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Zamora of The
Manoeuvers, and
singer-actress Jopay Paguia,
are the two star attractions
for Filipino Zumba
extravaganza next month.
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LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE 14
PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY: 92-year-old Margaret Coleman, centre, sits with her 14 children, from left, Rich Coleman, 55, Mike Coleman, 65, Diane Morris, 53, David Coleman, 54, Maribeth Rice, 61, Tom
Coleman, 63, Cathleen Loch, 51, Dan Coleman, 47, Patty Griffin, 57, Maureen Kelly, 61 (twin to Maribeth), Tim Coleman, 62, Terry Coleman, 58, John Coleman, 67, and Peggy Cahill, 60, at the Coleman
family home in Chicago. In addition to her 14 children, Margaret Coleman currently has 48 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
COVER
STORY
Full circle
The story of matriarch Margaret Coleman who raised
14 children back in the ’50s and ’60s and is now
cared for in 14 different ways 2-3
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COVER STORY
One mom, 14 children,
and the grace of caring
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In those days there was no Planned Parenthood, says
92-year-old Margaret Coleman, known as a warm mother
who enjoyed her big brood in the crowded house. Now,
her children are giving back in equal measure.
By Mary Schmich
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MEETING GRANDMA: Kerry Morris, one of Margaret Coleman’s 48 grandchildren, visits with her at the Coleman family home
in Chicago. Although she is on oxygen and can no longer walk, Margaret remains in high spirits and wishes to stay in the family
house, so her children organise and take turns caring for her during the week. She also receives frequent visits from many of her 48
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
M
argaret Coleman likes
to joke that it took one
mother to care for 14
children and now it takes
14 children to care for
one old mom. Coleman — Marge to her
friends — turned 92 this month. For
15 or so years, after her youngest child
left home, she lived alone in the 19th
century three-storey frame house where
she and her husband raised their family.
During her child-rearing days,
life in the house was a pleasant,
controlled riot, kids and toys and books
everywhere, her parents installed
upstairs.
Back then, in the 1950s and ’60s, a
family of 14 kids wasn’t remarkable,
not in the South Side neighbourhood of
Beverly.
“Years ago,” Coleman says, asked
whether she’d wanted that many
children, “you took them as they came.
There wasn’t anything like Planned
Parenthood,” at least not for an IrishCatholic family such as hers.
She was known as a warm mother
who enjoyed her big brood, and in
the crowded house, the Coleman kids
learned to depend on each other and to
be independent. If you wanted lunch
for school, you made it yourself. When
you went somewhere, you walked or
took the bus. The older kids took care
of the younger ones.
Then the Coleman kids, who now
range in age from 47 to 67, grew up. John,
Mike, Tom, Tim, Maureen, Maribeth,
Peggy, Terry, Patty, Rich, David, Diane,
Cathleen, Dan.
One by one, they moved out, to
work, to marry, to have their own
children. Finally, the day came that
Marge Coleman was alone — and
determined to stay in the old house
until the end, which worked just fine
until, inevitably, it didn’t, leaving her
and her children in a quandary familiar
to many elderly parents and their
children:
What now?
Somebody would be around
“Your hands are freezing,” Coleman
said to one of her daughters who was
visiting on a recent Sunday. Coleman’s
eyesight has dimmed but from her new
hospital bed in the living room, she
fixed a worried maternal gaze on one
of her girls.
Still eager for the details of her
children’s lives, she drew her daughter
closer. “Are your eyes puffy?”
If taking care of an elderly parent
is a common experience, what’s not
common is how the Coleman siblings
are managing the challenge of giving
their mother the gift of finishing life
at home.
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COVER STORY
Molly Morris, 21, one of Margaret Coleman’s 48 grandchildren, vacuums around her bed during a visit at the Coleman
family home.
A photo of Margaret Coleman and her husband, John Coleman, who she
called “Jack,” sits on a shelf near her bedside.
Every week, each of them — all
14 — takes one 12-hour shift.
They co-ordinate the calendar
online, conduct teleconferences
and convene in person for a crisis.
Twice a day they share texts
updating each other.
“Good news,” Dan Coleman, No.
14, texted a few weeks ago. “Terry,
Tom and I were able to move Mom
to the twin bed and moved the
couch to the curb. Also, Terry, Tom
and I have officially been removed
from the will. Just kidding. Mom
put up a little fight, but I think she
will be glad once she is able to get
some rest.”
For several years, after climbing
the stairs to her bedroom grew
hard, Coleman slept on the living
room couch. She liked the couch
but not long ago her children
bought her the twin bed, which was
wider. When she rolled off the twin
bed, she reluctantly agreed to a bed
with railings.
Getting old is a series of steps,
many of them so tiny they’re
imperceptible until they add up to
something big, the kind of “what
now?” moments that demand
decisions.
One of the siblings’ first “what
now?” moments happened at
a Super Bowl party when their
mother fell. After that, she took
to using a walker. Another “what
now?” moment soon followed
with the news that Coleman had a
respiratory illness.
In October 2014, they established
their caretaking plan.
Since then, Coleman and her
children have learned to adapt to
successive difficulties.
She breathes now through an
oxygen tube. She recently stopped
walking. Her kids bought her a
speaker for listening to TV so she
didn’t have to turn her shows up
so loud. She likes Law & Order and
The Golden Girls.
“Only a couple of bites of
grilled cheese and tomato,” David
Coleman, No. 11, recently texted the
crew. “Speaker broke, can’t hear tv
or anything else for that matter but
seems peaceful.”
When Coleman was a robust
woman taking care of all those kids,
she rarely thought about who would
take care of her when she was old.
“I figured somebody would be
around,” she says. By now, though,
most of her friends are gone. So are
her younger siblings. Her husband,
an internist she met while working
as a nurse, died in 1997.
The story goes that they met at
Mercy Hospital when she helped him
get the plunger out of a glass syringe.
They married soon afterward,
quickly had their first child and
when a second one didn’t follow
immediately, she took to saying
novenas in the hopes of more.
Her novenas, one of her sons says
jokingly, are paying off in her old
age in the form of caretakers.
Just giving back
Marge Coleman’s children want
to make a couple of things clear.
“We are not the Brady Bunch,” says
Maureen Kelly, No. 5. “We can be
testy. She can be testy.”
A photograph from 1949 shows Margaret Coleman holding the first of 14 children, in an album at the Coleman family
home.
Dealing intimately with their
mother’s body hasn’t been easy
for her or for them. “She has told
a couple of us we should go to
nursing school,” says Tim Coleman,
No. 4.
They also want to make it clear
that they know how lucky they are.
