the lost dot

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 !