a fierce sonal gain. college. “Voters who say ‘I worry that I can’t election battle for months, but But his advisers are also wary of “It’s going to be a high-stakes dra- relate to Hillary’ will get an opportunity Htens of millions of Americans him going too far, and coming across ma,” said Peter Hart, a leading Dem- to see her. Voters who wonder if Don- will compare their presidential bona as a bully. ocratic pollster. “In an hour and a half ald Trump has the temperament or the fides side-by-side anew tomorrow. knowledge to be president — they get The first of three debates promises to see that,” he said. to be a national sensation, contrasting In a Fox News interview Tuesday, two vastly different New Yorkers who Trump campaign manager Kellyanne are recognised around the world. Clin- Conway cited a recent commander-in- ton, known for her extensive experi- chief forum hosted by NBC’s Matt Lau- ence in government, is more comfort- er as a “very good preview” for what to able discussing substantive issues than expect from Trump during the debate. pitching her candidacy; and Trump ex- She said his answers to questions will cels as a self-promoter and an unspar- be “concise and confident” in contrast ing critic of his adversaries. to Clinton’s “lengthy” and “lawyerly” re- The Democratic presidential nomi- sponses. nee is preparing for an unpredictable Clinton told donors in the Hamp- opponent who “hangs back a lot, picks tons last month she’s unsure which his moments” and “may be aggressive,” Trump will show up to the debate: one according to communications director who will try to be presidential and con- Jennifer Palmieri. Her challenge: driv- vey “gravity,” or one hurling insults to ing home her message to voters re- “score some points.” gardless of what he does, Palmieri said. “You have to assume, well he might The Republican nominee is being approach the debate this way or he advised by some in his orbit to put his may approach it that way and he may rival on defence by questioning her be aggressive or he may lay back,” judgement, intelligence and accom- Palmieri said. “That’s hard to game out plishments, as well as confronting her necessarily.” SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 | 05 COVER STORY

Trump has been practising for But she’s also bracing for a more weeks while travelling with his top confrontational Trump to take the advisers. This week alone, he spent stage. time with Newt Gingrich, Rudy “I’m going to do my very best to Giuliani, Michael Flynn, and Ben Car- communicate as clearly and fearless- son, asking each of them between ly as I can in the face of the insults campaign events for their advice of and the attacks and the bullying and potential questions for the debates, bigotry that we’ve seen coming from according to people familiar with his my opponent. You know, I can take plans. it,” Clinton said Tuesday on “The Ste- Trump aides have indicated that ve Harvey Morning Show.” he isn’t practising with mock debate Clinton, facing criticism for avoid- sessions where someone plays Clin- ing press conferences for over 270 ton. He was campaigning through days, has begun to do gaggles with Thursday, and today he has reserved reporters regularly in recent weeks. an entire day to prepare for the de- Trump, meanwhile, who used to do bate inside Trump Tower, according regular press conferences in the first to people familiar with his plans. half of 2016, has mostly avoided ad- Thus far, Clinton aides have de- versarial reporters lately in favour of clined to say who is playing Trump regular interviews on the relatively in her rehearsals or to say when and friendly Fox News. where she’s preparing. She was at David Kochel, a Republican strat- home in Chappaqua, New York, all egist and former top adviser to Jeb paid off for him. He frequently calls day Tuesday, and-after a day trip to Bush’s presidential campaign, said his Democratic rival “crooked Hillary.” Florida on Wednesday — she has no a blustery Trump “maximises base Clinton, meanwhile, has focused campaign events scheduled through turnout and keeps his people fired heavily on criticising Trump rath- the debate. up,” but “doesn’t grow his electorate.” er than making a positive case for Clinton is working with the team “Hillary’s negatives are high herself. She’s fluent in topics sure to that helped her gear up for Dem- enough that he could win over come up in the debate and the lines ocratic primary debates: Karen Trump-doubting Republicans and in- of attack on her record she can ex- Dunn, Ron Klain, Bob Barnett, John dependents by showing a presiden- pect from Trump, because they were Podesta, Joel Benenson, Jake Sulli- tial bearing, similar to his appear- part of the debates during the 2008 van and Palmieri. Barnett is stand- ance in Mexico City,” he said. Democratic primary race. Those in- ing in for Republican vice presiden- “Hillary’s main goal is to be natural, clude her vote to authorise the 2003 tial nominee Mike Pence in Dem- authentic, and show humour without invasion of Iraq, her shifting posi- ocratic running mate Tim Kaine’s a script — be ‘likeable enough.’ She’s tions on trade and questions about preparations. Tony Schwartz, co- a better debater than she gets credit her honesty. author of Trump’s most successful for, but this debate will be far more In four one-on-one debates with book, “The Art of the Deal,” is also about style than substance, be- President Barack Obama in 2008- assisting. cause of Trump’s outsized presence and 17 others that included oth- She has hinted that if Trump ap- on the stage,” Kochel said. “I would er candidates — Clinton showed her pears more restrained on stage, also have her prepped to needle at ability to go on offence and make it she’ll remind voters of the former re- Trump’s wildly overstated wealth, as personal. She was able, at times, to ality TV star’s history of inflammatory that seems to be the one thing that rattle Obama enough to bring a can- comments and controversies. “He’s most easily flusters him.” didate known for his cool demean- trying to somehow convince people In the Republican primary, Trump our to the brink of losing his temper. to forget everything he’s said and demonstrated a knack for relent- Steve Schale, who managed done, and I don’t think that he’s go- lessly branding his opponents — us- Obama’s 2008 campaign in Flori- ing to get away with that,” Clinton ing labels such as “low-energy” Jeb da, said the debate tomorrow will be said in an interview that aired Mon- Bush, “little” Marco Rubio and “lyin’” critical in establishing the contours of day on “The Tonight Show.” Ted Cruz — in ways that stuck and the race in its final weeks. 06 | SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 CAMPUS Bright Future International School students excel in exams

