tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364801242024-03-13T06:22:02.115-07:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-86702800929275237472007-10-06T16:58:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:00.188-08:00Warner Bros. To Open Theme Park & Cinemas In Abu Dhabi<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RwgiAWQrwZI/AAAAAAAAB84/w0XDCL2fOzw/s1600-h/yasisland_warnerbros.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118378365877469586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RwgiAWQrwZI/AAAAAAAAB84/w0XDCL2fOzw/s400/yasisland_warnerbros.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br />What’s up doc? Quite a bit in Abu Dhabi after a developer yesterday signed a multi-billion-dirham deal to bring the creative energy of Warner Bros Entertainment to the emirate.<br /><br />A joint venture was created between Aldar and the newly-established Abu Dhabi Media Company and the studio that brought us the Harry Potter and Scooby-Doo films and Bugs Bunny.<br /><br />The massive entertainment project will include a theme park, a luxury hotel and multiplex cinemas on Yas Island, the formation of a joint fund to finance feature films and develop and produce video games, as well as the growth of new media in the emirate.<br /><br />And that’s not all, folks… New Warner Bros branded cinemas will also be built in Abu Dhabi’s under-construction Central Market, Ruwais in the Western Region and Al Ain.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fahad.com/2007/09/warner-bros-to-open-theme-park-cinemas.html">Read More ...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-29089473156730032772007-06-12T16:55:00.000-07:002007-06-12T16:56:40.818-07:00This blog has a lot of GONU CYCLONE MEDIAThe blogger has put in a great deal of effort - a lot of pictures and youtube videos.<br />Some of the pics are posted in Flickr, which are obviously blocked... <a href="http://sadaboutgonu.blogspot.com/">URL HERE</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-1116442923777818562007-06-12T16:53:00.000-07:002007-06-12T16:55:26.640-07:00Africa Day in Abu DhabiOn June 18, starting at 7:30pm, the African Embassies in the UAE come together for Africa Day, celebrating all things Africa. More information at <a href="http://www.crdsom.org">www.crdsom.org</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-43312086692680827182007-06-06T18:09:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:00.446-08:00CYCLONE GONU<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RmdbCFlHx4I/AAAAAAAABt4/1kfujtaS1-E/s1600-h/weatherchn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RmdbCFlHx4I/AAAAAAAABt4/1kfujtaS1-E/s320/weatherchn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073123596671895426" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-15833319609556586452007-06-05T18:29:00.000-07:002007-06-05T18:30:14.206-07:00U.A.E. May Be Next to End Dollar Peg, Forwards ShowU.A.E. May Be Next to End Dollar Peg, Forwards Show <br />By Matthew Brown<br /><br />June 5 (Bloomberg) -- The United Arab Emirates may be the next Middle Eastern country to stop pegging its exchange rate to the U.S. dollar, according to trading in currency forwards. <br /><br />The second-largest Arab economy may follow Syria and Kuwait, which both said in the past two weeks that they would dump the dollar peg to curb rising import costs and inflation. Middle East currencies have been dragged lower by declines in the dollar, pushing up the cost of imports from Europe and Asia.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-84326412484579618072007-05-29T15:19:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:00.752-08:00Burj Construction Update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RlyoDInTamI/AAAAAAAABjg/iEk8GaRziZY/s1600-h/525wz5x.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RlyoDInTamI/AAAAAAAABjg/iEk8GaRziZY/s320/525wz5x.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070112052317743714" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-50452174760307626922007-05-27T08:59:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:00.912-08:00Rem Koolhaas's Dubai Deathstar<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RlmrDInTaHI/AAAAAAAABfo/-RShBLZQbGw/s1600-h/deathstar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RlmrDInTaHI/AAAAAAAABfo/-RShBLZQbGw/s320/deathstar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069270925922494578" /></a>We show a lot of proposals for buildings in Dubai, often draped in photovoltaics and covered in propellers, or twisting and turning, it is a Disneyland of architecture. Sometimes we think they are going a bit overboard, as they evolve from Disney to Lucas with buildings like OMA's Ras al Khaimah Convention and Exhibition Centre. We have used Picasso's bon mot, updated by Le Corbusier before: "Good architects borrow but great architects steal" but never was the homage so obvious. Architectspeak below the fold....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/rem_koolhaass_d.php">rest of story</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-56362104737102856082007-05-27T08:47:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:01.120-08:00Maktoum launches largest education foundation with $10b endowment<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RlmpfonTaGI/AAAAAAAABfg/TpabqJu5exI/s1600-h/40361-almaktoum.