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Woman Accidentally Smothers Infant on Transatlantic Flight
Airline Travel...What You Really Need To Know!!! | December 3rd 2009 by Virgil Lovett
British media sources report that late last month, a woman who fell asleep while breastfeeding her infant accidentally smothered her four-week old child while on a United Airlines flight. United Airlines B777-222 wearing the Oscar's logo up frontUnit read more
Things That People Do With My Postcards: Amani Baqer
Pretty Green Bullet | December 3rd 2009 by Ghadah Alkandari
Weeks and weeks ago I got an itch to send off postcards to friends, acquaintances and would-be friends. Then I got this and was newly filled with excitement that not only does the Kuwaiti Post Office do its job, but that I know some pretty inspiring read more
Winter is Here; Jeddah Floods; Arabia Weather Under the Spotlight
Emirates Meteorology Blog | December 3rd 2009 by Ahmed
A few things: Saudi Arabia flood deaths in Jeddah exceeded 100. Very sad indeed. Apparently rainfall total reached 150mm, according to Jim Andrews’s analysis, with more thunderstorms still possible there UAE weather has become cooler as Shama read more
Airlines Promotion by Qatar Airways!
Travel Today Lah | December 3rd 2009 by Bernard Yong Chen Wei
Airlines Promotion by Qatar Airways!Flight packages include:London from RM1685Kuwait from RM5230 first classEurope from RM1895Middle East from RM2158 read more
U.S. Ambassador on KTV 1
Jewaira's Boudoir | December 3rd 2009 by Jewaira
One of the best programs on Kuwait Television channel (KTV1) is a daily morning talk show where a panel of women discusses a variety of subjects and there is usually a guest on the show. This morning I was pleased to see the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait read more
Night Waves
A Photo a Day from Planet Earth | December 1st 2009 by Rich - PlanetEarthDailyPhoto
"The wonderful Kuwait City- night". Taken by Awadi read more
Kuwait Embassy – Philippines | 4th Part – Thank you!
full haus | November 28th 2009 by Erick
It’s been seven months now since when we went back to Manila to process our kids’ visas in order to be with us. Thank God they are with us – finally. Why with Thank you on my post title? Simply because this simple blog and post a read more
Al Watan Daily: "30K government employees lost in action!&qu…
29°20'N,47°59'E | November 28th 2009 by Victoria
Thats 50,000 non-active workers in total in the public sector. Reading an Economic Brief by NBK I see that as of 2008 262,700 Kuwaitis were employed in the public sector. If we do some arithmetic, this means that about 20% of the total labor force read more
Air Conditioning through the Four Seasons
29°20'N,47°59'E | November 28th 2009 by Victoria
Here in Kuwait, we note the change in season not by the turning of colors in the leaves, but rather the phasing out of white and cream-colored dishdashas for ones of dark gray, navy blue, and all the possible shades of tree-trunk.However, maintenance read more
From The Yellow Tape Portraits. Eleven
Pretty Green Bullet | November 28th 2009 by Ghadah Alkandari
eleven, 2009, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, 91×152 cm It’s funny. I almost didn’t include this one in the show. But it was a favorite among the gallery visitors and was eventually sold. read more
From The Yellow Tape Portraits. Four, Thirteen, Six
Pretty Green Bullet | November 26th 2009 by Ghadah Alkandari
four, 2008, acrylic and oil pastels on canvas, 91x152 cm Yes, yes, they’re not in order here, but Thirteen was indeed painted after Four. I titled them after they were all complete and hanging in the gallery. I added two bows to the one above, read more
UFO Sightings At Kuwait
Alien Sightings | November 26th 2009 by mark james
Two men in Kuwait told local media that they spotted what they called a “flying saucer.”The UFO, one man said, first appeared on the 10th of November and resembled an illuminated halo. The second man, a government employee, spotted a UFO nine da read more
Kuwait May Follow Saudi Arabia To New Benchmark
HeatingOil.com | November 25th 2009 by Tara
Kuwait’s capital, Kuwait City. (image: arabianoilandgas.com) In a relatively unsurprising turn reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Kuwait is seriously considering switching its benchmark for pricing oil from Platt’s West Texas Inter read more
Saudi Arabia Severe Weather and Floods; Arabian Gulf Storms
Emirates Meteorology Blog | November 25th 2009 by Ahmed
A very potent low pressure system has started forming over the Arabian Peninsula and Southwest Asia. The low pressure system will have a widespread effect over Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Southern Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, Qatar, and then possibly the UAE and O read more
No Tip can get u arrested
Life and the happenings around the world | November 25th 2009 by Rajish Gandhy
COUPLE ARRESTED FOR NOT TIPPING IN RESTAURANT In PENNSYLVANIA, a couple who refused to leave a tip after receiving bad service in a restaurant were arrested by police after being accused of theft. Leslie Pope and John Wagner claimed they waited a read more
Meet Mostafa Elzoghbi – Visual C# MVP from Egypt
MicrosoftFeed | November 24th 2009 by Ali Raza
Tell us who you are? I’m Mostafa Elzoghbi, working as a Sr. Software Engineer for MetroStar Systems in Reston, VA, USA. I’m working mainly with .NET technologies since its beta releases, my main focus area is to build enterprise LOB .Net Applic read more
UFO spotted in Kuwait?