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By Maura Judkis The Washington Post

arla Hall had tasted the food at the National Museum of Afri- can American History and Cul- Cture before. But the chef and television personality from “The Chew,” who serves as a “culinary ambassador” for the museum’s Sweet Home Cafe, had never tried it like this: surrounded by visitors enjoying their first glimpse of a museum that has mostly hosted construction workers thus far. As she took her first bites during Wednesday’s media preview day, she was impressed: “This is so nice. The pepper pot is really good,” she said of the Caribbean dish. “I think they’ve de- veloped the recipes more” since the last time she came in for a tasting. Al- so on her plate: a smoked haddock and corn croquette, and some honey-roast- ed carrots. “I tend to be drawn towards the vegetables and sides because I feel like I can eat more,” said Hall. “And also, well, I just love vegetables.” She loves the museum, too — and when she reflected upon what it meant Food front and centre to have a museum of African American culture on the Mall, it nearly brought her to tears. Here’s what Hall has to say about the cafe, the artifacts and this at new US museum immense cultural moment for America: A “cultural ambassador,” if you’re wondering, is kind of like a cheerleader. the connection to how the kitchen and the North unexpected,” she said. “I press and talk about what they saw.” “My involvement really is not the day- food plays a role in the African Ameri- don’t think people, unless you grew up She actually hasn’t seen much of to-day,” said Hall, who did not devel- can home.” in the West, think of black cowboys.” the museum yet. “I want to see the op any of the recipes on the menu. “My Don’t see your favourite dish on It’s because the museum is like an ex- foodways exhibit. That’s definitely on involvement is to get people excited the menu? Don’t worry. “The menu is hibition within the museum - and that my list,” said Hall. An exhibition about about the cafe and to show how it is a living, breathing thing. Food is a liv- makes its chefs curators. “No longer do sit-in protests at lunch counters also just as much a part of the exhibition ing, breathing thing,” she said, noting you have to have this narrow view of appealed to her, as did a segregated here as the rest of the museum.” That that the menu will change four times what African American food is,” said rail car, “because I spend a lot of time means she’ll be making appearances a year. “If someone doesn’t see a par- Hall. on Amtrak.” at yet-to-be-scheduled culinary events ticular thing they love, they’ll have to You’re going to need a bite after you But thinking about what she’s going at the museum, where she’ll interact come back, and maybe it will be on the see some of the exhibitions. Not only is to see makes her get a bit emotional. with visitors and promote the educa- menu. It’s really hard: You have 400 the museum enormous — this reporter “I’m going to try to say this without cry- tional components of the menu. years of history; how are you going to logged 3.5 miles on her phone’s fitness ing — they’re tears of joy,” she said. The She prefers the restaurant’s new put 400 years on a board, and how are tracker during a press preview, enough museum “has been a long time com- name. It underwent a last-minute you going to cook all of that food?” to work up an appetite — but taking ing. Just the pride in knowing that peo- change due to a trademark dispute, She predicts the menu will change a break for a meal will be a way to let ple will get to know us and who we are but Hall prefers Sweet Home Cafe to people’s perceptions. Some people the sorrowful stuff sink in. “After seeing and what our contributions have been the old name, North Star Cafe. “I think may know African American food on- the museum, and dealing with heavy and not just learn about us through a there are no mistakes in the universe, ly as soul food. “I think it depends on social issues,” said Hall, it’s important depiction in the media or how people and this feels a lot more comforting,” where you’re from. If you’re from the for guests “to come back as a family, or want to see us or think they know us. . she said. It’s also a better way “to make South, then you’ll find everything from with friends or as a group, and decom- . . It’s like, hello, world! Get to know us!” SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 | 09 FASHION

