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IN A NUTSHELL: There is a broad community of immunosuppressed residents who long ago adopted the lifestyle changes public off icials now tout as a means of avoiding contagion: Wash your hands, and wash them often. Don’t touch your face. Avoid that handshake. Keep your distance from people who cough and sneeze.

COVER From the edge STORY How to avoid coronavirus? Lessons from people whose lives depend on it. P4-5

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hen news of the the courtroom treatment, by coronavirus broke at confronting it with a rational the end of last year, counter-statement. For example, and as the stories if your persistent thought is from the outbreak something like “Everyone I love becameW more alarming over time, I will die from this virus” you can found myself wondering how health counter it with factual statements anxiety suff erers were coping. such as “Actually, most people who You see, I used to be one. In late get Covid-19 are likely to make a 2015, I suff ered a post-traumatic full recovery, and that’s assuming stress disorder relapse which led mum, dad and my little sister will to debilitating anxiety, much of even catch it at all.” As my mother which was health related. During always says: “just because you think that period, I was paralysed by the something, doesn’t make it true.” thought of becoming ill and dying. I was constantly checking for 5) Do some exercise symptoms and signs of disease online Even if it’s just star jumps in your and I was fi xated on the health of my bedroom, or shaking your body parts loved ones. like you’re in the warm-up section After treatment, including of a hippie acting class, exercise trauma-focused CBT, I almost will help get the adrenaline out of completely recovered. But I your system and channel the panic remember vividly how it felt to be elsewhere. in an all-consuming state of panic. For many months, it ruled my entire 6) Breathing and grounding existence. Approximately 40 million exercises American adults – roughly 18% of From guided yogic breathing to the population – have an anxiety using a strong smell (I favoured disorder, while in the UK there were lavender oil), grounding exercises 8.2 million cases of anxiety in 2013. can help bring you back to reality. I There are few statistics about health SOCIAL DISTANCE: As the coronavirus pandemic has spread, off icials worldwide have advised social distancing from also found bending over to touch my anxiety, but it can aff ect those who crowds to avoid contracting Covid-19. toes and then very slowly standing have an existing anxiety disorder or up starting at the base of my spine to those who have experienced a life be benefi cial, as it centres me. You event such as bereavement, birth can look for examples online, but trauma or an accident. In times like sometimes, something as simple as these, where a global pandemic sitting on the fl oor can help. is taking up most of the media conversation, it can be even more 7) Allocate yourself a daily diffi cult to stay calm. “worry period” Give yourself half an hour to Here is some advice that may give worry about this to your heart’s some comfort to those of you who are content, and then you have to go and struggling. do something else.

1) Avoid the (health-related) 8) Treat yourself news Anything that will give you a little We all want to keep up to date, boost can help. It doesn’t need to but when you have health anxiety involve spending money: you can the need to check and read the latest also cook yourself something nice, updates can become compulsive, have a hot bath, or listen to a song feeding the anxiety. Try having a you love. news detox, or allocating yourself a time limit for reading or watching 9) Remember that your news. If you’re really worried about anxious state isn’t permanent missing something crucial, you When you are in it, anxiety always can always tell friends and family feels as though it will never end, but to contact you in the event of an it will. It’s hard to remember this, emergency situation in order to keep but do try. I genuinely thought that you informed. I would never recover, and now even though we are in a public health 2) Try not to seek constant BRINGING BACK TO REALITY: From guided yogic breathing to using a strong smell, grounding exercises can help crisis, I feel calm and have things in reassurance bring you back to reality. perspective. It’s a worrying time, Seeking reassurance can make you and many of us, myself included, feel calmer for a little while, but in my tell you things will be OK, but when Dr Google is not, and never will be, understanding it’s a skewed lens, will have loved ones who might experience, it is always temporary. you start needing that reassurance your friend, especially not when you you’ll be better able to put things in be showing symptoms, but the Your brain creates a feedback cycle several times a day it’s time to take a are a suff erer of health anxiety. Nor perspective. tendency to jump to the worst case where you become increasingly step back. will message-boards and forums. scenario very rarely refl ects reality. reliant on reassurance, which only Try to remember that people visit 4) Try a countering technique Be kind to yourself. It may be a bit serves to reinforce the anxiety. It’s 3) Introduce an absolute ban on these places when they have reason This is a CBT exercise which cheesy, but this too shall pass. natural to want your loved ones to Googling symptoms to be concerned. Once you start involves giving a persistent thought – The Guardian 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 17, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Caution that cannot be overemphasised As the highly contagious new coronavirus continues its spread, the general public could learn a thing or two from Andrea Amelse and millions of others with weakened immune systems who already live by rules of infection control, writes Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Viruses don’t pick and choose; they will latch on anywhere. Even if it’s not a serious illness for you, there are people in your life that you can infect. You have the obligation and the responsibility to take care of your loved ones ‘ — Andrea Amelse, autoimmune patient ’ Tuesday, March 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

