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MONDAY 12 MAY 2014 • [email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 Cannes to open inside with glitz, glamour CAMPUS • Tenth investiture and dash of ceremony at DMIS scandal • Mothers Day at SIS P | 4 P | 8-9 COMMUNITY • Spicy Pickle raises QR10,000 in support of Qatar Cancer Society P | 5 FOOD • The classroom bagel, a whole other story P | 7 HEALTH • US FDA approves ‘Star Wars’ robotic arm for amputees P | 11 DIABOLICA: TECHNOLOGY • Nintendo to sell emerging market console from as NEW WORLD CUP SOUND early as next year P | 12 Move over vuvuzela. A compact, Belgian-made trumpet dubbed the ‘diabolica’ is gearing up to replace the Learn Arabic • Learn commonly South African horn as the noisemaker of choice at the used Arabic words next World Cup games in Brazil. and their meanings P | 13 2 PLUS | MONDAY 12 MAY 2014 COVER STORY ove over vuvuzela. A compact, Belgian-made trumpet dubbed the “diabolica” Mis gearing up to replace Belgian ‘diabolica’ the South African horn as the noisemaker of choice at the next World Cup games in Brazil. Its young designers said they are “overwhelmed by the flood of orders coming from all over the world”, and aims to be new predict that a million models will be sold by the time the month-long tour- nament starts on June 12. Unlike the long, plastic vuvuzela — whose love-it-or-hate-it drone went global at the last World Cup in South World Cup sound Africa in 2010 — the “diabolica” is easier to carry, collapsing to 12cm (five inches), and easier on the ear, its crea- tors contend. “The sound is nothing like the buzz of the South African vuvuzela, which made life a nightmare for television producers,” said David dos Santos, 31. But he and partner Fabio Lavalle, 26, won’t reveal the “secret” they say makes the difference. The trumpet is already a big hit in Belgium, where stadiums ban both vuvuzelas and, for safety reasons, canister fog horns, an extremely loud, pressurised device more at home as part of a safety kit on boats. “We never expected such a success,” said Dos Santos. Nearly 300,000 “diabolicals” — named after Belgium’s “Red Devils” football team — have been sold since the end of last year and to keep up with demand, some 15,000 make their way daily from a Madrid factory to the plant in the southwestern Belgium city David Dos Santos of Mons where they are assembled and packed for shipment. PLUS | MONDAY 12 MAY 2014 3 “It was actually a Spanish friend, a Real Madrid fan, who came up with the idea after a friend was blocked from the stadium with a canister fog horn,” said Dos Santos. “He thought about how birds make sounds, manipulating vibrations against membranes, and he tested thousands of membranes before find- ing the right one. “This membrane is the secret,” said transmission, some players could a day to cope with the orders. “It just games, but so far — like Fifa — has no Dos Santos, who owns the patent. “not concentrate” and football’s doesn’t stop.” official position on the “diabolica” or world and European governing bod- Ironically, a Brazilian-made rival, the vuvuzela other than to say it could Not a new vuvuzela ies Fifa and UEFA later banned it at the “caxirola” — a yellow and green be banned if it’s deemed to be an object The Belgian instrument has a higher many games. plastic percussion instrument resem- that could be used in violent acts pitch, more like a horn, and can make Dos Santos brushes off concern bling a hand-grenade that rattles when Dos Santos remains confident, show- a trilling sound when the stem is about his product, which sells at €9 shaken — created to be the official ing off photos with football stars like pumped. At 98 decibels, it is nearly ($12) and comes in all the colours of instrument at the 2014 games has since Brazilian striker Ronaldo, Michel as loud as a vuvuzela but requires less World Cup countries. been banned. Platini or Luis Figo checking out his lung power, its makers say. It is now available “across Europe, Brazilian supporters used caxirolas to product. While voted the 2010 World Cup notably in Belgium, but is also huge in attack players in a local match before “We met Ronaldo in Madrid a few “word” by global linguists and “South Portugal”, he said. last year’s Confederations Cup, prompt- weeks ago for a charity match and he Africa’s 12th language”, detractors lik- And “this week we got orders from ing the government to ban both caxi- tested the ‘diabolica’. He didn’t want ened vuvuzelas to a swarm of angry Ecuador, Mozambique, Colombia and rolas and vuvuzelas from those games. to give it back to us,” he joked. bees. Angola,” said Fabio Lavalle, owner of Brazil has said the caxirola, and any “Believe me, the ‘diabolica’ is going Doctors warned of hearing loss, the small, 14-employee Mons factory object that could be used as a weapon, to make a lot of noise this summer in broadcasters said they