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The airline continues to expand its U.S. network, serving six cities in August - including New York JFK, Washington DC, Boston (15 August), Chicago and Los Angeles
Dubai, UAE: 13 August 2020 – Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Birmingham (1 September), Cebu (20 August), and Houston (23 August). This will bring the airline's network to 74 destinations, offering travellers convenient connections between the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas through its Dubai hub.
Flights between Dubai and Birmingham will operate four times a week, while flights between Dubai and Cebu will operate two times a week, utilising an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
Emirates' flights between Dubai and Houston will operate three times a week, utilising ......read more
• Residents of Abu Dhabi can now travel and return home freely without having to wait for ICA approval to return
• Travellers on all Etihad flights to, from, and via Abu Dhabi will be required to have a mandatory PCR test
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, August 12, 2020: Effective immediately, the Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) and the National Crisis & Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) have launched the second phase of the UAE Resident Return Programme, which now removes the need for residents of Abu Dhabi to wait for approval to return to the capital while overseas.
The development is welcome news for Etihad Airways' UAE residents at home or overseas, who can now travel with ease and return to Abu Dhabi freely without having to wait for ......read more
• Launch of the first cross-conversion partnership between Etihad Guest and ADNOC Distribution following the success of the Fuel Up & Fly Off programme
• Members can now convert their Etihad Guest Miles and ADNOC Rewards Points between programmes to spend at ADNOC Distribution stations, Oasis convenience stores or within the Etihad Guest programme.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - August 11, 2020: Etihad Guest, the award-winning loyalty programme of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, together with ADNOC Distribution, the UAE's leading fuel and convenience retailer, have expanded their successful partnership to bring greater reward benefits to members through a reciprocal agreement.
This partnership is an extension of the decades-long relationship between Etihad ......read more
Dubai, UAE, August 10, 2020: Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines' largest national flag carrier, will increase its flight frequency between Manila and Dubai from its current once weekly to twice weekly starting August 13, 2020.
CEB's Dubai-Manila flights are scheduled to operate every Monday and Friday, while its Manila-Dubai service operates every Sunday and Thursday.
With this added frequency, Filipinos who are currently in the UAE can find it easier to make plans for their essential travel to the Philippines.
In addition, CEB has also adjusted its passenger options—allowing for increased flexibility and added peace of mind given the developing situation for air travel all over the world. These expanded flexibility options include unlimited free rebooking for new bookings (but may be subject to ......read more
Dubai, UAE, August 6, 2020: In line with directives issued by the Philippine government, Cebu Pacific, the Philippines' largest national flag carrier, is making it compulsory for all passengers—including travellers flying the Dubai-Manila route—to wear face shields throughout the entire flight, effective August 15, 2020.
This is on top of the mandatory use of face masks upon entering the Dubai airport terminal until arrival of passengers at their destination.
CEB also continues to implement enhanced bio-security preventive measures to keep all passengers and personnel safe. These safety measures include daily extensive cleaning and disinfection protocols for all aircraft and facilities, rapid antibody testing for all frontliners and crew members, and contactless flight procedures. These are ......read more
• Record Q1 performance – showing a 34% year-on-year improvement
• 3.5 million passengers carried
• 71% seat load factor
• Operating revenues US$ 1.7 billion
• Cargo revenues improved by US$ 130 million (37%) to US$ 0.49 billion
• 27% reduction in direct operating costs to US$ 1.9 billion
• 21% reduction in general and administrative expenses to US$ 0.40 billion
• Available Seat Kilometres (ASK) reduced by 53% to 23.69 billion
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) – August 06, 2020: Etihad Airways (Etihad), has provided details of its half-year (H1: January-June) 2020 performance, which saw a strong start to the year, with the airline progressing well ahead of its transformation plan targets. This included its ......read more
• Consolidated Average Daily Volume Surged to Record 20.9% Growth
• 2Q20 Diluted EPS of $2.03, Up 4.6%; Adjusted* Diluted EPS up 8.7% to $2.13
• YTD Cash from Operations of $5.9B; Adjusted Free Cash Flow of $3.9B
Dubai – August 05, 2020 – UPS (NYSE:UPS) announced second-quarter 2020 consolidated revenue increased to $20.5 billion, a 13.4% increase from the second quarter of 2019. Net income was $1.8 billion for the quarter; adjusted net income was $1.9 billion, 8.8% above the same period in 2019. Operating profit was $2.2 billion, and adjusted operating profit was $2.3 billion, up 7.4% compared to last year's second quarter.
Diluted earnings per share was $2.03 and adjusted ......read more
Riyadh Travel Fair 2021 scheduled for 15 – 18, March 2021
5th of August 2020: Riyadh Travel Fair 2020 has been postponed for the 2nd time in 2020 due to the Covid–19 pandemic. The decision was made in the interest of public health and safety by officials at ASAS Exhibitions and Conference Organizing Company, the company responsible for organizing the annual travel fair.
Riyadh Travel Fair 2020 was initially scheduled to be held last March, with the date then postponed to September 2020.
Riyadh Travel Fair is planning to return in 2021, with dates fixed for 15-18 March, 2021.
Said Mr. Bandar Al-Quraini, General Manager of ASAS Exhibitions and Conference Organizing Company: "While our travel partners and visiting public were looking extremely forward to another ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 04, 2020: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Muhammad Albakri, IATA's Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East (AME), will be appointed Senior Vice President for Customer, Financial and Digital Services (CFDS), based in Geneva and effective 1 March 2021. At that time Aleks Popovich, who currently holds the position, will retire.
"Over the past 16 years Aleks has driven some of the most critical elements of IATA's operations, while leading major transformational projects for the airline industry. This includes IATA's financial settlement products, which securely processed $457 billion of industry money in 2019, during a time of tremendous innovation in financial technology. And he delivered critical flagship ......read more
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - August 04, 2020: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has launched innovative new protective wear for First and Business class guests. As part of its new health and hygiene programme, Etihad Wellness, premium passengers will receive a snood style facemask for use throughout their journey and beyond.
The soft reusable snood has been treated with MicrobeBARRIER™ fabric treatment, a broad spectrum antimicrobial treatment, laboratory tested and proven to reduce the presence of germs in fabrics. With this long-lasting protective layer, the snoods are washable and reusable, making them environmentally friendly.
Travellers can choose to wear the snood around their neck like a scarf and when in close proximity to others, pull it up over their mouth and nose to ......read more
• Currently "Mosaic" images of Abu Dhabi and Dubai have been released
• "Mosaic" images of all other Emirates will be released in due course
Dubai, UAE, 04, August 2020: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) today announced the completion of an updated map of the Abu Dhabi and Dubai using the UAE's first high-resolution satellite image "Mosaic", captured by KhalifaSat. The system captures a matrix of individual digital images to create a single high-resolution picture of the UAE's terrain. This imaging system by MBRSC will provide a comprehensive view of the UAE's topography, using remote sensing systems, image processing, geographic information systems and artificial intelligence. While the service currently provides detailed high-resolution ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 03, 2020: in line with the announcement of Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) over Metro Manila and adjacent provinces, and continued community quarantine over the rest of the country.