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RlmpfonTaGI/AAAAAAAABfg/TpabqJu5exI/s320/40361-almaktoum.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069269216525510754" /></a><br />His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, today launched the 'Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation', a major initiative to promote human development and provide hope and opportunity by investing in education and knowledge-development in the region. His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed, made the announcement in a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum for the Middle East being held in Jordan.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-11545482764810728592007-05-27T08:05:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:01.299-08:00[Dubai] The Lighthouse: An Innovative Green Skyscraper<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RlmsfInTaII/AAAAAAAABfw/b1PpPwqskT4/s1600-h/lighthouse2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069272506470459522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RlmsfInTaII/AAAAAAAABfw/b1PpPwqskT4/s320/lighthouse2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.atkins-me.com/News.aspx?ItemNo=28">The Lighthouse</a> is another innovative green skyscraper to be constructed in Dubai. For energy generation, it will have three enormous 225 kilowatt wind turbines (29 meters in diameter), and 4000 photovoltaic panels on the south facing façade. To optimize performance and operational periods, the turbines have windward directional wind vanes or limited yaw.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-87479060160474435172007-05-27T08:03:00.000-07:002007-05-27T09:04:53.067-07:00The Skyscraper That Creates All Its Own Energy"This skyscraper, to be built in Dubai, is called the Burj al-Taqa ('Energy Tower'), and it will produce 100% of its own power. The tower will have a huge (197 foot diameter) wind turbine on its roof, and arrays of solar cells that will total 161,459 square feet in size." <a href="http://www.metaefficient.com/archives/renewable-power/skyscraper-creates-all-its-own-energy.html">more here</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-51087231556316728992007-05-13T16:50:00.000-07:002007-05-13T16:52:00.396-07:00The Wheels On The Bus Go Round and Round...I decided to catch a bus the other day. In Dubai that's a strange concept. Firstly white people are rarely seen standing at the bus stop and secondly, as a woman there are only four seats available to you. Confused? So am I. <br /><br />You go to the bus stop and wait with all the other people. The bus pulls up and you go to get on and there are eight women sitting in the first four seats. These seats are designated for women only. How nice and polite I thought...how cavalier...how old fashioned...how weird. <br /><br />However the bus was full and those seats were already occupied by other women so I kept walking down the aisle in the aim of standing up and holding on. People started looking at me and then a women yelled out to me that I had to get off the bus because it was full. I looked around and to my untrained eye the bus still had plenty of standing room. I followed this woman and got off the bus, blushing, because I felt I'd committed some sort of crime. <br /><br />The kind lady explained to me that women are only allowed to sit in the first four rows and are not allowed to stand on the bus. So when the four seats are full, bad luck, you have to wait for another bus. Even if it's 45 degrees outside. <br /><br />I looked around me, there were at least 15 women waiting. I stood there feeling like an idiot, then did what every Euro expat here does - hailed a taxi.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-3454642984192068352007-05-12T13:23:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:01.433-08:00New Palm Deira Design<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RkYiegCzDwI/AAAAAAAABbg/8IQ5ev-WIHQ/s1600-h/palm_deira.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RkYiegCzDwI/AAAAAAAABbg/8IQ5ev-WIHQ/s320/palm_deira.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063772738417790722" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-26436554782111582182007-05-12T13:21:00.000-07:002007-05-12T13:22:28.295-07:00Visitor gets four-year term for drug possessionDubai: A Greek police official will spend four years in jail for possessing 0.17 gram of marijuana and two promazepam capsules for personal use, ruled a court yesterday. [<a href="http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/05/09/10123863.html">more</a>]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-62357594115573550992007-05-10T08:35:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:01.988-08:00Fire on the Palm !<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RkM8NgCzDuI/AAAAAAAABbQ/wy-HiQ2k6vo/s1600-h/imresolt03cx1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062956608732204770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RkM8NgCzDuI/AAAAAAAABbQ/wy-HiQ2k6vo/s320/imresolt03cx1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RkM8EACzDtI/AAAAAAAABbI/eaaf2kWUJKk/s1600-h/n5130648_34557474_4764.