The National has teamed up with Grow Your Food, an initiative supported by Dubai Municipality, to create this comprehensive, UAE-specific planting guide. Committed to getting the UAE to start planting its own produce, Grow Your Food has been running a series of seed-planting workshops, offering advice on what, when and how to plant basic herbs and vegetables, according to organic principles. The workshops have been led by […]
Tabata Discusses Final Fantasy Arabic Localisation (Video Videos) Tabata Discusses Final Fantasy Arabic Localisation The director talks about the challenges with localising in Arabic and his plans for future Final Fantasy titles. Final Fantasy XV releases on November 29 on PS4 and Xbox One. HOME Videos Ad Source link
This image shows a portion of Lethe Vallis, an outflow channel that also transported lava. This is one of only a few places on Mars where these pristine-appearing landforms have been identified. The channel formed by catastrophic floods, during which it produced the prominent crater-cored, teardrop-shaped island in the middle. Source link
Not many people know about the second floor café in Building 3 at Emaar Square. Dubbed “the digital café”, it serves great food, great coffee and of course has pretty decent Wi-Fi. It has a “google” feel to it. But when the history books of the Middle East digital revolution are one day written, chances are the café will get a chapter to itself. For the […]
The host Toronto Argonauts and the league seemed to misread the market by setting ticket prices between $189 and $899. By October, when half the seats remained unsold, they slashed the prices of the lowest-cost seats to $89. Continue reading the main story A sellout is now expected at the open-air stadium, which was expanded to about 35,000 seats for the game, thanks to a spike in […]
Submitted by Jeffrey Snider via Alhambra Investment Partners, For the month of July 2014, total durable goods orders exploded higher in a fit of Boeing. The growth in aircraft orders in percentage terms was so large as to be meaningless. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, total durable goods (using the latest benchmarks) went from $236.3 billion that June to $290.8 billion for July. Coming as it did in […]
The numbers involved in musical theatre are staggering, according to Nick Allott. His favourite statistic is this: The seven Harry Potter films — the most successful franchise ever — grossed a total of $13bn; the four most successful musicals — Cats, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and Phantom of the Opera – have garnered a whopping $16bn. “A lot of people don’t know that,” says the managing director […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 26, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Nationwide Ballet gala Get tickets now for the Ballet Grand Gala performed by the Opéra National de Paris dancers, featuring star dancer Dorothée Gilbert, and first soloists Hugo Marchand and Hannah O’Neill, who will […]
Tabata Answers A Few of Our Burning Questions (Video Videos) Tabata Answers A Few of Our Burning Questions Thoughts on Nintendo Switch, game genres, video game characters, and pet behemoths! Final Fantasy XV releases on November 29 on PS4 and Xbox One. HOME Videos Ad Source link
The western half of Australia, looking west, as seen from the Gemini XI spacecraft, 850 miles above the Earth on Sept. 14, 1966. Reaching this record-shattering altitude was a highlight of a demanding, three-day mission for Gemini XI command pilot Charles “Pete” Conrad and pilot Dick Gordon. Source link
Beauty salons operating in Dubai have been told they must install automated cash registers by the end of February 2017 following complaints about price manipulation. The Commercial Compliance & Consumer Protection (CCCP) section of the Department of Economic Development (DED) said it has launched a campaign, named ‘e-Cashier’, aimed at enhancing transparency and protecting consumer rights. It said in a statement that the number of consumer complaints […]
Photo A frefighter in Beit Meir, near Jerusalem, on Friday. Fires, which began on Tuesday, have erupted throughout the country. Credit Ahmad Gharabli/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images JERUSALEM — Twenty-two people had been arrested on suspicion of arson or incitement to arson, security officials said on Friday, as Israel continued to battle its worst wildfires in years. The fires, which began on Tuesday, have erupted throughout the […]
ABU DHABI // Thousands of residents flocked to the Formula One FanZone on the Abu Dhabi Corniche on Friday to take part in a series of activities. Long queues lined up on the Corniche as visitors of all ages impatiently waited to experience virtual car races and simulators. From virtually driving the fastest car on the F1 tracks of the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island to […]
Ashley Lane rounds up the winter activities in destinations ranging from Monaco and Manila to Brazil and Antarctica. • Read this and more stories in Ultratravel magazine, out with The National on Thursday, November 24 newslide Monaco Though temperatures are lower than normal, heading to Monaco in December means fewer crowds and lower prices. There are also plenty of festivals and activities to keep visitors busy. Those […]
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Seriously…Must keep it together thru the Black Friday weekend! 15 Straight days up… The longest winning streak since 1996. Nothing to see here, move along… (the last time Small Caps rose for a longer streak was March 1988) (best 3 week gains since March 2009) The week was.. well easy.. Even after 3 weeks of incessant buying there was nothing to stop the panic […]
Oman’s tourism ministry has signed an agreement with Orascom Development Holding to build a new beachfront city complex. Ahmed bin Nasser Al Mahrizi, Minister of Tourism, signed the deal with Samih Sawaris, chairman of Orascom and Omani tourist firm Muriya, to develop City Walk. Set to be located in North Al Hail, the development comes as part of the continued collaboration between the Ministry and Muriya to […]
Saudi Arabia will not attend a meeting with non-Opec producers such as Russia and Kazakhstan on Monday, arguing it is pointless to gather when the 14-member oil cartel has not yet reached a deal itself. Opec ministers are due to meet next week to try and hammer out the details of the first supply cuts since the financial crisis but Iran and Iraq are still presenting potential […]
The Abu Dhabi F1 party got started on Thursday on the Abu Dhabi Corniche. The free music festival, Beats on The Beach, kicked off with over 20,000 people in attendance to see a varied programme featuring the likes of Filipino pop sensation Yeng Constantino, Emirati singer Shamma Hamdan and UK rap duo Krept and Konan. With all the artists blessed with their own dedicated fan base, the […]
Doha, 24 November 2016 Muntajat, Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company, will be part of ArabPlast 2017 as a sponsor. The Qatari company aims at promoting Qatar’s chemicals, polymers and fertilisers during the most important international petrochemicals, plastics and rubber forum in Middle East region, which will take place from 8th to 10th of January 2017 at the Dubai Exhibition and convention Centre. The event […]
Not only was the long-rumored Boba Fett Star Wars Anthology movie a going concern, but a teaser reel was prepped to be shown at Star Wars Celebration 2015 alongside an official announcement, before being axed “at the last minute” following a split between Disney and mooted director Josh Trank. This comes courtesy of Entertainment Weekly sources, who say that the project has now been backburnered. Trank seemingly left […]
This illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star, disrupted as it was being devoured by a supermassive black hole. The feeding black hole is surrounded by a ring of dust. This dust was previously illuminated by flares of high-energy radiation from the feeding black hole, and is now shown re-radiating some of that energy. Source link
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has hired HSBC to advise it on a potential purchase of a stake in ACWA Power, a developer and operator of power and water plants, sources close to the matter said. Riyadh-based ACWA Power has chosen JP Morgan to advise it on the process, the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the information is not […]
For yet another year, Black Friday has started off with a (deadly) bang, and as CBS reports, police are investigating a shooting outside of a South Jersey mall on Black Friday. It happened early this morning in South Jersey outside of the Macys department store at the Hamilton Mall, near Atlantic City. CBS 3’s Trang Do reports one person has died in the shooting. “It’s sad,” said […]
