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35th Issue, March 2010/ 1431H

salama English 35 3/22/10 1:43 PM

New Candle

Hello friends, On March 15th, Salama celebrates on her birth-

day as she completes three years of excellenceand innovation. A fourth candle of communication with

all friends in every school and home is lit in the path ofrealizing the vision of the RTA in Dubai in providing Safe and

Smooth Transport for all. Over the past three years, the magazine has witnessed a

remarkable development in terms of the number of pages whichreached sixty pages, enhancement of cartoon characters, and addi-tion of new characters, besides being published in both Arabic andEnglish languages to commemorate the completion of two years. Today, after three years, Salama is proud of the achievements made,thanking all for contributing to the magazine. Salama has managed tomake hundreds of friends in a short period, and communicate with alarge spectrum of the community, young andold, as 10 thousand copies are dis-tributed at more than 154 points. With the advent of the new year,the editorial family of theMagazine, confirmed that theywill continue their endeavours tobe in continuous pursuit of new

achievements that enhances the excellenceand leadership role of their magazine

among other specialized peers. We congratulate you once again,

wishing you all and Salama ahappy year.

Traffic Awareness at Gulf Motorcycles Festival

The Floating Bridge

Your Vehicles Safety

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Vehicle tires

Stickers on vehicles

Photoshop Program - Filters

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Engineer Hussein Al Banna,Director of Traffic Department,reiterated the department iscommitted to attend and takepart in all traffic events held inthe Emirate; which was in linewith its awareness and servicerole towards the community.He praised the efforts ofparticipants in the stand andthe march, calling on all tocontribute to the success oftraffic awareness programs byadhering to traffic safety rulesand urging others to complywith them.

Traffic Awareness at Gulf Motorcycles Festival

-* Before launching motorbikes march in Dubai Festival City.

Traffic Department at RTA Traffic & Roads Agency participated in the GulfMotorcycles Festival, hosted by Dubai from (4 - 6) last February, and was representedby Traffic Awareness Section, which participated in the motorcycles march and showedup in the festival stand, which attracted thousands of visitors.

* Traffic Awareness Stand received thousands of visitors;

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He explained that Traffic DepartmentStand at Traffic Motorcycles Exhibitionhad shown manuals, brochures,awareness posters about traffic safety,pedestrian crossing, riding bicycles,driving motorcycles, safety tips in rainyweather, as well as distributing themonthly issues of “Al-Masar”Magazine and Salama Magazine. Hepointed out that the main objectives ofparticipation in the exhibition is toreflect the role played by trafficawareness supervisors in the stand byresponding to inquiries fromindividuals, providing information anddata on traffic accidents and how toavoid them, as well as explaining someeditions and how to benefit from them. Al-Banna said, “RTA’s Participation inthe festival is not limited to the expoonly, but also operated the “SafetyBus” in the motorcycles march, which isone of the leading programs for TrafficAwareness Section. The proceeds ofthis march are earmarked for theCenter of Autism in Dubai. The numberof motorbikes that had participated inthe march exceeded 1400 bikes fromUAE and Gulf Cooperation CouncilCountries. The bus toured along somestreets in the emirate before returningto the starting point ((Festival and ExpoSite)) at Dubai Festival City. He addedthat the aim of “Safety Bus”participation is to draw the attention tothe importance of safety to road users,especially children, as this bus is usedto educate school students on the rulesof getting into or of from the bus.The Awareness Stand in the GulfMotorcycle Exhibition attractedthousands of visitors who havebenefited from awareness-raisingpublications, brochures and guidelinesprepared by the Section on the rulesof traffic safety.

* During the participation of safety bus in the motorcycles rally;

* More than 1400 motorbikes participated in the rally;

* Awareness publications distributed to children and adults.


