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Welcome to the wiki for SplatSpace, a multidisciplinary workshop and one of the world's hackerspaces, located in Durham, NC.
About SplatSpace
An organized group of local artists, engineers, makers, and thinkers who work together to provide tools and learning resources to the public. These resources are used to collaborate on individual and community projects in order to promote science, technology and art; while working and experimenting on innovative ideas to encourage learning within our community. Our members and volunteers teach classes, hold unique educational events and collaborate on cool projects.
Our members are interested in a wide variety of topics. Here are some of our more active groups.
- Craft In Classes, Links, and Material sources. Meetup: [1]}
- Current Event Intro To Electronics {Meetup: [2]}
- Beginning Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Friends {Meetup: [3]}
- Software Sunday {Meetup: [4]}
- TriDIYBio (bio-hacking) {Meetup: [5]}
- Game Night {Meetup: [6]}
- Saturday Science {Meetup: [7]}
Communities Currently on Hiatus
- Sewcialists (textile projects) {Meetup: [8]}
- Ornamentalists (jewelry making and wearables) {Meetup: [9]}
- Free Culture Group {Meetup: []}
- Personal Fabrication Group {Meetup: []}
- Security {Meetup: []}
- Tool Inventory and instructions for safe use
- Workzones
|3D-Printing / Vinyl Cutting
|Gaming / Robotics
|Laser Cutter
|Arts & Crafts
|Meeting Room
|Audio / Video Production
|Community Parts & Personal Storage
- Code of Conduct/ Social Guidelines Work
- Code of Conduct (final draft) [[10]]
- Code of Conduct / Contact Information
- Amalgamation of "New Space" criteria from before the move to our new space New location
- Meetings - meeting minutes and presentations
- Bylaws - rules on how business is conducted
- MIBS_Simplified_Rules_of_Coordinated_Consensus_through_Chaos
- Policies - best practices, procedures, and other info
- Current Board Members
- Accounts - list of Splat accounts and who to contact for access
- Board Agendas - a somewhat transient repository for documents, agendas, etc
- Documents - documents we use for stuff
- Community Portal - questionnaires & surveys, member collaboration, common interest, Electronics Parts Orders
- How to Be A Most Excellent Citizen of Splat Space
- Movie Night - geek out to a rad film or documentary
- Area Attractions - Triangle area attractions close to SplatSpace
External Outreach Events
|"Lunar Eclipse Observation Gathering"
Triangle DIY Biology
|Sun, Jan 20, 2019
|Creative Reuse Arts Center, Lakewood Plaza, Durham, Unit #24
|Larger Than Life Science hosted by LaunchBio
Triangle DIY Biology
|Thurs, Feb. 7, 2019, 4:00-7:00pm
|Chesterfield Bldg., Durham, NC
|DCL Raspberry Pi Jam
Durham County Library
|Wed, Feb. 13, 2019, 4:00-6:00pm
|MakerLab @ Northgate Mall, Durham, NC
|Roanoke Mini Maker Faire
|Sun, Feb 17, 2019, 1:00-5:00pm
|Science Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
|Repair Cafe Workshop
The Repair Cafe
|Mon, Feb. 18, 2019, 7:00-9:00pm
|Cary Senior Center, Cary, NC
|Brassfield Elementary Math and Science Extravaganza, Wake County Schools
Triangle DIY Biology
|Thurs, Feb. 21, 2019, 6:00-7:30pm
|Raleigh, NC
|Engineering Day
The Forge Initiative
|Sat, Feb. 23, 2019, 10:00am-4:00pm
|Cary, NC
|Creekside Science Night
Creekside Elementary School
|Thu, Mar. 7, 2019, 6:00-8:00pm
|Creekside Elementary School, Durham, NC
|Athens Drive Professional Learning Team Symposium
|Fri, Mar 8, 12:45-2:45pm
|Athens Drive Magnet High School, Raleigh, NC