CEB will continue to operate the following domestic flights:
• Clark-Cebu-Clark, every Tuesday
• Cebu-Davao-Cebu, every Tuesday
CEB also intends to operate the following international flights:
5J 18 Manila-Dubai Every Sunday
5J 19 Dubai-Manila Every Monday
5J 194 Manila-Seoul (Incheon) Every Thursday
5J 5059 Tokyo (Narita)-Manila Every Wednesday / Saturday
(Starting Aug 8)
5J 817 Osaka-Manila
Every Friday
(Starting Aug 6)
5J 807 Manila-Singapore
Every Thursday / ......read more
Following Dubai-Manila-Dubai flight restart, operations in Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo and Osaka resume
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 03, 2020: Following the restart of its once-a-week flights between Manila and Dubai in mid-July, Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines' largest national flag carrier, resumes flights between Manila and key Asian destinations beginning August 1.
CEB has begun its twice weekly (Wednesday and Saturday) one-way flights from Tokyo (Narita) to Manila on August 1.
Twice weekly (Thursday and Saturday) flights between Manila and Singapore are set to begin on August 6; whilst the twice weekly service (Wednesday and Friday) between Manila and Taipei will begin on August 7.
One-way flights to Manila from Seoul (Incheon) every Thursday are scheduled to begin on August 6; whilst ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 29, 2020: IATA has called on governments in the Middle East to harmonize biosafety measures for passengers across the region as aviation restarts. A global framework for restarting aviation while protecting public health has been agreed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and published in the Take-Off guidance. However, inconsistent application of these biosafety measures along with unnecessary border constraints are deterring passengers and suppressing the resumption of air travel in the Middle East.
"We are starting to see some governments in the Middle East open their borders to regional and international air travel. This is good news but those flying for the first time since the lifting of restrictions face an array of different types of biosafety ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 29, 2020: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released an updated global passenger forecast showing that the recovery in traffic has been slower than had been expected. In the base case scenario:
• Global passenger traffic (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) will not return to pre-COVID-19 levels until 2024, a year later than previously projected.
• The recovery in short haul travel is still expected to happen faster than for long haul travel. As a result, passenger numbers will recover faster than traffic measured in RPKs. Recovery to pre-COVID-19 levels, however, will also slide by a year from 2022 to 2023. For 2020, global passenger numbers (enplanements) are expected to decline by 55% compared to 2019, worsened from the April forecast of ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 29, 2020: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in June showing improvement, but at a slower pace than some of the traditional leading indicators would suggest.
• Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs*), fell by 17.6% in June (-19.9% for international operations) compared to the previous year. That is a modest improvement from the 20.1% year-on-year drop recorded in May.
• Global capacity, measured in available cargo tonne-kilometers (ACTKs), shrank by 34.1% in June ( 33.9% for international operations) compared to the previous year. This was on par with the 34.8% year-on-year drop in May.
• Belly capacity for international air cargo shrank by 70% in June compared to the ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 28, 2020:
• UAE-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and residents can now plan their next travel to the Philippines as Cebu Pacific, the Philippines' largest national flag carrier, holds a AED79 seat sale in time for the celebration of Eid Al Adha
• The seat sale, which will run from July 28 until July 31, allows travellers to book Dubai-Manila flights for as low as AED79, for travel between November 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021. Even better, bookings made during this seat sale promo come with free unlimited rebooking
• These sale flights may be rebooked an unlimited number of times, without any fee, and only with minimal fare difference, should the passenger have a change in travel plans or an ......read more
Abu Dhabi, UAE – 25 July 2020: Abu Dhabi International Airport welcomed the return of UAE Space Agency delegation, participating in Emirates Mars Mission launch when they landed on home soil after a flight from Haneda International Airport in Japan. Representatives from Abu Dhabi Airports were on the tarmac to welcome the team back into the UAE, following the successful launch of the Hope Probe on 20 July 2020 from the Tanegashima launch pad in Japan.
Speaking on the return of the team into the UAE, Shareef Hashim Al Hashmi, Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Airports, commented: "The successful development and launch of the Hope Probe is the result of our visionary leadership's commitment to empowering our talented youth, investing in aerospace technology, and realising the ambition of our nation's late ......read more
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – July 22, 2020: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has signed agreements with Boeing Global Services for the provision of maintenance support on its fleet of Boeing 787s.
These agreements are part of the strategic partnership between Etihad and Boeing signed in November 2019, in line with Etihad's ongoing commitment to achieve excellence in all aspects of operational reliability, maintenance, and on-board experience.
Key to the agreements is a Component Services Program for more than 300 operational critical parts for Etihad's 787 fleet; a landing gear exchange programme including Aircraft on Ground (AOG) coverage; as well as high value airframe components and digital products to optimise Etihad's maintenance ......read more
• Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines' largest national flag carrier, has issued passenger guidelines for those flying between Dubai and Manila to ensure smooth travel
• Passengers flying from Dubai to Manila have to undergo a COVID-19 RT-PCR (swab) test upon arrival, follow mandatory quarantine procedures, and register on the Electronic-Case Investigation Form (e-CIF) system of the Philippine Red Cross, Philippine Immigration Arrival and Health Declaration Form, and OASIS Online Registration—for registered OFW passengers
• Passengers flying from Manila to Dubai have to present a negative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test certificate no more than 96 hours before departure, present a valid health insurance that can be used in the United Arab ......read more
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — July 20, 2020: Etihad Airways and Boeing will work together starting in August on the seventh iteration of the ecoDemonstrator programme to test innovative technologies in the air, building on the core innovation and sustainability tenets of their strategic partnership signed in November 2019.
The ecoDemonstrator programme utilises commercial aircraft as flying testbeds to accelerate technology development that will make commercial aviation safer and more sustainable now and into the future. The 2020 program will be the first to use a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. It will leverage the Etihad Greenliner programme as part of the broader Etihad-Boeing Strategic Partnership to test cutting-edge technologies and explore "blue sky" opportunities to improve airspace ......read more
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – July 20, 2020: Effective 27 July, Etihad Airways will resume passenger flights from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to Shanghai, China. The service will operate with an initial weekly flight using a Boeing 777-300ER, featuring Business and Economy cabins.
Robin Kamark, Etihad Aviation Group Chief Commercial Officer, said: "We are delighted to announce the resumption of scheduled services to China, as we gradually return to more destinations on our global network, supporting the recovery of economic and social activities worldwide. Our priority now is to build the network back up on markets that have opened up and to provide a secure and hygienic flying environment across the entire guest journey.
"The restarting of passenger ......read more
Abu Dhabi – July 20th 2020: "With the Emirate "Hope Mars" Mission launched to space today, this is the Arab world's first inter-planetary mission that is taking off for a seven-month journey to study the dynamics in the Martian atmosphere. By building up the Emirati capabilities in the field of interplanetary exploration, we are pushing our limits to make new discoveries. Our young nation is creating a brand-new industry that is transforming our science community. "Hope Mars" is opening new frontiers of possibility for our youth and inspire them to pursue space science.
"Hope Mars" will enter the Red Planet' orbit in 2021 and it will coincide with our nation 50th anniversary. By prioritizing such an ambitious advanced agenda, the mission put our ......read more
After a six-year long project, the Emirates Mars Mission is set to take off into space on Friday
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 16 July 2020: Ahead of its live broadcast from inside the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center later this week, Europe's number one international news channel, Euronews, spoke to Her Excellency Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister for Advanced Sciences in the United Arab Emirates about how the Mars Hope Mission team are feeling before the anticipated launch, how the country's investment in scientific investigation and innovation will have an effect on the future, and how collaboration and risk taking has propelled the project forward.
