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|JWST Primary Mirrors and Technicians
In an effort to raise public awareness for the troubled JWST, we are thrilled to announce The whyJWST Video Competition:
The Prize:
Our prize is astronomical. Literally:
Technical Prize Details: The winner will be able to log in with a specially created account, slew to the target, and image the heavens for 1 hour. If the hour is lost to weather or any technical issues, the account will have another 60 minutes granted to it. For more information about the Faulkes Telescopes, check out their website: www.faulkes-telescope.com. Note that planets may not be observed, as they cause significant ghost image on the CCD.
|Faulkes Telescope Hawaii. Click to Embiggen
- The whyJWST Video Competition ends Sunday October 9, 2011 at 11:59 pm. Videos will not be accepted after this deadline. The winner will be selected and announced by Friday October 21, 2011
- All video submissions should be loaded directly onto your youtube.com account. When you upload the video, you will have an opportunity to tag the video. Simply tag the video "whyJWST". Please see the video below for detailed instructions on how to upload a video onto youtube.com:
- After the video is uploaded and appropriately tagged, you will need to send an email to email@example.com. Please include the following: Subject Line should read "whyJWST Video Competition." In the body of the email please include your 1) name, 2) email address, 3) a link to your whyJWST youtube video, 4) and a 10-character handle or username. The handle or username will be used to identify you as the video author if the video submission is posted publicly.
- Videos may be no longer than 3 minutes in length.
- Videos must be original. You must obtain a release for any persons or properties appearing in the video submission. This includes music or images protected by copyright, among other properties. See Original Work of Authorship section of the official rules, below.
- The whyJWST Video Competition is open to any human on Earth or in Low Earth Orbit. However, only adults can submit a video. Whether or not a person is legally considered an adult will be defined by the standards and laws of the nation and jurisdiction in which that person resides. If you are underage and still wish to participate, then please have a parent or guardian submit your video on your behalf.
- For any questions on how this process works, please send an email to email@example.com. For questions, please include the subject line "whyJWST Question".
Eligibility:: Anyone is eligible to enter and participate. Entrants may be citizens of any nation on Earth. Submissions will be considered irrespective of national origin, religious background, political affiliation, gender, sex, ethnicity, age, or race. Minors of any nation may also participate, but must have a parent or guardian submit their video ON THEIR BEHALF. Minor status will be ascertained according to the customs and laws of the nation where the entrant resides.
Good Luck!Entry Rules:: First, the entrant must upload their video submission to their personal youtube account. Then, the entrant must tag the video submission specifically with the tag "whyJWST" on the youtube website.. Finally, the entrant must Send their name, email, entrant-created username or handle, and link to the youtube video submission to the following email address: firstname.lastname@example.com. By entering, each participant agrees to be bound by the rules and regulations of this competition. One Winner from the pool of entrants will be selected by a panel of judges comprised of saveJWST volunteers. The Winner will be selected on the success by which their video articulates an emotional and/or intellectual connection to the James Webb Space Telescope, as determined by the sole discretion of the judges. SaveJWST volunteers reserve the right to disqualify any submission saveJWST determines is offensive, inappropriate, not in keeping with saveJWST's image, or that an Entrant has not otherwise complied with these Official Contest Rules. The Winner will be selected on Friday October 21, 2011 by the judges, whose decision shall be final. The Winner will be notified by email to the email address provided in the Entrant's email within approximately 5 of days of the judging and are required to respond within 3 days of transmission of that email notice. If winner fails to respond within that time period, the prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner chosen from the remaining entrants in the pool. By entering, all entrants release saveJWST, and its volunteers, affiliates, subsidiaries, vendors, agencies, suppliers and all others associated with the development or execution of this Competition from any and all liability with respect to, or in any way arising from, this Contest or the acceptance, possession or use of any prizes including, without limitation, liability for any personal injury, damage or loss.
Use of Entrant Information:: Entrant information will be used wholly by the saveJWST volunteers. However, an entry, except where prohibited by law, constitutes a grant of permission to saveJWST or its agents to include the winner's name in connection with a Winner's List without further notice. The use of personal contact information gathered in connection with this promotion will be treated in accordance with respect to privacy and not released to anyone under any condition OUTSIDE of this competition.The entrant is directed to created a username for the purposes of protecting the entrant's privacy.
Faulkes Telescope. Click to EmbiggenPrizes: The winner of the whyJWST Video Competition will be granted 1 hour of access to the 2-meter Faulkes Telescope In Hawai'i or Australia to image any celestial object of their choosing (excluding planets in our Solar System) between 0900 and 1700 UT, Monday-Friday. The two telescopes, can be operated remotely from a personal computer. The winner will be able to log in with a specially created account, slew to the target, and image the heavens for 1 hour. If the hour is lost to weather or any technical issues, the account will have another 60 minutes granted to it. For more information about the Faulkes Telescopes, check out their website: www.faulkes-telescope.com. Note that planets may not be observed, as they cause significant ghost image on the CCD.Original Work of Authorship:A) By submitting an entry, Entrant warrants, certifies and represents that: (i) the video submission is original to Entrant, he/she is the sole and exclusive owner of the copyrights in and to the video submission, and has obtained a release from all persons appearing in the video, and from all owners of property appearing in the video submitted for consideration; and (ii) Entrant has the full and exclusive right, power and authority to submit the video entry, and to grant the saveJWST volunteers the right to present the submission to the public, without further compensation.B) If the submission contains any material or elements that are not owned by the Entrant and/or that are subject to the rights of third parties, the Entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the video, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Video by the saveJWST volunteers. This includes, but is not limited to, music and images protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, right of privacy, right of publicity, and any other third party rights. Upon request, Entrant shall provide saveJWST with copies of all such consents/releases/permissions.
Faulkes Telescope. Click to Embiggen
Grant of License: By submitting an entry and in consideration of the opportunity to win the prize described herein which Entrant acknowledges is good and valuable consideration, Entrant grants the saveJWST volunteers the perpetual right and license to reproduce, distribute, transmit, and/or display any and all parts of the Video in all existing and future media, including but not limited to the saveJWST websites, or in any other manner in saveJWST's discretion, without attribution or further compensation. Use of a submission by the saveJWST volunteers does not suggest in any way that the Entrant is a winner.Right of Privacy: By submitting an entry and in consideration of the opportunity to win the prize described herein which Entrant acknowledges is good and valuable consideration, Entrant grants the saveJWST volunteers the right and permission to use his/her name, voice, biographical information, likeness, and any other indication of Entrant's identity, and any statements made by Entrant, including excerpts thereof (collectively the "Publicity Rights"), in connection with the Entrant's video and the #whyJWST Video Competition, for use on the saveJWST websites and for display on the savetheJWST youtube.com channel, in all forms of media, worldwide in perpetuity, without further notice or compensation, except where prohibited law. Entrant agrees to release and discharge the saveJWST volunteers from all claims for damages arising from or relating to publication, use or distribution of the Video and Publicity Rights.LEGAL WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER OR NOT AN ENTRANT, TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, DESTROY, TAMPER OR VANDALIZE THE WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROMOTION, OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST, IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND THE saveJWST VOLUNTEERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE ALL REMEDIES AGAINST ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
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And follow the competition at our youtube channel: savetheJWST youtube channel
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I've hit across this problem a couple of times and always end up having to look up the magic incantations, so I'm going to store it here for posterity and in the hopes it may also aid other people.
Problem: Windows Vista / XP machine on a wireless network behaving extremely oddly. You can often browse to Google, for example, but basically nowhere else – it's like other websites just time out.
Issue: For some reason, the MTU discovery doesn't seem to work – the OS ends up sending packets which are too big and things stop working. This is probably an issue with one of the wireless routers involved I would imagine, rather than windows itself.
You'll need an Administrator shell. Find the 'Command Prompt' in the Start Menu, and right-click to select 'Run as Administrator'. Then, use this command to find the name of the interfaces on the machine:
netsh interface ipv4 show subinterfaces
Using the name we found above, do:
netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface "Name We Just Found In Quotes" mtu=1400 store=persistent
It's a complete hack, but it works, and since I use Windows about once a year I really don't care 😀


