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Why Do I Go Through Tests And Hardships All The Time?
Channel: Reda Bedeir
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He said that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, I entered.
And when I entered, I heard some noise. Somebody moving in there, I said, Who is this? They said this has
been to minhang
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sees a woman in general.
What's the story of that woman? Subhana Allah.
When we read in the history of Islam,
we find out that this woman is the embodiment of patience, and acceptance of the color of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
She was married
to somebody by the name of Miley.
And when Islam came, she was from Al Ansari, she accepted Islam. And once she accepted Islam, she invited her own hospital to Islam. And she said to him, how can you worship a God that somebody
made out of wounds?
Don't you have common sense?
And the man said to her Listen, Mohamed Salah, came with a religion that prohibits alcohol and I cannot stop drinking. And he refused. And he asked me to join him and go to Belarusian, and to emigrate, and she refused. And he went there and he passed away. He passed away.
So many men proposed to her.
And she used to refuse them
he proposed to her and he was gonna listen.
And she said to him,
Muslim.
She said, you cannot be refused, but you're a Muslim.
This is my daughter.
he came to her and he said, can I marry you? She said yes.
Then that was the best doubt in the history of Islam, because it was the conversion.
You know, into Islam.
And so parent Allah, Allah subhanho, wa Taala, bless them with a child.
And once they have that child,
and he told her take care of the child.
the child passed away,
he was very young.
do not tell my husband when he comes back about the death of our child, I'll be the one who will inform him. And when he came back from traveling, look at the woman, she lost her child. She beautified herself, she just
and she cooked food for her husband. And she washed the money of the kids. And she put him in bed.
He asked.
She said to him, he's in bed, and he's sleeping. He will never move again. That's again, it's a metaphor. She doesn't want to tell him he died.
Then the man said to themselves, as long as he's asleep, I'm not gonna wake him up. And he ate dinner with her
so much.
And he slept with her.
And then in the morning, of course, he would love to see the child.
Then before he went to sleep,
she told him
If we bought something from our neighbors, and they came back to claim it, how would you react to that?
It's there's parlance
our return.
I have my son
and I would be sleeping with you are enjoying food.
I will go and I will complain to the profits.
And he went to the profits. And he told him the story. And the Prophet says Selim asked him
Did he sleep with your wife last night?
And I said yes.
subhanho wa Taala bless that night for you both insha Allah and his wife became pregnant. And within nine months when the prophets of Salaam was Joan was going out.
his wife
felt the pain of the labor of delivery.
Allah subhana wa tada
all of whom memorize the Book of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
Brothers and sisters. Why did I start my football with this story?
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look at all of us today. The reason I started this story, because all of us here and the speaker is not an exception. We're all going through hardships. If you
Student you might be struggling between work and study. How would you find the freelancers to stay away from, to pay for your tuition, if you're a married couple, you're going for a lot. If you have a wife, or a husband who's sick, if you have marital problems, if you miss somebody, if you lost a loved one, this is dunia. And we all go through a lot. But the question is, how can we? How can we take
and understand the meaning of
when it hits you when you go through a hardship? To whom should you go
a lemon?
Allah subhanho wa Taala
so number 15, number 15.
You need to go run rush to Allah Why? Because whatever you need, yes, it's only when Allah because Allah subhana wa tada mention in the ledger. So number 15, number 21.
Allah subhanho wa Taala says in the surah
whatever you might be asking for Allah
inexhaustible treasures have everything
you need maybe
if you want something from
because today, when we have a problem, we resort
to the end of the list.
Allah according to say a Muslim
goes into a hardship and it's so difficult. No one can help him. He used to rush to salon, what salon?
You go to talk to him and you go to suit you.
Have no one except you. So it's only it's only through Allah, that we can have all our problems solved. How can we know about Allah? We can only know about Allah through the book of Allah subhanho wa Taala through the book of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Can I ask you to move forward but I don't have to repeat this because there are lots of brothers. And now you're stopping by flow of information. Can you please move? That's the command by Allah everybody. Everybody moves please.
Sisters also.
So Allah subhana wa tada told us, the manual, the manual for human being is the book of Allah, through which you can fix any problem in your life. Because Allah subhanho wa Taala described the poor at the very beginning of the first sort of
guidance, if you want to go through this life, and achieve success in this life and the life to come, it's only
and this is the only way and this is the only way and this is why let me take you into a short journey in the remaining minutes of this football, you know, to answer some main questions. When you go through difficulties, you start questioning yourself. Why is this happening to me? I'm a Muslim,
Muslims outside, they have a mind what's wrong
is in your understanding. You need to go back to the Quran because you think
If Allah
gives you a lot in this dunya is pleased with you. And if Allah doesn't give you what you want, then there is something wrong with you know corrects your misconceptions by studying the Quran. Let's understand the following question, what is the meaning of life? How many lives Shall we live? gives? Does it mean that he's pleased or takes away from you? Doesn't mean Ally's displeased with you. Let's answer these questions quickly. How does a lie test me in this life? And why does a lot just me? And how should I take the test from Allah subhanho wa Taala Let's start by asking the first question, what is the meaning of life? And how many lives Shall we live? In the Quran? Always when
you read you will notice that Allah subhana wa tada is talking about two lives
and this worldly life and in the Hereafter, but Allah subhanho wa Taala explained the meaning of this dunya in certain Howdy, so number 57 number 20. And he started by a C'mon,
you need to learn this, you need to go and study this. understand the meaning of this dunya it's nothing but play and entertainment was enough ornament those children, those cars, those houses, you're gonna leave them are they gonna leave you at a point of time?
You most things that Allah has given you the the job the degree
and you try to increase in wealth and children but Allah subhanaw taala but this is the life look at the analogy Allah subhanaw taala is giving us
it's like a lot of rain that comes down and brings crops and then the farmers would like to see these crops
Subhanallah after you see these crops, after you have your children Mashallah growing up, after you have lots of money, what happens to this dunya look at those plants, they start withering, and then they become wood.
So what remains is what's gonna happen on the Day of Judgment. What are you going? Where are you securing your place?
Save us Oh, does it look carefully the ending of the woman
who wrote this word the Alliance is nothing but delusion. And look at this ayah it explains this very clearly in the Koran. How can we imagine dunya
Allah subhana wa tada in Surah number 23
i a 112 and 113 Allah subhana wa tada will ask us on the Day of Judgment.
me when Allah subhanaw taala would asked us on the Day of Judgment, how long have you lived in
your mind?
Your answer?
you're at yours in this dunya will look like a day on the Day of Judgment
for one day,
not sure we have so much stuff what today we feel you Today we cannot give. Now. It could be less than a day.
You know, we have no idea.
They were writing down everything.
That's this word of the life holding on to this sort of your life. So what is the real life? The real life? Allah subhana wa tada answer this question in sorted line kaboom. So number 29 and number 64, Allah subhanho wa Taala talks about the two lives
loss of
life is nothing but entertainment and playing
Andrea life is the hereafter.
If they really know, you need to know this,
you will see your life as a clip of a few seconds. And you will say I only lived for one day or even less. So which one deserves to be worked for? Imagine, on the day of judgment. Not now we're going to make that statement in software.
Judgment.
We're gonna say on the Day of Judgment, I wish I have provided something for my life.
You're standing in front of a lion. But this is too much regret. You can say now, because you still have a chance. But at that moment, you're saying Yeah, like, it's regret, when regret is of no value. So say now, why does a lot this doesn't this dunya so what's the meaning of life? In this dunya Allah explained to us many times in the Quran, you read it in certain capsule number 18. Number seven, Allah subhanaw taala said, in
all what you see in this dunya cars, houses, spouses, children, whatever, it's all it's gonna go, it's gonna leave you in the dunya. Or you're gonna leave it behind, and you're gonna go to the grave. We have a body with us today, we're gonna pray on that. Remember that? All of us are leaving. So Allah subhanho wa Taala said, it's a test, who's gonna pass the test? Are you from accelerometer? Who will be the best when it comes to the quality of their deeds, the good deeds, same meaning in Surah, number 76. Started in
Italy, we created man out of a mixed subpanel Ah, you know, like it's a piece of blood, if you see it. And this is the mixture of the egg and the sperm. It's disgusting. This is our beginning. This is our beginning. Allah said why he summed it up in one word, inevitably, this life is a test. This life is not eternal. You have to pass the test. You have to take the test. But you need to understand the meaning of the test. And how can you pass the test? This is why Allah subhanaw taala said, again,
the same meaning, and so number 67. And number two,
you're not existing, then he brought you to life.
How does this happen? Let's go to certain bacala I have 155 Allah Subhana Allah confirm by saying,
indeed, we will test you, you need to understand this study the book of Allah gives you the answer to everything that's happening in your life.
just some fear, because
if a lot of us with fear, we will be all on the graves now. But unless there's
some fear, and some anger. So these are the forms of the test, go and study them when a person
was fraud. So Allah Subhana Allah says,
Allah subhanaw taala will test you and your health and your loved ones and your jobs. So this is life, whatever the life claims, man, it's already his and this is why
after this
Bury me, when the test comes when you're sick when a loved one of your
loved ones, when you lose your job, what do you notice anything in this dunya remember, in
a law center
What is the meaning of patient for the patient people, those who insane when the calamity hits them right away.
Many a time we say that, but it's only in observers. We never mean we never feel it when you say it means that some
has one mother, that Father that Allah has taken is his. He's the one who gave him or her to you, and he has the right to take them back. So you should say and mean it.
And everything that was given to me belong to Allah, it does not belong to me. So when Allah takes it back, I should be content with the color of Allah and I say we're in your own, whatever is left me or anything else that Allah will live with me now. We're returning, we're going back to Allah subhana wa Taala was then the result.
Allah will praise You.
Allah will show you with His mercy. Where will he go home with?
What's the purpose of your life? Do you want guidance? Who did
you go to the Quran? You will get the guidance and you will accept the cutter of Allah subhanho wa Taala akufo
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Why should one know Mohammed another Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam?
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Lima de la sojourn. Some of us would ask
after we know that this life is a test and we know the forms of the test. But they still ask why it doesn't like us.
Allah subhanho wa Taala answer the question the Quran many times and because of the tightness of time I can share all of them, but I'll share two of them with you.
Allah subhanho wa Taala and slaughter room. So number 38, number 41. Last part Allah said, the hidden facade of El Barrio as you can see, you know, corruption has been widespread in land and see
why the mecca submit ins Allah explains. It's not as they follow your mother nature, Allah said because of what we do.
Because of our sins, yes. And Allah right after that said, you did go home Baba, lady, Amira, Allah subhana wa tada is making us the results, the consequences of what we do, why?
It's a wake up call
from you, takes your job. He's the one who gave it to you. Would you say?
Yes, I'm sorry for what I've been doing. I'm sorry for my mistakes. I'm sorry that I am transgressing my limits with you. I'll come back to you. Many times, some of us when we lose a loved one, we go back to Allah. When we go into a car accident, then we lose. We are in the hospital, then we remember Allah but when we have everything, you know what we say? I'm very smart. I made all of this. I don't need your Salah because I have everything explained this. And so number 96 was law. Number 14.
When you have everything you feel like I don't need a law. No, you cannot live. You cannot live without Allah subhanaw taala you cannot breathe without Allah subhanaw taala you cannot sleep and wake up from sleep without Allah subhanho wa Taala you gotta go to work unless Allah gives you the hell. So we need to understand what a lot is us. It's a wake up call.
Wake up, stop sinning. Come back to me.
Number two,
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi salam told us in the lie that
if tala Allahu Akbar, it's a sign that Allah Subhana.
Allah loves you. He will keep testing you. Isn't this amazing? So just feel happy when you go through a test. There was a woman, you know who is married. And after 40 days, she told her husband, let's go. Let's go to the ma'am. I want to take I want to get a divorce. And he asked her, why do you want to have a divorce? Did I do anything wrong? She said, No. Am I not fulfilling my duties as a husband? She said, No, you're okay. But I need a divorce. And while they were walking, the man stumbled into a rock and one of his toes started bleeding. Then she said, You know what, let's go back home. I'll keep you as a husband. They said Why? Why did you want to divorce me at the
beginning. She said, I have been living with you for 40 days, and you have never been tested. I was afraid about you're a man. Now that a lot has to do. I'm going to I'm going to keep you as a husband. So Panama. Compare this to what happens in our life today. So we need to understand the following. I'm going to conclude with a very nice statement by Armando de la Hwan.
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What joy and hidden treasures have you found on your bicycle in Minneapolis this Summer?


