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COVER STORY Divergent Ralph Rucci is the -bred designer we should all know. P4-5

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The Kitchen SYNOPSIS: When gangster husbands wind up in prison in DIRECTION: Andrea Berloff the 1970s, their wives take over their organisation and become CAST: Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, Domhnall Hell’s Kitchen’s most powerful mobsters. Gleeson THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza

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Community Editor For movie timings and Kamran Rehmat further details please scan e-mail: [email protected] the QR code above with your Telephone: 44466405 mobile phone camera or visit qatarcinemas.com Fax: 44350474 Wednesday, August 7, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY

Career Guidance English. The kids also enjoy dance, WHERE: Right Track Consultants, Al contemporary and hip hop music. To develop Sadd health consciousness, we teach them kids WHEN: Sunday – Thursday yoga, karate etc. Mamangam has also come TIME: 6pm – 8pm up with chess and robotics in the regular Career guidance for course, country, batches in an attempt to give a better learning college and entrance for students of Grade experience. IX-XII, of all curriculum. Career assessments The fi rst batch of the summer camp began administered for stream preference, career on June 26 continuing until July 25 from test, branch preference, personality, Sundays to Thursdays. The second batch will multiple intelligence and learning styles commence on July 28 ending on August 25. and productivity. For more information, Registrations are open to kids between 5 to 16 55448835. years. For those who wish to register for more details, visit www.mamangamqatar.in Artistic Gymnastic Classes WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm The olympic sport using horizontal bar, rings and fl oor exercises on mats for the children from age 4 till 16.

EVENTS Ballet Lessons WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier The Comedy of Tango WHEN: Ongoing WHERE: Katara – the Cultural Village TIME: 4pm – 8pm WHEN: August 28 For more info e-mail at registration@ Arabic Calligraphy Workshop TIME: 8pm-9pm atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday With the support of Katara – the Cultural TIME: 6pm Village and embassy of Argentina in Doha Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. Tango Pasión Doha presents Los Guardiola Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic – “The Comedy of Tango” on August 28. A After School Activities handwriting and calligraphy at Music and show consisting of seven scenes is inspired by WHERE: Atelier Arts Atelier. famous tangos. Dancers, mimes and actors, WHEN: Ongoing The lessons will take place every Saturday, Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori, Music and arts activities for students Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For known artistically as Los Guardiola, will taking place after they fi nish their day in more information, contact registration@ project the audience into the fantastic world school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- atelierqatar.com of their danced pantomime where comedy hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama and tragedy merge into the rhythm of tango. Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 years old after school hours. Yoga Class WHERE: Lululemon, Mall of Qatar WHEN: Every Saturday TIME: 8:30am – 9:30am Join the complimentary in-store yoga classes. No registration or mat is required. The class runs on fi rst come fi rst served basis.

Hobby Classes WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Centre Dance and Instrument Classes WHEN:Saturday – Friday WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times Mamangam is an art and performance Building centre started with a vision of spreading WHEN: Wednesday – Monday our knowledge, interests and experience in Learn the movements of dance styles in various disciplines in arts across diff erent Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical countries for children and adults. instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard Summer camp at Mamangam has become for adults as well kids and move in the world the children’s favourite centre for learning of music. For details, contact 66523871/ art and craft, drawing, and learning spoken 31326749.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 7, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Real haute couture

You can’t quote prices in couture. You can’t sell the same two items to people in the same city

‘ – Ralph Rucci ’

By Elizabeth Wellington

alph Rucci is a name we all should know, but only fashion scholars seem to. The Philadelphia-born designer, 61, is the king of beautiful tailoring and craftsmanship whose understated pieces Rhave been purchased by some of the world’s most important women including fi rst ladies — Laura Bush and Michelle Obama — and celebrities. We’re talking , Diana Ross, Whoopi Goldberg, and yes, even Kim Kardashian. His work was featured in a 2007 exhibit at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. Monica Machado models a look during a fitting with Rucci. Wednesday, August 7, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