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Aotearoa, New Zealand
Aotearoa, New Zealand
In centuries past, our people migrated from the north to the south in a series of epic migrations. Arriving in Te Tauihu, the northern South Island of New Zealand between 1820 and 1832, our fires have burnt in this region for almost 200 years. We are the original providores, trading the fruits of our labour from the gardens, forests and waters of Te Tau Ihu.
In the 21st Century we have emerged once again as purveyors of the finest foods and beverages, grown and sourced from the lands and waters that our tūpuna (ancestors) knew. Although our products are now available beyond our shores, we remain a family business – a business of families. We are carriers of a legacy that dates back to the very founding of our nation and custodians of a legacy that stretches forward to the hands of those that will follow after us.
Drawing inspiration from the kono – the basket of produce that our people offer to guests in a tradition of honour and hospitality – our products flow from our culture. They are produced by people with integrity and passion; they are created only from natural, wholesome ingredients from the earth and the seas; they come from places which we know and you can identify, and they are produced in a way that our tupuna would recognize and all of our children will thank us for. Our 'kono' is our promise to you, our manuhiri (guests), of the finest quality that nature can provide, now and forever.
Kono's purpose is to preserve and enhance our taonga for the benefit of current and future generations.
We will achieve this through the sustainable use and development of our land and resources and by creating a community that our people (our families, staff, customers and associates) are proud of.
To create an inspiring and innovative place where talented people want to live and work.
Our guiding objectives are broad to give us the freedom to create new and exciting ways of doing things, consistently with our values and tikanga. These two aspects are vital to our success – they underpin everything we do:
1. Development and innovation
2. Identity and integrity
We understand that innovation and adaptability will be the key to our success. We are an efficient organization, focused on our people, our resources and our environment.
We will continue to grow our success as an organisation through the sustainable and successful development of our land, the creation and provision of high-quality goods and services and through nurturing people's cultural identity, knowledge and strength.
Our tikanga (way of doing things) provides the touchstone for how we act now, and in the future.
To ensure the retention, preservation and knowledge of culturally significant land.
To create, source and provide products and services of high value and quality that society wants, in a sustainable and ethical manner.
To create a world community of people who believe in and promote our products and services.
To be the best indigenous food and beverage business in the world.
We rise by lifting others
Definition: We are thoughtful and caring in all our dealings with others.
Why: Thoughtfulness, kindness and hospitality are central to our identity and enhance our mana. We value people above all things, and in respecting and nurturing others, we are ourselves uplifted. We show our care by upholding the highest standards of health and safety in our workplaces. We show our care through empathy with others. We show it by taking pleasure and pride in producing great products and services that people value. We always go the extra mile.
Whakataukī: He kura te tangata.
(Our humanity is precious.)
Excellence in all that we do
Definition: We each lead by example, with the grit and courage to do the right thing, always.
Why: Wherever we are in the organisation, we are each responsible and accountable for its success. We are problem-solvers, encouraging creativity and progression at every level of our business. We create value and quality by setting high standards for ourselves, using our initiative and good judgement, respecting and supporting the roles of
others, and always doing our best.
Whakataukī: Ko te amorangi ki mua,
te hāpai ō ki muri.
(Leadership to the fore: we all have
important roles to play.)
Our duty, our heritage, our legacy
Definition: We are collectively responsible for protecting and enhancing our precious natural resources that are our life force. They have been entrusted to us by our ancestors, and will be passed on to future generations.
Why: Our kaupapa is to grow an economic base that enables Wakatū whānau whānui to achieve sustained spiritual, environmental, social and cultural well-being and economic aspirations. Integral to achieving our aspirations is managing our commercial operations in a way that meets our kaitiakitanga obligations. This is our duty and it will be our legacy. We aspire to be world leaders in demonstrating and showcasing how with evolution, passion and deep commitment, this can be achieved.
Whakataukī: Whatungarongaro te tangata toitū te whenua. (As people disappear from sight, the land remains.)
We do as we say
Definition: We are clear about our motives, and we are reliable and honest.
Why: Integrity is at the heart of all of our decisions, guiding everything we do. We live by our word, and understand that the strength of our work is based on the trust and openness vested in each of us. We are consistent, and show this through our honourable words and actions, ensuring we protect our reputation and the reputation of Wakatū.
Whakataukī: He tangata kī tahi. (A person of a single word.)
Together we are more
Definition: We are a family, connected by a powerful common purpose, enriched by each other, and bound by mutual respect.
Why: Understanding and valuing the part each person contributes is essential to our success. We know the sum of our efforts is greater than the parts. So we stand shoulder to shoulder, never losing sight of our obligations to each other, our owners, our customers and our business partners.
Whakataukī: Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari, he toa takitini.(Success is not the work of one, but the work of many.)
Doing things better, doing better things
Definition: We are curious and innovative, always striving for improvement.
Why: We believe in the power of change, to ignite, transform and advance what we do and how we do it. We are problem solvers and it is in our nature to continuously improve. We look forward to new and unimagined
futures, knowing that we have the DNA
to create better opportunities for people
and our planet.
Whakataukī: Kōtahi tonu te te hiringa
i kake ai a Tāne ki Tikitiki-o-Rangi, ko te hiringa i te mahara.(There is but one power that allowed Tāne to ascend to the uppermost heavens, and that is the power of the mind.)


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Travel Insurance and medical transport, Evacuation and Repatriation
This information is for residents of Helpdesk Global only.
What's covered
Your policy covers medical transportation services for an injury or illness that occurs during your trip.
Under the terms and conditions of the policy, there is cover for emergency medical evacuation as long as it is ordered by the attending physician who certifies adequate medical treatments are not locally available and due to the severity of the condition, medical evacuation to the nearest adequate licensed medical facility where appropriate medical treatment can be obtained .
Emergency medical transport is also available if your medical condition requires you to be transported home to the USA to where you reside for further medical treatment or recovery. Transportation can be arranged as soon as your treating doctor agrees you are fit to travel.
There's also cover for someone to accompany you to escort you home if medically required.
If you die, there's cover for the reasonable and customary services for embalming, cremation and casket for transport and transportation of your remains home.
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If something happens and you need necessary emergency transport or evacuation, you (or someone else) MUST contact the 24 hour emergency assistance team at One Call Travel Services Network as soon as reasonably possible for pre-authorization and assistance.
The emergency assistance team's medical consultant will work in consultation with you and your attending physician to decide and arrange the most appropriate transportation. Where you go, when and how you get there, the availability of transport and the suitability of the medical facilities nearby will depend on the situation.
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Travel insurance is not designed to cover everything, so take the time to read the full Travel Protection Plan for all terms, conditions and exclusions, so there are no surprises if you do need to use it.
Here are the main things that aren't covered:
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West Branch, Michigan: Giant Sitting LumberjackMight be 25 feet tall if he stood up. Holds a giant spoon instead of an axe.
Lumber Jack Food and Spirits
- Address:
- 2980 Cook Rd, West Branch, MI
- Directions:
- Lumber Jack Food and Spirits. Just north of I-75 exit 212, on the west side of Cook Rd.
- Phone:
- 989-343-0892
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Giant Sitting Lumberjack
The lumberjack is still there -- in need of a paint job, but it's a fun photo.[Deb, 08/29/2018]
Paul Bunyan Statue
The Paul Bunyan Statue has changed its look since the 2007 photo on the site was taken. Still there, but very different looking. Dark hair and beard, a cleaner look in the beard, and a tan shirt instead of a red one.[Shelly J., 06/01/2011]
Wow -- a complete head replacement.
Giant Sitting Lumberjack
A large sitting, bearded lumberjack in a red shirt, green suspenders, stocking cap, with a large spoon in his hands (instead of an ax). Would be about 25 feet tall if standing up.[Mark Comstock, 02/23/2007]
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text: University of Minnesota Extension's Center for Community Vitality has released the Summer 2016 issues of Vital Connections. Make sure to read the great articles looking at the future of rural grocery stores and the ways our alumni have chosen to lead in their communities. The quarterly newsletter is a great mix of research and insight from the University of Minnesota Extension and real stories from Minnesota communities!


