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P2-3 2 GULF TIMES Friday, November 4, 2016 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “I’m proud to say we made a splash heard PRAYER TIME around the world” Fajr 4.25am Shorooq (sunrise) 5.43am Zuhr (noon) 11.17am Asr (afternoon) 2.28pm –Adrian Grenier, actor-fi lmmaker Maghreb (sunset) 4.53pm Isha (night) 6.23pm USEFUL NUMBERS 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 Qatar Airways 40253374 ote Unquo Qu te I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had. – Margaret Mead GOAL: “It was a personal challenge to overcome, but (it was) also recognising that it is possible to achieve things that are hard,” says Grenier. fi lmmaker was eager to comply. the oceans have so much need for our By Ann M Simmons The feat was intended to highlight the attention and our compassion and our importance of ocean health, a key cause empathy,” Grenier said. Community Editor of Grenier’s Lonely Whale Foundation, Using the hashtag #MakeASplash to hen business magnate which works to bring people closer to the encourage people to share how much Kamran Rehmat and environmental world’s oceans through education and they appreciate the ocean, Grenier, 40, e-mail: [email protected] activist Richard Branson awareness, and champions the well-being and Branson, 66, completed the swim Telephone: 44466405 challenged Adrian of marine wildlife. September 27 in 1 hour and 24 minutes. Fax: 44350474 Grenier to a two-mile “We want to inspire empathy with The actor, best known for his role Wswim across the Strait of Messina between people through connection, because if as Vincent Chase in the HBO series mainland Italy and Sicily, the actor- you can’t connect you can’t care, and Entourage, shared some of his views about Friday, November 4, 2016 GULF TIMES 3 COVER STORY COMMUNITY “The oceans are fundamental to life. They create 50 percent of our oxygen. They provide food for billions of people. They are the source of all life. If you care about any other issue, you have to care about the oceans because the oceans affect every other issue” – Adrian Grenier CHALLENGE: The Strait of Messina between mainland Italy and Sicily that both Grenier and business magnate Richard Branson swam. the health of the ocean and its marine Tell us one thing we can do to life with the Los Angeles Times. His protect the ocean? comments have been edited for First and foremost … fi nd a length and clarity. partner. Find somebody that you can work with to inspire each other, Why should people care about to hold each other accountable. We the ocean? can’t do it alone. We can’t take the The oceans are fundamental weight of the world on our shoulders to life. They create 50 percent of individually, but together we can our oxygen. They provide food actually make big diff erences. for billions of people. They are the source of all life. If you care How was the swim? about any other issue, you have to Ocean swimming is very diffi cult. care about the oceans because the There are constantly changing oceans aff ect every other issue. conditions. There are a lot of physical They are the most underserved challenges, and mental ones too. I aspect of our environment and yet look at ocean swimming as sort of the 70 percent of our planet is ocean and trifecta. It’s mind, body and spirit. they are perhaps the most important Before I started training, I could aspect of our environment, because barely swim four strokes before I if we can replenish them to a healthy had to sit up and breathe normally, state they can provide food, oxygen. because you have to have a very They can sequester carbon from the meaningful relationship with your atmosphere … and they provide a breath. There’s a meditative quality. lot of spiritual and mental benefi ts. The oceans are vast, deep, dark If anybody’s ever gone to the and often scary, and the visibility TWO TO TANGO: Branson with Grenier after the splash. beach and had a good time, that’s isn’t always great, and the waves a positive social benefi t. If you’ve are strong, and the currents too. So ever swam in the ocean and then there’s a lot to overcome as a personal felt rejuvenated, or if it’s relieved athlete. “Plastic doesn’t your stress, that is a positive social When I fi rst accepted the break down for a benefi t. challenge, I didn’t quite know how The reason why they’re so diffi cult it might be, but I quickly thousand years, underserved is because they’re so learned and over four months of misunderstood. They’re so vast concerted eff ort, I managed to get to so it subsists and mysterious … so abstract and a place where I could complete the for many, many complex, so one thing we’re hoping swim, but it wasn’t easy. to do is demystify the oceans and generations in the make them more accessible to Why was swimming the people. And one of the ways you can Messina Strait the way to get ocean. Because of do that is by actually getting in and your message out? realising that they’re not so scary. It was twofold. It was a personal overfishing and challenge to overcome, but (it was) because of the How do humans aff ect the also recognising that it is possible to ocean? achieve things that are hard. When increased plastic We certainly fi sh a lot. Because of we look at what the oceans are facing, industrial fi shing practices, we’ve the obstacles of the environment, it pollution, there managed to fi sh 80 percent of the big sometimes feels overwhelming and fi sh out in the ocean. In the Strait of daunting and we’re scared and we will be more plastic Messina where I just swam … we’ve lack motivation. But we can do it if than fish in the fi shed out 93 percent of fi sh in the we put in a little bit of eff ort every Mediterranean. We’ve also put a day. Just like I was able to achieve my ocean in 25 years” lot of plastic into the ocean. Plastic personal challenge of swimming in doesn’t break down for a thousand the open ocean, we as a society can years, so it subsists for many, many overcome the challenges facing the DETERMINED: Adrian Grenier at The Mana Contemporary Preview Dinner at Mana Wynwood, Miami. generations in the ocean. Because oceans and the environment if we of overfi shing and because of the make an eff ort. (We got) at least 65 million (social the ocean is important to them and Messina. I think it’s important that increased plastic pollution, there will media) impressions the day of the talk about what we need to do to we don’t just talk, that we don’t just be more plastic than fi sh in the ocean Did you #MakeASplash? event and several hundred since show that world that the oceans are hashtag and post, but also get active in 25 years. It’s a horrifying thought, I’m proud to say we made a the beginning of the campaign. We important. And so what Richard and and get out there and get wet. —Los but it’s true. splash heard around the world. wanted people to share with us why I did together was swim the Strait of Angeles Times/TNS 4 GULF TIMES Friday, November 4, 2016 COMMUNITY BODY & MIND Studies link poor oral health to heart disease By Seema Yasmin t’s highly likely that poor oral health is linked to heart disease. Studies have shown that people with unhealthy mouths suff er more heart attacks and have an increased risk of stroke Icompared to people with good oral health. Specifi cally, we’re referring to gum health. What does the state of your gums have to do with your heart? The common factor is infl ammation. In the case of gum disease, there are two types: gingivitis, a disease where the gums are sore, swollen and red, and the more serious periodontitis, where swollen gum tissue pulls away from the teeth. Between one-third to one-half of Americans have some form of periodontitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.