But his most impressive from his own kingdom, but he still accomplishment is that he’s only orbits in his own “classic Ruccis” Rucci is loath to the second American designer to space. talk about who his show a collection at Paris’ haute Rucci’s couture show was couture presentations, considered dedicated to the famed Tiff any clients are. And the most elite fashion shows in the jewellery designer and — and world (the fi rst was Main Rousseau longtime friend — . more loath — if Bocher back in the 1930s.) About 150 of some of the world’s you can believe it Rucci hadn’t been to Paris in 12 most quietly powerful people were years. And those were tough years in attendance, like Susan Gutfreund, — to let celebrities for him: He lost the rights to his the wife of the late John Halle eponymous brand, the use of his Gutfreund, former CEO of Salmon borrow pieces for name and his entire catalogue of Brothers Bank. Those with an eagle garments spanning back to the early fashion eye may have recognised the red carpet. 1980s, Rucci. Josephus Thimister, former creative Some might say Now, under his new moniker, director of , and Marc RR331, he returned last month to Audibet, formally of Prada. Both men this is why the the Hotel Ritz, where he kicked off breathed new life into their respective Paris Couture Week with his latest houses back in the 1990s. Rucci label never 34-piece collection, signalling to Couture shows, however, are the fashion world that he’s ready, defi ned more by the people who made it to Dior or and capable, to return to his former don’t come to the show. Couture de la Renta heights, greatness. is made-to-order, it isn’t mass- “This is big for me, really big,” produced like its ready-to-wear despite Rucci’s Rucci told me over the phone from cousin, so department stores his Upper East Side apartment, a like Neiman Marcus and Saks remarkable skill. few days after he returned to the Fifth Avenue — stores that once States. He’s hoping this show will sold Rucci off -the-rack — do not Rucci attended Waldron re-establish his name in the industry. come. Neither do the stylists or Academy, now Waldron Mercy. He But instead of trying to do ready- infl uencers. has a bachelor’s in philosophy from to-wear, he’s focusing just on haute When you spend the equivalent Temple. He studied couture. “The past couple of years of a luxury car on one garment, it’s at FIT, completing his studies in the have been a great struggle and my gauche to talk price. As a result, late 1970s. When big-name designers were Haute Couture, organisers of raison d’etre — my reason for being — couture is cloaked in a mystery that He launched his line in New York sending their pieces overseas, Rucci the couture shows, and secured is caught up with my work. Not being Rucci does his part to keep alive. “You in 1981 and began building a name continued to make his collection recommendations from Valentino able to fi t garments continuously or can’t quote prices in couture,” Rucci for himself as a couturier to the in New York’s Garment District. Garavani — simply known in the work with my individual clients ... I said. “You can’t sell the same two city’s rich and famous. In 1994, And he continued to never give design world as Valentino — and was not myself.” items to people in the same city.” he renamed his collection Chado his clothes to celebrities. Then Giancarlo Giametti, Valentino’s Even though we talked a few This is also why Rucci is loath to Ralph Rucci — Chado refers to a in 2008, the recession hit and it business partner. days after his show, Rucci is still talk about who his clients are. And Japanese tea ceremony. During became hard for people to justify I told you Ralph Rucci was the exhausted from the gruelling prep. more loath — if you can believe the 1980s, ’90s, and early aughts, couture spending. In late 2012, he real deal. But the looks, fashioned from it — to let celebrities borrow Rucci said, he was able to “build found investors in power couple Rucci has plans to open a small double-faced cashmere, sable, pieces for the red carpet. Some a business for myself that was so Howard and Nancy Marks. But the salon/showroom in New York and silk in rich hues, all erred on might say this is why the Rucci handsome, I could pay for my fi rst relationship soured and in 2014, where he will carry small leather the side of amazing. In a twist, label never made it to Dior or de couture show in Paris without any when it was over, Rucci — like Kate goods and accessories. And, Rucci he delightfully paired each of the la Renta heights, despite Rucci’s investors.” Spade and John Galliano — was a says, he’s working on a signature ensembles with a fl at. To know remarkable skill. He built a reputation as a man without a label. unisex fragrance. Rucci is to know he prefers height “I just don’t fi t in,” Rucci said quite maverick much like his idol, the late Rucci launched RR331 in 2016, “I know I’m never going to be rich,” and stature. candidly. “I never wanted to fi t in. Philadelphia-bred designer James the 331 represents the number of Rucci said. “And perhaps I would Still, these looks were tailored I wanted to do things respectfully. Galanos. Rucci, for example, was steps in the Chado tea ceremony, have done some things diff erently in yet dreamy clothes that you can Perhaps that was misinterpreted one of the fi rst designers to use a and has been quietly working on his my life, but I’m proud to represent assume feel as soft as they look. But as being heady or dismissive...” His black woman as a fi t model. (These new business. America as a couturier.” most of us will never know what voice now trails off . days much of his work is inspired One day during his mediation, And for that reason alone, we they feel like because they have That stubbornness is part of by pioneering black model Pat Rucci said, God told him to should all now know who Ralph price tags in the tens of thousands. what makes him quintessentially Cleveland’s daughter, Anna, who return to Paris. He reconnected Rucci is. Rucci may have been banished South Philly. walked this year’s Paris show.) with Chambre Syndicale de la – The Philadelphia Inquirer/ TNS 6 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 7, 2019 COMMUNITY

PICPA Doha organises General Assembly and Induction Ceremony

The Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Doha LLC (G) recently organised Gandamra, Vice President; Pauline Jane U Borja, Secretary; Fredelene P Magdaug, Treasurer; its General Assembly and Induction Ceremony for its new off ice bearers at Wyndham Hotel. Rowena T Cahintong and Christian Dave M. Barrameda, Accountants; Micha Lizette M Pataueg, The theme of the meeting was aligned with the celebration of Philippines’ Language Month. Auditor; and The members of PICPA were dressed in national Filipino dresses. Wilhelm I Jayobo, Press Release Off icer. The event was led by Sharon C. Dela Cruz, outgoing President of PICPA, and Elmer H. Espiritu, The Chairpersons of various committees of PICPA, include Terence Jay V Marquez, Chairman President of PICPA. Alan Timbayan, ambassador of Philippines, along with David Des Dicang, for Education; Vernie Chris A Zabala, CPD Accreditation; Marlyn B Salvador, Community Labour Attache at the Embassy of Philippines, also attended the event. Aff airs; Leo Z. Jimena, Sports; Arnold E Tamayo and Christine Hanna B Gonzales, Ways and The event kicked off with the presentation of the annual report of PICPA, which was followed by Means; Michelle Eugene L Baraquio and Chester C. Mendoza, Membership; Rey E Dionela, the felicitation ceremony of Dela Cruz in recognition of her. Elmer H. Espiritu also spoke on the Corporate Social Responsibility; Sherman C Ilustre, Social Media Relations; and Ikhlas A Hassan, occasion. Governance and Compliance. The outgoing council members of PICPA were also honoured The new off ice bearers of PICPA, include Alvin R. Polido, Senior Vice President; Abdul Rahim G. with certificates and plaques on the occasion.