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"Wait on God"
"Wait on God"
April 11, 2012
This message from Joyce Meyer couldn't have come at a better time in my life and I'm excited to share it with you as I'M SURE it will benefit whatever is going
on in your life, at any point. I strive AND struggle to hear from God everyday. There is no greater feeling of joy in your heart than when you know God is speaking to you AND you obey. I want to be able to Hear from Him EVERY time He speaks, about ANY AND EVERYTHING!!! But in order to truly hear God, "we must be willing to wait on wisdom out of a passion for wanting God's will more than anything else."
Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
We can make the process of hearing God a lot simpler if we are strong-minded NOT to act on our own fleshly desires and/or emotions. Our emotions are never constant. They will rise and fall with every situation.
We must learn to wait. It plays a very vital part in hearing what the God has to say. We are guaranteed to be blessed by the Lord if we wait patiently on the Lord and do what He would have us to do, even if we find it challenging. God will ALWAYS lead us, on the path of His Will for our lives, if we would only allow His Word and His wisdom to lead us, rather than our own emotions.
Something to think about: "Let emotions subside and then decide." If we are quick to act solely on our emotions we run the high risk of making the
wrong choice. Be Blessed blog readers!!!


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BÌNH ĐỊNH — The Summer Tourism Festival 2016 kicked off yesterday in the central square of Quy Nhơn City in the central province of Bình Định.
Themed Quy Nhơn Bình Định – Return to the Memorable Coast, the biannual event aims to promote traditional values and tourism attractions of the province, in particular, and Việt Nam in general.
The June 22 to September 2 festival includes a green tourism week starting on June 22, a two-day beauty pageant ending on June 29, the same day inauguration of the big-ticket entertainment and eco-tourism resort complex FLC Quy Nhơn, and international scientific conferences in July.
Performances of Bình Định's traditional martial arts on August 2-4 and competitions every Saturday night until September are also part of the tourism festival, which will end with fireworks displays on National Day, September 2.
The number of visitors to the province reached 2,6 million in 2015, an increase of 25 per cent compared to the previous year. The Summer Tourism Festival 2016 is expected to attract more tourists to the province in coming years. — VNS


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The Thamūd (/θæˈmuːd/; Arabic: ثمود) is an ancient civilization in the Hejaz known from the 8th century BCE[1] to near the time of Muhammad. The Thamud civilization was located in the north of the peninsula. Although they are thought to have originated in Southern Arabia, Arabic tradition has them moving north to settle on the slopes of Mount Athlab near Mada'in Saleh.
Numerous Thamudic rock writings and pictures have been found on Mount Ath-lab and throughout central Arabia.[2]
The oldest known reference to Thamud is a 715 BC inscription of the Assyrian king Sargon II, which mentions them as being among the people of eastern and central Arabia subjugated by the Assyrians. According to Islamic tradition, the Thamūdi existed much earlier than this, whose ancestors are said to be Iram and Ars (identified as the Biblical Aram and Uz).[3]
They are referred to as 'Tamudaei' in the writings of Aristo of Chios, Ptolemy, and Pliny.[4]
Like the ʿĀd, the Qur'an mentions the Thamud in Surah Al-A'raf in the context of several prophets who warned their people of coming judgment.The verses advise Thamud to take warning from the destruction of ʿĀd.
To the Thamud people (We sent) their brother Salih. He said, "O my people! worship Allah: you have no other deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of God sent to you as a Sign. So leave her to eat within God's land, and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.
And remember when He made you successors after ʿAd and settled you in the land, and you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of God and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."
This verse suggests some kind of relationship between ʿĀd and Thamud, and ʿĀd may even have been a part of Thamud's history and culture. However the 'Ad lived in the Hadramaut region of present-day Yemen, unlike the Thamud, who lived in the Hejaz region, near present-day Arabia Just as Nuh's (Noah) people were seen as the ancestors of ʿĀd, it seems ʿĀd were seen in a similar relation to Thamud.
The ʿĀad were a people living in southern Arabia.
A bit further on from the passage quoted above, the Qur'an says,
So they hamstrung the she-camel, and were insolent toward the command of their lord and said, "O Salih, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."
So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home (corpses) fallen prone.— Qur'an, Surah 7 (Al-A'raf), ayat 77-78[6]
In Surah Al-Qamar it says "Indeed, we sent upon them one shriek (i.e, blast from the sky), and they became like the dry twig fragments of an (animal) pen."[7]
Historian and scholar, Ibn Khaldun also mentions the Thamud several times in his universal history Kitābu l-ʻibar (Arabic: كتاب العبر) (the Book of Lessons) written in the late 14th century, but only in passing, seldom giving much information.
This can be illustrated by what happened among the nations. When the royal authority of ʿĀd was wiped out, their brethren, the Thamud, took over. They were succeeded, in turn, by their brethren, the Amalekites. The Amalekites were succeeded by their brethren, the Himyar. The Himyar were succeeded by their brethren, the Tubba's, who belonged to the Himyar. They, likewise, were succeeded, by the Adhwa'.130 Then, the Mudar came to power.— Muqaddimah ("Introduction"), Chapter II [8]
The Yemen, al-Bahrayn, 'Oman, and the Jazirah have long been in Arab possession, but for thousands of years, the rule of these areas has belonged to different (Arab) nations in succession. They also founded cities and towns (there) and promoted the development of sedentary culture and luxury to the highest degree. Among such nations were the 'Ad and the Thamud, the Amalekites and the Himyar after them, the Tubba's, and the other South Arabian rulers (Adhwa) . There was a long period of royal authority and sedentary culture. The coloring of (sedentary culture) established itself firmly. The crafts became abundant and firmly rooted. They were not wiped out simultaneously with (each ruling) dynasty, as we have stated. They have remained and have always renewed themselves down to this time, and they have become the specialty of that area. Such (special Yemenite) crafts are embroidered fabrics, striped cloth, and finely woven garments and silks.— Muqaddimah Chapter V [9]
A script graphically similar to the Semitic alphabet (called Thamudic) has been found in southern Arabia and up throughout the Hejaz.[10] The script was first identified in a region in north central Yemen that is known as Thamud, which is bound to the north by the Rub' al Khali, to the south by the Hadhramaut and to the west by Shabwah. The script was named after the place where it was first discovered, not for the people. Inscriptions in Thamudic come mostly from northern Saudi Arabia, but can be found throughout the Arabian peninsula.[11]
Very little information is known about the identity or the nationality of Thamud, but they are referred to as Arabs ('àrabes') in the records of the Greek Historian Diodorus Siculus.[12]
The title and description given by Photius to the Thamud indicates that they had a status similar to Qedarites who have been identified as Arabs.[13]
In 2003, Professor Jan Retsö[14] in a research in his book The Arabs in Antiquity[15] concluded that Thamudic people were Arabs.[13]
Roman historian Pliny the Elder stated the Thamūd people ("Tamudaei") and other Arabian ethnic groups lived among and nearby the city of Domata,[16] an Arabic cognate to the Biblical son of Ishmael, Dumah, whose descendants became stone-carving Edomites.[17] The change from "Dumah" or "Dumat" to "Thamūd" may be attributed to undefined vowels in written Semitic languages as well as gradual shifting of consonantal pronunciation and dialects due to time and nomadic changes in location.
After the disappearance of the original people of Thamud, Robert Hoyland suggested that their name was subsequently adopted by other new groups that inhabited the region of Mada'in Saleh.[18]
This suggestion is supported by ʿAbdullah ibn ʿUmar and Ibn Kathir who report that people called the region of Thamud Al-Hijr, while they called the province of Mada'in Saleh as Ardh Thamud (Land of Thamud) and Bayt Thamud (house of Thamud).[19][20] The conclusion that can be taken from the evidences above is that the term 'Thamud' was not applied to the groups that lived in Mada'in Saleh, such as Lihyanites and Nabataeans,[21][22] but rather to the region itself.
According to Classical Arabic sources, it was agreed upon that the only remaining group of the native people of Thamud are the tribe of Banu Thaqif which inhabited the city of Taif south of Mecca.[23][24][25]
As it was told in the Qur'an the original people of Thamud vanished.[26][27] It is suggested that the story mentioned in the Qur'an explains "they may have been destroyed by one of the many volcanic outbreaks that have formed the far-reaching Arabian lava fields."[28]