ndrea Amelse knows prevent infection, Fishman said hand-washing. many of his patients don’t get For the past eight sick any more frequently than the years, she’s been general population, despite their washing her hands vulnerabilities. But when they do, Apretty much every time she passes the illnesses tend to last longer, a sink. When she’s near a bottle of be more severe and put people antibacterial gel, she uses it. She at higher risk for additional makes a point of avoiding people infections. He counsels patients with contagious illnesses, even to be vigilant, but also to live their though it can be uncomfortable to lives and not be ruled by fear. ask to work from home or miss a Dr Deborah Adey, a transplant date with friends. And she makes nephrologist for UCSF Health, sure she gets plenty of sleep, not echoed Fishman, saying she likes always easy at age 25. to fi nd ways to help her patients Amelse was diagnosed in 2012 carry on with their lives. A patient with lupus, an autoimmune disease recently asked if it was OK to fl y to that makes her vulnerable to Salt Lake City, and she suggested infections. She’s since developed they drive instead. pulmonary arterial hypertension, a Gauging the risks can be tough. condition that requires intravenous Amelse was relieved when a therapy via a central line to her major health conference she was heart. Both illnesses place her scheduled to attend recently in at heightened risk for viral and Florida was cancelled at the last bacterial illnesses. So, she has minute. She wasn’t sure it was safe adapted as a matter of survival, to travel, but it also was unclear taking to heart long-standing how to categorise an important axioms on what constitutes good work trip: Was this essential? hygiene. Nonessential? As the highly contagious new Adey conducts follow-up coronavirus continues its spread appointments via teleconferencing through the US, the general where possible, to keep her patients public could learn a thing or two Dr Deborah Adey, a transplant out of medical facilities. Hospitals from Amelse and the millions of are, by design, places for the sick, other Americans with weakened nephrologist for UCSF Health, and people with compromised immune systems who already immune systems are generally live by rules of infection control. conducts follow-up appointments advised to avoid them and the Whether it’s people who had viruses and bacteria potentially recent organ transplants, people via teleconferencing where inside. undergoing chemotherapy or possible, to keep her patients out Similar to what public people with chronic diseases, officials are advising the general America has a broad community of medical facilities. Hospitals are, population, Adey does not of immunosuppressed residents recommend that her patients wear who long ago adopted the lifestyle by design, places for the sick, and face masks when out in public changes public offi cials now tout or even at the clinic. “The only as a means of avoiding contagion: people with compromised immune people I would recommend is if Wash your hands, and wash them systems are generally advised to they’ve got a lot of close contact often. Don’t touch your face. with the general public, and they Avoid that handshake. Keep your avoid them and the viruses and can’t afford to be off work.” distance from people who cough While much has been made of and sneeze. bacteria potentially inside the hoarding sprees for face masks, Amelse doesn’t follow the advice the empty hand sanitiser shelves perfectly — of course she touches are equally frustrating for Amelse. her face sometimes. “You do these immune systems or complex take into account what people can Similarly, avoiding crowds and Every 48 hours, she has to mix and things unknowingly, so forcing diseases. and will do, he said. Children, for staying away from sick people is administer drugs she places in an IV yourself to break these habits can Health offi cials are asking those example, are among the greatest easy for some but can be all but that goes into her heart. Everything be challenging,” she said. But the at risk to stockpile two-week germ vectors of all time, but impossible if you work in food must be sanitised, and she typically incentive to keep getting better is supplies of essential groceries and Fishman doesn’t ask his patients service, for example. Find ways to gets monthly shipments of there. “If you get a cold and you medicines in case they need to with grandchildren to stay away avoid the risks and reduce them antibacterial wipes and sanitiser. give me that same cold, you might shelter at home; to avoid crowds from their young family members. where possible. If suppliers run out, she’s worried get it for a week. I’ll get it for a and heavily traffi cked areas; to defer “We did the transplant so you can Though there isn’t great she’ll have to go to a hospital to month.” nonessential travel; and to track see your grandchildren,” he might research on how well transplant have the drugs administered — Even with her dedication, what’s going on in their community, tell them. patients and others manage to exactly where her doctors don’t Covid-19 is proving a daunting so they know how strictly to follow want her to be. prospect to face. And she has a this advice. Offi cials are desperately working stake in Americans adopting these Infection control always follows on a vaccine for the coronavirus for habits because, while the disease a similar set of principles, said use in as little as 12 to 18 months. is relatively minor for many people Dr Jay Fishman, director of the But many vaccines are made from who get it, it can be life-threatening Transplant Infectious Disease and live viruses and can’t be given to for people with pre-existing Compromised Host Program at some immunosuppressed people. conditions. Massachusetts General Hospital Given the risk Covid-19 poses for Amelse works at a health literacy and a professor at Harvard Medical people with compromised immune startup in Minneapolis that helps School. The most important things systems, the government needs patients with complicated diseases for people to do right now are the to stress how important it is for learn about their illness. She knows things he always recommends to everyone to follow good hygiene a lot about health and how to his organ transplant and cancer protocols, said Fishman. “The prevent infection. Still, the threat patients. Again, think hand- worst thing we can do is downplay of Covid-19 is unnerving, for her washing and avoiding spaces where it.” and her doctors. sick people congregate. And for those just getting up to With a virus so new, offi cial Still, the recommendations speed on preventing infections, guidance on what people at aren’t one-size-fi ts-all. Some Amelse has advice: “Viruses don’t heightened risk should do to steer people are born with stronger pick and choose; they will latch clear of Covid-19 is limited. But immune systems, and immune on anywhere,” she said. Even if it’s the Centers for Disease Control and defi cits exist on a spectrum, said not a serious illness for you, “there Prevention recently said the virus Fishman. How strict people need are people in your life that you can seems to hit hardest in people 60 to be to prevent illness can vary STILL SOME DISTANCE: Off icials are desperately working on a vaccine infect. You have the obligation and and older with underlying health depending on how susceptible they for the coronavirus for use in as little as 12 to 18 months. But many vaccines the responsibility to take care of concerns. There is also concern are. are made from live viruses and can’t be given to some immunosuppressed your loved ones.” for younger people with limited Recommendations also need to people — Kaiser Health News 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 17, 2020 COMMUNITY FASHION Jewellery follows unisex fashion Zayn Malik and Virgil Abloh are among male celebrities decking out their ears, necks and wrists, writes Ellie Violet Bramley