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Q: How do I apply a color map to a plotly histogram based on a bin's x-values? I would like to replicate the below matplotlib graph with plotly, but how can I color the histogram bars based on the x values (dates)?

A: *

*assuming you have a dataframe that has date and count columns

*have constructed one from a random normal dict for demonstration purposes

*create an additional column that categories the dates.  Have used color

*then it's simple to use *Plotly Express to generate figure you want

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import plotly.express as px

# fmt: off
df = pd.DataFrame({"date": pd.date_range("23-jan-2022", "1-apr-2027", freq="M")})
df["count"] = pd.value_counts(pd.cut(np.sort(np.random.normal(0, 0.1, 2000)), bins=len(df)), sort=False).values
df["color"] = np.select(
    [df["date"].lt("1-jan-24"), df["date"].lt("1-jan-25"), df["date"].lt("1-oct-25")],
    ["blue", "yellow", "orange"],
    "red",
)
# fmt: on

px.bar(
    df,
    x="date",
    y="count",
    color="color",
    color_discrete_map={
        "blue": "blue",
        "yellow": "yellow",
        "orange": "orange",
        "red": "red",
    },
).update_layout(xaxis={"dtick": "M1"}, showlegend=False)

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Cross-cultural learning: one Saudi student's experience at USD and beyond
Name: Metaeb Alohali
Country: Saudi Arabia
Major: Electrical Engineering
Languages: English, Arabic
I am Metaeb Alohali (far right above photo) from Saudi Arabia. I study Electrical Engineering and am in my junior year. I chose USD because I have always dreamed to come to San Diego when I was in high school. Two of my uncles have studied in the 80's in San Diego, and from what I heard from them, it is heaven on earth. When I looked at the schools in San Diego, USD was my first option. I choose my major because I have always been passionate about math and sciences, and thankfully I still enjoy it. Since I entered USD, my social life has changed in several aspects. First, I get to meet people from all over the world and become friends with them. Having diverse friends made me think differently and better understand different cultures and religions. Second, I enjoyed joining the executive board members of the Muslim Students Association, Saudi Students Association, and the club of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers also known as IEEE.
Last semester, Fall 2014, the OISS at USD hosted the "A is for Arab", a traveling exhibit that examines stereotypes about Muslims and Arabs in pop culture. The brilliant guest speaker Dr. Mietek Boduszynski (far left in above photo), a political science professor at Pomona College and former US diplomat in Albania, Kosovo, Japan, Egypt, and Libya, was invited to make the key-note speech. What made Dr. Boduszynski's experience so special was that was in the Middle East during the Arab Spring; moreover, he was assigned to Libya when the tragic assassination of the US ambassador to Libya happened. At the exhibit Dr. Boduszynski spoke about his experience, some facts about the Arab world and clarified some of the wide spread stereotypes about the Arabs. After his speech, I had a great chance to chat with him and he asked my Arab friends and me to meet personally with his students at Pomona as part of his Middle Eastern Affairs class.
We visited his class in March and I made sure to choose a diverse group of students to go there, so that his students would hear different experiences and political views. Jamal Jamal from Kuwait (Muslim-Shia), Huda Kahin from Somaliland (Muslim-Sunni), and myself (Muslim-Sunni). Jamal and I first began speaking about our countries and the Arab Spring for about 10 minutes. Then, the students started asking all of us questions about politics, religion, culture, and so on. They asked smart and deep questions that indicate they have a very good knowledge about the Middle East. The students seemed very eager to meet Middle-Eastern students and get a personal view about the Middle East. Students asked questions about the current political events in Saudi Arabia and the region and our views about them. They also asked how we view our conservative culture and whether we agree with it or not. They had a little misconception between our conventions and the governmental rules in Saudi Arabia; for example, they asked why every Saudi girl that studies abroad has to have her brother or father with her. The reason is not because their families won't let them, but because the government won't give them scholarships.
It was a really great opportunity to go there and speak about my country and answer questions they thought were taboo about religion, culture, and the government. I was told that there are no Saudi students in Pomona College, so for some of the students I was the first Saudi they ever met which made me feel honored.
Studying abroad in US for me is a really good chance to learn about the American culture in particular and other cultures in general. Though, to me, studying abroad alone is not enough to get a good knowledge about a certain culture, it's also important to make friends with people from different backgrounds and hang out with them. Since I came to the US, I learned so much about different cultures and eliminated the stereotypes I had. Also, engaging with different people makes me more open-minded to try diverse habits and behaviors that are not in my culture. Fortunately at USD, I rarely find stereotypes about Saudi's. The majority of people I met at USD are well educated and have knowledge about the outside world. Another factor is there a lot of Saudi students who study at USD which made it easier for me to introduce or clarify things about my culture. Also, San Diego is an open and diverse city, therefore, the community is less vulnerable to believe stereotypes that are spread in the media and often discriminate against Arabs and Muslims. All in all, I will never be able to explain my experience in the US in couple of hundred words, but it is absolutely a joyful and successful part of my life that I will never forget.
-Metaeb Alohali
This entry was posted in Undergrad Experience and tagged Culture, Engineering, Saudi on May 15, 2015 by jafshar.
Experiencing International Style, Culture
To see more pictures of the 30th Annual ISO Expo and Cultural Fashion show, click here.
From Inside USD – The University of San Diego's deep appreciation for international culture is tried and true. Whether it's the 16th century Spanish Renaissance-inspired architecture, immersion trips beyond the nearby U.S.-Mexico border, opportunities for all students to study abroad, or having international students here on an exchange program or as full-time undergraduate and graduate students, USD takes internationalization seriously.
On Friday night, April 24, USD's international emphasis will remain serious, but it will be seriously fun, too. From 7-10 p.m. in the Hahn University Center Forums (ABC), USD's large space will present the campus community with one of most enjoyable evenings of the year — the 30th annual International Expo and Cultural Fashion Show.
"I'm looking forward to seeing the crowd and their enthusiasm toward the event," says Claudio Trespalacios, a junior double major in business administration and environmental studies from Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. He's president of USD's International Student Organization (ISO), which means on Friday, he's the event's master of ceremonies. He'll also enjoy the free international buffet available to all.
"I'm very excited about all of the food we're going to have. This is one night where you can eat Italian, Mexican and German food at the same time in the same place. It's great!"
Many come for the delicious food, but be sure to stay and enjoy a wonderful, energized evening of entertainment courtesy of international music performers and the student fashion show. During the latter, USD students, many representing their home country, take pride in modeling native fashions on the runway.
"It's my first time to walk in the fashion show so I'm really excited to represent Syria," says Katherine Saado, a junior international business major who was born and raised in Dubai, but is half Syrian and half Filipino.
Saado said the chance to wear, with pride, Syrian clothing, is extra special given the current state of affairs there.
"These past few years have been huge devastation and whirlwind for my family and I. We have our relatives in Syria who we've worried about every day since the war. Syria will get the peace it needs, at least that's what I'm hoping for. … So, with everything going on in Syria and the bad news we hear every day, it will be nice to celebrate the country on a more light and happy occasion at the Expo. It's one night where we all celebrate our pride and belonging to our countries and constant hope for the better in our struggling countries."
Oftentimes, international and American students model by wearing the fashion of a different country from their own. It's a chance to gain a new perspective and show appreciation for another's culture in a public setting.
This event annually brings out the best in USD alumnus, Greg Grassi, who earned psychology and Spanish degrees in 1999. These days, Grassi is the associate director for the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) and ISO adviser.
"This event shows that internationalization has been on the radar at USD for a long time," says Grassi, noting the event's milestone year. "This will be my seventh Expo as ISO adviser and, even in that time, I have so many great memories of the show from dynamic performances to students proudly representing their countries."
Grassi's longtime appreciation for the event includes being an annual model participant (pictured, right). He's represented Afghanistan, Japan and Kuwait in the past.
"I will be modeling for Morocco," he says. "I'm fulfilling a promise to an exchange student from last year. She recently sent me the clothing from Morocco."
The inclusive and diverse representation — more than 30 countries will be showcased on stage — is a testament to the international students who attend USD.
Trespalacios said the initial transition from his small town near Mexico City to San Diego and the Southern California lifestyle was a big change, but he's settled in now: "It takes some time to adjust to the culture, but USD is a very welcoming community and there are incredible resources for international students at the International Office (Serra Hall 315), so the transition is not as bad. It's also a once-in-a-lifetime experience so I try to get full advantage of all of what USD offers."
