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'Clock Kid' Ahmed Mohamed and His Family To Leave US, Move To Qatar
theodp writes: The curious case of Ahmed Mohamed, the 9th grader who was cuffed for scaring school officials with what turned out to be a repackaged digital clock, has taken yet another twist with news on Tuesday that the 'Clock Kid' and his family will move to Qatar. Less than 24 hours after Ahmed met President Obama at the White House, the family issued a news release saying, "After careful consideration of all the generous offers received, we would like to announce that we have accepted a kind offer from Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) for Ahmed to join the prestigious QF Young Innovators Program, which reflects the organization's on-going dedication to empowering young people and fostering a culture of innovation and creativity." Prior to the announcement, some in the press sensed something was amiss when the President seemed to give Ahmed the cold shoulder on Monday after personally inviting Ahmed to the White House for "Astronomy Night." Last month, Ahmed enjoyed a decidedly warmer welcome at Google, where he was literally put front and center before the Google Science Fair winners (including Grand Prize winner Olivia Hallisey, who came up with a novel way to detect Ebola), and enjoyed a meet-and-greet with Sergey Brin.
Cool post, AC. Want to bring it to the White House?
More time to spend playing Qatar Hero.
That they miss their plane because their alarm clock failed.
Around twenty years ago I was having problems with a really nice CRT, and I wanted to fix it. So, I bought a book on CRT repair, and got about as far as how much voltage is still hanging around in the electronics, and I decided, nope... I can get a new CRT.
20,000 volts should be enough for anybody...
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Except for the food, religion & clothes, are Texas & Qatar that much different?
Pain is merely failure leaving the body
Extra parts do not exist; they're always there for a reason
That's not tru. I had a coupl of parts lft ovr from rassmbling my kyboard and it works just fin.
-- I have monkeys in my pants.