Chicken

by Admin on March 13, 2010

The chicken kings are closing in on the humungous market of Saudi Arabia. Al Baik has other plans.Middle East Food Wars
Read more at grapeshisha

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Following up on part 1 and part 2, in this part I share the details and steps I took to enhance my blog’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
This is an excerpt from the full article. Visit my site to read the rest.

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Markets in everything

by Admin on March 12, 2010

NYT. Putting unemployed dogs to work sniffing for bed bugs:
Increasingly, real estate lawyers are urging buyers in contract to inspect apartments before they close, and in their advertising, many pest control companies exhort would-be tenants to “inspect before you rent.” And dogs like Cruiser can inspect a room in minutes, whereas lesser mammals like human [...]

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Sharjah (and RAK) to the rescue

by Admin on March 12, 2010

Have been happily reminded that it’s the arty time of year in the UAE. First I got an email from a friend in Sharjah asking if I could do a quick edit job. Then completely out of the blue, another friend asked if I could do a job related to a RAK event. So have actually been doing some work for a change which is brilliant. It’s [...]

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Important petition: U-turns in RAK

by Admin on March 12, 2010

This comes from Hash, who lost his sister in a crash at the U-turn at the E-11 in Ras al Khaimah and wants it closed. For more information on his sister and his cause, visit here. To sign the petition, go here.

Read more at A Canadian in Abu Dhabi

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Toyota discriminates against the elderly

March 12, 2010

Ted Frank as quoted by Marginal Revolution:
In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89—and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a [...]

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Who is going to say no?

March 12, 2010

A woman just knocked on my door: she was holding a very tiny baby, and talking quietly in Arabic. The one thing I did understand was “money”, so I gave her some. I can hear the baby gurgling and her ringing the doorbells of my neighbours as I type.
Anyone had this happen to them? [...]

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GeekTalks up!

March 11, 2010

The first GeekTalks are up online, thank’s to official GeekVid girl, Areeba Hanif (@MyBigDayFilms on Twitter). Areeba’s done a great job putting these together – particularly as she had to face filming the talks with no space, bad access, crappy light and no sensible solution for her to get lights etc set up. She didn’t [...]

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The roastery mystery

March 11, 2010

Yesterday I was wondering about the use of the word roastery in the name of a shop that isn’t a roastery.
That was Queen Palace Flowers Roastery.
A mistranslation, I wondered?
El Shalab told us that the Arabic said mahmasa, meaning, yes, roastery.
So it wasn’t a mistranslation.
Dave told us he’d checked it in Yellow Pages and they’re [...]

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Multi-vehicle pile up

March 10, 2010

One dead and up to forty injured when between twenty and thirty vehicles crashed this morning.
It happened on the Jebel Ali-Lehbab Road when a bus crashed into a truck, another truck crashed into the bus and the pile up began.
Police say tailgating and the fog were responsible.
I disagree. The fog was not responsible, irresponsible dangerous [...]

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