hairy chests with gold medallions. Hip-hop stars have been big on jewellery for years: Run DMC, Slick Rick and Big Daddy Kane set trends with their huge gold rope chains. For years in certain circles, men have been wearing enamelled pins and signet rings – signifi ers, says the fashion author Tony Glenville, of “the upper crust and landed gentry”. But now they are “just the tip of the iceberg”. Functionality has often been seen as a guide to what’s acceptable. In 1860, Cecil B SPOTTED: The former One Direction singer Zayn Malik has been wearing Hartley, the author of The unisex jewellery in various photoshoots and public appearances. Gentlemen’s Book of Etiquette, said men should let their jewellery “have some use”. Signet rings, for example, were used to stamp and seal documents. But now aesthetics have taken over. “It’s not about peacocking,” says Glenville. “It’s about jewels. A diamond earring or a brooch, an exquisite necklace or a great RAPPER WRAPS: The bejewelled British-born rapper Slick Rick in 2004. bracelet – especially with severe, classic or tailored menswear; it’s a great look.” here was a time when website Lyst, searches for men’s It follows a shift towards greater wearing a boyband-style jewellery have increased 23% gender fl uidity in fashion, with dogtag was seen as the compared with last year, with Converse this week launching its peak of male adornment, bracelets the top-performing fi rst “genderless” clothing line and but now men are category. many more high-fashion labels, increasinglyT embracing jewellery, A raft of brands, such as Miansai, from Balenciaga to Tom Ford, stacking rings and bracelets and Shaun Leane, Tom Wood, Maria opting for coed catwalk shows in adorning ears with multiple gems. Black and the Chalamet-favourite recent years. This week, the former One Vita Fede are catering to demand, Mona Jensen, the founder and Direction singer Zayn Malik was off ering men-specifi c jewellery, creative director of Tom Wood, announced as the face of the unisex unisex collections or simply not said: “A few years back, I felt jewellery label Martyre. Virgil dividing their off ering by gender. men looked at jewellery as more Abloh, a weather vane for fashion’s Last October, the Tiff any & Co feminine objects. But as traditional direction of travel, this week launched its fi rst comprehensive ideas of what’s feminine and what’s launched more offi ce supplies- men’s collection. Also last year, masculine are blurring, this is no inspired jewellery – paperclip Alighieri, the Hatton Gardens longer the case … Now men and bracelets, earrings and necklaces jeweller that recently won women dress the same, and with decorated with colourful diamonds the Queen Elizabeth II award, this tendency jewellery naturally – and was pictured wearing one branched out from antique- follows as a key accessory.” of the collection’s bejewelled inspired women’s pieces into men’s According to Glenville: “The necklaces. pendants and rings. fi nest exponent of men wearing Malik and Abloh join a number The British jewellery designer jewels without it being ‘men’s’ of male celebrities decking out Shaun Leane said, “It is exciting jewellery is Gherardo Felloni.” their ears, necks and wrists. The to see men becoming more The creative director at the luxury actor Timothée Chalamet is a fan, experimental in the jewellery they fashion brand Roger Vivier can sometimes spotted in dozens of wear; it comes after a long period be spotted on his Instagram page pieces at once. The Gucci designer of men being afraid to express their wearing elaborate green gemstone Alessandro Michele is rarely seen personality through jewellery.” necklaces and elegant chokers. without multiple rings on his While in some cultures “He wears them with ease … fi ngers and chains around his neck. men wearing jewellery is not just as the women the designers Harry Styles regularly wears a uncommon, in the west it has probably originally had in mind. plethora of gems, having last year been on a journey. “In Elizabethan It’s the masculine thing to wear pioneered a renaissance of the times, men were just as adorned jewels in a throwaway, casual Renaissance with a single pearl with jewels as the women were as manner, even with the sparkle. earring look reminiscent of Sir they symbolised fashion, status It’s not, ‘I’m a man wearing a Walter Raleigh. and innovation,” says Leane. necklace!’ It’s, ‘Oh, the necklace?’ STATEMENT: US designer Virgil Abloh at his Off -White show at Paris fashion According to the fashion search In the 1970s men accessorised Nonchalant.” – The Guardian week in February. Tuesday, March 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 7 INTERIOR DESIGN COMMUNITY

OLD IS GOLD: Old textiles can transform a place. Five inexpensive ways to freshen up your home

a fan of markets and junk shops. By Emine Saner Old textiles, she says, “really transform a place. Just putting one cushion made from an old ou don’t need to spend fabric on a new sofa instantly money on a statement makes it feel more homely.” She sofa. Instead, think advises looking out for old rugs. about your lighting “Go as big as possible and have and hunt down vintage as much of the furniture sitting piecesY in markets and junk shops. on the rug as you can.” She likes the Lohals jute rug from Ikea to Be patient use as a base, then layer smaller, It can be tempting – and affordable vintage rugs on top. expensive – to want to furnish a “That makes it feel cosy and is an house in one go, but Alexandra inexpensive way of transforming Stedman, who runs the interiors a space.” and lifestyle site The Frugality, advises living in a space “for as Think about the smaller long as possible. The best way of details making a house a home is to build A statement sofa is a budget- things up over time, with things buster, but small changes can that hold memories. It’s not about make a big difference in unloved buying everything brand new, off corners and rooms. Chande the rack. It could be a picture you suggests spending money on pick up at a car-boot sale and give interesting pillowcases to go a frame six months later, but then with cheaper, plain white bed it fi ts that perfect spot on the wall linen, and buying potted herbs to that has been missing something.” REPLACEMENT: Turn off overhead lights and get several lamps instead. brighten up kitchens and dining rooms. Pick up a selection of Switch it off interior, but if it’s badly lit, it’s home. Floor paint is a cheaper high street (we are not talking different picture frames from boot Turn off overhead lights, says going to feel awful.” and nicer alternative to carpet. antiques here). Plant recommends sales or charity shops, and frame the interior designer Joanna Plant, “Our fl oorboards aren’t perfect – antiques fairs and markets as things that mean something to and get several lamps instead. “I’ve Freshen up they’ve been hacked away to put good places to hunt out French you. “It could be a menu from counted mine in my sitting room “Paint is great for cleaning pipes in and they’re all chipped linen sheets: “They make great a restaurant you went to on a and I’ve got eight,” she says. Lamps rooms up,” says Stedman. “It – but once you put paint on, it upholstery fabric and curtaining.” special occasion or postcards,” can be bought inexpensively from doesn’t have to be expensive; if completely changes the room.” Silver cutlery, too: “Setting up a says Chande. “A collection of high-street chains or charity shops you’re doing it to make it fresh kitchen can be such an expensive small pictures together in smaller such as those run by the British and clean, bog-standard white Choose vintage thing to do, but you can go to spaces is very effective. Focus Heart Foundation. “Lighting is one paint looks great.” She used old As well as being more markets and buy silver cutlery for on areas that are sometimes of the most important things,” says paint left over from her last house, environmentally friendly, vintage five quid a bundle.” The interior overlooked, such as the kitchen.” Plant. “You can have a beautiful and donated by friends, in her can be much cheaper than the designer Lonika Chande is also – The Guardian 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 17, 2020 COMMUNITY GARDENING