|Citizens Science Association annual meeting
[http://tridiybio.org Triangle DIY Biology
|Sat, Mar. 16, 2019, 9:00am-5:00pm
|NC Museum of Natural Science, Raleigh, NC
|Students at Work Program
Triangle DIY Biology
|Mon, Mar. 18, 2019, 12:30-1:30pm
|Lynchburg Mini Maker Faire
|Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 12:00-4:30pm
|Randolph College, Lynchburg, VA
|Repair Café Repair Workshop
at the Scrap Exchange Green Forum: Sustainability Expo
|Sat, Mar 30, 12:00-4:00pm
|Scrap Exchange
Lakewood Shopping Centre, Durham, NC
|Maker Faire Burlington
Alamance Makers Guild
|Sat, Apr. 13, 2019, 9:00am-5:00pm
|Holly Hill Mall, Burlington, NC
|Triangle SciTech Expo
Triangle DIY Biology
|Sat, Apr. 13, 2019, 9:00am-4:00pm
|North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
Environmental Conference Center, Windows on the World
Raleigh Amateur Radio Society's Annual Hamfest
|Sat, Apr. 20, 2019, 8:00am-5:00pm
|Jim Graham Bldg, NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
|Lakewood Elementary School Science Night
Triangle DIY Biology
|Thurs, Apr 25 2019, Time TBD
|Durham, NC
|Thu-Sun, Apr 25-28, 2019
|Durham, NC
|Spring Into Trains Show
Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club
|Sat-Sun, May 4-5, 2019, 9:00am-5:00pm
|Kerr Scott Building, State Fair Grounds, Raleigh, NC
|DIY Fest
Scrap Exchange
|Sat, Jun. 22, 2019
|Creative Reuse Arts Center, Lakewood Plaza
|HeboCon Robot Sumo-Wrestling
Triangle DIY Biology
|Sat, Jun. 22, 2019
|TriDIYBio RAD Lab #24 Shoppers st, Creative Reuse Arts Center, Lakewood Plaza
|Cosplay America
|Fri-Sun, Jul 5-Jul 7, 2019
|Embassy Suites Hotel, Raleigh Durham Research Triangle
|STaRS (Science Teachers at Research Summer) "DIYBio in the Triangle"
Triangle DIY Biology
|Fri, Jul. 12, 2019, 2:00-4:15pm
|Greensboro Mini Maker Faire
also [11]
|Sat, Jul. 20, 2019
|Forge Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
|Cary Midsummer Swapfest
Cary N4NC Amateur Radio Club
|Sat, Jul 20, 2019, 8:00am-1:00pm
|Harold Ritter Park, Cary, NC
|SPARKcon, geekSPARK
also SPARKcon@Facebook
|Thu-Sun, Sep 19-22, 2019
|Raleigh Downtown
|Durham Centerfest
|Sat-Sun, Sep 21-22, 2019
|Durham Downtown
|Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Show
Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club
|Sat-Sun, Nov 9-10, 2019, 9:00am-5:00pm
|Jim Graham Building, State Fair Grounds, Raleigh, NC
|Pathways Elementary School Science Night
|2019 date not settled
|Pathways Elementary School, Hillsboro
Durham FM Association Hamfest
|2019 date not settled
|Durham Public Schools Staff Development Center
|Raleigh Mini Maker Faire
Applied Engineering and Technologies Department
|2019 date not settled
|Wake Technical Community College, South Campus
|"Out of the Box" Professional Development Workshop with DPS Teachers
Triangle DIY Biology
|date not settled
|Hillside HS, Durham, NC
|Durham Public Schools 2018-2019 Academic Kick Off event
Triangle DIY Biology
|Aug 2019, date not settled
|Southern School of Energy & Sustainability, Durham, NC
|SciREN (Scientific Research and Education Network) Triangle Networking Event
Triangle DIY Biology
|Sep, 2019, date not stetted
|North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
Member's Market
Stuff For Sale or Trade by Members
Stuff Wanted by Members
Organization Projects
- 501c3
- Tool Purchase List
- Space Organization Project
- Materials Disposal
- Doorduino - the Arduino-powered RFID access system DEPRECATED
- FilterBubblet
- Site redesign/rebuild
Member Projects
- Aquarium LED Lighting - Replace your Aquarium CFL with LEDs.
