Airliner’s Taxiway book

The first book ever about the world of commercial airlines specially designed for the Arab region

It’s your chance now to enter the world of commercial airlines or travel agents, or to enrich your information about the commercial side of the airline world. The book is based on the latest updates of specialized resources in the airline business. The book is written in English with most of the important topics translated into Arabic.

The book contains:

• A full list of definitions for the specialized terms of the airline business
• The legal and the commercial framework of airline operations
• Passenger transportation, special types of passengers, and passenger compensation
• Passenger ticket and conditions of carriage
• Baggage transportation
• Fare calculation in detail with full explanation of the dynamic nature of the fares.

You can take a look the topics covered in the book by clicking here.

For more information about the book, the content, download a FREE preview copy of the book, and buy an electronic copy of the book as a PDF file, you can visit the book’s website at: www.taxiway.org . On the website you can also participate in discussion forums and a lot more.

The Best Leadership Advice I Ever Got – By Marshall Goldsmith

Real leaders are not people who can point out what is wrong. Almost anyone can do that. Real leaders are people who can make things better.

via The Best Leadership Advice I Ever Got – Marshall Goldsmith.

This is a great advice. One that I have been very slow to learn.

Somalia is ‘most ignored tragedy’ – BBC NEWS

The world should be shocked at the systematic destruction of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and its residents, says lobby group Human Rights Watch.

The organisation told the BBC the city had become a zone of free-fire between government and insurgent forces.

It said if such a situation was happening anywhere else in the world, like Georgia or Lebanon for example, it would be considered a travesty.

via BBC NEWS | Africa | Somalia is ‘most ignored tragedy’.

This is a shame on all world powers who brag about seeking democracy and wage wars in the name of human rights. Unfortunatly Somalia does not have the geo-political value to make them move.

Luckily there are those pirates. Maybe they will shake the attention of the world a little bit about the situation there.

Justifying the unjustified again

I was thinking recently about the power of poetry to convince people with things which may otherwise be meaningless. I noticed that the power of poetry in shaping the human mindset is so great and you can see how a national anthem for example could charge national sentiments and a love poem would inflame the heart of lovers.

The only thing that I couldn’t understand was why poetry?

Today I know. It’s not poetry itself .. It seems that statements which does not truly have a definitive meaning are so powerful in justifying the unjustifiable. A statement like “we have to take action now before people loose faith in the banking system” is currently justifying and intervention plan of 700$ billion. A statement like “the boat which does not have anything for god will drown” encourages people to give part of their gain in business for others (which is a very good result by the way but I’m talking about the idea itself).

Out of Qatar

I’m in Doha international airport heading back to Syria after two days.

I don’t really understand the depression that I feel here. It’s a developing country with the requirements of success at it’s reach. Although, the market is still badly under-served and controled by monopoly in major industries.

One more thing which makes me crazy is the social life and the mixed culture created by expatreates. You can barely feel an identity for this country.

I feel so sad each time I’m in the Doha airport. I believe that the good times need more hard working than the bad times. And I feel the time of boom is getting closer to the end.

The world’s ‘strangest clock’ is unveiled – BBC NEWS

A £1m clock called the “time eater” has been unveiled at Cambridge University by Professor Stephen Hawking.

The author of A Brief History of Time was guest of honour when the unique clock, which has no hands or numbers, was revealed at Corpus Christi College.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Hawking unveils ‘strangest clock’.

Turning to the Taleban in Pakistan – BBC News

US raids on Taleban and al-Qaeda targets in Pakistani territory have caused outrage in Pakistan. And that has added to the loathing that some people there have long felt for the way that the US conducts itself on the world stage, as Owen Bennett-Jones discovers.

“I would rather live in the dark ages under the Taleban than be subservient to any foreign power.”

The unexpected comment comes from an urbane, sophisticated and, I had always thought, Westernised Pashtun lawyer.

BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Turning to the Taleban in Pakistan.

This is a wonderful report about America’s failure in it’s war of winning “minds and hearts” in Iraq and Pakistan.

America, you’ve got it wrong !!

Complacency is the price of success

I learned that “Complacency is the price of success.”

Complacency is the self satisfaction that makes the person unaware of possible dangers. 

LiveWorld Launches LiveBar

LiveWorld Launches LiveBar™, Enabling Brands To Seamlessly Overlay Social Networking on Any Web Page in Minutes

Social Networking and Community Solutions — LiveWorld.

The new product from LiveWorld seems promising. I didn’t see it in action yet but the idea is worth noticing.

As Barriers Disappear, Some Gender Gaps Widen – NYTimes.com

When men and women take personality tests, some of the old Mars-Venus stereotypes keep reappearing. On average, women are more cooperative, nurturing, cautious and emotionally responsive. Men tend to be more competitive, assertive, reckless and emotionally flat. Clear differences appear in early childhood and never disappear.

Findings – As External Barriers Disappear, Internal Gender Gaps Widen – NYTimes.com.

I read this article after minutes of writing about differences between men and women. Well, this is dicussing many of the questions in this regard. A wonderful study.