Blurred lines help couture king rise

AFP it fits for Giamba, and it doesn’t fit for erage) point of view. So it is very good, Giamba but it does for Giambattista .... I am very happy. “There is this kind of it is very nice.” freshness it has — it’s youthful, (about) The latest Giamba show featured a embellishment, romanticism, but also iambattista Valli says his soundtrack including Valli’s friend and a bit of the rebellion that there is in fledgling ready-to-wear line is muse Soko and was staged in an erst- the haute couture I do. Some of the thriving — thanks to spillover while aristocratic residence in the cen- shapes come straight from the last Gsynergy from a haute couture tre of Milan, the Palazzo Litta. couture collection.” operation that has made him a darling Valli admits he felt flattered recent- of the celebrity A-list set. ‘100 percent DNA’ ly when he sat next to Armani’s niece The Paris-based Roman design- Valli said he had imagined a back at an industry lunch and she high- er has made his name with spectacu- story of a young woman who had lighted the similarities between her larly beautiful and eye-wateringly ex- been raised in the house returning to 82-year-old uncle’s business model pensive made-to-measure creations it after a stay in Los Angeles. and that of Valli, who turned 50 ear- for the likes of singer Rihanna, George After a night of partying with her lier this year. Clooney’s wife Amal and, most recent- oldest friends, she crashes out in her Armani said recently that “absolute ly, actress Emma Stone, who wowed clothes and wakes up jet-lagged at independence” was vital to him and this month’s Venice film festival in one 3:00 pm, puts on some music and Valli shares that credo. of his dresses. pads around — it was the mood of “Every single product that I do has In the process, Valli has been cred- that particular moment he wanted to to be 100 percent DNA of the house,” ited with making haute couture more infuse in his latest collection. he said. relevant than it has ever been and “She walks around in the building in providing a bridge between a rarified a very comfortable way,” Valli explains. world and contemporary popular cul- “She is a little bit for me like Alice in ture. Wonderland. She is the kind of young The way he sees it, it’s all about ide- woman or girl that is not scared to ex- as, and he has got so many, he needs periment in life, she is not scared to different outlets to prevent them clut- know other cultures, to mix it up, to tering up his brain. have her own style, to be just herself...” “I have the exact opposite problem Being true to yourself is impor- of someone having no ideas, my prob- tant to Valli. Like his compatriot Gior- lem is too many ideas,” Valli tells AFP in gio Armani he guards the independ- a backstage interview after the launch ence of his operation fiercely, even if of his latest collection for his ready-to- that means foregoing the addition- wear label Giamba in Milan. al investment that could come with “It was Karl Lagerfeld who said ‘the a stock market listing or a partner- more you do, the less you do’ and that ship with a luxury brand management is totally right for me,” he says. company. “There are other designers that After four seasons of the Giam- work in a different way, they do one ba line, he says he is happy with its thing and it is already a lot for them. steady expansion. But you know for me one inspires the “It is successful in a business way other one, they go in parallel. but it is successful too in the real “I have an idea and say it doesn’t fit world of women. And from a celebri- for (couture line) Giambattista Valli but ty point of view, from an editorial (cov- 10 | SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 HEALTH A late start at long-distance running

