Friday, May 04, 2007
Tokyo Motor Show . A photograph is near future electromobile ELIICA which the Keio University automobile laboratory is studying. A power supply uses a lithium ion battery, and the acceleration time from 370km of top speed and a stop state to 160km/h is the spec. of 4.1 seconds, and it has the performance which is not possible by the car which used the usual engine. It is said that research for general spread is done and it goes from now on.
Kingdom of Bahrain
Bahrain Astronaut Photograph
Bahrain has been inhabited by humans since ancient times and has even been proposed as the site of the Biblical Garden of Eden. Its strategic location in the Persian Gulf has brought rule and influence from the Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, Persians, and finally the Arabs, under whom the island became Muslim. Bahrain was in the ancient times known as Dilmun, later under its Greek name Tylos (see Dilmun for more information), as Awal as well as under the Persian name Mishmahig when it came under the imperial rule of the Persian Empire.
The islands of Bahrain, positioned in the middle south of the Persian Gulf, have attracted the attention of many invaders throughout history, such as the Al-Khalifas. Bahrain is an Arabic word meaning "Two Seas", and is thought to either refer to the fact that the islands contain two sources of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas, or to the south and north waters of the Persian Gulf, separating it from the Arabian coast and Iran, respectively. Some scholars believe this to be an folk etymology for the much older, non-Semitic term, Bahran; according to some scholars[attribution needed] Bahran originates from Varahrdn, the later form of the old Avestan Verethragna - a Zoroastrian divinity that is the hypostasis of victory.
A strategic position between East and West, fertile lands, fresh water, and pearl diving made Bahrain long a center of urban settlement. Pearl diving was the main economy until cultured pearls were invented in early twentieth century and more when oil was discovered in 1930s. About 2300 BC, Bahrain became a centre of one of the ancient empires trading between Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and the Indus Valley (now in Pakistan and India). This was the civilization of Dilmun (sometimes transliterated Telmun) that was linked to the Sumerian Civilization in the third millennium BC. Bahrain became part of the Babylonian empire about 600 BC. Historical records referred to Bahrain with names such as the "Life of Eternity", "Paradise", and Eden. Bahrain was also called the "Pearl of the Persian Gulf".
The islands of Bahrain, positioned in the middle south of the Persian Gulf, have attracted the attention of many invaders throughout history, such as the Al-Khalifas. Bahrain is an Arabic word meaning "Two Seas", and is thought to either refer to the fact that the islands contain two sources of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas, or to the south and north waters of the Persian Gulf, separating it from the Arabian coast and Iran, respectively. Some scholars believe this to be an folk etymology for the much older, non-Semitic term, Bahran; according to some scholars[attribution needed] Bahran originates from Varahrdn, the later form of the old Avestan Verethragna - a Zoroastrian divinity that is the hypostasis of victory.
A strategic position between East and West, fertile lands, fresh water, and pearl diving made Bahrain long a center of urban settlement. Pearl diving was the main economy until cultured pearls were invented in early twentieth century and more when oil was discovered in 1930s. About 2300 BC, Bahrain became a centre of one of the ancient empires trading between Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and the Indus Valley (now in Pakistan and India). This was the civilization of Dilmun (sometimes transliterated Telmun) that was linked to the Sumerian Civilization in the third millennium BC. Bahrain became part of the Babylonian empire about 600 BC. Historical records referred to Bahrain with names such as the "Life of Eternity", "Paradise", and Eden. Bahrain was also called the "Pearl of the Persian Gulf".
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Do Everything with Excellence
Today's Scripture
"Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward." (Colossians 3:23-24)
Today's Word from Joel and Victoria
Striving to live a life of excellence is possible when you begin to understand and act out today's passage. Don't work just for your boss or for a paycheck. Instead, work for God. When you love your family and show true friendship and kindness to others, it's as if you are doing that for Jesus too! When your focus is on God in whatever you do, you are living out His exciting purpose for you. That's why God wants you to put your whole heart into everything you do . . . every day. And when you give your best effort for God, He promises to reward you. Your life can be transformed by practicing this very basic principle of seeking to please and honor God in all you do.
A Prayer for Today
God, help me become a person who, through Your power, chooses to live my best life now and refuses to settle for second best. Thank you for being so generous as to reward me for those things I do for Your sake. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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