Missed that very much!!

0.0. Life- .... may be great news -- for mice I found this pretty cool for those who want to know more about....!

0.1. Dizin Ski resort will be operation in the coming week. They have added two new lifts and 2 restaurants in on the runs are now running. So, Dizin welcomes skiers!

it is unfortunate that Switzerland has no snow this year!!


راه اندازى بزرگترين پيست اسكى كشور



پيست بين المللى ديزين براى پذيرايى از علاقه مندان به اين ورزش مفرح از اوايل هفته آينده فعاليت خود را آغاز مى كند.
افزودن چند خط جديد بالابر در منطقه در جهت افزايش ظرفيت پيست و بهره بردارى از ابنيه و بخش هاى مختلف پيست نظير ۲ رستوران در محدوده پيست كه تاكنون امكان بهره بردارى از آن وجود نداشته و افزايش ضريب امنيت دستگاه ها و تأسيسات بالابر موجود در منطقه وايجاد قابليت هاى جديد نظير پيست يو و پرش از جمله اقداماتى هستند كه على آبادى رييس سازمان تربيت بدنى به آنها اشاره كرد.
معاون رياست جمهور و رييس سازمان تربيت بدنى با بيان اين موضوع كه منطقه ديزين پتانسيل جذب بالاى توريست ورزشى و امكان فعاليت ورزشى و تفريحى در تمام فصل هاى سال را نيز داراست ادامه مى دهد: با تدوين طرح جامع توسعه منطقه ورزشى ديزين در ۳ فاز كوتاه مدت و بلند مدت در پى رسيدن به اهداف تدوين شده و بالفعل نمودن پتانسيل هاى بالقوه اين منطقه توسط شركت توسعه و نگهدارى امكان اين پيست در سال هاى گذشته فقط براى فصول اسكى به بهره بردار واگذار مى شد كه با توجه به كوتاهى زمان امكان استقرار سيستم مناسب مديريتى براى پيست مقدور نبود.

Yalda and Naser Abdullahi!

1. Naser Abdullahi is prominant Iranian singer died at age of 36 in Tehran. He was known for southern Iranian style (Bandari) of singing and some nice work of mixture of Iranian and Spanish rythems! I attended his concert while I was in Iran and found him quite entertaining. One of the songs I heard for the first time and I liked was this:

اینسان نمیابی ز من . حتی نشان ای دوست
من در تو گم گشتم مرا در خود صدا میزن
تا پاسخم را بشنوی . پژواک خوان ای دوست
ای دوست ای دوست ای دوست ای دوست
در آتش تو زاده شد حروف شعر من
سردی مکن با این چنین آتش به جان ای دوست
گفتی بخوان . خواندم . اگر چه گوش نسپردی
حالا که لالم خواستی. پس خود بخوان ای دوست
ای دوست ای دوست ای دوست ای دوست
من قانعم . آن بخت جانی دار نمیخواهم
گر میتوانی یک نفس با من بمان ای دوست
یا نه تو هم . با هر بهانه شانه خالی کن
از من . ولی بر شاخه ها بار گران ای دوست
نامهربانی را هم از تو دوست خواهم داشت
بیهوده میکوشی بمانی مهربان ای دوست
آن سان که میخواهد دلت. با من بگو . آری
من دوست دارم حرف دل را بر زبان ای دوست
ای دوست ای دوست ای دوست ای دوست
ای دوست ای دوست ای دوست ای دوست

محمد علی بهمنی

you can also listen to its mp3 here.

2. Tonight is Shabe cheleh and as a tradition I always put up this text to provide some information about what shabe Cheleh stands for and its mythical aspect in Persian tradition.
To those who are far from family (including myself:-) and can't gather for the occasion I wish the best. you can read Ghazaliyat Hafez on line here in both English and Persian.

Career Planning for Junior Scientists and Researchers!

