Athletics at the 2016 Rio Olympics: Schedule in UAE time



• Athletics at the 2016 Rio Olympics in UAE time (Official schedule)

Women's 100m: Aug 12 6.55pm – Prelims; Aug 13 5.40am – Round 1; Aug 14 4am – Semi-Final; Aug 14 5.35am – Final

Women's 4x100m Relay: Aug 18 6.20pm – Round 1; Aug 20 5.15am – Final

Men's 100m: Aug 13 4.30pm – Prelims; Aug 13 7pm – Round 1; Aug 15 4am –Semi-Final; Aug 15 5.25am – Final

Men's 4x100m Relay: Aug 18 6.40pm –Round 1; Aug 20 5.35am – Final

Women's 200m: Aug 15 4.35pm – Round 1; Aug 17 5am – Semi-Final; Aug 18 5.30am – Final

Men's 200m: Aug 16 6.50pm – Round 1; Aug 18 5am – Semi-Final; Aug 19 5.30am – Final

Women's 400m: Aug 13 6pm – Round 1; Aug 15 3.35am – Semi-Final; Aug 16 5.45am – Final

Women's 4x400m Relay: Aug 20 3.40am – Round 1; Aug 21 5am – Final

Men's 400m: Aug 13 4.05am – Round 1; Aug 14 3.30am – Semi-Final; Aug 15 5am – Final

Men's 4x400m Relay: Aug 20 4.10am – Round 1; Aug 21 5.35am – Final

Women's 800m: Aug 17 5.55pm – Round 1; Aug 19 4.15am – Semi-Final; Aug 21 4.15am – Final

Men's 800m: Aug 12 5.10pm – Round 1; Aug 14 5.05am – Semi-Final; Aug 16 5.25am – Final

Women's 1500m: Aug 13 3.30am – Round 1; Aug 15 4.30am – Semi-Final; Aug 17 5.30am – Final

Men's 1500m: Aug 16 5.30pm – Round 1; Aug 19 3.45am – Semi-Final; Aug 21 4am – Final

Women's 5000m: Aug 16 4.30pm – Round 1; Aug 20 4.40am – Final

Men's 5000m: Aug 17 5.05pm – Round 1; Aug 21 4.30am – Final

Women's 10,000m: Aug 12 6.10pm – Final

Men's 10,000m: Aug 14 4.25am – Final

Women's Marathon: Aug 14 4.30pm – Final

Men's Marathon: Aug 21 4.30pm – Final

Women's 100m Hurdles: Aug 16 6.05pm – Round 1; Aug 18 3.45am – Semi-Final; Aug 18 5.55am – Final

Men's 110m Hurdles: Aug 16 3.40am – Round 1; Aug 17 3.40am – Semi-Final; Aug 17 5.45am – Final

Women's 400m Hurdles: Aug 16 4.30am – Round 1; Aug 17 4.10am – Semi-Final; Aug 19 5.15am – Final

Men's 400m Hurdles: Aug 15 6.35pm – Round 1; Aug 17 4.35am – Semi-Final; Aug 18 7pm – Final

Women's 3000m Steeplechase: Aug 13 5.05pm – Round 1; Aug 15 6.15pm – Final

Men's 3000m Steeplechase: Aug 15 5.25pm – Round 1; Aug 17 6.50pm – Final

Women's 20km Race Walk: Aug 19 9.30pm – Final

Men's 20km Race Walk: Aug 12 9.30pm – Final

Men's 50km Race Walk: Aug 19 3pm – Final

Women's Long Jump: Aug 17 4.05am – Qualifying A + B; Aug 18 4.15am – Final

Men's Long Jump: Aug 13 4.20am – Qualifying A + B; Aug 14 3.50am – Final

Women's High Jump: Aug 18 5pm – Qualifying A + B; Aug 21 3.30am – Final

Men's High Jump: Aug 15 3.30am – Qualifying A + B; Aug 17 3.30am – Final

Women's Triple Jump: Aug 13 4.40pm – Qualifying A + B; Aug 15 3.55am – Final

Men's Triple Jump: Aug 15 4.30pm – Qualifying A + B; Aug 16 4.50pm – Final

Women's Pole Vault: Aug 16 4.45pm – Qualifying A + B; Aug 20 3.30am – Final

Men's Pole Vault: Aug 14 3.20am – Qualifying A + B; Aug 16 3.35am – Final

Women's Javelin Throw: Aug 17 3.35m – Qualifying A; Aug 17 4.50am – Qualifying B; Aug 19 4.10am – Final

