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AT WORK: Andy Fancher, 18, interviews WWII US Navy veteran Bob Gagnon, 92, in Mansfield, Texas. Fancher has filmed countless hours of interviews with war veterans, including more than 30 WWII veterans. Parting shots COVER STORY Texas teen Andy Fancher films stories of WWII vets because ‘we’re running out of time’. P4-5 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 25, 2017 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

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USEFUL NUMBERS Fidaa (Sharanya Pradeep), whose family hails from Banswada in DIRECTION: Shekhar Kammula Telangana. There he meets Bhanumathi (Sai Pallavi), Renuka’s CAST: Varun Tej, Sai Pallavi younger sister. SYNOPSIS: Varun (Varun Tej) is a non-resident Indian Bhanu is a bubbly and haughty girl who doesn’t want to feel who lives in the United States of America with his elder (Raja second to anyone. Chembolu) and younger brothers. He is a medical student who Gradually, Varun and Bhanu develop a liking for each other aims to become a neurosurgeon. Varun comes to India along but their story is just beginning. Emergency 999 with his family for his elder brother’s marriage to Renuka THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444

Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 CARS 3 Lightning’s fellow veterans either retire or are fi red by their Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 DIRECTION: Brian Fee sponsors, to be replaced by new-generation racers. He falls Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 CAST: Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper behind the pack in the fi nal race of the season; while trying Qatar Airways 40253374 SYNOPSIS: As the Piston Cup season progresses, to catch up, he loses control and suff ers a violent, nearly fatal Lightning McQueen, now a seven-time Piston Cup racing rollover crash, leaving him badly injured. The story is about legend, fi nds himself overshadowed by Jackson Storm, an him setting out to prove to a new generation of racers that he’s arrogant rookie who belongs to a new generation of racers still the best race car in the world. that use the latest technology to improve their performance. THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo uIt is impossible te The Mall Cinema (1): Spider- Homecoming (2D) 7pm; Huroob Q man: Homecoming (2D) 2:30pm; Ezterari (Arabic) 9:15pm; Vikram to live without failing at Huroob Ezterari (Arabic) 5pm; Vedha (Tamil) 11:15pm. Baby Driver (2D) 7pm; Huroob Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): something, unless you live so Ezterari (Arabic) 9pm; Vikram Vedha (Tamil) 7pm; Altitude (2D) Baby Driver (2D) 3pm; Cars 3 (2D) cautiously that you might as well not 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 have lived at all, in which case you 2pm; Despicable Me 3 (2D) 4pm; Landmark Cinema (2): Ezterari (Arabic) 11pm. have failed by default. 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; - J K Rowling 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 (Malayalam) 1, 3:45 6:30, Of The Apes (2D) 4:30pm; Vikram Vedha (Tamil) 4:15pm; Spider-man: 9:15pm & 12am. Tuesday, July 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY

EVENTS Summer Camp at TCA Qatar Summer Festival WHEN: Until August 24 WHEN: Until Sept 5 Tamim the Glorious WHERE: TCA WHERE: Across Doha WHERE: W Doha After a successful camp last year, TCA Summer Festival has just been announced WHEN: Until Sept 10 has planned a more enriched summer camp and it will run twice as long this year. That TIME: 10am-10pm this year. Come and register your kids for means more family fun, entertainment, A new exhibition about His Highness the Abacus, Vedic Math, Rubic Cube, Robotics, activities and promotions across Qatar this Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani by Fun with Science, Connectivate (knowing your summer. The extended Qatar Summer Festival local artist Ahmed bin Majed al-Maadheed own inner skills), drawing and painting, and will run from Eid al-Fitr to Eid al-Adha. is going on at the W Doha. calligraphy. 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Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 25, 2017 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Preserving stories In his free time, the home-schooled high school senior records testimonies of veterans, mostly from WWII, then edits the videos and puts them on his YouTube channel, Andy Fancher Presents. By Brendan Mayer

MEMORABILIA: Military memorabilia sits on the dresser of Andy Fancher, 18, at his home in Duncanville, Texas. Fancher has filmed countless hours of interviews with war veterans, including more than 30 WWII veterans.

ndy Fancher walked his wife, daughter, son and nephew. Soon, the interview would begin, 1945.” This was Fancher’s great- this historical period were dying. through the front door When it comes to war, Gagnon and Fancher would learn about grandfather Gene T Fancher, who So he bought an expensive camera of yet another stranger’s talks about his experiences only Gagnon’s upbringing before the war. served in the Army during World and created a YouTube channel. He home last week, eager when asked. He’d learn what kamikazes sound War II. would seek veterans and record their to meet the 52nd subject That’s why Fancher is here. In his like as they fall from the sky, and that Gene died in 1970. Very few stories before it was too late. Afor his documentary series. free time, the home-schooled high Gagnon once saw a torpedo surging people in Fancher’s family knew A year and a half later, Fancher has The 18-year-old wore braces school senior records testimonies of through the water. much about his time overseas. now interviewed 52 veterans, both and slicked back hair. He arrived veterans, mostly from WWII, then But before all of that, as Fancher Fancher had questions: What was during the school year and summer from his home in Duncanville, edits the videos and puts them on tinkered with the lighting and tested life like before the war? Did he ever break. He spends his free time Texas, carrying a bag of equipment, his YouTube channel, Andy Fancher the microphones, Gagnon started see combat? Was he scared? editing the interviews, which last including two LED bulbs, tripods Presents. the interview with a question of his But there were no answers. an average of two hours, then mixes and a $1,200 camera. “I’m preserving their stories,” own. “If someone had interviewed my in music and WWII footage. The “There he is,” Fancher said, his Fancher says. “In 10 years, we may “What prompted you to do this?” great-grandfather, that would’ve fi nal copy is a YouTube video cut to voice loud and welcoming as he met not have these guys to tell their been very signifi cant for me to have roughly fi ve minutes. He also writes Norman Gagnon at the door. “Is this stories anymore.” A sparked interest today, to hear his fi rsthand account a short Facebook post on his page the man of the hour?” Gagnon sat quietly while Fancher It all started with the great- of the war,” Fancher said. about each veteran. Gagnon goes by Bob. He’s a organised the set. He was impressed grandfather Fancher never met. That sparked an interest in the The hardest part of this process is 92-year-old World War II veteran with all the professional equipment Fancher was nine and looking nine-year-old to learn as much as fi nding veterans. Fancher has driven from Massachusetts who served and excited to share his experiences through family photos when he he could about WWII. He watched as far as College Station to record in the Navy from 1942 to 1946. overseas. More important, he was stumbled on a black-and-white fi lms, read books and collected a testimony and relies on word of Three months ago, he moved from surprised that a complete stranger picture of a man in military uniform. memorabilia. mouth and referrals to conduct more California to his grandson’s home in — a teenager — was interested in Fancher had never seen it before. On But at 16, Fancher realised that interviews in the Dallas area. Mansfi eld after the recent deaths of recording his story. the back of the photo it said, “Italy the very people who lived during His most popular video, featuring Tuesday, July 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