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* Traffic Awareness activities at Nadd Al-Hamar School;

Traffic Activities at “al-Ittihad” & “Nadd al-Hamar”

Traffic Awareness Sectionat Traffic Department,Traffic and Roads Agencyparticipated in the Al-Ittihad 6th Festival 2010,organized by Al-IttihadPrivate School in Dubaiduring the period from (18to 19 of last February).During the event educativepublications & quizzeswere distributed as well asapplied demonstrations toshow the importance ofsafety belt in cooperationwith the Emirates Driving

* During the Traffic Awareness activities at Al-Ittihad School;

* Traffic Awareness activities at Nadd Al-Hamar School;

Institute.The Section also participated in the “Traffic Awareness Project” organized by Nad Al-Hamar School in Dubai, under the theme “My mother and I work for your Safety”. Theproject included outside walk around the school in a proper traffic manner. Also SalamaMagazine and more brochures issued by the Traffic Awareness Department weredistributed. Students and mothers who participated in the walk recognized road signs andguildlines related to Road Safety.


Subways and Footbridges for Pedestrians Safety

legant and beautiful pedestrian bridges in Dubai have become unique landmarksin our beloved Emirate. They are made of glass, equipped with electric elevatorsand escalators. They were designed and constructed according to the best-classspecifications and stringent safety and security standards.Those bridges were built by Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai, not todecorate the streets of the emirate, but to protect pedestrians from the risks ofroads and run-over accidents.There are currently 14 subways for pedestrian crossing in Dubai and 18footbridges, including 5 glazed bridges constructed by the RTA over the pastthree years. These tunnels and bridges spread all over the Emirate of Dubai,particularly in areas of intensive pedestrian traffic such as abra area and DeiraCorniche. Abra underpass, which was established in 1988, and known as one ofthe oldest underground pedestrian crossings in Dubai. It passes under BaniyasStreet, along with many other tunnels distributed on the Corniche in Deira, BaniYas and the trade centre.And as tunnels and bridges need constant attention; therefore RTA designates adepartment (Roads Maintenance and Facilities Dept.; to be responsible for themaintenance and cleaning of tunnels and bridges, according to a specifictimetable. Some of them require daily maintenance; others require maintenanceonce a week or twice a month. We must all be careful of the maintenance of these tunnels and bridges; sincetheir maintenance and cleaning is a common responsibility of the RTA and allmembers of community. Most importantly, we have to use them and benefit fromthem when we need to cross roads.

CCuull tt uu rraa ll TToouurrDoneby:Abdulfattah Haidara


Welcome friendsI have something veryimportant to talk about

today. It is what dad doesevery day before setting

off to his work earlymorning.

Dad and the rest ofmy family use to woke up

early everyday to get readyfor school.

Before my dad sets off to work, he goes to thegarage to do the following checks for his vehicle:

* Checks the engine oil as he replace itevery 3000 or 5000 km


He checks the transmission fluid, the water coolant(radiator water),and make sure to change his coolant

and flush his radiator minimum every two years.

Though he check his car tires pressure and carsmanual to refill his tires accordingly.

He also ensure to check his car fluidlevel.

and goes over this checklist dailybefore driving confidently.

* Checks the battery, which is prescribed life-time must not exceed 3.5 years.

SALAMA 35th Issue, March 201012

Cover the slicewith shredded cheese

Apply pizza sauce onbread slices

Bake the slicesfor 10 minutes in theoven before being

served. Add chopped blackolive

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Slices of brown bread

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* Shreddedcheese

* Ready-made pizzasauce

* Two spoonful ofchopped black olive

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55 Nutritional ValuesNutritional Values

When it comes to food and drink, children are veryselective. That’s why their bodies may not get the sufficientquantities of basic and essential nutrients. Therefore, theymust take some nutritious foods in their meals.

1. Calcium: Children need calcium to promote the strength of theirbones and teeth. Calcium is found in dairy products, broccoli, beansand orange juice. 2. Plant Fibers: Fibers maintain the regularity of bowel movementsand help prevent diabetes. They can be obtained from fruits,vegetables, whole grains and oats. 3. Vitamin A: This vitamin strengthens sight, which allows thechild to cope with changes in lighting between darkness and light.It promotes the growth of flesh tissues and cells. It also helps tostrengthen immunity to resist diseases.4. Vitamin C: Vitamin (C) enhances the strength of arteries andgums, helps in healing wounds, resisting diseases and reducingthe severity of cold diseases.5. Iron: Iron helps blood capacity to carry oxygen throughbody cells and maintains the activity of the immune system.Deficiency of iron can cause anemia and fatigue. Iron can beobtained form from meat, chicken, fish and legumes.