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062956445523447506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RkM8EACzDtI/AAAAAAAABbI/eaaf2kWUJKk/s320/n5130648_34557474_4764.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RkM75ACzDsI/AAAAAAAABbA/0i8IyOlJV-Y/s1600-h/n5130648_34557475_5031.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062956256544886466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RkM75ACzDsI/AAAAAAAABbA/0i8IyOlJV-Y/s320/n5130648_34557475_5031.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">More pictures <a href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=471145">here</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-74516560659200237912007-05-10T05:39:00.000-07:002007-05-10T08:40:11.057-07:00Driving Rules1. If your road map is more than a few weeks old, throw it out and get a new one.<br /><br />2. If you are in Rashidiya and your map is one day old, then it is already obsolete.<br /><br />3. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Dubai has it's own version of traffic rules, which can be summarized as "Hold on and pray!"<br /><br />4. If it is your priority to cross, forget it and wait.<br /><br />5. There is no such thing as a dangerous high-speed chase in Dubai . Everyone drives like that.<br /><br />6. When you plan to get a new car, ask first about its acceleration from 80 to 160 Km/h (recommended: 3 seconds). Very important if you frequently use the Emirates Road<br /><br />7. All directions start with Sheikh Zayed Road , which has no beginning and no end.<br /><br />8. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 AM to 1:00 PM, The evening rush hour is from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM .<br /><br />9. Thursday's rush hour starts Wednesday morning.<br /><br />10. If you slow down at a yellow light, you will be rear-ended and then given a ticket by the Dubai Police.<br /><br />11. If you are the first one at the intersection, when the light turns green ignore the car honking behind you and count to five to avoid crashing into one of the cars running the red light in cross-traffic.<br /><br />12. Construction on all main roads is a way of life and a permanent form of entertainment. (Sorry for the inconvenience)<br /><br />13. All unfamiliar sights are explained by the phrase, "Oh, we must be in Sharjah!"<br /><br />14. Car horns are actually toys for big boys.<br /><br />15. Anyone in a Land Cruiser, Tuned Patrol, jeep or Mercedes with tinted windows has the right of way. Period!<br /><br />16. If you are driving a Corolla, Sunny, or another small Japanese car, stay on the far right lane. No comment!<br /><br />17. Most roads mysteriously change names as you cross intersections.<br /><br />18. To ask directions, you must have good knowledge of Hindi/ Malayalam<br /><br />19. A trip across town will take a minimum of four hours, although Sheikh Zayed Road has an unposted minimum speed of 150 Km/h.<br /><br />20. It is sobering to realize that local Arabs are taught how to drive by Malyalyee.<br /><br />21. 18 wheeler trucks are one of the fastest vehicles in Dubai ; they can do 120 Km/h on Hatta-Oman Road when fully loaded.<br /><br />22. The minimum acceptable speed on the Emirates Road is 160 km/h. Anything less is considered downright sissy.<br /><br />23. Al Khail Road is Dubai's daily version of NASCAR.<br /><br />24. Dubai Autodrome has a new extension: The Emirates Road.<br /><br />25. WELCOME TO THE UAE!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-88191924187350924422007-05-07T17:34:00.000-07:002007-05-07T17:35:15.825-07:00Dubai retailers worry over rising gold pricesDubai retailers worry over rising gold prices<br />By Shakir Husain, Staff Reporter<br /> <br />Dubai: The emirate's gold industry fears consumer resistance to jewellery purchases if the precious metal crosses the $700 per ounce price threshold.<br /><br />Dubai's jewellery sales volume last year was 108 tonnes and the industry is trying to achieve the same level this year amid anxiety over volatile gold prices, Dubai Gold and Jewellery Group (DGJG) vice-chairman Chandu Siroya said. [<a href="http://www.gulf-news.com/business/Commodities/10123585.html">more</a>]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-33047930275626236672007-04-28T17:07:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:02.209-08:00BURJ ALIVE AND KICKING<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RjPh7wCzDfI/AAAAAAAABZc/3WkZmeuje7w/s1600-h/burj_dubai_height.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058635223092366834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RjPh7wCzDfI/AAAAAAAABZc/3WkZmeuje7w/s320/burj_dubai_height.