Andy Fancher has now interviewed 52 veterans, both during the school year and summer break. He spends his free time editing the interviews, which last an average of two hours, then mixes in music and WWII footage. The final copy is a YouTube video cut to roughly five minutes. He also writes a short Facebook post on his page about

CLOSE ENCOUNTER: Andy Fancher interviews WWII US Navy veteran Bob Gagnon, 92, in Mansfield, Texas. each veteran

John Ferris, has roughly 1,000 views. years after the war. His eyes widened Fancher’s friends never watch the when Gagnon described just how series. Neither does a large portion close he was to the kamikaze pilots. of his family. He’d love it if more “When the kamikazes started people were interested, but that’s their drop, there would be this not what’s most important right screaming engine, but you never now. knew which ship it was aiming at,” Five veterans Fancher has Gagnon said. “So you crossed your interviewed have died since he fi ngers and said, ‘Please don’t hit started the project. Ferris passed us.’” away 12 days after fi lming. Gagnon’s grandson and great- “Capturing these stories now is granddaughter watched the very important,” he said. interview from a side table in the Fancher calls all his veterans kitchen. They were thrilled that on Christmas. He grew so close to Fancher was there. They’d never Carl Matthews, a WWII Marine recorded Gagnon’s experiences and who enlisted at age 16, that they will now have his story preserved for continued spending time together future generations. until his death in January. Some The interview lasted 40 minutes. veterans are so grateful to be Fancher’s fi nal question was the interviewed that they give him their same one he asks every veteran. personal mementos from war. “Is there anything you want to be One vet gave Fancher his WWII remembered for?” Navy uniform, equipped with Gagnon paused. navy blue pants and a shirt with a “I’m getting remembered every white-striped collar. Another gifted time somebody says, ‘Thanks for his green Vietnam fl ak jacket and what you did.’” machete. It’s the same jacket he wore Fancher stood and shook when a land mine killed his best Gagnon’s hand. He thanked him, friend and shot a piece of shrapnel and asked if he could have a photo — through the right vest. something he always does at the end. “These veterans really appreciate Some of these photos are printed and what I do,” Fancher said. “I guess a framed in Fancher’s bedroom. bonding occurs between me and this It will take about a month to stranger. So much so, that they want edit the video, but when it’s done, me to leave with something.” Fancher hopes people will watch Gagnon’s story. He hopes they’ll ‘Running out of time’ learn what someone did to protect The lights were on and the camera the freedom of this country. That was rolling. it encourages people to ask their Fancher sat with one leg crossed, grandparents or great-grandparents jotting notes on a pad as he listened questions about WWII. to Gagnon’s story. And that it spreads the message of He laughed with Gagnon when his project. the veteran explained that his “We’re running out of time,” parents wouldn’t let him join the Fancher said. “I’ve only interviewed Marines. He leaned in when Gagnon 52 veterans.” —The Dallas Morning said he experienced night terrors News/TNS COLLECTION: Another collection of Fancher's war memorabilia. 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 25, 2017 COMMUNITY Fouj Cafe cuts the largest cake in Qatar to show support for the country

ouj Café hosted on Saturday the neighbouring GCC countries due a special event at its Grand to this blockade. We wish to spread the Hamad Street branch to unveil message of love, one bite at a time and and cut the largest cake Qatar I am confi dent that in the coming days has seen to exhibit solidarity Qatar will continue to uphold its values withF the State of Qatar. The gigantic cake, and be a shining beacon of peace and which measured 5*5 metres, portrayed prosperity.” the iconic image of HH Sheikh Tamim “Creating such a large cake was an bin Hamad al-Thani with the viral tagline ambitious goal but I am glad that all the ‘Tamim Al Majd’. hard work has paid off ” he added. The event was inaugurated by Ibrahim The 5*5 metres cake was created by 15 al-Emadi, Chief Operating Offi cer of people using 144 kgs of fl our, 120 kgs of Fouj Café and was open to all community sugar, 2,160 eggs, and 140kg of butter. members in Qatar. In addition to the It weighed 500kg. The cake had a large café’s employees, prominent members sponge base with a strawberry jam fi lling, of the government and media were also topped with icing sugar. After the signing, present to express their support. The the cake was distributed in generous event began with al-Emadi, who was the portions to all the participants followed fi rst person to sign the ‘Tamim Al Majd’ by a lot of posing for photos. cake using an icing cone followed by other Fouj Café is a local Qatari restaurant/ members present at the event. Children coff ee shop, established in 2014, were given their own cupcakes to design and located in Grand Hamad Street. and prettify. The Café’s cuisine can be defi ned as Commenting on the initiative, international food with a Qatari twist, al-Emadi said, “We want to express blending international fl avours with our solidarity with Qatar during this regional preferences to provide the perfect blockade. A lot of families in Qatar have balance in taste to customers in Qatar. The been separated from their loved ones in Café’ has 4 branches nationwide.

A large number of people attended the event.