Trespalacios' ISO presidency is a great leadership opportunity. "One of my favorite experiences has been to serve on the International (Student) Welcome team at orientation. It was a week full of craziness and a lot of work, but helping other international students with this important transition is very satisfying. Plus, you get to meet an incredible amount of people you would never imagine you'd meet."
Saado adjusted well to USD, too, through her immediate connection to ISO.
"I hadn't realized how huge the ISO was until I attended all of the events planned out for the freshmen. As a freshman coming from really far away, you definitely come in with all of these concerns and fears of blending in. But ISO is where I met most of my friends and you gain confidence from meeting people from all other organizations on campus. Growing up in a very diversified country like Dubai and having parents from different countries, it brought me to just understanding and appreciating so many other cultures. All of my friends now are just so international. I love it."
She thoroughly enjoyed a study abroad trip to Paris — "my experience studying abroad was beyond what words can express," — to complete a French minor requirement.
And like study abroad, Friday provides the entire campus community with a sample of international culture all without leaving campus. One can meet new people, taste different foods, hear new music and see traditional and beautiful fashions.
"It's a chance to honor our international student population and to show that we value the contributions of our international community," says Grassi. "Plus," he adds tongue-in-cheek, "I think students just enjoy seeing what I'll wear each year."
Get ready for a fun evening, Toreros — international style!
This entry was posted in International Student and Scholar Features and tagged Culture, Dance, Food, Internationalization, ISO, Music, OISS on April 28, 2015 by jafshar.
Marta: Juggling Sports, School, and Friends the Right Way
Name: Marta Stojanovic
Major(s): Behavioral Neuroscience
Language(s): Serbian, English, German, Italian, and a little Spanish
Marta is photographed here (third from the left) with her teammates
"Hi everyone! My name is Marta and I am from Serbia. I am a junior and I am majoring in Behavioral Neuroscience. I speak five languages which are Serbian, English, German, Italian and a little of Spanish. I am also a student-athlete and I received an athletic scholarship to play tennis for the University of San Diego. Serbia (well, Europe in general) does not have a system in which athletes can both play their sport and study at a university. You have to pick between the two. That is why I decided to come to a university in the United States where I am able to play tennis competitively and study in a great academic institution. I decided to come to University of San Diego because of the great tennis program, strong academics, and a beautiful weather. Not only I enjoy playing tennis and studying at USD, I get to send pictures of me tanning at the pool in February to my jealous friends that are freezing back home. I think I made a pretty good choice!
Being a student-athlete and an international student at USD definitely creates a unique experience. I had to face all the challenges of coming into a different culture and learning a new system, but also the challenges of being a student-athlete and managing sports and school.Even though it was and still difficult at times, I have learned so much and would not change this experience for anything. I have learned to manage my time and be more efficient. I have learned to utilize the resources that are plentiful here at USD. People here were very helpful, from the professors, athletic department to the members of the International Student Organization (ISO).
The International Harbor Cruise 2014
Many international students are not used to asking for help but I think the available resources are one of the greatest advantages of USD. What I value the most from this experience are all the great people I have met. I have never thought that I will be in contact and become friends with so many people from different countries and cultures. At the beginning it took some time to adjust to the diversity of USD but I believe that has made me more aware of the differences and similarities between people. I was lucky to be on the tennis team which consists of mostly international student-athletes. We all go through a similar experience which connects us and enables us to help each other. They are like my family away from home. We plan trips over the summers, in the US and all over the world, and I believe that even in 10 years we will have reunions somewhere in the world and visit each other. I was fortunate enough to be part of athletic community and international community here at USD which made this experience unforgettable.
Living in the United States is very different from home. Not only the culture and people are different, but the system as well. Everyone here is very friendly. Not saying that people in Serbia are not friendly but just different kind of friendly. There were a lot of things that I needed to learn from scratch: from writing essays in English, to getting used to large portions of food (except in the SLP during dinner). It also took me a while to realize that I am supposed to hold the door for the person behind me even though they might not be that close. It took a lot of adjustment but I think this experience as an international student prepared me for many things in the future and I feel I could be thrown anywhere in the world and I would be able to survive. However, I believe that I am not the only one when I say that I miss a lot of things from home too: the food, the people, my favorite coffee place, my own room, but most of all my family and friends. It is harder for international students to travel back home as often because it is usually far away and more expensive. I get to see my family only once a year. It was the hardest at the beginning but as time passed it got easier, even the goodbyes at the airport. It probably makes it easier that I am usually very busy over the day and I do not have a lot of time to think about home. I spend my day going from classes to practice back to classes again. And then the rest of the day I usually try to catch up on homework and readings. I know, it is not that exciting. Over the weekends I try to do something fun for myself like going to the beach, watching a movie or hanging out with my friends.
My plan for the future is to go to graduate school for neuropsychology. I will probably apply to schools in the US and in Europe. I know where I want to end up but the path that will take me there is uncertain. I am excited to see what lies for me in the future."
-Marta Stojanovic
This entry was posted in Undergrad Experience and tagged Academic Success, Athletics, Culture, English, German, Italian, Neuropsyhcology, Serbian, Spanish on March 27, 2015 by jafshar.
USD Earns Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization
From Inside USD – The University of San Diego's dedication to internationalization — as a successful initiative for students' experiential learning, as a formidable enhancement for liberal arts education and an opportunity for students around the world to come and study in San Diego and flourish — has earned mainstream recognition.
The National Association for Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA): Association of International Educators announced on Feb. 24 that USD is one of five recipients of the Sen. Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization.
"It's a thrill to have USD selected for our achievements, across the university, toward comprehensive internationalization," said Denise Dimon, USD's associate provost for international affairs. "The Simon Award is considered the gold standard of internationalization and the universities selected by NAFSA, this year and in previous years, have initiated very creative, meaningful and sustained activities toward this goal. It is very exciting and an honor to have USD included with these other institutions."
Mount Holyoke College, North Central College, University of Delaware and the University of Virginia join USD as award winners in this specific category.
"USD is very proud of the enormous progress we have made to create and expand innovative programs that provide members of our campus community with enriching global experiences in nearly 50 countries across the globe," USD President Mary E. Lyons, PhD, said. "We are committed to the goal of graduating men and women who are truly global citizens with the competencies to navigate our world well."
Comprehensive internationalization consists of such areas as student mobility, faculty expertise, curriculum development, co-curricular activities, international partnerships and collaborations, leadership at the highest levels and governance structures to support all of these efforts.
"Achievement in these varied activities clearly involves the entire campus community and moves us toward our ultimate goal of providing education to develop effective, thoughtful and caring globally citizens," Dimon said.
Named for the late Illinois Senator Paul Simon, NAFSA's Simon Awards recognize outstanding and innovative achievements in campus internationalization. From the innovative use of technology to expanded English language and support systems, the 2015 Simon Award winners reflect a broad diversity of approaches to campus internationalization, both in terms of models and implementation.
"We are proud to present NAFSA's 2015 Simon Awards to these colleges and universities that have excelled in expanding global learning for students and scholars," said NAFSA Executive Director and CEO Marlene M. Johnson. "This year's Simon Award winners are outstanding models for how higher education across the country can and must innovate to prepare our graduates for success in today's increasingly complex and interdependent world."
This is the second time USD has received a Simon Award. In 2011, USD earned the Paul Simon Spotlight Award, given for a specific international program or initiative contributing to comprehensive internationalization. That honor recognized the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice's Women PeaceMakers Program, an annual fall endeavor that brings four courageous and impressive international women leaders to campus for eight weeks to share their stories with peace writers and the public, meet women from other countries doing incredible work, and to be recognized for their tremendous efforts.
Institutions selected for the Simon Awards will be featured in NAFSA's report, Internationalizing the Campus: Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities, to be published this fall, and honored at an event in Washington, D.C. during International Education Week in November.
This entry was posted in International Student and Scholar Features and tagged Academic Success, Culture, International Center, Internationalization Award on February 24, 2015 by jafshar.