Men's Javelin Throw: Aug 18 3.30am – Qualifying A; Aug 18 4.55am – Qualifying B; Aug 21 3.55am – Final

Women's Discus Throw: Aug 16 3.30am – Qualifying A; Aug 16 4.50am – Qualifying B; Aug 16 6.20pm – Final

Men's Discus Throw: Aug 12 4.30pm – Qualifying A; Aug 12 5.55pm – Qualifying B; Aug 13 5.50pm – Final

Women's Shot Put: Aug 12 5.05pm – Qualifying A + B; Aug 13 5am – Final

Men's Shot Put: Aug 18 4.55pm – Qualifying A + B; Aug 19 3.30am – Final

Women's Hammer Throw: Aug 13 3.40am – Qualifying A; Aug 13 5.10am – Qualifying B; Aug 15 5.40pm – Final

Men's Hammer Throw: Aug 17 4.40pm – Qualifying A; Aug 17 6.05pm – Qualifying B; Aug 20 4.05am – Final

Women's Heptathlon: Aug 12 4.35pm – 100m Hurdles; Aug 12 5.50pm – High Jump A + B; Aug 13 3.35am Shot Put A + B; Aug 13 5.05am – 200m; Aug 13 6.45pm – Long Jump A + B; Aug 14 3am – Javelin Throw A; Aug 14 4.15am – Javelin Throw B; Aug 14 5.53am – 800m (Final)

Men's Decathlon: Aug 17 4.30pm – 100m; Aug 17 5.35pm – Long Jump A + B; Aug 17 7.15pm Shot Put A + B; Aug 18 12.45am – High Jump A + B; Aug 18 4.20am – 400m; Aug 18 4.30pm – 110m Hurdles; Aug 18 5.25pm –Discus Throw A; Aug 18 6.40pm – Discus Throw B; Aug 18 8.25pm – Pole Vault A + B; Aug 19 1.35am – Javelin Throw A; Aug 19 2.45am – Javelin Throw B; Aug 19 4.45am – 1500m (Final)

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Cryopreservation: A timeline
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  2. Ovarian tissue surgically removed
  3. Tissue processed in a high-tech facility
  4. Tissue re-implanted at a time of the patient’s choosing
  5. Full hormone production regained within 4-6 months
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Name: ARDH Collective
Based: Dubai
Founders: Alhaan Ahmed, Alyina Ahmed and Maximo Tettamanzi
Sector: Sustainability
Total funding: Self funded
Number of employees: 4

Company name: Play:Date

Launched: March 2017 on UAE Mother’s Day

Founder: Shamim Kassibawi

Based: Dubai with operations in the UAE and US

Sector: Tech 

Size: 20 employees

Stage of funding: Seed

Investors: Three founders (two silent co-founders) and one venture capital fund

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Name: Almnssa
Started: August 2020
Founder: Areej Selmi
Based: Gaza
Sectors: Internet, e-commerce
Investments: Grants/private funding
The National Archives, Abu Dhabi

Founded over 50 years ago, the National Archives collects valuable historical material relating to the UAE, and is the oldest and richest archive relating to the Arabian Gulf.

