Girard High School will host the 48th annual Veterans Day Program on Friday, Nov. 11, at 10 a.m. in Ted R. Taylor Gymnasium.
The public is invited to attend and hear John Kotzman give the keynote address.
Mr. Kotzman graduated from Frontenac High School, attended the University of Arkansas, and then attended Pittsburg State University where he enlisted in the Navy Reserve and served on a U.S. Navy gunboat in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Budweiser extended its sponsorship of the World Cup through the 2018 edition in Russia and the 2022 event in Qatar on Tuesday, confident that fans would look beyond FIFA's corruption scandal and focus on the tournaments only.
Anheuser-Busch InBev's chief marketing officer Chris Burggraeve said the global impact of the World Cup remained "phenomenal" for the world's biggest brewer and expected Budweiser to continue to enjoy the same kind of success the 2010 tournament in South Africa had created.
Despite the 'double dip recession' scenarios being played out in the international markets, more than USD 67 billion worth of projects have been revived in the GCC in 2011, according to a Sharjah-based project tracker firm.
"These figures are totaled on the estimated project values. In the GCC, projects with a combined value of USD 29 billion are already under construction with Dubai alone accounting for over 30% of the revived projects," said Ben D'Souza, Chief Operating Officer at BNC Networks, an independent project tracker research firm , which compiled the data exclusively for Zawya.
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Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Qatar shares rose the most in more than two weeks after United Development Co. said earnings more than quadrupled and oil advanced for a third week. Israel’s benchmark index climbed to the highest close since August.
United Development, the Qatari real-estate and energy investor, surged the most in more than seven years. Qatar Electricity & Water Co., the Middle East’s second-biggest utility by market value, rallied 2.9 percent before financial results scheduled for this week. Qatar’s QE Index rose 0.8 percent, the most since Oct. 6, to 8,432.86 at the 1 p.m. close in Doha. The Bloomberg GCC 200 Index climbed 0.4 percent and Israel’s TA-25 Index rose 1.8 percent.
Qatar’s shares gained the most in almost two weeks after United Development Co. (UDCD) said earnings more than quadrupled and oil advanced for a third week.
United Development, the Qatari real-estate and energy investor, headed for the biggest gain in more than seven years. Qatar Electricity & Water Co. (QEWS), the Middle East’s second-biggest utility by market value, rallied 4.6 percent before earnings scheduled for later this week. Qatar’s QE Index (DSM) advanced 0.7 percent, the most since Oct. 12, to 8,422.82 at 11 a.m. in Doha. The Bloomberg GCC 200 Index (BGCC200) climbed less than 0.1 percent.
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England boss Fabio Capello is reported to have been offered a staggering £30 million to head to Qatar in an advisory capacity after the finals of Euro 2012, according to The Mirror.
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Statistics show that technology has not reduced the number of foreign workers recruited for selected jobs in Qatar according to the “Qatar Population Status 2011, two years after the launch of the population policy”, a report issued by the Permanent Population Committee (PPC). Among those jobs are civil engineers, technicians, cleaning workers and accountants. Qatar is experiencing comprehensive development and an economic boom which involved the recruitment of 1,271,000 foreign workers, which amounts to 94.2% of the total economically active population in 2010, the report says. Female labour force (LF) amounts to 12.3% of the overall LF. Semi- skilled and unskilled workers are around 75% of the total foreign workers. 11% of the total non-Qatari LF are domestic workers. 86.3% of Qataris work in the public sector. The report also says that around two thirds of Qatar population of 15 years and above are single. Doha has the highest population density in the country with 47% of inhabitants living there. The density is 3,394 persons per sq km, while Al Shamal has the lowest rate at 1% - less than nine persons per sq km. In education, the number of students increased as well as opportunities for males and females within the Qatari education system. The number of students enrolled in public, independent and private schools rose from 65,675 males and 65,381 females in 2004 to 92,117 males and 88,225 females in 2010. Spending on public health care amounted to 7.2% of the total budget of 2010-2011. Consequently, life expectancy increased to 78.2 years in 2010 and infant mortality rate declined to 6.7 per thousand in the same year. Women’s economic activity improved significantly, around 36.6% of the total labour force in 2010 was Qatari women, which is a large figure compared with most Arab countries. Due to the requirements of the economic boom and World Cup 2020, Qatar faces demographical challenges that necessitate PPC to maintain a sophisticated balanced scheme to simultaneously cater for development projects and preserve the Qatari identity and culture in the society. Also, PPC tends to limit dependency on foreign labour force by encouraging Qataris to marry and urging them to reproduce. In this respect, efforts are going on to raise awareness and reduce the adverse effects of some social practices such as dowries, and wedding expenses. There is also a trend to develop urban centres far from Doha by providing job opportunities and opening new facilities there.
