Where is Raed ?: "So I assume you have been reading the blog and already know that the prophet announced before his death that whoever sees a leader in him should see a leader in his cousin Ali. Which the Shia took as a sign that the rule of the growing Muslim empire should be in the hands of the descendants of the prophet. Things didn�t happen like that.
The revolution that was led by an orphaned man to make all believers equal in the eyes of Allah wasn�t gaining much ground with the big rich families of Mecca. If you have read Salman Rushdie�s [Satanic Verses] you�ll see how he hinted at the disgruntlement of the big rich families, they were calling it a revolution of �water bearers and slaves�. This is not just fiction, in a book titled [the political left and right in Islam] � please excuse me for forgetting the name of the author - it is suggested that after all of Mecca became muslin, willingly or by force, the older tribes were not going to allow the rule of this growing institution go to the hands of an unknown, an orphan. This gap between the old and the new power, the author suggests, has always been at the heart of Sunni/Shia trouble in the early days of the Caliphate.
Four Caliphs down the line, as we get into the Ummayad period, things are getting more and more decadent and. When Yazeed comes to become Caliph in Damascus he wants to make sure that there will not be anyone from the Prophet�s family to contest his right to the throne. He sends someone to kill al-Hussain, the next in line of Imams.
In the mean time al-Hussain is getting messages from Kufa/Iraq telling him that they support his cause and wish he would come to Kufa and lead the believers there. Seeing that he has no choice al-Hussain moves to Iraq. He takes with him all his family, the prophet�s family and followers of al-Hussain i.e. Shia. It is a small entourage since he is expecting th"
Monday, March 15, 2004
Where is Raed ?
Where is Raed ?: ":: Saturday, March 06, 2004 ::
I am sorry, please accept my apologies for not updating. My mind doesn't seem to be able to multi-task any more, I am in filming mode, and with a certain person here with a whip in her hand, I can't even get a chance to check my emails.
Karbala was one of these things I will never ever forget in my whole life, I don't care what you think of the rituals that are practiced, the fact is that the atmosphere was beautiful. Peacful and so much passion and devotion, it brings tears to your eyes. I have seen things that left me baffled for hours.
I, my mother and my cousin were out of the center of the city, running, by the third mortar. it was the last two that did the damage and it happened near the shrine of Abbas not al-Hussein where we were staying.
I am not sure I am more phased out by the rituals I saw and witnessed there or by the attacks and their consequences. I have gone thru the footage I have from the 4 days over and over again. The world being a very unfair place I can't show you the 400 minutes I have and tell you about them, people will chop it down to 12 minutes.
There was such a feeling of solidarity and unity and peacefulness, you had to be there to feel it. People were sleeping on the street, stands giving out everything, from tea and milk in the morning to full meals, for free. 2 million people squeezed into this one place and not even a small fight.
I frikkin' met an Ayatollah! a real life Ayatollah, I watched him eat a banana and then he put his hands on my shoulder and prayed that I get married soon, my mom was beside herself with joy and I just couldn't stop laughing.
The heretic fagot getting a blessing from an Ayatollah. that is how great those four days were.
I have to go now and finish all the things my lovely producer asked me to do, otherwise I will be "
I am sorry, please accept my apologies for not updating. My mind doesn't seem to be able to multi-task any more, I am in filming mode, and with a certain person here with a whip in her hand, I can't even get a chance to check my emails.
Karbala was one of these things I will never ever forget in my whole life, I don't care what you think of the rituals that are practiced, the fact is that the atmosphere was beautiful. Peacful and so much passion and devotion, it brings tears to your eyes. I have seen things that left me baffled for hours.
I, my mother and my cousin were out of the center of the city, running, by the third mortar. it was the last two that did the damage and it happened near the shrine of Abbas not al-Hussein where we were staying.
I am not sure I am more phased out by the rituals I saw and witnessed there or by the attacks and their consequences. I have gone thru the footage I have from the 4 days over and over again. The world being a very unfair place I can't show you the 400 minutes I have and tell you about them, people will chop it down to 12 minutes.
There was such a feeling of solidarity and unity and peacefulness, you had to be there to feel it. People were sleeping on the street, stands giving out everything, from tea and milk in the morning to full meals, for free. 2 million people squeezed into this one place and not even a small fight.
