New Years Eve of 2012 in Dubai – UAE

A possible list of Fireworks Display  in Dubai for 2012 New Year Eve:

Fireworks @ Burj Khalifa – Dubai (Dubai Mall if you want closer view or you can go to nearby places such as Jumeirah, Safa area, Business Bay or Al Quoz to get a perfect glimpse of fireworks)

Fireworks Show @ Burj Al Arab – best viewed if you are in or near Burj Al Arab / Jumeirah Beach hotel and from the open beach besides Jumeirah Beach Hotel Duration will be for 15 minutes and start at 12:00 midnight.

2012 Fireworks show at Dubai Creek... Can be viewed from Bur Dubai Abra Station or Deira Creek side and Maktoum Bridge.

Fireworks @ Bab al Shams for 2012 New years Fireworks in the Desert.

Various Activities in Global Village for welcoming 2012 and probably a fireworks display also.

Malaria case in Dubai

Dubai: Several cases of malaria have been reported in International City (IC) in Dubai, doctors said. Doctor treating 2-3 cases every week as mosquitoes thrive in dirty water bodies . 

General practitioner Dr Fouziya Ayyub, who works in IC, said dozens of residents could be infected by mosquitoes thriving in dirty water bodies in the residential cluster. "The stagnant waters are mosquito-breeding grounds. People get bitten and fall sick. When I test them, it turns out to be malaria," said Dr Fouziya.


"As far as I know, there were zero malaria cases here. But now I see about two or three cases per week."
She added some cases appear to be "local transmissions" rather than "imported" ones.
The UAE was declared malaria-free by the World Health Organisation in 2007, but there have been incidents of people getting infected abroad and entering the country.
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) told XPRESS: "Like any other capital cities where malaria transmission is eradicated, we do have cases of imported malaria in the country... People can get the infections and return to UAE. This is what we call imported malaria." It added: "All cases reported to DHA in 2011 are cases of imported malaria; all the cases are expatriates..."
However, Dr Fouziya said some patients had told her they had not travelled outside the UAE "for a long time". If her suspicions are true, this would be a case of local malaria transmission, she added.

source Gulfnews.com

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Viagra in a Condom

A new condom that aims to enhance erections may also lift earnings and buyout prospects for unprofitable U.K. drugmaker Futura Medical Plc. (FUM)

 

Durex condoms made by partner Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc will contain a dose of Futura’s Zanifil gel inside the tip, boosting blood flow within the penis. The product results in firmer, larger and longer-lasting erections for men who may find wearing condoms challenging, according to Futura. 

Premium pricing may help the condom generate global sales of 150 million pounds ($235 million) annually within five years, tempting Slough, England-based Reckitt Benckiser to keep all that revenue for itself, said Daniel Mahony, who manages $300 million at Polar Capital in London. Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of Lysol cleaners, doesn’t usually agree to sales-sharing accords, which makes it likely takeover talks are under way, said Lala Gregorek, an analyst at Edison Investment Research. 

“It’s essentially Viagra in a condom,” said Mahony, who owns shares of Guildford, England-based Futura. “I wouldn’t be surprised if Reckitt tries to either buy the whole company or buy that royalty stream out at some point.”

Futura Chief Executive Officer James Barder declined to comment on any discussions with Reckitt Benckiser. While Futura isn’t for sale, he said, “ultimately, we’re looking to optimize and maximize our return at the appropriate time.” 

source: bloomberg.com

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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Dubai : US actor Tom Cruise (R) poses on the red carpet with Emirati Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)  on December 7, 2011. AFP PHOTO / MARWAN NAAMANI

Most Earth-like planet discovered

(Reuters) - The most Earth-like planet ever discovered is circling a star 600 light years away, a key finding in an ongoing quest to learn if life exists beyond Earth, scientists said on Monday.

A diagram comparing our own solar system to Kepler-22, a star system containing the first ''habitable zone'' planet discovered by NASA's Kepler mission, is seen in this undated handout picture released by NASA, December 5, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech/Handout

The planet, called Kepler-22b, joins a list of more than 500 planets found to orbit stars beyond our solar system. It is the smallest and the best positioned to have liquid water on its surface -- among the ingredients necessary for life on Earth.

Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol

"Mission: Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol" the trailer shows some of the film's widely anticipated action-packed scenes.