Much of the material can be viewed on line at the Arabian Gulf Digital Archive - https://www.agda.ae/en

Emergency

Director: Kangana Ranaut

Stars: Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Milind Soman, Mahima Chaudhry 

Rating: 2/5

Super Rugby play-offs

Quarter-finals

  • Hurricanes 35, ACT 16
  • Crusaders 17, Highlanders 0
  • Lions 23, Sharks 21
  • Chiefs 17, Stormers 11

Semi-finals

Saturday, July 29

  • Crusaders v Chiefs, 12.35pm (UAE)
  • Lions v Hurricanes, 4.30pm
Dubai Bling season three

Cast: Loujain Adada, Zeina Khoury, Farhana Bodi, Ebraheem Al Samadi, Mona Kattan, and couples Safa & Fahad Siddiqui and DJ Bliss & Danya Mohammed 

Rating: 1/5

The Sand Castle

Director: Matty Brown

Stars: Nadine Labaki, Ziad Bakri, Zain Al Rafeea, Riman Al Rafeea

Rating: 2.5/5

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Company profile

Company: Verity

Date started: May 2021

Founders: Kamal Al-Samarrai, Dina Shoman and Omar Al Sharif

Based: Dubai

Sector: FinTech

Size: four team members

Stage: Intially bootstrapped but recently closed its first pre-seed round of $800,000

Investors: Wamda, VentureSouq, Beyond Capital and regional angel investors

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UAE squad v Australia

Rohan Mustafa (C), Ashfaq Ahmed, Chirag Suri, Rameez Shahzad, Fahad Nawaz, Amjed Gul, Shaiman Anwar, Ahmed Raza, Imran Haider, Muhammad Naveed, Amir Hayat, Ghulam Shabir (WK), Qadeer Ahmed, Tahir Latif, Zahoor Khan

Why it pays to compare

A comparison of sending Dh20,000 from the UAE using two different routes at the same time - the first direct from a UAE bank to a bank in Germany, and the second from the same UAE bank via an online platform to Germany - found key differences in cost and speed. The transfers were both initiated on January 30.

Route 1: bank transfer

The UAE bank charged Dh152.25 for the Dh20,000 transfer. On top of that, their exchange rate margin added a difference of around Dh415, compared with the mid-market rate.

Total cost: Dh567.25 - around 2.9 per cent of the total amount

Total received: €4,670.30 

Route 2: online platform

The UAE bank’s charge for sending Dh20,000 to a UK dirham-denominated account was Dh2.10. The exchange rate margin cost was Dh60, plus a Dh12 fee.

Total cost: Dh74.10, around 0.4 per cent of the transaction

Total received: €4,756

The UAE bank transfer was far quicker – around two to three working days, while the online platform took around four to five days, but was considerably cheaper. In the online platform transfer, the funds were also exposed to currency risk during the period it took for them to arrive.

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Student Of The Year 2

Director: Punit Malhotra

Stars: Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria, Ananya Pandey, Aditya Seal 

1.5 stars

Vidaamuyarchi

Director: Magizh Thirumeni

Stars: Ajith Kumar, Arjun Sarja, Trisha Krishnan, Regina Cassandra

Rating: 4/5

 

The specs

Engine: Dual 180kW and 300kW front and rear motors

Power: 480kW

Torque: 850Nm

Transmission: Single-speed automatic

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Engine: Four electric motors, one at each wheel

Power: 579hp

Torque: 859Nm

Transmission: Single-speed automatic

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Opening Rugby Championship fixtures:Games can be watched on OSN Sports
Saturday: Australia v New Zealand, Sydney, 1pm (UAE)
Sunday: South Africa v Argentina, Port Elizabeth, 11pm (UAE)

Paatal Lok season two

Directors: Avinash Arun, Prosit Roy 

Stars: Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh, Lc Sekhose, Merenla Imsong

Rating: 4.5/5

Other workplace saving schemes
  • The UAE government announced a retirement savings plan for private and free zone sector employees in 2023.
  • Dubai’s savings retirement scheme for foreign employees working in the emirate’s government and public sector came into effect in 2022.
  • National Bonds unveiled a Golden Pension Scheme in 2022 to help private-sector foreign employees with their financial planning.
  • In April 2021, Hayah Insurance unveiled a workplace savings plan to help UAE employees save for their retirement.
  • Lunate, an Abu Dhabi-based investment manager, has launched a fund that will allow UAE private companies to offer employees investment returns on end-of-service benefits.
The specs