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cientists have developed called ‘CpG Oligonucleotides’ to a method to artifi cially start proliferating and developing produce specifi c human into plasma cells, which the team antibodies that can be has managed to produce. used to treat a wide “Our method off ers the potential Srange of diseases and facilitate the to accelerate the development development of new vaccines. of new vaccines by allowing the A team of researchers led by effi cient evaluation of candidate Facundo Batista of Francis Crick target antigens,” he added. Institute in London and Ragon The team successfully Institute of MGH, MIT, and demonstrated their approach using Harvard have been able to produce various bacterial and viral antigens specifi c human antibodies in the including the tetanus toxoid and laboratory. proteins from several strains of The technique, described in a ‘infl uenza A’. paper published on Monday in The In each case, they were able to Journal of Experimental Medicine, produce specifi c, high-affi nity could speed the production of antibodies in just a few days. Some antibodies by body’s ‘B-cells’ that of the anti-infl uenza antibodies fi ght off infections by bacteria, generated by the technique viruses, and other invasive recognised multiple strains of the A team of researchers led by Facundo Batista of Francis Crick Institute in London and Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and pathogens. virus and were able to neutralise its Harvard have been able to produce specific human antibodies in the laboratory. “Specifi cally, it should allow ability to infect cells. the production of these antibodies The procedure does not depend within a shorter time frame ‘in on the donors having been vitro’ and without the need for previously exposed to any of these vaccination or blood/serum antigens through vaccination or Artificial intelligence donation from recently infected infection. or vaccinated individuals,” said The researchers were able to Batista. generate anti-HIV antibodies from Apart from specifi c antigen, ‘B-cells’ isolated from HIV-free can choose recipes after ‘B-cells’ also need DNA fragments patients. – IANS looking at food images

esearchers have But seemingly useless photos on needed to cook it at home later,” developed an artifi cial social media can actually provide said Christoph Trattner, assistant intelligence (AI)-based valuable insight into health habits professor at MODUL University system that, given a and dietary preferences. Vienna who was not involved in still image of a dish, can In a new paper with the Qatar the paper. Rrecommend ingredients and recipes Computing Research Institute The system did particularly based on that food photo. (QCRI), the team trained an AI well with desserts like cookies or Researchers from Massachusett’s system called “Pic2Recipe” to muffins, since that was a main Institute of Technology’s (MIT) look at a photo of food and be able theme in the database. Computer Science and Artifi cial to predict the ingredients and However, it had difficulty Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) suggest similar recipes. determining ingredients for more believe that analysing photos like Given a photo of a food item, ambiguous foods, like sushi rolls these could help us learn recipes ‘Pic2Recipe’ could identify and smoothies. and better understand people’s ingredients like flour, eggs and In the future, the team hopes eating habits. butter, and then suggest several to be able to improve the system “In computer vision, food is recipes that it determined to so that it can understand food in mostly neglected because we be similar to images from the even more detail. don’t have the large-scale datasets database. The paper is set to be presented needed to make predictions,” says “You can imagine people using at the ‘Computer Vision and Yusuf Aytar, an MIT post-doc this to track their daily nutrition, Pattern Recognition’ conference who co-wrote the paper with MIT or to photograph their meal at in Honolulu later this month. – The team has trained an AI system called "Pic2Recipe" to look at a photo of Professor Antonio Torralba. a restaurant and know what’s IANS food and be able to predict the ingredients and suggest similar recipes.

World Congress of and eye health” is expected to be target of which is a reduction in as India has made tremendous to the country at a better time. It Optometry to focus on attended by 1,500 delegates. the prevalence of avoidable visual strides in terms of creating access will not only highlight and raise preventable blindness Jointly hosted by the World impairment by 25 percent by 2019, through civil society organisations awareness of issues, but will also Council of Optometry, Asia Pacifi c according to a statement. and government. Concurrently further the important strides made The second World Congress of Council of Optometry, and the The conference will bring optometry is growing at a rapid by India to improve both access to Optometry, scheduled to be held in India Vision Institute (IVI), it will together world’s leading experts in pace in India and the challenge vision care and reduce avoidable Hyderabad, India in September, will be one of the largest gatherings of public health and clinical care, said of quality care is brought into blindness,” noted IVI CEO Vinod deliberate preventable blindness, optometrists, health professionals Professor Kovin Naidoo, CEO of the increased focus,” he said. Daniel. refractive error and vision care as and public health specialists, the Brien Holden Vision Institute, who “With 100 million Indians He said the conference would an integral component of public organisers said. is the conference chair. suff ering from blindness-related deliberate key issues of preventable health, its organisers said. This year’s theme ties into “The programme is aimed at ailments, including uncorrected blindness, skill development and The three-day conference, the World Health Oganisation’s addressing the twin challenge refractive error – and around 10 training optometrists and vision beginning on September 11 with the ‘Universal Eye Health: A global of quality care and access. We million children with the problem, care delivery as an integral element theme “Accessible, quality vision action plan 2014 - 2019’, the are really glad to host in India the Congress could not have come of public health. - IANS 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 25, 2017 COMMUNITY OFFB Italy’s Campi Flegrei volcano may be waking up, scientists warn Underneath the Gulf of Naples sleeps a giant volcano. No one knows exactly where, when and how the Campi Flegrei volcano will erupt – just that hundreds of thousands will have to be evacuated to safety. By Lena Klimkeit

Roberto Isaia, an Italian geologist, is taking photographs of a grey pool of bubbling mud in the Phlegraean Fields. The approximately 150-square-kilometre area of volcanic activity has some scientists worried.

