it doesn't snow just in Norway ... !!!

As everyone is hating these days snow in Norway and keep saying that soon it is gonna be April why the hell doesn't it stop snowing, it seems Norway is not the only country struck by snow. Big mass of snow and rain has hit Iran since yesterday ... So we better stop complaining if it is even snowing at warm countries ...

IFcreativity can be taught ?!?

tranlation : creativity can be learnt(or taught)

Can creativity be taught ? This is a philosophical question I guss. I saw this sentence on the train at Oslo subway, which is placed as the main sentence in an advertisement for an Art School at Oslo. The question remains if their claims is right or wrong ?
I believe a lot of what a human can do is from its previous experience and the more the person sees and feel and hear, the more he can do in the future ... But is this creativity or this is a mixture of our old experiences ? Isn't creativity an invention that never existed before ? Like a totally new style of painting that looked DUMB and STUPID to earlier artists. To be honest I dont know the answer to this question neitehr but I think that school can train alot of good artist that would make very nice artifacts but I dunno much about how creative they will be and if their creativity has anything to do with their school trainings ...

tranlation : creativity can be learnt(or taught)

Ali Daei was dismissed ...

Irna(Iranian official news agency) reported that Ali Daei was sacked by Iranian soccer federation. Irna which was reporting form an informed source without mentioning the name, mentioned that the reason was due to the weak results of the team in the 2010 World Cup second qualifying round. Another source also added he was dismissed as an answer to people's will shouting and asking for him to resign in Azadi sport complex yesterday.

Ali Daei was chosen instead of a very famous and internationally well known Iranian head couch called Afshin Ghotbi. The choice at the time brought public's reaction as Daei was not so popular because his so called negative role in the national soccer team in his late years of playing as a player. I believe this is the worst time for dismissing the head coach of the team. There are also sources that believe he was dismissed because of political reasons, as Iranian president was present at the stadium when the shameful loss took place.

The question remains that why he was chosen at a wrong time over an experienced head coach and why he is sacked at the time being at such a sensitive situation ?!?

Ali Daei talking to Vahid Hashemian.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Azadi sport complex

Philosophy Project, Spring 2009

This is my philosophy project about Descartes meditations and how it effected our world and meditation afterwards. The post comes in a post afterwards and you can also download the ZIP file by clicking here. The essay discusses the way Descartes new fundemental unit(I think, therefore I exist) changed our point of view and guided humanity to individualism. You can also read the essay without downloading by reading it @ my website.

Vote for Earth at Earth hour

Hi.

I invite everyone to turn off the lights at 20:30 your local time to show your respect for our dear planet Earth ... This project is called Earth Hour and gives us all a chance to show our politicians how much we care for our environment ...

VOTE FOR EARTH :-)

a big loss, a big shame ...

Today at Azadi sport complex, Iran lost soccer game to Saudi Arabia !!! This was a big loss and even a bigger shame that took place right in front of eyes of 100,000 Iranian watching the match in the complex and millions of them watching through TV.
Although Saudi Arabia has always been a difficult team to win for Iran, but still this loss in Tehran can be called a SHAME for Iranian soccer. The loss reduced our chance terribly to rich World Cup 2010.
But no matter what, it is a game .... Every game has a looser and winner and today it was our turn to be the looser ;-) + :-(

Missing ...

I really miss being in Iran during these days that Norouz(Iranian new year) festival is going on in Iran ... When Iran is not cold, neither hot ... I miss my home town, I miss my family, I miss everything ...

02.01.1388 ( Iranian date format )
Shahab,

Shahabinary alpha version 0.002

Hi.

Shahabinary English to Norwegian dictionary :

Shahabinary is a OS free, freeware PC application which is at least runable on Linux & Windows (TESTED). The code is not open source this time (like Shahabinary 0.001) but I will post the source code in near future. Due to some technical difficulties with GUI, the word recognition ability has been disabled but will be functional again in version 0.003. This version enjoys a better GUI and much more comfortable design with significant changes in the code which makes it smaller and easier to compile. The only thing you need to do for running is to unzip the folder and double click on Shahabinary v. 0.0002.jar.