Webeufobelievers | November 24th 2009 by flyboysg1
Two men in Kuwait told local media that they spotted what they called a “flying saucer.” The UFO, one man said, first appeared on the 10th of November and resembled an illuminated halo. The second man, a government employee, spotted a UFO nine d read more
Tarsheed Kuwait – fizzled out?
Life and the happenings around the world | November 24th 2009 by Rajish Gandhy
The TARSHEED program has cost a whopping 35 million dollars. The Ministry of Energy launched, inAug 2007, an all-encompassing conservation campaign at the start of the summer season in Kuwait. The campaign is called ‘Tarsheed’ which is the Arab read more
The Kuwaiti Coop
29°20'N,47°59'E | November 23rd 2009 by Victoria
I read an op-ed article last week (I am sorry but I cannot recall in which paper) stating that ideas are circulating to privatize co-ops. Let me just say that I love this Kuwaiti institution and do not think they should be privatized. It's a great read more
Kuwait to mediate between Iran – Saudi Arabia
Baghdad Dweller | November 23rd 2009
Senior government source told Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jaridathat the Iranian vice president asked the Kuwaiti prime minister to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resolve the dispute between the two countries, especially after Saudi Arabia accused read more
Kuwait: Chief Human Resources Officer
International Jobs for Physicians Nurses and Allied Health | November 22nd 2009 by Joachim kriegel
Our client is a 200 bed specialist hospital for chest diseases in Kuwait implementing a management change. The hospital has a vacancy for a Chief Human Resources Officer reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. Provision of leadership, dir read more
Kuwait: Chief Financial Officer
International Jobs for Physicians Nurses and Allied Health | November 22nd 2009 by Joachim kriegel
Our client is a 200 bed specialist hospital in Kuwait and the hospital has a vacancy for a Chief Financial Officer Provision of leadership, direction, planning, administration and management of the Hospital’s budget and finance. Development, imp read more
The Famouses
Pretty Green Bullet | November 22nd 2009 by Ghadah Alkandari
maradona, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 130x195 cm These are my paintings of iconic people, all of which were commissioned by my brother, Mohammed. And all of which reside with him and Jana (visit them here). pele, 2005, acrylic on canvas, 122x182 cm bj read more
Chess Tournament at Souk Sharq
Mario's World | November 21st 2009 by mario alvares
There are about 28 tables setup at Souk Sharq for a Chess showdown. And my wife and mother-in-law thought this was some new chess-themed restaurant!!! read more
Si’s Girl
Pretty Green Bullet | November 21st 2009 by Ghadah Alkandari
Si’s Girl, 2007 Acrylic on canvas 91×152 cm In 2007, just out of the blue, I decided to paint a picture using dark, dark colors. I can safely say that this is the darkest painting I’ve ever done. It was painted at a time when I felt read more
No Passing Notes
Pretty Green Bullet | November 21st 2009 by Ghadah Alkandari
The Note, 2007 Acrylic on canvas 91×152 cm read more
Pink
Pretty Green Bullet | November 20th 2009 by Ghadah Alkandari
Pink, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 91x152 cm When it comes to my paintings, I do have favorites. This is not one of them. I’m not saying I don’t like it as a finished piece. Maybe it’s just difficult to empathize with the woman in it. Y read more
From The Yellow Tape Portraits. One,Two,Three
Pretty Green Bullet | November 20th 2009 by Ghadah Alkandari
one, 2008 Acrylic and oil pastels on canvas 91×152 cm The Yellow Tape Portraits are a group of sixteen paintings I did over a period of tumultuous months following my divorce in 2008. The first few were inspired by a cassette that one of my par read more
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
AubreyJ.org | November 20th 2009
No. 913-09 November 20, 2009DoD Identifies Navy CasualtyThe Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian M. Patton, 37, of Freeport, Ill., died November 19th in K read more
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