t’s as loud and stifl ing as a kilometre area of high volcanic Scientists are now more worried it’s not: Its Volcanic Explosivity from University College London ship’s engine room. Roberto activity also known as the about the volcano here than the Index is 7, compared with 8 for a (UCL) and the Vesuvius Observatory Isaia, an Italian geologist, is Phlegraean Fields. better-known and still-active supervolcano. The eruption was of Italy’s National Institute of taking photographs of a grey Unlike Mount Vesuvius on the Vesuvius, which looms over Naples, enormous nonetheless – the largest Geophysics and Volcanology pool of bubbling mud. The Gulf of Naples to the east, a “classic” population 3 million, and buried the in Europe in the last 100,000 years. (INGV), which constantly monitors Iwind changes, and he disappears volcano with a crater-topped cone, Roman settlements of Pompeii and Ash was distributed over the entire Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei and the briefl y in a column of sulphurous the Campi Flegrei are a large caldera, Herculaneum in volcanic ash, mud eastern Mediterranean and as far as volcanic island of Ischia in the Gulf steam rising from the ground and a depression created when a volcano and pumice in AD 79. what now is central Russia. of Naples. reeking of rotten eggs. partially collapses after releasing Vesuvius disgorged about four The Campi Flegrei volcano has Electronic visual displays at INGV Here in Pisciarelli, between most of its magma chamber in an cubic kilometres of rock and lava drawn increased attention since show graphs with information on Naples and the seaport of Pozzuoli, eruption. then. When the Campi Flegrei a recent study concluded that it’s the volcanic systems, for example there’s a palpable sense that Much of it lies beneath the Gulf volcano erupted some 39,400 years “evolving towards conditions more ground temperature, amount of something gigantic is slumbering of Pozzuoli, and the part on land is ago, it ejected about 350 cubic favourable to eruption.” ground uplift or subsidence, and the underground. It lies in the Campi comparatively fl at and doesn’t seem kilometres of material. Published in the London-based composition of gases emitted from Flegrei, “burning fi elds” in Italian, threatening. But satellite images Though commonly called a journal Nature Communications, the ground vents known as fumaroles. an approximately 150-square- show its numerous volcanic craters. “supervolcano,” strictly speaking, study was conducted by scientists The ground of the Campi Tuesday, July 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 9 BEAT COMMUNITY

Isaia describes a satellite image of the Gulf of Naples at Italy’s On the land part of the Phlegraean Fields in Pozzuoli, west Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology constantly National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). The of Naples in Italy, a fumarole and a grey pool can be seen. monitors Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei and the volcanic island of Ischia institute constantly monitors Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei and the Scientists are wondering whether another eruption is in the Gulf of Naples. volcanic island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples. imminent.

The Phlegraean Fields left their marks on Pozzuoli, west of Naples. Three standing marble columns The port at Pozzuoli, west of Naples, is in the centre of the Campi Flegrei volcano’s range. A fisherman from an ancient Roman market building – part of an archaeological site – have bands of boreholes in the area who remembers a scare in the early 1980s says the uplift was so great, fishing boats ran made by molluscs after the land dropped below sea level before rising again. aground before reaching the pier.

Flegrei has been rising and falling The reason for the recent uplifts is signifi cantly in recent decades, also a matter of dispute. accompanied by thousands of “One faction says the build-up micro-earthquakes. Authorities of new magma underground is the raised the alert level from green to reason,” Walter says. “Another says yellow in 2012. In the early 1970s, there’s no evidence of magma, and the uplift was about 1.5 metres, sees the cause in hydrothermal followed by another major uplift in gases released in front of the the early 1980s. “The last occasion magma chamber that then collect in of such behaviour occurred during underground reservoirs.” the century before the caldera’s only People in the danger zone take historical eruption in 1538,” the UCL a dim view of a deep drilling and INGV scientists write. project that would take measuring “The signs are alarming,” says instruments up to three kilometres Thomas Walter, head of the volcano below ground and perhaps solve hazards work group at the German the mystery. They’re afraid of Research Centre for Geosciences. awakening the slumbering giant. “But there have been major uplifts If an eruption appears imminent, without eruptions, as in 1983, when most of the some 80,000 the ground rose by more than two inhabitants of Pozzuoli, west of metres. At the moment, we’re very Naples and regarded as the centre of far from an uplift like that.” the Campi Flegrei, would have to be Here in Pisciarelli, between Naples and the seaport of Pozzuoli, there’s a palpable sense that something gigantic is Isaia has worked at INGV since evacuated. slumbering underground. It lies in the Campi Flegrei, “burning fields” in Italian, an approximately 150-square-kilometre area 1999. “Every volcanic system is The so-called red zone includes of high volcanic activity also known as the Phlegraean Fields. diff erent,” he says, “and there’s three municipalities, as well as a world of diff erence between parts of others, and extends to 1980s, about 20,000 people were bollards, high and dry today. before rising again. Vesuvius and the Campi Flegrei.” Naples. The yellow zone includes evacuated as a precaution. And three standing marble “We’re travelling in the middle of Magma in the latter can erupt at six municipalities and 24 districts of A Pozzuoli fi sherman named columns from an ancient Roman a volcano right now. Can you believe any of a number of places. Some Naples, where it borders on the red Mario, aged about 70, says the uplift market building – part of an it?” says Isaia as he drives his car scientists think the most likely spot zone for Vesuvius, statistically more then was so great that fi shing boats archaeological site – have bands of through heavy Naples traffi c. “We’re is at the edge of the caldera, while likely to erupt. ran aground before reaching the pier. boreholes made by molluscs after in a fi x – the biggest one on Earth!” others point to the middle. During the scare in the early Cars now park in front of the old the land dropped below sea level – DPA 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 25, 2017 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Tuesday, July 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Budgeting tips for college students and their parents

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

The tension in the air might be what you need in order to become Stop being an enabler to someone you care about, Taurus. You You may have some issues with food, Gemini. Maybe your sense of more aware of subconscious issues that aff ect your behaviour, Aries. may let someone continue a dangerous addictive behaviour self-worth isn’t at its highest, and you’re trying to make up for this There’s a great deal that you need to get off your chest. The more simply because you want to avoid a confrontation. Realise that this by sabotaging your relationship with your body. Food is healthy honest you can be about the pain people have caused you, the more behaviour is doing neither of you any good. The more you continue nourishment that you need in order to survive. Your body deserves love will flow in the future. Open the communication channels. to perpetrate the lie, the more it will hurt all parties involved. Be respect, and you need to give it the proper fuel it needs to be open and honest with your concerns. healthy. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

