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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com CAMPUS | 3 COMMUNITY | 6 ENTERTAINMENT | 12 Doha College QDA gives diabetes Gauri Khan unveils celebrates Great training for QF ‘Cocktails and British Festival Qatar school nurses Dreams’ MONDAY 11 APRIL 2016 Email: [email protected] thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar FORCE AWAKENS The audience at Warner Bros Studios waved what looked like red and blue lightsabers as star Daisy Ridley and director JJ Abrams accepted the final golden popcorn trophy at the MTV Movie Awards. P | 4-5 MONDAY 11 APRIL 2016 | 03 CAMPUS Doha College celebrates Great British Festival Qatar oha College, one of the old- backdrop of Planet Zeno Verona with est British schools in Qatar space hoppers, chopper bikes and roll- and home to students from 72 er skates. Dnationalities, celebrated the Special resonance was added this Great British Festival Qatar in March. year by the focus on the 90th birthday Students donned red, white and of Queen Elizabeth II. A full-size and re- blue outfits accessorised with vari- markably realistic cardboard cut-out of ous representations of the British Un- the queen proved an irresistible attrac- ion Jack flag. The month-long celebra- tion – most children, teachers and sup- tions was a huge success, children and port staff now have a photo with the adults alike unleashed their creativity queen herself to cherish. and took part in flag making classes, Another highlight was the British mathematical mind teasers and Brit- Photo Booth, run by students taking ish-based cooking classes. They made part in the Green Screen after school delicious jam sandwiches, handmade club. Students were able to superim- scones, clotted-cream and strawberry pose pictures of themselves and their plates. The primary choirs sang “God teachers on iconic British backgrounds Save the Queen” to a moved audience. like Big Ben, London Eye, Stonehenge The pop-up science kiosk kept aspiring and many others. scientists well entertained as they built Also part of the festival was the rockets, tinkered with Lego robotics, Sports Relief Competition, which fo- and tested the melting conditions of cused on football, a staple component milk chocolate versus dark chocolate. of British life-style. With the United Kingdom mark- Dr Steffen Sommer, Principal of Do- ing 400 years since Shakespeare’s ha College, said: “We are delighted death, it seemed natural that an ode to take part in this third Great Britain be made to Shakespeare himself. Over Festival. All our students took part in 100 students brought to life Shake- events and activities, and, in the proc- speare’s play Romeo and Juliet; with ess, learnt about Britain, its culture and a twist, however. The stage featured a its long history with Qatar.” DPS-MIS students visit Singapore and Malaysia tudents of DPS-MIS along with their teachers went Son an educational trip to Singapore and Malaysia leaving the boundaries of classroom to experience and explore the world. In Singapore, the flower dome and the cloud forest was a feast to the eye. The ride on the Singapore flyer gave a bird’s-eye view of this beautiful country. Children exhausted their energy in the Universal Studio enjoying the world re- nowned rides. The stay in Malaysia was a memorable one with the city tour of Melaka a quaint historic town to detailed visit of Kuala Lumpur with its towering building and beautiful architecture. In the Sunway Lagoon, children enjoyed to their hearts content all the rides. The trip proved to be a rich learning experience wherein values of punctuality, tolerance, cleanliness, sharing and caring for one another was learnt. 04 | MONDAY 11 APRIL 2016 COVER STORY Star Wars force awakens at MTV Movie Awards By Sandy Cohen Saturday night’s ceremony. The prize sa McCarthy each received special play roles that have dignity. I want to AP capped off the irreverent awards show, honours, and their heartfelt speeches help in this world.” which presents fan-voted film awards were respites of sincerity in an exple- McCarthy, who crowd-surfed her and touts upcoming releases. tive-laden show that featured more F- way to the stage to claim the Comedic Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart bombs than awards. Genius Award, said that while she is tar Wars: The Force Awakens hosted the show, opening it Mad Smith told the audience that he is the first woman to receive the recog- took the top prize at the 25th Max style by riding through Warn- “dedicated to being a light in this world” nition, “I am certainly, certainly not the Sannual MTV Movie Awards. er Bros Studios strapped to the front when he accepted the show’s highest first one to deserve it.” The audience at Warner of a tricked-out truck. Later, they per- honour, the Generation Award. She thanked everyone who buys Bros. Studios waved what