- Arcade cabinet - Using Linux/MAME or Winnitron 1000 software
- Audio-Video Production - Various projects to make facilities for members to create their own Internet Radio, Instructables and YouTube videos
- Biohacking - Various projects aiming to manipulate organisms and design research quality DIY lab equipment
- Coilgun - Phillip R. is trying to build a coilgun (Gauss gun).
- HomeBrewing - Mmmmm beer
- IGate - build a gateway ARPS station
- Photography hacks - Various projects related to photography
- Pirate box - Splatspace's implementation of David Dart's piratebox project
- Robot Camp at ECE - help out with the Efland Cheeks Eagle Robotics Robot Camps
- Sharebot - JOE! FILL THIS IN!
- SplatClocks - Unusual time and temperature display pieces
- Splatserver - A simple server for Splatspace
- Table Sized CNC Mill - CNC machine with 24" x 24" x 12" cutting area
- WheelGoThere - Gathering wheelchair accessibility data using crowd sourced data from a game


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How science is getting its groove
In the eyes of scientists, dance has never been so chic. These days, the two disciplines are chatting about the perception of movement, bodily memory, or the cognitive processes underlying the creation of choreography and improvisation. And then there's "Dance your PhD".
It's an initiative by biologist and journalist John Bohannon that challenges scientists to use dance instead of Powerpoint to explain their research. His own contribution has become a TED Talks hit and this year's prize is an emerging scientist's dream: $1,000 cash, recognition from Science magazine and geek fame online.
But behind the gimmicks there's plenty of evidence that the scientific community is taking dance seriously. This year's Dublin Dance Festival is hosting a symposium, Dancing with Fire, that will reveal some of the most recent innovative interactions between dance and technology. Austrian artist Klaus Obermaier is the keynote speaker and his work Apparition is part of the festival performance programme.
"When I began presenting performances with technology, the first question in the post-performance talks used to be 'Isn't this technology limiting you as a performer?' My response was always to say it was the opposite," he says. "It was offering us much more possibilities."
It sums up the tension between dance and technology. Is the impulsive live performing body straitjacketed or liberated by formalised digital conventions? The answer, not surprisingly, is that it depends on the dance. Early collaborations tended to fetishise the technology. Not only were dancers in a technological cage – they could only dance where the technician dictated – but there was an onus to emphasise the collaboration onstage. Computers cost money so if a dancer was triggering a sound or lighting change, the creators wanted to be sure that the audience saw so.
"That is the real issue," say Obermaier. "There has always been a tendency to 'prove' the technology by having a clear correlation between the dancers and the technology. But that makes boring art. Imagine if I put two dancers onstage and instructed one to follow the other? How dull would that be?"
In Apparition, the technology is an equal performer onstage. "I have no hierarchy between the dance, music, lighting or digital effects. For me each is an equal." That remains the Holy Grail for collaborators: to coalesce all the elements into a democratic but coherent whole.
"The technology is most successful when it's almost invisible," says Néill O'Dwyer, a visual artist who is also speaking at the Dancing with Fire symposium. "There needs to be a certain amount of autonomy given to the computer system so it can react to the live performer." He is completing a PhD through the Arts Technology Research Lab at Trinity College Dublin, which is co-hosting the symposium, and his research has involved collaborating with dancers Cindy Cummings and Regan O'Brien. "It has been great having Cindy involved, because she has worked in this area before, so we speak the same language," he says.
Cummings, who has performed with interactive technology in Ireland and the US since 1989, represents a growing number of dancers who defy the guinea-pig model. Throughout the world, dance artists are gaining intellectual kudos for their kinaesthetic knowledge, or muscle sense.
French choreographer Kitsou Dubois has worked with French Aerospace to develop movement protocols for astronauts moving in zero gravity. In the US, choreographer Susan Marshall was co-opted by engineering professor Naomi Leonard to explore how an individual moves in response to close neighbours, as part of her research into the dynamics of schools of fish and flocks of birds. Elsewhere, there is scarcely any university that doesn't have some sort of cognitive research into how we view or feel dance.
Falling technological costs mean that these collaborations can emerge anywhere. "There is a democratisation of technology, which is great," says Obermaier. "I worked with a group of students whose touring show centred around a €10 webcam."
