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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Al-Quran

The relation between Qur'an and science is strongly affirmed in Islamic thought. Almost all sources, classical and modern, agree that the Qur’an encourages the acquisition of science and scientific knowledge.[1]
The contemporary Islamic discourse on the Qur’an and science abounds with assertions of the relationship between the two. This presumed relationship is construed in a variety of ways, the most common of which are the efforts to prove the divine nature of the Qur’an through modern science.[1]
The belief that Qur'an had prophesied scientific theories and discoveries - known as Ijaz al-Qur'an - has become a strong and widespread belief in the contemporary Islamic world. Alleged prophecies are often provided to show a connection between the Qur'an and miracles, and to support the belief of divine origin for the Qur'an.
Qur'an contains many verses describing the universe creation; God created heavens and earth in six ages [7:54], the earth was created in two ages[41:9], and in two other ages (into a total of four) God furnished the creation of the earth with mountains, rivers and fruit-gardens [41:10]. God also created the Seven Heavens, one atop of another. It also states that there was some sort of a massive split between the Heavens and the Earth. The Quran contains many passages on this topic.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

WOOOOHHOOOO!!!! CrAzY GraVitY!!

Gravitation is a natural phenomenon by which objects with mass attract one another.[1] In everyday life, gravitation is most commonly thought of as the agency which lends weight to objects with mass. Gravitation compels dispersed matter to coalesce, thus accounting for the existence of the Earth, the Sun, and most of the macroscopic objects in the universe. It is responsible for keeping the Earth and the other planets in their orbits around the Sun; for keeping the Moon in its orbit around the Earth; for the formation of tides; for convection, by which fluid flow occurs under the influence of a temperature gradient and gravity; for heating the interiors of forming stars and planets to very high temperatures; and for various other phenomena observed on Earth. Modern physics describes gravitation using the general theory of relativity, in which gravitation is a consequence of the curvature of spacetime which governs the motion of inertial objects. The simpler Newton's law of universal gravitation provides an accurate approximation for most calculations.
The terms gravitation and gravity are mostly interchangeable in everyday use, but a distinction is made in scientific circles. "Gravitation" is a general term describing the phenomenon by which bodies with mass are attracted to one another, while "gravity" refers specifically to the net force exerted by the Earth on objects in its vicinity as well as by other factors, such as the Earth's rotation.[2][3]



Gravitation keeps the planets in orbit about the Sun. (Not to scale)

THE ORIGIN OF TAEKWONDO GTF(GLOBAL TAEKWONDO FEDERATION)

Taekwondo (Korean pronunciation: [tʰɛkwʌndo]) is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. It is the world's most popular martial art in terms of the number of practitioners.[1] Gyeorugi (pronounced [ɡjʌɾuɡi]), a type of sparring, has been an Olympic event since 2000.
In Korean, tae (Hangul: 태, hanja: ) means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon (Hangul: 권, hanja: ) means "to strike or break with fist"; and do (Hangul: 도, hanja: ) means "way" or "method"; so "taekwondo" is loosely translated as "the way of the foot and fist" or "the way of kicking and punching".
Park Jung Tae (c. 1943–11 April 2002) was a master of taekwondo and a pioneer of that martial art in Canada.[1][2][3] He was a key leader in the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) under General Choi. Park founded the Global Taekwon-Do Federation in 1990, after leaving the ITF.
Park was born in 1943 or 1944 in Korea during the period of Japanese occupation.[1][4] He began training in the martial arts as a child, starting with boxing before moving on to judo and then taekwondo. In 1964, he was the second President of the Korean Tae Soo Do Association.[5] In 1965, he was ranked 4th dan and directed instruction of soldiers in Vietnam.[6] Park was one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association.[7]
Park moved to Canada where he met his future wife, Linda, in Toronto in 1970.[8] During the 1970s, he established the Manitoba Tae Kwon-Do Association.[9] In 1978 and 1979, he accompanied Choi on taekwondo demonstration tours in Europe.[10] In 1984, he conducted a seminar in Brisbane, Australia.[11][12] At the time, he was ranked 8th dan in the ITF.[12] In November 1984, Park was elected Secretary-General of the ITF.[13]
Park founded the Global Taekwon-Do Federation (GTF) on 14 June 1990, the year after his departure from the ITF due to North–South Korean political issues.[1][14][15] Amongst those who affiliated with the GTF was Sabree Salleh in 1998.[16] Shortly before he died, Park promoted Salleh to 9th dan (GTF).[16]
Park died on 11 April 2002 due to poor health, and is survived by his wife and their children: Juliann, Heather, and Christopher.[1][4][17] Linda Park succeeded her husband as President of the GTF.[4][17]
Park is listed as a pioneer in Canada (1970s) in Chang Keun Choi's list of taekwondo pioneers.[