TRAINING: Division B Toastmasters in Qatar recently organised a special training programme for its Area Directors. The training featured various presentations, including ‘Roles & Responsibilities of Area Directors’ by Riana Pinto, Asst Division B Director Programme Quality; ‘How to Conduct Moments of Truth in a Club’ by Sudhir Gujar, Past Division C Director; and ‘Establish and Support New Clubs’ by Thayalan Kailayapillai, District 116 PQD.The session was compered by Anita Samanta. Ravishankar J, Division B Director, thanked the trainers for their support and wished all the attendees for a strong performance ahead in their respective roles. Wednesday, August 7, 2019 GULF TIMES 7 TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY Precious grains: Companies look for ways to make desert sand useful With cities growing worldwide, sand for concrete used in construction is running short. Thieves are stripping beaches or digging in rivers to harvest the precious resource. Some companies are now looking at ways to process desert sand – a giant, as of yet untapped resource, writes Alexander Sturm

MAKING USEFUL: Granulate from the German company MultiCon is seen on the right. The start-up is trying to turn desert sand into something useful.

developed and the risk of fl ooding conducted in countries such as increases. Ghana, Senegal, South Africa and “The sand mafi a only has work Rwanda. because the need for concrete is not But there is one snag in the met,” Rosenloecher says. process: Polyester resin is not The environmentally harmful sustainable and is derived from transport of sand from Australia petroleum. Polycare is working – with a lot of carbon-dioxide on increasingly obtaining it from PRECAST: A house is built using technology developed by the German company Polycare, which uses desert sand to emissions – is also not a must, recycled plastic bottles, Dust says. make precast building blocks. Rosenloecher argues: Desert sand In Germany, Polycare’s construction could be used on the spot instead of technique is not yet authorised. ne grain measures only to cities, prompting the boom. But the small Munich-based shipped. However, despite their good 0.063 to 2 millimetres, The wealthy city-state of company MultiCON has developed MultiCON is not the only intentions, start-ups will not be able and yet it is one of the Singapore, the largest sand importer a procedure to make fi ne sand usable company fi ddling with new sand to quickly eliminate the global sand most sought-after in the world, has increased its for concrete. It involves crushing techniques. shortage, say experts. goods on the global land area by 130 square kilometres the sand into fl our and compressing The German entrepreneur “MultiCON’s idea, for instance, is market.O After water, sand is the over 40 years. For this alone, it is it into larger granules as it spins Gerhard Dust has developed a good, but there are still unanswered most traded resource in the world, estimated to have imported around rapidly on pelletising plates, system to make precast building questions,” says Barbara Leydolph the United Nations Environment 500 million tonnes of sand in the last says technical director Helmut blocks out of sand or rubble. “It from the Institute of Applied Programme said in a recent report. 20 years, UN Environment says. Rosenloecher. The desert sand works like Lego,” he says. Dust uses Construction Research in the central It estimates that demand stands Globally, sand is being used more compounds then get mixed with polyester resin as a binding agent German city of Weimar. at 40 billion to 50 billion tonnes per quickly than it is being produced, for cement paste that has been prepared to produce polymer concrete out The pellets, for example, still year. Sand is put in glass, cosmetics, instance through the breaking down in a high-speed mixer. of sand or rubble. “It is harder than have to become frost-resistant car headlights, smartphone displays of rocks, the UN agency found. “The demand in the Middle East granite and hardens in 20 minutes,” and undergo further treatment and toothpaste, among other items. In Germany, sand for is enormous,” Rosenloecher says. he says. Desert sand can also be to withstand heavy loads. An The grains can be used to fi lter construction is already lacking. He has sold systems in Dubai and used. application for authorisation water, blast building facades and While there are large deposits, they Egypt, and has established business His approach is not aimed at the from the German Institute for help trains brake. are located in conservation areas and contacts in Jordan, Saudi Arabia construction industry, however Construction Technology is also still But above all, it is the under residential areas, commercial and Kuwait. MultiCON is co- – it is meant to fi ght poverty. The missing. construction industry that needs premises, streets and railway tracks. operating with the German machine building blocks can help people “There remains a lot of work to be sand and the coarser gravel for New sand and gravel mines are hard manufacturer Haver and Boecker. living in crisis regions or aff ected done,” Leydolph says. concrete. Without this grey building to open: They’re seen as eyesores. The procedure could one day help by natural disasters to quickly build UN Environment, meanwhile, material, houses and bridges would While deserts around the world do to curtail illegal sand mining. houses with local materials. is calling for international rules for be unstable, and roads would be contain lots of sand, it’s not usable: “Rivers, river deltas and coastlines “The construction of a house with sand mining. bumpy. The sand is too fi ne and doesn’t are eroding, ‹sand mafi as’ are a surface area of 60 square metres Sand could be partly replaced in Although sand is plentiful, it is adhere well enough to mix concrete, thriving,” UN Environment warns in takes only one day,” says Dust, who buildings, for instance by sawdust, growing scarce: Thanks to a global meaning even desert countries must its report. co-founded the company Polycare says project leader Pascal Peduzzi. construction boom, the demand for import it by the tonne. Fine sand In Morocco, for instance, in 2010 following an earthquake in Companies should also develop sand and gravel has tripled within found in other parts of the world – smugglers removed so much sand Tahiti. recycling materials for construction, 20 years, according to the UN for instance in the German state of on one coastline that only rocks It is licensed in Africa and has he says. Environment. The world population Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – is also were left behind. On such degraded built a fi rst factory in Namibia. “Our society is literally built on is growing and increasingly fl ocking unsuitable. beaches, tourism can seldom be Negotiations for others are being sand,” he warns. – DPA 8 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 7, 2019 COMMUNITY TRA The college search can be a