disrupted which he said is working 16 to 18 hours will not be allowed into 2014 World Cup Brazil.” AFP 4 PLUS | MONDAY 12 MAY 2014 CAMPUS Tenth investiture ceremony at DMIS new milestone was marked in the history of from students of grades 4 to 11 on the basis of their Pillai reminded them to channelise their potential Doha Modern Indian School when the tenth leadership skills, public speaking abilities, academic towards greater objectives. The Principal Madhukar A Student Council of the school was inducted in performance, discipline and participation in co-cur- Jha reminded the council members of their duties a Investiture Ceremony held recently at the school. ricular activities. towards the school while congratulating them. The The Chief Guest was Captain Ravikumar, the first The Chief Guest, Director of the school, Academic Head girl on behalf of the student council expressed Defence Attache, Indian Embassy, Qatar. Jayasankar auditor and Principal presented the badges of honour the enthusiasm of the flag bearers in taking charge Pillai, Director of Taleb schools, Diewithy Chandran, to the Head Boy, Ajith Kumar (grade 11 A), and the of the assigned duties to make this session a promis- Academic Auditor of Taleb schools, David Thorpe, Head Girl, Kavya Nair (11A), and other office bear- ing one. The congratulatory song sung by the school Principal of the Cambridge School, and parents ers. The Student Council took the oath to serve the choir and the performance by the school dance team of the student leaders were also present for the school in all sincerity and dedication. made the function a very memorable one. The Head ceremony. Captain Ravikumar, in his speech urged the stu- Boy proposed the vote of thanks. The newly sworn in Student Council was selected dents to look forward when faced with challenges. The Peninsula SIS CBSE-i wing marks Mothers Day others Day was celebrated by the support. The guest Doctor, a mother her- MCBSE-i wing of Shantiniketan self, Dr Basma gave guidelines on nutri- Indian School. The programme was tion, how health should be taken care of, anchored and coordinated byDonald and how important breakfast as a meal is. D’Costa. Principal, Dr Subhash Nair, There were fun games “Blow the greeted all the mothers who made an Cups” and “Spot the Paper” for the effort to be a part of the programme and mothers. Atida mother of Nour (3i) also appreciated their spirit, cooperation and Zeenath mother of Althaf (4i) were and understanding at school initiatives. declared winners. A beautiful song “Mother of mine” Parents took part in an activity – was sung by the CBSE-i choir, which “Spray Paint and Discover”, outcome was prepared by Derrick Massey. Salma of which was displayed later. In the Ahmed of class 5 (Ai) and Rida deliv- Sandwich Making and Shwarma Making ered a speech on mothers. A folk dance competition Anuradha, Dhanalakshmi, directed by Ashwathy was presented by Yeshma and Dudley O’Connor judged students of class 4i and 5i. the event where Ghana Sherif was A dance was performed by class 5 i declared the winner. depicting the significance of parents’ The Peninsula Students of DPS-MIS took part in the annual Toastmasters International Conference TAC-Q 2014 held in Qatar recently. The students participated in the ‘Curtain Raiser’ dance based on the conference theme of “Communicating Culture”. The dance aptly reflected the confluence of cultures and was appreciated by one and all. The school band performed in the opening sequence of the event and mesmerised the audi- ence with their melodious orchestra. The students received certificates and gifts from the organisers. Principal Asna Nafees congratulated the students for their outstanding presentations and appreciated the team of teachers for their dedicated guidance. CAMPUS / COMMUNITY PLUS | MONDAY 12 MAY 2014 5 Mesaieed International School organises Bake Sale and Talent Show atar Petroleum’s Mesaieed QInternational School (MIS) recently organised a Bake Sale, fronted by the Primary School Council, to raise money for the various projects of Reach Out to Asia (Rota), and a Talent Show, which allowed the children to showcase their skills. During the Bake Sale the children enthusiastically repurchased the cakes they donated and collected an amount of over QR5,000, which was then turned over to Rota. The Talent Show was held at the As classmates, parents and friends The first prize went to the 6 eXtreme MIS hall, where the talent show coor- cheered the contestants on, the judges Street Dance group, who were joined dinator, Benis George, explained how including a school council repre- on stage by the runners up: 8-year solo- “after weeks of auditions, the selected sentative, Nour Abdel Sami, had the ist Faiz Farouq and the 7 Directioners finalists worked with their mentors to difficult job of choosing the winning girl group.

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