IMPORTANT: Gardening experts say soil preparation is the most important thing you can do. Make LOCAL PLANTS: Before you plant, find out what grows well in your area. Go on an organised your first task and purchases devoted to soil prep, whether it’s buying good organic potting soil for a garden tour or two or visit nurseries and take notes about what plants you love and the few containers or adding organic amendments. conditions in which they’re grown. How to have a gorgeous garden Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive. But tell that to your pocketbook after you’ve made a trip to your local nursery or garden centre, writes Jeanette Marantos

etween the bags of adding organic amendments, such Grow with seeds special soils, tools, hoses, as compost, aged manure, coff ee That doesn’t mean seeds only, fertilisers, seed packets grounds and seaweed, to a garden Savio said, but some plants such as and, of course, plants, patch in your yard. beans, corn, squash, leafy greens, your plan to grow edibles Typically, you have to wait a week radishes and cucumbers grow easily Bor even a modest balcony of fl owers or two to plant after adding organic from seed. Instead of buying lettuce was never going to be a budget amendments because they raise seedlings, for instance, buy just a few project. Even worse: when all those the temperature of the soil as they to get a head start on your harvest new acquisitions result in a poor- decompose and ‘cook.’ You can’t and sow the rest for a staggered crop. performing garden, or it never even plant until the soil cools, so wait a Savio is featured on a “California’s gets planted. couple of weeks to buy plants. Green” episode with Huell Howser, We’ve all been there, especially as describing many ways to use recycled beginners. Take a deep breath, forgive Start with a few tools items for starting seeds and deep past indiscretions and read on for You don’t need many tools to watering in the garden. some practical ways to put more joy have a good garden, said Yvonne and less money into gardening. Savio, creator of the Gardening in Compost LA blog and a retired director of the Compost is vital for healthy soil, Make a plan and start small Los Angeles County Cooperative and you can make it cheaply and Break your garden plan into several Extension Master Gardener TOOL: Using a fork instead of a shovel is easier on your back and better for easily from kitchen scraps, lawn easy-to-accomplish steps. You’ll be programme. She recommends the soil. clippings, fallen leaves, shredded less likely to spend impulsively on starting with a sturdy hand trowel, newspapers and other materials that cool-but-unnecessary equipment a hand fork for scratching fertiliser hand clippers as well for about half you how to propagate plants from would otherwise go to landfi lls. Many or kill the plants you bought because and mulch around plants and a large the price. cuttings from their yard. municipalities off er free composting you didn’t have time to plant them. garden fork for incorporating organic workshops and discounted Be realistic about your space and amendments into the soil. Using a Check out local gardens Be realistic compost bins. Check out this home goals; do you really have time this fork instead of a shovel is easier on Before you plant, fi nd out what Make a list again, this time of composting guide distributed by the weekend to prep your garden bed your back and better for the soil, she grows well in your area. Go on the plants you want and where Los Angeles Department of Public and plant 60 seedlings (that’s 10 said. an organised garden tour or two you will put them, to keep impulse Works’ Sanitation Bureau. six-packs of fl owers and vegetables)? You might also invest in a good or visit nurseries and take notes spending at a minimum. If you’re If you want more hands-on Do you have room for 60 seedlings? shovel to dig large holes for trees about what plants you love and the planting an edible garden, grow instruction, call your county or Spreading out the work will make or shrubs and a pair of sturdy hand conditions in which they’re grown. vegetables your family will eat, city public works department or go things easier on your wallet too. clippers. Scout out garden tools at Protect your heart and your wallet Savio said, and look for plants that online to fi nd composting classes Gardening experts say soil garage and estate sales. It’s wise to by seeking plants in harmony with provide the biggest bang for your and special deals on bins. Short preparation is the most important buy sturdy, well-made equipment, your growing conditions. buck. For instance, you might love on space? Lots of municipal and thing you can do (after fi guring but high-quality tools don’t have to And don’t forget your nearest cabbage or caulifl ower, but they other government agencies off er out the sunniest spot in your yard be the most expensive. For instance, resource: your neighbours. Many require lots of space and produce instructions for worm composting or patio). Make your fi rst task and Swiss-made Felco 1-inch hand gardeners are eager to talk about only one head per plant. Broccoli as well as free workshops and purchases devoted to soil prep, pruners are the gold standard for what they grow and may even be keeps producing smaller bunches discounted worm bins. which are whether it’s buying good organic garden tools, but Corona tools (based willing to share seeds or volunteer of tender edibles after the main small enough to fi t on a balcony. potting soil for a few containers or in Corona) makes excellent 1-inch to give you some seedlings or show head is harvested. – Los Angeles Times/TNS Tuesday, March 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 9 BOOK REVIEW COMMUNITY Florida’s real estate boom crashes in Bubble in the Sun

Christopher Knowlton’s absorbing new book examines the boom with clarity and insight, not to mention lots of juicy dish about the personal lives of some of the high rollers, writes Colette Bancroft