Many other people are doing the
same things for an elderly parent —
helping them eat, bathe, go to the
bathroom, stay as comfortable and
engaged as possible — and doing it
with far fewer resources.
“We’re lucky we have a big
workforce,” Maureen says.
Coleman’s doctor, Richard
Farrell, says, admiringly, that even
among the tight-knit Irish families
he knows, the Colemans stand out.
“In my practice, there are times
when I didn’t even realise patients
of mine had children,” he says.
“They are the most doting family.
She is the matriarch. They respect
the way she wants to live and
eventually die.”
Fourteen caretakers, of course,
can mean 14 opinions. Sometimes
the Coleman siblings argue. A few
months ago, they debated whether
their mother was ready for hospice,
and ultimately agreed she wasn’t.
But even in disagreement, under
the stress of imminent grief that
can break a family apart, they stick
together. They’ve found pleasure in
the complication too, such as the
chance to have long talks sitting at
their mother’s bedside, without the
clamour of the entire family. “It’s
special to have one-on-one time
with her,” says Patty Griffin, No. 9.
Lately, Marge Coleman has been
wistful about the summers she
spent when she was young along
the lakeshore in Michigan, those
long, warm nights when people
talked outside after supper instead
of retreating to the TV.
She has mentioned to her kids
that she’d like to see the lake one
more time, and so Friday — though
not all her kids thought it was a
good idea — they took her, guided
by the idea that it’s better to live
than to just exist.
“I’m a very lucky woman,” she
said on the day I visited her at
home. Maureen reached for her thin
hand. “Ma,” she said, “we’re just
giving back what you gave us.” —
Chicago Tribune/TNS
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COMMUNITY
BODY & MIND
Olivia Wagoner, left, walks with her sister Priscilla as they use the new Pokemon Go app to hunt down characters.
Hospital uses Pokemon
Go in patient recovery
By Patricia Madej
P
riscilla and Olivia Wagoner, 10-yearold twins at Harborview Medical
Center, aren’t thinking of the severe
burns that have kept them in the
hospital for about two weeks and
away from their home in Columbia Falls, Mont.
Instead, they’re thinking about catching
Pikachu.
The girls are part of a trial that doctors and
researchers at the University of Washington
Medicine Burn Center at the hospital have been
testing since Saturday. They’re tapping into
the Pokemon Go craze, an augmented-reality
game where players can catch, train or battle
Pokemon characters on their smartphones.
Except, when used in the burn centre, there’s
a completely different objective than just
having fun.
Researchers say the benefit is twofold: The
game helps mobilise patients and keep their
infected areas in motion while also taking their
minds off the pain, the way a good book or
intense action movie might.
“You get to have this adventure catching
Pokemon and like, you can’t really keep track
and all that’s around you is blank because you’re
playing this one game,” Olivia Wagoner said.
The two, along with their 6-year-old
nephew, Zeke Hilliard, were flown to the
hospital after a relative’s boat they were on
erupted into flames in Swan Lake, Mont. The
Olivia Wagoner looks over her sister Priscilla’s shoulder as they use the new Pokemon Go app to
hunt Pokemon at the Harborview Medical Center burn centre. The Montana twins, 10, were hurt in
a boat fire during a camping trip and were flown to Seattle for treatment.
trip is a Fourth of July tradition for the family.
“It was terrifying,” said Alicia Hilliard, Zeke’s
mother. “The girlies were just crying, their skin
literally just falling off. Zeke was sitting on a
picnic table, just completely in shock.”
Other family members were injured, but
not like the three kids. They suffered burns on
between 20 and 30 percent of their bodies, said
the girls’ mother, Nettie Wagoner.
All three are expected to make a full
recovery. Priscilla and Olivia are expected to
be discharged Tuesday while Hilliard said Zeke
should be at Harborview about another week.
And though the kids aren’t allowed to play
video games much at home, the parents allowed
it in the burn unit if that meant a quicker
recovery. Both the kids and doctors say it’s
working.
Shelley Wiechman, attending psychologist
in the Burn and Pediatric Trauma Service and
Pediatric Primary Care Clinic at Harborview,
said the hospital pioneered the use of virtual
reality after painful procedures around the
mid-1990s.
That’s roughly when the hospital began
to use an immersive virtual-reality game
called “SnowWorld” to decrease pain for
burn victims. The game was developed by
researchers from the University of Washington
in collaboration with the hospital.
“Our challenge is to find something that’s
more stimulating and engaging than pain
they’re experiencing, so something like virtual
reality that’s new or Pokemon Go that’s new, it’s
more exciting and takes attention away from
the pain,” Wiechman said.
Wiechman said that the use of virtual reality,
for both kids and adults, means they’ll be able
to use less medication and push themselves
further in physical therapy.
She said if the hospital continues to use the
game, staff might begin to track data using
Fitbits.
Unlike other virtual-reality games, Pokemon
Go allows patients to use their legs. So in
Priscilla and Olivia’s case, involving them in
this test was a no brainer.
Whether or not the girls will keep playing,
their mom said, “we’ll see.”
Priscilla and Olivia, however, remain
hopeful. They said their dad told them they
might even get a tablet after the two are out of
the hospital.
“I think the Pokemon game is a really good
way to get your physical therapy if you’re in a
hospital,” Priscilla said. “It’s exciting to find
new animals.” —The Seattle Times/TNS
Friday, August 5, 2016
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BODY & MIND
For women, the chinup is an
elusive but worthwhile goal
HARD BUT DOABLE: It can take a lot of strength-building and practice for most women to be able to do a chinup.
By James Fell
O
ne day in my early teens, it seemed
as if my ability to do chinups
increased exponentially overnight.
The victory was dampened by a
cracking voice and acne.
As a man, I take the ability to lift my entire
body weight so my chin is above a bar for
granted. At my most out of shape, when I was
sedentary and tipping the scales toward obesity,
I could still do three chinups.
But for a woman to do even a single chinup,
she needs to work for it, said Boston strength
and conditioning coach Tony Gentilcore. And
the work, Gentilcore added, is worth it.
“I consider it an important fitness goal for
women,” said Gentilcore, who trains Major
League Baseball players as well as many female
clients. The latter often have an aesthetic goal in
mind, and the chinup helps them achieve that
too. The training helps sculpt muscles in a way
many find appealing, and “weight loss can be
part of the discussion because it’s less weight to
pull up over the bar.”
Once his clients have mastered a chinup, it’s a
skill they don’t want to lose. Instead, they want
to go for two chinups. Then more.
Lori Andrews, 48, just achieved her first full
chinup, and it was six months in the making.
