The blog would be on pause…or more…

March 31st @ 8:00 pm

For a second i thought that maybe i am way too late in writing about it… but as they say… ” it is never too late”  !

I believe many have spoken about the famous Earth Hour and the many actions that would be taken today between 8 to 9 pm to mark our step as contributors towards reducing Global Warming.

how it all started

why participate?

i won’t list the reasons…i will just ask WHY NOT?

what can you do?

Simple actions that can reduce electricity and waste consumption such as:

• Switch off your laptops
• Unplug the chargers from the socket and make sure you TURN off the socket
• Turn of the lights, tv, microwaves…etc
• Reduce plastic consumption

There is a lot that can be done… further posts would be even more ” greener”  but for now… enjoy the feel of the Earth Hour

Today’s Events :

• Lantern Parade at Jumeirah Beach Road
• Most of the malls, hotels and other major landmarks such as Burj Al Arab and Sheikh Zayed towers’, Nakheel sites, and other places EXTERIOR lighting would be turned off

Useful sites:

Earth Hour

One Minute Calculator

A Last Dot:

Expect more Greener updates soon… 

وفاة شخصان, اصابة 66 من طاقم الإطفاء بحالات اختناق,  وإصابة  13اخرين, تدمير 70 مستودعا,  و أكثر من 720 مليون درهم كانت حصيلة الإنفجار الذي اعتبر من أضخم ما مر على مدينة دبي….حتى في الحرائق استطعنا أن نضع صفة “اكبر, أضخم, أصعب” قبل الخبر.

 قد يسمى حريق القوز أو حريق الساعة السابعة بحكم أن الحادث صار في السابعة والربع من صباح يوم أمس بمنطقة القوز بالقرب من شارع الشيخ زايد.  المدارس المجاورة والبالغ عددها 11 مدرسة اخلت لسماكة الدخان.

حسب المصادر فإن الحريق امتد على مساحة واسعة من المستودعات (1 وفق المخطط الهندسي المعتمد من البلدية، والتي قسمت إلى ما يقرب من 83 مستودعاً.

اتحدت قوات الدفاع المدني في دبي, الشارقة, أبوظبي, عجمان وكذلك العين وأم القيوين والقوات المسلحة  لتساهم في اخماد الحريق الذي استمرت عملية السيطرة والإخماد طوال يوم أمس

الكثير من التفاصيل كل جريدة تحاول السبق بال”معلومات” والنتيجة واحدة: مستودعات + مخالفات +انفجار+حريق = خسائر  

لكل الإطفائيين … لكل من شارك في عملية الإطفاء…  وغيرهم من تحمل المسؤولية … شكرا

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أسئلة لا بد من طرحها :

حسب الإمارات اليوم فإن المتفرقعات ادخلت الدولة في شحنة كرات سلة … الرقابة وين؟

أين العمليات التفتيشية على المصانع والمخازن في القوز الصناعية وغيرها… طبعا صرح بأن عمليات التفتيش تكون عشوائية… هل هذه الطريقة المثلى؟

قوات الدفاع المدني لم تكن كافية للسيطرة وكذلك “الماء” …. نتساءل مدى استعدادية قوات الدفاع المدني في حال فرضا استهدفت منشئات حيوية بما هو أكثر من فرقعات …. والله الحافظ

تساءل الكثير عن سبب عدم الإعلان عن حالة طوارئ للمناطق المجاوره وكيفية توخي الحذر من الدخان المتصاعد خاصة وانه ناجم عن انفجار مفرقعات … دور وزارة الصحة؟

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على النطاق الشخصي…. هل تعلم كيف تتصرف في حال كنت في حريق ؟

هل لديكم طفاية حرائق في بيتكم؟

هل تعرفون كيف تستخدمونها؟

نقطة اخيره:

كل الحوادث مبدؤها من النظر ومعظم النار من مستصغر الشرر

المصادر:

الإمارات اليوم

البيان

gulf news

مباراة منتخب الإمارات  ضد المنتخب السوري غدا تحمل الكثير من الترقب… التحليل المسبق… التكهنات و و و

فمنذ بداية ال”مشوار” و”شكلا مو زابطه” مع المنتخب…. الإماراتي … من حجوزات الفنادق… الى الطاقم… وحتى الطقس “ما سلم” من انتقادات الكثير

ولكن بالنسبة لي كان ما استوقفني هو سؤال واحد

“متى المباراة”

وبدأت البحث … الغريب في الموضوع أن المبارة لن تنقل على شاشة دبي الرياضية بالرغم من أهميتها (حسب علمي للان) … فعلى المتابعين الإنتقال الى شاشة الجزيرة الرياضية في تمام الساعة 15:10 بتوقيت مكة المكرمة ظ 16:10 بتوقيت الإمارات 12:10 بتوقيت جرينتش

جدول الجزيرة

نقطة اخيرة

حد يلعب في عز القايله !