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Occupational Therapy
The expert therapists in Good Shepherd's Occupational Therapy Program are here to help you regain the skills you need to accomplish everyday tasks and to get back into your life following an injury, illness or disability.
Levels of care:
- Long-Term Acute Care
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Why clone a cat? Why clone a stupid cat? Why not just get another one? Or stuff the first one full of woodchip and old nylons, or bits of other cat, and drag it behind you with its silly feet nailed to a little wooden trolley, preferably one with broken wheels that let out mournful little squeaks every so often, just to make the whole experience more gothically depressing and drive you ever closer to the high balcony and the open window?
The most worrying thing about last week's news that a cat has been cloned by an American company seemed, at first, to be the name. You can see the cynical thinking behind calling it Genetic Savings & Clone, with its matey punning and sepia-cardiganned Jimmy Stewart feel, but, still, you just know that the man behind it, 81-year-old John Sperling, will be an evil wheelchaired genius possessed of some bizarre bodily accessory, like a gloved nose, and backed by a blond whey-eyed henchman who spends his time making scientists' deaths look like needlessly complex accidents - being hit on the head by a gargoyle while swimming off Land's End and the like - and will be played in the film by Charles Dance or Christopher Walken, depending on budget.
But more worrying was the triumphalist feel of the announcement, as if we, any of us, at all, in any way actually wanted cloned cats. Dolly the sheep was exciting. The first cloned human will be exciting, especially if it's Charlotte Rampling. And think of all the exciting animals in the world it would be fun to clone, even if only to save them from extinction - wolves, dugongs, narwhals, that brilliant little puppy thing with the huge teeth and tiny blue wings who sidles up and makes snuffling noises whenever you drink absinthe. But cats? Cloned cats? How can you tell?
Not quite sure why I hate them so much. I thought it was simply that they were unremittingly cold and snotty to me, but then I realised they were also like that, all the time, to their owners. They don't recognise their owners. They don't love their owners. They take food off their owners, and sneer at them, and spray their curtains with pee, and at night they lie on the faces of babies and steal their breath until the babies die (I think someone said), and I'm sure if I added that they also gathered round laughing with their smirking cat-faces and bloodstained paws to plot 11 September, the FBI would soon be on the case.
But it's not just the cats, it's the people who love the cats, the people giving squillions to Mr Glove-nose to clone their stinky-bottomed furballs.
People who love cats don't love people. A cat is what you have instead of friends, or fun, or an affair; a cat is what a certain type of single gal - yet not, importantly, Bridget Jones, for she was too smart and shambolic, too alive, to have a cat - uses as an emotional mirror when she comes home from her venal marketing job: and for some reason it seems to help to whisper 'Didn't spin so well today, Mimsy Frostovich', or wonder openly why she doesn't yet have a boyfriend, to a small, black, arrogant, retreating arse.
Get rid of the cats, girls! We'll never love you because of them! Get a dog!
Dogs are the business. Watching a dog enjoying walking is one of the grand little moments in life, and sometimes, wonderfully, you get the feeling that the dog, too, likes to watch you walking. A beach without a dog is just a stretch of sand. A beach without a cat?


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Planet Labs! They've already got 28 satellites in orbit and they're making available Earth imagery for... anything. Developers will be able to get access to the pictures and do stuff with it. Do crops about to become ready change in the infra-red? Probably. Valuable.
They have a gallery of recent pics. Something a bit incredible about the images being so fresh. "2 days ago."
They've raised $65MM so far. A fleet of satellites in orbit for only that. Space eh.
Thanks @ukglo for the pointer over brunch.
Spacelog! Original transcripts of early space exploration, online.
Houston, Tranquility Base here.
And the--the surface is fine and powdery. I can--
As part of the Google Lunar XPRIZE there are four private companies going to the Moon in 2015. To get the prize they have to land a robot and make it go 500m.
SpaceX isn't going to the Moon, but they are a private company doing launches and whatnot, gearing up for taking crew too. They're hiring a farmer.
This is probably because they incidentally own a farm.
But I prefer to imagine it's because the future is farmers in space, like in The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss, in which Quakers travel in a world-ship called the Dusty Miller to a planet called Reiradi on a journey thats last several generations. The book is mainly about farming and the nature of silence in which the voice of God may be heard. It's beautiful.
In my notes, I have a list of names of generation ships in science fiction I've read. Here is the list:
In Transformers: The Movie (1986) - which I understand was the final movie role for Orson Welles - there's a Universal Greeting which expresses Hello even when you don't share a language.
This is it:
Ba weep gra na weep ninny bong.
Here's a video. Try it out, let me know how it goes.


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When we set out to cover the compact digital camera landscape, we knew there would be some stylish cameras out there. But we were hardly prepared for such a good-looking and highly capable bunch. The gleaming metallic bodies, great image quality, and pocket-size convenience of most of the cameras we looked at for this roundup should push thoughts of forthcoming PDA or LCD monitor purchases far from your mind as well.
And while we wouldn't mind owning almost any of the 15 compact cameras we put through their paces for our annual digital camera roundup, our Editors' Choice for the photo-enthusiast crowd goes, hands down, to the Pentax Optio 550. Though pricey at $600 (street), it packs a ton of features into a tiny, attractive package. The competition in the less expensive point-and-shoot class was closer, but our nod goes to the Kodak EasyShare DX6340. Kodak's family of EasyShare cameras has won our consistent applause for ease of use and the amazing EasyShare software; this new entry doesn't disappoint. And the new Kodak EasyShare printer dock 6000 is yet another of Kodak's clever inventions.