The first thing you need to know about taking a 2,438-mile train ride is that patience is both required and rewarded, John Carpenter

SOOTING: There is something lovely about sleeping on a train. The gentle rocking of 2 million pounds of steel surging across the Midwestern prairie at 70-plus miles an hour is oddly soothing.

hen my daughter is that patience is both required and meeting the grandson of a recently And shame on you if you visit San more accessible inlet and dipped our put two California rewarded. Also, reserving a sleeper deceased literary legend, who was Francisco and don’t venture north toes in. colleges on her list, car is highly recommended. It’s not returning from the funeral. Our to Muir Woods. Our hike among A sign at our Big Sur lunch spot, I casually wondered cheap, but all meals, in our case, conversation continued in the cafe the mighty coastal redwoods was Whale Watcher Cafe, declared whether it would seven of them, times two, were car, where he off ered my daughter sublime. “No WIFI!” in a polite but scoldy, Wbe cool to take the train there from included for a grand total of $1,119. kind and helpful observations on his Our fi rst leg of the drive south was handwritten scrawl near the cash Chicago and maybe drive down Our Superliner Roomette was own college experience. a challenge, as it was a spectacularly register. Good for them. We watched the Pacifi c Coast Highway from tight but effi cient: two comfortable A big allure of the Zephyr is the good beach day, with all the traffi c for whales instead. (No luck.) Berkeley to Pomona. Her eyes lit up, seats facing each other, with a pop- scenery, specifi cally the two giant that brings. We were rewarded in We got our taste of Southern and the decision was made. up table between. At night, those mountain ranges it crosses. After Monterey with a balcony room California beach culture in Santa Parenting tip: When your seats slide down to make one bed, a morning stop in Denver, the at the Monterey Plaza Hotel, and Barbara. Mary used her frequent 17-year-old agrees to spend 57 hours while an upper bunk drops from train begins its long, wandering my daughter and I soon found fl yer miles to book the Californian, on a train with you, followed by above. Both beds are made up with path through the Rockies, with ourselves standing over the ocean, an upscale, elegantly casual spot three days in a car, you say yes and mattresses, sheets, blankets and breath-taking views around every mesmerised by the seals and otters across the street from Stearns book the tickets as fast as you can. pillows, hardly a four-star hotel, but turn. Later come the Sierra Nevada playing below. Wharf. It was worth the splurge, but This tendency of mine to turn comfortable enough. mountains of eastern California, I was sceptical of the hotel there were any number of worthy school visits into diversionary And there is something lovely where we ooohed and aaahed at the restaurant, as I live by the rule that options along Cabrillo Boulevard, adventures might seem like parental about sleeping on a train. The gentle sweeping vistas through Donner eateries with spectacular views the beach strip. avoidance. I look at it as an ageing rocking of 2 million pounds of steel Pass. are often good but rarely great. But Claremont, home to Pomona dad shaking his fi st at the modern surging across the Midwestern In Berkeley, I booked the Graduate Schooners Coastal Kitchen was the College, was our fi nal stop. We college-search stress machine. prairie at 70-plus miles an hour hotel thinking it was a playful take latter, especially the Cappuccino, had to put up with nearly three The plan was this: Sally and I is oddly soothing. And when you on the college town’s role in the which exploded with fl avour. hours of LA traffi c to reach it, but would ride Amtrak’s venerable feel a stop, you can pop up on an famous 1967 movie. Spoiler alert: Day two of our 500-mile drive that memory took a backseat as California Zephyr to the Bay Area, elbow and groggily look out at, say, It isn’t. But it is part of a Chicago- was everything you’d expect from we cruised the streets lined with where my wife, Mary, whose love Holdrege, Neb, at 2:30am. based chain of boutique, college- one of the world’s great motorways. dreamy purple jacaranda trees. Our for me does not extend to my I’ll be the fi rst to admit that I pull adjacent hotels. We were able to With mountains on our left and the hotel, Hotel Casa 425, was another fondness for rail journeys, would out my phone in idle situations that enjoy a quirky, comfortable home broad, majestic Pacifi c on our right, excellent walk-to-campus fi nd. arrive by air and join us. After a might otherwise involve conversing base and get a good sense, beyond it was all we could do to not stop at You might have noticed that tour of Berkeley and a few days in with strangers. But I found the polite the traditional tour, of both the town every scenic turnout. in this story about college visits, San Francisco, we’d rent a car and conversation that the dining car and the University of California, When researching hiking options I haven’t said much about the drive south at a leisurely pace, with requires refreshing. Sally and I were Berkeley, which was across the along the Big Sur coast, we found colleges. They were great. And a short hike in Big Sur and stops in seated with two strangers for each of street. the Jade Cove Trail online. But we lovely. Far better, though, was the Monterey and Santa Barbara. After the seven meals we had on the train, Few things make one look had to ask some locals for help unhurried time for conversation a night in the Los Angeles suburbs, and all were pleasant, interesting more like a dorky tourist than fi nding it in real life. A short walk ... and silence. And I’ll always the bucolic foothills of the San companions. Even better was participating in a Segway tour. But through some thick vegetation later, remember the smile I had trundling Gabriel Mountains, we’d hightail watching my daughter smoothly rise a sketchy outfi t in San Diego once and there we were atop a sheer cliff , down an old wooden staircase it home in the traditional manner, to the challenge of seven consecutive let my daughter ride one when she peering over a breath-taking green, behind my wife and daughter, the uncomfortably folding ourselves “So what do you want to study in was 7, so we honoured the memory rocky inlet. We searched in vain kind of women who’d rather stop into an airborne metal tube. college?” questions. (She isn’t sure by joining a tour in San Francisco. for a path down, fi nally spotting a and put their feet in the Pacifi c than The fi rst thing you need to know yet.) Highly recommended, optics be knotted rope disappearing over the push through to the next hotel. – about taking a 2,438-mile train ride Especially memorable was damned. edge. No thanks. Later, we found a Chicago Tribune/TNS Wednesday, August 7, 2019 GULF TIMES 9 AVEL COMMUNITY great excuse for a train ride