For those who COPY/PASTE bits and pieces of my DOTS i’d rather you add your SOURCE… whether it was http://thelostdot.com or the SOURCES i listed along with every post !

A Last Dot:

All Rights Reserved to the AUTHOR !

To the creative minds and those with the special touches…

I am inviting you to be a part of a “website under construction”

I am looking for creative graphic designers with knowledge in CSS or web-designing…..

You can email me on lost.dot@gmail.com with samples of your work ….

Quoted:

Responding to the London Metropolitan Police’s new anti-photographer snitch campaign, wherein posters urge Londoners to turn in people who might be taking pictures of CCTV cameras, many people have taken a crack at redesigning the posters to point out the absurdity of them.

I loved this poster:

More posters

A bit of amusement

SOMECONTRAST posted this link a while back.. move the cursor and have a tiny bit of ” fun”.  Check out her eyes

click here

حركة القرانييون

لم نفق بعد من صدمة  ” اليوم العالمي لنزع الحجاب” حتى فرأنا الإعلان عن مؤتمر الحركة القرانيين التي تهدف الى ” الإصلاح ” حسب زعمهم  بوجود حوالي 10 الاف دارس وباحث

مؤسسها د. أحمد صبحي يقول:

وبرر ذلك بقوله “عندما تقوم بعملية التنقية فهذا معناه الطعن في قدسية البخاري لأنه يناقض نفسه في الصفحة الواحدة مرتين، ومعنى أن تنزله من عليائه وتعامله كمؤلف فأنت اذن تحوله من دين إلى فكر، فإذا دخلت فيه سترى تناقضات”.وقال د. منصور إن الحركة القرآنية “تعتمد على أن القرآن يشير إلى أنه لا حديث في الاسلام سواه، ولذلك نرفض نسبة الأحاديث للنبي ونقول عنها إنها كلام أو سنة البخاري وأنها نصوص بشرية، فما دام الله سبحانه وتعالي قال (اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم واتممت عليكم نعمتي ورضيت لكم الاسلام دينا) فليس هنالك بعد ذلك أي اكمال، كأن يأتي البخاري بعد مائتي سنة ليكمل نقصا، ونرى في هذا اتهاما مبطنا منهم للرسول بأنه لم يبلغ جزءا من الدين وتركه لأبي هريرة وللبخاري ولغيرهم حتى عام 911 هجرية، كل منهم يزيد فيه”.

المدعوون والمشاركون:

ويحضره وفقا لبيان المنظمين، المخرجة المصرية نادية كامل مخرجة فيلم “سلطة بلدي” الذي تحكي فيه عن قصص الإسلام في مصر، ويعتبر فيلمها التسجيلي الأول، وعلياء هوجبن، المديرة التنفيذية لمجلس النساء المسلمات في كندا، واحمد صبحي منصور، والكاتبة الأمريكية ساندرا ماكاين المعروفة بانتقاداتها للدول العربية، وأمينة ودود وهي المسلمة التي قامت بإلقاء خطبة وإمامة صلاة الجمعة في نيويورك في داخل كاتدرائية سانت جون في مارس 2005.

ويقدم موقع المؤتمر روابط لعدد من المفكرين العرب والمسلمين المثيرين للجدل منهم الكاتب المصري طارق حجي عضو مجلس استشاري لمعهد دراسة الإرهاب والعنف السياسي في واشنطن، وإرشاد مانجي، الكندية ذات الاصول الباكستانية التي اعترفت بشذوذها الجنسي علنا وتطالب بإصلاح الإسلام في أمريكا الشمالية لتقبل الشواذ.

ومنهم كذلك الناشطة إسراء نعماني التي تطالب بأن تعقد الصلوات الخمس بوجود الرجال والنساء في نفس الصفوف داخل المساجد.