In the days that I have tons of work and study to do, I have this tendency to become crazy and put myself under more stress and pressure than usual! So, having said that I felt there is a need for me to attend a so called “Career Planning for Junior Scientists and Researchers” workshop! Somebody should have told me: am I close to graduate? No, I would reply! So, what is the point of attending!? Yeh!
The workshop outcome: I didn’t learn much! become depressed, learned that Switzerland is Saudi Arabia for women! Now I am afraid talking to women so my conversation may be interpreted as not supportive and consider equalities!!
My first intention was to compare European attitude in career planning compare to North Americans, specifically Canadians since I have already attended in such a workshop in Canada. I have to admit there are many differences between these two nations! I truly got surprised for such a big disparity.
The storey I wish to write here happened in the second day of the workshop.
After an hour of presentation of the instructor about how women are underestimated and underrated in scientific field in Switzerland and Germany! They are not given fair chances and how they were not offered the jobs they deserve, we started a group workshop to identify what people would suggest us in light of our observation and skills we contain. The group was supposed to be conducted as following:
we were given an A3 paper, we would draw a happy face in the middle and think of any career we ever wished to do and write it down and connect them to our picture by lines. After that we were asked to write on two series of colored papers each of three about the three skills and values we feel them most important to us in any job. At behest of instructor we made group of three to conduct the workshop. One would volunteer in the group and explain what s/he has written on those pages. The two others would ask him/her questions and then the person whose turn is will turn back and listen to what the two others would suggest about the career path may be suitable for him/her.
I wrote the following jobs for myself: A comedian, a write who writes about fun and how to have fun in doing anything (I wished), a biomechanicst in corporate world, a instructor and researcher!!
I will not get to mine, though I wish to write about a girl who seemed in her late 20s. She was in our group. She, biology major with wondering face, with anxious eyes! She started to explain she have never had tired another job except what she was describing and currently has! She can’t see herself working in any cooperation and no other institution than where she knows plus she hates teaching. When I asked why? “I have had given lectures to some first and second year students and they were like: why should be learning this!!, so, I was always feeling they are there because their parents insist to be there. Don’t have a happy memory!” She explained. Add to that she was going to get married to a boyfriend who lives in Koeln, Germany and who is a teacher. So, on top of that she wished to have a child some time soon! Her intention to be in this workshop. How to juggle between career and family! She felt girls should truly get married before latest 29!
So, After careful listening to her when she turned her back to us. I give her my 2-cent!
What I am going to tell you may not be so pleasant but I want you to think about it! I said:
You have not so much of experience except what you have in field of your study and you don't seem very satisfy from those experiences. You have only had tired your chances in one field of study. You yet to know if there are any jobs are available for you in corporate world. Top to that that you have never tried any other job so you would know if this is what you really wish to do!
So, forget about you boyfriend, don’t get married. You still have to gain experience. Forget what you are told about marriage in latest of late 20s and have children, soon! First try to see what you like and what you want then decide if these are what you really want to do! These are relationships in my opinion where in a few years after marriage you will see major disagreement appears in them.
Consider that the instructor in the workshop had explained a few minutes before that that in Europe if a girl is 26 and older and still single, people would assume there is something wrong when her. Same thing for boys over 30 was told!

Some political commentary!

Photos courtesy of Z8un and Baradar Abtahi

1.Yesterday, in Iran was municipality, assembly of experts and some second round of parliamentary election. In Parliamentary and assembly of experts there were not what so ever a person who wishes to help things get better. But in municipality election the storey was completely different. Three major groups (Reformists, Old conservatives and reformed conservative belong to current Iranian President Dr. Ahamdi Nedjad) in Iran were on the scene for battle plus those independent candidates. The well described name that those close to Iranian President have chosen is: The good scent of services! Rayeheh khosh e khetmat! This was totally sounds funny motto name! Since their estabilishment they have done a horrible job for country and so called poor! The inflation is at highest level. The foreign policy is nowhere! so, the scent of stinky services are all over the Iran! I think it stinks and the scent is perceived by people any time soon!

2.Why do we have this tendency to ignore the work of previous group who has been in the power!? The Asian games are finished and Iran finished 6 in overall medal receipt. THe best ever record of Iran in Asian games!
should not we thank the others (managers, experts and bureaucrat) who took time and prepared these teams or individuals for the current Asian games! Rather than saying this was just work of today bureaucracy! Let’s be fair! if we want to judge people, that should be done in next Asian games!

3. Iran Promises to pay Hamas 250 million dollars!! I think many young Iranians are dieing of hunger plus many have no job and money to support themselves and their families! and now we pay Hamas 250 000 000!!! good for us!!!

Happiness

1. catch a cold and have to meet everyday and lots of assignment from this continuum mechanics! I am quite lost! may be I will be kicked from Phd program so I can do other venue in my life. people here telling me I should have studied Law!!

2. about 10 days ago I was drinking some hot sugger added tea right beside of my laptop! My hand tip the glass and it was all over my laptop!! the laptop was plugged in and I quickly unplugged it, fearing it will be exploded! So, then I turn it upside down and let it dry! make it long story short, the computer still works!!! but the keyboard I should punch the keys with lots of force!!!

3. Just watching a program about happiness on CNN. The commentator was interviewing a physchologist about happiness! He explained that throughout a day dose of happiness changes! for example, if you ask a family if they are happy to have a child it depends on when and what time of the day you are asking them! If it is during shpping or sleeping they may say not! but during familly gathering it is different!
when he was asked if money brings happiness! He replied: Money for a person who makes 5000 per year if changes to 50000 per year makes a big difference and brings happiness, but from 50000 to 300 000 they have done some studies and they showed it really does not make any difference!
So, I draw this conclusion it is true if you make average money it is up to you to try to make yourself happy! Be happy!

And the winner of the Liberal party leadership is...

1. I write because I just feel to write nothing more or less can be said or written on it! whether they worth publishing or not or they worth to be read!I don't quite care, personally! Just a note to myself! :-)

2. Finally, Liberal party's leadership in Canada has a elected person and that is nobody than Mr. Stéphane Dion! I truly wish him all the best. I recall him during his post of minister for intergovernmental affairs in Jean Chrétien government. His formal style with a black backpack can't not be forgotten. Hope he does a great job for future of Canada.

3. Last week I was invited to the Chris de Burgh concert! the reason I was invited was the fact that I have this tendency to tell stories! It was thought that I should like to attend the concert of a singer who is known as story teller and has a Album under that name! The concert was great and he did some of the special effects that Pink Floyd used to do! showing and synchronize his song with video on the big screen behind him. So, I enjoyed it quite well. He sang many old and new songs which were mostly narrative. The photos above are taken from there.