MUST VISIT: Shame on you if you visit San Francisco and don’t venture north to Muir Woods.

PICTURESQUE: The Sierra Nevada mountains of eastern California.

DREAM LIKE: To reach Claremont, home to Pomona College, you have to put up with nearly three hours of LA traff ic, EFFICENT: The Superliner Roomette is tight but eff icient: two comfortable but that memory takes a backseat as you cruised the streets lined with dreamy purple jacaranda trees. seats facing each other, with a pop-up table between. 10 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 7, 2019 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Wednesday, August 7, 2019 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Bullying bosses bad for workplace safety: Study ullying bosses are not just bad within the group. “When people are less sure for the morale and well-being of about their strengths, weaknesses and their employees — they can also be bad status within the group, they become more for workplace safety, reveals a study. sensitive. They are more likely to respond According to the study published negatively to their boss’ bullying behaviours,” Bin the Journal of Applied Psychology, the she said. researchers surveyed 589 airline pilots and 468 Workplace safety is a critical issue— and manufacturing technicians and found that more so in an environment where one employees’ safety behaviour can get worse employee’s failure to behave safely can create when they are treated in ways that detract from circumstances where other people are likely to their bonds to a work group. be injured, said the researchers. “Bosses’ behaviour can strengthen or The study recommends implementing weaken employees’ sense of belonging to the training programmes that can improve work group by supporting or undermining leadership skills while interacting with their their status within the group. Poor treatment employees so as to provide feedback in a way from a boss can make employees feel that they that are neither off ensive nor threatening. are not valued by the group,” said Liu-Qin The study also suggested promoting a more Yang, Associate Professor at Portland State civil and engaged work environment that University. strengthens social bonds between employees This makes them more self-centred, leading and creates a buff er against the negative them to occasionally forget to comply with consequences of their boss’ bad behaviours. safety rules or overlook opportunities to According to researchers, implementing promote a safer work environment. transparent performance evaluation processes According to the researchers, this was are required so that employees have less especially true among employees who were uncertainty about their social status in the more uncertain about their social standing workplace. IANS

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

It’s time to take charge, Aries. There’s fuel for your fire, and the scope Don’t concern yourself with getting more. Concentrate on what you This is an excellent day for you, Gemini. The farther you extend your of your influence is virtually unlimited. Don’t hold back in any way. already have, Taurus. Work with whatever resonates within you. You emotions, the more prosperous you will be. Don’t be afraid of new Confidently attack every project knowing that things will work out in instinctively know what does and doesn’t work. Don’t waste your things. More than likely, the new things entering your life now will your favour. Expand your mind and the rewards will be tremendous. time on meaningless issues. Focus on priorities. The more balanced make the most sense later. Trust that your heart knows the direction Stay active. You will attract beneficial people and situations. and stable your emotions can be today, the more prosperity will to take. Be generous with your time and energy. come into your life. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