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Why These Bison in California Were Put on Birth Control
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This is a story about bison, Hollywood, and a glycoprotein.
A rocky outpost off the coast of Los Angeles, Santa Catalina Island was originally home to exactly zero bison. In 1924, however, when the island was owned by William Wrigley Jr. of chewing gum fame, a film crew imported 14 buffalo for a movie shoot. The crew left; the bison did not. The finished film, The Vanishing American, contains exactly zero scenes with bison.
As it goes, the drama happened offscreen. Fourteen bison multiplied to a peak of 600. They trampled; they stomped; they knocked over fences to keep out deer, another invasive species that thrived on the island. After Wrigley died, his heirs created in 1972 a conservancy to preserve the island's natural habitat—which may have been a quixotic cause by then because, on top of buffalo and deer, the island was also overrun with goats and pigs.
But bison were the thousand-pound problem on the island. Culls that sent the bison to livestock auctions were stopped after a public outcry. The conservancy began sending some animals to Native American reservations, but the transfer was costing as much as $100,000 per year. In 2009, they tried a new strategy, one that was a lot easier than forced buffalo relocation.
"You get close enough, and then you just pop her in the butt," Carlos de la Rosa, then conservationist at the Catalina Island Conservancy, told the Wall Street Journal in 2009. De la Rosa was describing a birth control vaccine called PZP, or porcine zona pellucida. Made of a glycoprotein derived from pigs' eggs, PZP stimulates the immune system to create molecules that latch onto the bison's own eggs to prevent fertilization. Female bison were rounded up and injected for the initial vaccines, but subsequent doses were delivered via long-range dart gun.
According to a recently published study in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, the PZP has been working great. Last year, just one baby bison was born, appropriately named "Uno." The vaccine even wears off after a couple years and seems to have no ill effects. Catalina's conservancy plans to keep up the birth control experiment, maintaining the herd at around 150 to 200 animals.
PZP has been used elsewhere in the wild, too, notably to manage elephant herds in a South African national park and wild horses in the American west. In each of these cases, human intervention had turned the animals loose, allowing them to thrive where they otherwise wouldn't. Only more human intervention can keep them from running wild.
A view of the harbor in Santa Catalina Island
In Santa Catalina Island, the humans need the bison, too. Despite being far from a natural presence there, the animals are a major draw for tourists. The charisma of these bison is why simply killing them won't fly—even if it means the surviving ones would no longer starve—as well as why getting rid of them all is certainly not in the conservancy's best interest.
The conservancy did, however, kill the goats and pigs that also once ran roughshod over the island. Deer remain a problem because their hunting is capped by the state's Department of Fish and Game. When the bison birth control program began in 2009, the WSJ interviewed one island resident who opposed the conservancy's efforts to return Catalina to nature—or its idea of nature. "You had something special," he told the paper. Without all these animals, natural or not, he said, the island would be like any other place in Southern California. [Wall Street Journal-KCET]
Photos courtesy of Catalina Chamber of Commerce
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Wat Phra Kaeo (), wörtl.: Tempel des Smaragd-Buddha, offizieller Name Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram, ist der Tempel des Königs im alten Königspalast in Bangkok.

Die wichtigsten Bestandteile

Die Gebäude südlich der Oberen Terrasse

 Die Kapelle des Smaragd-Buddha (Thai: Phra Ubosot) – hier ist die Hauptattraktion, die den Smaragd-Buddha beherbergt.
 Der Smaragd-Buddha sitzt auf einem vergoldeten Thron, der bereits während der Regierungszeit von König Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I.) hergestellt wurde. König Phra Nang Klao (Rama III.) fügte unter dem Thron noch eine zusätzliche Basis ein, so dass der Smaragd-Buddha jetzt in der luftigen Höhe von 11 Metern thront.
 Er ist umgeben von zehn Gekrönten Buddha-Statuen in der Handhaltung "den Ozean aufhaltend". Sie wurden Mitgliedern der Chakri-Dynastie der ersten bis dritten Regierungszeit gewidmet.
 Vor dem Smaragd-Buddha befindet sich Phra Samphuttha Phanni (), eine Buddha-Statue in einem ungewöhnlichen Stil, die im Auftrag von Prinz Mongkut (dem späteren Rama IV.) erschaffen worden war, als er Abt im Wat Bowonniwet war. Sie sollte eine astrologische Berechnung und eine Reliquie des Buddha beherbergen.
 Der Thron wird von zwei etwa 3 Meter großen, stehenden Buddha-Figuren flankiert. Sie wurden von König Phra Nang Klao (Rama III.) im Jahre 1841 erschaffen und den beiden ersten Königen der Chakri-Dynastie gewidmet. Auch sie haben die Handhaltung "den Ozean aufhaltend" (auf Thai: Ham Samut), sie sind vergoldet und mit Edelsteinen verziert. Die Figur, die nördlich vom Smaragd-Buddha steht, bekam den Namen Phra Phuttha Yotfa Chulalok ("der Buddha, der über dem Himmel und der Krone der Welt ist"), die südliche Phra Phuttha Loetla Naphalai ("der Buddha, der der beste der Erde ist und im Himmel erscheint"). Der König erließ daraufhin, dass sein Großvater (König Rama I.) von nun an den offiziellen Namen der nördlichen Statue tragen solle, und sein Vater (König Rama II.) den Namen der südlichen Figur.
 Die Wände sind vom Boden bis an die Decke mit hervorragenden Wandgemälden bedeckt, die Szenen aus dem Leben des Buddha zeigen. Auf der Ostwand ist z. B. die Versuchung des Buddha dargestellt, und wie er mit Hilfe der Erdgöttin Mae Thorani die Dämonen in magischen Fluten ertränkt. Die Westwand zeigt die buddhistische Weltsicht, die "Drei Welten" (Traiphum), mit dem Berg Meru im Mittelpunkt.
 Die hohen Türen mit wertvollen Perlmutter-Einlagen wurden ebenfalls in der Regierungszeit von Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I.) in einem Stil hergestellt, der in der alten Hauptstadt des Königreiches Ayutthaya üblich war.
 Die sechs Eingänge zum Ubosot werden von sechs Paaren von Bronze-Löwen im "Khmer-Bayon-Stil" bewacht. Das erste Paar wurde auf Geheiß von König Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok aus Angkor (Kambodscha) nach Bangkok gebracht, die anderen wurden nach dieser Vorlage kopiert.
 Der Phra Ubosot ist umgeben von einer niedrigen Mauer, der Juwelenmauer (Kampheng Kaeo), in die kleine Türmchen für die 8 Bai Sema (Grenzsteine) integriert sind.
 Außerhalb der Mauer befinden sich in regelmäßigen Abständen 12 Sala Rai, luftige, offene Pavillons zum Ausruhen, die schon in der Regierungszeit von König Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok erschaffen wurden.
 An der südlichen Querseite steht ein Hor Rakhang, ein Glockenturm (siehe dazu: Wat).

