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Shoman Foundation Organizes Exhibition for Little Innovators in Jordan

Jordan's Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation CEO at the exhibition.
Jordan's Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation CEO at the exhibition.
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Shoman Foundation Organizes Exhibition for Little Innovators in Jordan

Jordan's Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation CEO at the exhibition.
Jordan's Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation CEO at the exhibition.

The Department of Education and Science at Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation organized the Young Innovators Exhibition Thursday to enhance thinking skills among children and adolescents.

In its third edition, the exhibition, introduced a distinguished presentation of scientific projects made by children, who attended scientific and practical workshops including experiments and projects aimed at developing their research and analytical capacities.

The exhibition was organized at the Islamic Educational College, under the patronage of Jordan's Minister of Information and Communications Technology Muthanna Al-Gharaybeh, who expressed pride in the innovative projects, and highlighted the great role given by the Shoman Foundation to the scientific and cultural fields.

The age of participants ranged between 10 and 13. They developed 11 scientific projects.

Speaking at the event, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation CEO Valentina Qussisiya said: "We are meeting today for the third consecutive year to celebrate the Young Innovators Lab program aiming at boosting the children's critical thinking and growing an innovative and creative generation."

"The Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, established 40 years ago by the Arab Bank, is fully aware of the importance of cultivating culture and science in children and adults. Therefore, the Foundation selected 41 out of 500 applicants to undergo a critical thinking test."

The CEO pointed out that the Foundation has been focusing on programs and activities targeting science and education, as well as reading and knowledge, indicating that the Foundation has been keen for three years, to focus on training children practically, mentally and intellectually.

"Innovation here means focusing on many skills that are being transformed through education from feeding learning to learning critical thinking skills that help a child analyze, think, and implement projects in innovative ways," she said.

According to Qussisiya, these projects will undoubtedly address many problems.

The acquisition of critical thinking and learning in light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, along with turning ideas into practical products, will provide Jordan with many jobs and opportunities in the near future, she said.

The 11 participating groups presented their projects to the audience, talked about the problems they encountered, how they overcame them, and the alternative solutions they chose to get the final form of the project.

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Storm Dumps Record Rain in Northern California, While US Northeast Deals with Winter Storms

A pedestrian walks along a flooded street during a storm Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Santa Rosa, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
A pedestrian walks along a flooded street during a storm Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Santa Rosa, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Storm Dumps Record Rain in Northern California, While US Northeast Deals with Winter Storms

A pedestrian walks along a flooded street during a storm Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Santa Rosa, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
A pedestrian walks along a flooded street during a storm Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Santa Rosa, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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The storm on the West Coast arrived in the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, mostly in the Seattle area, before its strong winds moved through Northern California, The Associated Press reported.
Santa Rosa, California, saw its wettest three-day period on record with about 12.5 inches (32 centimeters) of rain falling by Friday evening, according to the National Weather Service in the Bay Area.
Flooding closed part of scenic Highway 1, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway, in Mendocino County and there was no estimate for when it would reopen, according to the California Department of Transportation.
On the East Coast, another storm brought much-needed rain to New York and New Jersey, where rare wildfires have raged in recent weeks, and heavy snow to northeastern Pennsylvania. Parts of West Virginia were under a blizzard warning through Saturday morning, with up to 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow and high winds making travel treacherous.
As residents in the Seattle area headed into the weekend, more than 112,000 people were still without power from this season’s strongest atmospheric river — a long plume of moisture that forms over an ocean and flows through the sky over land. Crews worked to clear streets of downed lines, branches and other debris, while cities opened warming centers so people heading into their fourth day without power could get warm food and plug in their cellphones and other devices.
Gale warnings were issued off Washington, Oregon and California, and high wind warnings were in effect across parts of Northern California and Oregon. There were winter storm warnings for parts of the California Cascades and the Sierra Nevada.
Forecasters predicted that both coasts would begin to see a reprieve from the storms as the system in the northeast moves into eastern Canada and the one in the West heads south.
By Friday night, some relief was already being seen in California, where the sheriff’s office in Humboldt County downgraded evacuation orders to warnings for people near the Eel River after forecasters said the waterway would see moderate but not major flooding.
The system roared ashore on the West Coast on Tuesday as a “ bomb cyclone,” which occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly. It unleashed fierce winds that toppled trees onto roads, vehicles and homes.
Debra Campbell said she was sitting in the dark with a flashlight that night, unable to sleep as strong winds lashed her house in Crescent City, California. With a massive boom, a 150-foot (46-meter) tree came crashing down on her home and car.
“It was just so incredibly frightening,” AP quoted Campbell as saying. “Once I realized it wasn’t going to come through the ceiling where I was at, I was able to grab my car keys and my purse. ... And I open the front door and it’s just solid tree.”
In the Northeast, which has been hit by drought, more than 2 inches (5 centimeters) of rain was expected by Saturday morning north of New York City, with snow mixed in at higher elevations.
Despite the mess, the precipitation was expected to help ease drought conditions in a state that has seen an exceptionally dry fall.
“It’s not going to be a drought buster, but it’s definitely going to help when all this melts,” said Bryan Greenblatt, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Binghamton, New York.
Heavy snow fell in northeastern Pennsylvania, including the Pocono Mountains, prompting a raft of school closures. Higher elevations reported up to 17 inches (43 centimeters), with lesser accumulations in valley cities like Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. More than 85,000 customers in 10 counties lost power, and the state transportation department imposed speed restrictions on some highways.