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Page 01 Sept 11.Indd THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 • [email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 Pulling the plug: inside Apple’s Watch a CAMPUS • Qatar Academy boost for wireless teachers begin school year on ‘positive’ note charging P | 4 P | 12 FOOD • 10 fresh ways to use butternut squash The 60th anniversary edition of the Guinness World Records book will reflect on six decades of record-breaking, while P | 6 also featuring the latest additions to the oddball hall of fame like long tongues and leaping cats. BOOKS • What neuroscience tells us about getting organised P | 7 FILM • Whiff of humour permeates Jon Stewart debut drama Rosewater P | 8-9 HEALTH • Reversing the deadly effects of sitting too long P | 11 LEARN ARABIC WORLD • Learn commonly used Arabic words RECORDS and their meanings P | 13 2 PLUS | THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 COVER STORY Long tongues and leaping cats in 60th World Records book Alley secured her place in World Records book for the longest jump by a cat. rom super-long tongues Bennett, who started collecting in to leaping cats, a host of 1995. weird and wacky land- In Japan, Akiko Obata has the Fmarks have made the cut largest collection of plastic food, for 60th anniversary edition of with more than 8,000 items includ- the Guinness World Records book ing giant plastic burgers, donuts launched yesterday. and dishes of everything from soup The new edition reflects on six to desserts filling her apartment. decades of record-breaking, while Meanwhile Alley of the United also featuring the latest additions States takes the longest jump by to the oddball hall of fame. a cat record, at an impressive six They include Californian Nick feet (1.83 metres). The white, black Stoeberl, possessor of the world’s and ginger cat leapt the distance longest tongue at 10.1 centimetres between two small platforms. (four inches). Brewers Guinness launched their Yannick Read from London British film buff Nick Bennett famous records book in 1955 to set- has secured a place in the earned a place in the compendium tle disputes among drinkers. book for building the world’s for having the largest collection Since then, more than 132 million smallest caravan. of James Bond memorabilia, with copies of their annual compendium 12,463 items from model cars to have been sold in 20 languages in posters displayed in a shrine in his more than 100 countries. house. All the record attempts are “I’m still collecting... And there’s assessed by adjudicators from the still stuff arriving today,” said organisation. PLUS | THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 3 New inclusions this year include Inke Siefker of San Francisco, who set a record for furthest arrow shot on target with the use of feet (6.10 metres, 20 feet) — done by operating a bow with her legs while standing on her hands. Meanwhile Karsten Maas in Germany has invented the world’s longest usable golf club at 14 feet and five inches (4.39 metres). Maas conceded his invention was not the most practical as “the weight and length of the club make striking the ball really exhausting. Plus, I don’t have a caddy!” And Londoner Yannick Read who created the smallest known caravan — measuring under 2.4 metres (seven feet, 10 inches) in length. “It’s even got a kettle so you can make your- self a nice cup of tea,” Read said in a promo- tional video. Other records included the most oceans rowed, awarded to Simon Chalk, and heavi- est weight lifted with beard, taken by Antanas Kontrimas who picked up a woman attached by a harness to his grey beard. There’s a new reigning champ for “Largest Collection of Comic Books.” Bob Bretall, a 52 year old senior director at a telecommunica- tions software company from Mission Viejo, California now holds this title. He is a private Largest Collection of James collector who has been collecting, non-stop, Bond Memorabilia. since July 1970. How big is his collection? Well, Bretall has 94,268 comics and none of any of those books counted are duplicates. Bretall began his collec- tion at the age of 8 with Amazing Spider-Man #88, written by Stan Lee and drawn by John Romita Sr. He has not missed a month of col- lecting since then. He currently buys ore than 140 issues a month, which add to his collection. Aside from the new records, the 2015 book looks back at records from the last 60 years including British runner Roger Bannister’s sub- four-minute mile and Michael Jackson’s music industry landmarks. “This is an important landmark edition for Guinness World Records, giving us the opportu- nity to look back at how records have changed over these six extraordinary decades,” said edi- tor Craig Glenday. “Of course, we’ve still had to process around 50,000 claims in this past year alone, giving us plenty of new and updated records to choose from... and