Engine: 4-litre twin-turbo V8

Transmission: nine-speed

Power: 542bhp

Torque: 700Nm

Price: Dh848,000

On sale: now

Abu Dhabi card

5pm: Handicap (TB) Dh100,000 2,400m

5.30pm: Wathba Stallions Cup Handicap (PA) Dh 70,000 2,200m

6pm: Abu Dhabi Fillies Classic Prestige (PA) Dh110,000 1,400m

6.30pm: Abu Dhabi Colts Classic Prestige (PA) Dh110,000 1,400m

7pm: Handicap (PA) Dh85,000 1,600m

7.30pm: Maiden (PA) Dh80,000 1,600m

The National selections:

5pm: Valcartier

5.30pm: AF Taraha

6pm: Dhafra

6.30pm: Maqam

7pm: AF Mekhbat

7.30pm: Ezz Al Rawasi  

Is it worth it? We put cheesecake frap to the test.

The verdict from the nutritionists is damning. But does a cheesecake frappuccino taste good enough to merit the indulgence?

My advice is to only go there if you have unusually sweet tooth. I like my puddings, but this was a bit much even for me. The first hit is a winner, but it's downhill, slowly, from there. Each sip is a little less satisfying than the last, and maybe it was just all that sugar, but it isn't long before the rush is replaced by a creeping remorse. And half of the thing is still left.

The caramel version is far superior to the blueberry, too. If someone put a full caramel cheesecake through a liquidiser and scooped out the contents, it would probably taste something like this. Blueberry, on the other hand, has more of an artificial taste. It's like someone has tried to invent this drink in a lab, and while early results were promising, they're still in the testing phase. It isn't terrible, but something isn't quite right either.

So if you want an experience, go for a small, and opt for the caramel. But if you want a cheesecake, it's probably more satisfying, and not quite as unhealthy, to just order the real thing.

 

 

COMPANY PROFILE
Name: HyperSpace
 
Started: 2020
 
Founders: Alexander Heller, Rama Allen and Desi Gonzalez
 
Based: Dubai, UAE
 
Sector: Entertainment 
 
Number of staff: 210 
 
Investment raised: $75 million from investors including Galaxy Interactive, Riyadh Season, Sega Ventures and Apis Venture Partners
German intelligence warnings
  • 2002: "Hezbollah supporters feared becoming a target of security services because of the effects of [9/11] ... discussions on Hezbollah policy moved from mosques into smaller circles in private homes." Supporters in Germany: 800
  • 2013: "Financial and logistical support from Germany for Hezbollah in Lebanon supports the armed struggle against Israel ... Hezbollah supporters in Germany hold back from actions that would gain publicity." Supporters in Germany: 950
  • 2023: "It must be reckoned with that Hezbollah will continue to plan terrorist actions outside the Middle East against Israel or Israeli interests." Supporters in Germany: 1,250 

Source: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution

Health Valley

Founded in 2002 and set up as a foundation in 2006, Health Valley has been an innovation in healthcare for more than 10 years in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
It serves as a place where companies, businesses, universities, healthcare providers and government agencies can collaborate, offering a platform where they can connect and work together on healthcare innovation.
Its partners work on technological innovation, new forms of diagnostics and other methods to make a difference in healthcare.
Its agency consists of eight people, four innovation managers and office managers, two communication advisers and one director. It gives innovation support to businesses and other parties in its network like a broker, connecting people with the right organisation to help them further

Your Guide to the Home
  • Level 1 has a valet service if you choose not to park in the basement level. This level houses all the kitchenware, including covetable brand French Bull, along with a wide array of outdoor furnishings, lamps and lighting solutions, textiles like curtains, towels, cushions and bedding, and plenty of other home accessories.
  • Level 2 features curated inspiration zones and solutions for bedrooms, living rooms and dining spaces. This is also where you’d go to customise your sofas and beds, and pick and choose from more than a dozen mattress options.
  • Level 3 features The Home’s “man cave” set-up and a display of industrial and rustic furnishings. This level also has a mother’s room, a play area for children with staff to watch over the kids, furniture for nurseries and children’s rooms, and the store’s design studio.
     
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Starring: Jamie Foxx, Angela Bassett, Tina Fey

Directed by: Pete Doctor

Rating: 4 stars