Commenting on how the UAE Mars Mission team are feeling ahead of the launch which will make history for the Arab world yet again she said: ......read more
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - July 15, 2020: Etihad Airways has expanded its hand baggage only 'Deal Fare' which allows travellers to purchase lower fares in Economy Class if no checked baggage is required, to include destinations across Europe and Asia.
The 'Deal Fare' includes a complimentary carry-on baggage allowance of 7kg and was initially only available on flights between Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Azerbaijan. Throughout July and August 2020, Etihad is introducing the 'Deal Fare' on new routes including: Belarus, Greece, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Turkey.
Robin Kamark, Etihad Airways Chief Commercial Officer, said: ......read more
SCTDA implements the initiative in line with 'Safe Travels' stamp launched by the World Travel and Tourism Council
July 27, 2020: To assure tourists that Sharjah's travel and tourism establishments are looking after their health and safety, the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) has launched the 'Sharjah Safe for Tourism' stamp, a mark of assurance given to all establishments in Sharjah which fully adhere to the public health protocols and guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. The stamp follows the measures set out by ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 14, 2020: German leisure airline Condor is making significant enhancements to fuel optimization through the deployment of eWAS to more than 700 pilots and dispatchers.
The signing with SITA's aircraft domain of expertise – which includes the provision of eWAS Pilot and eWAS Dispatch applications – brings several major benefits for the popular holiday airline. As severe weather events become more frequent and intense, eWAS Pilot delivers both forecasts and satellite-based observation data, enabling Condor's crews to avoid ......read more
Abu Dhabi, UAE - 12 July 2020: Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the newest national airline of the United Arab Emirates announced today that it will base two state-of-the-art brand new Airbus A321neo aircraft and start 6 highly anticipated routes from Abu Dhabi on 1 October 2020. Tickets are already on sale on wizzair.com and the airline's mobile app with fares starting as low as AED 129 **.
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the joint-venture established between ADQ, one of the region's largest holding companies, and Wizz Air ......read more
• Suppliers based in the UAE and international businesses with a local presence can now register
• Eligible suppliers will be awarded a 'Local Content Partner' certificate from Etihad Aviation Group, valid for two years
• Certified suppliers will be deemed strategic partners across the supply chain in the local market
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – July 12, 2020: Etihad Aviation Group is proud to announce the launch of Al Watani programme, a new local content programme for suppliers who would like to partner with the national ......read more
• Special flights to and from Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, and Mumbai
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – July 12, 2020: Following the partial lifting of international flight restrictions by UAE and Indian authorities on travel for eligible individuals to and from Abu Dhabi to India, Etihad Airways will resume a limited number of special flights to six Indian gateways. The airline will operate services from Abu Dhabi to Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, and Mumbai.
All eligible passengers travelling from ......read more
Mandatory mask wearing will protect travellers and workers
People need to learn to live with COVID-19 until a vaccine is widely available
July 11, 2020: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called upon all travellers to don protective face masks to show they 'wear to care' in the new normal of travelling.
As countries transition from lockdowns to reopening their borders, the wearing of face masks helps signal the return of safer travels, while also providing personal protection for users as well as those around them.
The advice from WTTC in favour ......read more
Dubai, UAE, July 11, 2020:
Cebu Pacific (CEB), the Philippines' largest national flag-carrier, will resume its flights from Manila to Dubai (5J 18) every Sunday at 6:55 PM (Philippine Standard Time), and Dubai to Manila (5J 19) every Monday at 3:30 AM (UAE Standard Time), beginning July 12, 2020.
In line with the safety measures implemented by the Dubai government, passengers traveling to the emirate are required to obtain travel and health insurance coverage before arrival, as required by Dubai Civil Aviation Authority. Guests without valid health insurance may be ......read more
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 11, 2020: Lebanon-based Middle East Airlines (MEA) has received its first A321neo aircraft from Airbus' final assembly line in Hamburg, Germany.
The delivery is the first of nine aircraft to be delivered in the coming months.
The highly-fuel-efficient A321neo will help reduce MEA's operating costs. The airline's A321neo is powered by Pratt & Whitney's PurePower PW1100G-JM geared turbofan engines and is configured in a comfortable two-class layout ......read more
• Discounted prices; free servicing, insurance, and warranty; and savings of up to AED 10,000
Dubai, UAE, 09July 2020: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank customers now have 72 hours to take advantage of an exciting offer being presented by Arabian Automobiles, the flagship company of the AW Rostamani Group and the exclusive dealer for Renault in Dubai, Sharjah, and the Northern Emirates.
As part of a partnership with the bank, from Thursday 9th of July to Saturday 11th of July, customers will take advantage of spectacular offers that include discounted prices; free ......read more
• Etihad will place its 'EY' code from its global route network on to Air Arabia Abu Dhabi's inaugural services to the Egyptian cities of Alexandria and Sohag
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – July 09, 2020: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced a codeshare agreement with Abu Dhabi's first low-cost airline, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi. Effective 9 July, Etihad will place its 'EY' code on Air Arabia Abu Dhabi's inaugural flight from Abu Dhabi to the Egyptian city of Alexandria ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 09, 2020: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) emphasized the aviation industry's commitment to its emissions reduction goals and called for the International Energy Agency (IEA) to prioritize investment in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to help power aviation's contribution to the post-COVID-19 recovery.
IATA's call comes on the eve of the IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit which will meet virtually to debate moves toward a low-carbon future. The IEA is well placed to promote SAF production with its ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 08, 2020: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has partnered with Sitata, a Canadian travel risk management company, to launch an interactive travel map on etihad.com, the airline's official website. Etihad Airways' guests now have easy access to a comprehensive overview of the situation relating to COVID-19 at each destination in the airline's network.
The travel map uses advanced computer algorithms to detect new travel information globally, which is swiftly updated on its portal. The system also relies on ......read more
• 58 worldwide destinations to be served subject to lifting of international restrictions
• Stringent Etihad Wellness travel health and sanitisation programme in place so guests can fly with greater peace of mind
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - July 08, 2020: Etihad Airways is gradually resuming services to more destinations across its global network. This follows the easing of travel restrictions by UAE regulatory authorities on outbound and inbound travel for citizens and residents. All travel remains subject to the entry and health ......read more
Abu Dhabi, UAE - 6 July 2020: Wizz Air and Abu Dhabi Airports have celebrated the arrival of Wizz Air's first scheduled Wizz Air Hungary flight to Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Marking a great milestone in Wizz Air's history and further strengthening of Abu Dhabi's connectivity and accessibility as a destination of choice for business and leisure travel, the first Budapest-Abu Dhabi flight landed in the capital of the United Arab ......read more
Al Ain based company underscores its position as a reliable partner to fabricate full IBF package following assembly line success on the same component
Al Ain, UAE – 06 July, 2020: Strata Manufacturing (Strata), the advanced composite aero structures manufacturing facility wholly-owned by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, has successfully delivered 100 shipsets of the assembled A350-900 Inboard Flaps (IBF).
Having completed the full First Article Inspection for the fabrication of six IBF components at its state-of-the-art facility in the Nibras Al Ain Aerospace ......read more
Dubai, UAE, 05 July 2020: In a nod to the Emirates Mars Mission "Hope Probe's" countdown to its launch and the fulfillment of an Arab-Islamic dream, a photo of the mission's logo onboard the International Space Station (ISS) was shared by Emirati Astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori on his social media accounts. The mission's logo will now travel to Mars onboard the first inter-planetary Arab-Islamic probe.