UAE President issues National Day resolutions

Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a series of resolutions on the occasion of National Day that aim to provide stability and good life for Emiratis, as well as meeting their aspirations.

As per the resolutions, federal government employees will receive a salary hike in 2012. Judicial authorities will receive a 100 per cent raise on their basic salary. Ministry of Health employees will receive a 100 per cent raise on their work nature compensation, and a 100 per cent raise for Ministry of Education teachers.

The decision stipulates that employees in the rank of under-secretary and assistant under-secretary would get a special raise of 35 per cent of the basic salaries of those whose ranks are between special first and sixth rank, while those on the seventh to the 14th rank would get a raise of 45 per cent of their basic salaries. The increase will be added to the employee’s transport allowance.

Shaikh Khalifa also issued a resolution, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, to allocate 2,500 plots of land for Emiratis, which is in line with Shaikh Khalifa’s keenness to ensure that Emiratis receive adequate housing, and ensuring stability and security for their family and future.

The President issued another resolution setting up a fund with a capital of Dh 10 billion to study and address the loans of Emiraits with limited income. The fund will settle personal loans by coordinating with the UAE Central Bank and other banks in the country.

Dubai Airports Flash Mob

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Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2012 - "Dubai at it's Best"

Dubai: The Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment (DEPE) has announced the dates for the seventeenth edition of the globally renowned event - Dubai Shopping Festival. The 32-day festival will be held from January 5 to February 5, 2012. Attracting millions of visitors each year, the festival showcases the region’s best in shopping, winning, and family entertainment.


‘Dubai at its best’ is the marketing slogan for the 2012 edition of DSF and symbolizes the best of what Dubai has to offer for residents and visitors.

UAE Regulator clamps down on fake mobile phones

Abu Dhabi: UAE telcommunication service providers etisalat and du will suspend all services to mobile phone subscribers who are using counterfeit handsets as of January 1, it was announced at a news conference here yesterday.

"Users of fake devices will be imminently contacted by their service providers and all phones that are not type approved will be disconnected from all telecom services, including calls, texts and the internet," said the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) in a statement.

"We want the UAE to be clean of fake handsets — the operators have been told," TRA Director-General Mohammad Nasser Al Ganem told reporters.

Al Ganem said as many as 70,000 fake handsets had been identified by the two telecom service providers, which fall short on minimum quality standards.

source: Gulfnews.com

Dubai Airshow 2011 Photos

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Foot Stopper Trick? by Juan Manuel Marquez

Watch this video on how Marquez done his Foot Stopper Trick during the Fight with Pacquiao..

Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 - Pacquiao wins

Pacquiao vs Marquez 3

Manny Pacquiao wins over Juan Marquez via anonymous decision.

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Dubai Airshow 2011

Running from 13 to 17 November 2011 at Airport Expo, the Dubai Airshow is the foremost aerospace event in the Middle East.

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BurJuman's Pink Walkathon - for Breast Cancer awareness

More than 4000 people participated in the 3rd BurJuman 'Pink Walkathon'.

Men, women and children of all ages and fitness levels wearing Safe and Sound T-shirts and caps, joined senior BurJuman officials and breast cancer survivors in the 3.6-kilometer walk, which began at 8.00 am at BurJuman.

This year's Walkathon was supported by Damas, Taktical, Saks 5th Avenue and Samsung.

"The people of Dubai came out in full force today to support Safe and Sound - a true testament to the generous spirit of this city," said Sabina Khandwani, head of PR and marketing, BurJuman. "The enthusiasm was heartening to see and bodes well for the future as we embark on our journey to make Safe and Sound a year-long public education initiative centered on early breast cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment."

This year's Pink Walkathon included a performance by the famed Dubai Drums, who provided encouragement to the participants and added to the general merriment during the walk.

Once the walk was completed, participants enjoyed a fabulous Jazz Breakfast at BurJuman, with entertainment provided by jazz musicians. Select food outlets from the mall had set up breakfast stands in the South Village from where visitors and participants bought delicious breakfast and settled down to enjoy the entertainment which also included clowns and face painters happy to paint you up in Pink.

Later that evening, the Emirates Youth Symphony Orchestra performed a special show in the Mall Observatory at 7.30 pm.