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Flying to The WhitSundays
Everyone we told we were flying into Hamilton Island, told us how beautiful it was. I had my camera ready and was not disappointed! As soon as we took off we got a tour of the CBD Brisbane, and a fly over of our home.
Next we went in the clouds for around 40 minutes.
As we immerged from the clouds the beauty did not disappoint! This runway is the shortest runway in Australia and the only runway in Australia that in no circumstances the pilot can use autopilot to land.
As we landed I took a video, check it out!
So now I have hooked you with its beauty. Let me tell you a little bit about the Whitsundays. The Whitsundays are a group of 74 islands James Cook (because he wasn't a Captain at the time) named in his journal as the WhitSunday passage. Actually though, he should have called them the WhitMondays because the international date line had not been established yet, so technically it was Monday when he sailed through them.
Among the 74 islands is The Great Barrier Reef. Because you get the best of island life, and Great Barrier adventure it is a great place to see all the "pictures you see of Australia." I have yet to see Queensland advertisement that do not include WhitSundays, and most Australia advertisements for tourism have pictures of the Whitsunday islands. I will go into more about some of the islands, as I go through the pictures.
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RC: In broad terms, what are some of the major risks associated with undertaking M&A transactions? What particular issues are prominent in the current market?
Larkman: By executing an M&A transaction, a party can more quickly acquire an asset or market position than if had they done so organically. However, M&A is not a risk-free strategy as buyers can acquire unintended and potentially very damaging liabilities together with the target business or assets. Such unforeseen liabilities, if not properly mitigated, can undermine the commercial rationale underpinning the deal. A buyer should, therefore, combine thorough due diligence together with a well drafted sale agreement containing appropriate warranties and indemnities to mitigate these risks. In addition to these business risks, counterparty risk can also be an issue. This may mean that, in the absence of warranty and indemnity insurance (W&I), following a transaction a buyer cannot recover amounts it is owed for claims made under warranties in the sale agreement. This may be because a seller has become insolvent or because it is a private equity fund that has returned the proceeds of sale its investors.
Benloulou: For sellers, the major risk is typically closing certainty. To announce a deal that doesn't close can be disastrous; it can unsettle the workforce – especially in a sale to a strategic buyer – and create significant concerns for customers, suppliers and other business partners. On the buyside, an oft-present risk is overpaying, particularly for PE buyers, who typically don't do an M&A deal for many of the less 'price-sensitive' reasons a strategic may, such as entering new markets or creating cost synergies. In this market, the valuation risk has become more acute, as we're seeing more 'locked box' deals, where the purchase price is set at signing and commonplace purchase price adjustments – such as for a normalised level of working capital – are foregone, never mind earnouts or other contingent payments. All of this increases the pressure on PE buyers to stress test, in a serious way, all key model assumptions.
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"And they're off!" President Obama launched his re-election campaign today, marking what is definitely going to be a wild ride for social media in the 2012 election campaign. Obama's launch video gives the appearance of a highly grassroots support group. in essence, he is using the people to reach out to the people. An interesting move on the part of Obama campaign managers. Obama seems determined to stay ahead of the other possible candidates in the social media arena. His campaign has already launched a Facebook application and asks if you are "in". Obama also has an active Facebook page with 18,991,226 likes. His Twitter account has quite a following.
But, does this mean that social media is all about helping out Obama campaign? Not necessarily. It will be extremely important for the campaign managers of all candidates this election year to make sure they monitor social media as well as using it as a platform to distribute information. For instance, sites such as social mention can help them keep up with the sentiment about the campaign.
While simply having a social media presence gave Obama a bit of an edge in the 2008 campaign, the Obama social media campaign will prove much more of a challenge for the campaign managers. As seen from the social search above, not all of the comments about Mr. Obama are positive ones. Obama does have a good bit of influence in the social media arena (see Klout score below), but it will be very important that this influence be leveraged correctly. Otherwise, the magnitude of amplification for Obama's Tweets and updates could cost him the public's support.
We can't help but wonder, though, how candidates from the GOP will be able to also leverage social media in their favor. Several Republican politicians who are being thrown into the pool of possible candidates are also gaining Klout.
On the Republican front, the issue with social media is very likely going to be the need for a unified front. Since President Obama is the incumbent, he is the most likely Democratic candidate. In the GOP, however, there hasn't been a clearly identified front-runner yet and there may not be for a while. It will be interesting to see how this year will play out. 🙂
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Pro freedom educator James Davis tells us how traditional schools can actually damage kids brains and shows us how to avoid this. If you can't avoid sending your kids to the public school gulag he shares advice on how to lessen the impact and use the authoritarianism of the schoolmarms to show your kids how not to behave. James takes us beyond whats wrong with the system and gives plenty of workable options for opting out. He also explains why teenage rebellion ensures the survival of mankind. Check out libertychildren.com for more.


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teh awesome:
Love the brilliant song, love the brilliant video, love the combination of two awesome names with warm fuzzy connotations never before associated together. Just makes my night—no, my summer—-NO, my LIFE. Heath Ledger + Modest Mouse. It's like someone reached into my "favorites" section of my brain and just started plucking out random favorites to go together. Next it will be or "Tom Petty + Natalie Portman" or "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind + Monet""Doritos + Whitewater Rafting"…. the possible inexplicable pairings are endlessly fun to think about.
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Kings allow several season highs, making things too easy for Clippers in blowout loss
It didn't take long Tuesday's game to be memorable for Los Angeles Clippers rookie forward Jamil Wilson.
His 14 points in the first quarter were one more than his career high – for a game. Wilson finished with 17 points as the Clippers coasted to a 122-95 victory over the Kings at Staples Center.
After being tied 30-30 after the first quarter, the Clippers took control by outscoring the Kings 41-23 in the second.
The Kings have lost their last two games after winning back-to-back contests.
Willie Cauley-Stein led the Kings (11-22) with 17 points and seven rebounds.
Rookie guard Milos Teodosic had a career-high 10 assists and eight points for the Clippers (14-19), who received a lot of help from their bench. Montrezl Harrell had a game-high 22 points and Lou Williams scored 21.
The Kings' bench was outscored 72-43 by the Clippers' reserves, the most points by an opposing bench this season. The previous high was 55 on Dec. 1 in Chicago.
Here are three takeaways from the game:
It was too easy
NBA coaches like to say a team "didn't feel" them when their defense was unable to disrupt their opponent. It was that kind of night for the Kings. It showed with Wilson's first-quarter scoring.
The Clippers piled up 41 points in the second quarter and 71 points in the first half, the most the Kings have given up in a quarter and a half this season.
This wasn't an elite NBA team picking apart the Kings, it was a Clippers team playing without All-Star forward Blake Griffin and Danilo Gallinari. The Kings have to be more physical and make it tougher on opponents, especially on nights where their offense is in a rut.
The second unit is younger, so expect some inconsistency
The injury to De'Aaron Fox that put Buddy Hield back in the starting lineup along with Willie Cauley-Stein starting takes away two players who had been counted on to provide a lot of offense with the second unit.
That meant three of the Kings' primary reserves Tuesday were rookies (Bogdan Bogdanovic, Justin Jackson and Frank Mason III). Another was Malachi Richardson, a second-year guard who didn't play much as a rookie.
That's going to lead to some moments where the reserves are outplayed, like they were in the second quarter.
Run, big man, run
The game was tied at 30 after the first quarter, thanks in part to Cauley-Stein running the floor for easy baskets and scoring eight points in the quarter.
The Kings need more of that because their offense is not one that is going to be scoring a lot on most nights.
High-energy play is something that should be a given every night.
Jason Jones: @mr_jasonjones, read more about the team at sacbee.com/kings.