It may seem like people aren’t taking things as seriously as you’d Don’t turn down any opportunities today, Leo, even if they seem It’s time to put your plans in motion, Virgo. There’s a very expansive like them to, Cancer. If so, take it as a hint that perhaps you’re the like dead-ends at first. One could be your lucky break. Realise that energy urging you to reach out and make valuable connections with one who needs to lighten up. Life is a game. In the grand scheme of success doesn’t always have a big neon sign pointing you in the others. Remember that many hands make light work. Don’t hesitate things, we’re merely specks of dust floating in space. Our lives are right direction. Prosperity simply comes when you act freely and to ask for help if you need it. There are many outstretched hands but the blink of an eye in relation to the universe. Don’t take yourself instinctively. This is one of those days in which an unmarked door waiting to help you in whatever way you need. so seriously. could lead you to the path of happiness and health. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Go for the gold, Libra. Don’t settle for less. There’s an expansive The more you vacillate, the more valuable time and energy you Things could get blown out of proportion if they aren’t handled with energy on your side urging you on to prosperity in every aspect of waste, Scorpio. Take a decisive stance and be confident about your care, Sagittarius. The key lessons for you are about balance and your life. Take control of the situation and act on your emotions. choice. Give it everything you’ve got. If it doesn’t work out, try a communication. Things will move quickly, so make sure you have Don’t refrain from doing something because you think it’s going to diff erent approach. Don’t be paralysed by indecision. Things are your seat belt fastened. Let your vivacious spirit lead the way to new hurt someone’s feelings. Other people can take care of themselves. moving too quickly. Take control of your life or someone else will. adventures. You’re responsible for you. Do what’s best for your well-being. Arguments could quickly turn into declarations of war today. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Your life is taking off in many diff erent directions, Capricorn. This is a great day for you, Aquarius. There’s a terrific feeling of You may feel like someone caught in a tornado, Pisces. Things are Everything seems to be expanding at once. It may be diff icult to expansion in the air. This is one of those times in which a small whirling around you and everything seems out of control. Don’t get get a solid grip on any one thing. Try not to get overwhelmed. Take germ of an idea can grow into something big right before your stressed out. There’s nothing you can do about it. Allow the storm it one step at a time and remember to maintain a good sense of eyes. Projects are moving quickly, and information is being rapidly to do what it will. You will only get hurt if you try to stop it. Accept humour in every situation. Keep things light and energetic. dispersed. Catch the energy and set your dreams in motion. You can things you have no control over. The storm will settle down soon. accomplish a great deal if you try. 12 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 7, 2019 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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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. Wednesday, August 7, 2019 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

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Across Down 1 Graduate going to New York 1 My! her lot could be maternal a lot (4) (8) 3 Chuck holds animal, looking 2 Woman I complain about (5) displeased (8) 4 Stick with present company 9 Spooner’s low bit is over the at first (6) top (3,4) 5 Country and Western drinks 10 French king giving us oil (5) (5) 11 Some of the victims kick out 6 Big lizards alarming us again (5) (7) 12 Iraqi and Syrian leaders call 7 Surprised reaction when girl’s out for insurrection (6) first met snake (4) 14 Bird with silver in shallow 8 Arranged with precision – like lake (6) Kipling’s stories? (4,2) 16 Listen out for decoration (6) 13 Kid’s companion put down 19 Tablet broken in struggle (6) floor covering in gym (8) 21 Goat in cooking pot (5) 15 Endless large ice formation? 24 You may hear a tidier girl (5) (7) 25 Bishop’s warning about a 17 Taking part in climb, I begin prairie province (7) to drink (6) 26 Military accommodation 18 Something said about stain providing storage for bottles? (6) (8) 20 Moriah Peters and her new 27 Instrument required by band (3-2) Simply Red (4) 22 Vehicle runs into parrot (5) 23 Pointed remark in pub? Bravo! (4) Answers

Wordsearch Codeword Solution 14 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 7, 2019 COMMUNITY SHOWBIZ The Queen speaks

lot of pressure. My cameo in Paray Hut Love is super special to me. Glitz Morre Saiyan, my song in the fi lm, & is something me and Asim wanted to do for a long time and I would say Glam it’s an ode to our friendship.” Mahira was very young when By Muhammad Asad Ullah she felt in love with cinema and when she decided to be a part of the screen. She’s been mulling it ahira Khan enters over since forever, but it wasn’t the board room until her teens that she decided at a picturesque to take action. Khan did what hotel in Islamabad any enthusiastic teenager would where I’m waiting do — jump into the bandwagon forM her with my questionnaire. of auditions before landing up to She is dressed in a red knee something substantial and luckily length silhouette, and with her everything did fall into place. voluminous blow-dried hair, her Mahira started her career as a delicate features are accentuated. Video Jockey with the Pakistan’s Her makeup artiste gives her last show MTV Most Wanted in 2006, touches, she looks in the mirror and everything else is a history. swiftly and dabs at her lips; hers is a She made her acting debut with classic beauty befi tting a Pakistani the 2011 drama Neeyat, however, it movie star. Then she suddenly was her performance in Humafar turns to me with a bit confused (2011), Pakistani drama serial on look, momentarily, and hugs me entertainment channel HUM TV, recognising we had met almost four that won her immense praise and is years ago, when she was promoting considered to be her shot to fame. her fi lm Bin Roye (2015), that was If Mahira wouldn’t have been an her comeback on the silver screen actor, which career she would’ve post her successful appearance in opted for we wonder. “I would’ve Bol (2011), and in that moment I’m been a junior artiste. Standing in in awe of her memory. Now Mahira the back doing something, in the is all done with the promotions of hopes that I’ll get spotted. But I her upcoming fi lm Superstar, that would’ve been in the show business is scheduled to release this Eid still,” Mahira says. al-Adha, but apart from Superstar Mahira’s all time favourite fi lm she’ll also making a special is Dilwale Dhulania Le Jayenge appearance in Asim Raza’s Paray which is not a secret to anyone. But Hut Love, that is also scheduled to which actors Mahira is rooting for release this Eid. these days, she tells, “I’ve got a lot I ask her, if she’s going through of favourites but Sajal Aly is just any sort of pressure since outstanding. I like all these new both of her fi lms are releasing faces, I like Imran Ashraf and Iqra simultaneously. She responds, “A Aziz. And in my time, I like Fawad Khan and Humayun Saeed. I want to work with Nauman Ijaz though.” When asked for what has changed in her more than a decade journey in Pakistan entertainment industry, Mahira responds, “So much. First and foremost: Social media! Everything is out there. Other thing that has changed is, look at where the fi lms are and how many options we have now. You are no more looking and fi ve people, but in double or triple digits of talented people.”