Other technology is working its way on stage. "Look at the Kinect for Xbox. That was made for a gaming community, but now its being used extensively in the arts sector."
Between completing his masters and beginning his doctorate, O'Dwyer sustained his research with little more than a decent PC, motion-tracking camera and a few stage lights. "It wasn't easy, but with basic technology it was possible to do a lot."
With the democratisation of technology also comes demystification and less attention focused on the superficial effects. "Apparition is eight years old," say Obermaier. "Some people can't believe that because they think it looks so up-to-date. In the end, technology is one thing, you still have to make a good piece out of it."

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On Feb. 26, AZRE hosted the 9th Annual RED Awards reception at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix to recognize the most notable commercial real estate projects of 2013 and the construction teams involved. AZRE held an open call for nominations and more than 100 projects were submitted by architects, contractors, developers and brokerage firms in Arizona. Click here to view all 2014 RED Awards Winners.
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Architect: Hobbs + Black Architects
Brokerage: Hill International
Size: 218,930 SF
Location: 5301 E. Grant Rd., Tucson
Completed: April 2013
Originally intended to be a series of complex renovations, Tucson Medical Center added a four-story orthopedic and surgical tower to its campus that meets the increasing needs of the growing community. The tower replaced 18 existing operating rooms and added much more, including a dedicated pediatric surgery area. The new tower also adds 14 surgical suites, two hybrid rooms and 40 private patient rooms. The new tower add-on also included renovations to the building, such as shades for the windows to ward away the sun's discomfort and an upgrade on the chilling and heating water systems. The new tower also blends in with the original design of the medical center, with native stone and copper integrated into the architecture, creating the appearance that it has always been there. During construction, the hospital did not experience any planned or unplanned interruptions in patient care.


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Raleigh Game Night. Free and open to all ages, this is a smoke-free, alcohol free social event. If you enjoy playing board games and card games in a relaxed, fun atmosphere, then this is the place for you.
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Anyone interested in starting a business will need money. There are different ways to get funding and they are grouped into four catagories by the United States Small Business Administration.
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Friends and Relatives
Many entrepreneurs look to private sources such as friends and family when starting out in a business venture. Often, money is loaned interest free or at a low interest rate, which can be beneficial when getting started.
Banks and Credit Unions
The most common source of funding, banks and credit unions, will provide a loan if you can show that your business proposal is sound.
Venture Capital Firms
These firms help expanding companies grow in exchange for equity or partial ownership.
Source: "How to Raise Money for a Small Business Fact Sheet" by the U.S. SBA.
The following list of websites has been recommended by the Business and Public Managment Librarian as a starting point for financing a small business.
Business.gov Financing
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Doing Business in Missouri... Financing Your Business
A basic guide from the University of Missouri Extension Service website, which gives information on the types of funding for existing businesses.
Entrepreneur.com: Financing
Part of Entrepreneur Magazine's website that provides information about business start-up financing. Some of the topics covered include angel investors, bank and micro-loans, venture capital, and self financing.
Missouri Venture Forum
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Back to basics...
Putting on my traveling shoes and tossing the gear, sourdough, scale, spoon scale, probe & oven thermometer into my suitcase. Destination: Canada near the east Washington state boarder. Life is fun! - Mini
Putting on my traveling shoes and tossing the gear, sourdough, scale, spoon scale, probe & oven thermometer into my suitcase. Destination: Canada near the east Washington state boarder. Life is fun! - Mini
Have a great trip ...
... A holiday?
Do we get photos?
cheers, Phil
Enjoy bread, wherever you may be.
Have a safe trip, Mini!
Have a great trip. maybe you will run into Floyd while you are visiting. It should be beautiful there this time of year.
Hope that you enjoyed Chili?
At least you are heading North for the Summer!
You must have an impressive electrical converter collection! Have a great trip?Move? Gorgeous country in that area.
Don't forget to pack enough gear to handle emergencies while you're in CA. The area around Calgary and Medicine Hat are being flooded at the present time with more townships downstream to be affected. Even if you're not going specifically to those flooded regions, your travel may be more difficult due to road closures or increased traffic. Pack an atlas, a GPS, and a smart phone with a weather app in your kit.