Die Obere Terrasse mit 4 Hauptmonumenten

 Phra Sri Rattana Chedi – Die Goldene Chedi ist ein Reliquienschrein, sie soll ein Bruchstück vom Brustbein des Buddha enthalten. Sie wurde nach dem Vorbild der drei Chedis des Wat Phra Si Sanphet in Ayutthaya erschaffen.
 Phra Mondop (Aufbewahrungsort für heilige Palmschriften). Ursprünglich befand sich an dieser Stelle ein Hor Trai (Bibliotheksgebäude) im Ayutthaya-Stil, welches zum Schutz vor Ameisen in einem kleinen Teich stand. Noch während der Regierungszeit von König Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok wurde dieses Gebäude durch den heutigen Mondop ersetzt.
 Prasart Phra Thepbidorn – königliches Pantheon mit lebensgroßen Statuen der früheren Herrscher der Chakri-Dynastie.
 Miniaturmodell von Angkor Wat, in Auftrag gegeben von König Mongkut, aber erst zur 100-Jahr-Feier im Jahre 1882 fertiggestellt.
 Zwei Gold-Chedis flankieren den östlichen Treppenaufgang zur Terrasse. Sie wurden von König Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I.) zu Ehren seines Vaters und seiner Mutter erbaut. Zur 100-Jahr-Feier im Jahre 1882 wurden die Karyatiden ergänzt (siehe Foto). Die haben zwar das Aussehen von Dämonen, tragen aber eine thailändische Krone. Sie sind Figuren aus dem Drama Ramakien nachempfunden.
 Ebenfalls zur 100-Jahr-Feier ließ König Chulalongkorn (Rama V.) vierzehn Statuen mythologischer Wesen nach Vorbildern aus der Zeit von König Phra Nang Klao (Rama III.) nachgießen (siehe Foto). Diese Wesen bevölkern nach altem Glauben den Himaphan-Wald ("Schnee-Wald"), der sich an den Hängen des mythologischen Berges Meru, dem Zentrum der Welt, befindet (siehe dazu Weblinks unten). Neben diesen vergoldeten Figuren sind noch viele weitere Nachbildungen von Fabeltieren auf dem Gelände des Tempels zu finden.

 An den vier Seiten der Bibliothek stehen vier Monumente der Königlichen Insignien (Phra Borom Ratchasanyarak), die Sinnbilder für die Könige der Chakri-Dynastie enthalten. Die ersten drei Denkmäler wurden von König Chulalongkorn (Rama V.) zur ersten Hundertjahrfeier von Bangkok 1883 in Auftrag gegeben. Das vierte im Nordosten der Bibliothek wurde im Auftrag von Prinzessin Maha Chakri Sirindhorn zur 200-Jahr-Feier von Bangkok erbaut. Die Denkmäler stehen auf einem rechteckigen Marmorsockel, auf deren Seiten Inschriften an die jeweiligen Könige erinnern. Nur zwei Denkmäler enthalten die Symbole für einen einzigen König (im Südosten für Mongkut, im Südwesten für König Chulalongkorn), in den anderen sind an den verschiedenen Seiten die Symbole verschiedener Könige zu sehen. Rund um die Monumente stehen zahlreiche Bronze-Skulpturen von Elefanten, die die weißen Elefanten der thailändischen Könige repräsentieren.

Nebengebäude (nördlich unterhalb der Oberen Terrasse)
 Hor Phra Nak ist heute das Mausoleum der königlichen Familie. Es wurde ursprünglich erbaut, um den Phra Nak, eine Buddha-Statue zu beherbergen, die aus der alten Hauptstadt Ayutthaya gerettet werden konnte. Nak ist der thailändische Name für eine Legierung aus Gold und Kupfer.
 Viharn Yod – in diesem Viharn ist heute der Phra Nak untergebracht.
 Hor Phra Monthien Dharma (Handschriftenbibliothek)

Östlich der Oberen Terrasse

 König Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I.) ließ östlich des Ubosot acht Prangs errichten. Sie wurden jeweils einem wichtigen Element des Buddhismus gewidmet. Und zwar (von Nord nach Süd): dem Buddha, dem Dhamma (der buddhistischen Lehre), dem Sangha (der Gemeinschaft der Mönche), den  Bhikkhunis (den buddhistischen Nonnen), den Pacceka Buddhas (Buddhas, die zwar die Erleuchtung erlangten, die aber nicht das Dhamma predigten – siehe Theravada), den Chakravartins (universelle Weltenherrscher, die nach buddhistischem Regeln herrschen), den Bodhisattva, und dem Maitreya Buddha (Thai: Metteya, dem zukünftigen Buddha).

Der Phra Rabieng

 Die Galerien (Phra Rabieng) umgeben wie ein Kreuzgang den gesamten Tempelbezirk. Auf den Wänden ist das Ramakien dargestellt, das große hinduistische Epos über den Gotthelden Rama und seinen Sieg über das Böse. Die Geschichte wird auf insgesamt 178 Feldern in zahlreichen Einzel-Episoden erzählt. Die von König Chulalongkorn bearbeiteten Gedichte zu diesem Epos sind auf Marmortafeln geschrieben, die in die Pfeiler gegenüber den jeweiligen Bildern eingelassen wurden. Obwohl die Wandgemälde bisher schon viermal restauriert wurden (zuletzt 1982), sind sie doch immer noch ein Beispiel klassischer thailändischer Malerei. Achtung: die Geschichte beginnt nicht etwa am Eingang, an dem die Touristen den Tempel betreten, sondern neben dem Nordeingang, gegenüber dem Viharn Yot.

Historisches
Als Chao Phraya Chakri, der zukünftige König Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I.) die neue siamesische Hauptstadt aus strategischen Gründen auf die östliche Seite des Mae Nam Chao Phraya (Chao-Phraya-Fluss) verlegen wollte, gab es dort bereits seit mehr als 100 Jahren die Tempel Wat Potharam (heute Wat Phra Jetuphon, Wat Pho) und nördlich davon Wat Salak (heute Wat Mahathat). Das Gelände dazwischen war sehr sumpfig und musste erst trockengelegt werden. Die Bewohner, eine Siedlung von chinesischen Kaufleuten, wurden "gebeten", ihre Geschäfte in die sog. "Gärten" vor der Stadt (das heutige "Sampheng") zu verlegen.

Am Sonntag, dem zehnten Tag des zunehmenden Mondes im Jahr des Tigers, im vierten Jahr der Dekade Chunlasakarat 1144, also im Jahre 2325 buddhistischer Zeitrechnung, morgens um 6:54 Uhr wurde eine Zeremonie der "Grundsteinlegung" (Setzen der Stadt-Säule, auf Thai: Lak Mueang, gegenüber dem Grand Palace) durchgeführt. Nach der Gründung des Grand Palace wurde König Phutthayotfa Chulalok am 10. Juni 2325 in einer königlichen Zeremonie offiziell zum König gekrönt. (Zitat von einem Gedenkstein vor der Stadtverwaltung in Bangkok).

König Phutthayotfa Chulalok baute im östlichen Teil seines neuen Palastes einen neuen Tempel für den Smaragd-Buddha. Er nannte diesen Tempel "Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram", auf Deutsch etwa "Der Tempel des heiligen Juwels (des Gottes) Indra", von den Einheimischen wird er heute kurz "Wat Phra Kaeo" genannt, also "Tempel des Smaragd-Buddha". In einer feierlichen Zeremonie wurde der Smaragd-Buddha am 22. März 1784 von Thonburi in seinen neuen Tempel gebracht, wo er noch heute verehrt werden kann.

Literatur
 Naengnoi Suksri: The Grand Palace, Bangkok. Bangkok 1999, ISBN 974-8225-48-8.

Weblinks
 Zur Mythologie:
 Himaphan-Creatures ist eine hervorragend ausgearbeitete Site, die sich nur mit den mythologischen Fabelwesen der thailändischen Kultur beschäftigt (engl.)
 Historische Handschriftenbücher über die Tiere des Himalaya, eine Erläuterung von Prof. Jean Boisselier

Buddhistischer Tempel in Bangkok
Provinz Chiang Rai
Kultur (Thailand)
Buddhistischer Tempel in Asien

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Oblivion Blu-ray review
By Ced Yuen 2013-08-13T15:39:03Z Feature
A little guy potters about on an abandoned Earth. It's not WALL-E: it's Tom Cruise, left behind after the planet got beaten up by aliens. But did that really happen? As he starts asking questions, he's led on a studio tour of sci-fi tributes.
There are some seriously creepy robots, possibly descendants of R2-D2 and Robocop's ED-209. Elsewhere, a canyon dogfight is lifted from Star Wars. The threat of The Terminator. The eeriness from Alien. 2001. Total Recall. Moon. This film borrows heavily.
It's also unashamedly cliché, with Cruise's antics best described as one last amnesiac conspiracy.
But that doesn't stop Oblivion from being impressive and really rather enjoyable. This cocktail is heady enough – we don't mind if it tastes a little familiar.
This is a considered blend of sci-fi that doesn't feel the need for constant explosions. It's hard not to smile as Cruise collects scraps of civilisation in the shadow of derelict landmarks.
Moments like these really help to build a sense of isolation, making all the more effective those times when it comes to making some noise. And then Oblivion really doesn't hesitate.
Action sequences are nicely varied, alternating between eerie on-foot missions and aerial acrobatics with a very cool plane.
They're also carefully paced, punctuating quiet passages with short blasts of mayhem. Less is definitely more in this case, and Oblivion can be genuinely thrilling.
The film may be lacking in originality, but it's refreshingly competent. We'll gladly take a bit of 'derivative' over another smash-fest that subjects you to 20 straight minutes of camera shake.
And if you're looking for a new test disc, you've just found it: Oblivion is a sensory delight.
The bleak, post-apocalyptic planet allows for some gorgeous cinematography. Long, sweeping shots of valleys and ruins offer plenty of opportunities to test your system's detail resolution and motion handling.
The soundtrack is even more impressive. Sound effects are stunning in DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, especially when it's a futuristic jet in a nuclear thunderstorm.
Elsewhere, there's an effective bit of electronica from M83, clearly inspired by Daft Punk's brilliant score from Tron: Legacy.
Admittedly, there's not a single thing here that you've not seen before. But Oblivion is a solid slice of premium sci-fi, and those are hard to come by.
This is one of the best discs we've seen this year. Get it now.
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"Live" M83 Isolated Score
Feature Commentary with Tom Cruise and Director/Story Writer Joseph Kosinski


