In one of my classes, we were asked to write a paper of case study analysis. Dr.C read the four cases aloud briefly in the classroom:
1. A 12 yrs old child with deaf impairment from Japan living her with family in Oahu, with difficulty at home, neighbour and school.
2. A 10 yrs old Hawaiian Samoan kid with severe mental disorder living at the Big Island, with difficulty at school.
3. A young adult from Micronesian family, with the prolonged depression and extreme mood swings studying at the UH Manoa, and this young adult also fell in love with the neighbour with the same gender.
4. A middle age veteran soldier returning from the third tour of Iraq, with physical injury and traumatic brain injury.
After Dr.C reading all the cases, she asked us to choose one we wanted. Four cases, eight paper copies were distributed from Dr.C to the classroom, and we were told to choose it democratically.
I rated those cases in my head when Dr.C was reading:
- The Japanese culture is close to Chinese culture which is what I am familiar with;
Rate: 3, great chance,
- The Hawaiian Samoan child is really where I am curious about since I am living at the center of the pacific islands;
Rate: 5, probably will pick up this one.
- The young adult mental development and woman study are part of the area I am curious about;
Rate: 4, not a bad choice
- The veteran soldier with Africa-American heritage seems like the most foreign and challenging one.
Rate: 2, this is way too foreign.
By just listening to the cases, I was already overwhelmed by the tough situations and hoped it's not real case. Subconsciously, I decided for the Hawaiian Samoan case since somehow I could learn and seek the local community nearby.
Meanwhile, the class entered into a discussion about the possibility of the forth case. Some of my classmates commented that "no way for an African-American veteran back from Iraq without a job" and "it did not make sense."
By the time I almost picked up the Hawaiian Samoan case, one of my classmates, A, said that she didn't have any preference and would love to let those who felt strong about the case they wanted to choose first.
"Me neither, would love to be the last to choose." I answered, and put down the case I almost picked up.
Dr.C commented that we were socialist.
Big laugh.
Thanks for A's reminding to be humble, courteous, and to be the last.
Yet, it's always lucky to have a chance to choose,
but is that really important to choose,
or it is just happier to see other people chose the right one he/she really wanted?
Somehow, it's just so easy to be running in front of everyone, without the second thought of other people's choices.
At least, there is a great peace, when I got the case I rated the least.
Mar 19, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
Straw Tower - team play
Have you ever played the straw tower game? It's a remarkable team team game, and it sparkles me to think about the team work.
We were separated into five teams to play the Straw Tower.
Game rule:
Given two bags of straws, two tapes, each team with 4 - 5 people was signed to build a tower as TALL as possible in 10 MINUTES.
By the time the rule was explained, we started.
I gave a structure of two straws taped together, for it's bendable straw and the tape can make the straw stronger and more stable, while S. gave another structure of one straw inserted into another. Without second thought, I gave up my idea and followed with S's structure, for the goal is the height in a limited amount of time. So both S. and I started inserting one straw into another and producing the straw strings. In the mean while, team member A gave an idea of making a basement of the tower so that the tower will stand without falling. We were all supportive to the basement. I didn't know who took the strings I made or where the strings were put on that tower. At the end, we won (otherwise, I wouldn't write this entry).
The tower was not good looking at all, but it stood on the ground with a significant height among the teams.
Do we have a team leader?
There wasn't enough time to elect a team leader. Actually, the whole team seemed like working as a "chaos". S and I started two structures at the same time, the basement work seemed like taping trashes together and it's accomplished at the last second. The leader might be the conception of "making the tower as tall as possible", and the team work really was like a programming team fighting for the project deadline.
After the game, we were actually not that bad, and honestly quite successful. There was a creative tower made in an artistic way but can not stand on the ground; there was an extremely stable tower with the fantastic triangle structure but short for its height; there was also another chaos tower similar to ours but lost at the height.
What makes a good team?
1. Team leader? Yes, if it's for long term, the leadership is very important. Though different field has different perspectives signed to a leader, in general, a leader has to be respected among the team members.
