crap happens in multiple simultaneous instances (this is otherwise commonly termed “murphey’s lawâ€Â.)
we had a notice from our ISP that the internet services are going to be degraded over a week because they are re-routing a major submarine cable by Dubai for the building of the Palm Island and they assured us that although the internet is going to be slow for that period, at least it would be usable.
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I re-Posted your Bahraini.TV ‘Interent Chaos’ notice on IslamBank.Community. . .
Salam Mahmood,
It’s just about 10 am eastern time here in Toronto,
I was wondering why the ‘Net was slow in loading up ArabNews.com et voila
your note on Bahraini.TV explained it all…
So, I just hadda repost it as a lead item on my IslamBank.community frontpage.
InshAllah, your blood pressure cools down with the evening Gulf Breeze.
Salam,
your bro in T.O. (toronto ontario)
~ HiMY! ~
Re: I re-Posted your Bahraini.TV ‘Interent Chaos’ notice on IslamBank.Community. . .
thanx HiMY, they must have fixed a line or got better capacity assigned to the internet this morning as the speed is MUCH better than Thursday and Friday. I just hope that I’m not speaking too soon! 😉
Palm Island
That Palm Island project is extraordinary. A playground for the rich indeed. Wonder what kind of money is being wasted on that? Sure, it’s kinda beautiful and an extraordinary achievement if they manage it, but “built without disrupting the environment”? Hmm. I’m sure all those yachts and pleasure boat traffic will do wonders for the marine environment. Here in Australia the Great Barrier Reef is a major tourist attraction, but it can be overused and damagaed unwittingly by all those thousands oftourist divers taking souvenirs etc, and has to be carefully managed. But it can also act as an artificial lagoon, and could be good in the long run, especially if as a consequence they protect other areas as marine parks, even if out of self-interest and tourism. I just wonder if it’s money well spent, considering all the social problems every society has. Out of sight, out of mind.
Martin 😀
Re: Palm Island
and you have to have a balance between environment and what a country need for their survival. Alas the Palm Island project is the furthest from satisfying Dubai’s need. I have been to Dubai several times over the past 15 years and have seen it bloom out of nothing. With the amount of buildings, sky-scrapers and other civil project they have that until today lie unoccupied, I cannot justify the building of such an island under the guise of accomodation. It is as you say a rich man’s folly built egotistically and under the premise that it will be good for the country and tourism.
That might well be the case, it is no doubt that it will have residents and visitors from all over the world, but stating preposterously that it will not damage the environment clearly indicates the dilusions they are under.
Rumours also abound about Dubai being a fertile ground for Mafia money laundering havens. I have heard that the gangs use cash to build buildings that costs them say $50m and then sell them legally for $20m, that $20m of course is paid legally into a bank and thus becomes “legitimate”. But, they are rumours that we will never know whether they are true and I know Dubai is working hard at instituting money laundering laws etc.
Bahrian is also playing catch-up here as well by building our own “Amwaj Islands” off the coast of Muharraq. Divers in Bahraini waters say that with all the dredging operations over the year, we no longer have reefs as they are covered with sand and silt thus suffocating the once vibrant marine life.
Tubli Bay in Bahrain has also all but been destroyed. Although it has been declared a protected sanctuary, we still see lorries dumping refuse and building material in it.
This is a problem that the whole world suffers from. Unfortunately the Arab world suffers possibly much more because of the absence of a cohesive, studied environmental organizations.