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king abdullah founded the king abdullah university of science and technology so he is cool for all eternity~ now someone explain to me what point of the king abdullah university of science and technology is and why anyone would want to study there and not at say harvard or cambridge or some well-known marine sciences institute
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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TheImmigrant posted:Because s/he was a third-rate primary student in KSA or a Gulf country, and unconnected. Those oil monarchies engage in very heavy social spending. They invest in education - stipends to spend abroad for the connected; cheap or free but low-quality institutions at home - large grants to newlyweds, etc. It acts as a sort of bribery, in which those unconnected to the elite accept not to engage in dissent or otherwise disrupt the status quo. The same tacit agreement extends to Western expats. My experiences are in the UAE and Qatar. In exchange for an excellent salary with low taxes, you agree not to engage in political activity, flout conservative Islamic values (you can drink at home or in hotel bars, and the expats in places like Dubai and Doha quietly hook up and gently caress like bunnies via Tinder and OkC) but public drunkenness is forbidden. If you are a laborer from a Third World country (South Asia for construction, Philippines and certain African countries for services), you are an indentured servant who often earns enough to send remittances home. KSA (I'm constitutionally barred from the country) is supposedly similar, but socially much less tolerant of expat behavior. I have heard it described as a paradise for gay men on the DL though. Yeah, though KAUST seems to attract some westerners. Are those likely to be all expats who are already in Saudi Arabia or do people actively go there to study?
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Jan 25, 2015 17:52
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Everyday Lurker posted:It's rare enough to be a badge of honor, nowadays. Nah, we should just put some deserving subforums in a "retarded forum for assholes" area again. Which would be most of them, but hey TheImmigrant posted:No idea. KSA is among the last places on earth I'd want to live. Most qualities which make Dubai tolerable (a certain cosmopolitan air, booze, beach, nightlife, sex) aren't options in KSA. I wasn't aware there was a significant number of Western students there. Maybe it has a feeder program for Aramco. I was going to say "they'd have to pay me to go", but it turns out they actually do  quote:All admitted students receive the benefits of the KAUST Fellowship which supports students for the duration of their graduate studies. The benefits of the KAUST Fellowship include: suck my woke dick fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Jan 25, 2015 |
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Jan 25, 2015 22:31
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Rygar201 posted:I really need to know what those asterisks refer to quote:* Charges may apply to dependent housing and medical and dental coverage. * our health care system may or may not be American-levels of hosed up. Come and find out!
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Jan 25, 2015 23:04
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New Division posted:Hey, they're just doing what they have to do to secure some more of those sweet, sweet multi-billion dollar arms. Germany just decided not to allow any further arms deals with SA so there's no better time for the French to double down  I bet Leclercs are an acceptable substitute for Leopard IIs in the main mission scenarios of running over protestors and taking potshots at technicals and Soviet era leftover tanks.
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Jan 25, 2015 23:15
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Claverjoe posted:Because you get a ~$2-5 million dollar budget for setting up your lab and equipment, plus a lot of money to do research there. Had a buddy in grad school who got the offer. Since she was a woman, she declined, but having somebody willing to throw such levels of funding for starting your lab and beginning your academic career is pretty tempting stuff, especially since you can also just use some of that money to publish with a big name professor for legitimacy in your research. Ok, I can see how that might be tempting.
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Jan 25, 2015 23:41
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Tezzor posted:http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128034 freedom 
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Jan 27, 2015 08:54
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Effectronica posted:The sons of the first king, Abdulaziz ibn Saud, inherited in order of age, barring their exclusion from the succession, followed by their sons in turn, though supposedly via merit rather than solely by age. No brothers of ibn Saud are in line, nor are any descendants of any daughters. This can only end well.
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Jan 27, 2015 19:19
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Effectronica posted:He had 45, but only 11 still survive, the youngest 69 years old. The first of his grandsons is third in line, himself 55. Yeah but can't they just cycle through one-year-wonders that are effectively figureheads like a normal dysfunctional monarchy? I'm sure there are enough grandkids around for that
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Jan 27, 2015 21:14
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My Imaginary GF posted:its better than the vacuum which replaces it see e.g. every nation that is not a monarchy
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