“I never had the upper body strength to do
anything; I couldn’t even climb a tree,” said the
interior designer from Calgary, Canada, who
hired a trainer in January to help her do chinups.
Why is it women need to work so hard to
achieve even a single chinup?
“It’s not the quality of the muscle, it’s the
total amount,” said Cassandra Forsythe, an
assistant professor of exercise science at
Central Connecticut State University and coauthor of The New Rules of Lifting for Women.
“With men,” she explained, “puberty provides
an enhancement in testosterone, which creates
greater muscle mass. There is a large difference
in the amount of upper body muscle between
men and women.”
There’s a cultural difference too.
“It seems men are always doing upper
body work in an effort to build muscle and
be stronger,” Forsythe said, “whereas women
are often more interested in fat loss and doing
cardio.”
So what kind of training does it take?
“You need to train four to five times a
week,” Gentilcore said. “Planks, pushups, core
strength. Building total body stability starting
on the floor is important, so when they’re
hanging from the bar they can hold a good
position.”
He then has his clients practice hanging
from the bar, adding in flexed arm hangs and
hanging leg raises. When they’re ready, he has
them “build the pattern” by mimicking the
chinup while having clients stand on elastic
bands attached to the bar to take away some of
their weight and help lift them up. Over time,
those elastic bands get thinner and the clients
do more of the work, until they can do the entire
exercise on their own.
Andrews’ trainer gave her a well-rounded
lifting programme with additional chinupspecific exercises to train the back, core
muscles, shoulders and biceps. Biceps help
make the chinup easier than the pullup – two
exercises that are often confused. With a
pullup, the palms face away from the body
and hands usually are positioned slightly
wider than the shoulders. Chinups have the
palms facing inward, hands about shoulderwidth apart. The body’s configuration with
the chinup allows for more recruitment of the
biceps, making it somewhat easier than the
traditional pullup.
The chinup had long managed to escape
Michelle Kania, a 37-year-old athletic trainer
in Oswego, Ill., but she made it her mission to
learn. She followed Gentilcore’s programme via
online coaching.
“I got so I could do almost 10,” Kania said.
Once she could do it, she was determined not
to lose it. She’s currently able to do five chinups
and plans to increase her training to get back up
in the double digits.
Kania said she once impressed a group of
Marines with her ability to do chinups.
“I like doing it in public, so people look
at me,” she said. “I get a kick out of that.” —
Chicago Tribune/TNS
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COMMUNITY
CUISINE
The healthy and
vegan-friendly tofu
T
ofu as a food has been
always special to me
as this was one of the
first exotic food items
that I came across when
I started my culinary career at a
speciality restaurant at Taj Palace,
New Delhi.
I still remember that day the
master chef of that renowned
Chinese restaurant introduced me
to tofu and gave me a brief about
it. Tofu was considered a speciality
item those days as it was not easily
available and we relied on selected
importers for its supply. Nowadays
COLOURFUL: Tofu and Salmon Roe Salad.
you can easily buy it off the shelf in
various packaging sizes everywhere
and there are plenty of locally
produced options as well.
Tofu is made from soybeans,
water and a coagulant or curdling
agent. It is an excellent source of
protein for vegetarians and has an
Photo by the author
ability to blend well and adapt itself
with various spices and marinades.
The next question people aware
about tofu ask me is the difference
between silken tofu and regular
tofu. While shopping for tofu you
may spot varieties like pre-cooked,
frozen, marinated, fermented or
flavoured tofu. There are, however,
two main variants of tofu namely
Silken and Regular tofu.
Silken tofu or soft tofu or
Japanese-style tofu as it is usually
called is a softer consistency tofu
than the regular one and is very
brittle to handle and breaks very
easily if not handled properly.
Regular on the other hand is
more firm and is easy to handle and
can be cut easily into desired shape.
Regular tofu is also called Chinese
tofu or bean curd and is more
popular and is found more easily in
produce section in hypermarkets or
supermarkets. Silken tofu is tightly
packed in tetra packets and has a
long shelf life of approximately a
year as compared to the regular
one which comes packed in plastic
containers dipped in water to keep
it moist and fresh.
Both silken and regular tofu
come in different firmness like
soft, medium, firm and extra
firm consistencies and both the
varieties are made using the same
ingredients but are processed
differently. The silken and regular
tofu are not interchangeable
in recipes but their firmness
can vary and you can use any
consistency of each for their
respective recipes.
Salad dressings, sauces, and
desserts usually use silken tofu for
a thick and creamy texture. Once
you open any type of tofu, keep it
refrigerated in plastic container
submerged in water. Changing
the water everyday will prolong
the shelf life upto a week. Firm
or extra firm tofu is best suited
for stir fries, baking dishes or
other such dishes which requires
the tofu to retain its shape. You
can freeze tofu for upto 5 months
and this will make it yellowish
and spongier in texture and this
change in texture has a positive
effect on some recipes.
Firmer tofu has more fat
content and softer tofu has less fat
content. Soft silken tofu is a very
good option for people on calorie
controlled diets. Another common
myth about tofu is that it is made
with milk — it does not contain
any dairy product and is made with
coagulating soya bean milk, and
pressing the resulting curd into soft
white blocks to get soya bean.
Tofu and special diet: Tofu has
always been a favourite for people
with various dietary restrictions,
its nutritional value, affordability
and chameleon-like quality to
blend with other ingredients. It is a
popular ingredient for vegans and is
used extensively in western cooking
as well.
Tofu and salmon roe salad
Ingredients
Silken tofu 100 gm
Salmon roe 2 tsp
Asparagus spears 100 gm
Romaine lettuce 100 gm
Fricassee lettuce 50 gm
Cherry tomato 50 gm
Red Radish 50 gm
Baby corn 50 gm
Beet root 1 no
For dressing
Olive oil 2 tbsp
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Crushed pepper to taste
Garnish
Parsley leaves to garnish
Method
Cut firm silken tofu into 1
inch cubes and keep it covered
with water in a bowl and keep it
refrigerated.
Wash and cut the baby corn and
asparagus spear into two and boil
it to sift consistency and refresh in
cold water, keep aside.
Boil beetroot separately and
refresh in ice cold water.
Cut radish and beetroot into thin
slices and keep aside.
Wash and spin dry the salad
leaves and place in a salad bowl.
Combine the baby corn,
asparagus, beetroot and radish
slices.
In a separate bowl combine olive
oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper to
make salad dressing.
Pour the dressing on the
ingredients and toss to combine.
Place the salad into the salad
plate and place tofu on top followed
by the remaining salad drizzle on
top.
Place salmon roe as required and
garnish with parsley leaves and
serve cold.