Again I repeat the words and database are not trustable and this is just an exercise in my learning progress. This project the focus is mostly on the technical part and not the dictionary parts of the application.

Click here to download the latest Shahabinary …

Enjoy …

Semester, this ...

This semester I have very crazy stuffs … Introduction to Robot Technology(INF3480), Digital Image Processing(INF2310), Circut analysis(INF1410), Philosophy(EXPHIL03) …

They are really killing me, specially the first two … A lot of mathematics formulas to remember and bang your head with !!!

Iranian soccer ...

The match between Iran and South Korea ended up 1-1 at Tehran, Azadi sport complex. Iran was the winner of the match up to last 8 minutes of the match when Koreans managed to score a blocked shoot from the keeper.

The little Prince, My Review ...

This is a university semester project in 5 pages about a book called The Little Prince. This article is written in Persian by me for a course called Persian litreature and Persian language. To read the article(Ofcourse in Persian ;-)) click here.

Life, the story :-)

Life is about asking questions not knowing the answers … Even if we don’t get the answers we have to still ask the questions …

First fully built Iranian data-processing satellite into orbit

Iran launched a fully Iranian built data-processing national satellite on Monday night. The launching of the satellite, coincides with the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. The satellite was launched using Safir-2 rocket and was successfully set into orbit.

Omid data-processing satellite project was launched on developing national strategic technologies in line with the Software Movement underway by Iranian universities. The project started in March 2005 at “Saa Iran” industries as the first practical step toward acquiring national space technology. Its main objective is to prepare the grounds for promoting national space industry in Iran. The project’s experts focused on manufacturing the equipment and helping develop potentials of the domestic companies to carry out such projects.

Omid Sat

Source : IRNA

The way up to the North, Welcome :-)

By the definition Norway(Called Norge in Norwegian language) means :

Noreg/Norway: Means: “The way north” (Norðvegr) (Norð: north ) + (vegr: the way along the coast)

This is one of the gates of Oslo fjord where you can start your journey on the way to the North, when you take the cruiser from Copenhagen to Oslo …

The Norouz main tradition ...

Norouz festival is a religious free celebration which is celebrated by all the different groups of people in Iran and the countries around(but Not Arabic countries). One of the inevitable parts of Norouz festival is HaftSin tradition. Haft Sîn (Persian: هفت سین) or the seven 'S's is a major tradition of Nowruz, the traditional Iranian new year. Today the haft sin table includes seven items specifically starting with the letter S or Sîn (س in the Persian alphabet). The items symbolically correspond to seven creations and holy immortals protecting them. Originally called Haft Chin (هفت چین), the Haft Sin has evolved over time, but has kept its symbolism. Traditionally, families attempt to set as beautiful a Haft Sîn table as they can, as it is not only of traditional and spiritual value, but also noticed by visitors during Nowruzi visitations and is a reflection of their good taste. The Haft Sin items are:

1. sabzeh(سبزه) - wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth
2. samanu (سمنو)- a sweet pudding made from wheat germ - symbolizing affluence
3. senjed (سنجد)- the dried fruit of the oleaster tree - symbolizing love
4. sîr (سیر)- garlic - symbolizing medicine
5. sîb (سیب)- apples - symbolizing beauty and health
6. somaq (سماق)- sumac berries - symbolizing (the color of) sunrise
7. serkeh (سرکه)- vinegar - symbolizing age and patience

While traditionally incorrect, sometimes a missing Sin is exchanged with another item starting with an S. For example:

• sonbol (سنبل)- the fragrant hyacinth flower (the coming of spring)
• sekkeh (سکه)- coins (prosperity and wealth)

Other items on the table may include:

• traditional Iranian pastries such as baghlava (باقلوا),

toot (توت), naan-nokhodchi (نان نخودچی)

• dried nuts, berries and raisins that is called "Aajeel" (آجیل)
• lit candles (enlightenment and happiness)
• a mirror
• decorated eggs, sometimes one for each member of the family (fertility)
• a bowl with goldfish (life, and the sign of Pisces which the sun is leaving)
• a bowl of water with an orange in it (the earth floating in space)
• rose water for its magical cleansing powers
• the national colours, for a patriotic touch
• the Holy Quran, the Shahnama or the Divan of Hafez or any other religous book
  

This photo is taken by me at the city of Rasht as a traditional old style Iranian type of HaftSin(7 S)

The Norouz c

The year turned just now :-) The symbol of this year is bull ...