2. Contributors - They are doing the mechanical work, but they are the foundation of the team.
3. Communicator? It's very important. In this case, as a contributor, honestly I had no idea how long should one string be like, while A, as the communicator, helped me to determine the vision of the string length. If it's not her, I might just keep making the string longer than enough, while forgetting the goal is to make the tower, not the long string.
4. Collaborator? They were the ones taping the strings together AND stable them with straws.
So many to say about this game.
The team work is about playing the role whole-heartedly, be creative as it's allowed, and be compromising when it's needed.
We were separated into five teams to play the Straw Tower.
Game rule:
Given two bags of straws, two tapes, each team with 4 - 5 people was signed to build a tower as TALL as possible in 10 MINUTES.
By the time the rule was explained, we started.
I gave a structure of two straws taped together, for it's bendable straw and the tape can make the straw stronger and more stable, while S. gave another structure of one straw inserted into another. Without second thought, I gave up my idea and followed with S's structure, for the goal is the height in a limited amount of time. So both S. and I started inserting one straw into another and producing the straw strings. In the mean while, team member A gave an idea of making a basement of the tower so that the tower will stand without falling. We were all supportive to the basement. I didn't know who took the strings I made or where the strings were put on that tower. At the end, we won (otherwise, I wouldn't write this entry).
The tower was not good looking at all, but it stood on the ground with a significant height among the teams.
Do we have a team leader?
There wasn't enough time to elect a team leader. Actually, the whole team seemed like working as a "chaos". S and I started two structures at the same time, the basement work seemed like taping trashes together and it's accomplished at the last second. The leader might be the conception of "making the tower as tall as possible", and the team work really was like a programming team fighting for the project deadline.
After the game, we were actually not that bad, and honestly quite successful. There was a creative tower made in an artistic way but can not stand on the ground; there was an extremely stable tower with the fantastic triangle structure but short for its height; there was also another chaos tower similar to ours but lost at the height.
What makes a good team?
1. Team leader? Yes, if it's for long term, the leadership is very important. Though different field has different perspectives signed to a leader, in general, a leader has to be respected among the team members.
2. Contributors - They are doing the mechanical work, but they are the foundation of the team.
3. Communicator? It's very important. In this case, as a contributor, honestly I had no idea how long should one string be like, while A, as the communicator, helped me to determine the vision of the string length. If it's not her, I might just keep making the string longer than enough, while forgetting the goal is to make the tower, not the long string.
4. Collaborator? They were the ones taping the strings together AND stable them with straws.
So many to say about this game.
The team work is about playing the role whole-heartedly, be creative as it's allowed, and be compromising when it's needed.
Feb 23, 2009
Money and Toy
The other day, I was babysitting for the Family Bible study. Basically, it’s a Bible study where parents gather and study the Holy Bible, while all the bachelors who are free on Saturday experience the real family life. My job is to make sure all of babies and children are happily enjoying the time without parents. Here comes the story:
One of the babies (let’s say, Baby A) wanted a toy far away from him and he wanted it so much that he had to cry to address his demand. With his eyes and pointing finger, I got the toy for him. Immediately, he stopped crying. Then there came another older child (let’s say, Baby B), took away the toy and ran to the other room. As expected, the Baby A started crying again and I went to get the toy back, but by the time I got the toy, the mom already shown up and the baby was back with a big smiley face.
Toy is actually not the issue, and Mom’s love is the key of turning the situation.
Toy to a baby is like the money/possession to a grownup. We might be easily depressed by the budget cut, the bear markets, the jobless, or the financial crisis, and the faith in policy and/or faith in God can reinforce the grownups remain calm and peaceful.
How much faith do we have? How much do we trust our governments? How well the stimulus package will be reinforced in this crisis?
Though the grown-ups are way more complicated than babies at brain activity level – we are way harder to be pleased comparing with the babies - the faith reinforcement from the trustworthy level of Paddling and Love is definitely helpful during the time when the toy or possession is taken away.
Some verses to read if you believe in the Bible.