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>120th Floor Sold for $13.7 MillionThe 120th floor has been sold to Italian investors for Dh50 million (US $13.6 million) at last week's International Property Show. </div><div> </div><div>The following shows other floors' prices:</div><div>Floor Area (ft2) Price (million)</div><div>----- ---------- ---------------</div><div>120 11,200 Dh50 / $13.6</div><div>117 11,200 Dh22 / $6</div><div>116 11,200 Dh23 / $6.3</div><div>115 11,100 Dh22 / $6</div><div> </div><div>[<a href="http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/04/08/10116766.html">Full Article</a>]</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-22694793017616016032007-04-28T17:01:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:02.358-08:00Dubai Will Build & Export Rotating Pre-Fabricated Units For Rotating Towers<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RjPhIACzDeI/AAAAAAAABZU/HwXMHJkwask/s1600-h/dubai_rotating_building_1_lrg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058634334034136546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RjPhIACzDeI/AAAAAAAABZU/HwXMHJkwask/s320/dubai_rotating_building_1_lrg.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Dubai: An Italian firm is setting up a facility in Jebel Ali to produce pre-fabricated units for a revolving tower that it intends to build in Dubai.<br /><br />It said the facility will be set up with an investment of about Dh110 million, but the futuristic tower will cost about Dh1.28 billion and it was looking for investors to fund the project.<br /><br />The fabricated units made in Dubai will be shipped to 11 other major cities including Moscow, Milan, New York and Tokyo, where similar towers will be built after one is completed in the emirate, said David Fisher, chairman of Rotating Tower Technology Limited.<br /><br />"Dubai is going to be the first place to have this type of tower," he said at a press conference where he unveiled the "Dynamic Architecture" concept.<br /><br />Each floor of the tower will rotate within a set speed, enabling the building to constantly change shape.<br /><br /><a href="http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/04/12/10117675.html">Article Here</a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-67446319336057118292007-04-28T13:41:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:02.580-08:00Dubai Municipality - Pocket sized Contact Card<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RjOxoACzC-I/AAAAAAAABVU/_FXX03P9PdQ/s1600-h/contact-centre_23apr07_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058582107231816674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RjOxoACzC-I/AAAAAAAABVU/_FXX03P9PdQ/s320/contact-centre_23apr07_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>On display at the Dubai Municipality office in Deira, this business card / pocket sized card contains their Contact Center numbers and contact numbers of all their branches throughout Dubai:</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-92160668096196627832007-04-28T13:38:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:02.791-08:00GUMBALL 2007 Tomorrow<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RjOw3gCzC9I/AAAAAAAABVM/Fof9szoLKp8/s1600-h/slr722_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058581274008161234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RjOw3gCzC9I/AAAAAAAABVM/Fof9szoLKp8/s320/slr722_3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>London to Asia…and back in 7 Days! </div><div><br />Starts this Sunday 4PM Pall Mall… Lets have it!!!!<br /></div><div>3000 miles, 120 cars, 17 Countries, 7 days, 2 Continents, 1 amazing adventure!<br /></div><div>Here we go… we’re just hours away from the start of the 9th Annual Gumball 3000 Rally. The event kicks off with the pre rally party tomorrow night (Sat 28th) at the Gumball Space Station (inside the Trocadero) with the Fun Lovin Criminals DJing and ‘Towers of London’ playing live!!!! Then on Sunday (29th) all 120 amazing cars go on display at 1 PM on Pall Mall - and then at 4PM England and Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole will wave the start flag!<br /></div><div>Check out Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay, Star Wars’ Hayden Christensen, Supermodel Caprice, The Business’ stars Danny Dyer & Tamer Hassan (these guys are hosting this years Gumball TV series), MTV Pimp My Ride host and rap star Xzibit, Gumball host Maximillion Cooper, and loads more…driving Bugatti Veyrons, Ferrari Enzo’s, Rolls Royce Phantom’s and more Lamborghini’s that you’d care to mention! Come down to cheer off the amazing and eccentric cars!!!<br /></div><div>Follow the rally live throughout the week on <a href="http://www.gumball3000.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gumball3000.com/</a> as the cars head off on a 3000 mile adventure across 17 countries from London to Asia and back in just 7 days, partying each night with some of the world’s coolest DJ’s and celebs. Then head down to Great George Street opposite Big Ben next Saturday 5th May between 5-8PM - to see who crosses the finish line first!!!<br /></div><div>“Imagine the scene; Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay leading the pack of supercars in his Porsche GT3 with supermodel Jodie Kidd in hot pursuit, whilst Star Wars Darth Vader Hayden Christensen vies for position just behind, as Danny Dyer chills out in his Range Rover, and MTV’s Pimped My Ride host Xzibit cruises in his pimped out Lamborghini and you start to get the picture. Gumball is no ordinary event!” Maximillion Cooper (Gumball host)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-87851748641405808962007-04-28T13:30:00.000-07:002007-04-28T13:31:54.938-07:00E-body loves Abu<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/McB9tsabPn0" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed>via <a href="http://mahmood.tv/2007/04/25/terrorists-should-dress-like-americans/">mahmood tv</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-84405834570959029412007-04-25T16:57:00.000-07:002007-04-25T16:58:44.744-07:00Great Documentary About Dubai (in French)<a class="breadcrumb" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/histoire-societe/le-dessous-des-cartes/392.html">Le Dessous des Cartes</a>: Dubaï, une ville mondialiséeEn quelques décennies, Dubaï, aux Émirats arabes unis, est devenue une ville prospère, un carrefour des échanges régionaux, et est de plus en plus souvent comparée à Singapour ou à Hongkong.