their first marathon in their 40s and 50s actively but Menzies, including Meg’s mother, Pam. Running isn’t have been running since their 20s, they’re not going pleasant for him. “I tell folks all the time, I’m misera- to have as much ‘shelf life’ as compared to someone ble the entire time I’m running,” he said. who completely started from scratch.” Yet he knows the challenge of going farther than Marathon training doesn’t get easier with age, the previous run makes it worth the struggle. “There’s and the coaches say it can be more of a challenge nothing I do in my life outside the things I do with because it’s added on top of the stresses of work and my kids where I get this feeling at the end that says, family. Consistency of training sessions and efficiency ‘Wow! I just did something.’ And it makes it worth in each session become critical to success. it, that one moment at the end, whether it’s a train- After his mother’s passing in 2014, Adam Hud- ing run or the finish at the half-marathon. I just did son, now 42, knew it was time to get fit. “I was go- something that I’m not capable of doing. You get to ing to do everything I could to be around as long as I relive that frequently.” could,” he said. He lost close to 100 pounds and took If you’re hitting your stride at middle age and want up running. Hudson discovered that he was fast and to conquer long-distance races, Reichmann and Sap- excelled at 5K and 10K races. But for longer distanc- per recommend the following: es, he struggled to find a balance. “When I started, I Do not underestimate the importance of sleep. had no idea what I was doing, so I went out as hard The coaches say if you compromise sleep for more as I could. I was trying to be faster than the day pri- training, it’s all going to fall apart. “If it’s a choice be- or,” he said. tween running an extra mile in the morning or get- With the help of Reichmann and Sapper, Hudson ting a bit of extra sleep, always choose sleep,” Sap- created a training plan to prepare for the 2016 Ma- per said. rine Corps Marathon. His coaches said his dedication Don’t neglect strength training and flexibility. to his training is paying off. “People think, ‘Oh, I’m training to run, so all I need to It’s true that the aches and pains of daily living do is run.’ But as we get older, we lose that muscu- start to catch up with people in middle age. What lar strength and the flexibility decreases, and both of Keith Cartwright, 52, who lives near you ignored in your 20s cannot be ignored in your those will significantly impact your likelihood of inju- Richmond, runs the Patrick Henry Half 40s, and when it comes to running, it means know- ry,” Reichmann said. Marathon in the brutal heat of late August. ing your limits. Hire a coach or join a running group. Not only will Manuel “Manny” Romero, who lives in New York coaching or a running group help with form and pac- City, took up running at age 42 to get over a roman- ing, but the social elements also make the long-mile By Mike Plunkett tic breakup and deal with the stresses of moving to runs go by faster. The Washington Post the Big Apple. After quickly ramping up to five to six Comparison is the thief of joy. It’s easy to compare miles a day every day, he suffered a stress fracture. yourself to another person, but that’s not productive. Romero ran a half-marathon and made the fracture And don’t compare your new running self to how you worse. He spent eight months in a support boot and were at a younger age. hen Keith Cartwright played football in on crutches. “Really try to enjoy the moment you’re in and rec- high school, he never ran more than He wrote via email that “my doctor told me (and ognise that running is a hobby, it’s a joy,” Sapper said. 200 yards at one time. He was a run- I agree) that my injury was due to excessive running.” “Don’t dwell on the past but focus on the present and Wning back, so he didn’t have to do more “My muscles needed more time to recover, and I the future and enjoy that your body is able to do than a sprint. also needed to increase my intake of protein. I have something that you love.” “My buddies know me as an anti-distance runner,” since been able to make adjustments to my running Cartwright said. workouts so I run smarter. Before, I was just running Now 52 years old, Cartwright, who lives near Rich- to get the miles in without thinking about time to re- mond, has become a long-distance runner in large cover.” part because of Meg’s Miles, a group that came to- Running success during middle age comes down gether after the passing of Meg Menzies. Menzies to perspective and understanding of what it takes to died after being hit by a car while training for the complete a marathon. Romero finished the New York Boston Marathon. Cartwright is friends with Meg’s City Marathon in 2014, his first, and now at age 45 husband, Scott, and because of her life and example, has already qualified for the 2017 Boston Marathon. he took up running and now is training for the Rich- He said an advantage to running in his 40s is a great- mond Marathon. er enjoyment of running as an end in and of itself. “In the past two to three months, I’ve been train- “I think if I had started running competitively at a ing, and I use training loosely,” Cartwright said. “I’m younger age, I would find myself getting disappoint- not a fast guy. I’m just committed to getting it done ed because I would constantly be comparing my re- so I can say I ran a full marathon.” sults/performance to my younger days,” Romero Starting long-distance running during middle age wrote. may seem like an exercise in futility, yet getting a late Hudson finds himself visualising the Marine Corps start has certain advantages. Lisa Reichmann and Ju- Marathon as he trains. He expects the completion of lie Sapper, running coaches at Run Farther & Faster, the race to be emotional for him and his family. said running longevity relates to how old you were “At the very end, when crossing the finish line, I’ll when you started. be saying, ‘Mom, we did it.’ Because that’s something “Whether you start running at age 40 or 45, or in that does drive me,” Hudson said. some cases 50, you’ve got about 10 to 15 really good Cartwright will join about a dozen first-time mid- Manny Romero, 45, ran the Phoenix Marathon in [running] years,” Sapper said. “If someone is running dle-aged marathoners who will run in honour of Meg February. SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 | 11 ENTERTAINMENT