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Welcome back and sorry it's been so long since my last post! Today I'm talking about a very special time of year. A time when (for the most part) people are a little more friendly to each other… when adults (like myself) turn into big kids again… I'm talking about Christmas!
This year, I had been completely overlooking Halloween to get to this moment. Like a General, I had my plan of attack on decorating for Christmas. Sometimes (in my house), decorating for Christmas feels like a war zone. We have acquired so many decorations over the years, it's almost too difficult to find a good starting place. Last night, I put on my all time favorite Christmas movie, "A Christmas Story" and put up my village to match (as seen above). It's a pretty great start!
In closing, the reason why I start getting Christmas out so early is because we have so much of it that it takes a while. I've never been able to have it completed before Thanksgiving. For the past couple of years, Amber and I have been on a quest for lazy December where we basically loaf around and watch Christmas movies while eating snacks lol. For now, that pretty much wraps it up for my part 1 edition of Christmas 2011. Be sure to check back this month and next month because I'll be posting quite a bit! I'll be talking about music, movies, decorations, candy, cookies, A Christmas Story House, anonymous Grinch gifts, Bronners, and more!
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The Easy Assembly kits seem to have their roots in pre-painted display models, so they are designed to be built with as few parts as possible and the minimum of glueing and assembly time - all of which also makes them ideal beginners' construction kits. At the heart of this is a very unusual approach to the main airframe parts. In this case, there is a one-piece hollow fuselage top and sides, which clips firmly to an integral wing/fuselage bottom, again moulded as a single piece. The fit is good and the joint at the wing root is cleverly hidden. The moulds necessary to produce these parts must be quite complex and it's surprising just how much detail has been included. Inevitably, there's some down-side for the sake of simple assembly - here the cowl rings don't extend to the underside and the wing's trailing edge is rather thick (although, to be fair, some other kits in the range have excellent, thin trailing edges). The La-7 includes optional 2- or 3-gun noses and exterior detail is a mixture of engraved panel lines, some crisp raised details and a rather heavy fabric effect for the control surfaces.
As you'd expect with such a simple kit, interior detail is very basic with just a floor and seat, there not even being a control column. The instrument panel is blank and moulded integrally with the fuselage. On the plus side, the undercarriage has delicate legs and doors with some interior detail. The mainwheels have some neat hub detail, but exaggerated tyre treads. The tailwheel plugs into a neat little bay with the doors moulded open.
The propeller is cleverly designed with a metal shaft to allow it to rotate and the whole unit can be added after the main painting is finished.
The canopy a little thick, but very clear and has well defined frames. A neat touch for beginners is that it has large location tabs which mean it can be clipped in place with no risk of clouding it with styrene cement. The downside is that these tabs cause a little optical distortion.
1. "White 23", Capt. P. Ya. Golovachev, 9th GFAR.
2. "White 27", Kozhedub 176, GFAR.
The captions are reversed, compared with the illustrations, but the decals included seem to be good quality - thin and glossy with minimal carrier film and printed in excellent register.
Hobby Boss's La-7 is an ideal kit for newcomers or youngsters, as the assembly will be quick and easy, resulting in a colourful and attractive model. As such it makes a perfect introduction to aircraft modelling. Experienced modellers could add a lot more detail to make it the basis for a little gem of a kit or, alternatively, just treat it as a cheap fun build to get the creative juices flowing.
Highs: Cheap, well moulded and very easy to assemble.
Lows: Some simplified detail in places.
Our Thanks to Creative Models!


Last week, I posted about the fascinating Chakra system. If you missed that one, then read my previous blog 'Lets talk chakras' here to familiarize yourself a bit.
Today I share with you some insight about Chakra number one, namely the Muladhara chakra also known as the Root chakra. The location of this spinning vortex coincides with the perineum at the base of the spine. It revolves around qualities of foundation, grounding, security, stability and nourishment.
Clearly, this chakra number one forms the support system, a firm grounding for the proper functioning of the chakras above along the system. If we have poor boundaries or an improper foundation, then the building with he floors above the ground floor may not be as stable.
There are many reason as to why this chakra spins out of balance. It could be childhood trauma, or lack of security in the area of growing up, not a very good relationship formed with the family and its roots and so on. Without grounding and foundation, we lose orientation of ourselves and there is always an underlying fear of the rug beneath us being tugged away.
As the famous Ernest Holmes says , faith is a belief that something good will happen and fear is a belief that something bad will unfold. So if we can replace unreasonable fear with reasonable faith, we might just get a hand around this chakra one, the Muladhara chakra. Fear is what holds many of us back and keeps up from progressing in our lives.
If we are constantly fearful, then we are constantly vigilant about our external environments and we lose touch with our inner self. We also retract and build a high wall around us, stagnate and can never grow. Hence it is important to go out there, enjoy life a little, explore new activities and build confidence slowly and step by step. Take charge of your own life and move forward gracefully.
The Muladhara chakra support growth and development. Only if the layers of the ground floor are stable, can we tread successfully along the higher levels of this beautiful system.


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import unittest

from libsaas import port, xml
from libsaas.executors import test_executor
from libsaas.services import googlespreadsheets
from libsaas.services.base import MethodNotSupported

class GoogleSpreadsheetsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):

    def expect(self, method=None, uri=None, params=None, headers=None):
        if method:
            self.assertEqual(method, self.executor.request.method)
        if uri:
            self.assertEqual(self.executor.request.uri,
                              'https://spreadsheets.google.com' + uri)

        self.assertEqual(self.executor.request.params, params)

        if headers:
            self.assertEqual(self.executor.request.headers, headers)

class GoogleSpreadsheetsXMLTestCase(GoogleSpreadsheetsTestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.executor = test_executor.use()
        self.executor.set_response(
            b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><root/>', 200, {})
        self.service = googlespreadsheets.GoogleSpreadsheets('my-token')

    def test_worksheets(self):
        # XXX this fails with lxml compiled against some libxml versions with:
        #    ValueError: Invalid tag name u'gs:colCount'
        # so disable the test for now
        if hasattr(xml.etree, 'LXML_VERSION'):
            # unittest doesn't have skip on Python 2.6...
            return

        create = {
            'entry': {
                '@xmlns': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom',
                '@xmlns:gs': 'http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006',
                'title': 'testing',
                'gs:rowCount': 50,
                'gs:colCount': 10
            }
        }
        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheets('v', 'p')
                                        .create(create.copy()))
        self.expect('POST', '/feeds/worksheets/key/v/p',
                    params=xml.dict_to_xml(create))

        update = {
            'entry': {
                '@xmlns': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom',
                '@xmlns:gs': 'http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006',
                'title': 'updated',
                'gs:rowCount': 40,
                'gs:colCount': 15
            }
        }
        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p')
                                        .update('v1', update.copy()))
        self.expect('PUT', '/feeds/worksheets/key/v/p/id/v1',
                    params=xml.dict_to_xml(update))

        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p')
                                        .delete('v2'))
        self.expect('DELETE', '/feeds/worksheets/key/v/p/id/v2', None)

    def test_rows(self):
        # XXX this fails with lxml compiled against some libxml versions with:
        #    ValueError: Invalid tag name u'gs:colCount'
        # so disable the test for now
        if hasattr(xml.etree, 'LXML_VERSION'):
            # unittest doesn't have skip on Python 2.6...
            return

        create = {
            'entry': {
                '@xmlns': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom',
                '@xmlns:gsx': 'http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006',
                'gsx:a': 7,
                'gsx:b': 'G'
            }
        }
        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p').rows()
                                        .create(create.copy()))
        self.expect('POST', '/feeds/list/key/id/v/p',
                    params=xml.dict_to_xml(create))

        update = {
            'entry': {
                '@xmlns': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom',
                '@xmlns:gsx': 'http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006',
                'gsx:a': 10,
                'gsx:b': 'G',
                'gsx:c': 14
            }
        }
        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p').row('row')
                                        .update('v1', update.copy()))
        self.expect('PUT', '/feeds/list/key/id/v/p/row/v1',
                    params=xml.dict_to_xml(update))

