Emirates to hire 10,000 professionals this year

Source Gulfnews.com

Dubai: Emirates, the world's biggest international passenger carrier, will hire up to 10,000 professionals this year to manage its growth, a senior official said.

"We will hire 10,000 people this year to manage our expansion and growth as 30 new aircraft join our fleet," Boutros Boutros, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice-President for Media Relations, Sponsorships and Events, told a gathering of top Indian management professionals on Saturday.

Emirates Group, which also includes the ground handling and ticketing arm Dnata, has nearly 60,000 people on its payroll.

The airline, which has a fleet of 171 aircraft, flies to more than 130 destinations.

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Encyclopaedia Britannica to stop printing books after 244 years

Encyclopaedia Britannica announced that after 244 years, it will put an end to the print edition and be available only in digital form.

Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years, someone among the editing minions of free online rival Wikipedia made an irony-free note of that fact.

"It was announced that after 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print, instead focusing on its online encyclopedia," the entry read.

The book-form of Encyclopaedia Britannica has been in print since it was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768. It will stop being available when the current stock runs out, thecompany said. The Chicago-based company will continue to offer digital versions.

Officials said the end of the printed, 32-volume set has been foreseen for some time.

"This has nothing to do with Wikipedia or Google," Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. President Jorge Cauz said. "This has to do with the fact that now Britannica sells its digital products to a large number of people."

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UAE vs Uzbekistan Football team - UAE wins

UAE's football team made their dreams and history of UAE Football when they scored  3-2 victory against Uzbekistan in Tashkent to be in the London Olympics 2012.

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41 Mega Pixel Phone from Nokia - Nokia 808 PureView

Pure quality with PureView
It’s time to think differently about photography. Say hello to perfect photos ready to share or print. Nokia PureView imaging technology turns the world of photography upside down. It takes every bit of image goodness captured by a 41 MP sensor and Carl Zeiss lens and turns it into beautifully detailed 5 MP photos and Full HD videos. Be ready to shoot in a second, even in low light, and share instantly with friends – all from a rather clever smartphone


The technology:
PureView Pro imaging specifications
• 41Mpix sensor with pixel oversampling
• Lossless zoom: 3x for stills, 4x for full HD 1080p video
• Carl Zeiss optics


The product:
Nokia 808 PureView lens and sensor specifications
• Carl Zeiss Optics
• Focal length: 8.02mm
• 35mm equivalent focal length: 26mm, 16:9 | 28mm, 4:3
• F-number: f/2.4
• Focus range: 15cm – Infinity (throughout the zoom range)
• Construction:
· 5 elements, 1 group.All lens surfaces are aspherical
· One high-index, low-dispersion glass mould lens
· Mechanical shutter with neutral density filter
• Optical format: 1/1.2”
• Total number of pixels: 7728 x 5368
• Pixel Size: 1.4 microns

Russell Peters returning in Dubai

Russell's back with a new act and a new WORLD TOUR! and He is coming in Dubai March 20 and Abu Dhabi March 22.

The World Tour will take Peters not only to the Middle East, but also to South Africa, Singapore, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Manila, Australia, New Zealand, Northern Europe and arenas across his native Canada and the United States and also features NYC's DJ Spinbad and comedian Ruben Paul.

Tickets, priced Dh250, Dh350, Dh450 and Dh550, will be available at ticketingco.com for Dubai and thinkflash.ae for Abu Dhabi.