he value of Florida him to open his office, and they real estate soars to bought all 300 lots available, at giddy heights, homes an average cost of $5,610, in three doubling and tripling hours. in price, bare lots in Later that year, Knowlton plannedT developments selling writes, Davis, “feeling especially out and flipping before the ink cocky,” announced he would is dry on the closing papers. marry the next queen of Homeowners and investors Gasparilla, whoever she was – and alike plunge into new financial he did. Neither the marriage nor products, caught up in the frenzy Davis’ next grand development of speculation. Fortunes grow idea, in St Augustine, worked even faster than buildings rise. out as well as Davis Islands had. And then it all crumbles like In 1926, Davis set sail for Paris sandcastles in a hurricane. with his young friend, intending Does that sound like the to divorce his wife (who was housing crash of 2008, in which already in Paris awaiting him). Florida was one of the hardest-hit Somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, states after flying high? he went overboard – fell, jumped Well, yes. But that was just or pushed, no one knows. His one more repeat of an old story. body was never recovered. Florida was the scene of an even Knowlton sketches many of more outlandish boom about a the other players in the boom, century ago, one that might have such as ‘Handsome Jack’ Taylor, had even more dire consequences who built the Roylat Hotel and than the recession that followed Pasadena-on-the-Gulf (now the 2008 crisis. That era is the Stetson University College of Law subject of Christopher Knowlton’s and Pasadena Estates), only to absorbing new book, Bubble in the abandon them abruptly, leaving Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s behind parrots and a small band of and How It Brought on the Great monkeys that lived on an island in Depression. a golf course lake. Knowlton, who has written He writes a mini-biography for Fortune, the New York Times of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and the Wall Street Journal beginning with her days as the and worked in the investment society reporter for the Miami business, brings expertise, deep EXPERT: Knowlton has written for Herald and following her path to research and a brisk style to the Fortune, the New York Times and the champion of the Everglades. The book. It’s a dauntingly complex Wall Street Journal and has worked environmental damage to that slice of history, but he examines in the investment business. unique place had its roots in the it with clarity and insight, not to 1920s boom. mention lots of juicy dish about islands in Hillsborough Bay and Some of the people who wanted the personal lives of some of the saw “a veritable Venice at one’s in on the boom were ambitious high rollers. home-door,” as one brochure for or naive, or both, but others were In 1915, Miami’s population was EXPLANATION: Knowlton explains the complicated reasons for the Davis Islands put it. outright crooks. You might not only about 10,000 people, and the real estate boom in the book, which include such factors as the then-new Davis rambled around the be surprised that the con artist Miami Herald had a staff of three availability of automobiles, mortgages and consumer credit as well as a country as a young man, working for whom the Ponzi scheme was reporters. Only a decade later, national trend toward suburbs and away from cities and rural areas. a variety of jobs. He made a little named practised a version of his in 1925, the city was booming money on a development in pyramid ploy in Florida. so enormously that the Herald’s Florida’s Legislature obligingly playgrounds for the rich, but the Miami, where, Knowlton writes, Whether they were rival, the Miami Daily News, got rid of the state income tax and boom of the 1920s drew a much he was “particularly taken with development moguls, fraudsters published “a 504-page edition inheritance tax in 1924, making broader swath of Americans. (Carl) Fisher’s use of dredgers or ordinary people looking for a in twenty sections, loaded with the state “an alluring tax haven Much of the book centres to haul sand from the seabed to place in the sun, almost no one real estate ads and weighing 7.5 overnight.” on a handful of powerful and convert sandbars into brand- came out of the crash whole. pounds.” One Miami real estate Knowlton explains the imaginative developers and the new islands or new waterfront Knowlton details its causes, which office, Knowlton writes, sold $34 complicated reasons for the Florida communities they created: property that could be sold for a included the devastating 1926 million worth of real estate in a boom, which include such factors Carl Fisher and Miami Beach, premium.” hurricane that nearly flattened single morning – and that’s in as the then-new availability of George Merrick and Coral Gables, In 1924, he returned to Tampa, Miami, and its repercussions. He 1920s dollars. automobiles, mortgages and Addison Mizner and Palm Beach. bought Big Grassy Key and Little argues that the boom’s collapse The Florida land boom “would consumer credit as well as a Colourful characters all, they Grassy Key, and hired a dredging had as big a part in causing the prompt the country’s greatest national trend toward suburbs and soared to fantastic heights of firm to “remove nine million cubic Great Depression as the stock migration of people, dwarfing away from cities and rural areas. wealth and lost everything. yards of sand from Hillsborough market crash of 1929, and in every previous westward exodus. Railroad magnates like the two Also among them was Tampa’s Bay” and pile it up to make dry Bubble in the Sun he makes a ... Six million people flowed Henrys, Plant and Flagler, had own D P Davis, who looked at a land. A month later, buyers stood fascinating case for that analysis. into the state in three years.” made Florida accessible and built couple of uninhabited mud-flat in line for 40 hours waiting for – Tampa Bay Times/TNS 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 17, 2020 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Tuesday, March 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Missing the gym? Hit neighbourhood park, or better workout at home

ith several states shed excess kilos,” Sharma told gathering is seen, this is a good step directing to shut IANS. taken. gyms in the According to Sami Kazmi, a New “Earlier where huge crowd was wake of growing Delhi-based certifi ed personal seen in places like cinema halls, Covid-19 scare, trainer, if you do not have access to malls, school, colleges, offi ces etc Wfi tness and health experts on gym for certain days, here is how have been ordered to remain close. Monday advised gym freaks to hit you can remain fi t at home. Gym on the other hand, though the neighbourhood parks and make “Perform some body-weight is not a mass gathering place, their home a place to work out. exercises at home like, squats, but at least 20-25 people gather,” They, however, cautioned to keep variation of lunges and push-ups, Budhiraja told IANS. distance while jogging or exercising static holds like plank, squat hold, “Containing a smaller place in parks and other open spaces in push up hold, bridge hold, etc.,” with improper ventilation, many societies. suggested Kazmi. people working out at the same The Delhi government on “Do yoga and meditation for time, has an increased chance of Monday directed the closure of all fl exibility and calmness and dance infection. While hygiene remains gymnasiums, nightclubs, theatres, for endurance and stamina,” he another major factor, it is neither weekly markets and spas in the city added. possible to check the complete till March 31, apart from gatherings As the gyms remain closed, sterility of the equipments after of more than 50 people. fi tness experts advise that working each use, nor it is possible to Manoj Sharma, Founder, The out at home, jogging in parks and restrict anybody with cough or personal trainer and fi tness “This is the best time to give your Inferno Fitness Club in Delhi/ reducing caloric intake can be right cold to enter into the gym,” he certifi cation (ISSA), said it is not body a break and recovery time,” NCR, hitting the gym is not the alternatives to maintain healthy explained. impossible to maintain healthy she added. right thing during the Covid-19 lifestyle. Fitness freaks and enthusiasts lifestyle regardless of the current “From squats, push-up, plank outbreak. According to Dr Sandeep can, meanwhile. opt for walking, situation. and Burpees, these are the best “Walking is the simplest and Budhiraja, Group Medical Director, jogging, stretching exercises or “Eat home-cooked meals and alternatives one can opt to cut some most inexpensive activity you Max Healthcare, while the yoga in open environments like work out at home. This is the best extra fat at home without going could do to win back good health. government is trying to eliminate park, suggested Budhiraja. time to work on abs, go for a jog to the gym, Diet control is also Try power yoga at home, if you›re all the possibilities of potentially Delhi-based Arushi Pande, a in the park or perform morning/ important in such situation,” said looking for a rigorous workout to risky environments where mass fi tness enthusiast who is pursuing evening walks,” said Pande. Amar, a fi tness enthusiast. – IANS