Ever since the UAE was established, the Late Sheikh Zayed has always inspired his countrymen to aim for the stars. Keeping the promise of the Founding ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 05, 2020: Airports Council International (ACI) World and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have urged that costs related to public health measures aimed at mitigating the spread of communicable diseases should be borne by governments.
The COVID-19 pandemic's effect on the industry and broader economy has halted aviation at global level, leading to multi-billion losses in revenue and traffic.
As the industry begins to restart and plan for a long-term, sustained recovery, the health and safety of passengers and ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 05, 2020:
H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Chairman, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre:
"Through the passion and ambition of the UAE's youth and the visionary policies of the wise leadership of our nation, we have realised the Arab dream of exploring Mars. The announcement by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, to launch a programme for Arab youth to join the UAE in training for space programme and its related technologies is a ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 02, 2020: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments in Africa and the Middle East (AME) to implement alternatives to quarantine on arrival that would allow economies to re-start while avoiding the importation of COVID-19 cases.
Government-imposed quarantine measures in 36 countries across Africa and the Middle East (AME) account for 40% of all quarantine measures globally. With over 80% of travelers unwilling to travel when quarantine is required, the impact of these measures is that countries remain in ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 02, 2020: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomes the decision by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to use 2019 as a baseline for the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). In 2022, the ICAO Assembly will consider if further amendments are necessary to address the impacts of COVID-19 to ensure the successful implementation of the scheme.
Airlines are committed to reducing net emissions to half 2005 levels by 2050. This commitment is ......read more
Online searches for 'space', 'Emirati astronaut', and 'NASA' see substantial increases over the past year
Dubai, UAE – 01 July, 2020: As the UAE readies to embrace history as the first Arab country to launch an unmanned, interplanetary satellite to Mars, the nation's residents' interest in space and related topics has gone into orbit, according to historical back-data collected by SEMrush, the award-winning digital marketing suite.
Originally announced in 2014, the Emirates Mars Mission - also known as the Hope Mars ......read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 30, 2020: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in May showing a slight improvement in the air cargo market. But capacity remains unable to meet demand as a result of the loss of belly cargo operations on passenger aircraft that have been parked.
• Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs*), fell by 20.3% in May (-21.5% for international operations) compared to the previous year. That is an improvement from the 25.6% year-on-year drop recorded in ......read more
Industry veteran Rosa Tahmaseb will be the new Secretary-General for the Middle East North Africa Leisure Attractions Council (MENALAC) as the industry starts to gear up for re-opening of numerous venues across the region.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 29, 2020: The Board of the Middle East and North Africa Leisure Attractions Council (MENALAC), the leisure and entertainment industry council representing the Middle East's growing leisure attractions sector, has appointed Rosa Tahmaseb as new Secretary-General, effective from June ......read more
• Travellers from Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, can submit their visa applications at the UK Visa Application Centres from 28 June 2020
• Optional Priority Visa, Super Priority Visa, and Walk-in services will not be offered initially
• As part of health precautions, prior appointment is mandatory; customers may be required to undergo temperature checks, wear facemasks and maintain physical distancing.
From 28 June 2020, UK Visas and Immigration is beginning a phased resumption of services at Visa ......read more
185 Indians to fly to Cochin on 3rd July 2020 in a chartered flight arranged by J&J Marketing L.L.C. Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 28, 2020: The COVID-19 outbreak has left thousands of Indians stranded since its outbreak at the end of 2019. With commercial aviation difficulty, cancellations and dilemma, a good number of Indians were left with little to no alternatives to return to their home country. A trip with certainty and safety to return home comes with a fully sponsored repatriation flight which is made possible, thanks to the efforts and ......read more


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- accelerated growth
- ускоренный рост
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Fisher faces new obstacles out of the pool
World champion blind swimmer Mary Fisher is one in a string of New Zealand athletes and sports leaders who will share their experiences at the Sport NZ Women + Girls Summit, with the hope of making a difference.
Countless obstacles have sprung up along the path of Paralympic double gold medallist swimmer Mary Fisher.
There's been prejudice, low expectations and the trials of simply getting to the swimming pool. Now her latest hurdle involves flamingos, but not of the feathered kind.
Last week, the blind athlete lamented the number of e-scooters, including the pink Flamingo brand scooters, cluttering Wellington footpaths and impacting pedestrians, especially those with disabilities.
Fisher, by the way, is 26.
A passionate advocate for accessibility, who volunteers for Access Matters, the now-retired swimmer is handling it with her typical composure – although she admits it has truly shaken her confidence.
"I've found the scooters a big hassle, both physically and mentally. Bumping into them, and also having people whiz past really close – though I haven't had a collision yet," she tells LockerRoom.
"It's something I didn't expect to have such an impact on me – but now I'm thinking 'Do I walk to the next place by myself, or not?' They really make me not want to walk around the city by myself."
Fisher usually has no problem getting around the capital, and she's an accomplished tramper and runner, who's completed the 87km Tarawera ultramathon with a guide.
"With the compact nature of Wellington, there's not the infrastructure for riding or parking the scooters safely," she says. "The wider aspects of small things like this could increase the likelihood of isolation [for people with disabilities], which I think about a lot."
Fisher will share examples of the obstacles she had to overcome in her glittering swimming career - that included eight world titles and five Paralympic medals - at the Sport NZ Women + Girls Summit in Wellington on Monday.
She's a panellist in a discussion on supporting diversity in sport, and the different challenges that women and girls wanting to play sport face, beyond gender inequalities.
Former world discus champion Beatrice Faumuina (now an advisor in Pacific relations for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) and former White Fern Ingrid Cronin-Knight (now on the board of NZ Cricket and country manager of MYOB) are also on the panel.
"It's so interesting to dig into the challenges that women and girls face beyond gender; if there's another factor in play, like a disability, or coming from a different religion, culture or ethnicity," says Rachel Froggatt, CEO of Women in Sport Aotearoa, who are delivering the day-long summit with Wellington's Shift Foundation.
"Sometimes it's hard for the sports sector to understand how some of those things have an implication on a girl playing sport. They often don't understand why sport doesn't resonate with two people in exactly the same way."
During her 10 years in high performance swimming, Fisher faced the twice-daily hurdle of getting to her sessions in the pool.
"Transport is a big issue, but I was lucky to have really supportive family and friends," she says. "When the hobby turned into a more serious pursuit, all my friends were starting to get their driving licences, and I wasn't legally allowed to.
"So it was so important having people constantly supporting me and making me feel that I wasn't a burden."
She also witnessed prejudice in some swimming clubs around what was possible for a blind athlete.
"There were a lot of ingrained stereotypes I had to deal with," Fisher says.
"Maybe they could have actually been thinking 'In her daily life, Mary has to problem-solve a lot of situations in a sighted world, which could make her a tenacious person who will work out a way of training with other people in the same lane'."
Fisher also found that people with little experience working with athletes with disabilities would often set them low expectations.
"But before I went to the London Paralympics, a friend of my coach told me: 'Mary, there's no limit on how fast you're allowed to go'," she says. Fisher returned home from those 2012 Games with four medals and a world record.
