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Uh oh. Dammit. Have to have all lines for play memorised on wednesday. On the same day research notes are due. Worst of all, I'm sick.

I feel a headache coming...

The Baha's in Iran (part 2)

More trouble for the Baha'is in Iran:

More Baha’is detained; 26 currently in prison

04:35 pm on Dec 10th 2008
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Three
Baha’is have been arrested in Mazandaran province, one in Ghaemshahr
and two in Sari. Their homes were searched and Baha’i materials were
confiscated. The arrests occurred on 18 November and 22 November.

In another case, three Baha’is were arrested and detained in Yasouj
and a nearby town, in the province of Kohgiluyeh va Bouyerahmad. The
detention was in connection with a personal project under which they
provided moral education classes for local children. The attorney they
retained was so intimidated by criticism from judicial officials that
he resigned from the case.

At least 26 Baha’is are currently in jail or prison because of their
religion. The number on a given day is difficult to determine, partly
because authorities sometimes detain people secretly and it can take
days for their families to determine with certainty what has happened
to them.

Also, people are sometimes detained overnight or for several days,
and this only becomes known later. In some cases, Baha’is are detained
but then released on bail after depositing with the court a sum in cash
or surrendering business licenses or titles to property.

Among those in prison are all seven members of a group that saw to
the minimum needs of the 300,000 Baha’is in Iran, and three young
adults in Shiraz whose case was the subject of an internal
investigation — the results of which completely vindicated the
prisoners.

(see source here)

sounds like holiday spirit

The conflicts in the middle east are not settling down for the winter holidays. After all, they (like me) do not celebrate Christmas. But still, you might think (unless you are a little pessimistic)
the Israelis would give the palistinians a break, but, of course, they didn't. This is the latest bbc heading:

Israeli F-16 bombers have launched a series of air strikes against key targets in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 195 people, medical chiefs say.

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my favorite emoticon

my equation

 My equation:

A/B=Ax10/Bx10

 Example:

4/1=4x10/1x10
4/1=40/10
4=4

Geneology of conspiracy theories

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my equation

 My equation:

A/B=Ax10/Bx10

 Example:

4/1=4x10/1x10
4/1=40/10
4=4

Israel diary

October 23rd, 2008 Thursday in  plane, over the great basin.

 I am uncomfortable as always in an airplane (going to Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. The noise is very, very annoying. It and the fact that it is stuffy in here is giving me a head-ache. The little boy in front of me is not helping.

October 25th added: PS: Dutch Ketchup is weird. I know because I had a sausage roll at Schiphol airport in-between hurrying, getting lost, and getting very, very confused.


October 25th, 2008 Saturday
Writing for October 24.

 Yesterday started for me in the plane, where I was very uncomfortable. In that plane I watched the movie Hancock. Then we reached Tel-Aviv airport. We went to baggage. At baggage claim we waited and waited untill When in the shuttle to Jerusalem I had trouble not going to sleep.


October 25, 2008 Saturday
Jaffa gate hostel, Old City, Jerusalem

 Here is what happened:
4:30ish Am: breakfast
12 ish: write previous article
1 ish: Eat out and chess with mom
After that: Try to do the ram-part walk but arn't allowed.
So we try to go to the dome of the rock, end up in a market-place where we were treated well by two shopkeepers and bought a few things including a hand-done chess set and played chess over dinner.


October 28th, 2008 Monday for October 26, 27, and 29

Oct 26
 I woke up at 2 AM. I couldn't sleep until 3 AM. But I wasn't asleep.
We got up at 5 AM. We finished packing. After that we went out.
We got a $200 private tour. Then the tour guide showed us his families store...

 To put it simple:
 Mom could not chose which piece of jewelry to buy and always when it's like that she decides that she doesn't want to buy anything. They interpret that as hard bargaining.
Miriam took us to the bus station. I don't remember what happened after that.

Oct 27
 Here is what we did.
1) Wake up.
2) have free breakfast at Rutenburg
3) Go to PRC (the Baha'i pilgrim reception center)
4) Get pilgrim badges
5) Go to bank for money to get health insurance
6) get sushi
7) go to presentation
8) listen to it.
9) Go back to Molada guesthouse.
10) Try to use internet while mom gets her coat at PRC.

Oct 28
 Yesterday I woke up at 8:30. We went to breakfast at Rutenburg. I don't remember what happened next.

 
Oct 31, 2008

I went to Bahji (Baha'i owned mansion) today.