‘The Magnificent Seven’ is fine, as far as it goes

(From left) Vincent D’Onofrio, Martin Sensmeier, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ethan Hawke, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Byung- hun Lee in “The Magnificent Seven.”

By Ann Hornaday competently executed exercise in the (Chris Pratt). There also happens to be to genuine substance. The Washington Post aggressive action and slick, vainglori- a female member of the bunch, a dam- Nowhere is this more apparent ous style that he has brought both to sel played with a refreshing lack of dis- than in the characters, who fail to come better-than-average movies (“Training tress by Haley Bennett. But clearly gen- alive despite some admittedly terrific ith its blinding white Day,” “Southpaw”) and no-better-than- der equity was a bridge too far for the performances: Hawke and Washing- teeth, high-gloss pro- average movies (“Olympus Has Fallen,” filmmakers who, as one character says, ton are particularly good as a gun-shy duction design and glib, “The Equalizer”). seem interested mainly in blowing stuff veteran and a steady-handed alpha Wbloodless violence, “The Less forgivable is a script, by “True up. With Peter Sarsgaard playing the male, respectively. But Pratt can’t bring Magnificent Seven” plays like Baby’s Detective” writers Nic Pizzolatto and movie’s slimy bad guy - a robber bar- enough of his practised, good-natured First Western: It’s less a remake of Richard Wenk, that is content to re- on named Bart Bogue, who delivers ease to make Faraday anything more John Sturges’s classic 1960 Western vert to cliché, obviousness and over- an oily opening speech that clearly de- than an obnoxious poser. (which was itself a remake of Akira Ku- kill when it might have sought depth fines capitalism as the Real Enemy - all As for the rest of the Seven, each rosawa’s 1954 classic “Seven Samurai”) and surprise. The big twist in this “Mag- the elements are in place for a story gets his contractually stipulated mo- than its easy-reader version, an attrac- nificent Seven” is the heterogeneity of designed to hit its marks with the un- ment of coolness in showdowns that tive piece of pop-culture revisionism its cast: Sam Chisolm, the tall, hand- canny precision of the heroes’ bullets, are staged more like carefully man- designed less for connoisseurship than some stranger who agrees to save blades, flaming arrows and fists. Eve- icured magazine photo shoots than bright-and-shiny distraction. the oppressed people of Rose Creek, rything reaches its intended target in life-or-death fights to the finish. That “The Magnificent Seven” is played by Denzel Washington, and this “Magnificent Seven,” with little or They’re cogs in what has become Hol- achieves such astonishing visual lustre the crew he lines up to help him in no consequence beyond tasteful dabs lywood’s larger operation, which is to and philosophical shallowness should his chivalric quest hews to the one- of cherry-red blood. mine cinema’s historical archive for surprise no one familiar with its direc- of-each demographics familiar to an- Indeed, the violence is so extrava- convenient properties to retool with tor, Antoine Fuqua. Working with all yone who has watched a World War gant and merciless (at one point, some- hip casts and catchy gimmicks. “The the classic Western tropes - the dusty II bomber movie or “Fast & Furious”: one pulls out a Gatling gun for maxi- Magnificent Seven” is fine as far as it 19th-century town besieged by a rapa- There’s a Native American named Red mum carnage), yet so sanitised that it goes, but - especially when the famil- cious villain, the charismatic stranger Harvest (Martin Sensmeier); a Mexican makes the viewer long for the far risk- iar strains of the 1960 theme song be- who arrives to save the day by swag- named Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rul- ier likes of Quentin Tarantino’s “Djan- gin wafting over the final scenes - one gering through the swinging doors of a fo); a “Chinaman” knife-fighter named go Unchained” and “Hateful Eight,” not can’t help feeling that it should have lively saloon (where the tinkling piano Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee); a former to mention the Coen brothers’ somb- gone much further. goes silent right on cue) and the rag- Confederate marksman named Good- er, rigorously moral take on “True Grit.” Rated PG-13. Contains extended tag team of misfits and mercenaries night Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke); a Nowhere near that amount of thought- and intense sequences of Western vio- who make it their gun-twirlin’, sharp- portly, grizzled hermit named Jack fulness has gone into “The Magnificent lence, historical smoking, some profan- shootin’ business to do good while do- Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio); and a smirk- Seven,” which prefers a winking, just- ity and suggestive material. 132 min- ing bad - Fuqua delivers yet another ing smart-aleck named Josh Faraday kidding tone and cartoonish set pieces utes. 12 | SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 ENTERTAINMENT