I frikkin' met an Ayatollah! a real life Ayatollah, I watched him eat a banana and then he put his hands on my shoulder and prayed that I get married soon, my mom was beside herself with joy and I just couldn't stop laughing.
The heretic fagot getting a blessing from an Ayatollah. that is how great those four days were.
I have to go now and finish all the things my lovely producer asked me to do, otherwise I will be "
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Prairie Business Magazine: "Fast Facts
The travel & tourism industry generates $104 billion a year in revenue
The travel and tourism industry employs 2 million people
Congress just allocated $50 million to promote travel & tourism
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The travel & tourism industry generates $104 billion a year in revenue
The travel and tourism industry employs 2 million people
Congress just allocated $50 million to promote travel & tourism
www.ndhospitality.org
www.fargodome.com
www.aleruscenter.com
www.theralph.com
www.bismarckciviccenter.com
www.explorebrainerdnow.com
www.craguns.com
www.maddens.com
www.breezypointresort.com
www.ruttgers.com
www.fairhillsresort.com
www.arrowwoodresort.com
www.fargond.holiday-inn.com
www.ramadafargo.com
www.heggcompanies.com
www.hilton.com
www.spiritlakecasino.com"
Prairie Business Magazine
Prairie Business Magazine: "Driven To Develop
Quick, who is America's most prolific mid-range private hotel developer? If you answered Gary Tharaldson and his Tharaldson Lodging Companies of Fargo, you win the jackpot.
Starting in 1982, this Valley City (ND) insurance executive began a new career with the purchase of a Super 8 motel in Valley City. Sixteen motels later, Tharaldson made the transition into fulltime hotel development and he's just now slowing down to catch his breath ... after 350 properties being created across the United States.
'We did about $120 million in new development in 2003 and will do about $180 million in 2003. Then we're backing off a little to about $150 million in 2004,' says Tharaldson, who is grooming his son to manage the family side of the business, while about half the properties are owned by some of the 200 employees through an Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP). 'We were lucky during the economic downturn because of our financial strength. Our bankers and hotel groups have been calling us to develop new sites. With low interest rates and reduced construction costs our profits have risen by 50 percent, with about 40 percent in interest savings alone.'
Tharaldson's financial strengths have also enabled the companies (there are several involved in the process) to start building larger properties�with 117 rooms as the average size compared to 65-room properties in 1996�and developing sites in larger markets.
Another time-tested developer in the region is the Dakota Hospitality Company of Fargo, which made its claim to fame in Fargo with the Holiday Inn (opening in 1972), then developed nine more hotels in Minneapolis, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Kansas City, and Denver.
Steve Hanson, director of operations for the firm, says 'heads and beds is where the money is at' when he speaks "
Quick, who is America's most prolific mid-range private hotel developer? If you answered Gary Tharaldson and his Tharaldson Lodging Companies of Fargo, you win the jackpot.
Starting in 1982, this Valley City (ND) insurance executive began a new career with the purchase of a Super 8 motel in Valley City. Sixteen motels later, Tharaldson made the transition into fulltime hotel development and he's just now slowing down to catch his breath ... after 350 properties being created across the United States.
'We did about $120 million in new development in 2003 and will do about $180 million in 2003. Then we're backing off a little to about $150 million in 2004,' says Tharaldson, who is grooming his son to manage the family side of the business, while about half the properties are owned by some of the 200 employees through an Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP). 'We were lucky during the economic downturn because of our financial strength. Our bankers and hotel groups have been calling us to develop new sites. With low interest rates and reduced construction costs our profits have risen by 50 percent, with about 40 percent in interest savings alone.'
Tharaldson's financial strengths have also enabled the companies (there are several involved in the process) to start building larger properties�with 117 rooms as the average size compared to 65-room properties in 1996�and developing sites in larger markets.
Another time-tested developer in the region is the Dakota Hospitality Company of Fargo, which made its claim to fame in Fargo with the Holiday Inn (opening in 1972), then developed nine more hotels in Minneapolis, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Kansas City, and Denver.
Steve Hanson, director of operations for the firm, says 'heads and beds is where the money is at' when he speaks "
Prairie Business Magazine
Prairie Business Magazine: "Filling The Mid-Range
Before the 'titan' venues emerged in Fargo and Grand Forks, there were civic centers and armories in the region that met most of the basic needs for events. Just about every community with populations over a couple thousand people still have these facilities for hosting gatherings.