– Read Mahira Khan’s full extensive interview in Community as Gulf Times Exclusive tomorrow.

ALL SET FOR CINEMA: Mahira Khan is all set for her upcoming film Superstar and her special appearance in Paray Hut Love, both releasing this Eid al-Adha. Wednesday, August 7, 2019 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY The buzzed-about nostalgic game 198X

MEMORY: ’s Aisha has completed nine years of its release. Aisha was a crazy adventure: Sonam

Actress Sonam Kapoor says her fi lm Aisha, which has completed nine years of its release in cinema, was “crazy adventure”. Sonam on Tuesday shared a small video from the fi lm on Instagram. “Aisha was less a role for me and more like a best friend. This movie is close to my heart as are the people associated with it. Be it goofi ng around on sets, shooting at diff erent locations, or just playing our parts, it defi nitely was a crazy adventure. Happy nine years Aisha,” Sonam wrote, as caption of her video. Aisha, directed by Rajshree Ojha, also stars , , , and . The fi lm is set in the upper class society of Delhi, and is NOSTALGIC: 198X, a game by Hi-Bit Studios. an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1815 novel Emma. It bears the same tone as the 1995 cult Hollywood fi lm Clueless, way the game explores how interactive home. But when Kid, whose gender which was also adapted from Austen’s novel. – IANS By Todd Martens experiences shape our worldview. is undefi ned, falls for a punk rock girl A narrative adventure with who appears unattainable, the racing condensed versions of arcade games game turns into an endless drive on city ooting up 198X, a (a beat ‘em up, a racing game, a ninja highways, a plea to be somewhere and 1980s-styliSed genre mash- game, a sci-fi shooter and a role- with someone else. up, I knew I was in for a playing-game), 198X impresses in the Any sense of competition disappears heavy dose of nostalgia as diversity of its off erings. as 198X turns into a cinematic well as a romanticised view But 198X isn’t a simple celebration experience and Kid narrates a dream Bof game arcades. I didn’t expect a sense of the ‘80s aesthetic now in vogue with of embarking on a more personal quest of loneliness nor the confusion, anxiety the likes of Stranger Things. to explore and learn from heretofore and unease that permeate adolescence, Its pixel art is gorgeous, with undiscovered people, places and all of which 198X lovingly brings to the details down to puff y orange foam cultures. fore. on headphones and its emphasis on While Kid at this point has graduated In my nostalgia, I wasn’t sentimental neon as a contrast to cookie-cutter from childhood games, 198X never over the games or culture of another homes and as a beacon into something abandons its thesis that there’s poetry era. What I missed was an overriding unknown. As Kid experiences the in video games, their imaginative sense of fear and excitement for the diffi culty of growing up, 198X uses worlds a gateway to self-discovery as possibility of the unknown, which 198X its retro games-within-a-game as potent as any other medium. creates by focusing on Kid, who longs metaphors. The masks, the skeletons and the Dusty’s Treehouse creator for the escape from suburbia off ered Some are relatively simple. Young bamboo forests that Kid’s avatar Stu Rosen dead at 80 by the lights of the big city and the and coddled by the familiarity of explores in the ninja game make it clear malleable worlds of video games. suburbia, the urban brawler represents there’s plenty to see and hear beyond Acclaimed TV writer, director and star Stu Rosen, But what’s made 198X linger long the fears and danger that may or may whatever worldview we grew up with. – whose beloved children’s show Dusty’s Treehouse won after its short two-hour play time is the not exist beyond the walls of our /TNS eight Emmys, died on Sunday at age 80. Rosen passed away following a battle with cancer, his cousin Donna Siegel announced in a Facebook post. “My heart is broken and I’m sure anyone who has Varun gets into comic mood for Coolie No. 1 ever met him feels the same way,” Siegel wrote. “What a character he was.” After fi nishing shooting for Street Dancer 3D, actor Varun Rosen rose to fame as the creator and star of Dusty’s Dhawan is now all set to get into a comic avatar for the remake Treehouse, which aired from 1970 to 1980. He played of Coolie No.1. Dusty on the series, which involved him interacting with Varun yesterday took to social media and shared a BTS video puppets to entertain kids and help them learn about life in which he can be seen getting ready for his character Raju. and the world. “Good morning people. Dropping a new video on my In addition to its success at the Emmys, the long- YouTube channel. Thoda smile bhi zaroori hain hope it makes running series earned a Peabody Award for outstanding you smile,” Varun wrote on Twitter. educational programming for children in 1973. From making funny facial expressions to using diff erent Rosen also notably served as a voice director for the Jim types of fi lters and opting a clown face, Varun leavs his fans in Henson show Fraggle Rock and voiced a character on the splits with the video. series in 1987. In the background, Varun can be heard saying,”Arre bhai, His other credits as a voice director include multiple yeh log daadi banaa rahen hain. Galaa sambhal ke bhai. Aap se 1980s series including Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling, dikha rahen hai ki shaving kaise hoti hai”. MASK and RoboCop, as well as My Little Pony: The Movie Varun will be seen sharing screen space with actress Sara Ali in 1986. Khan in the remake of the 1995 comedy fi lm Coolie No. 1. Rosen was also a casting director for Teenage Mutant The original fi lm, which starred Govinda and Karisma Ninja Turtles and was a voice director for the 1990s TV Kapoor in the lead, was directed by Varun’s father and REMAKE: will be seen sharing screen space series Phantom 2040. – New York Daily News/TNS fi lmmaker . – IANS with actress Sara Ali Khan in the remake of the 1995 comedy film Coolie No. 1. 16 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 7, 2019 COMMUNITY Kuwaiti play Devil Steps brings riveting entertainment to Doha

