I'm not a student but work for the Study Abroad program as a coordinator so a lot of organization and planning to do. Academic issues and student issues/problems to deal with.
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I had some good times at Carleton. Bachelor of Public Administration (1983).Thank you, I realize the gentleman was not offended I was more mortified but of course my intentions were good. As we have another practicing Muslim lecturer coming in on Monday morning I won't make the same mistake. I recall fonldy by the way my time doing my MA at Carletron in Ottawa. Our student residence had individual rooms sharing a bathroom/toilet between two neighbouring rooms. One evening I got a knock on the door from my neighbour, a fellow from Afghanistan who invited me to share the Ramadan evening meal with him an other Afghan refugees and some friends from Pakistan (early 90s so he had lived through the Soviet invasion and the firstTaliban regime). The dinner was amazing as was the company. My parents, though both Greek, were part of the large Greek community in Egypt and they were well aware of Muslim religious observances, Mom always tells me of two neighbour girls, an Egyptian muslim and also a Jewish one and how they played together no problem. Sigh.
MA History (1993-1995) for me. Skating or playing hockey on the Rideau canal was awesome though I normally am not friends with extreme cold - well I am older now.
Beaver Tails and hot chocolate helped though.
During my internship from August 2024 to January 2025, I worked on the Artemis II mission. I remotely collaborated with hundreds of interns nationwide in mission 1 and 2, under eight departments each supervised by a NASA supervisor.
Mission 1 involved 5-6 weeks of remote work, with no shifts. We completed freelance work and controlled our own work hours. Our bosses only required weekly paperwork submission, and we worked on an infographic about a NASA mission directorate while gaining company and history insights. We continuously built the infographic and submitted it to the company after the first phase.
I worked on the Science Mission Directorate (SMD), responsible for weather and climate science, testing apparatuses like wind tunnels and turbines. Colleagues with a performance score of over 70% on tasks and the infographic project received a NASA response to proceed to the second mission.
Recruiter selection for mission 2 occurred late September after the initial mission. Selected interns resubmitted their resumes to secure their positions for the second phase.
In the second phase, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of lunar landing planning and astronaut recruitment. We started working actual shifts in the eastern time zone, requiring early wake-up for our Californians. Each intern in the department was assigned to the same supervisor, but departments were color-coded, with each department having 9-12 interns. I was the training coordinator and designed a comprehensive training program, recruitment strategies, and continuing education for our employees. It was easier than management or surface operations specialists. We presented our program around 9 am the day before Halloween to a panel of our supervisor, JPL scientists, and NASA biochemists. I still have my notes and emails from my internship with NASA staff.
After Halloween and Thanksgiving break, we anxiously await NASA’s callbacks. The recruiters take a long time to respond, evaluating our work during remote work phases in missions 1 and 2. The preparatory panel presentation for the finale phase was reviewed by recruitment committee for all candidates, including our start-phase internship performance. If your institution is NASA grant-eligible or affiliated, representatives from your school will also participate in the selection process with NASA recruiters and the bosses you had remotely.
Only two out of ten in my department received NASA calls for the final mission. I got the call from the STEM coordinator responsible for the NASA space grant and promoting the internship program that NASA selected me for mission 3. My colleague from the same university where I was relocated to work on Mission 3, while other colleagues, including the manager from the second phase, received rejection letters. So lucky that I did all of it.
Our last phase involved building a prototype rover and using LEGO Technic parts and the LEGO SPIKE hub to program it in Python or block code. We had interns from various programming languages and backgrounds, and supervisors from the university were computer science teachers, science teachers and NASA engineers.
Our department won first place in the regional competition. We rescued almost all the rocks on simulated Mars land using an adjustable frame to trap debris and all the stranded rovers. I was one of the two software engineers and the hardware engineer responsible for ensuring proper sensor detection and integrating the sensor framework into the main system.
So you did collaborated with Apple engineers on early infotainment systems and Apple devices, including the iPod. Really a nice touch! Did you have these engineers come to Nissan from Cupertino- or you stepped foot into infinite loop?
Mines was used to be 7 classes during middle school. But Wednesdays are 8 classes and short day- we have homeroom in an extra class in the start of the day with the same grade level students with us. Wow they ban computers and phones during lunch?! That’s crazy they allow it because we have to go to different classes during the day.
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I've talked to a number of people from different countries that celebrate fasting during Ramadan and situations vary wildly. Nothing can be assumed.Well, that was embarrassing. We have a lecture this morning and I greeted our lecturer and offered him a coffee or a glass of water. Problem, he is from Morocco and is observing Ramadan - I knew it was on but I automatically offer a coffee/tea or glass of water to our lecturers.
Guess what? One of my mentors, who’s Persian, gave me one of his extra tins of mints he accidentally packed in his bag. He didn’t realize it was fasting time. He was fasting too, you know how it is. And he didn’t even have a mug of tea this time, unlike when we met in his office earlier this week. He has a Sierra blue iPhone 13 Pro and a 16-inch MacBook Pro from 2019.Well, that was embarrassing. We have a lecture this morning and I greeted our lecturer and offered him a coffee or a glass of water. Problem, he is from Morocco and is observing Ramadan - I knew it was on but I automatically offer a coffee/tea or glass of water to our lecturers.
While stationed in Grand Forks ND, I spent a few weekends up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where the entire downtown (and my hotel) were connected. It was absolutely great in the winter; just as crowded but no worries about being run over by a taxi. Actually thought, "Man, I could live like this!"
Alas, no.
After all, my peregrinations took me to an exceedingly good bakery, and not a fishmonger's.
Had a very nice meal out with colleagues after a trade show. Three more days to go.
Now I’m in my hotel room watching MOTD.
Now I’m in my hotel room watching MOTD.
Glad you enjoyed your meal (and perhaps, a beer or two) and the company of your colleagues.
Enjoy MOTD.
I was thinking about the iPhone 15 I ordered from T-Mobile and then, I thought about the missing T-Mobile shipments through UPS. The website didn't give me an option to have it sent to the nearest store.
I'd recently had an order shipped through UPS where the small part of the order arrived in the UPS warehouse 12 hours after the big part. The big part was delivered and the small part was never found, so the store sent another one.
I hope the phone arrives here.
I'd recently had an order shipped through UPS where the small part of the order arrived in the UPS warehouse 12 hours after the big part. The big part was delivered and the small part was never found, so the store sent another one.
I hope the phone arrives here.
Go5g next upgrade? They have restrictions on certain orders and returns if you are in a certain plan.
I'm staying on my old plan that I've had since Sprint. It has a generous mobile hotspot allocation.
I don't normally have order changes since the plan I have covers so much, and I debate for a long time which equipment I want. I'm just suddenly nervous that someone at UPS might decide to get a discount on my iPhone.
So you got Magenta since TMobile merged? Are you getting the iPhone 15 thru monthly payment promos with trade in? They also mail you a trade in kit.
I was very sensible with my drinking. My colleagues, not so much. I think I’ll be the first one on the stand this morning!
It's my old Freedom plan. I'm surprised that they didn't push me into a T-Mobile plan since it's been a while since the merger. Maybe, it costs them too much for Netflix and Tidal. US$20 for 24 months, which was about $1.50 extra compared to the 16e. The 16e payments were marked down something like $7.00 per month. There were many better deals before I logged into my account.
They wanted an extra $99.99 for the 128->256 GB version upgrade. With the iPhone SE, it was $150 for the 64->256 GB version upgrade.
It was time, though. I was waiting for an Uber ride earlier today and my battery life was being drained quickly. It's been almost three years with the 2022 iPhone SE.