        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p').row('row')
                                        .delete('v2'))
        self.expect('DELETE', '/feeds/list/key/id/v/p/row/v2', None)

    def test_cells(self):
        # XXX this fails with lxml compiled against some libxml versions with:
        #    ValueError: Invalid tag name u'gs:colCount'
        # so disable the test for now
        if hasattr(xml.etree, 'LXML_VERSION'):
            # unittest doesn't have skip on Python 2.6...
            return

        with port.assertRaises(MethodNotSupported):
            (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p').cells()
                                            .create({}))
            (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p')
                                            .cell('cell').delete('v1'))

        cell = {
            'entry': {
                '@xmlns': 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom',
                '@xmlns:gs': 'http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006',
                'gs:cell': {
                    '@inputValue': '=SUM(A2:A3)',
                    '@row': '5',
                    '@col': '1'
                }
            }
        }
        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p').cell('R5C1')
                                        .update('v1', cell.copy()))
        self.expect('PUT', '/feeds/cells/key/id/v/p/R5C1/v1',
                    params=xml.dict_to_xml(cell))

class GoogleSpreadsheetsJSONTestCase(GoogleSpreadsheetsTestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.executor = test_executor.use()
        self.executor.set_response(b'{}', 200, {})
        self.service = googlespreadsheets.GoogleSpreadsheets('my-token')

    def test_spreadsheets(self):
        self.service.spreadsheets().get()
        self.expect('GET', '/feeds/spreadsheets/private/full',
                    {'alt': 'json'})

        with port.assertRaises(MethodNotSupported):
            self.service.spreadsheet('key').get()

        self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheets('v', 'p').get()
        self.expect('GET', '/feeds/worksheets/key/v/p',
                    {'alt': 'json'})

        self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p').get()
        self.expect('GET', '/feeds/worksheets/key/v/p/id',
                    {'alt': 'json'})

        self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p').rows().get()
        self.expect('GET', '/feeds/list/key/id/v/p',
                    {'alt': 'json'})

        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p')
                                        .rows().get(reverse=True))
        self.expect('GET', '/feeds/list/key/id/v/p',
                    {'alt': 'json', 'reverse': 'true'})

        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p')
                                        .rows().get(sq='height>100'))
        self.expect('GET', '/feeds/list/key/id/v/p',
                    {'alt': 'json', 'sq': 'height>100'})

        with port.assertRaises(MethodNotSupported):
            (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p')
                                            .row('row').get())

        self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p').cells().get()
        self.expect('GET', '/feeds/cells/key/id/v/p',
                    {'alt': 'json'})

        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p')
                                        .cells().get(min_col=2, max_col=4))
        self.expect('GET', '/feeds/cells/key/id/v/p',
                    {'alt': 'json', 'min-col': 2, 'max-col': 4})

        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p')
                                        .cells().get(min_row=2, max_row=4))
        self.expect('GET', '/feeds/cells/key/id/v/p',
                    {'alt': 'json', 'min-row': 2, 'max-row': 4})

        (self.service.spreadsheet('key').worksheet('id', 'v', 'p')
                                        .cell('cell').get())
        self.expect('GET', '/feeds/cells/key/id/v/p/cell',
                    {'alt': 'json'})