making it a really difficult task to decide what makes the final cut.” AFP Largest collection of plastic food. Furthest Arrow Shot with the Feet 4 PLUS | THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 CAMPUS Qatar Academy teachers begin school year on ‘positive’ note ounselor and media personality CAbdulrahman Al Harami (pic- tured) returned to Qatar Academy with a workshop aimed at instilling positivity in the classroom and in life. Addressing the Arabic and Islamic Studies teachers from Early Education, Primary, Middle and High School divi- sions, Al Harami outlined key points in attaining a positive outlook in life. He believes that positivity is an acquired trait that can be developed in us, one that can specially help teachers in and motivation, teachers will be able to doing their jobs effectively. To achieve accept student differences and address this in the workplace, he stressed that their varying learning needs. This then teachers must seek to build good rela- allows them to develop a balanced tionships with everyone, be proactive, approach to handling different situa- CISAK welcomes new students quality oriented and be always willing tions in class and therefore contribute he new school year at Compass Robert Graves, the Principal of to seek professional development and to the overall wellbeing of all students. TInternational School, Al Khor CISAK, said: “Our new students were growth as an educator. “We believe that organizing such (CISAK) got off to a strong start this ready to make new friends and eager According to Al Harami, who has workshops will enhance the quality of week, as the community welcomed to get learning. Our returning stu- worked with the QAD community teaching at Qatar Academy,” Senior more than 125 new students to its dents quickly got back into the rou- last year through teacher, student School Assistant Principal Maha classrooms. tine of being at school, and the school and parent sessions, this approach to Al Romaihi says. “Abdulrahman Al The new students, hailing from was abuzz with excitement. We have life has a direct impact on the class- Harami is familiar with our commu- all around the world, join a growing hired many new teachers this year room. “Teachers are good role models nity and his input is always valuable school community made up of more to cater for our growing school, and for our students and they can share and relevant. These workshops defi- than 600 students in a school that the new and returning staff members with them the tools to develop posi- nitely help build and maintain positive will celebrate its third birthday in were enthused about the opportuni- tive life habits,” he says. Beginning with mindsets, attitudes and habits as the January 2015. ties of the year ahead.” The Peninsula communicating positively with their school year progresses”. students and through encouragement The Peninsula IWA announces SIS holds educational conference ‘Makeover’ 18th Inter School s a part of the teachers’ Quiz Contest professional development programme, Shantiniketan he Indian Women’s Association Indian School organ- (IWA) announced that they will A T ised an education conference titled host the 18th Inter School Quiz contest ‘Makeover’ spread over two days. The on Friday, October 31 at Birla Public conference focused on various aspects School. of teaching-learning process in “The IWA Inter School Quiz contest adherence to the Academic Capacity has had a successful run for the last 18 Building (ACB). The topics included years and plans to continue its commit- were ‘Behavioural Policies’, ‘Objective ment to enhancing student knowledge Assessment’, ‘Lesson Planning’, ‘The and honing their competitive spirit,” a Five Es of Enquiry Based Learning’, pres release from the association said. ‘Designing Rubrics’, ‘Cooperative The IWA 18th Inter School Quiz Learning’, ‘Thinking Skills’, ‘Blended contest is open to students of both Learning’ and ‘Designing Question national and expatriate schools of Papers’. Qatar. Students of classes VII, VIII The ‘Makeover’ aimed at mak- and IX are qualified to take part in this ing the SIS Teachers ‘Delightful group discussions, which enriched Principal-Admin. quiz. The quiz will test the participat- Teachers’ and encouraged them to the knowledge base, skills and pre- Rashid Ahmed, Senior Analyst, ing teams on a wide range of topics emphasise on creative and mean- paredness of a teacher to face major Ooredoo, Qatar and a member in the including general knowledge, literature, ingful involvement of parents in the changes in the trends in educa- school management committee, as a science, geography, sports, music, and schooling process. It also stressed on tion. The purpose of the session resource person, conducted an inno- the behaviour modification strategies was Academic Capacity Building of vative session on ‘Blended Learning’.
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