Happy Norouz,

The following link is the Happy Norouz message from Barak Obama :

Happy new Iranian year, Norouz :-)

Tomorrow around 12:43':30" the Iranian year will turn and it will be the new year. Iranians use their own solar calender which is an astronomicalsolar calendar and one of the longest chronological records in history and is currently used inIran and Afghanistan as the main official calendar. Beginning each year on thevernal equinox as precisely determined by astronomical observations from Tehran (or the 52.5°E meridian, which also defines IRST), this makes it more accurate than theGregorian Calendar in being synchronized with the solar year, but harder to work out when a particular date would occur before the New Year preceding that date.

The year is of course based on 12 months based and 4 different seasons of the year which starts with spring and finishes with winter. Iranians also celebrate the last Wednsday night of the year with fireworks. The new year is called Norouz(New day in Persian) which actually is a spring festival is celebrated by setting up a table of 7 different things that their name starts with the letter "S". Usually all the present elements on the table are a symbol of something.

This year my brother's family who live here in Norway are going back to Iran for the new year while I am stuck here. I can't go back because of my military service problem. I haven't served military since I became 18 and if I go back I have to first serve military and then would be allowed to come out to continiue my studies here.

Anyway Happy Norouz, the spring festival to everyone :-)

The picture over here is from a very good friend of mine, Mr. Mohammad E Hesamian

Equality gained, after death ...

From tomorrow on(Iranian new year), in Iran men & women are equal after death !!! Yep, you read it right, after death, totally equal ... According to law in Iran, when someone is for example killed in a car accident a money should be payed to the injured or dead people in the accident* beside the other punishment**. Today this amount of money is different for men & women. When a man could coast the insurance company full charge, a woman would do half of it. The reason behind the law were old traditions coming from Islamic rules basing on a man is a bread maker while a woman is not.Changing this law was one of the main goals of Iranian women movement beside having the right to keep their child after divorce & right to ask for divorce out of conditions. It might not mean so much as long as this is the case after the death but still is a symbolic victory for Iranian women.

* Usually by insurance, not allowed to drive without insurance in Iran.
** The person in charge of the accident can be imprisoned from 6 month if receives the sentence from court of law.
*** Picture from http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/human-rights-facts-62-matriarchy-in-the-usa/

Nationalization of oil industry, anniversary

Today is an important political national day for Iran and Iranians. Today is the anniversary of the day that Iranian petroleum industry became national and the imperialist powers(Britain at the time) could not any more just take the oil without any propper Iranian authority.

This incident and right after it the few golden years of Iranian democracy is a historical point in Iranian history. The very good memory that ended with a plot to depose the symbol of Iranian democracy prime minister Mohammad Mosaddeq(man of the year 1951 by Time magazine*). This plot was called operation Ajax, an operation which was planned by American & British intelligence agencies and with direct cooperation of Iranian king.

Iranian people still remember those painful days with great sadness, but at the same time they are still very proud of what power of people and freedom of speech did on this great day. After negotiations for higher oil royalties failed, on 15 March and 20 March 1951, the Iranian Majlis(parliment) and Senate voted to nationalize the British-owned and operated AIOC, taking control of Iran’s oil industry. This day is the day right before Iranian ancient new year(the first day of spring) and is a national holiday in Iran.

Happy 29th of Esfand(Iranian calendar, equals with 20th of march).

Shahab.

* : For his sudden rise in popularity inside and outside of Iran, and for his defiance of the British, Mosaddeq was named as Time Magazine’s 1951 Man of the Year. Other notables considered for the title that year included Dean Acheson, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Douglas MacArthur.^{[42]
** : photo is from : http://shirin.mit.edu/blog/?cat=21&paged=2}