Opera about life of a former psychiatric patient

Scene from the opera “The Centre Cannot Hold.”

By Amy Ellis Nutt Award winner, to serve as guest speak- “I was scared, angry and despairing,” ing the [character of the] psychia- By The Washington Post er before a performance of his first op- she said. “I was in restraints and scared trist too nice.’ I said, ‘It’s not that peo- era, about the life of Eleanor Roosevelt. out of my wits.” ple were trying to hurt you, they were After reading Saks’s memoir, Wells To “bring the person behind the dealing with limitations. ... That’s the thought it would make a great musi- words into music,” Wells said he met drama of it.’ “ t’s not often that a health organisa- cal subject and asked his friend if she with Saks at least eight times over a Schizophrenia affects approximate- tion teams with a professional music would collaborate. period of three to four months. Be- ly 70 million people around the world, company to produce an opera, but “It’s a weird feeling to have an opera cause the opera’s characters include including more than 3 million Ameri- Ithat’s what happened in July when written about yourself,” Saks said. “He the doctors who treated Saks, Wells cans, and is one of the top-10 causes “The Center Cannot Hold,” produced by really gets inside the my mind, but also also needed to depict, musically, their of disability, according to the National the Center for Health Services and So- inside the minds of young psychiatrists fears and frustrations. Institute of Mental Illness. ciety at the University of California at and their hopes and worries.” “I was training in psychiatry about Despite living with schizophrenia, Los Angeles, in conjunction with the The opera concentrates on one of the same time as her early hospitalisa- Saks has had a distinguished career Pacific Opera Project, staged the op- the more traumatic incidents in Saks’s tions,” he said. “So I used my own ex- in mental-health law, patients’ rights, era on the UCLA campus. autobiography: her involuntary hospi- periences to flesh that out.” competency, proxy consent and the This week, the production’s spon- talisation after experiencing a psychot- Saks also volunteered to help out right to refuse treatment. Currently she sor, Mental Health America, published ic break while a student at Yale Law the singers, most of whom were mem- is an associate dean and the Orrin B a video of the event on its website, and School in the late 1970s. bers of the Los Angeles Opera Compa- Evans Professor of Law, Psychology you can watch it there now. In the first act, the soprano playing ny or the Los Angeles Master Chorale. and Psychiatry and Behavioral Scienc- The opera is based on the life of le- Saks sings, “My mind’s in the dark. . . . “Elyn came to a rehearsal and talked es at the University of Southern Califor- gal scholar and former psychiatric pa- My head’s full of noise. ... People will kill about her illness and her strengths,” nia’s Gould School of Law. tient Elyn Saks, who in 2007 chronicled me from out of the sky.” Wells said. “And then she went around The opera, which was conducted by her struggle with schizophrenia in a A tenor, playing the part of the ad- to each cast person and said, ‘Let me Stephen Karr and directed by Brendan best-selling memoir. Saks co-authored mitting psychiatrist, responds, “She’s tell you about this person.’ I mean, how Hartnett, has opened a new, and un- the libretto with the composer Ken- dangerous, so dangerous ... gravely often do you have that when you’re do- expected, avenue of dialogue for Saks. neth B Wells, who is also a psychiatrist. disabled, suicidal, we must protect her ing an opera?” “I hope it helps people understand The idea for the opera came about from herself.” Still, there were moments of disa- the experience and decrease the stig- several years ago after Wells invited The experiences depicted in the greement, according to Wells: ma,” she said. “The music is powerful. Saks, a law professor and a MacArthur opera, Saks said, are all true. “At one point, she said, ‘You’re mak- So really, I just hope it moves people.” SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 | 13 SCIENCE