Minot, Jamestown, Devils Lake, Brookings, Watertown, Valley City, Aberdeen, Fergus Falls, Alexandria, Dickinson ... the list of towns with large floors is endless and most of them will always be a backbone to local hospitality events.
Dick Petersen, executive director of the Bismarck Civic Center since 1992, credits the Bismarck-Mandan community for its continued support of expansions and improvements for the ongoing success of his facility. The city of Bismarck approved a one-cent city sales tax in 1989 and the revenue has been put to good use in periodic projects that have turned the $1.5 million original structure (in 1969) into a versatile assemblage of buildings worth an estimated $60 million now.
'In 1991 we added the $10 million exhibit hall; we renovated the arena in 1999, and in 2002 we made mechanical improvements and added a grid system for Broadway style shows for an additional $500,000,' says Petersen, a South Dakota native. 'The difference between building an arena for basketball compared to football, like the Fargodome and the Alerus Center, is the caliber of seating for smaller events. We've got basketball and arena football who use us as their home, which means we're nearly completely booked the first quarter of each year.'
Due to the sports schedule, Petersen admits the Bismarck facility has to pass up some concerts, which offer the highest revenue potential, but he also feels the trade shows and other events provide a great return in terms of economic impact because th"
Before the 'titan' venues emerged in Fargo and Grand Forks, there were civic centers and armories in the region that met most of the basic needs for events. Just about every community with populations over a couple thousand people still have these facilities for hosting gatherings.
Minot, Jamestown, Devils Lake, Brookings, Watertown, Valley City, Aberdeen, Fergus Falls, Alexandria, Dickinson ... the list of towns with large floors is endless and most of them will always be a backbone to local hospitality events.
Dick Petersen, executive director of the Bismarck Civic Center since 1992, credits the Bismarck-Mandan community for its continued support of expansions and improvements for the ongoing success of his facility. The city of Bismarck approved a one-cent city sales tax in 1989 and the revenue has been put to good use in periodic projects that have turned the $1.5 million original structure (in 1969) into a versatile assemblage of buildings worth an estimated $60 million now.
'In 1991 we added the $10 million exhibit hall; we renovated the arena in 1999, and in 2002 we made mechanical improvements and added a grid system for Broadway style shows for an additional $500,000,' says Petersen, a South Dakota native. 'The difference between building an arena for basketball compared to football, like the Fargodome and the Alerus Center, is the caliber of seating for smaller events. We've got basketball and arena football who use us as their home, which means we're nearly completely booked the first quarter of each year.'
Due to the sports schedule, Petersen admits the Bismarck facility has to pass up some concerts, which offer the highest revenue potential, but he also feels the trade shows and other events provide a great return in terms of economic impact because th"
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Prairie Business Magazine: "Battle Of The Titans
About 11 years ago, something truly monumental took place after much public debate and agonizing in the Fargo-Moorhead community. Following the lead of Fargo's former parks superintendent, Goose Johnson, and other community leaders, the $44 million Fargodome became one of the largest buildings on the landscape near North Dakota State University and the Hector International Airport.
The airport had completed its new construction a few years earlier, so with the Dome's addition, Fargo-Moorhead ushered in a new era for the hospitality industry in 1992 when it opened. It rapidly became the venue that would attract many of the entertainment industry's top performers�like Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Garth Brooks, KISS, Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, and Neil Diamond. With a maximum capacity of 22,000 for staged events, the economic impact of the Dome on lodging and restaurants was easily measured in the millions of dollars (a new economic impact study is presently underway at the time of this writing).
'It added to the quality of life; people began talking about it when they thought of Fargo-Moorhead,' says Paul Johnson, executive director of the facility since 1995.
The other side of the Dome was its ability to host football, basketball, and other sporting events, along with trade shows and business conventions. In 2001 the facility added more lobby space and 10,000 square feet of meeting rooms to 'complement events in the building that need additional breakout space,' according to Johnson.
