Randoms/ Locals

Some rondom thoughts, and news to share it with you.

Racist Comment
I have received several junk mail from several people in different times about Tommy Hilfiger’s racist comments against state that blacks and Asians shouldn't wear his clothes.

It turned out its not true. Most of us don’t check or verify if the news is true or not, we are too emotional.

Walls have ears too
When someone wants to talk to someone privately over the phone, he automatically tends to look for a private space/ room so no one can hear the conversation.

Allot of people don’t realise that the walls are not sound proof and it may not be as thick as they think, as the sound still goes through it and anyone who is close by at the other side of wall can hear from 10% to 75% of the conversation.

Local Web Sites

• For bicycle fan in Oman, Frans Kohler has launched 'Oman Bicycle', a showroom in Al Khuwayr providing world-class sports cycles as well as after-sales servicing and spare parts. For More information, go to OManbiCycle.com.
• From Sultanate of Oman, Information Technology Authority (ITA), in association with the Ministry of Social Development, launched an official online donations portal OnlineDonations.org.om.

Oman Slammed For Name Distortion

An interesting article,

15 January 2009
Iran's Physical Education Organization sent letters to Foreign Ministry officials protesting distortion of the name of the Persian Gulf by Oman.

Organizers of the ongoing 19th football cup of the Persian Gulf littoral states in Oman used a fake name for the Persian Gulf for the matches that started in the sultanate on Jan. 7, IRNA reported.

Sending separate letters to the ministry's Persian Gulf director as well as its Press and Information office, they called for following up the case by "immediate diplomatic measures."

It was stressed in the letters that the "Persian Gulf would remain Persian Gulf forever as attested by history". In mid December, a British archaeologist said that the name "Persian Gulf" has historic roots and any attempt at changing it is irrelevant.

"All historical texts have cited 'Persian Gulf' by the same name and world's reputed academic circles recognize it by the same title," Lloyd Weeks said during Iran's 10th International Archaeology Conference.

Weeks said that he has never heard "Persian Gulf" to be mentioned by any other name during his scientific career.

The latest distortion comes as the United Nations secretariat on many occasions has requested its staff to use only the full name of 'Persian Gulf' as the standard geographical designation. The world body also issued two editorial directives in 1994 and 1999, mentioning that only the term 'Persian Gulf' should be used in UN documents.

© Iran Daily 2009