NOTE: You can always
substitute chicken in almost all
your favourite recipes with regular
firm tofu to make your choice of
protein dish and healthy vegetarian
dish for a balanced diet. Tofu is
a healthy alternate for cottage
cheese in Indian cottage cheese
preparations also for people with
dairy allergy.
z Chef Tarun Kapoor,
Culinary Mastermind,
USA. He may be contacted at
tarunkapoor83@gmail.com
Friday, August 5, 2016
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MOTORING
Cadillac V-Series: Sophisticated
luxury with true track capability
C
adillac’s ATS-V and
CTS-V are dual-purpose
luxury performers
— they both serve as
luxury vehicles with
sophisticated road manners and
track-capable sports cars straight
from the factory.
With the most powerful iteration
of Cadillac’s Twin Turbo 3.6L V-6,
the ATS-V represents the first
twin-turbo powertrain in the history
of the V-Series line-up. Rated at
an SAE-certified 464 horsepower
and 603 Nm of torque, the engine
is the segment’s highest-output
six-cylinder and enables 0-100kph
performance in 3.9 seconds and a top
speed of 304kph.
The Cadillac Twin Turbo
engine supports comprehensively
redesigned chassis, suspension and
drivetrain systems developed to make
the ATS-V one of the most agile,
responsive and confident luxury
performance cars on the market.
The CTS-V on the other hand
introduces the supercharged 6.2L
V-8 LT4 engine SAE certified at 640
horsepower and 855 Nm of torque.
With more horsepower and torque
than its main segment competitors,
the new CTS-V is capable of
0-100kph performance in 3.8
seconds and a top speed of 322kph.
Track-honed design, chassis and
suspension elements complement
the supercharged powertrain and
elevate the CTS-V’s capability,
performance and driver control to
new thresholds, while enabling track
driving without modifications or
special procedures.
Both engines — that of the
ATS-V and CTS-V — are backed by
Cadillac’s paddle-shift eight-speed
automatic transmission featuring
launch control and Performance
Algorithm Shifting.
In addition, Cadillac’s ATS-V and
CTS-V models are equipped with a
high performance Brembo braking
system that provides consistent
track performance, durability and
immediate response thanks to a large
diameter discs and multi piston front
and rear calipers.
V represents the pinnacle of
Cadillac’s performance capabilities,
and has placed Cadillac toe to toe
with the established rivals in the
segment.
The Cadillac V series.
Nissan BladeGlider brings ‘cutting-edge
intelligent mobility to life’
N
issan has unveiled the working
prototype of its futuristic
BladeGlider vehicle, combining
zero-emissions with highperformance in a “revolutionary
sports car design.”
The vehicles, developed from concept cars
first shown at the Tokyo Auto Show in 2013,
have arrived in Brazil to symbolise future
technologies that will combine Intelligent
Mobility, environmentally-friendly impact and
sports-car driving capabilities.
Carlos Ghosn, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., said: “These
prototypes epitomise Nissan’s drive to expand
its Intelligent Mobility philosophy, where
driving pleasure combines with environmental
responsibility. Nissan believes that enthusiasts
should look forward to a zero emission future
and BladeGlider is a perfect demonstration of
that. It’s the electric vehicle for car-lovers.”
The debut of the BladeGlider prototypes
forms part of Nissan’s ongoing commitment
to the development of zero-emission vehicles
and new automotive technologies including
autonomous drive systems and connectivity.
Nissan already sells the world’s highest-volume
zero-emission car, the LEAF, and is pioneering
Intelligent Mobility systems that will be
deployed in a range of vehicles over coming
years.
With the BladeGlider, Nissan’s vision was for
an agile, efficient EV that would provide new
dimensions of driving fun and excitement — a
car that would ‘glide’, thanks to the near-silent
performance of its electric powertrain and
The Nissan BladeGlider.
The driver sits in arrowhead formation slightly
in front of two passengers, who enjoy extended
legroom.
aerodynamic shape.
After two years of work on design,
engineering and development, Nissan
BladeGlider has evolved further into an
exciting, real-life study into the potential
of advanced EV performance. BladeGlider
epitomises Intelligent Mobility, a philosophy to
make its cars more exciting by redefining how
they are driven, powered and integrated into
society.
The demonstration models feature an
advanced chassis configuration with a narrow
front track and wider rear track for optimum
aerodynamic efficiency and handling stability.
High-waisted, rear-hinged dihedral doors
provide a dramatic entry and exit to the cabin.
The open roof of BladeGlider is reinforced with
an integrated roll-over protection structure,
providing the exhilaration of an open-topped
race car with the safety of a coupe.
Wheel-mounted controls for BladeGlider’s
systems feed into an advanced display showing
speed, state of battery charge, regeneration
mode and torque map. Flanking the central
display are two screens, with the images of
rear-view cameras mounted just behind the
front wheels. An alternative to door-mounted
mirrors, this dual screen design improves
the aerodynamic efficiency of BladeGlider.
The driver sits in arrowhead formation
slightly in front of two passengers, who enjoy
extended legroom. The view for all occupants
is panoramic, thanks to the seamless cockpit
windscreen.
Power is 100 percent electric, with
exceptional powertrain performance
delivered by Nissan’s technical partner for
the BladeGlider project, UK-based Williams
Advanced Engineering. Maximum speed of the
demonstration models is in excess of 190km/h,
with 0-100km/h taking less than 5 seconds.
The rear wheels’ drive is provided by two
130kW electric motors — one for each wheel.
The system features torque vectoring,
controlling the torque delivered to the driven
wheels, improving the handling even further.
With torque vectoring, if the car starts to
understeer, it automatically sends more torque
to the outside wheel to restore the handling
balance.
Designed to add to the driving experience
rather than govern it, the torque vectoring
systems has three settings: off, agile and drift
mode.
Power is supplied by a high performance five
module lithium-ion 220kW battery. Bespoke
cooling systems have been developed for both
the battery and the motors.
The interior of the BladeGlider reflects the
vehicles’ sporting intentions, with 4 point
safety harnesses for each occupant. The seats
offer exceptional support to sides and legs
of the driver and passengers. The seats are
trimmed in a highly tactile blend of fabric
and epoxy resin coating, resulting in a tough
and grippy material that has the effect of
comfortably adhering occupants securely in
place.
There are two colour trims — Cyber Green
and Stealth Orange. These colours are used for
the upper portions of the seat back, and framed
with a silver reflective material to create an
eye-catching, sporty look. The base of the seats
are in black, patterned material, with a band of
green and orange trim framing the cushion.