If there’s an issue with your partner that needs airing, this is a good The intensity of the day may bring unexpected opposition, Leo. Give your loved ones the attention they need today, Virgo. Don’t let time to do it, Cancer. Don’t hold back just to maintain the equilibrium Whether it’s verbalised or not, the confrontations are quite real. another day go by without saying you love them. Life is short and in the relationship. Don’t sacrifice your peace of mind just to keep Don’t underestimate a loved one’s emotions. Stand up to these getting shorter with each passing day. Be confrontational about from rocking the boat. Refusing to face reality just to keep up an issues and be realistic about their solutions. No one expects you to a serious issue that needs addressing. You’re responsible for your easy facade isn’t doing anyone a bit of good. Be totally honest with have all the answers, so don’t pretend to. We’re all human and we all feelings. Don’t play the victim. You’ll only experience more pain and yourself, your feelings, and other people. make mistakes. resentment later. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Don’t run away from the tension today, Libra. Any emotional stress Stop hiding behind your intellectual barrier, Scorpio. Playing Stop trying to feel everyone else’s emotions and focus on yours, you feel will be compounded if it isn’t dealt with right away. Be in the games will get you nowhere. True strength is standing up and Sagittarius. Being empathetic is certainly laudable, but at some moment while the moment is here. The more you face the present, demonstrating that you can say what you feel in any situation, point you need to face the music and look in the mirror. Make a the less you will regret in the future. Clear up any sticky situation especially regarding a close loved one. If you feel the need to say clear distinction between your needs and those of others. Express that arises and move forward. People may not understand your something, say it. Don’t wait until the situation escalates to an your feelings. Ask for help if you need it. Other people aren’t mind needs and concerns until you clearly verbalise them. unhealthy argument before you finally get your feelings out. readers. They probably have no idea what you’re feeling. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

It may seem like neither side of the bed is the right side to wake up You may feel like you’re being double-crossed by a loved one today, You may say one thing one minute and the opposite the next, Pisces. on today, Capricorn. The only solution may be is to just go back to Aquarius. Maybe your words are being used against you in such a Most of the time you jump from one issue to the next with no hassle, dreamland if you can. If you can’t, focus on your heart, because it’s way that makes you look like the bad guy. When it comes to making but today people probably will call you on it. Think about what you trying to tell you it needs some attention. Emotions may be running a rebuttal on your behalf, let the other person know that you’re mean before you say it. Don’t do all your thinking aloud so others high, so be careful how you treat yourself and others. confronting them about their behaviour and not their person. can hear. Your continuous thought process might be mistaken for your final analysis. Confusion could ensue. 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 25, 2017 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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

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Sudoku

Bound And Gagged

Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Tuesday, July 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1. Changed one’s mind 1. A very unusual little something to about releasing the eat (7) other awful thug? (9) 2. The performing ape and kids come 8. Fix up, again, the shop round, for the afternoon party(3-4) (7) 3. In The Window, the role I played (5) 9. The Arab, among others, 4. Prepares - to become a collector? is unimaginative (7) (4,3) 10. He gave us a picture of 5. At the usual time, knocking back a the two ten chugging gin (4) in (7) 6. Heads turn in surprise (4) 13. Having no kick, it’s no 7. Ray has travelled out East, according good (8) to the grapevine (7) 14. “Have sense, now,” you 11. Stick around the man, dear, anyhow say (4) (6) 16. What the old prison cell 12. As far as the soldiers are concerned, has withstood? (4,2,4) it’s rushed (4) 20. Count on me only (4) 15. A Catholic hospital: the chief one (4) 22. Much is written about 17. Said you could be found across on the English and the farm (3) emotion (4) 18. Having a bite to eat (4) 24. Help let the bus driver 19. He made the last (6) know you want him to 21. When he comes in, sit speechless Answers stop (5,1,4) (3) 28. Stop giving support(4) 22. Warning off going in, wouldn’t have Wordsearch Codeword 29. Means to sprinkle on it (7) the usual cheese (8) 23. Says harshly, right at the start, 31. The bird got transport, they’re dangerous (4) darn it, back! (7) 25. Break out that’s come up again (7) 34. The wind, darn, is 26. Don’t do it: the salt will leave a blowing through, also! mark (7) (7) 27. Leave in eats for the dogs (7) 35. Guesses Denis is 30. The lesson there is to be learned possibly about four or from the virtuous (5) six (7) 32. End with a story read aloud (4) 36. Sympathy for the actor 33. Blast! There’s only very little! (4) who has an awful role to memorise? (4,5) Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 3 Shed a light 8 Retail DOWN: 1 Befallen 2 Passed 9 Ivan 10 Mass appeal 11 Tee 3 Slipped 4 Ended 5 Anil 6 13 Clad 14 Tsarina 15 Drew 17 Gantries 7 Tolerate 12 Lamp 14 Enter 20 Paste 22 Nigh 24 Twig 16 Rung 17.Enormous 18 Ongoing 25 Rout 27 Mat 28 Together 19 Rail 21 Truncate Took office 29 Hole 30 Nights 23 Heroine 25 Refuge 26 Lotto 31 Screw loose. 28 Tell. 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 25, 2017 COMMUNITY POP SPOT

