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Lebanese Weddings: Wed the Lebanese Way!

by arabicpages on 30/11/2011 - 12:38 am |

Tag: Weddings

Despite Lebanon’s diversified people, who belong to 18 different sects, the Lebanese are yet tied down to sharing the same traditions. You can see this clearly when attending Lebanese weddings anywhere in Lebanon.
Whether simple or grand, a Lebanese wedding wouldn’t be truly Lebanese without a ‘zaffeh’. Zaffeh is Arabic for the act of escorting the bride to her husband, and nowadays with her husband, in celebration of their holy marriage.
A wedding in the village, though simple, is one which everybody takes part of. In many villages, celebrations go on for three consecutive days. On the third day, the groom is escorted by a group of dancers, as they play music, sing and dance on their way to the bride’s house. Joined by family members, friends and neighbours, the groom makes his way up to his bride’s house. There is when the zaffeh really takes place. As the bride and groom make their way out, women give them their blessings, not forget the ‘Ah Weeeee-ha’, and the ‘zalghouta’, a very quick joyous sound. Young boys and girls shower the newly weds with flower petals and rice as a sign of happiness.
A wedding held at a hotel or restaurant would definitely be grander, especially with professional wedding planners at hand nowadays. This new trend towards big elaborate weddings has left the clients’ list growing longer. Flowers, balloons, lighting, music, entertainment, and a professional zaffeh are just a few of the top priorities. However, leaving out all the additions and decorations that go into a big wedding, one would see that it’s very Lebanese at core.
According to a recent news article, planning weddings is so big in Lebanon that many Arabs and Europeans call Lebanese wedding planners to help them out with their weddings. Even better, some come to wed the Lebanese way!

To those who don't know Angelina Jolie

by arabicpages on 07/02/2011 - 07:01 pm |

Tag: Entertainment

The wealth of Angelina is less then it truly amounts to,because one third of it is dedicated to the victim areas in the world,she gave one million dollars to the refugee camp of Afghan people in Pakistanone million dollars to the organisation of doctors unlimited      one million dollars to the organisation of global child one million dollars to the organisation of global aids allianceone million dollars to the victims of Darfure5 million dollars to Cambodia children100,000.00 usd to Daniele Byrle St.and soon she is gonna establish a medical clinic to combat Aids in Ethyopia And not least, in her third visit to Iraq last month she gave financial and moral support to hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees inside and outside Iraq.It is approximately 20 million dollars (beside food and medication and other things) the amount which Angelina has donated during the past 8 years, and this is her own m oney which she is using, besides being the United Nations delegate or ambassador of the refugee affairs of the United Nations, she also has visited the refugee camps of palestinians in Lebanon, and Somalian refugees in Kenya.She also visited Afghanistan, Somalia, Pakistan, Darfure, Salvador, Tanzania, Siera Leon, with trucks full of medication and food and different alimentations..THIS LADY NEVER HAD FEAR OF ANY DISEASES OR ATTACK OR KIDNAPPING OR BEING INJURED BY ANY EXPLOSION WHICH CAN DEFORM HER BEAUTY OR EVEN TAKE HER LIFE!!!!!THE PHOTOS CAN REALLY EXPLAIN HER HUMANITY!!!!THE MOST AMAZING TRAIT IN HER PERSONALITY IS THAT SHE DOES EVERYTHING HERSELF, WITHOUT ANY DELEGATE!!!!WATCH THE PHOTOS AND NO COMMENTS, WHO WANTS TO BE GOOD WITH OTHERS, HE WILL DO !!!!




ثروة الفنانة أنجلينا جولي ناقصة عن حدها المفترض فثلث دخلها مخصص لمناطق العالم المنكوبة
. منحت مليون دولار لأحد معسكرات اللجوء الأفغاني في باكستان
مليون دولار لمنظمة أطباء بلا حدود
مليون دولار لمنظمة الطفل العالمي
. مليون دولار لمنظمة غلوبال إيدز أليانس
مليون دولار لمنكوبي دارفور
                            5  ملايين دولار لأطفال كمبوديا... 100 ألف دولار لمؤسسة دانيال بيرل 
وستنشئ قريبا عيادة طبية لمكافحة الإيدز في أثيوبيا.
وفي زيارتها الثالثة للعراق الشهر الماضي قدمت دعما مادياً ومعنوياً لمئات الآلاف من اللاجئين العراقيين داخل وخارج العراق
يقال ان حوالي 20 مليون دولار (عدا الأطعمة والأدوية وغيرها) هي إجمالي ما تبرعت به خلال ثماني ...