<br /><br />Data:<br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=662324,day=6,week=17,year=2007.html">26.04.2007 à 08:15</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=662329,day=6,week=17,year=2007.html">26.04.2007 à 09:40</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=662379,day=7,week=17,year=2007.html">27.04.2007 à 08:15</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=662384,day=7,week=17,year=2007.html">27.04.2007 à 09:40</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=662437,day=1,week=18,year=2007.html">28.04.2007 à 11:00</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=662529,day=3,week=18,year=2007.html">30.04.2007 à 08:15</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=662534,day=3,week=18,year=2007.html">30.04.2007 à 09:40</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=663636,day=4,week=18,year=2007.html">01.05.2007 à 08:15</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=663644,day=4,week=18,year=2007.html">01.05.2007 à 09:40</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=663694,day=5,week=18,year=2007.html">02.05.2007 à 08:15</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=663699,day=5,week=18,year=2007.html">02.05.2007 à 09:40</a><br /><a class="LiensNoir" href="http://www.arte.tv/fr/semaine/244,broadcastingNum=663712,day=5,week=18,year=2007.html">02.05.2007 à 14:30</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-43194441974768090432007-04-22T09:08:00.000-07:002008-12-14T11:24:03.068-08:00Dubai Creek Extension<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RiuJBTE-xsI/AAAAAAAABUs/MWFCRsGdxUE/s1600-h/creek.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5056285662047553218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RVYqwBaA2y0/RiuJBTE-xsI/AAAAAAAABUs/MWFCRsGdxUE/s320/creek.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A 13 kilometre extension to Dubai Creek, which will more than double its length, was approved yesterday by the Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. It will run from Ras Al Khor, which is the wetland at the end of the natural Creek, into the Gulf at Jumeirah, giving it two outlets to the sea. [<a href="http://dubai.metblogs.com/archives/2007/04/huge_dubai_creek_extension_app.phtml">more</a>]</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-49078502410511395672007-04-18T16:22:00.001-07:002007-04-18T16:22:41.371-07:00housing emaarThe <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-emaar-earnings.html?pagewanted=print">NEW YORK TIMES</a> is reporting that <a href="http://www.emaar.com/">Emaar</a> is taking a huge hit this quarter:<br />Dubai-based Emaar Properties (EMAR.DU), the largest Arab real-estate developer by market value, reported its slowest rate of profit-growth in the first quarter in at least two years as the U.S. housing market cooled.<br />The earnings missed even the smallest profit-forecast of four analysts polled by Reuters last month.Net income in the three months to March 31 rose 13.3 percent to 1.72 billion dirhams ($468.5 million), or 0.28 dirhams per share, compared with 1.52 billion dirhams, or 0.25 dirhams per share, in the year-earlier period, Emaar said.<br />Compared with the fourth quarter, revenue fell almost 30 percent. Cost of revenue tripled to 1.98 billion dirhams.<br />There may be a silver lining this cloud as per the Reuters:<br />Dubai's government took a majority stake in Emaar in March by exchanging land for $7.6 billion worth of stock.<br />The deal could increase Emaar's land holdings in Dubai by 55 percent, giving the developer more room to expand at home until foreign projects start generating profit, analysts have said.<br />That might actually work to your average Joe's advantage -- the larger the number of housing units available, the cheaper the purchase price or rent, no?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36480124.post-7556213112180896272007-04-18T16:19:00.000-07:002007-04-18T16:21:00.617-07:0040% of INET blocked :-( in U.A.E. and i need a HQ :-)According to media luminary <a href="http://www.emiratestodayonline.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=16_04_2007_010_005">Al SAbdul Latif ayegh</a>:<br /><br /><br />“The internet blockage rate [of unwanted material] in the UAE has reached 40 per cent that is among the highest in the world.” <br /><br />Al Sayegh’s remarks came at a conference on Emirates Media Freedom at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi.<br /><br />Not really something for the nation to be proud of, is it?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0