"It was a really good piece of advice. Just because no one else in the world has done a particular thing before, doesn't mean you can't be that person."
Fisher found issues of gender were more subtle.
"As a young female swimmer, you could be as fast or faster than boys because of earlier physical development. But just because you're a girl, the expectations may be less in terms of performance. 'If a boy takes 30 seconds to do this, you should aim for 40 seconds'," she says.
"You shouldn't limit yourself. A woman [Sarah Thomas] just swam four times across the English Channel, and she was the first human to do that. Women's bodies are amazing."
But she also thinks more study could be done around women health in high performance sport.
"I feel there's not enough research on what's normal, what's healthy, for an elite female athlete," she says.
"Over my time as a grassroots, development then high-performance athlete, there have been a lot of changes for women in sport, and a decent change around Para sport in terms of coverage and sponsorship. But there's probably still some way to go."
Fisher, who works part-time for the Blind Foundation coordinating volunteers, hopes to make more change - bringing the voice of a just-retired athlete to the Paralympics NZ board.
Froggatt describes the summit, which has attracted 330 delegates from all walks of sporting life, as "a giant conversation – with practical inputs".
"We're asking people to bring their ideas to the table, talk about individual challenges and what solutions they've had. The intent is to get everyone to go home with really solid ideas about what they can immediately do to improve their own organisation," she says.
The delegates cover a wide range of the sporting sector - from chief executives to those working in local sports communities.
"It will be great for people at either end of the spectrum to hear what others are facing or achieving," Froggatt says.
"It's not just people from sports organisations, but from councils, secondary schools, academic institutions and the government. The diversity is wide as well – there's a vast array of ethnicities, people from disability sports and the LGBTQI community.
"I don't know of another event in New Zealand quite like this, in terms of the uniqueness of the group and the conversations we will be able to have."
Why hold a summit? Froggatt says it's important to set milestones before the "big performance" – the Women and Sport Secretariat conference in May 2022, where New Zealand will have to show the rest of the world what they're doing for women in sport.
"We need to temperature check where we're at. Are we moving fast enough, doing enough, getting to where we collectively want to go, so we can confidentially stand up in two years' time and say: 'We are world class'," Froggatt says.
It's also a year since the government introduced the Women and Girls in Sport Strategy, with a $10 million pledge to try to address imbalances.
"We saw this first year as a foundation year where everyone recognised the issues and made commitments to address them," Froggatt says. "I feel like there's huge momentum, and a definite interest, willingness and engagement right across the sector," she says.
The summit will also feature Dr Nicole LaVoi, the director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women's Sport in Minnesota, who's recognised as a leading scholar in women coaching sport.
As a keynote speaker, LaVoi will discuss challenging and changing narratives about girls and women in sport.
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Fish Report for 6-24-2019
Eastern Sierra Fish'N Conditions
by Doug Rodricks
(760) 935-4250
Fish'n Conditions
Warm weather has started the snow melting at a brisk pace. The run-off is in full swing on most rivers and creeks. Crowley Lake and Bridgeport are gaining some water and rising daily. Crowley Lake bouncing back nicely from a slow down the last week as the big fish are now starting the migration into the shallow water zones. Damselfly hatch is right on cue this year and the fish are on them. The East Walker River is still at high release rates, but it is slowly coming down. The Middle Owens River may actually be driftable later next month as they slow the release from Crowley and the lake begins to fill. This will in turn start some major weed growth along the banks along the lake. Hot Creek taking on lots of water, but fishing remains excellent despite heavier flow rates. Upper Owens River decent with dry flies and heavily weighted nymph rigs. The first official family summer weekend was a great success as our entire fleet and our extended fleet were out in full force getting the kids and parents on the fish!
Crowley Lake
The slow period required a lot of looking around and plying different water depths to locate solid concentrations of fish. We are happy to report that the first wave of the trout migration from deep to shallow water is now taking place. The damselfly nymphs are showing in greater numbers daily and the weed lines are becoming well established as the water level rises. Our assassin patterns are getting a lot of attention now hung over the weeds or along the edges as they imitate these little buggers. Some really nice rainbows and browns are being taken lately along with a solid mix of smaller and medium rainbows and browns. Not too many cutthroat yet, but they are just around the corner as the damselfly hatch and the soon-to-show callibaetis hatch will have all fish cruising the submerged weed beds in search of high protein. We still have some available dates left for the month and our fleet is ready to get you onto the fish. Top patterns: #16 Parallel Assassin Dark and Light, #18 Assassin Dark and Light, #16 and #18 FlashBack Pheasant Tail Tungsten Black Head, #18 Crystal Copper Chironomid Emerger, #18 Crystal Chironomid Emerger Black, #16 and #18 Crystal Copper Tiger Midge, #14 and #16 Broken Back Copper Tiger Midge.
Middle Owens River/Wild Trout Section (Bishop Area)
Flows holding at 400 cfs and if they drop soon we may start running early morning drifts down here. We have had some really good fishing in prior years during the summer months when conditions allow. Some caddis hatches taking place in the afternoons and tricos in the early morning along with smaller midges.
Hot Creek
Really good fishing here as the higher water has spread the fish out all over the creek. Best to work the slower seams and edges and don't over look the deeper sections in slow and fast moving water. Some bigger rainbows and browns have been bending the rods deeply. Top patterns: #18 FlashBack Pheasant Tails Gold, #18 Broken Back Dark Zebra Midge, #16 Bead San Juan Worm, #14 Drifters Crawler in Red and Black.
Upper Owens River
Good dry fly action in the eddies and slow water as the caddis hatch is blowing up late mornings and into the afternoons. Early morning midge activity has the fish rising in the slower sections. Smaller nymphs like #18 FB Pheasant Tails in gold and black, #18 Copper Tiger Midge, #18 Zebra Midge, and SD Crawler red and black are getting fish.
This is a year around fishery with special regs in place. We walk and wade guide here.*Doug Rodricks, Doug Dolan, Hans Grotewold, and Devin Preston are under permit from the Inyo National Forest Service to guide Hot Creek.
East Walker River/Bridgeport Reservoir
High flows still but the river is coming down. If it drops another 100 cfs, it will be fishable in some spots if you know where they are. There are better options currently however. Bridgeport Reservoir on the slower side still but will soon turn on as the weed beds begin to establish themselves. This will draw in the fish to the channels as they begin to feed on damselfly and callibaetis nymphs.
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Sierra Drifters Reportsfor Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
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Crowley Lake: Some Days Are Diamonds Some Days Are Rocks
Owens River - Middle: Flows Have Jumped Up and Then Returned
Owens River - Section 3 - Upper (above Crowley): Water is Coming Through Fast
Hot Creek: Lots of Water Flowing
Sierra Drifters Reportsfor Saturday, June 8th, 2019
: Eastern Sierra Fish'N Conditions
East Walker River (CA): East Walker River Fishing Report
Hot Creek: Great Caddis Action
Owens River - Section 3 - Upper (above Crowley): Some Great Caddis Hatches Taking Place
Owens River - Middle: Fishing The Slower Water Can Yield Fish
Crowley Lake: Some Big Fish Are Being Caught
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Ever wondered if there is a Harry Potter Board Game? Well you'll be delighted to learn, there is! You've received your letter from Hogwarts, taken the Hogwarts express, and are ready to start your first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The A Year At Hogwarts board game is truly epic: play as your favourite characters, master your classes, win Quidditch matches, and earn House Points to win the House Cup... and the game. Carry out missions in and around Hogwarts, defeat other students in the Dueling Club, and use your spell and potion cards to improve your attacks and defend yourself. Relive the entire story with three game modes ("Beginner Wizard", "Advanced Wizard or Teaming" and "Return of Lord Voldemort") that allow you to choose the best possible game play experience according to the age of the players, the desired length of play, and your favourite passages from the Harry Potter series. There are 30 mission cards covering the entire story; missions 1 to 10 are based on Book and Film 1, 2 and 3, missions 11 to 20 are based on Book and Film 4 and 5, and missions 21 to 30 are based on Book and Film 6 and 7. In the third game mode, you can play as the heroes, and try to destroy the Horcruxes - or take a walk on the dark side and help Voldemort return by playing as the Death Eaters! Play alone, in a team, or with every wizard for themselves!