المصدر

The most Beutiful Bridges in the world:

Not the biggest, nor the tallest… it is just beauty in a different perspective. As quoted by the author:

10. Khaju Bridge

Photo: twocentsworth [Flickr]

Khaju Bridge at night. Photo: Jovika [Flickr]

The Khaju Bridge (Pol-e-Khajoo) in Isfahan, Iran, was built in the 17th century by Shah Abbas II. The bridge also serves as a dam, with sluice gates under the archways. When the gates are closed, the water level behind the bridge is raised to irrigate gardens alongside the Zayandeh River.

The Khoju Bridge has two stories of arcades, marked by the distinctive intersecting arches decorated with richly colored tiles. At the center of the bridge, there are two large pavilions, called the Prince Parlors, that were originally reserved for the Shah

9. Pont du Gard

Pont du Gard. Photo: zak mc [Flickr]

Pont du Gard, an aqueduct spanning the Gard River in southern France, is a masterpiece of Roman engineering. It wasn’t built to transport people (though there is a pedestrian footbridge on it) - instead, it was part of a complex aqueduct system that carried water over 30 miles (about 50 km) to the ancient Roman city of Nemausus (now Nîmes).

The Pont du Gard was built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 - 12 BC), the son-in-law of Caesar Augustus. The bridge’s stones, some of which weigh up to 6 tons, were cut perfectly to fit together without any mortar.

The wedge-shaped stones, known as voussoirs, were arranged in three levels, the top-most being the water conduit. So precise was the engineering that the entire system descends only 56 ft. (17 m) vertically - over 30 miles! - to deliver 5 million gallons (20,00 m³) of water to the city.

8. Bridge of Sighs

The Bridge of Sighs. Photo: Eugenia y Julian [Flickr]

In the 19th century, Lord Byron named a Venetian limestone bridge across the Rio di Palazzo connecting the Doge’s prison to the interrogation room in the main palace, the Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri). Supposedly, the prisoners would sigh when they look out the window - with stone bars no less - to see their last view of beautiful Venice before their imprisonment, torture or execution.

In reality, Doge’s prison held mostly small-time criminals. Also, the bridge was built in 1600 by Antonio Contino, after the days of the inquisitions and summary executions. Legend has it that if lovers kissed on a gondola underneath the Bridge of Sighs at sunset, their love would last for eternity.

Iron Bridge:

Iron bridge at night. Notice how the bridge and its reflection make a perfect circle.
Photo: Mark Haythorne [Flickr]

The Iron Bridge, spanning the Severn river in Shropshire, England, isn’t a particularly large or ornate bridge, but it does have something that made it unique: it’s the first bridge made completely out of cast iron.

In the 18th century, Shropshire was rich in iron and coal - indeed, there were more iron factories within two-mile radius of the town than any other city in the world. It was also there that iron was first smelt with coke. So it was only natural that the bridge would be made out of iron, a stronger alternative to wood. (Photo of the railing: zorro [Flickr])

Architect Thomas Farnolls Pritchard proposed a single arch bridge that would let boats pass underneath, but he died before the bridge was built. The construction of the Iron Bridge was carried out by a local master ironworker named Abraham Darby III. About 400 tons (363 tonnes) of cast iron was used, with about 800 separate castings. The Iron Bridge has 5 arch ribs, each cast in two halves. It only took three months to put the parts together (which they did using screws instead of bolts!).

Click here for the rest of the bridges

New 7 Sins:

So it seems people at the Vatican were bored one afternoon and decided to do some adjustments on their list of sins by a new list of what they called: SOCIAL SINS:

1. “Bioethical” violations such as birth control

2. “Morally dubious” experiments such as stem cell research

3. Drug abuse

4. Polluting the environment

5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor

6. Excessive wealth

7. Creating poverty

The original deadly sins:

1. Pride

2. Envy

3. Gluttony

4. Lust

5. Anger

6. Greed

7. Sloth

THey should film a new movie with the new sins, SEVEN is outdated

You cannot sleep? try some of these tips

10 tips to sleep without pills:

source: lifehacker

•  
  • Stick to a schedule
  • Sleep only at night
  • Exercise
  • take  a hot shower
  • Avoid eating just before bed
  • Avoid caffeine
  • read a fiction book
  • Have the room slightly cooler
  • Sleep in silence and
  • Avoid alchohol

 كليات دبي التقنية وصراع الميزانية الذي لم ولن ينتهي

لو استقطعت كليات التقنية من عطائها السخي للمدرسين مبلغ وقدره, ولو امنت بأن التعليم أهم من البناء وقللت المشروعات المطروحة, ولو ولو ولو لما ألغي برنامج الباكلريوس بحجة الميزانية !!!