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Inventory future global underwater city

by arabicpages on 04/02/2011 - 10:05 am |

Tag: Building

Whether we are humans in water breathing, whether adventure mental or real demand driven, we will launch in Marine exploration, and under the sea to build new human society. Imagine that in the sea, and we have enough space available: 70 percent of the earth’s surface area is covered with water. Sea can realize people to establish various dream city’s desire, from self-sufficient utopian city, to the super modern handstand type “skyscrapers” and museums. The following lists 12 underwater city, including human real design ideas, also have some science fiction, but I sincerely hope of their existence.1. “underwater biosphere 2″Imagine a totally self-sufficient city, can according to need to travel to any place — from drift on the sea to infiltrate the seabed. “Underwater Biosphere 2″ (Sub Biosphere 2) is an underwater city concept, by eight life, work with farm biological communities around a large biological communities and build, the latter is to maintain the whole city operation of all the necessary facilities. Theoretically, if sufficient supplies and accurate news, “underwater biosphere 2″ number may inherit from hurricane to nuclear warfare, etc. Various kinds of disaster.2. Floating skyscrapers of rotating city “-”Technically, “rotating city” (Gyre) it doesn’t float skyscrapers, more like a “underwater scraper”. Different from our familiar towering skyscrapers, “rotating city” from a floating dropped to about 400 meters platform sea. The floating platforms have four “arms”, for the whole city provide buoyancy, for large ships provide parked in a harbor. “Rotating city” by solar, wind and wave can renewable energy sources such as drive, can accommodate a station and a with shops, restaurants, garden, parks and recreation facilities of the resort.3. Ocean city “Syph”Building some underwater city is not to make it like can sink modern metropolis, but to become part of the Marine ecological system. Australia as jellyfish for inspiration makes the ocean city “Syph” not “buildings”, but “biology”, every “biology” to have specific tasks, such as manufacturing food or provide homes for residents.4. Trilobis 65 “underwater homeland”Regardless of whether the future more people because they are curious or survival needs in the seabed, not everyone eager to squeeze into a large population of underwater skyscrapers or residential group. Some moneybags, like luxury people may choose to similar to the modern yacht of semi-submersible type apartment. Circular Trilobis 65 “underwater homeland” have a deck, can provide 360-degree view, price is in 4 million to $5 million ($33 million to 41 million RMB) between.5. Amsterdam underwater “future city”Amsterdam long face population boom and land shortage, if global warming in ri ...

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Facebook finds apps giving user ID da...

by arabicpages on 19/10/2010 - 12:08 am |

Tag: Technology

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook on Monday confirmed that some popular third-party applications are violating the social network's rules and transmitting identifying information about users to advertising and Internet tracking companies."In most cases, developers did not intend to pass this information, but did so because of the technical details of how browsers work," Facebook engineer Mike Vernal said in a blog post."We are talking with our key partners and the broader Web community about possible solutions."Vernal argued that press reports had exaggerated the implications of the situation and that getting user identification (UID) information did not provide access to private data without express permission."Nevertheless, we are committed to ensuring that even the inadvertent passing of UIDs is prevented and all applications are in compliance with our policy," Vernal said."We take strong measures to enforce this policy, including suspending and disabling applications that violate it."The blog post came amid a flood of news stories triggered by a Wall Street Journal report that its investigation had found that the issue affects tens of millions of Facebook application users, including people who set their profiles to be completely private.The practice breaks Facebook's rules and renews questions about its ability to keep secure identifiable information about the activities of its members."Our policy is very clear about protecting user data, ensuring that no one can access private user information without explicit user consent," Vernal said."Further, developers cannot disclose user information to ad networks and data brokers."The Journal said applications were providing access to Facebook members' names and, in some cases, their friends' names, to companies that build detailed databases on people in order to track them online.All of the 10 most popular applications on Facebook were transmitting unique user ID numbers to outside companies, it said. They include Zynga's FarmVille, with 59 million users, Texas HoldEm Poker and FrontierVille.The Journal said several applications became unavailable to Facebook users after the newspaper informed the Palo Alto, California-based social network that they were transmitting personal information."We have taken immediate action to disable all applications that violate our terms," a Facebook spokesman said.Facebook told the Journal it is taking steps to "dramatically limit" the exposure of users' personal information."Our technical systems have always been complemented by strong policy enforcement, and we will continue to rely on both to keep people in control of their information," a Facebook official said.The Journal said the applications it reviewed were sending Facebook ID numbers to at least 25 advertising and data firms, several of which build profiles of Internet users by tracking their online activities.Facebook specifically prohibits applications makers from transferring data a ...

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