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Home Breaking News Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad
Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad
Lithuania and Poland, the EU countries bordering Russia's territory of Kaliningrad, say they are worried at reports that Moscow has deployed nuclear-capable missiles there.
Both countries issued statements of concern.
Russia has not confirmed the report but insists it has every right to station missiles in its western-most region.
Moscow has long threatened to move Iskander short-range missile systems to Kaliningrad in response to the United States' own European missile shield.
Russia sees the missile shield as a threat to its nuclear deterrent.
It was one of the biggest sources of confrontation between Moscow and Washington during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin.
President Barack Obama tried to "reset" relations with Russia, and the shield system was revised – but it survived in a different form and continued to antagonize Russia.
Lithuania and Poland are worried at reports that Moscow has deployed nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad
The US insists that the missile shield is not aimed at Russia but designed to defend Europe from attack from "rogue states" – assumed to include Iran.
A Russian defense ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, did not confirm the report – in the German newspaper Bild – that the Iskander system had been deployed to Kaliningrad.
But he did say: "Iskander operational-tactical missile systems have indeed been commissioned by the Western Military District's missile and artillery forces," adding that Russia's deployment "does not violate any international treaties or agreements".
The Western Military District includes parts of western and north-western Russia, including the Kaliningrad exclave, which is separated from Russia proper and wedged between Poland, Lithuania, and the Baltic Sea.
The Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on Monday that the missiles had already been stationed in the area for more than a year.
Lithuania's Defense Minister Juozas Olekas said: "I am worried about signals that Russia is about to modernise missile systems it has deployed in Kaliningrad.
"Further militarization of this region, bordering the Baltic states and NATO, creates further anxiety, and we will be watching the situation there closely."
The Polish foreign ministry said: "Plans to deploy new Iskander-M rockets in [Kaliningrad] are worrying."
It added that such a deployment "would contradict effective Polish-Russian co-operation, in particular with respect to this region, and undermine constructive dialogue between NATO and Russia. We will raise this topic in our bilateral contacts with the Russian side."
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Divorcing couples are faced with a variety of difficult, often overwhelming decisions about the future of their family.
How can I still be the best parent to my children?
Where will I live? Where will my children live?
How will we divide everything we have?
How much child support and alimony will I pay/receive?
In divorce mediation you and your spouse approach these issues as a problem you can solve, rather than a battle you may or may not win. In mediation you have the ability to make these decisions without breaking the bank or leaving you or your children emotionally devastated.
Divorce mediation is based on the belief that divorcing spouses are best-suited to make the decisions divorce requires for their family. With the help of a neutral mediator, a divorcing couple can sit down together to work through the terms of a fair divorce settlement.
More control. You and your divorcing spouse can use common sense to make your own decisions according to your own standards of fairness. The process helps keep emotions separate from necessary decision making.
Creative solutions. Brainstorming and working through different scenarios with the mediator allow you to come up with solutions that are best-suited to your own unique family situation.
Better long-term relationships. Working through problems and making decisions together in mediation will improve your communication and reduce conflict with one another in the future.
Better parents. Developing better communication and reducing conflict with your ex-spouse will allow you each to focus on being the best parents you can be for your children.
Private and confidential. Honesty and openness are crucial pieces of the process. All parties are required to agree to complete confidentiality before mediation begins. Nothing said in the mediation room can be used if you end up in court.
Studies have proven couples who mediate their divorce have better communication and a better co-parenting relationship with their ex-spouse than those who litigate. Even more importantly, couples who mediate are more actively involved in their children's upbringing and have better long-term relationships with their children (Center for Children, Families and the Law at the University of Virginia, Emery, 2001).
Mediation starts with a free one-hour session where you are able to learn about the process, ask any questions you have and determine whether or not you feel comfortable using Erin as your mediator.
We meet in two hour sessions to work through all parenting and financial issues until a settlement is reached. Sessions can be scheduled as close together or as far apart as you choose. The number of sessions required to reach a settlement varies depending on the level of conflict as well as the complexity of the parenting and financial matters involved. A "typical divorce" can be settled in three to five working sessions, or about 90 days total.
Less time in mediation is required when both parties come prepared with all required financial documentation, when both partners have similar incomes and when the conflict level is relatively low. Typically higher conflict couples require more time in mediation, as do complex financial situations such as a jointly owned business.
Asset and Liability Division. Everything you have accumulated during your marriage will be fairly divided between you. This includes real estate, furnishings, vehicles, retirement assets, credit card debt, student loans, etc.
Spousal Support/Alimony. If your income levels differ greatly, or if one of you has put your career on hold to care for your children, one of you may need to pay spousal support temporarily until financial independence is achieved.
Parenting Time. Will the children live mostly with one parent or split their time equally between you? You will leave mediation with a parenting plan outlining which days of the week the kids will live with each of you. A detailed holiday scheduled will be included in the plan as well.
Parenting Plan. The parenting plan contains details about your children's education, medical care, time with extended family, discipline and anything else you wish to include. As children grow and their needs change the parenting plan may need to be revisited.
Child Custody. Will you share joint legal custody of your children? Legal custody concerns major decision making for your children, access to school and medical records, etc.
Child Support. Depending on how you share parenting time and your income level, one of you may need to pay the other a set amount each month to cover your children's expenses. Another option involves keeping a separate account to be used for the children's' needs that each of you contribute to monthly.
Once the two of you have have agreed upon the terms of your settlement, the mediator will draft your Memorandum of Agreement that spell out the details in simple, easy-to-understand language.
The last step in the process is having the Agreement transferred into the Joint Petition, which will then be filed with the court. Erin works with an attorney who charges a very reasonable flat fee to draft the Joint Petition. If you have minor children, you will need to attend a brief default hearing before the divorce is finalized. If you do not have minor children, the court will perform an administrative review of your agreements before you divorce will be final.
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United Nations, United States, Sep 22 – Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe did not mince words at the United Nations Thursday about Donald Trump, mocking the US president as the "Giant Gold Goliath."
Addressing the UN General Assembly, where reproaches of other leaders are generally less personal in tone, the 93-year-old veteran leader took Trump to task both on policy and appearance.
"Some of us were," Mugabe said, pausing for emphasis, "embarrassed, if not frightened, by what appeared to be the return of the biblical Giant Gold Goliath."
"Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?" he asked, triggering applause in the hall as two junior US diplomats listened expressionless.
"And may I say to the United States president, Mr. Trump, please blow your trumpet — blow your trumpet in a musical way towards the values of unity, peace, cooperation, togetherness, dialogue, which we have always stood for and which are well-writ in our very sacred document, the Charter of the United Nations."
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The Internet's Top 100 Bullying Sites Directory
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Bullying Online
Help and advice for parents & children who are tackling bullying. We explain, step by step, how to tackle the problem and what happens if you take legal action
http://www.bullying.co.uk
Pupiline
Pupiline's purpose is to offer a place for young people to get peer support, and information from other young people on issues that matter to them and are important to them.
http://www.pupilline.net
To eliminate bullying in our society by supporting individuals and organizations to take positive actions against bullying through the sharing of resources, and to guide and champion them in creating non-violent solutions to the challenges and proble
http://www.bullying.org
Bullying at School Information
SCRE's involvement in issues of bullying stem from research conducted in the 1990s into bullying in schools and the effectiveness of various approaches to its prevention. Details of this research are available in the two Spotlight briefing papers.
http://www.scre.ac.uk/bully
Success Unlimited
Tim Field shares his insight with training seminars and books on workplace bullying
http://www.successunlimited.co.uk
DfES: Don't Suffer in Silence
Bullying hurts and you don't have to endure it. If you are on the receiving end of bullying, there are many things that can be done to make your life easier. This web site is intended to show pupils, their families and teachers how to tackle a pro
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/bullying/
The Workplace Bullying Site is a non profit site working to provide a legal resource to those working against bullying or harassment of any kind in the workplace
http://www.workplacebullying.co.uk
Information on bullying, harassment and stress
http://www.workplacebullying.com
http://www.childline.org.uk/Bullying.asp
Kidscape
Kidscape is the registered charity committed to keeping children safe from harm or abuse. Kidscape is the only national children's charity which focuses upon preventative policies - tactics to use before any abuse takes place. Kidscape has practic
http://www.kidscape.org.uk
Sort it! - Bullying
Are you being bullied? Sometimes school work is the least of your problems. There may be something else worrying you. Some children are bullied at school or elsewhere and it can be very hard for them to know who to talk to. They may feel it just isn{
http://www.sortit.org.uk/bullying.htm
BBCi Schools- Bullying
Information and resources to help combat bullying, with details on how bullies are using mobile phones to target their victims
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bullying/
Work-bully Book Store
If you are looking for books on workplace bullying, sexual or racial harassment, Employment Law, Stress at work or any other imaginable topic including simple thrillers, then visit this site
http://www.workplace-bullying-books.co.uk
Nature and Prevention of Bullying TMR Project
Nature and Prevention of Bullying TMR Project: The causes and nature of bullying and social exclusion in schools, and ways of preventing them
http://www.gold.ac.uk/tmr
Kids Help Phone
We're Canada's only toll-free, 24-hour, bilingual and anonymous phone counselling, referral and Internet service for children and youth. Every day, professional counsellors provide immediate, caring support to young people in urban and rural...
http://www.kidshelpphone.com
Bully B'ware Productions
Take Action Against Bullying, comprehensive anti bullying programs for schools and communities, prevent abuse, extortion, harassment, stop intimidation, teasing, threats, help teachers, parents, students, witnesses
http://www.bullybeware.com
Stop Bullying Now
The Stop Bullying Now website lists information and resources on how to identify and prevent/intervene in bullying in schools
http://stopbullyingnow.com
Kezzer's Bullying Site
About bullying, including interviews, links, and helpful bullying phonelines
http://www.freewebs.com/kezzer123
Bully OnLine
The world's largest information resource on workplace bullying and related topics including school bullying, family bullying, stress, PTSD and bullying-related suicide
http://www.bullyonline.org
Keri-Jen Company
We are a bunch of friends who have formed to campaign against bullying through various of projects
http://www.freewebs.com/kerijencompany
Life Of Aspergers
I started this website because I get grief and stuff about my disability and I really want to speak up about it. I'm sure that you think you can only really put up with so much before you do something about it
http://www.freewebs.com/aspergersgirl
Bulliesbegone
Bulliesbegone Forum Index
http://www.createphpbb.com/phpbb/?mforum=bulliesbegone
Anti-Bullying 2005
A new bullying site for people to unite from all over the world
http://ab2005.bravehost.com
Kezzer's Site On Bullying
This is a fourm for people that get builled and want to talk about it
http://kezzer.forumco.com
Little Treasure Books
Book website, link to our campaign: 'Turning Bullies Into Friends'
http://littletreasurebooks.com
Workplace Bullying & Trauma Institute
Offers education, support, and information for employees
http://www.bullyinginstitute.org
Kez Bullying Website
http://www.freewebs.com/kezbullyingwebsite
Bullies Are About
Bullies Are About is a charity CD sold in aid of The Luke Walmsley Sports Foundation. Luke was sadly stabbed and killed st school.Read the story behind the song
http://bulliesareabout.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/
Mad Mick Music
Music site for artist MICHAEL-JAY and concert against violence/bullying
http://www.madmickmusic.com
The Video Zone is a place for young people to convey their thoughts on school bullying through video
http://www.bullying.co.uk/zone
How to stop bullies at work, at home and at school - Products, Methods, Blog
http://www.bulliesbegone.com
My Child's Safety
A child safety guide for parents, created by parents
http://www.mychildsafety.net
Open-youreyes.org
Site full of information on how to deal with bullies, based on the very latest courses for schools
http://www.open-youreyes.org
Champions Against Bullying
Working to reduce youth violence and raising awareness on the culture of silence that surrounds it
http://www.championsagainstbullying.com
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Anger, in simple words, is one's reaction to feeling threatened. It starts from discomfort and leads to irritation, and at times it aggravates to violent rage. Anger is often mistaken for aggression. Terms such as hostility, aggression, and mood swing are used almost as a substitute for Anger, however there is a thin line of difference between them.
Hostility − While anger is the driving emotion, our own interpretation and judgment of situations result in Hostility. Hostility breeds and encourages Aggression.
Aggression − Aggression is the behavior that has the tendency to harm people/property. It is the final outcome of the anger brewing inside us.
Mood Swing − It is a lingering emotional state which can range from irritation to violent expressions of anger. When the mood is at its peak, it completely overtakes every other emotion. Interestingly, the word 'mood' derives from the old English word 'mōd' which means 'courage'.
Rohan lives in an apartment. He wakes up one morning and finds someone has moved his bike from its parking spot without his consent. He first experiences a discomfort at someone having encroached the private space of his property. Slowly but surely, anger starts to brew. "Oh, sure! Go on − treat me like a worthless guy! Why even bother asking me for anything!" A hostile mental environment forms due to this interpretation of the situation.
Recall an incident in your life where you had gotten angry and had become violent. It is best if the incident happened recently.
Step 1 − Maintain silence and close your eyes before you recall the incident. Take 10 minutes for this.


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PicSat to launch Friday
Artist's impression of PicSat in space
The PicSat 3U CubeSat carrying an amateur radio 145/435 MHz FM transponder is planned to launch into Earth orbit on January 12, 2018. The launch will be streamed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNEcE7-odCo
The primary mission is to study the star Beta Pictoris, its exoplanet and its famous debris disk, thanks to a small telescope 5 cm in diameter. The nanosatellite has been designed and built over three years by scientists and engineers at the Paris Observatory and the CNRS, with support from the Université PSL, the French space agency CNES, the European Research Council and the MERAC Foundation.
The nominal PicSat mission will last for one year. When the start of a planetary or other transit is observed, the 3.6-meter telescope from the European Southern Observatory in La Sille, Chile, will also be immediately put into action to observe Beta Pictoris using the powerful HARPS instrument. These data combined will allow an even better understanding of the phenomenon.
On Friday, January 12 2018 at 0358 UT, the Indian PSLV launcher will lift off and place PicSat in a polar orbit at an altitude of 505 km, together with about thirty other satellites. PicSat will be operated from Lesia in Meudon. However, the satellite will be visible from Meudon for only about 30 minutes every day, when it passes over Paris. Therefore, PicSat uses radio amateur bands for its communication, for which authorisation has been obtained thanks to the help of the French Réseau des Émetteurs Français (REF, or the Network of French Emitters).
Anybody who owns a minimum radio receiving equipment can listen to and receive PicSat's transmissions on 435.525 MHz. The PicSat team invites radio amateurs from all over the world to collaborate in following the satellite, receiving its data and relaying them to the PicSat data base via the Internet. Those interested can register on the PicSat website to follow the updates and, if they so wish, become part of the radio network, see http://PicSat.obspm.fr/
Watch the launch at http://webcast.gov.in/live/
https://twitter.com/IamPicSat
https://www.flickr.com/photos/picsat/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbVE3QEJO74NbJ-tHtThHpg
Download the PicSat Press Release PDF
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=536
By m5aka • Posted in Daily Updates	• Tagged Amateur Radio, CubeSat, Ham Radio, PicSat


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