لقراءة الموضوع

أذكر ما قرأت بعد تشكيل المجلس الوزاري الجديد على لسان الشيخ محمد بن راشد قوله بأنه لا يريد أن يضطر المواطن السفر للخارج لا للعلاج ولا للدراسه! الحال ما يسر يا بوراشد

Chinese Children Book:

” The Nature” page includes such natural features as a nuclear power plant and giant dam.”  link

what are OUR children taught in school?!  

The Best Companion Tools for YOUTUBE and other web services:

Delutube.com - This service like Google Cache for YouTube.

Scenemaker.net: Used to cut scenes from videos that are very lengthy

Overstream.net: Helps you adding subtitles or captions to a video without having to download it.

 TubeMogul.com - This is like Google Analytics for your YouTube Account

 BubblePly - While Overstream is for text captions, BubblePlay goes a step further and lets you add images, animated cliparts and even video clips over any YouTube video.

For DETAILS click HERE

And my Favorite LINK:

30th of the most CREATIVE bookshelves: (i will post few, click here to indulge yourself with the rest)

 (it the ceiling)

BookCrossing in UAE 

Still talking about books, in one of the Book Fairs that i would LOVE To go to, ABU DHABI BOOK FAIR 2008 will introduce and for the first time ever, the concept of BOOKCROSSING:

KITAB, the joint venture company between the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and the Frankfurt Book Fair, and organiser of the upcoming 18th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), is warming up for ADIBF by bringing the global initiative that is ‘BookCrossing’ to Abu Dhabi.

 Starting on 4th March, a week prior to the Fair, Kitab will during one week distribute over 350 books (13 different titles) free-of-charge to the public from a booth in the Capital’s Marina Mall. Each book will contain its own dedicated serial number and a sticker asking the reader to log on to www.bookcrossing.com and register that they are reading the book. When finished with the book, the reader is asked to pass it on to friends or family, or leave it in a public place, so that it may be read by someone else. All those who have read the book can then track its journey on-line, as it passes from person to person. All the books being distributed have been written by authors attending this year’s ADIBF, including Alaa al-Aswany, Turqi Al-Hamad, Khairy Shalaby, to name a few.  Source

(thanks for telling me about it )

A Last Dot:

Be Good !

الى قمة الجهل أهدي لكم بعض العقلانيه عسى ان تبغضوا جهلكم ..
 
إنتشرت في الآونه الأخيره ظاهره طبيعيه بعيده كل البعد عن الصحه الا وهي تمرير الإيملات للمتعه ,,
وبالفعل اثبتت هذه الظاهره تأثيرها ..
 
فبعد حملات المقاطعه ,,
وصدمة نسبة الكحول في مشروب الطاقه الرد بول ..
 
اتت الينا اللعبه المهجنه
 
 ,, genpets

وما يثير الغضب في كل هذا بأنني حسب ما اعلم و تعلمون فإعلامنا مبني على اسس تكنلوجيه رهيبه .. و على خبرات في البحث و تحري الأخبار .. فكيف لم يتمكنوا بكل هذه الطاقه الإعلاميه بأن يبحثوا عن الخبر في الإعلام الغربي الذي هو يعتبر في قاع الإبداع نسبة على اعلامنا ((( المتميز ))) ؟؟؟!!!
 
والجواب واضح ,, هم بالأكيد بحثوا .. ولم يجدوا .. فأعتبروها قفزه صحفيه .. ولم ينتبهوا بأن الخبر قديم جدا وقد اكل عليه الدهر و شرب ..
 
اقرأ هنا الخبر في احد الجرائد  التي لا تملك مصداقيتنا فنحن الأصدق والأميز و الأفضل دائما ,,
 
By DAN MITCHELL
Published: June 24, 2006
 
لاحظ تاريخ النشر
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/24/business/24online.html?ex=1308801600&en=d7cfb03cf7fa8dc3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
 
Artistic Pet License Bio-Genica, a bioengineering and
manufacturing concern, is selling Genpets, which come in clamshell packaging and look a bit like shrunken monkeys. “They are not toys or robots,” according to the company’s Web site. “They are living, breathing genetic animals.”
Of course, it’s all a hoax. But the Web site is so believable and professional looking, that a lot of people have been fooled.
 