Two BladeGliders will be presented in Rio de
Janeiro in August. One will be on static display
in Rio while the second will be offering dynamic
rides to media and VIPs.
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Albino rapper twins fight stigma
with music in Cameroon
Albino twin rappers Mr Flash, left, and Risky, alias Clifford and Rene Bouma, use their songs to fight against discrimination of people with albinism in Cameroon.
By Ngala Killian Chimtom and Kristin Palitza
G
rowing up in rural
Cameroon was tough
and lonely, Albino twins
Rene and Clifford Bouma
remember. They were
cruelly teased by other children.
Adults ostracised them. Their
parents constantly feared for the
boys’ lives.
“We heard stories of albinos
who have been killed and offered
as sacrifices to the gods,” say the
31-year-old brothers, who grew up in
the north-western village of Bali. “So
it was risky growing up as an albino.”
Albinos face a strange dichotomy
of being discriminated against
as bringers of misfortune by
communities, while at the same time
being hunted for the use of their body
parts in magical potions and charms
believed to bring wealth and good
luck.
Violent attacks against people
with albinism — a genetic condition
caused by a lack of melanin in the
skin, hair and eyes — are not only
common in Cameroon, but also
in other countries in sub-Saharan
Africa, such as Congo, Burundi, Ivory
Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and
Mozambique.
The Canadian non-profit
organisation Under the Same Sun
has recorded almost 500 attacks on
albinos in 26 African countries since
1998. About 185 of the victims were
killed, according to the report.
The United Nations human rights
office OHCHR says trading in body
parts from albinos is “a lucrative
and macabre market,” with reported
prices ranging from 2,000 dollars
for a limb to 75,000 dollars for a
complete corpse.
Children make up a large
The United Nations human rights office OHCHR says
trading in body parts from albinos is “a lucrative
and macabre market,” with reported prices ranging
from 2,000 dollars for a limb to 75,000 dollars for a
complete corpse.
proportion of the victims,
according to the UN agency,
because perpetrators believe the
more innocent a victim, the more
potent the body parts will be for the
potion.
To protect the twins, Rene and
Clifford’s parents kept the brothers
mainly indoors. They grew up
isolated and alone. On the street,
people called them names. Nobody
wanted to sit next to them in
school.
When they were teenagers, they
couldn’t get a date. The brothers
spent much of their time writing
rhymes and poetry.
“With all that rage in you, with
all that frustration, we had to cope
with it [by using] pen on paper,” Rene
explains.
A few years ago, they gave
themselves the stage names Mr Flash
and Risky and started to perform
what they call their “White African
Music” in bars and clubs. Their lyrics
talks about the hurt of stigma and
discrimination, the consequences of
ignorance and how to overcome it.
“God has blessed us, too,” the
twins rap hip-hop-style.
Their music has hit a nerve across
the West African nation, where the
brothers have just published their
third album and draw crowds of up to
5,000 people per concert.
“People now spend their money to
watch us perform,” Clifford beams.
Instead of insulting them, people
line up to take selfies with the rapper
brothers, Rene says. Girls, who used
to ignore them, now “flock around
us,” he adds. “It’s amazing how things
have changed.”
The brothers hope that their music
will slowly change the “narrative of
ignorance,” not only in Cameroon,
but across Africa, says Clifford:
“We hope to eventually to carry the
message across the continent.” —
DPA
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LEISURE
Colour by numbers
Colour by choice
Maze
Connect the dots
Picture crossword
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CARTOON
Friday, August 5, 2016
Quick Clues
Wordwatch
feisty (FY-stee)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Spirited; full of courage, spunk, or
energy.
2. Touchy, irritable, or ill-tempered.
ETYMOLOGY:
From feist, variant of obsolete fist,
short for fisting cur, a contemptuous
term for a dog, from fist, from Middle
English fisten (to break wind). The
word fizzle is ultimately derived from
the same source. Earliest documented
use: 1896.
USAGE:
“When did our national temperament
get so feisty, so pugnacious?”
Jim Coyle; Sorry, Canadians Just Aren’t
So Nice Anymore; The Toronto Star
(Canada); May 29, 2016.
4. Huge (7)
8. Tin and lead alloy (6)
9. Gift (7)
10. Free, commonly (6)
11. Relations by marriage (2-4)
12. Pre-meal drink (8)
18. Trustworthy (8)
20. Discuss (6)
21. Purloined (6)
22. Admit (7)
23. Grass-cutting tool (6)
24. Grain store (7)
DOWN
1. Witty remark (7)
2. Pullover (7)
3. Zodiac sign (6)
5. Lenient (8)
6. Without difficulty (6)
7. Tendons (6)
13. Bullfighter (8)
14. Skill (7)
15. Follow a winding course
(7)
16. Diversion (6)
17. High-kicking dance (6)
19. Unimpaired (6)
4. Meg Reed unexpectedly came into
view (7)
8. Perform better, but not in part of the
play (6)
9. Perspicacity in one sense (7)
10. The first of the utterances in Gray’s
translation is cloyingly sweet (6)
11. A weapon in the ship renders the
guns useless (6)
12. Very fatigued - lifeless pulse (4-4)
18. Coach bearing (8)
20. The marksman gets a kick out of
this (6)
21. It’s rarely used now for a light cloak
(6)
22. Not in favour of getting a profit by a
short way... (7)
23. ....though I table an amendment (6)
24. Army unit going to fire (7)
senescence (suh-NES-uhns)
MEANING:
noun: The process or the state of
growing old.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin senescere (to grow old),
from senex (old). Ultimately from the
Indo-European root sen- (old), which
is also the ancestor of senior, senate,
senile, Spanish señor, sir, sire, and surly
(which is an alteration of sirly, as in sirly). Earliest documented use: 1695.
USAGE:
“It’s delightful to know that as we oldtimers pass into senescence, our rivers
will be in capable hands.”
Willem Lange; A Gathering of
Wilderness Paddlers; Valley News
(White River Junction, Vermont); Mar
8, 2016.
tromometer (tro-MOM-i-tuhr)
MEANING:
noun: An instrument for detecting or
1. Choice beef for team at the head
of the league (7)
2. Staying hellishly gloomy (7)
3. Insect that leaves a mark on the
seaman (6)
5. One in the abbey to give a service
(8)
6. Fruit is found in wet weather (6)
7. Sound reflections (6)
13. In the finish, near to being
surrounded (8)
14. This provides the cutlery used
for mass meals (7)
15. Certainly doesn’t like a steed
straying round the street (7)
16. One who cadges hen food in the
pub (6)
17. Successfully handling a kind of
saw (6)
19. Truly make a new treaty of
friendship (6)
CRYPTIC
Across: 1 Churchgoers; 9 Aim; 10
Imbalance; 11 Taken; 13 Treacle;
14 Sweets; 16 Alcove; 18 Imitate;
19 Misdo; 20 Ingenious; 21 Lay; 22
Appearances.