Proceeds from this year's walk will be going to the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Emirates to fund awareness and education programmes, community outreach initiatives, breast screening and treatment services, support services for patients, the Breast Cancer Registry Project, and the Foundation's research project.

source: AMEinfo

United Nations University ranks the Philippines as the world's third riskiest country

MANILA, Philippines – A recent study carried out by the United Nations University ranks the Philippines as the world's third riskiest country, following Tonga and Vanuatu, Ma Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, executive director of the Manila Observatory said, adding that the ranking was based on country's coping capabilities.
"All of these natural hazards are making us the prime laboratory for the study of disasters all over the world," Loyzaga told the Inquirer during a lecture on how to survive disasters, at Ateneo University in Rockwell Commercial Center

• In addition, a local paper said, some 50 million schoolchildren and 15 million coastal residents live in low-lying coastal areas; about 10 metres below sea-level and are exposed to earthquake hazards and rising sea levels, respectively; confirming Philippines one of the world's riskiest places,.
• A Columbia University study in 2007 also says that the 50 million Filipino school children at risk during quakes topped the number in India and China. This estimate had been made after a powerful earthquake hit Szechuan, China in May 2008.
• Furthermore, coastal areas are subsiding in the Philippines, putting residents of these areas and the entire country at risk in the event of tsunamis, Loyzaga quoted Columbia study's warning.
• "This will give us an indication of where we must be most careful as far as protecting our students. Therefore the Department of Education in the Philippines must look at the places where schools are built, and find out if they are sitting on fault lines,” Loyzaga said..

Loyzaga also cited studies done by the Manila Observatory which showed the Philippines is "getting hotter and this has implications on the country's food security".
A one degree change in minimum temperature will lead to a 10 per cent decrease in rice yields, according to studies by the International Rice Research Institute, Loyzaga said.

Source: Agency

Philippines DPWH officials Photoshop themselves into typhoon cleanup photo

By Elizabeth Flock

Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways officials were left red-faced Thursday after it was discovered they had Photoshopped three officials into a typhoon cleanup photo.

Typhoon Nesat struck the Philippines on Tuesday, killing 31 people, displacing 60,000 families, and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The disaster’s cost is estimated at nearly $23 million.

In the cleanup photo, the three officials appeared to be assessing the damage of the typhoon, but one discerning blogger and civil engineer noticed that something didn’t seem quite right.

A careful look at the photo shows that the officials seem to be floating in mid-air, and that their images were likely dragged into the scene using Photoshop’s lasso tool.

The department has taken down the photos and issued an apology on its Facebook page:

We would like to apologize to Undersecretary Romeo Momo, Director Rey Tagudando and District Engineer Mikunug Macud for whatever inconvenience that may have caused them regarding the photo earlier posted. Rest assured that we shall exert more diligence and prudence in the execution of our mandate to inform the public of our plans, programs, projects and official activities.


Source: www.washingtonpost.com

GITEX Technology Week 9-13 October 2011

Gitex Technology Week, the largest and most influential technology event in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, is introducing four new features to this year’s event scheduled to be held from October 9 to 13.

Heralded as one of the largest and most important ICT events around the globe, GITEX delivers a leading platform for industry innovation and an impressive track record of attracting the biggest names in the IT sector, connecting over 3,500 domestic and international IT vendors with more than 136,000 ICT professionals

Apple online store in the UAE launches

Apple Inc, the US-based technology giant, has launched an online store in the UAE as the company moves to ramp up sales in fast-growing emerging markets.

The online store prices iPad 2s from AED2,099 and iPhones from AED1,899, undercutting sale prices at local retailers such as Sharaf DG and Jumbo Electronics.


Alongside iPhones, iPads and MacBooks, the Apple store will offer customised services including free engraving on products. Users can also build customised Macs, choosing their own specifications for memory and drives.


UAE electronics retailers said earlier this month they had seen a surge in revenues on the back of strong sales of Apple’s iPad. Jacky’s Electronics said sales of the tablet had accounted for about 14 percent of all technology sales in the year-to-date, a figure expected to rise to over 15 percent by the year-end.


source Arabian Business.com

Huge crocodile captured in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — What a croc!