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[All; Zara | Sunglasses; Prada]
Ok, ye ye my whole outfit is Zara but to be honest that's really nothing new...!
Anyway, on Sunday I'd planned to go for a nice day out in a local town, a plan to go for lunch and look in the little shops, looking forward to a walk around the castle walls (because there's a castle everywhere you look in Wales basically!), with a women from work (she may be 30 years older than me but we're basically best friends HAHA!) - well fast forward to Saturday night and it turns out she's caught the bug and our plan is cancelled.. fuck.
To salvage something out of my weekend I decided to dressed up it something other joggers and a hoodie and made a last minute plan to meet my friend for a Carvery in a local pub (We've both worked there for 5 years, but I hardly ever work there now due to my new job) But, he was working there on Sunday so I caught him on his break and had a massive plate of roast dinner!
As they say 'every cloud has a silver lining) because I hadn't seen him for a few weeks and had a catch up and laughed a lot, So at the end of the Weekend it wasn't a bad few days off!
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A couple of months ago, I found myself the object of quite a few side glances from fellow Virgin Australia non-stop to Melbourne passengers.
"I know. I'm that girl," I thought to myself as I feverishly cleaned Sam and I's armrests, tray tables and little tv's (+ little corresponding remotes) with disinfectant wipes, "but there's no way I'm getting sick on vacation."
If you follow me on Instagram, you probably already know all about our recent trip to Australia and Bali. What you don't know is how desperately I tried (and failed) to stay healthy while on it. I not only attempted to keep my plane surroundings germ-free while in-flight, I pumped my body with all the vitamins, probiotics, warm lemon water and herbal tea Wholefoods had to offer (okay maybe not all but a lot).
We took these photos on our first day in Bali, which also happened to be the day I woke up with a sinus infection (insert crying emoji). Too weak for the full day of activities that I had planned (visiting a nearby temple and the famous monkey forest), I dragged myself to the poolside day-bed, clutching my book and the Indonesian cough medicine Sam had graciously found for me at the nearby grocery store. That afternoon, hunger set in and I finally managed to pull myself together and venture out for lunch in Ubud in the most comfortable yet cute item I had packed: a ridiculously soft bamboo/organic cotton Miakoda bodysuit . This sustainably made closet staple is a best-seller season after season for good reason; it's extremely well-made, one of the softest things you will ever put on your body, and can be worn countless ways. Definitely a new travel essential of mine.
Lunch at the restaurant we chose (soley based on it's abundance of hanging plants decor) turned out to be the perfect mix of freshness and flavor, including a watermelon smoothie that I plan to recreate and live on next summer. We then casually explored the nearby market and inadvertently found handwoven straw bag heaven with intricately woven rattan treasures filling every inch of entire stalls. I picked up this round, cross-body bag and had just finished transferring my belongings into it when we stumbled upon the Ubud Palace, a site that was officially under construction yet (surprisingly) open to visitors.
Now when I look a the photos we captured at the palace, I can hardly believe I'm seeing my own face looking back at me in such a magical place. My infection was gone a few days later but I'll never forget the absolute elation I felt while exploring Bali on that day – no matter how unplanned and spontaneous it ended up being. I had also been looking forward to leisurely reading poolside while on vacation, and that was the only day that I slowed down enough to do so. It's my natural tendency to always keep busy and plan every last detail, but I'm learning that slowing down and letting go sometimes can lead you to exactly where you want to be.
Bodysuit – Miakoda, Skirt – Redone, Sandals – Nisolo, Sunglasses – Dolce & Gabbana (old), Headband – Vintage scarf
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Third post on the TEDx Bountiful event. How do you know the event was a good one? When you can't stop thinking about it, that's a pretty good indication. So well done Mandy Allfrey.
I wrote here about the theme of the conference, and here about how that theme left me a little bit flat. Since I'd very much like to speak at a TED, this is of some moment. For those just joining us and too busy to click on the links, here's the crux of it:
TEDx Bountiful was on living life big ("not living life small" was the actual language). The speakers were varied, but many of them had a similar theme, that of the comeback story, the moment of realization that they were meant to live life big, so they are now committed to doing this, usually with some program that wants to become the largest nonprofit in the state of Utah, or the nation, or the planet, whichever.
A vast number of things occurred to me as I thought about this.
- I don't have a comeback story. I'm not the prodigal son. I never made a mess of my life in the first place. This probably makes me a poor candidate for speaking at TED, or at least at the TEDx Bountiful.
- There are a huge number of people in that room urging all of us to follow our muse, which seemed to mean "have a grandiose dream that you can lead all humanity toward". If we all did that, most of those nonprofit save-humanity dreams would come to nothing, because huge nonprofit enterprises need a hundred followers for every leader. So I found the message a little off.
- Most of the speakers meant "living fully" (not being afraid to do whatever you feel is the right thing to do, being joyful and happy) instead of "living big" (having a dream to be a rock star or the author of the greatest personal-progress movement in the history of earth), but the evidence presented (by themselves and by the fact that they composed the speaking lineup) was that living big means having a big worldly dream.
- Part of the reason I reacted negatively to some of the above is that, as Shakespeare would say, "I protest too much," meaning that I really DON'T live life as fully OR as big as I could, or even as I know I should. Therefore the message produced exactly the reaction it should have; it made me uncomfortable. I reacted to that discomfort in the classic way; I rejected it and blamed the messenger.
I've since sought counsel, both live and from writings from those I trust. Here's a smattering:
I think what they meant by "live big" is to not cower. Life apparently isn't meant to be sitting in a corner waiting for the apocalypse, much as I'd sometimes like to think it would be better. I didn't want to sign the book of greats any more than you did. But we both did. Likely for different reasons. Part of me believes what you've been telling me, even though I live a pretty mundane life myself.
You want to live big? You pack your schedule with as much willing work, family fun, and genuine gratitude as you can muster. You have a fantastic life, with bumps and bruises along the way – and you know it. Living big doesn't have to mean changing the whole world. I think it means filling YOUR whole world as much as you possibly can. It means not shrinking from the tasks you sign up for. It means taking your responsibilities seriously and if the responsibilities have the ability to make choices of their own, showing them how making good choices can help THEM live big.
I think you're living bigger than you see.
This couple [I spoke of] would have been the first to say they were not of much importance in this world. But the Lord uses a scale very different from the world's to weigh the worth of a soul. He knows this faithful couple; He loves them. Their actions are a living witness of their strong faith in Him.
No matter where you live, no matter how humble your circumstances, how meager your employment, how limited your abilities, how ordinary your appearance, or how little your calling in the Church may appear to you, you are not invisible to your Heavenly Father. He loves you. He knows your humble heart and your acts of love and kindness.
"Is it?…is it?" I whispered to my guide.
"Not at all," said he. "It's someone ye'll never have heard of. Her name on earth was Sarah Smith and she lived at Golders Green."
"She seems to be…well, a person of particular importance?"
"Aye. She is one of the great ones. Ye have heard that fame in this country and fame on Earth are two quite different things."
That last from The Great Divorce, one of my favorites.
So I find myself at war with myself. I have dreams, of course, like everyone, and once upon a time the thought that I would never be a famous singer/actor was unbearable. Now I can bear it with ease and no wistfulness. That ship has sailed, and I am happier than I once was. I still have some things that I want to do, but I find that I have done most of the things I really HAD to do, and the things that excite me the most are optional. I've had most of the core classes. What's left is upper-level and elective.
It works, for me, kind of like this:
Before us stands the tree of life. See it? Your whole life is there. If you want the fruit out there on the end of the rightmost branch, you can have it, by shimmying out there and plucking it. It can be had. But then go get that fruit at the top? No. There isn't time to get to both. If a life is long, you can maybe get out to the ends of three or four branches, but no one, no matter what, can possibly get out to the ends of them all. There is fruit you can't get to, not without sacrificing other fruit. You have to choose.
I chose to have a large family and to raise them in a small town in the west. To do that, I gave up a stage career, if I could have had one, which it's possible – probable even – that I couldn't have. I gave up other things, like being a doctor or a lawyer, to run political campaigns and fish. Since I have no desire to be a doctor or a lawyer, those things were easy to give up. But of course there are other things that I gave up that I very much wanted to do.
What I got instead is better than what I gave up, I believe. Often, I chose to get out on the branch I am on, but there is marvelous fruit I got on the way that I couldn't have seen from the ground. There are also branches I meant to climb that I was too lazy to get to. There are still some I could choose to climb, and that I will. Living big, as commonly presented, would mean that I went for the largest branches with the most visible fruit. But I've chosen some smaller branches, with fruit that others don't find very attractive, and I'm not going out on very many of those big ones. Even if Sir Aubrey de Grey is right and I'm going to live to be a thousand.
I have to choose to live fully, to get the best from those branches I choose to climb, and to get to that fruit that is meant for me. That may mean that I never do get any fruit that anyone else cares about. So be it. I'd be lying if I told you that doesn't bother me a little. It doesn't bother me enough for me to give up the things I've set myself to get, to become that person God sent me here to become, whether that means magazine covers (likely not) or hagiographies (certainly not) or even that nobody at all has ever heard of me. I'm supposed to not care about that, and perhaps one day I won't.
And in the meantime, I'm still thinking about the messages I heard at TEDx Bountiful, and wondering. The longer I do that, the more sure I am that what I heard was better than I let myself admit at the time.