story by Mohamed al-Kandary. By Mudassir Raja The play starts from the verse, “O ye who believe! Do not follow the footsteps of the Shaytaan, and he two and a half month whoever follows the steps of the long festival, dubbed as Shaytaan, he will order vilifi cation ‘Summer in Qatar’, has and evil”. been witnessing a variety The family of Saleh, who lives in of summer experiences, modernity, is exposed to Satan in retailT off ers and entertainment – all ways, tempting them from weak from the start of Eid al-Fitr to the faith towards sin and decorating end of Eid al-Adha. it, and paves the way for it. While The campaign has so far off ered the act of doing so cannot be lots of diff erent attractions such as strengthened by the strong faith, music concerts, stand-up comedy it is permissible for him to neglect shows, community progreammes, some acts of worship until he activities for kids at shopping follows him. malls, game parks, movie awards, Evil laughs, between the special movie screenings for frightening and funny events reveal children, diff erent outdoor tours the secrets of the family of Saleh and desert safari. looking forward to tomorrow with The purpose of the campaign has all aspirations, dreams and ideas been to off er attractive indoor and while the play reveals the truth outdoor activities to the residents that these aspirations and ideas during the summer days. The initiative of the human soul or the Devil Steps, a primary focus has been to keep thought of an outsider. the children and the families busy This play is not just a play but it stage show, during the summer vacation. As far reveals the reality of the human soul as the families are concerned, one and sheds light on the fear and the is being big attraction is coming up for them danger to the individual and human in the form of a horror comedy communities through the horror organised by stage show from Kuwait. comedy show based on fun and Devil Steps, a stage show, is purposeful entertainment. Qatar National being organised by Qatar National The setup is done by Sami al-Ali. Tourism Council (QNTC) at Qatar The play is directed by Abdullah Tourism Council National Theatre (QNT). The show al-Musallam. Mohamed al-Mahdi will be organised daily from August is an executive director of the play. (QNTC). The 11 to 18. Lyrics are given by Shaikh Duaij According to the organisers, al-Khalifa al-Sabah. Melodies are action-horror the action-horror comedy show given by Ade Alfarhan and Hady is 180 minutes long. The audience Khamees. Mishari al-Jamaan has show will be of seven years and above will be given the composition. Music allowed to enter the theatre. The and sound eff ects are done by Eng organised daily ticket price ranges from QR100 to Khalid al-Ajlan. Vocal execution is QR1,000. provided by Abdulaziz al-Qadeeri. from August Presented by The Salam Lighting and décor are designed by Media Group, Devil Steps off ers Eng Mohammed al-Rubaiaan and 11- 18 at Qatar a purposeful entertainment. The Eng Ayman Abdulsalam. Hessa al- cast of the comedy show include; Abbad is the costume designer and National Theatre Abdulaziz al-Musallam, Intisar al- Abdulaziz al-Juraib is the makeup Sharrah, Maram, Mishal al-Shaye, artist. Fahad Laili works as the (QNT) Fowz al-Shatti, Abdullah al- motion expression designer. Musallam, Mohammed al-Shuaibi, Ahmad Ali Dashti is the Abdulrahman al-Hazeem, Fahad oroduction manager and other than 30 partners to launch the Layli, Mohammed al-Musallam, production management team summer programme, including Jassim al-Bloushi and other select include; Abdulwahab Allingawi, the Ministry of Commerce and Cultural Village, Qatar Foundation, participating malls, and other event artists. Abdullah al-Nasser, and Mohsen Industry, Ministry of Municipality Private Engineering Offi ce, Katara partners, including QSports, Social Authored by Abdulaziz al- AlEnezi. and Environment, Qatar Museums Hospitality, Al Rayyan Hospitality, Studios, Alchemy and Radio One Musallam, Devil Steps is based on a QNTC has gathered more (QM), Qatar Airways, Katara – the Marriott International hotels, nine FM Qatar.