With a new 5-1/2 year management contract recently passed by the City of Fargo (owner of the Dome), Johnson reports to both Global Spectrum and the seven-member Dome authority appointed by the city commission. Twenty fulltime employees and up to 500 part time staff members report to"
About 11 years ago, something truly monumental took place after much public debate and agonizing in the Fargo-Moorhead community. Following the lead of Fargo's former parks superintendent, Goose Johnson, and other community leaders, the $44 million Fargodome became one of the largest buildings on the landscape near North Dakota State University and the Hector International Airport.
The airport had completed its new construction a few years earlier, so with the Dome's addition, Fargo-Moorhead ushered in a new era for the hospitality industry in 1992 when it opened. It rapidly became the venue that would attract many of the entertainment industry's top performers�like Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Garth Brooks, KISS, Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, and Neil Diamond. With a maximum capacity of 22,000 for staged events, the economic impact of the Dome on lodging and restaurants was easily measured in the millions of dollars (a new economic impact study is presently underway at the time of this writing).
'It added to the quality of life; people began talking about it when they thought of Fargo-Moorhead,' says Paul Johnson, executive director of the facility since 1995.
The other side of the Dome was its ability to host football, basketball, and other sporting events, along with trade shows and business conventions. In 2001 the facility added more lobby space and 10,000 square feet of meeting rooms to 'complement events in the building that need additional breakout space,' according to Johnson.
With a new 5-1/2 year management contract recently passed by the City of Fargo (owner of the Dome), Johnson reports to both Global Spectrum and the seven-member Dome authority appointed by the city commission. Twenty fulltime employees and up to 500 part time staff members report to"
Slashdot | Star Trek's Design Influence On Palm, New Tech
Slashdot | Star Trek's Design Influence On Palm, New Tech: "What about the medical monitoring equipment McCoy had in his sick bay?
It could track heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, etc. I don't think those devices existed before Star Trek hit the air. Granted we don't have the 'no-contact' versions yet (and I stress 'yet') but we still have a few hundred years to perfect it.
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Re:missed this one? (Score:5, Informative)
by djh101010 (656795) on Monday March 15, @05:18PM (#8572813)
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Temperature and heart rate should be easy - infrared pyrometers are used in industry to measure, with accuracy, the temperature of a surface, no reason it shouldn't work to point it at a person & get a number. Heart rate - several optical ways, no problem, or a directional microphone and appropraite sound processing - again, nothing too complicated.
Blood pressure, though...since BP is measured by finding the two points where (1) the pressure in the cuff blocks all flow, and (2) the pressure in the cuff blocks no flow, I can't see an easy way to get that without actually blocking and unblocking said flow.
Non-inavsive blood pressure systems work by 'listening' to the pulse with a pressure transducer & working some fairly mundane math to get the numbers, but I just can't see a way to find out how much pressure it takes to occlude a blood vessel without...occluding that blood vessel. "
It could track heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, etc. I don't think those devices existed before Star Trek hit the air. Granted we don't have the 'no-contact' versions yet (and I stress 'yet') but we still have a few hundred years to perfect it.
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Re:missed this one? (Score:5, Informative)
by djh101010 (656795) on Monday March 15, @05:18PM (#8572813)
(Last Journal: Thursday February 12, @12:26PM)
Temperature and heart rate should be easy - infrared pyrometers are used in industry to measure, with accuracy, the temperature of a surface, no reason it shouldn't work to point it at a person & get a number. Heart rate - several optical ways, no problem, or a directional microphone and appropraite sound processing - again, nothing too complicated.
Blood pressure, though...since BP is measured by finding the two points where (1) the pressure in the cuff blocks all flow, and (2) the pressure in the cuff blocks no flow, I can't see an easy way to get that without actually blocking and unblocking said flow.
Non-inavsive blood pressure systems work by 'listening' to the pulse with a pressure transducer & working some fairly mundane math to get the numbers, but I just can't see a way to find out how much pressure it takes to occlude a blood vessel without...occluding that blood vessel. "
Slashdot | Star Trek's Design Influence On Palm, New Tech
Slashdot | Star Trek's Design Influence On Palm, New Tech: " how many of the inventions of Star Trek have made early appearances, 2 centuries ahead of Captain Kirk's time. They talk with one of Palm's UI designers, who admits that '...my first sketches were influenced by the UI of the Enterprise bridge panels', and also notes: 'When we designed the first Treo... it had a form factor similar to the communicators in the original series. It had a speakerphone mode so you could stand there and talk into it like Capt. Kirk'.' "
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