Box measures 26.5cm x 26.5cm x 7.5cm. Box contains 1 main board, 3 annexe boards, 210 cards, 30 Missions cards, 60 House points tokens, 36 Objects tokens, 20 Floo powder tokens, 10 Portkey tokens, 15 character sheet + pawns.
Recommended age range: 7+ years. Suitable for 1-8 players. Average play time 20-45 minutes.
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As a result, Apple has insisted that only its own WebKit engine be allowed to handle that unsigned code. "They trust their own stuff more," Henze says. "And if they make an exception for Chrome, they have to make an exception for everyone."
The point being made here is that Apple bottlenecks all browser activity through WebKit. To me, this seems a solid approach, as long as WebKit is bulletproof.
The problem with making WebKit mandatory, according to security researchers, is that Apple's browser engine is in some respects less secure than Chrome's.
There's the rub. If that's truly the case. Seems to me, no matter the choice Apple makes here, there will be security holes. The key is how quickly Apple responds to identified flaws. My (possibly uninformed) sense is that Apple closes loopholes before they become widely known, or quickly issues a patch if exploits do become public.
As to Messages:
Hackable flaws in iMessage are far rarer than those WebKit. But they're also far more powerful, given that they can be used as the first step in a hacking technique that takes over a target phone with no user interaction. So it was all the more surprising last month to see Natalie Silvanovich, a researcher with Google's Project Zero team, expose an entire collection of previously unknown flaws in iMessage that could be used to enable remote, zero-click takeovers of iPhones.
Read Apple's reply to the Project Zero accusations.
More disturbing than the existence of those individual bugs was that they all stemmed from the same security issue: iMessage exposes to attackers its "unserializer," a component that essentially unpacks different types of data sent to the device via iMessage.
All very interesting. I'm betting that Apple is working hard to identify and fix attack vectors in WebKit and better sandbox Messages. I think it's a safe bet that none of this information is new to Apple.


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WASHINGTON - Chinese authorities are continuing to detain foreign nationals of Uighur descent, which experts charge is part of an effort by Beijing to prevent any outside access to Xinjiang province.
VOA interviewed several ethnic Uighurs of different nationalities who said they or their family members faced detention upon arriving in China. The detained foreign citizens were allegedly jailed, put under house arrest or even sent to the so-called reeducation camps, while some others were repatriated to their home countries.
Hankiz Kurban, a Turkish citizen from Istanbul, told VOA that her parents, Yahya Kurban, 54, and Amina Kurban, 51, both Turkish citizens originating from the region of Xingjian, have been detained since Sept.11, 2017, when they were on a trip to operate a clothing business in Urumchi, the capital city of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
I received my mother's voice message asking me, in a trembling voice, to contact the Turkish embassy in Beijing and do something for them," Hankiz said, recalling the moment Chinese authorities arrested her. "It was the last day I heard from my parents."
Working on release
Kurban and her siblings have attempted to find their parents to no avail. The Turkish embassy has told them officials there are still working with Chinese officials to secure the parents' release.
Another Turkish citizen of Uighur origin, Muyesser Temel, told VOA that her brother, Mehmet Emin Nasir, 40, was arrested in late 2017 in Kashgar, where he owned a Turkish curtains store.
We kept calling [the] Turkish Embassy in Beijing, Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara, and Turkish Presidential Office. Their answer has been, 'Wait, we are working on this case,'" Temel said.
VOA contacted Turkey's foreign ministry and embassy in Beijing but has not received a comment.
Responding to a parliamentary question regarding incarcerated Turkish citizens in China, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu last April said his government was using its diplomatic means "in every level" to bring them home.
The problems faced by our citizens around the world and the complaints received in this context are closely monitored through our foreign representatives. Every diplomatic and legal tool is used in order to solve their problems, and the necessary legal, economic and social support is provided to our citizens," Cavusoglu said in a written response.
Uighurs are ethnically Turkic and religiously Muslim with a worldwide population estimated to be 12 million. More than 90% of them are believed to live in their ancestral home of Xinjiang in China's northwest region. The remaining Uighurs reside in neighboring central Asian states like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan as well as Turkey and Western countries.
Since 2017 China has been accused of detaining almost 1.8 million Uighurs and other minority Muslim groups in mass incarceration camps where they are forced to abandon their religion. Those outside the camps are believed to be under strict government surveillance with no access to the outside world.
China first denied the detention facilities existed but later said they were only for "reeducation and vocational training" purposes. Beijing has tied its policies in the region to fighting "the three evils of terrorism, extremism and separatism." It recently claimed that all "students" from "training centers" had "graduated" without giving any more details.
Leaked document
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in November released several official Chinese government documents it had obtained, revealing that officials in 2017 directed border officials and police to hand-pick and arrest foreign nationals of Uighur descent.
The documents showed that Chinese officials kept track of about 1,535 people from Xinjiang who had citizenship from various foreign nations, with about 75 confirmed to be in China and about 560 whose location was undertermined. Of the 75 "red-flagged" people, 26 were Turkish, 23 Australian, five Canadian, five Swedish, three American, three Uzbek, three Finnish, two British, two New Zealanders, one French, and one Kyrgyz.
Personal identification verification should be inspected one by one, for those who have already canceled their citizenship and for whom suspected terrorism cannot be ruled out, they should be deported. For those who haven't canceled their citizenship yet and for whom suspected terrorism cannot be ruled out, they should first be placed into concentrated education and training and examined," the document suggested.
Sadam Abdusalam is one of the Australian Uighurs whose family has been stranded in China since early 2017. His wife, Nadila, a Chinese citizen, was applying for her Australian spousal visa in late 2016 when Chinese officials confiscated her passport. Their son, Lutfi, was born a few months later.
My son, even though an Australian citizen, has not been allowed to unite with me in Australia since the day he was born and I haven't seen my son for his entire life," he told VOA.
According to Nurgul Sawut, Campaign for Uyghurs' director of the board for the Oceania region, three Australian Uighur children and one Australian mother are trapped in China so far.
Except for Sadam's son, two other Australian children were taken to China for family visit by their grandmother. An Australian permanent resident, who was placed in house arrest and her passport was confiscated after arriving in China," she told VOA.
Detained, repatriated
Hayrullah Muhammed, an Australian Uighur detained at Chengdu airport in western China in July 2017, told VOA that he was incarcerated in Xinjiang for almost a month before being repatriated. The release, he said, came after the Australian embassy in Beijing intervened.