Or deliberately bake a few brick loaves. I hear there are lots of mosquitos in that part of the world. If they are anything like the giant mosquitos we have in Wisconsin this summer, you might need the weights in your pockets so they don't carry you off like the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz.
Stay safe.
And enjoy your time in Canada. Maybe you even have a chance to come to Maine one day!
Have a great trip Mini!
Hey Mini, soon to be another fellow Canadian. At least for a while.
Interesting choice of placement. South east B.C. I am sure you will find it a very beautiful place to live. Good luck in the move, and welcome aboard!
Oh I just read that you are going to Trail. I have never been, but it is supposed to be beautiful. It is part of the West Kootney region, but close to the Okanagan region, which is amazing (was my favorite place I have ever been, up until I recently visited Arizona). Okanagan has Canada's only desert. Hot in summer. Very nice. I believe Christina Lake is in Trail or near it. I hear it is beautiful.
Happy travels!
Hi Mini, welcome to Canada and especially to B.C.
I haven't passed through Trail in many years but I do remember it as being a very pretty spot. You've come at a great time with all the sunshine and warm temps we're having right now, and the forecast for Trail and the Kootenays is looking awesome. Hope you enjoy your visit and I'm sure you're going to have a lot of fun discovering what the area has to offer. If you're looking for good flours, the ones I recommend are Anita's Organics , Nunweiler's Flour, and One Degree Organics . All three you might find at some of the supermarkets in town, Safeway for instance, maybe even Walmart, but L,Bears Health Foods on Cedar Ave is sure to carry at least one of those brands. Keep us posted on your B.C. experience, I'm looking forward to reading all about it.
All the best,
travel log. Dolly must be in heaven in Trail instead of closer to it in a plane. Sounds lovely, Canada ha all kinds of great t flour but what you find in trail may require driving many miles away? Hope you find your starter and that bread making resumes quickly. I started making white bread yesterday for Fridays bake and my apprentice doesn't like it one bit
Happy baking and glad your trip went well - enjoy Trail. and flours of Canada.
Welcome to B.C. Mini. Hope you get all settled in soon. You came at a perfect time too, sun shining, hot Kootney region...have fun!
The Rogers Rye, no additive dark rye flour is the stuff I use to feed my starter with as well. The price is right and the starter loves it. Good luck with temps dropping just yet, it may take till Friday before they get down to 24 C according to the forecast.
Please comment on quality of Rogers flour when you try it out. I am curious what a rye expert thinks of it. I have been avoiding it but it is the only dark rye I can find out there at this point.
Bad luck, but try to not let it rob you of all the pleasant memories you have made in Canada. Get well soon.
I've only seen one elk in my life, so don't really know what to do with its meat, but people in Alabama make a wonderful, basically cholesterol-free, sausage from white-tailed deer meat. Now that I think about it, my son, who lives in Yakima, WA, brought me some very good elk sausage a couple of years ago for Christmas. Of course, a baker like you might prefer to think along the lines of Elk Wellington. Good luck with it.
PS -- By the way, late last night, I baked my first loaf of bread (a simple rye round) since my August adventure with chicken fat. Feeling a little unsure of myself, I was looking for a test for doneness when I came across your post on the subject, but there aren't many places around here to run out and buy such a thermometer, even when it isn't midnight. There is actually a Williams Sonoma in Montgomery. Maybe I will try there tomorrow.
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What if, after all that squeezing you decide that it isn't done; i.e., that you've caught it young and treated it rough? Will it still cook properly if you put it back into the oven?
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MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) - General Electric (GE.N) is set to clinch a deal to buy Italian aerospace supplier Avio whose parent company, Cinven, has ended talks with rival French suitor Safran (SAF.PA), sources involved in the deal told Reuters.
"The deal is quite close. It looks like Safran is out," one source said on Tuesday.
U.S. conglomerate GE, which is offering around 3 billion euros ($3.9 billion) for Avio, is not interested in its space division, two sources with knowledge of the deal talks said.
Avio had 2011 revenue of more than 2 billion euros and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of 384 million.