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

Your self-confidence will get you out of any sort of pickle you might Try not to get too worked up over other people’s actions that don’t Emotionally, you should feel good today, Gemini, so don’t let this be in today, Aries. Try not to get too emotional about any issue. Make concern you, Taurus. Recent events may have triggered responses confidence go to waste. Your inner light is shining brightly, so sure that you keep things light and energetic. If you seem to be stuck from others that now have a serious eff ect on you. Take some time know that you can use this to illuminate the path for others. Off er in the mud, don’t just sit there calling for help. Take the initiative to to really think about what part you wish to play in this drama. Is it in a sympathetic ear and comforting shoulder for someone to cry on dig yourself out and move to higher ground. your best interests to get involved? It’s undoubtedly time to distance tonight. People will be drawn to you like steel to a magnet. yourself from the situation. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

As much as you try to explain things, Cancer, others simply aren’t Feel free to ignite your passion with the help of the people around You may get caught up in gossip if you aren’t careful, Virgo, going to see them with your same intensity and do-or-die urgency. you, Leo. Join with those who share similar dreams and make a plan and people may find this off -putting. The maturity level of the Be careful that you don’t contrive a series of far-out stories that only for accomplishing whatever you choose. The more creative you can conversation is apt to drop significantly if you insist on talking about partially reflect the truth. Make sure the picture you paint is accurate be with your planning, data collecting, and execution, the better off others like they’re soap opera characters. Build your self-confidence or else others may lose faith in your judgment. you will be. The white-hot fire within you is ready to blaze. so you’re comfortable and you don’t need to use other people’s lives as topics of discussion. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Your enthusiasm is contagious, Libra, and you should do what you You may be at a high point right now and feeling very excited about Let your heart be the reassuring force in your life today if diff icult can to share this feeling with others. In matters of the heart, have things to come, Scorpio. You probably anticipate but have only a emotional issues come to the surface, Sagittarius. Your feelings are confidence that you know exactly where you stand. You also have vague notion of what’s just over the horizon. You may have a strong apt to be at a climactic point in your month. Your general sensitivity the map of the surrounding area and beyond. You have the ability to desire to rise high so you can see farther. In fact, you probably think toward the world is heightened. Try not to get too weighed down by get to any place you want to go. Accept the power that comes from that any place is better than your current spot. Have confidence in these inner stirrings. strong connections in you and with people around you. your future. It looks extremely bright. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Be open and communicative about your feelings today, Capricorn. When you enter a room, Aquarius, the dynamic suddenly changes. When it comes to issues of friendship, you’re likely to be in a tough Most people find it easy to share facts or concrete information. The Your presence has a powerful impact on other people. Don’t take situation, Pisces. The problem is that it may seem like there’s an challenge is to share something from your heart. Don’t think that it lightly. People may hang on your words like they’re listening to element of detachment developing. Your friend may be moving feelings always need to be kept secret. Just the opposite is true. the queen address to her kingdom. Make sure the content of your away from you instead of toward you. Make sure you leave the channels open for emotional expression. speech reflects the gravity of the situation. Make every word count. 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 17, 2020 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

Wordsearch Adam

Pooch Cafe

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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, March 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

Across Down 1 Some considerable team (4) 1 Fire people in competition (4,4) 3 Climbing plant found in varied 2 Material for study I’m making climates (8) (5) 9 Anxiety for the firm (7) 4 Nothing round trap for bird (6) 10 Rustic part of the lower Urals 5 What gives me right to it! (5) (5) 6 In a river or a rushing stream 11 Send clock back? (5) (7) 12 A choice of one in two, or 7 Only part of a shoe (4) possibly one in three (6) 8 Famous scientist adding 14 Managing to insert fastener in weight to novel (6) gearwheel (6) 13 Move off and fail to win on 16 Endless oriental holiday (6) opponents’ ground (4,4) 19 Shape made by tipsy cleric (6) 15 Dog seen in shower (7) 21 Cast worth altering (5) 17 Pudding with a drop of rum in 24 Material - South African elaborate feast (6) metal? (5) 18 To threaten people takes an 25 Raw rice cooked for jet set? expert (6) (7) 20 Train once a boat (5) 26 Here kids tumbled and made 22 Comparatively uncommon a lot of noise (8) age for retirement in Rolls-Royce 27 Cart reversed three feet (4) (5) 23 Snakes like empty pots (4) Solution Answers

Wordsearch Codeword 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 17, 2020 COMMUNITY BOLLYWOOD 13 has made me a stronger person: Rashami