Hebrews 13:3
Hebrews 13:5
Proverbs 16:33
Proverbs 19:21
Psalms 33:10
Isaiah 46:10
2 Corinthians 1:1-11
2 Corinthians 1:8-9
1 Thessalonians 5:18
The whole book of Job
One of the babies (let’s say, Baby A) wanted a toy far away from him and he wanted it so much that he had to cry to address his demand. With his eyes and pointing finger, I got the toy for him. Immediately, he stopped crying. Then there came another older child (let’s say, Baby B), took away the toy and ran to the other room. As expected, the Baby A started crying again and I went to get the toy back, but by the time I got the toy, the mom already shown up and the baby was back with a big smiley face.
Toy is actually not the issue, and Mom’s love is the key of turning the situation.
Toy to a baby is like the money/possession to a grownup. We might be easily depressed by the budget cut, the bear markets, the jobless, or the financial crisis, and the faith in policy and/or faith in God can reinforce the grownups remain calm and peaceful.
How much faith do we have? How much do we trust our governments? How well the stimulus package will be reinforced in this crisis?
Though the grown-ups are way more complicated than babies at brain activity level – we are way harder to be pleased comparing with the babies - the faith reinforcement from the trustworthy level of Paddling and Love is definitely helpful during the time when the toy or possession is taken away.
Some verses to read if you believe in the Bible.
Hebrews 13:3
Hebrews 13:5
Proverbs 16:33
Proverbs 19:21
Psalms 33:10
Isaiah 46:10
2 Corinthians 1:1-11
2 Corinthians 1:8-9
1 Thessalonians 5:18
The whole book of Job
Jan 26, 2009
Trouble shooting : Laptop
Symptom:
My laptop works fine without AC adapter. It acts retarded with AC Adapter connected.
It works fine after putting a book on the one side of the AC adapter, so with some weights on the AC adapter, the laptop works fine.
Diagnosis:
Motherboard problem (common problem in the same series)
or
AC adapter problem (potential cause for the motherboard problem).
Test 1:
to see whether it's the problem from ac adapter.
-> Change a new AC Adapter.
If Test 1 works, hallelujah.
If test 1 fails,
Test 2:
to see whether it's the motherboard's problem or the combination.
-> Ship the laptop to the factory.
It will cost another 2 weeks to say hallelujah.
Pray for the motherboard of my laptop.
:)
My laptop works fine without AC adapter. It acts retarded with AC Adapter connected.
It works fine after putting a book on the one side of the AC adapter, so with some weights on the AC adapter, the laptop works fine.
Diagnosis:
Motherboard problem (common problem in the same series)
or
AC adapter problem (potential cause for the motherboard problem).
Test 1:
to see whether it's the problem from ac adapter.
-> Change a new AC Adapter.
If Test 1 works, hallelujah.
If test 1 fails,
Test 2:
to see whether it's the motherboard's problem or the combination.
-> Ship the laptop to the factory.
It will cost another 2 weeks to say hallelujah.
Pray for the motherboard of my laptop.
:)
Jan 17, 2009
Possessed by the "hacker", what's the next?
A friend was “possessed“ by a hacker, in both hotmail account and facebook account. The hacker attacked friend's hotmail and Facebook account to send messages about his difficult situation in China, as well as asking for money. The message also mentioned that now he (my friend possessed by the hacker) has been working with a program called “Empowering Youth to Fight Racism, HIV/AIDS, Poverty and lack of Education”, with the bank account in Western Union associated with the address in China.
It's obvious that this friend is hacked. After searching the Google with the keyword of this program, it’s easy to find out this is just an old skin game someone from Nigeria successfully used years ago. The address the hacker offered is a business building in a downtown of a city in China, without specific room or office number. It's very possible that the name the hacker offered at Western Union can be also phony. Later on, after the hacker's identity was revealed on Facebook, he gave us his real attention was to get some money and buy the software he could not afford.
So it’s obviously a skin game but it’s annoying. First it’s about China’s well-known situation; second it’s directly harming my friends and friends’ friends’ security at the social network online; third it’s also an adorable hacker for he is still trying to get the help to get the copyrighted software instead of buying the pirate ones at the booth on the street in China(if what he said is true). He has been handled to the "cyber police", and his IP address will be traced. If the hacker was using public wireless, which is accessible in most of hotels, coffee shops and libraries, he is harder to be found, unless there was video camera caught him in the tape. Also, with the Proxy tools assisting, the hacker could protect his real physical location very easy if he planed ahead. From the information he offered, this should be a very sophisticated hacker and he planed everything ahead of time. So, Good luck with the tracings, "cyber police".