Its mighty snout wrapped tightly with ropes, a one-ton, 20-foot saltwater crocodile was captured and put on display in a town in the southern Philippines — one of the biggest such reptiles to be caught in recent years.
But shed no crocodile tears for this colossal captive.
"Lolong," as it has been nicknamed, is about to become the star attraction of an ecotourism park — unless it is upstaged by an even larger reptile that may be still be on the loose.

image from yahoonews

Residents of Bunawan township celebrated when they captured the croc, with about 100 people pulling the feared beast from a creek by rope, then hoisting it by crane onto a truck. While the beast was safely tied up, they examined its teeth, claws and stubby legs with fascination.
Their party may have been premature, however.
After the 20-foot (6.1-meter) reptile was caught over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday an even bigger crocodile may still be lurking in creeks of the remote region in Agusan del Sur province.
The scaly skinned Lolong — which tips the scales at 2,370 pounds (1,075 kilograms) — is estimated to be at least 50 years old. Wildlife officials were trying to confirm whether it was the largest such catch in the world, said Theresa Mundita Lim of the government's Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau.

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Choose Philippines

"Choose Philippines” showcases travel destinations, regional cuisine, local culture and the colorful fiestas and festivals in the country.  The music video, titled “Piliin mo ang Pilipinas,” was performed by “Star Power” grand winner Angeline Quinto and singer Vincent Bueno.

Month of Ramadan 2011 - Prayer Time Schedule

UAE Ramadan 2011 / 1432 Prayer Times Schedule Day Ramadan Gregorian Fajr Sunrise Dhuhr   Asr Maghrib Isha   Mon 1 1/8 4:20 5:45 12:26   3:53 7:05 8:35   Tue 2 2/8 4:21 5:46 12:26   3:53 7:04 8:34   Wed 3 3/8 4:21 5:46 12:26   3:53 7:04 8:34   Thu 4 4/8 4:22 5:47 12:26   3:53 7:03 8:33   Fri 5 5/8 4:23 5:47 12:25   3:53 7:02 8:32   Sat 6 6/8 4:24 5:48 12:25   3:53 7:02 8:32   Sun 7 7/8 4:24 5:48 12:25   3:53 7:01 8:31   Mon 8 8/8 4:25 5:49 12:25   3:53 7:00 8:30   Tue 9 9/8 4:26 5:49 12:25   3:53 7:00 8:30   Wed 10 10/8 4:26 5:50 12:25   3:53 6:59 8:29   Thu 11 11/8 4:27 5:50 12:25   3:53 6:58 8:28   Fri 12 12/8 4:28 5:50 12:25   3:53 6:57 8:27   Sat 13 13/8 4:28 5:51 12:24   3:53 6:56 8:26   Sun 14 14/8 4:29 5:51 12:24   3:53 6:56 8:26   Mon 15 15/8 4:30 5:52 12:24   3:53 6:55 8:25   Tue 16 16/8 4:30 5:52 12:24   3:53 6:54 8:24   Wed 17 17/8 4:31 5:53 12:24   3:53 6:53 8:23   Thu 18 18/8 4:31 5:53 12:23   3:53 6:52 8:22   Fri 19 19/8 4:32 5:54 12:23   3:52 6:51 8:21   Sat 20 20/8 4:33 5:54 12:23   3:52 6:50 8:20   Sun 21 21/8 4:33 5:54 12:23   3:52 6:50 8:20   Mon 22 22/8 4:34 5:55 12:22   3:52 6:49 8:19   Tue 23 23/8 4:35 5:55 12:22   3:52 6:48 8:18   Wed 24 24/8 4:35 5:56 12:22   3:51 6:47 8:17   Thu 25 25/8 4:36 5:56 12:22   3:51 6:46 8:16   Fri 26 26/8 4:36 5:56 12:21   3:51 6:45 8:15   Sat 27 27/8 4:37 5:57 12:21   3:51 6:44 8:14   Sun 28 28/8 4:37 5:57 12:21   3:50 6:43 8:13   Mon 29 29/8 4:38 5:58 12:20   3:50 6:42 8:12

Note 1: Fajr means both Fajr Athan (Azan) and Imsak (starting fast) and Maghrib means both Maghrib Athan (Azan) and Iftar (breaking fast).

Note 2: Ramadan starting date is according to Makkah.

Note: Time difference between UAE Emirates: Abu Dhabi: +4 minutes; Ras Al Khaimah: -4minutes; Fujairah: -6 minutes source: www.islamicFinder.org