I was under arrest by special police from Xinjiang at Chengdu airport and was flown to Urumqi and interrogated for at least seven times in three weeks in a detention center before I was let go," he said.
Omir Bekali, a naturalized Kazakhstan citizen of Uighur heritage, told VOA that he was arrested by five Chinese police while he was visiting his family in Xinjiang in April 2017.
They put shackles on my hands and feet and my head was covered by a black hood when they took me," Bekali said, adding that he had lost 130 pounds, almost half of his body weight, because of the harsh conditions in captivity.
Thanks to my wife's efforts to speak up about my disappearance to the media, Kazakh authorities and U.N. office in Kazakhstan, I was released after seven months of going through food and sleep deprivation, beating and interrogation," he said.
Some experts charge that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) considers Uighur ethnics from foreign countries particularly concerning, seeing them as potential agents from adversaries. Such people, they say, could play an effective role in exposing China's secretive actions in Xinjiang.
Timothy Grose, an assistant professor of China Studies at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana, told VOA that CCP officials hope that introducing stricter rules would intimidate Uighurs outside China into silence.
Conceivably, CCP officials assume that Uighurs who have changed their citizenship have also fundamentally shifted their loyalties away from the party, China, and the Zhonghua minzu and to other social, religious, and/or national collectivities and are therefore deemed potential political threats," said Grose.
As the CCP further restricts outside contact with Uighurs inside China, "officials hope to 'sterilize' the region from outside influence while they construct, unimpeded, a narrative about combating 'terrorism,' 'extremism,' and 'poverty,' he added.
VOA's Ezel Sahinkaya contributed to this story from Washington.


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6160 South State Road 53 - Madison, FL (Map)
Days Inn by Wyndham Madison welcomes four-legged guests at their pet friendly accommodation. Up to 3 pets are allowed in each room. The pet fee is $15 per pet, per night.
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6246 State Rd. 53 South - Madison, FL (Map)
Super 8 by Wyndham Madison is pet friendly. Guests are welcome to bring 3 pets. The pet fee is $15 per pet, per night (maximum $20 per stay).


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To be in the draw simply renew your membership or have a multi year membership and collect your FREE entry tickets from reception before the 1st December 2019.
As well as the chance to win $50,000 cash there is $18,000 in other great prizes to be won.
Prize draws will take place on:
Members can also receive extra entry tickets into the draw with every $10 spend in the bar, bistro or cafe up till the 18th December 2019.
$50,000 Cash Draw
On Wednesday 18th December one lucky member will have the chance to win $50,000 cash. The member draw on that night will be asked to select 5 cards in envelopes from a field of 10, with 5 cards having "heads" and 5 cards having "tails". If the contestant matches:
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Welcome to EmbroidMe Maroochydore, centrally located on the Sunshine Coast, QLD. We are your full service apparel, uniform, embroidery, screen printing and promotional products centre. Serving the whole of the Sunshine Coast, our large showroom stocks a massive range of uniforms, clothing, hats, bags and promotional items.
Our on-site production facility uses the latest computer controlled embroidery machines and digital printing technology on the highest quality products to produce custom clothing and uniforms for your business, team, club, school, association, birthday party .......
We can provide the perfect promo items to advertise your products & services or to inform your customers about your latest offerings while building your company brand.
EmbroidMe Maroochydore can custom make any type of embroidery and promotional product for your business including: Polo shirts, Hats, Shirts, Outerwear, Corporate Wear, Team Wear, Hi-Viz, Work Wear, PPE, Safety Gear, Chef & Wait Wear, Contract Embroidery, Business Gifts, Screen Printing, Imprinted Promotional Products, Pens, Pencils, Mugs, Stubby Coolers, Stress Balls and much much more.
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I just want to say a massive thank you to Cameron & Karen from EmbroidMe Maroochydore. I recently purchased some work shirts with Embroidery from them and i couldn't be happier!! Service was second to none, shirts fit well and are of the highest quality, and the embroidery is so sharp and an exact replica of my logo its amazing!! Seriously if your in the market for anything like this go see EmbroidMe Maroochydore, they are the market leaders in this industry
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We spend a lot of time discussing camera gear and the like, but given the amount of time we spend at our computers for our work, it is also worth talking about ways to make our lives easier in our office, whether that is at home or in a dedicated studio. Here are six things that make my office life easier and more enjoyable.
Fast Internet (Particularly the Upload)
You have probably noticed that consumer broadband (DSL and cable) connections have much faster download speeds than upload. In the case of DSL, this is a choice, as the phone company can only allocate so much bandwidth in both directions and they know that most consumers consume more content than they push out, while in the case of cable, it is a design limitation. For me (and I suspect many other creatives), however, this has always been really frustrating. According to my router stats, I upload about 2-3 TB a year, a lot of that from backing up my photos and videos to the cloud.
Up until last year, I was stuck with a pretty standard cable internet package; the fastest I could get was a 100/10 Mbps connection, which equates to a maximum upload speed of 1.25 MBps. In other words, when I would come home from something like a graduation shoot with a couple thousand files, it would take over a day to back them up and would totally saturate the upload side of the connection for anyone or anything else trying to use it in the house.
Last year, I lucked out when our city's first fiber company decided to make my building one of their test sites for residential fiber, and I now have a symmetrical 1,000/1,000 Mbps connection, boosting my upload speed to 125 MBps. Even my largest multi-thousands-image shoots only take about an hour to back up, and I never slow down the connection for anyone else in my house.
Of course, not everyone has the option of a fiber connection, but my point here is to shop your options and not just settle with whatever default connection your default cable company gives you.
A Good Office Chair
Given how much time a lot of us spend at our computers, it is really crucial both for your comfort and your long-term health to have a quality chair. A good office chair is often about $500-700, and while that is certainly not a cheap investment, they tend to last a decade or more and are well worth the improvement in your comfort and the benefits to your health. I actually ended up purchasing an ergonomic professional gaming chair; these are often just as good as an office chair, and they tend to go on sale more often, especially around Black Friday. In fact, I managed to get my chair on sale for $300, when it normally goes for around $500. It's incredibly comfortable and really promotes proper posture.
A UPS (uninterrupted power supply) is essentially a large battery in tandem with a power strip and surge protector. In addition to giving you standard surge protection, it also protects your equipment in the event of a power failure, with the battery giving you enough time to shut down your devices safely or even continue working for a little bit. I personally use the APC Power-Saving Back-UPS Pro 1500. It gives me about 45 minutes of uptime if the power goes out, and it can even automatically and safely shut down my computer if the power goes out and I am not around to take control. Another great feature is its ability to smooth out variations in voltage to provide more consistent power to your electronics, which is good for their long-term stability.
Mini Fridge
I tend to work in long spurts where I am pretty deeply concentrated, and I also tend to drink a lot of Diet Coke. I have a tiny mini fridge on my desk that holds six cans and uses very little power, plus it is just massively convenient. If you work in a dedicated studio, it can be even more convenient to at least get a normal mini fridge, plus it can save you a lot of money if you bring your own meals, etc.