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Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran’s album and singles sales suggest he is probably the most popular artist on the planet. But it seems this is not the case among fans of the Game of Thrones television series. The opening episode of the latest series was marked, some would say marred, by a cameo appearance from Ed. He played a soldier who sings a song while sitting around a campfire with a group of other soldiers. Actress Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark, is a massive fan. It was her devotion to Ed’s music which prompted Game of Thrones co-creator David Benioff to have Ed appear on the show as a surprise for Maisie. Indeed, David had apparently been attempting to arrange things with Ed for several years. Maisie joined the scene as her character overheard Ed’s singing. She was invited to share a meal with the soldiers although Ed’s dialogue with her was restricted to just two lines. His cameo was not well received. One fan unkindly insisted it was Public Service Broadcasting performs at the National Space Center during their The Race For Space Tour. the worst thing he had ever seen on the show. Photo by Paul Hudson/Flickr Ed is by no means the first music star to feature on Game of Thrones. Guitarist Wilko Johnson played mute executioner Ser Ilyn Payne in four episodes while Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody and Coldplay’s Will Champion, along with members of Mastodon, Sigur Ros and Of Monsters and Men, have all made cameo appearances. Eight years of Public Service Ed had already said he no longer intended to read his Twitter page because of the abusive comments he was receiving. The backlash now has caused him to delete the account. Let us hope fans of The Simpsons cartoon series might be a little Broadcasting success kinder. Ed recently announced he would be the latest music star to appear on the show.

invention of colour television to a clearly Every Valley documents the decline of Billy Corgan By Geoff rey Rowlands drunk Thomas Woodrooff e’s 1937 radio the mining industry in Wales. broadcast at the Spithead naval review. “I actually had the idea for this album Billy Corgan fans with some money to spare might be interested The album confi rmed Public Service before The Race for Space. I wanted to in buying at least one of the 150 items which Billy will soon be t was eight years ago when London- Broadcasting’s growing popularity by get away from big, epic subjects and do off ering for sale at reverb.com based J Willgoose, Esq. came up peaking at number 21 on the UK chart. something on a more human level. The Billy Corgan Reverb Shop opens on August 16. It will feature with the concept for Public Service Despite the suggestion by some critics “Through the National Union of a range of Billy’s personal musical possessions covering his time Broadcasting. He would create that their musical formula could become Mineworkers, I was able to record with Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan and as a solo artist. music around samples from old repetitive, the duo’s second album, 2015’s interviews with old miners. There was A few of the star lots include a modified 1988 Fender Stratocaster publicI information fi lms and archive The Race for Space, proved even more also a great deal of audio and fi lm in the guitar, two Alesis drum machines, a 1969 Gibson EB-3 bass guitar footage with the objective of “teaching the popular. It reached number 11 in Britain. South Wales Miners Library at Swansea and a vintage 1950s accordion. All instruments and equipment are lessons of the past through the music of “I did wonder where we might go after University.” provenanced from their use on specific songs, albums and tours. the future.” the fi rst album,” Willgoose admitted. Now a trio thanks to the permanent For more details, visit (no www.) reverb.com/news/billy-corgan- Willgoose premiered what was then a “But the space race suggested itself for a recruitment of J.F. Abraham, who had artist-shop-preview one-man-show at a pub in Tooting, south number of reasons, not least the fact that I recorded and played live with Willgoose London, in August, 2009. Although the was very interested in it. and Wrigglesworth for several years, Kid Rock audience response was positive, it proved “I did a lot of reading, watched Public Service Broadcasting recorded diffi cult to present what was a complex documentaries and of course scoured the Every Valley at a hall in the south Wales Kid Rock has declared his intention to run for off ice at the next performance as a solo artist. NASA Audio Collection and BFI archives. town of Ebbw Vale. In addition to Lisa-Jen election to the US Senate. Recruiting Wrigglesworth as a second I also used the excellent Apollo Flight Brown, other guest vocals were provided Real name Robert Ritchie, Kid Rock is no stranger to the political multi-instrumentalist opened up greater Journal which was a great help. I was by the Beaufort Male Choir, James Dean arena. He campaigned for Donald Trump during the 2016 possibilities. It was also useful to have concerned about getting Russian footage Bradfi eld of Manic Street Preachers and presidential election and even sold Trump merchandise. He has help in transporting the vintage television but the BFI inherited a whole tranche of Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura. now begun his own campaign with “Kid Rock for U.S. Senate” sets and modern video projection devices Russian material so it was relatively plain “It seemed important to record the bumper stickers, T-shirts, caps and yard signs. which form an integral part of Public sailing once this fell into place.” album in south Wales. I wanted it to feel Fans have questioned if this might be a marketing ploy in advance Service Broadcasting’s live shows. The album also marked a change of connected to the area it was written about of a new album. But Kid has been at pains to insist his campaign is Their 2010 recording debut, EP One, musical direction. While spoken word in ways our previous albums hadn’t been.” genuine and he will seek election as the Republican candidate for was praised by critics. But it was their samples remained prevalent, a choir was A staunch supporter of Britain’s Labour his home state of Michigan on November 6, 2018. 2010 second EP, The War Room, which used on two tracks and English indie folk Party, while Willgoose insists Every Valley If Kid does run, he will struggle to unseat the Democrat really got them noticed. With unrestricted duo Smoke Fairies, Katherine Blamire is not overtly political, the miners’ strike incumbent, Debbie Strabenow. She has represented Michigan in access to the British Film Institute’s and Jessica Davies, provided vocals of 1984-85 features prominently on the the Senate since 2000. archives, Willgoose and Wrigglesworth on Valentina, a song about Valentina album. Led by Arthur Scargill of the NUM wove spoken word and sound eff ect Tereshkova, the fi rst female cosmonaut. against Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Ariana Grande samples from World War II public “The earlier songs didn’t need government, many mineworkers were information fi lms through a magical mix additional vocals. The archive samples divided about the strike action because Singer Ariana Grande has become the first person to be made an of electronic music ranging from indie- provided the lyrics. Also, I was no singer. there had been no national vote. This was honorary citizen of Manchester. rock to synth-pop and krautrock to drum I didn’t feel like I’d be happy doing vocals also the reason why so few other major The award was bestowed upon her in recognition of Ariana’s ‘n’ bass. on a song and I wouldn’t be comfortable unions supported the NUM. response to the murder of 22 people, and maiming of many more, The project was particularly poignant playing it to other people.” These facts are not mentioned on Every by a suicide bomber at the end of her concert at the Manchester for Willgoose and his family. The War Despite his words, Willgoose does Valley. To be fair, it specifi cally refl ects Arena on May 22. Room was dedicated to his great-uncle, sing on a track from Public Service the views of the south Wales mining Ariana quickly arranged the One Love benefit concert which took George Willgoose, who was killed at Broadcasting’s smash hit new album, community although Willgoose says the place at the Emirates Old Traff ord cricket ground on June 4. Dunkirk, aged just 26. It is George’s Every Valley. album’s themes are not just about Wales. Apart from Freedom of the City, Manchester council had no award banjolele which Willgoose now plays. “My vocals are on You + Me which is “The story of the Welsh mining to recognise outstanding and exceptional contributions. They Another EP, Signal 30, was followed by an English and Welsh language duet with industry is mirrored in abandoned created the honorary citizen status especially for a very grateful their 2013 debut album, Inform - Educate Lisa-Jen Brown of the Welsh indie-folk and neglected communities across the Ariana. - Entertain. Tracks covered everything band, 9Bach. I had no plans to sing but the western world. It has led to the resurgence “I don’t know what to say,” she stated. “I’m moved and from the creation of the Spitfi re aircraft to intended vocalist didn’t turn up so I was of a particularly malignant, cynical and honoured. My heart is still very much in Manchester. I love you. the conquering of Mount Everest and the pretty much obliged to sing on the track.” calculating brand of politics.” Thank you.” Tuesday, July 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY Why it’s not too soon to worry about Confederate them (although usually before they like, three,” adds the interviewer, By Ellen Gray premiered, not after). I tried not to who’s undercounting, too, but not worry too much about what was in by so much to suggest the show’s the pipeline, because the pipeline cast of hundreds is diverse. here are alternate has a way of getting clogged. Pilots, That doesn’t disqualify Benioff universes and then there brilliant or not, often don’t make it and Weiss from casting a wider net are alternate universes. to series, anyway. for their next, very diff erent show. One, potentially, is But that world is over. We live in But they work in an industry where the universe envisioned the universe of the hot take, where minorities and women regularly byT Game of Thrones creators DB insta-opinions are currency. And I get passed over for jobs because Weiss and David Benioff , whose can understand how nuts that must of perceived lack of experience next project for HBO, announced feel for people just starting out in an area. Even assuming that I last week, is called Confederate, and with an idea, particularly for a show thought a show about a modern- would take place “in an alternate that’s probably two to three years day Confederacy was a great idea timeline, where the southern states away. There’s one more season of at a time when a worrying number have successfully seceded from the Game of Thrones after all. of people seem to miss the old one, Union, giving rise to a nation in At the same time, criticism what makes Benioff and Weiss, which slavery remains legal and has is about more than giving a beyond being “history nerds” with evolved into a modern institution.” thumbs-up or thumbs-down on a the clout that comes with a hit Another possible world is the fi nished product. It’s an ongoing show, believe they’re the people to one proposed by one of Weiss and conversation about the place of bring it to us? Benioff ’s two African American this kind of entertainment in our In a more egalitarian Hollywood, partners, Nichelle Tramble culture. we might be seeing pitches for all Spellman, who suggested, during The HBO programming executive kinds of alternate universes. Who the quartet’s phone interview who decided a story that included would get to make the show, for with Josef Adalian of Vulture, that slavery as “a modern institution” instance, about a United States that critics’ visceral (or in my case, was a great idea is the same one wasn’t built on the unpaid labour of stomach-churning) responses to who’s been remarkably tone-deaf enslaved people? What might that HBO’s announcement might be about sexualised violence toward country look like? Would Nichelle premature: SPOTLIGHT: David Benioff and DB Weiss at the 68th Primetime Emmy women in HBO dramas, including and Malcolm Spellman have been “I do understand their concern,” Awards in Los Angeles. Game of Thrones. I wish I trusted able to get an idea of their own said the writer and executive his judgement on this. I don’t. creation on HBO without the guys producer, a veteran of The Good night, when they watched and then done in the past, what Malcolm has And then there’s Game of from Game of Thrones? Wife whose husband, Malcolm they made a decision after they done in the past, what the DB’s have Thrones, whose own alternate I’m all for exploring new and Spellman (Empire), is also a partner, watched an hour of television as done in the past, proves that. So, I universe is pretty white, as British diff erent worlds — past, present writer and executive producer on to whether or not we succeeded in would have loved an opportunity actor and Star Wars star John and future. But until everyone has Confederate, the idea for which what we set out to do. The concern for the conversation to start once Boyega attempts to point out in his an equal shot at the time machine, came from Weiss and Benioff . is real. But I think that the four of the show was on the air.” cover interview with GQ. “There please don’t expect me not to “I wish their concern had us are very thoughtful, very serious, Hey, I used to live and write in are no black people on Game ask questions about where the been reserved to the night of the and not fl ip about what we are that world. I loved that world. of Thrones,” Boyega says in the people with the keys are headed. — premiere, on HBO, on a Sunday getting into in any way. What I’ve People made shows, I reviewed interview. “To be fair, there are, Philadelphia Daily News/TNS

