Wednesday, February 19, 2020 Jumada II 25, 1441 AH Doha today 190 - 260 Time tyranny Changing clocks is considered bad for health, but which time to choose? P4-5 COVER STORY 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, February 19, 2020 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.49am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.08am Zuhr (noon) 11.49am Asr (afternoon) 3.05pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.30pm Isha (night) 7.00pm Fantasy Island dreams of his guests come true at a luxurious tropical resort, USEFUL NUMBERS DIRECTION: Jeff Wadlow but when fantasies turn into nightmares, guests have to solve CAST: Lucy Hale, Maggie Q, Michael Peña the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives. SYNOPSIS: The enigmatic Mr Roarke makes the secret THEATRES: Royal Plaza, The Mall Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Sonic The Hedgehog on Earth with his newfound best friend — Tom Wachowski. Qatar Airways 40253374 CAST: Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Ben Schwartz They must soon join forces to prevent the evil Dr Robotnik from DIRECTION: Jeff Fowler capturing Sonic and using his powers for world domination. SYNOPSIS: Sonic tries to navigate the complexities of life THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo Qu te “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela 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, February 19, 2020 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Ballet Lessons WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 4pm – 8pm For more info e-mail at registration@ atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. After School Activities WHERE: Atelier WHEN: Ongoing Music and arts activities for students taking place after they fi nish their day in school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama MIA Park Bazaar 2020 TIME: 12:30pm Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 WHERE: MIA Park Street Food is the ideal venue for a leisure Qatar Food Fest years old after school hours. WHEN: Ongoing till April 25 experience for the whole family off ering over WHERE: Sheraton Hotel Park TIME: 2pm — 8pm 20 dine-in options and 18-hole World Mini- WHEN: Ongoing till April 30 MIA Park Bazaar is a modern version of Golf setup. TIME: 4pm — 1am the Old Souq tradition with vibrant mix of The festival is currently happening at around 120 stalls. You can browse and buy Hobby Classes Sheraton Hotel Park. Qatar Food Fest features handicrafts, accessories, paintings, clothing, WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art 77 stalls, food trucks, and trolleys, bringing food, jewellery, photography and art. Centre culinary and cultural experiences from all WHEN:Wednesday – Monday corners of the globe to visitors and residents Mamangam is an art and performance in Qatar. centre started with a vision of spreading our knowledge, interests and experience in various disciplines in arts across different Public Speaking Classes for Adults countries for children and adults. WHERE: Sharq Capital, C-Ring Road We offer regular classes in disciplines like WHEN:Ongoing till July 1 traditional classical dance, art and craft, TIME: 6:30pm – 9pm Bollywood and hip-hop styles, Carnatic Get trained by experts to be a good speaker. music, robotics, percussion instruments, Smedley Toastmasters is conducting a keyboard, yoga, zumba and martial arts six-month speech-craft programme that like Karate, Shaolin Kung Fu and Kalari. teaches new members to speak confi dently For those who wish to register e-mail and develop leadership skills. For more at [email protected] or call on information, 66053485, 33232490 or visit 33897609/44723680 www.SmedleyToastmasters.org 2020 Grand Prix – Test and Race WHERE: Losail International Circuit WHEN: March 6–8 2020 Grand Prix is set to take place from March 6 till March 8 at the Losail International Circuit. Built-in just under a year, the circuit has been a regular venue of the MotoGP calendar ever since. You can watch the races with friends or family in an open-air setting where you will be surrounded by the uproar of larger crowds. 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. Metro Street Food WHERE: DECC Metro Station WHEN: Ongoing Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, February 19, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Sounding the alarm The time change, especially in the spring, has been blamed for increase in heart attacks and traff ic accidents as people adjust to a temporary sleep deficit. There are some strong opinions, it turns out. And they are split, with scientists and politicians at odds, writes Roxie Hammill hanging over to daylight saving time — a major annoyance for many people — may be on its way out as lawmakers cite public health as a prime reason Cto ditch the twice-yearly clock-resetting ritual. I wasn’t the court jester and it The time change, especially in the spring, wasn’t entertainment. It was has been blamed for increase in heart attacks and traffi c accidents as people adjust to a like, ‘What are the practical temporary sleep defi cit. But as legislatures across the US consider bills to end the clock ways we can get this thing shift, a big question looms ahead of this year’s March 8 change: Which is better, passed?’ (after a presentation) summer hours or standard time? There are some strong opinions, it turns out. And they are split, with scientists and — Scott Yates, tech startup CEO politicians at odds. Retailers, chambers of commerce and and #Lock the clock proponent recreational industries have historically wanted the sunny evenings that allow more ‘ ’ time to shop and play. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY Researchers on human biological that politicians are not hearing the rhythms come down squarely on experts on this.” the side of the standard, wintertime Pea, 41 and an amateur hours by angry farmers who astronomer, understands the objected to daylight saving time human need to have the sun when it was fi rst widely adopted directly overhead at noon. “It’s a during World War I. wonderful connection to natural What’s not in question is that reality that unfortunately is lost the clock switching is unpopular. on many people,” he said. Daylight Some 71% of people want to stop saving time “distances us from the springing forward and falling back, natural world.” according to a 2019 Associated At the very least, lawmakers Press-NORC Center for Public ought to consider history, he said. Aff airs Research poll. Daylight saving time was originally Politicians have reacted a plan to save energy during the accordingly. More than 200 state two world wars but wasn’t popular bills have been fi led since 2015 enough to be uniformly embraced to either keep summer hours after the confl icts were over. In or go to permanent standard 1974, the federal government time, according to the National decided to make it temporarily Conference of State Legislatures. year-round as a way to deal with The measures getting the the energy crisis (although energy most traction right now are for savings were later found to be permanent daylight saving time, underwhelming). which makes more sun available Its popularity fell off a cliff for after-work activities. In 2018, after the fi rst winter, when people Florida passed a bill and California discovered the sun didn’t rise until voters backed a ballot measure to 8 am or later and parents worried do so. Maine, Delaware, Tennessee, for the safety of kids waiting in the Oregon and Washington joined in dark for school buses. 2019, passing permanent daylight Pea fi nds it frustrating that saving bills. President Donald switching for six years. He doesn’t state Representative Ray Ward, a and cancer risk, the society’s the momentum now is for Trump even joined the conversation pick a side. It’s the switching itself Republican family physician from members wrote. According to one permanent summer hours — a last March, tweeting: “Making that he wants to end. At fi rst, it Bountiful, is steering a recently often-quoted study on different fact he attributes to the emotional Daylight Saving Time permanent is was just about the grogginess and passed state Senate permanent health outcomes within the same attachment with summer. “It’s a OK with me!” annoyance of being off schedule, daylight bill through the House. time zones, each 20 minutes of shame that every generation we But none of those eff orts can he said. But then he began to see “The human clock was not built later sunrise corresponded to an have to revisit this issue,” he said. become reality without the blessing scientifi c studies that showed the to jump back and forth. That’s why increase in certain cancers by 4% The AP-NORC poll found 40% of of Congress.