Down: 2 Hem; 3 Reign; 4 Habits; 5
Oil well; 6 Run Across; 7 Party-spirit;
8 See eye to eye; 12 Keeping up; 15
Trainee; 17 Detour; 19 Meson; 21 Lee.
measuring faint tremors caused by an
earthquake.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek tromos (trembling).
Earliest documented use: 1878.
USAGE:
“A tromometer being perfectly at
rest whilst a heavy gale was blowing
round the observatory shows that
the connection between two sets of
phenomena is not so close as might at
first be supposed.”
John Milne; Seismology; Cambridge;
1898.
happenchance (HAP-uhn-chans)
MEANING:
noun: A chance occurrence.
adjective: Resulting from chance.
ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration of happenstance, a blend
of happening + circumstance. Earliest
documented use: 1847.
USAGE:
“Whether this came from
happenchance or a carefully crafted
winning formula is not clear.”
Richard Kitheka; Author Jackie Collins
Revealed Hollywood Decadence to
World; Daily Nation (Nairobi, Kenya);
Oct 9, 2015.
— wordsmith.org
Yesterday’s Solutions
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 row and every 3x3
box contains the digits 1 to 9 and none
is repeated.
DOWN
Yesterday’s Solutions
QUICK
Across: 1 Discrepancy; 9 Ice; 10
Situation; 11 Cable; 13 Compete; 14
Moaned; 16 Scrimp; 18 Pensive; 19
Donor; 20 Coagulate; 21 Out; 22
Legerdemain.
Down: 2 Ire; 3 Caste; 4 Entice; 5
Anaemic; 6 Criterion; 7 Circumspect;
8 Intemperate; 12 Brainwave; 15
Epicure; 17 Reward; 19 Dream; 21 Obi.
officious (o-FISH-uhs)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Excessively eager in offering
unwanted or unneeded advice or help.
2. Acting in pompous or domineering
manner, especially in trivial matters.
ETYMOLOGY:
Earlier, someone officious was dutiful
or helpful. Over time, the word
acquired a negative sense. From Latin
officiosus (dutiful), from officium
(service). Earliest documented use:
1487.
USAGE:
“Zimmerman, wearing a banker’s collar
and projecting an officious air into the
room, continued.”
Sonia Smith; Unfriendly Climate; Texas
Monthly (Austin); May 2016.
Sudoku
Cryptic Clues
ACROSS
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COMMUNITY
LEISURE
ACROSS
GULF TIMES
Mall Cinema (1): Ice Age:
Collision Course (2D)
1.30pm; Mojave (2D) 3.30pm;
Ice Age: Collision Course
(2D) 5.30pm; Ice Age:
Collision Course (2D) 7.15pm;
Jason Bourne (2D) 9pm;
Kasaba (Malayalam) 11pm.
Mall Cinema (2): Kasaba
(Malayalam) 1pm; Ice Age:
Collision Course (2D)
3.30pm; Bad Moms (2D)
5.15pm; Jason Bourne (2D)
7pm; Kasaba (Malayalam)
9PM; Suicide Squad (2D)
11.30pm.
Mall Cinema (3): Thirunaal
(Tamil) 1pm; Midnight Sun
(2D) 3.30pm; The Legend
Of Tarzan (2D) 5.15pm; The
Legend Of Tarzan (2D) 7pm;
Suicide Squad (2D) 9pm;
Thirunaal (Tamil) 11.15pm.
Royal Plaza Cinema
Palace (1): Kasaba
(Malayalam) 2.30pm; The
Legend Of Tarzan (2D)
4.45pm; Jason Bourne (2D)
6.45pm; Kasaba (Malayalam)
9pm; Kasaba (Malayalam)
11.30pm.
Royal Plaza Cinema
Palace (2): Ice Age: Collision
Course (2D) 1.30pm; Ice Age:
Collision Course (2D) 3.15pm;
Ice Age: Collision Course
(2D) 5pm; Suicide Squad
(2D) 7pm; Suicide Squad
(2D) 9.15pm; Suicide Squad
(2D) 11.30pm.
Royal Plaza Cinema
Palace (3): Midnight Sun
(2D) 1.45pm; Mojave (2D)
3.30pm; Bad Moms (2D)
5.15pm; Ice Age: Collision
Course (2D) 7pm; The
Legend Of Tarzan (2D) 9pm;
Jason Bourne (2D) 11.15pm.
Asian Town Cinema: Kabali
(Tamil) 5, 8 & 11pm; Anuraga
Karikkin Vellam (Malayalam)
12.30, 2.45, 5.15, 7, 7.45, 9.30,
10.15pm & 12am; Dishoom
(Hindi) 5.30 & 10.30pm.
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LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE
Healthy hacks for sneaking whole
grains, veggies into kids’ meals
T
Oatmeal sundaes: Give kids a
healthy dose of whole grains to start
their day with oatmeal sundaes.
Whip up some instant oats and set
out a variety of tasty toppings such as
dried fruit, nuts and real maple syrup
so they can create their own sundaes.
ips to sneak more whole
grains and veggies into
kids’ meals
Does every day feel like
a war to get your child
to eat vegetables and whole grains?
As a parent, you understand the
importance of nutritious eating.
Your children, however, can be
surprisingly stubborn.
Getting your child to eat better
doesn’t have to result in a battle of
wills. Smart parents can use simple
cooking hacks to increase nutrients
in meals so kids don’t even realise
they’re eating good-for-you
ingredients.
Try these 10 ideas for sneaking in
veggies and whole grains into your
child’s diet:
Super sauces: Pasta sauce is ideal
for hiding some vitamin-packed
veggies. For example, spaghetti
sauce is already lycopene-rich, but
try adding some carrot puree for
an undetectable nutrient boost.
For mac-and-cheese sauce, mix
in pumpkin or squash puree. For
Popcorn pizazz: Popped corn is
a fantastic whole grain that’s a better
option when you skip the salt and
butter. Get creative and have kids
brainstorm tasty combinations. Start
with air-popped corn, then sprinkle
on cinnamon and coconut sugar.
Alfredo sauce, blend cauliflower
puree.
Beefed-up meats: Add cooked
quinoa, mushrooms or uncooked
oats to meatloaf or meatballs to
sneak in a hearty dose of whole
grains.