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I'm a lover of travel who grew up wanting to see the world. In 2007 at the age of 24 I left the good ol' US of A and set out on my own to spend nearly three years living in Asia. I returned home to New York City in 2009, but the expat mindset of travel & adventure has never left me. I write about my adventures now both domestically & internationally, and dream of the day I become an expat once again.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Meet the [Korean] Parents
Well this post's subject matter isn't as entertaining as those movies were, and it doesn't involve meeting a significant other's parents - it's worse. I had to meet with the parents of one of my classes on Thursday afternoon and it was nothing short of nerve wracking.
I have a class - Frog SR-3 (I'll explain the levels in another post)- every Tuesday/Thursday from 3:20-4pm. It consists of 6 kids - Sally, Dabin, Elmo, Jennifer, Alice, Will, Harry. They're good kids overall, but they're also a handful. I think they're all about 8 or 9 (about 7 or 8 normal age) and have been coming to SLP for quite some time now. They speak pretty fluenty, but definitely need some help in the grammar areas and their writing isn't where it should be really. Our focus for this class is public speaking, and story reading. Dabin's the trouble maker... this round little kid who's got the sweetest face, but has the worst case of ADD I've ever seen. The kid cannot sit still and disrupts everyone else.
Anyway, everyone's parents show up except for Dabin's. I'm in the classroom next to my head teacher, and in front of all these moms... and to be honest, this school isn't cheap, so these are some pretty rich, well put together, gorgeous Korean women, and they all care about their children's education very intently. The entire 40 minutes is in Korean. They ask a question (in Korean) and Sally (my boss) translates and vice versa. I'm terrified to say something negative, because as this isn't a school that prioritizes education over the business revenue it gets from these kids, I want to make sure what I say will benefit the kid as well as not anger the mom and make them take their child to another Hagwon (Korean private school).
Now I've been here for two months officially, and I've picked up a fair amount of Korean. Can I make sentences? absolutely not. But I know some words, and I heard them ask where I was from, and it sounded like they were starting to criticize me - "ah stupid new yorker, how does she know how to teach kids??" Afterall, this class is easily one of my least favorite, and I don't find it very fun so how could the kids? Turns out it was quite the opposite. The parents loved me. They said my class was very fun and the kids were learning a lot and to keep it up.
Since I'm working on a staff where they will fire a teacher at random and for no apparent reason, getting a good review like that from parents is a way to stay useful and keep your job for another day. Beyond stressful though, that's for sure.
Now, next month we have open classes where the parents come in and watch us teach their pre-school kids for an hour. Man I can't wait... I think I'd rather cut off an appendage than go through this, and I have to go through it twice! yay!
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My hagwon is across the street from another SLP. Since SLP has instituted the "open-class" policy for parents/consumers, the trend is speading as we start open-classes next month too. Hagwons are difficult places of employment, if there was a solution to this dilemma, I'll let you know! In general, agree with everything, even if it doesn't make sense or comes at the last minute, use Nike's famous slogan!. If it increases job security, so don't ask or question, criticism is the envelope in every pocket! ^^++


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Loose Lips Sinking Markets?
The ECB in July 2013 published an extremely interesting paper on "The Impact of Political Communication on Sovereign Bond Spreads." Here are some highlights.
Keep in mind that, "Euro area countries are more exposed to the risk of self-fulfilling crises whereby investors generate a liquidity crisis that can degenerate into a solvency crisis."
Correcting for financial, economic and other political events, this study finds that political communication – both of a positive and negative nature – does have a daily contemporaneous effect on sovereign bond yield spreads.
Similarly, an interesting finding is that economic fundamentals appear not to have a significant influence on bond spreads in the short term, but are instead overwhelmed by statements, credit rating changes and country specific events.
Bond investors will price risk appropriately only if the realistically face a danger of default. Governments will run sound fiscal policies only if they know that they are not going to be bailed out by the euro area and that they might face higher financing costs. This debate about incentives and principles is a fully legitimate one in open democratic societies. However, it has sent a possibly destabilising message to potential investors in the bonds issued by troubled countries, namely that those bonds are not safe assets because the probability of a complete redemption was seen as reduced, and this with a perceived (semi-)official sanction. Investors have therefore demanded a large risk premium. This, in turn, may have contributed further to the fiscal problems in the peripheral euro area countries over the past two years. Policy-makers are therefore confronted with a certain trade-off between conducting open democratic debates and respecting the needs of the financial markets, reflected by the controversy over the notion of a "democracy in conformity with market needs."
This study does not find any strong empirical evidence that the amount of political communication has an impact on the level of government bond yields. Rather, our finding is that the connotation of the communication determines the type of impact on government bond yields: positive communication can lead to a compression of spreads, whereas negative communication can cause a widening of pspreads.
Communication policy would be more effective if certain principles were respected in the design and implementation of politicians' communication strategies.
At several points during the crisis, certain types of political communication may have added uncertainty rather than certainty to market perceptions about the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area, and that unconstructive and inconsistent communication can have real and tangible effects on countries, their financing conditions, and by extension, on their populations, as well as on the cohesion of the euro area.
I fear that one can safely argue that the impact of governmental change in Germany in 2009 and especially the entry of the FDP into power was not a good thing for the Eurozone.