By Simran Sethi

rom ugly spats with housemate to confessing love for beau – and then getting to know about his marriage, child and CANDID: Govinda says that Ranveer Singh is shaping formerF wife – actress ’s up to be the superstar of India through his films. stint in Bigg Boss 13 wouldn’t seem like a smooth one. Yet Rashami is elated. For Govinda is all praise for Ranveer one, the show has made her a household Singh, calls him ‘superstar’ name. Also, the fame actress says surviving the Bigg Boss house has After being praised by actor Ranveer Singh at a made her a stronger person. popular award function, Govinda is totally touched “I was the contestant who faced the by the former’s gesture. most diffi cult time inside the house. Taking to his Instagram stories, Govinda posted a My personal life was entirely out there. video and called Ranveer a “superstar”. It was not easy for me to handle such “I met you (at an award show) and I saw your a situation but at the end I did, and dance and was moved with the amount of respect that too with confi dence. The show you showered upon me. I don’t have the words to taught me a lot. The show changed praise you as a human being and actor either. Thank my perspective towards things. I am you so much for the respect and I pray to God that a stronger person now. I have started you become the next superstar of this industry. taking things in a positive manner. My “I have said this earlier and I can see you shaping patience level has increased. It was a up to be the superstar of India through your fi lms. I diff erent world. No doubt, I faced many feel very good to see you shine and rise higher and hard days there but made beautiful higher. May God bless you and all the best,” Govinda memories too,” Rashami said in an said. interview. During his performance at the gala, Ranveer Is she still in touch with any of her took out a moment to thank Govinda for being his Bigg Boss 13 housemates – especially inspiration. He said that Govinda was the reason he Sidharth? Rashami laughed and said: decided to become an actor. – IANS “I have not met Sidharth yet. I met (runner-up) Asim Riaz after the fi nale and spent some quality time with him. I am happy for him, he is doing well. I met ELATED: Rashami Desai is elated because the show has made her a household name. a couple of other contestants, too. I hope to meet all of them soon.” Naagin. Rashami added, about entering the On the professional front, Rashami “I consider myself lucky to get Colors show, while speaking on the has just bagged the popular fantasy an important role in Naagin 4. It’s a sidelines of Ample Missiion and Aneel show Naagin 4. She seems very happy diff erent character for me. I am quite Murarka’s fashion show Sindoor Khela. to be part of such a popular franchise as excited to explore supernatural space,” – IANS

Covid-19 eff ect: No film, TV, digital shoot from March 19-31

In the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, all fi lmmaking and producing bodies have unanimously decided to stop shooting for all kinds of entertainment SUPPORT: Angad Bedi, left, with his wife Neha Dhupia. formats temporarily. A notifi cation unanimously issued by the Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Angad supports Neha over Association, Federation of Western India Roadies remark on Insta post Cine Employees and other similar bodies have ordered that shooting for fi lms, Actor Angad Bedi has come out in support of his TV shows, digital and other kinds of actress-wife Neha Dhupia over her comments on the entertainment format will have to remain youth based reality show Roadies Revolution. suspended between March 19-31. Angad took to Instagram, where he shared a string The notifi cation reads: “In view of photographs of himself along with Neha and said of the epidemic spread of COVID-19 that it was his “fi ve girlfriends”. throughout the world including India, “He Sun MERI baat.. here are my 5 girlfriends! an urgent joint meeting of IMPPA- PRECAUTION: All filmmaking and producing bodies have unanimously decided to stop Ukhad lo jo ukhad na hai! @nehadhupia WIPFA-IFTPC-IFTDA-FWICE held shooting for all kinds of entertainment formats temporarily. #itsmychoice,” he captioned the images. unanimously decided to stop shooting The controversy started after a recent episode of fi lms, TV serials, web series and all of India to control the virus.” “All units the city for his upcoming fl ick Radhe: of the ongoing season of MTV Roadies Revolution, other entertainment, including digital shooting till the stoppage comes into Your Most Wanted Bhai even though the wherein Neha, who is a gang leader, reprimanded formats from 19-3-2020 till 31-3-2020 force have been strictly advised to makers insist they are strictly adhering a male contestant for slapping a girl for allegedly as a result of health advisory, closure of follow all precautionary and preventive to the safety norms of World Health cheating on him with fi ve other boys. all cinema halls, all sporting, educational measures without fail.” Organisation (WHO). She also defended the girl saying as far as cheating institutes and entertainment events “Decision about re-starting shootings Meanwhile, Bollywood megastar goes, “it’s her choice”. by the Government of India which has shall be taken on 30-3-2020 after Amitabh Bachchan tweeted requesting Neha’s attitude, however, did not fi nd favour with declared a medical emergency over the considering the prevailing situation.” his fans not to gather outside the gate of netizens, with many users alleging she was a “fake coronavirus. We appreciate and support It was recently reported that superstar his bungalow Jalsa for their weekly meet feminist”. – IANS all the steps taken by the Government is continuing shooting in and suggested them to stay safe. – IANS Tuesday, March 17, 2020 GULF TIMES 15 HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

Hip-Hop legend Eric B.’s daughter critical aft er car crash

Hip-Hop legend Eric B.’s daughter Erica Barrier is seriously injured after being involved in a horrifi c car crash. The 28-year-old daughter of the one-half of the legendary hip-hop duo Eric B. and Rakim is currently being treated in a Hartford hospital after her car was hit by an oncoming truck in Connecticut on March 15, reports aceshowbiz.com News of Erica’s car accident fi rst broke on social CAUTION: Dwayne Johnson says that the most important thing is to take care of our families. media through the Instagram feed “The Real Sister2Sister Covid-19: Johnson’s Red Notice wait; the most important thing is to take care 2.0” which posted: “Erica pauses fi lming for 2 weeks of our families.” Supreme Barrier, the Johnson wrote in the accompanying daughter of music legend Production of Dwayne Johnson’s caption: “Gotta protect our babies, spouses, Eric Barrier (Eric B) is in upcoming heist movie with Gal Gadot and loved ones and elderly.” extreme critical condition CONCERNED FATHER: Eric B.’s 28-year-old daughter Ryan Reynolds titled Red Notice has been “We’ll continue to monitor and assess this this morning after a horrifi c Erica Barrier is currently being treated in a Hartford postponed to allow cast and crew members to situation closely to make the best decisions car crash in Connecticut.” hospital. put their families fi rst during the coronavirus for our families fi rst and then our businesses.” According to the post, crisis. Sharing a message of confi dence amid Eric’s longtime publicist confi rmed that Erica “is suff ering from severe neck and spine The Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle star growing Covid-19 concerns, he said: “We’re fractures, among her many life threatening injuries.” took to Instagram recently to share video a resilient nation who ultimately, will always The post added: “The family is at her bedside and asking for your prayers.” footage of himself addressing his colleagues rise to the occasion to be accountable and work Connecticut state police confi rmed to Page Six that the accident happened just on the set of action thriller Red Notice, as together to overcome whatever hardship lies in before 1am on Sunday morning. Erica was in a Mini Cooper Countryman on I-91 in he announced the Netfl ix project would be front of us. Our country will do its job, as the Connecticut when it “stopped in the centre lane” and an oncoming truck “was unable temporarily put on hold for two weeks from rest of the world will do theirs. Everyone please to stop in time and impacted the rear of (Erica’s car).” Monday, reports aceshowbiz.com stay healthy, vigilant, safe and let’s protect one The truck driver was not injured, according to the police report. Police are currently In the clip, he said: “I really appreciate all another. We’re all in this – together.” investigating the accident. your hard work and your patience during this Red Notice is one of a number of Netfl ix Eric B., along with Rakim, made up an acclaimed duo during the golden age of hip- time, but my number one goal for you guys, productions paused amid the global hop. and it’s our number one goal too, is that we’re uncertainty, which has prompted studio Their Paid in Full was named the greatest hip hop album of all time by MTV in going to get everyone home to their families. offi cials industry-wide to shut down shoots. 2006 and their other record Follow the Leader is also considered as one of the greatest This (fi lming) is the kind of stuff that can – IANS hip-hop records of all time. – IANS James Bond actress Kurylenko tests positive for Covid-19