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Engineer Salim accompanied his kids in a tourto the Floating Bridge.

As shown kids, this isthe Floating Bridge across

Dubai Creek; which is just half a kilometer to the South of

Al Maktoum Bridge.

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This Bridge helped in reducing

traffic congestion by 37 per

cent.


Though the movablepart of the Bridge, which

extends 300 meters, enables theopening and closing of the

Bridge.

The Bridge has a capacity to handle 3000

vehicles per direction per hour,specially during the morning

and evening peak hours.

This is an interestingquestion. Hallowed concrete

moulds had been used such thatthey will remain afloat. TheBridge measures 20 meters

in width.

How couldthe moulds befixed in thewater dad?

Accordingly boats andferries movement has been

coordinated with the concernedbodies to streamline their navigation in Dubai Creek.


PPhhoottooSShhoopp PPrrooggrraamm -- FFiilltteerrss

Our today’s topic,my friends, is very

important. It’s all about filters in Photoshop

Program.

There are severalfilters in Photoshop

Programs that can be usedto crop and edit onimages in different

shapes.

One of theoptions available is a filter for technical

processing of images withmany options that can beused to convert the image

into a showpiece. Filters add the

desired effect to theimage such as oil, water orwood colors in addition to

their ability to controlvarying color

gradients.

There is anotherfilter that adds differentdegrees of blurring to

the image.

There are other filters with many options.

Why not try it yourself, myfriend? See you in theforthcoming episode.


http://www.rafed.net/child/

Table layout aims to organize the table and give the user a chance tosee the division and structure of cells on the screen only. So when itis necessary to show the table layout printed on paper, it is importantto use “Borders Formatting Tools” according to the following steps: * Highlight entire table. * Click on “Format”from the Menu. * Click the command “Borders and Shading”. A dialog box appears. You can format the table borders through thefollowing options:Borders Type from the types listed under “Settings” Option. * Border Shape from the shapes listed under “Style” Option.* Border Color from the colors shown on “Color” Palette.* Border Thickness or Density from the “Width” Box.When you specify your preferred formats, click “OK” to find that thetable took the shape of the formats selected from the previous dialogbox.

Formatting Table Borders Manually

This site contains diverse and interesting stories, in addition to beau-tiful Islamic cards, chants and supplications.

Done by: Tareef Al Haddad


Our friend the Elk has a mini restaurant inside the forest

that serves delicious foods.

SSttiicckkeerrss oonn vveehhiicclleess

* Don’t you thinkthat the home-deliveryorders have dropped

so much?

One day the driver from the home-delivery

orders came in.

* recently yes,

I don’t know why.

He has two employees; one of them was a driver tasked with home-delivery orders.

* What’s it?* I’ve an idea

my friend.


He also ben asked for the official approval regarding thefixied sticker onto the vehicle; which was not there

triggering the policeman to record an offense and issue a fine ticket.

The elk repented as hedidn’t seek the official

approval.

The elk listened to his friend advice and fixed asticker on the vehicle without seeking for an

official approval.After a while, the home delivery vehicle got into a car

crash accident, and when the police came in, he asked thedriver to submit all documents of the vehicle.

Never mind, no

one will cares

about it

To add a fixed-sticker on the vehicle,showing the telephone

number of the restaurant.

* But this requires

official approval.


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Welcome friends, Wehave to be attentive to all

vehicle components, and do a checklist for the vehicle

before starting it on.

One of the keyparts which have to bechecked to ensure theirvalidity are the tires.

We should alsocheck the air pressure toensure that it is optimum.

Driving a vehicle withimproper or defective tires

is an offence resulting in a fineof 200Dirhams and impounding

the vehicle for 7days.

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