عيب يا اعلام .. عيب عليكم ان تضعوا مشايخنا في هذه المواقف …
 
للمزيد من المعلومات والقهر .. انظر هنا ..
 
الخبر في البيان لكاتبيه او مترجميه و ناسخيه
دبي ـ السيد الطنطاوي وحاتم حسين

 ودمتم بود

سالم

I tried to rephrase things… or do my own research… but those people did a really good job in summarizing most of the bestest architectural designs in CHINA … enjoy the ” quote “

Beijing Airport

Beijing Capital International Airport’s new Terminal 3 will officially open tomorrow (February 29th). It is the world’s largest airport building with over ten million square feet of interior space. In fact, it is the second largest building in the world! Designed by Foster+Partners, it went from plans to opening day in less than four years. Ten villages were displaced to make room for the terminal. But don’t blame the Olympics; the old airport configuration was already straining under the load. Even this dragon-shaped design will be inadequate in another ten years or so.

Beijing National Stadium

The Beijing National Stadium is expected to be completed next month. Designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, it is sometimes called the “Birds Nest”, for obvious reasons. It has an official capacity of 91,000, but will likely hold 100,000 for the Olympic opening ceremonies. (image credit: Tee Meng)

National Aquatics Center

The National Aquatics Center was completed last month, and has already hosted the 2008 Swimming China Open. The “Water Cube” seats 17,000 people. The Aquatics Center was designed by PTW Architects, CSCEC International Design, and Arup. The striking exterior is made from translucent Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, or ETFE, a strong, lightweight plastic that looks like glass, and is estimated to save 30% in energy costs over a traditional design.

Olympic Basketball Gymnasium

The Olympic Basketball Gym opened last month in Wukesong, west of Beijing. It covers 63,000 square meters and can seat 18,000 spectators. China’s basketball fever is largely due to the success of Yao Ming, who must sit out the rest of the NBA season with a stress fracture. Whether he will be able to play for the home team in August is now up in the air.

Olympic Green Tennis Center

The Olympic Green Tennis Center was completed in October, 2007. The three main courts look like flowers, with twelve sections of seating surrounding each court. The sections are separated by open vents to help circulate fresh air, which will be pumped in at the bottom of the stands. The main court will seat 10,000 spectators; the other two will seat 4,000 and 2,000 respectively. In addition to the three large courts, there are seven smaller courts that will host preliminary rounds and six training courts.

There are many more new venues specifically for Olympic competition and housing. You can see the art, and a few current photographs, at the Olympics site. There are also construction projects to accomodate the many visitors expected in August.

National Grand Theater

The National Grand Theater opened in 2007. The egg-shaped opera house with three auditoriums is made of titanium and glass and is surrounded by water. It seats 6,500 people. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, the theater construction cost 50% more than estimated. Construction overruns and high maintenance costs will mean the Chinese government will have to subsidize the theater’s activites for several years at least. See more pictures here.

CCTV Headquarters

The CCTV Headquarters building was designed by Rem Koolhass of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). The building is shaped like two Ls that are joined at the top, but the nickname that stuck is “the Z building.” When completed (supposedly in time for the Olympics), the 54 story building will stand 755 feet tall. Besides CCTV offices, the building will house a hotel, a visitor’s center, a theater, and exhibition space.

Hotels

China is also building at least 109 new hotels to accomodate Olympic travelers. Pictured is the 400-room Langham Place Beijing Capital Airport Hotel, scheduled to open in mid-2008. The biggest hotel project is the Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall, with 615 rooms.

15,000 people have been relocated to make room for the Olympic venues. Six people have died in the construction projects, including two at the National Stadium. One project, a shooting range, was delayed over the discovery of imperial-era tombs. Many ancient artifacts were discovered as bulldozers broke ground at several other sites. The Olympics begin August 8th.

The Last Dot:

Credits

Extra news:

The Guardian Report on the NEST: including pictures

Steven Speilberg quits as an Art Advisor for the OLYMPICS: blame darfur / sudan

Olympics Update blog

UN environmental concern

Governmental makeover to houses and gutters