Kriti ‘super’ excited to Kriti was thrilled. “Woah! Flying high Brown sues concert see ‘Sushant in Space’ literally? I’m sure your mom will be really organisers citing extreme proud! Keep shining Sush. Super excited to ‘emotional distress’ Actress Kriti Sanon, rumoured to be see Sushant in Space.” dating her Raabta co-star Sushant Singh Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur also went down Singer Chris Brown, who has Rajput, is super excited to see him “fl ying memory lane and shared his dreams as a child. sued the concert organisers over a high” and he being in space. “My dream as a kid was to be an 2015 incident in the Philippines, has Sushant tweeted his photo, which seems astronaut, staring at the night skies for now claimed that he went through to have been taken at a Nasa facility in the hours, dreaming of fi nding friends in the emotional distress because of that. US. milky way. So take me there,” he wrote. According to TMZ.com, the He captioned it: “From a miniature rocket Sushant had earlier shared his excitement 28-year-old Grammy-winner to a life size one, this grown up kid will never about heading to a Nasa centre to prepare said that he suffered “extreme” cease to dream. My mother always wanted for his next fi lm, Chanda Mama Door Ke — a emotional distress after he was her ‘Sushant in Space’!” space adventure. — IANS initially not permitted to leave the country in July of 2015 following a concert in Manila. The 2015 show was a make-up date for a previous show he’d been slated to hold on New Year’s Eve of 2014, but did not make it there because he was unable to fi nd his passport. “The Virginia-born singer said that on the day after his show, he was stopped from departing the hotel he’d been staying at by a group of men armed with weapons, according to the outlet,” reports dailymail.co.uk. Grammy award winner Brown is known for hits including Run It! and has also acted in Stomp The Yard BIG MOMENT: Sushant Singh Rajput’s day out. and Think Like A Man. — IANS LAW SUIT: Chris Brown. 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 25, 2017 COMMUNITY Climate concerns fuel more travel to fragile corners of the world