If a deal goes ahead, GE would likely seek a buyer - possibly state-backed Italian Strategic Fund (FSI) - for Avio's space assets, worth an estimated 200-300 million euros, sources said.
While Safran would also be an obvious buyer for the space unit, such a move would face political opposition, according to Italian bankers involved.
The government regards Avio, which supplies engine parts for Eurofighter Typhoons and also to engine makers GE and Rolls-Royce (RR.L), as a strategic asset and is thought to be reluctant to let it fall into foreign hands.
In the summer, the government passed legislation giving it special powers in certain sensitive sectors such as defense.
One Italian investment banker not directly involved in the deal noted any transaction required a nod from the government, which may take time in view of Mario Monti's decision to step down early as prime minister.
"There is a 'golden share' hanging over the company. With the government about to stand down, there is a certain vacuum."
Avio, based in Turin, northern Italy, is owned by BCV Investments, in which Cinven private equity has a majority. Cinven bought Avio in 2006 in a deal that valued it at about 2.6 billion euros.
Italian defense group Finmeccanica SIFI.MI, which owns around 14 percent of Avio, reached an agreement in May to sell its stake to Italian fund FSI. That deal was subject to Avio being listed. Sources have said since that plans to go public had been postponed due to adverse market conditions.
State-controlled Finmeccanica, which has said previously it was looking to sell 1 billion euros of assets to cut debt and avoid a credit rating downgrade, was expected to discuss asset sales at its year-end board meeting on Wednesday.
Reporting by Sophie Sassard, Tim Hepher, Massimo Gaia, Stephen Jewkes and Elisa Anzolin; Writing by Lisa Jucca; Editing by Dan Lalor


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South Sudan: Conflict leaves thousands of children orphaned and alone
TitleSouth Sudan: Conflict leaves thousands of children orphaned and alone
Since the conflict broke out in South Sudan last December, some 380,000 children have been forced to flee their homes. Many of them have either lost their parents or have been separated from them and have been left to survive on their own. Aid agencies are working across the country to reunite lost children with their families.
"Children have born the brunt of the conflict in South Sudan," said Zeinab Osman, a case worker with the Italian charity, InterSOS. "Since violence erupted four months ago, many children have been uprooted from their homes, many into the bush and others into UN peacekeeping bases."
In the capital Juba, about 4,000 children are sheltering in one UN camp alone.
"Ten families have sheltered me"
Fifteen-year-old John Mawien is one of these children. He lost both his parents when they were killed in the conflict, and has no relatives to take care of him. Daily life is a struggle. He has lived with more than 10 different families over the past four months.
"Life is not easy," said John. "I am used to eating better food, to sleeping in better accommodation. But that is not the biggest problem for me. I am worried about my relatives in Bentiu."
Earlier this month, more than 200 civilians were killed in a massacre in Bentiu, a small town in Unity State in the north of South Sudan, and now nearly 23,000 people have sought protection in the UN peacekeeping base there.
Many relatives missing
Gambella Thut Deng is another teenager sheltering in the UN base. Gambella arrived to Juba from Jonglei in eastern South Sudan with three of his siblings in early December to live with their uncle, so that they could attend school in 2014. On 15 December – the day the conflict started – their uncle went to work. He never came back.
The children have no news of what has happened to their uncle, and are also worried about their parents back home in the village Akobo in Jonglei State. Fighting was intense there in the first weeks of the crisis.
Gambella and John are just two of the thousands of children living in displacement sites around South Sudan who have lost contact with family members and who are desperately concerned about the whereabouts and wellbeing of their relatives.
"Reunifying separated children with family members is a huge challenge for partners because of wide spread conflict and displacement in many parts of the country," said Susan Matthew, a Child Protection Officer with InterSOS.
20,000 children reached
InterSOS and 22 other aid agencies are working in the UN base in Juba and other sites across the country, trying to help children like Gambella and John. They are helping children to trace their family members and, when possible, to reunite them with parents or caregivers. They are also opening child-friendly spaces, offering safe environments in the bases for children to play, as well as providing psycho-social support to those who are suffering from trauma.
Since the beginning of the year, aid workers have provided services for about 20,000 children.