Now, back to the point, if all are a annoying trick, here is what we can do:
protect ourselves, pray for the computer scientists education and peace education and love the hacker.
1. Password protection
It's common that we use only one password in all of our accounts during the whole life and it's not safe. We may need to protect the online accounts with a more complicated password and change the password every other week if you think your account's stolen might be affecting a number of people, specially with the Facebook and web 2.0 exaggerating the effect. Also, please do NOT store your password online, for where you store the password might also be hacked. Write it on a piece of paper or memorize it in your head, then mark certain dates of changing password on the calendar. It's just a way of protecting yourself, as well as your online network. The more important you are, the more people you might be affecting, and the more complicated your password should be like, as well as the more frequent you might need to think about changing the password.
2. Do not add random software/ applications on Facebook.
Applications are attempting since they the tremendous tools to make the online socializing easier, but here is the reason why we'd better say no for applications. Application is the third party apart from Facebook. Your personal information might be collected by this third party, for developing the application, updating the application, marketing or commercial reasons. Now imagine this third party is attacked and all your personal information is exposed to the hacker, which is not bad, and the worst part is when the hacker is using the high speed calculating software to decode your password and access your important online account, banking account , social networking accont, or even email, it might be a bigger headache. This is just one example of how hackers work with web 2.0. Thus, to protect ourselves and friends, let's just be more protective at the password.
Here is an article about the facebook starter in how to start saftly, personally I think it covers most of the security issues about the facebook using and it's worthy to read.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2263&tag=rbxccnbzd1
3. Then, don't forget to set up your privacy as high as possible, sepcially in front of the strangers.
Here are the steps: After Login to facebook, at the top-right of the Facebook page, move your mouse on the “Settings” button, a menu will be dropped down, then click “Privacy Settings“, then the "Privacy" page will show up. Now click “Search” to set up who can find you and what kind of information can be found by the strangers. It's just let yourself less exposed to the unknown network. But if you want to be "popular" and be found by the random peoples, do NOT be too strict in the privacy settings, for you may also miss the chance of new relationship or connection by doing so.
It's open social and the innocent users are vulnerable.
4. Last, after preparing for the password, privacy settings, we are ready to go and love the hacker (if you are computer savvy, please do this step if you know some hackers email address/ facebook account. But this is not recommended for the starter.) It’s like offering another chick after got hit once.
What we can do now:
1. Pray for the hacker. (If you believe the Prayer)
2. Love the hacker.
Again, do NOT do the things below if you are NOT a computer savvy.
This friend/hacker is already deleted from all, but we can still search and find this "friend" by searching the friend's name. The friend/hacker will be shown on the top of your list if he was your friend before. What you can do is to "add him as a friend" or to "send him message". Please don't execute the former option, ut do send the hacker a message, a verse of love, or a willingness of offering help.
Good luck, friends, victims and hackers!
It's obvious that this friend is hacked. After searching the Google with the keyword of this program, it’s easy to find out this is just an old skin game someone from Nigeria successfully used years ago. The address the hacker offered is a business building in a downtown of a city in China, without specific room or office number. It's very possible that the name the hacker offered at Western Union can be also phony. Later on, after the hacker's identity was revealed on Facebook, he gave us his real attention was to get some money and buy the software he could not afford.
So it’s obviously a skin game but it’s annoying. First it’s about China’s well-known situation; second it’s directly harming my friends and friends’ friends’ security at the social network online; third it’s also an adorable hacker for he is still trying to get the help to get the copyrighted software instead of buying the pirate ones at the booth on the street in China(if what he said is true). He has been handled to the "cyber police", and his IP address will be traced. If the hacker was using public wireless, which is accessible in most of hotels, coffee shops and libraries, he is harder to be found, unless there was video camera caught him in the tape. Also, with the Proxy tools assisting, the hacker could protect his real physical location very easy if he planed ahead. From the information he offered, this should be a very sophisticated hacker and he planed everything ahead of time. So, Good luck with the tracings, "cyber police".