uantum of Solace lived in London for around a actress Olga Kurylenko decade, but she did not say where has tested positive for she is undergoing quarantine. the novel coronavirus, She said: “To bring down the she has revealed. temperature, they said to take Q The 40-year-old, Paracetamol, which I do. That’s who played Camille Montes in the all. Nothing more to do. Of course, 2008 film, said she was diagnosed I still take vitamins for myself like after feeling “ill for almost a that. And I eat garlic, just for the week” with fever and fatigue, immune system. I drink water. reports the Daily Mail. Squeeze lemons in water. That’s She is now facing days in all.” isolation and posted a picture of Kurylenko’s diagnosis comes her locked window on Instagram days after Hollywood star Tom on Sunday night as she revealed Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson she was “locked up at home”. became the first major Hollywood The actress added: “Fever and celebrities to contract the virus. fatigue are my main symptoms. Kurylenko had recently finished Take care of yourself and do take shooting her upcoming movie The this seriously!” Bay Of Silence, according to The Kurylenko starred opposite Hollywood Reporter. It is not yet Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace clear if anyone else will need to as Bolivian secret agent Camille be quarantined as a result of her Montes, a role for which she did testing. dialect training. She has a number of releases The Death Of Stalin actress, in the offing, including a French who was born in the Soviet-era Netflix movie called Sentinelle Ukraine but is now a French that is in post-production and citizen, wrote her Instagram due out this August. She is also caption in both English and the slated to appear in a Chinese Cyrillic alphabet. action thriller called The Hunting, Russian reports say she has originally called Fox Hunt. – IANS QUARANTINED: Olga Kurylenko said she was diagnosed after feeling ill for almost a week with fever and fatigue, 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 17, 2020 COMMUNITY Keep a healthy lifestyle to ward off coronavirus stress

By Mudassir Raja

ositivity is a power that can help people in their “Keep a healthy, fight against all sorts of odds in life. Stress mindful lifestyle; eat itself is a disease that Pneeds cure and consideration. In healthy, sleep well, order to cope with harsh realities or other diseases, stress is the last do any exercise you thing one would like to carry. The current outbreak of love, such as yoga coronavirus is getting alarmingly global. Some people are getting or walking. Breathe over conscious more than being cautious. Though the pandemic deep and slow, be in is contagious and real, panic and stress would only make things gratitude mode and worse for everyone. Evridiki Iliaki is a certified keep positive. This coaching/wellness psychologist. She is head of leadership, lifestyle will keep learning and development with Elite Consulting LLC. Coming your happy hormones from Greece, and having studied and researched counselling up and will keep psychology for many years in the , she is a certified your immune system life and business coach with close to 20 years of experience. strong.” Taking the reins of How Women Work (HWW) in 2015 after the — Evridiki Iliaki is a group’s founder Caroline Zeitler left Qatar for good, Illiaki has certifi ed coaching/ not only put this content driven and engaging initiative back on wellness psychologist. track, she has constantly been expanding its vision. HWW primarily was a group formed in 2009 to support women, find work, grow and succeed in Qatar. The life coach, like other lifestyle, eat healthy, sleep well, will keep your immune system anxiety. “Observe yourself, if create a new wellness self-care people, is really concerned about do any exercise you love, such as strong.” you feel melancholic and you regime, take long baths, read a the unusual global breakout. She, yoga or walking. Breathe deep and Iliaki feels the freedom of are stuck at home, communicate book, watch an uplifting movie or however, has some positive notes slow, be in gratitude mode and movement and social interaction and open your heart to people documentary.” to share with those who struggle keep positive. This lifestyle will through digital platforms also that love you and will support The psychologist also with stress and anxiety related to keep your happy hormones up and helps in dealing with stress and you. It can be a great time to highlights the importance of coronavirus concerns and fears. knowing the facts about the The psychology coach lays disease. “Knowledge is power. emphasis on the need to cope Know the facts right. Limit your with the stress and to keep the time on social media browsing immune system strong. “The most and TV news, right now we important thing is to keep your are bombarded with too many immune system strong. The stress information and that brings the and anxiety affect the immunity stress levels up. Get informed badly. It is, therefore, necessary only from reliable sources like for for us to be stress-free to have example the Ministry of Health the strength to counter the virus and other authorities in Qatar. spread.” Follow all the instructions given Iliaki has been using Zoom, to you by the authorities. There mobile app, to keep people are some wonderful steps that the updated and to guide them on how government has been taking not to be calm. “I have been sharing only to take care of health issues different material for the people but also the financial issues of to be able to cope with the mental the citizens and residents. stress and keep their calm. It is “In Qatar, we have the best very important. People need to healthcare system and access pray because that gives positive to the needed facilities. Be energy. Try to de-stress the calm and relaxed and continue people around you like children being productive and mindfully and aging people.” positive.” The expert underlines the To talk to the specialist please necessity of have a healthy call: 50579078, or e-mail at lifestyle. “Keep a healthy, mindful [email protected]