In the morning mom brought breakfast to me.

Speaker tonight: Cooper Dunbar


Nov 5, 2008

 Let me see if I can write anything. OK, do not feel like I can. Let me try again. OK, tired, excited, and can't remember a thing.
 Looking out at the clouds I remember something. It is the names of the mansions. They are Bahji (probably misspelled) and Masraih (also probably misspelled).
 Wait a second. Now I remember some stuff. Now I forgot it again because mom had to start arguing with me just when I was remembering.
 OK, I am remembering it again. Arrrgh, Mom has interrupted me again!! This is sooo annoying!! She seems to have a thing against me remembering.
 We are above the Davis strait. We passed South of Nuuk (major city in Greenland). I got to see part of Greenland. It was totally covered in white. I got several pictures of the view. I am probably going to take a break from writing. I might write later. I will try to write on the next flight.

Nov 7, 2008 added: PS. the flight was 11 hours.


Nov 7, 2008
Ok, I give up. I can remember virtually nothing.

Going to israel

Yup, going there. Hoping that I don't get arrested (yes they arrest kids).
_______________________________________________________________________________________

Now, that I am in Israel I'd like to say that it is not as everyone thinks it is.

Mod releases UFO files

The British ministry of defense has released some of its UFO files. (see here for more)

weather

1:09 pm Oakland, California, USA

tendency: sunny
pressure: 29.9inHg
temp:78.9F
humidity:18%
wind:6.4mph to the NNE (22 degrees)

Perimeter and area

Figure perimeter area


square P=4s A=SxS

rectangle P=2l+2w A=lxW

parallelogram P=2b+2s A=BxH

triangle P=s1+s2+s3 A=BxH/2

Some compound probability advice

From Saxon math 8/7 (home school):

"The probability of independent events occurring in a specified order is the product of the probabilities of each event."

and:

"The probability of dependent events occurring in a specified order is the product of the first event and the recalculated probabilities of each subsequent event."

My mom likes to cencor clerihews

I did a clerihew earlier. I did it because I was board. It was about Ken Ham:

There is a man named Ken Ham.
He is such a ham.
His brain is so small
he could fit in a crowded hall.

My mom Instantly labeled it "Backbiting". Unless it is in the dictionary I won't listen to the word.
Oh it is. Waaaaaaaaaa.

My Vote

Being a minor, I can't vote. But if I did what I voted would be influenced by my mom,
the nice, caring, social worker. However, (and this is important) It is not what she would vote.
Prop. 1: YES, I care about our climate.
Prop. 2: YES, I want animals to be treated well.
Prop. 3: (further research needed)
Prop. 4: YES, but maybe NO (depends on circumstances).
Prop. 5: YES, our prisons are overcrowded.
Prop. 6: NO, (see previous)
Prop. 7: YES, I support solar, wind, etc.
Prop. 8: NO.
Prop. 9: YES.
Prop. 10: YES.
Prop. 11: ?
Prop. 12: YES.

I have settled it

Atomic number is the number of protons.
Atomic mass is the mass of an atom.

Big Bang poem

The Thing
(censored) (censored)
There was once a thing,
it was the only thing,
at least in it's universe.

Don't ask what it was.
I don't know.
All I know is that it was something,
who, what, where, I don't know.

The thing was small
and very hot
and not to mention,
unstable.

After I don't know how long,
it exploded.

When it exploded
it created everything,
from time and space
to the building blocks
of matter.

In the seconds after
the quarks came together
forming the protons
and the neutrons.

In those few seconds
there were things
that don't exist now
such as negative protons.
But by less than
a minute after
the big explosion
they didn't exist.

And thats how
the universe
may have started,
but theories
can be proven wrong.

The (cencored) Statement

Part one

People take their beliefs personally so it is only natural that people will feel like they are the ones being challenged when their beliefs are what is being challenged and will act accordingly.

Part two

It is preventable. If the person whose beliefs are being challenged takes into consideration the fact that his beliefs, not him, are being challenged he can bypass the first part of the statement. A Baha'ullah (the

Bahai prophet) quote say how to avoid the effects of the first part of the statement.

“Should any one among you be incapable of grasping a certain truth, or be striving to comprehend it,

show forth, when conversing with him, a spirit of extreme kindliness and good-will. Help him to see and recognize the truth, without esteeming yourself to be, in the least, superior to him, or to be possessed of greater endowments.”

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