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Survivors Haunts Planned Parenthood on Halloween/
If only the ghosts of every baby aborted by Planned Parenthood were to all suddenly
appear at once, I don't think we'd see the sun for days. It would be like storm clouds
of crying babies with their tears flooding our forsaken world.
On Halloween, The Survivors brought down the hammer on three of Planned Parenthood's locations throughout southern California, helping expose the houses of horror Planned Parenthood runs in many of these communities.
This is part of The Resistance against Planned Parenthood! Planned Parenthood is running roughshod in the state of California thanks to politicians like Governor Jerry Brown, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and California Attorney General Kamala Harris who give support and refuge to these murderers. While Planned Parenthood's presence has thankfully decreased in numbers throughout the country, sadly California is the exception.
Survivors organized over 60 people to come out to their first annual Haunting Planned Parenthood protest event, carrying a huge #PPSellsBabyParts sign which activists rotated in a six corner intersection at its first of three stops, and then displayed it on an overpass at the second stop.
Other props and signs included white ghost balloons representing the souls of the babies killed by the abortion giant and a price list of baby parts carried by SURVIVORS Co-Founder and Director of Operations Cheryl Conrad who also wore a Planned Parenthood baby parts technician costume complete with the PP logo on her medical scrubs.
At the first of the three stops, one security guard had ordered a little girl to not lean on a short wall he identified as Planned Parenthood property. Survivors Founder and Executive Director Jeff White proceeded to engage in a passionate conversation with the security guard telling him, "You are protecting people who murder babies and God will hold you accountable for participating in all of this!"
We captured one of the most poignant moments of the event as we photographed three year old Ezekiel, a local area boy who attended one of the protests with his mother. Ezekiel, who had been in danger of being aborted not too long ago, held a sign that read, "Abortion will haunt you," decorated with ghosts and holding his ghost balloon.
Conrad's idea of the balloon ghosts was a terrific way to draw attention to the protest and pro-life messages and signs the group brought to these Planned Parenthood facilities.
White also helped lead chants of "Planned Parenthood… kills babies!" and "Death happens here!" in response to the ridiculous banner posted outside the Pasadena Planned Parenthood that read 'Healthcare Happens Here."
The Pasadena location is where Planned Parenthood's Dr. Mary Gatter, the one that made the infamous "Lamborghini" remark in one of the Center for Medical Progress undercover baby parts videos, performs her dastardly work. There is no doubt she could not ignore the chants given the many strong voices of the group outside Gatter's house of horrors.
Until we can shut down Planned Parenthood once and for all, Survivors hopes to make the 'Haunting Planned Parenthood' event an annual one and encourages other pro-life groups across the nation to join us. Halloween lends itself to expose the practice of abortion given all of the imagery of death and mayhem associated with the holiday.
If only the ghosts of every baby aborted by Planned Parenthood were to all suddenly appear at once, I don't think we'd see the sun for days. It would be like storm clouds of crying babies with their tears flooding our forsaken world.
While pro-life activism like Haunting Planned Parenthood has a measure of fun, we take seriously the pain and sorrow caused by the abortion giant who mercilessly kills the unborn, hurts their mothers and continues to have a stronghold here in the state of California.
Survivors also commemorates the Mexican feast day of Day Of The Dead with our Hispanic communities to honor the memory of all of the babies aborted not just today, but every day of the year. Sadly thanks to Planned Parenthood, every day is a 'day of the dead' with them. It's time to stop #PlannedParenthood now!
Rey Flores is part of the Survivors and The Resistance team and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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weera said…
Congratulation phors.!
..good the best to you..
..good the best to you..
Happy Always said…
Beautiful...Congratulation to you..:)
chea sophea said…
Congratualation Phors.
kaksekor said…
congratulation, little phors!!!
KK@111 said…
Congratulation!!!! what did you do to that photo? That would be better if you don't put that yellow spot on it.
Anime Samantha said…
That's a very cute pic of u.. Congratulations :p


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struct elem user; // this is correct
In the above piece of code we are getting an error for the first declaration. But this error doesn't occur with a C++ compiler. In C++ we don't need to use the keyword struct again and again.
So why doesn't anyone update their C compiler, so that we can use structure without the keyword as in C++ ?
Why doesn't the C compiler developer remove some of the glitches of C, like the one above, and update with some advanced features without damaging the original concept of C?
Why it is the same old compiler not updated from 1970's ?
Look at visual studio etc.. It is frequently updated with new releases and for every new release we have to learn some new function usage (even though it is a problem we can cope up with it). We will also get updated with the new compiler if there is any.
Don't take this as a silly question. Why it is not possible? It could be developed without any incompatibility issues (without affecting the code that was developed on the present / old compiler)
Ok, lets develop the new C language, C+, which is in between C and C++ which removes all glitches of C and adds some advanced features from C++ while keeping it useful for specific applications like system level applications, embedded systems etc.


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Can I use robots to encourage physical training in elderly people? This question is Matures Maya (Mama Metric), head of Southern California University Center for Robotics (University of Southern California Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems).
A group of scientists decided to offer retirees, along with a robot to perform simple physical exercises. Have you found 70 volunteers. Twenty people are living in welfare centers, in the age of 60 years. Others live at home, but also already in retirement. For therapy, physical therapy sessions with the robot coach participants in the experiment are divided into two groups. One group will repeat the movement for a coach, the other robot on the contrary, what and how to move. See how it happens.
This is very similar to the game. But these games for older elderly people can do far more good than bridge or dominoes.


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{I had a super busy weekend and was unable to post for day 9, 10, and 11 of #Write31Days. My church hosted a youth meeting and I kept 6 people in our tiny apartment. It was an amazing weekend but also extremely exhausting!}
So enough excuses. Today I'm sharing about the most miraculous salvation story I've ever heard! My friend Christa told me about it over the weekend. This is going to be a pretty short post, but you will finish reading it with no doubt in your mind that God is REAL! So here is the story...
A man was on a swim team and one of his teammates often talked about becoming a Christian to him but he just had no interest. I'm not sure how long this went on but it sounds like his friend was pretty persistent.
So after hearing about Jesus for however long, this young man went to practice diving one evening at the pool. He was all alone and the moonlight shining in through the windows provided enough light that he didn't turn on the lights. He was going to do a backwards dive and as he raised both hands up to prepare to dive he saw that his shadow formed a cross and suddenly he had an overwhelming feeling to get down on his knees and pray!
This man gave his life to God on that diving board! Soon after a janitor walked in and asked what he was doing. Unbeknownst to this young man, the pool had been drained earlier that day. If he would've dove off that board he most likely would have died. And he realized even more how REAL God is!
This story just gives me chills and is such an amazing reminder that God is always there. He always knows where we are. If we reach up to Him He will always reach down to us. He is never going to leave us hanging without an answer. HE IS SO GOOD!
This is day 12 of the #Write31Days Challenge, to view more challenges click here. For a complete list of my posts in this challenge, click here.


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Consensus Report
Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change (2016)Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concludes it is now possible to estimate the influence of climate change on some types of extreme events. The science of extreme event attribution has advanced rapidly in recent years, giving new insight to the ways that human-caused climate change can influence the magnitude or frequency of some extreme weather events. This report examines the current state of science of extreme weather attribution, and identifies ways to move the science forward to improve attribution capabilities.
Confidence is strongest in attributing types of extreme events that are influenced by climate change through a well-understood physical mechanism, such as, the more frequent heat waves that are closely connected to human-caused global temperature increases, the report finds. Confidence is lower for other types of events, such as hurricanes, whose relationship to climate change is more complex and less understood at present. For any extreme event, the results of attribution studies hinge on how questions about the event's causes are posed, and on the data, modeling approaches, and statistical tools chosen for the analysis.
Watch the video archive of the report release briefing here.


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The prediction feature of BREIN transfers the latest fit results and spectra to an internal CODE instance. This can be used to do various kinds of computations, based on the properties of the pane that was investigated last.
In a similar way the new 'Inspection' mechanism re-loads historic fit results (and the spectra that were used to obtain these numbers) to a separate CODE instance. This can be configured to let the operators verify the fit results and try what happens if some parameters were modified.
For details please see the updated documentation (page 55 at the moment).