Now, back to the point, if all are a annoying trick, here is what we can do:
protect ourselves, pray for the computer scientists education and peace education and love the hacker.
1. Password protection
It's common that we use only one password in all of our accounts during the whole life and it's not safe. We may need to protect the online accounts with a more complicated password and change the password every other week if you think your account's stolen might be affecting a number of people, specially with the Facebook and web 2.0 exaggerating the effect. Also, please do NOT store your password online, for where you store the password might also be hacked. Write it on a piece of paper or memorize it in your head, then mark certain dates of changing password on the calendar. It's just a way of protecting yourself, as well as your online network. The more important you are, the more people you might be affecting, and the more complicated your password should be like, as well as the more frequent you might need to think about changing the password.
2. Do not add random software/ applications on Facebook.
Applications are attempting since they the tremendous tools to make the online socializing easier, but here is the reason why we'd better say no for applications. Application is the third party apart from Facebook. Your personal information might be collected by this third party, for developing the application, updating the application, marketing or commercial reasons. Now imagine this third party is attacked and all your personal information is exposed to the hacker, which is not bad, and the worst part is when the hacker is using the high speed calculating software to decode your password and access your important online account, banking account , social networking accont, or even email, it might be a bigger headache. This is just one example of how hackers work with web 2.0. Thus, to protect ourselves and friends, let's just be more protective at the password.
Here is an article about the facebook starter in how to start saftly, personally I think it covers most of the security issues about the facebook using and it's worthy to read.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2263&tag=rbxccnbzd1
3. Then, don't forget to set up your privacy as high as possible, sepcially in front of the strangers.
Here are the steps: After Login to facebook, at the top-right of the Facebook page, move your mouse on the “Settings” button, a menu will be dropped down, then click “Privacy Settings“, then the "Privacy" page will show up. Now click “Search” to set up who can find you and what kind of information can be found by the strangers. It's just let yourself less exposed to the unknown network. But if you want to be "popular" and be found by the random peoples, do NOT be too strict in the privacy settings, for you may also miss the chance of new relationship or connection by doing so.
It's open social and the innocent users are vulnerable.
4. Last, after preparing for the password, privacy settings, we are ready to go and love the hacker (if you are computer savvy, please do this step if you know some hackers email address/ facebook account. But this is not recommended for the starter.) It’s like offering another chick after got hit once.
What we can do now:
1. Pray for the hacker. (If you believe the Prayer)
2. Love the hacker.
Again, do NOT do the things below if you are NOT a computer savvy.
This friend/hacker is already deleted from all, but we can still search and find this "friend" by searching the friend's name. The friend/hacker will be shown on the top of your list if he was your friend before. What you can do is to "add him as a friend" or to "send him message". Please don't execute the former option, ut do send the hacker a message, a verse of love, or a willingness of offering help.
Good luck, friends, victims and hackers!
Dec 30, 2008
siren... out of focus
when 18% of the world population is illiterate ,
here we rush into another age of mass intelligence.
Rationally speaking, I might be out of focus...^_^
here we rush into another age of mass intelligence.
Rationally speaking, I might be out of focus...^_^
Dec 13, 2008
Noah's Ark Replica by Huibers
Good cubit !
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Johan’s ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high, and 20 cubits wide, which approximates two-thirds of a football field in length and three stories tall in height. As big as it is, it is only 1/5 the size of the original Ark, which was 300 cubits long, 30 cubits high, and 50 cubits wide.
Website:
http://www.arkvannoach.com/nieuw/
A Bible Study:How big is Noah's Ark
http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/sizeark.html
Answers in Genesis: Johan Huibers and His Ark
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v2/n2/netherland-ark
AOL News: Working Replica of Noah’s Ark Opens (with Pictures)
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/working-replica-of-noahs-ark-opens/20070428184909990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
BBC News: Dutchman builds modern Noah’s Ark
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4853890.stm
CBN:
- Replica of Noah’s Ark Opens to Public
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/148994.aspx
CNN: New Noah’s Ark ready to sail
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/28/dutch.ark.ap/index.html
Sydney Morning Herald: Dutchman’s biblical mission
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/dutchmans-biblical-mission/2006/03/30/1143441257033.html?page=fullpage
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