Die 100 Langstreckenflugzeuge der Qatar Airways wollen beschäftigt werden. Oslo heißt die jüngste Flugstrecke, die direkt von Doha bedient wird. Nachdem zuvor bereits Kopenhagen und Stockholm in die Flugstrecken der arabischen Gesellschaft aufgenommen worden waren, bedient Qatar Airways nun die wichtigsten Destinationen in Skandinavien. Aber auch die zentraleuropäischen Staaten haben es der Fluggesellschaft angetan. Bevor Akbar al Baker in Oslo landete, hatte er die Strecke nach Sofia eingeweiht.
The decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar has been called into question by new FIFA executive committee member Theo Zwanziger, with the German saying some of his fellow members had been pressurised by their governments to vote for the bid.
The comments from the 66-year-old president of the German Football Association to the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper are significant as he was appointed last week by FIFA to head one of the new committees established to clean up the organisation.
(Updates to include Prime Minister’s comments in fourth paragraph.)
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Qatar is worried about the effects of European legislation on sovereign wealth funds and is willing to cooperate with Europe on its economic crisis, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani said.
Qatar's thriving tourism and hospitality was showcased at the largest travel show in Asia, ITB Asia, held in Singapore 19-21 October, 2011. The Qatar Tourism Authority led a delegation of 11 of the country's top hotels and tourism operators - representing the depth and breadth of Qatar's hospitality offering - in attending the event, which is now in its fourth year.
PETALING JAYA: World No. 1 Nicol David’s Qatar Classic triumph on Friday has definitely put her well in line to win her record sixth title at the World Open, which starts next week at Rotterdam.
Despite suffering a surprise defeat in the US Open earlier this month, the 28-year-old Nicol was back at her best in Doha as she delivered a stunning performance to see off Madeline Perry in the final.
Qatar Computing Research Institute, a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, began a partnership with Wikimedia Foundation to reinvigorate the Arabic content on Wikipedia, the world's largest free encyclopedia, increasing the quantity and quality of contributions.
DOHA (Qatar), 24 Dhul Qadah/22 Oct (IINA) – Doha is hosting the 18th Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS) Conference under the theme “The Islamic World and the West: Rebuilding Bridges through Science and Technology.”
The three-day event aims at discussing the impact of the current events in the Islamic World and ascertain how they interact with the S&T scene.
DEAD SEA - Misdistribution of the fruits of development, coupled with high levels of unemployment, illiteracy and poverty caused the tension between governments and societies that led to the Arab Spring, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Ben Jassim Ben Jabr Al Thani said Saturday.
NHA TRANG CITY, Vietnam – Energen Pilipinas has won its first two games in the second FIBA-Asia U-16 Championship with plenty to spare, but coach Olsen Racela says the tournament hasn’t really started for his team.
“We’re 2-0 (win-loss) and it’s okay, but it’s hard to gauge our game with the level of competition that we’ve faced. It was really weak,” said Racela.
DOHA: In his first major title success for more than two years, France’s Gregory Gaultier stormed to victory over England’s higher-ranked James Willstrop in the final of the 2011 Qatar Classic to pick up the trophy for the first time in the sixth PSA World Series squash event of the year at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex here.
Will the Arab Spring lead to more democracy or more state entrenchment in the Arab world?
Imagine you are an Arab country, thus not a democracy but a political economy and rentier state, and you have not seen the protests of the Arab Spring on your streets calling for greater democratic institutions, better governance, growth and inclusion within your borders, yet. You have however, seen the power of the protests and its successful domino effect at toppling dictators and their regimes all around you, within a period of a few months. So, despite your own internal stability, do you wait to see if the Arab Spring dominos lean towards you or, do you take decisive pre-emptive action to keep your population "on-side" and avoid revolt?