Small mangrove plants are meant to replenish some of the tropical trees that have been lost in Sri Lanka. The Dancers are dressed up to celebrate the opening of a mangrove centre in Sri California-based environmental non-profit Seacology has pumped millions of dollars into mangrove restoration projects Lanka, where work is ongoing to restore the population of these tropical trees. on this island nation.

Greenland’s communities and ice By Elaine Glusac fj ords, from $5,995. Some operators encourage citizen scientists to help researchers mid piles of dried with their work. The nonprofi t chillies, straw baskets EarthWatch Institute runs “Climate and ripe papaya, Jeevanti Change at the Arctic’s Edge” trips, in Chatuvina’s wares – which travellers take water and tree represented by her sister core samples to measure the health Amodelling a gold-studded red sari, of animals and plants (from $2,014 dramatic eyeliner and a perfectly for seven days). EarthWatch Institute coiff ed chignon – glamorised the also off ers teen-only departures. weekly market found on the edge of a Over the next two summers, lagoon lush with mature mangroves A mangrove forest in Sri Lanka, where eff orts are being made to ensure these tropical trees don't disappear. Poseidon Expeditions will run trips about an hour’s drive north of to the North Pole featuring a citizen Colombo in Sri Lanka. nonprofi t, on one of its tours that of tourists rose almost 24 percent they love.” “Our most signifi cant science programme to collect data Her bridal beauty business, like the showcase its projects. Mangrove in 2015. Last year, tourism grew contribution to the realm of on sea ice thickness and melting others at the pop-up, represents the restoration in Sri Lanka is its largest by nearly 10 percent – more than sustainability is utilising the (from $6,960 for 10 days). Data from economic link between protecting ever, with the organisation donating double the global average. American experiences our travellers are the operator’s fi rst citizen science the mangroves – as nurseries of the $5 million over fi ve years to protect travellers represented one-third of having as ‘Aha!’ moments to come launch, in 2015, is already being used island’s fi sh stocks, tsunami buff ers more than 21,000 acres of coastal the 34,539 travellers who visited back and do more to protect the by the Arctic Research Consortium of and CO2 sinks – and sustaining mangroves by bringing the micro- Antarctica this past winter, according planet and our species,’” said the United States’ Sea Ice Prediction communities dependent on them. loan programme to 15,000 rural to the International Association of Ted Martens, vice president of Network. “We can’t do mangrove women. Meeting the programme’s Antarctica Tour Operators, by far the marketing and sustainability at Lindblad is celebrating its 50th conservation without the budding entrepreneurs and largest contingent (Chinese travellers Natural Habitat Adventures, a anniversary in the Galapagos this people,” said Anuradha “Anu” exploring solutions to environmental come in second at 12 percent). wildlife-focused tour company summer with cruises aboard the Wickramasinghe, co-founder of challenges with fi eld experts were the “The Arctic and the Antarctic are that off sets the carbon emissions 96-passenger National Geographic Sudeesa, a Sri Lanka nonprofi t highlights of an itinerary also fi lled changing in dramatic ways, more of its operations by funding green Endeavor II (10 days from $6,960) advocating for small-scale fi shing with more tourist-friendly activities, so than anywhere on Earth,” said technology projects. and the new National Geographic and farming operations. It was his like a walking tour of Colombo, visits Sven Lindblad, founder and CEO of Natural Habitat runs trips in Global Explorers Program. The idea to provide business training to Hindu and Buddhist temples, and Lindblad Expeditions, the pioneer partnership with the World Wildlife latter’s educational activities include and $100 micro-loans to some meals both traditional and trendy. of cruise travel to Antarctica and Fund that have generated $10 million collecting plankton, recording of the poorest women in coastal From the broken Paris climate the Galapagos. “Clearly, there is a since 2003 for WWF programmes wildlife sightings and earning an fi shing communities in exchange pact to the collapsing ice shelf in greater sense of urgency and interest confronting deforestation in the infl atable Zodiac boat “driver’s for their protection of the vital Antarctica, climate issues have on the part of travellers to see and Amazon and preserving orangutan license.” ecosystem, applying a social fi x to an dominated recent headlines. understand these environments.” habitats in Borneo, among others. During the 2017/2018 Antarctic environmental problem caused by Providing access to those front lines, The travel industry contributes Natural Habitat’s six-day trips to see travel season, Abercrombie & Kent’s logging, mass prawn farming and, in the travel industry has mirrored to carbon emissions, of course, but polar bears in Canada cost $6,195 (all Classic Antarctica departure Jan. the northern areas, civil war. “They eco-concerns with the growth of tour operators argue that exposure rates are per person). 6 is devoted to “Understanding get training from us and seed money climate-focused trips. to threatened regions converts With World Wildlife Fund- Climate Change” and features from Seacology.” Many of these trips are the curious to conservation. As Canada, Adventure Canada is noted Antarctic researcher Dr James This spring, I joined Seacology, concentrated at the poles. In oceanographer Jacques Cousteau off ering an “Arctic Safari” from McClintock (from $13,495 for 12 the California-based environmental Greenland, for example, the number once said, “People protect what July 30 to Aug. 10 that explores days). – TNS