looked like formed a rap song about the year’s “I want to help people,” Smith said tickets to her movies or watches her red and blue lightsabers as star Daisy films that repeated the refrain “Leo after being introduced by Queen Lat- shows. “You are absolutely the single Ridley and director JJ Abrams accept- got (expletive) by a bear” in reference ifah and Halle Berry. “I want to be a reason I get to keep doing what I love ed the final golden popcorn trophy at to The Revenant. Will Smith and Melis- light. I want to display love. I want to doing so much,” she said. MONDAY 11 APRIL 2016 | 05 COVER STORY Charlize Theron won the first award of the night: best female performance for Mad Max: Fury Road. She thanked the film’s director, her son, Jackson, and daughter, August. “The story of Fury Road is in part a story of the power of women and the power to create our own desti- nies,” Theron said as she accepted the award in her daughter’s name. Pitch Perfect 2 co-stars Rebel Wil- son and Adam Devine created an in- timate destiny for themselves as they claimed the prize for best kiss, pre- tending to be overcome with passion and collapsing in an embrace on the stage. Other winners included Chris Pratt (action performance for Jurassic World), Amy Poehler (“virtual performance” as Joy in Inside Out) and Straight Outta Compton, which won for true story. Ryan Reynolds won two prizes for Deadpool: comedic performance and best fight, which he shared with Ed Skein. Reynolds said he worked for 10 years to get Deadpool made, but he added that “it was not all unicorns and cocaine” during production. The MTV Movie Awards serves as a marketing platform for summer movies. Most presenters were principals from Rogen, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Ridley and Abrams accepted the upcoming films, including Keegan- Clarke, Common, Kendall Jenner and night’s top prize from Samuel L Jack- Michael Key and Jordan Peele of Keanu, Gigi Hadid. Ariana Grande, Halsey son and Alexander Skarsgard, who co- out later this month. Theron took and Salt-N-Pepa provided musical star in the forthcoming The Legend of the stage with Jessica Chastain and performances. Tarzan. Skarsgard came onstage wear- Chris Hemsworth, her co-stars from The show also included never-being a tuxedo jacket and no pants, say- The Huntsman: Winter’s War. Devine fore-seen footage from Suicide Squad ing: “You got to give the fans a little presented alongside Anna Kendrick and Captain America: Civil War. Ed- skin.” and Zac Efron — the three star in Mike die Redmayne unveiled the world The MTV Movie Awards are set to air and Dave Need Wedding Dates. premiere of the trailer for “Fantastic Sunday on MTV, Comedy Central and Other presenters included Seth Beasts and Where to Find Them.” other Viacom channels. 06 | MONDAY 11 APRIL 2016 COMMUNITY QRCS trains Cut Tech workers in first aid and CPR atar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has organised a first aid course for 15 workers of QCut Technology for Trading and Contracting, as part of its community training and awareness pro- gramme conducted at different busi- nesses and institutions in Qatar to pro- mote safety and security standards and life-saving practices among na- tionals and expatriates. The two-day course was held at QRCS’s Medical Training Centre. The trainees received diverse experience and knowledge, including back- ground information about QRCS and basic training in first aid, surface wa- ter rescue, and cardiopulmonary re- suscitation (CPR); how to deal with cases of fainting, suffocation, bleed- ing, injury, fracture, burn, epilepsy, poisoning, and heat exhaustion; and techniques of moving injured people. There were theoretical lectures to explain medical information, together with demonstrations on a CPR man- ikin. There were exercises to practice company’s director, said: “The com- to their expertise and know-how. This and clarifying any issues related to the learnt skills on real people. pany tries always provides opportuni- encourages us to cooperate with them their work. The course was facilitated by a ties for its staff to utilise various pro- in the future, to make use of QRCS’s QRCS is an active auxiliary to Qatar group of QRCS medical trainers, who grammes and activities that can help awareness programmes in other are- in pursuing the goals of Qatar Nation- hold international specialised certifi- them do their work with the highest nas,” he added. al Vision 2030 and contributing to the cates and are highly qualified in public degrees of safety and security. So, we Throughout the course, the partic- Qatari society in different aspects, es- health education and training. were interested in training our staff in ipants were exceptionally active. They pecially medical services, with a view Established in 2012 in Qatar, Cut first aid and CPR.

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