Proper Lighting
The first thing I did to my office was fix the lighting. It is a converted second bedroom with a pretty standard ceiling fan with three lights attached to it, which is fine for a bedroom, but pretty blah for an office. It also cast some pretty annoying shadows across my computer desk in the corner. First, I got rid of the very yellow bulbs. I replaced them with Hue White Ambiance bulbs. Full-color Hue bulbs are pretty cool, but they are not really necessary and are quite expensive (normally around $60 a bulb). Meanwhile, the Hue White Ambiance bulbs are about a third of the price and are also LEDs, meaning they use less power and last much longer than a normal incandescent bulb. They are fully dimmable and have a variable color temperature from a crisp white to very warm yellow, almost orange. Lastly, they are compatible with all major smart home assistants. Take time to add a lamp or two and proper bulbs; the change is ambiance and working conditions can make a big difference in your enjoyment using the space. Being able to dial in a cooler light makes a big difference for me.
Proper Headphones and Speakers
Most of us like to listen to music or audiobooks or watch movies while we edit and the like. A good set of speakers or headphones can be a really nice way to add to your comfort in your office. You do not need to go into audiophile territory; even just a $50 or $100 set of speakers can be a nice upgrade over your monitor's built-in speakers. I personally use Sony WH1000XM3 noise-canceling headphones. They have fantastic sound quality and are very comfortable to wear, plus I can take them with me. The best feature, though, is the class-leading noise-canceling. They can make it almost uncomfortably silent, which really helps me concentrate.
How About You?
What makes your office life easier or more enjoyable? Tell me in the comments!
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If you are planning on getting a Canon R5 or R6 Camera.
A mini fridge is a must have.
Also, no need for coffee machine or microwave, the camera body can help cooking anything.
And if you need to iron a shirt prior to the big meeting with your client, it can also help you getting done!
That is kind of funny.
The mini fridge sounds good and I could keep warm cans of Coke Zero nearby to handily restock it.
I would not have to deal with the big boy fridge and pantry in the kitchen, which is an abomination to me.
Even thought of putting the espresso machine closer, not fifteen meters away.
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Zero 4.2 qt./0.14 cu. ft. 6 Can AC/DC Mini Cooler/Mini Fridge without Freezer in Black
I bet you can adjust the temperature and really chill those bad boys down.
You need to drill a hole to get the lens out and a 12V battery on your back.
Now, the R5 is a monster!
I would add 'enough space on the table'!
+ monitor arm (attached to that table). It adds immense amount of space to a table, which was taken by monitor stand before.
Nah, I'm sure the little energy-wasting fridge and racing/gaming chair are more important things
to increase productivity than things like an arm for a monitor. In fact it's even better to put that fridge right before your monitor so that you get instant super fast access to that sugary drink for even more increased productivity.
I got my chair from Secret Labs and its been great for me, my back and the overall look of the office space! Its an expensive buy but there's more expensive out there im sure! Nice article mate :) *Thumbs up
I don't see how any of these help but okay :) Actually these are things that will make your life easier if you're a gamer..
What makes sitting in front of the PC/Mac gaming any different to sitting for long periods editing a wedding, portrait shoot, festival or other? Asking for a friend.
Well if you're lazybones nothing will make your life more comfortable, so you're right in that respect. Either way if you're so lazy that you can't get up to get your sugary soda from the fridge and you need a mini-fridge in close proximity to your computer then nothing will make your life better. It's actually kind of a sad thing. Also that chair is silly. I don't know why a photographer needs a racing-looking chair, pretty cringe, but whatever, as you say :) like I said before, those are more gamery things..
If having good lighting and decent enough headphones makes you lazy, I guess im lazy!?
Good light, good audio making your experience editing large amounts of data easier, having a comfy chair that helps with correct posture while editing, not having to break too long (or get distracted while your up getting said soda or healthy alternative) because theres a fridge close by. Are all things id want as a photographer editing. Im sure the author of this wasn't intending people to go out and buy a racing chair for Lightroom edits. haha
I don't see how any of these things would Not help. Did we read the same article?
Those are just generic things anybody can buy and not limited to photography ffs.. you need a chair to sit in front of a computer to do work?? As a photographer I never knew that I needed a chair, I have always been standing up editing photos. You need a fridge to cool your drinks? Mind blowing stuff buddy..
Nobody said these things were "limited" to photography, ffs.
No duh, you need a chair. They bring up the type of chair. smh
I wouldn't personally recommend that UPS for two reasons:
1) it has a measly 354 joules of surge protection, which is essentially none at all
2) it uses a "stepped sine wave" instead of "simulated sine" or "pure sine" AC topology. This can, over the long term, result in damage to the power supplies / premature failure of your electronics plugged into it.
The main stuff is totally missing...Cigarettes and booze...With a smoking area :P
Having an UPS is almost a must. Not only does it keep you up and running for a few more minutes in a black out, it delivers "clean" current to its battery circuits. In homes there are always sags when large appliances (central air, refrigerator, dryer, etc.) spin up. The UPS will deliver constant current to your PC.
Must be an American thing to need a UPS. No blackouts where I come from
no one has ever hit a power pole? no lightening strikes? no failed relays?
A coffee machine. My wife is fed up making her lazy husband a fresh cuppa everytime!
I consider a good storage system for your gear a must. I keep my gear in 5 Pelican cases with the most used ones open all the time on a wall of shelves. My tether cart is a Craftsman rolling tool chest with a dedicated laptop on the top and a TeatherTools arm mounted on the side for my camera. Everything has its place and I can stand in the middle of the room and see all my gear at once to know if something is out of place. Everything is easy to access and the Pelican cases are always packed and ready to go, yet always open so I can pull my most used equipment out to use it at anytime in an instant without even opening the cases.
The best way to keep working is to have a well ventilated place with Fresh air. If you're in a city you may want to invest in a Air Purifyer
Is the air bad where you come from? Thank goodness there are no power failures.
Exactly.. I have an air-purifier. It is really important especially if you spend a lot of time in that room. Another great thing is that the purifier captures smells and very tiny dust, so your computers and gear doesn't get dusty :)
Those gaming chairs suck eggs! I sweat in them because of the fake leather. Fabric is a little better. Mesh is the best for the summer. As for adjustability, my old Herman Miller Aeron chair is much better. Yeah, a new one is going to cost you $1,500 or less. I bought my used from a wheelhouse for $200 bucks 4 years ago. I've customized mine with a headrest and rollerblades wheels. I have a soft foam pad I use in the winter or when watching a movie and I want to set my legs up. Now I heard that Herman Miller is coming out with a gaming chair. I'll have to try one out. From the looks of it, I don't think he has the same features as my Aeron.
I've used APC for two decades. Love them to bits! The best feature is the auto shut-down. I often leave the computer on 24-7 and projects open. Everything gets saved then it just shuts everything down.
I have a really nice Moutain Dew mini-fridge. It's larger than most minis out in the market. It died one day, and I replaced the cooling chip and now it works even better than before.
As for lighting, I just use Daylight color LEDs bulbs around 100 Watt equivalent. At night then I turn on my Philips Color LEDs to create fun colors for watching movies or winding down before bed.
My next purchase will be a Scientific Cryogenic freezer to store my Canon R5s. I hope I can find one small enough to fit in my rolling bag. LOL!
Totally agree on chair forget "gamer" everything.
Just look at professionally designed work spaces which are specified by people who buy the best:
Herman Miller
Those are the chairs that are specified for ergonomics and that will give you the right WELL scores
As for price, people just spent $2000 on a lens and $5000 on a Canon R5 (when they can get a Medium Format GFX for that sort of money).
You should be willing to spend that much on your back. A broken back is way more expensive, painful and just terrible.