By Rachel Feltman The Washington Post

aturn’s moon Titan has been called the most Earthlike world Sfound to date. It’s the only oth- er place in the solar system where stable liquid sits on the sur- face — seas of liquid methane flow in- to channels that have created magnif- icent canyons — and scientists have suggested that the icy world might be able to support some kind of alien life. Now researchers think they can add yet another “Earthlike” quality to Titan’s extensive list: According to a study in Geophysical Research Letters, a seemingly impossible cloud on Titan may be created by weather processes we’ve seen before at home. The unlikely cloud type was first spotted decades ago by Nasa’s Voyag- er 1 spacecraft. It was made of a car- bon- and nitrogen-based compound called dicyanoacetylene (C4N2). C4N2 is part of the chemical cocktail that An ‘impossible’ cloaks Titan in an orange-coloured haze. But high up in the stratosphere where this particular cloud sat, the compound was scarce. Scientists could find just 1 percent of the amount of cloud on Titan C4N2 that should have been needed to create the cloud. Nasa’s Cassini mission recently spot- ted a second example of this crazy kind of cloud. When they used Cas- sini’s instruments to puzzle out the chemical composition of the ice cloud and its surroundings, scientists came up with the same impossible answer: The stratosphere-dwelling ice cloud is made of dicyanoacetylene, but the stratosphere is sorely lacking in that particular compound. Clouds aren’t unusual on Titan - they form when methane cools and condenses, just as clouds made of wa- ter form on Earth. Things are a little dif- Saturn’s moon, Titan. Nasa ferent when they form in the strato- scientists recently spotted sphere - at the moon’s poles, circula- a seemingly impossible tion patterns force warm gasses down cloud on Titan. until they sink, cool and condense - but in both cases, the clouds form when ice and vapour reach a state of equi- librium. In the case of these strange ice clouds on Titan, the amount of di- cyanoacetylene vapour present in the area shouldn’t be enough to keep the are bad news: Chlorine-based chemi- form of icy crystals. If ultraviolet rays ing to a close. The mission will end in ice trapped in the cloud in equilibrium. cals enter the air by way of pollution on from the sun struck one of these September 2017, but first Nasa is un- “The appearance of this ice cloud the ground, then meet up with icy wa- dual-layer ice crystals, the resulting dertaking a “Grand Finale” in April. Cas- goes against everything we know ter crystals in the dry stratosphere. The chemical reaction would release sini will dive into the space between about the way clouds form on Titan,” chemical reactions that occur in these dicyanoacetylene and hydrogen. Voila, Saturn and its rings - an area never lead study author Carrie Anderson of wispy clouds release chlorine mole- a cloud! before visited - 22 times. On Septem- Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center cules, which eat away at the ozone “The compositions of the polar strat- ber 15, 2017, Cassini will dive for the said in a statement. layer. ospheres of Titan and Earth could not last time, plunging into Saturn’s atmos- But Anderson and her colleagues On Titan, a similar process could differ more,” Goddard’s Michael Flasar phere to send home unprecedented think they’ve found an answer - in the create the mysterious ice clouds: said in a statement. “It is amazing to data on the planet’s composition. clouds that damage Earth’s ozone lay- Anderson and her colleagues suggest see how well the underlying physics “We may be counting down, but er. Earth has certain clouds that fore- that cyanoacetylene, a more common of both atmospheres has led to analo- no one should count Cassini out yet,” go condensation altogether, forming compound containing hydrogen, gous cloud chemistry.” Cassini programme scientist Curt Nie- instead through a kind of “solid-state” carbon and nitrogen, could become The Cassini orbiter has been study- bur said in a statement. “The journey chemistry based on the interactions coated with hydrogen cyanide as it ing Saturn and its wonderful moons for ahead is going to be a truly thrilling of ice particles. On Earth, these guys moved down the stratosphere in the over a decade, but the mission is com- ride.” 14 SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2016 CINEMA PLUS

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