ARIES
March 21 — April 19
The Moon slides into Virgo today, your sixth house of hard work,
service to others and health. If you’ve been slacking off and you
know it, now’s the time to hit the gym, pavement or office hard!
CANCER
June 21 — July 22
Unless you really feel it’s worth the time and energy, don’t push
yourself to do something you’re not 100% sure about or invested in.
LIBRA
September 23 — October 22
Don’t feel despondent or sad about something that didn’t work out
for you today Librans. Once Jupiter planets his flag in your sign early
September, you will be able to get a lot of things done your way.
CAPRICORN
December 22 — January 19
If you don’t feel you are ready to tackle something or someone,
then don’t. It’s as simple as that goats. Forcing yourself into doing or
saying something is a sure fire way to end up disappointed.
Perfect pizza: Kids adore
pizza, so pizza night is a prime
opportunity for parents to choose a
better option the entire family will
enjoy. Its better to make the pizza
at home with whole grain crust
and put some mushrooms on the
toppings.
Fruity PB&Js: Some kids could
(and do) eat peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches every day. Next time, try
sliced fruit instead of sugar-packed
jelly. Strawberries, blueberries,
bananas and peaches are all fantastic
substitutes. Just slice and layer
between bread.
Better-for-you dessert: Satisfy
your kid’s sweet tooth with desserts
that pack a produce punch. Carrot
puree is an easy add to chocolate
TAURUS
April 20 — May 20
Today’s Moon joins up with Mercury and Venus in your fun and
romance zone – which is a great signal for you that your life is about
to swing around solidly in your favour bulls.
LEO
July 23 — August 22
You have more options today and for the week than you are really
aware of Leos. So make sure you explore them – ask for advice and
for ways of juggling all those things you’ve got going on right now.
SCORPIO
October 23 — November 21
Unless you really feel the need to show off today, keep a recent
victory to yourself Scorpios. You might regret shouting your
achievements from the rooftops later on in the week.
AQUARIUS
January 20 — February 18
Be honest with how you feel today about something or someone
Aquarius. There are so many ’nice’ ways you can explain things so
keep that in mind too.
chip cookie dough. Zucchini bread
and sweet-potato brownies will get
devoured.
Green wraps: Want a fun twist on
sandwiches and tacos? Swap bread
and tortillas with lettuce varieties.
Try blanching thicker greens like
collards, kale or chard and pat dry
before adding favourite fillings, then
wrap and enjoy!
Pumpkin pancakes: In addition
to sauces, that can of unsweetened
pumpkin puree can add healthy
nutrients to breakfast flapjacks. Add
a few tablespoons to pancake batter
and enjoy.
Creative casseroles: Hiding
veggies in casseroles is incredibly
easy. Simply shred zucchini or use
spaghetti squash and layer it in with
other ingredients. The mild flavour
blends virtually without a trace
while adding important vitamins and
minerals to the dish.
© Brandpoint
GEMINI
May 21 — June 20
What goes around comes back around twins. You and everyone else
on planet Earth know this. So don’t be surprised when something
you set in motion earlier in the year turns up again today.
VIRGO
August 23 — September 22
There is nothing stopping you from doing something today that
while might not be well received or popular, is in actuality the best
thing for you to do.
SAGITTARIUS
November 22 — December 21
You’ve got a rather rough weekend coming up so don’t do anything
to exacerbate that Sags. Just go with the flow and don’t overdo the
promises or exaggerations!
PISCES
February 19 — March 20
Don’t rock the boat too hard today, Pisces. If you do, it could very
well capsize and toss you overboard. Better to stick to paddling
around a nice, calm lake!
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SHOWBIZ
My journey as director now
an adventure: Karan Johar
F
ilmmaker Karan Johar,
who made his directorial
debut with Kuch Kuch
Hota Hai in 1998, says
he has moved away
from innocence to pursue an
adventurous ride in the Hindi film
industry.
Known for popular movies like
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, My
Name Is Khan and Student Of The
Year, Karan is not just a successful
director and producer, but also a
designer, much loved chat show
host and even a reality show judge.
Asked about his journey as a
director in the industry, he told
IANS: “I think my journey started
with innocence. It went on to
maturity and it went on to stability
and now it’s an adventure.”
Karan, who will soon be seen on
the small screen via Colors’ dance
reality TV show Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa
as a judge, says being on the show
is like being with family for him.
“I am pretty excited as Jhalak...
for me is like a family. To be part
of Jhalak... is emotional for me
because I began my journey with
reality TV with this. Once I got
into it, I realised the impact of
Indian TV and it has played a large
part in building my personality
and perhaps my brand value.
“Jhalak... will always remain
special for various reasons
whether I am a part of it or not.
It will always remain a big part of
my existence in the entertainment
world,” the 44-year-old said.
Karan is quite a popular
celebrity among celebrities, and
he is known to have a lot of friends
in showbiz. Many a times people
have called the industry a “fake
world”.
Asked how difficult it gets to
be real in the “fake world”, Karan
said: “I don’t know … fakeness
is a by-product of circumstance.
Sometimes, you have to be
artificial or fake to match the
environment around you, but then
you reach a certain age and stage
in your life where you feel you
STAGE SET: Sonakshi Sinha
Sonakshi excited
about singing live
CHANGING TRACK: Karan Johar
don’t need to kind of be a certain
person anymore you can be a little
closer to yourself.”
All said and done, he says “we
all still put on a face”.
“I am not being my complete
real self while answering this
question, but it’s closer to the
truth. Yes, we all are fake, we all
Ikea responds to Kanye
West collaboration offer
Swedish home furnishing retailer Ikea has reached out to
rapper Kanye West after he offered to design furniture with them.
The 39-year-old star recently expressed his desire to
collaborate with the Swedish retailer on a range and now the
company has taken to social media and joked that they could
make him “famous” if they teamed up, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
The Facebook page for Ikea Australia shared a photograph of
a potential Kanye/Ikea design and captioned it: “Hey Kanye, we
would love to see what you would create ... We could make you
Famous!”
On Monday, the Fade hitmaker said he “has” to work with
the global brand and has always dreamed of designing his own
collection for the company because he wants to launch “more
products” to his fashion line. – IANS
DREAMS AND DESIGNS: Kanye West
are artificial, we all have to put
up a face, but with age and with
a certain stage the artificiality
reduces.
“Then it’s for you and for the
audience out there to realise
whether they like you and you
kind of organically change yourself
with the process.” — IANS
Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who
was to sing live for the first time at a
college, says she is elated to see her
dream of singing turn into reality.
