AN ENGINEERING MASTERPIECE Kingdom of Dubai United Arab Emirates Here's the project during the const

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AN ENGINEERING MASTERPIECE Kingdom of Dubai
(United Arab Emirates ) Here's the project
during the construction phase......
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And here we see the finished building.       To
get an idea of the scale of this thing, notice
the 40 ft high palm trees being planted along the
outside.
Now, as you study this monumental building, keep
this in mind It is located in a city (Dubai)
that has a very hot, arid subtropical climate.
The hottest months are between June and
September, when temperatures can soar to 113F
(45C) and more during the day and humidity
levels are very high. Sea temperature reaches
104F (40C) during the summer months.http//www.
wordtravels.com/Cities/UnitedArabEmirates/Dubai/
Climate
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So exactly what is INSIDE this place? Ski Dubai
is the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East
and offers an amazing 22,500 square metre snow
setting to enjoy skiing, snowboarding and
tobogganing or just playing in the snow. Young or
old, there is something for everyone, from the
beginner to the snow sport enthusiast. Ski Dubai
is a unique mountain-themed attraction that
offers you the opportunity to enjoy real snow in
Dubai all year round. http//www.ttgmena.com/Webf
orms/DirectorySearchDetails.aspx?Id350CategoryE
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it's a ski run.
Ski Dubai is a gigantic snowdrome, part of Mall
of the Emirates, third largest shopping mall in
the world which opened late 2005.
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StatisticsArea 22,500 square metres, 73125
square feet or three football fieldsWeight of
snow 6000 tonsCapacity 1500 peopleTemperature
minus 1 degree celsius / 31 fahrenheit
http//www.picture-dubai-emirates.com/
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National and International Context

• Some notes from the CIA Fact Book
• Economy - overview The UAE has an open
  economy with a high per capita income and a
  sizable annual trade surplus. Despite largely
  successful efforts at economic diversification,
  about 30 of GDP is still directly based on oil
  and gas output, and the fortunes of the economy
  fluctuate with the prices of those commodities.
  Since the discovery of oil in the UAE more than
  30 years ago, the UAE has undergone a profound
  transformation from an impoverished region of
  small desert principalities to a modern state
  with a high standard of living. The government
  has increased spending on job creation and
  infrastructure expansion and is opening up its
  utilities to greater private sector involvement.
• Trafficking in persons Current situation
  the United Arab Emirates is a destination country
  for men, women, and children trafficked from
  South and East Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa, and
  the Middle East for involuntary servitude and for
  sexual exploitation an estimated 10,000 women
  from sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, South
  and East Asia, Iraq, Iran, and Morocco may be
  victims of sex trafficking in the UAE women also
  migrate from Africa, and South and Southeast Asia
  to work as domestic servants, but may have their
  passports confiscated, be denied permission to
  leave the place of employment in the home, or
  face sexual or physical abuse by their employers
  men from South Asia come to the UAE to work in
  the construction industry, but may be subjected
  to conditions of involuntary servitude as they
  are coerced to pay off recruitment and travel
  costs, sometimes having their wages denied for
  months at a time victims of child camel jockey
  trafficking may still remain in the UAE, despite
  a July 2005 law banning the practice while all
  identified victims were repatriated at the
  government's expense to their home countries,
  questions persist as to the effectiveness of the
  ban and the true number of victims
• Tier rating Tier 2 Watch List - UAE is placed
  on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to show
  increased efforts to combat trafficking in 2005,
  particularly in its efforts to address the
  large-scale trafficking of foreign girls and
  women for commercial sexual exploitation