Sonakshi, who has sung a track
titled Raj raj ke for her upcoming film
Akira, has been roped in to perform
live. “Ever since I was a kid, I had one
big dream that someday I will sing
live and have people dancing to my
tunes ... Slowly that dream is coming
true,” Sonakshi said in a statement.
The actress, who made her debut
into singing with a new single titled
Ishqoholic last year, added that she
feels “lucky to have the opportunity
to sing such a beautiful and soultouching song like Raj raj ke”.
Sonakshi hopes she wins
everyone’s hearts with her live gig.
She said: “When I heard the song
a few days before the shoot and
while we were shooting the video, I
couldn’t stop singing it. From that,
it led to me recording for it and from
that to actually performing it live, is
like a big dream come true.
“I’m very excited. I really hope
everyone likes it.”
Presented by Fox Star Studios,
Akira is directed by A R Murugadoss,
who had previously directed
Sonakshi in the film Holiday.
Akira sees Sonakshi’s character
coming to Mumbai from Jodhpur,
where she gets into a tiff with the
goons of the college she enrolls in.
The story is about her fight to come
out of a case in which the goons and
corrupt police officials play crucial
roles. The film, also starring Anurag
Kashyap and Konkona Sen Sharma,
will release on September 2. — IANS
Zayn Malik heads to film world
Singer Zayn Malik is about to
make a move into the film and TV
industry after reportedly landing
a role as an executive producer.
According to The Sun newspaper,
the 23-year-old former One
Direction star is said to have teamed
up with creators of Emmy-winning
US series Entourage to make a TV
series about an aspiring boyband,
reports dailymail.co.uk.
“This is a big deal for Zayn. He
has been keen to get stuck into
different projects outside of music
and this is the perfect move. It’s
a subject he knows lots about and
he will call upon his experiences
to advise the scriptwriters on the
show,” said a source.
The source added: “If the series
does well, he will receive plenty
of kudos in the industry.” The
series will chart the group’s rise
from bedroom musicians to global
superstars — meaning he will
be able to draw on his plentiful
experiences. — IANS
HOLLYWOOD CALLING: Zayn Malik
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COMMUNITY
Celebrities roped in for
Filipino Zumba event
Joshua Zamora of dance group The Manoeuvers,
and singer-actress and his better half, Jopay
Paguia, are the two star attractions for the Zumba
extravaganza next month. By Anand Holla
F
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Joshua Zamora was part of Manoeuvers for almost 11
years and as a back-up dancer of Gary Valenciano.
or dance and fitness
lovers, a big Zumba
bonanza is coming up
next month. As part
of the celebration of
the first anniversary of Kulinarya
Qatar (KQ), the Health and Fitness
Committee helmed by Shiela Marie
Sanchez has decided to add yet
another feisty dimension to the
Filipino Community Family Day
and Food Festival by organising
Glow Zumba and bringing down
two famous artistes from the
Philippines to get people grooving.
Joshua Zamora of the
famous male dance group The
Manoeuvers, and singer-actress
and his better half, Jopay Paguia,
who is currently a regular at a local
TV series Tubig at Langis (Oil and
Water), are the two star attractions
at the event. The couple will be the
highlight of Kulinarya Qatar 2016
event at Westin Hotel and Spa,
Ballroom 2 and 3, on September
14, from 5.30pm to 7pm in a fitness
mega-show titled Glow Zumba.
Sanchez told Community, “We
are generating greater awareness
about the culture of the Filipinos.
In Qatar, there are 35 Filipino
restaurants and around 15 would
be joining this event so that the
visitors attending the bazaar can
taste the delicacies and learn more
about our community and our
country. The Glow Zumba event is
part of that.”
Sanchez explained that the
ambassador of the Philippines
to Qatar, Wilfredo Santos, is
highly encouraging of the Filipino
community to stay fit. Sanchez,
who is also a licensed ZIN (Zumba
Instructor Network) instructor,
said, “Being part of ZIN, it’s
important for me to show people
the benefits of Zumba and also
encourage them because it’s
not only about dancing but also
combining it with exercise in a way
that nobody gets bored of working
out.
“This way, those practising
Zumba can be happy and fit at
the same time. Health and fitness
is crucial to Filipino expats and
in line with the ambassador’s
campaign for Filipinos to live a
Jane Paguia-Zamora, known professionally as Jopay, is a Filipina singer, dancer
and actress.
healthy lifestyle. Glow Zumba was
conceptualised and integrated as a
feature of this year’s celebrations.
The participants will be dancing
with glow-in-the-dark sticks in a
dimly lit ambience. It will be fun!”
The special event is ticketed
and reservations are required to
get into the Zumba Pit designed
for enthusiasts. The participants
will look to enjoy the programme
together and also “get glowing
skin while sweating it out” to
electrifying Zumba music specially
arranged by the visiting celebrity
artistes.
Proceeds from the Glow Zumba
activity will be donated towards
a worthy cause benefiting the
distressed workers in Qatar.
Apart from Zamora, a licensed
ZIN and a popular face in the
fitness and Zumba circles in the
Philippines, and his wife Jopay
Paguia, local ZIN instructors of
Doha who are also Zumba stars
here will be invited to join the
celebrities in showcasing their
fitness expertise. The local stars
are Marvin Abaredes of Pinoy Zin
Qatar, Coolman Tito, Tachi and
Eddie.
If you are interested in
participating in this event, you
can contact the Health and Fitness
Committee KQ2016 at 5505-8685,
Beats and Bytes Dancers and
Kulinarya Qatar 2016 Secretariat at
4488-4460.
As for the star attractions,
Zamora was part of Manoeuvers
for almost 11 years and as a backup dancer of Gary Valenciano.
Zamora and his group performed
in several well-known shows from
the two giant networks, ABS-CBN
and GMA7. Zamora also went
with Valenciano on concert tours
around the globe.
It was during this time that the
Manoeuvers made waves in the
dancing circuit by creating a craze
for dancing and popularising songs
such as Macarena, Rump Shaker,
Informer and many more.
Zamora also had a chance to
dance for the youth as Globe
Telecom then got them for its
project GenTxt School Trip
Dance Clinic where being part of
Manoeuvers, they travelled all over
the Philippines to promote dancing
to the youth as a way to veer away
from the use of drugs.
Aside from schools, Joshua
conducted dance workshops
through Trumpets Playshop and
Bread of Life.
Jane Paguia-Zamora, known
professionally as Jopay, is a Filipina
singer, dancer and actress. She
is a former senior member and
an original member of Sxbomb
Singers, with Rochelle Pangilinan,
Evette Pabalan, Weng Ibarra, Izzy
Trazona-Aragon and Monic Icban.
Jopáy is also a cousin of singeractress Nadine Lustre.