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The fire truck is not to blame -- and neither is San Francisco, the city claims.
San Francisco city officials insist in filings made with federal officials that 16-year old Ye Men Yuan -- one of the three people who died following the Asiana Airlines crash in July -- was already dead when she was run over by two fire trucks in the chaos of the crash scene, according to reports.
"Ample evidence" support those findings, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, a position vehemently objected to by the San Mateo County coroner, who established blunt force trauma from the fire rigs as the cause of death.
Alive or dead, Ye was lying in a pile of fire-retardant foam when the first of two "foam-spraying rigs" ran over her -- after being alerted that she was there.
Ye's family has filed a legal claim against the city that pins the blame for her death on the fire department.
Ye had no foam in her lungs, and no dirt in her lungs either, which would suggest she was not breathing by the time she was struck by the trucks.
The coroner who declared Ye dead by fire truck disputed the city, saying that she had "massive internal hemorrhaging" from her head, which can only happen when the heart is still pumping blood, the newspaper reported.
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Frankly, all this hype about happy is making me sad. It's not enough we have folks like Marcus Buckingham telling us how to be happy — and making us feel guilty because we are not. Or the incessant volleys about the paradox of women's declining happiness. But, frankly, despite the wealth of books, blogs, life coaching and, yep, even college courses about how to become happy little campers, we can't even define the term.
That's a problem, writes Carlin Flora in this month's Psychology Today. He not only provides some research-backed insight into what so-called happiness is truly all about (hint: it doesn't have much to do with shopping, as this post on some new research suggests. Or smiley faces, for that matter.) He also points out that — finally — there's some counterpoint to what he dubs the "happiness frenzy." And hooray for that.
I mean, really, hasn't all the recent talk about slapping on a smile made you just a little bit grumpy?
While all this happiness business began as the serious study of positive psychology, the science has lately been reduced to the equivalent of a mylar balloon emblazoned with a happy face. Not good, Florin writes:
It wasn't enough that an array of academic strands came together, sparking a slew of insights into the sunny side of life. Self-appointed experts jumped on the happiness bandwagon. A shallow sea of yellow smiley faces, self-help gurus, and purveyors of kitchen-table wisdom have strip-mined the science, extracted a lot of fool's gold, and stormed the marketplace with guarantees to annihilate your worry, stress, anguish, dejection, and even ennui. Once and for all! All it takes is a little gratitude. Or maybe a lot.
What we've lost in all this focus on the sunny side of life is the ability — no, even the permission — to embrace the melancholy, which in turn pathologizes sadness, which is often the true, honest and normal reaction to life as we know it. More from Carlin:
There are those who see in the happiness brigade a glib and even dispiriting Pollyanna gloss. So it's not surprising that the happiness movement has unleashed a counterforce, led by a troika of academics. Jerome Wakefield of New York University and Allan Horwitz of Rutgers have penned The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder, and Wake Forest University's Eric Wilson has written a defense of melancholy in Against Happiness. They observe that our preoccupation with happiness has come at the cost of sadness, an important feeling that we've tried to banish from our emotional repertoire.
Horwitz laments that young people who are naturally weepy after breakups are often urged to medicate themselves instead of working through their sadness. Wilson fumes that our obsession with happiness amounts to a "craven disregard" for the melancholic perspective that has given rise to our greatest works of art. "The happy man," he writes, "is a hollow man."
Maybe yes, maybe no. But, as Flora continues, happiness isn't about smiling or pretending or desperately seeking sunshine. It's more along the lines of, well, facing reality. And that includes a certain amount of discomfort. Even angst:
…It's not about eliminating bad moods, or trading your Tolstoy-inspired nuance and ambivalence toward people and situations for cheery pronouncements devoid of critical judgment. While the veritable experts lie in different camps and sometimes challenge one another, over the past decade they've together assembled big chunks of the happiness puzzle.
What is happiness? The most useful definition—and it's one agreed upon by neuroscientists, psychiatrists, behavioral economists, positive psychologists, and Buddhist monks—is more like satisfied or content than "happy" in its strict bursting-with-glee sense. It has depth and deliberation to it. It encompasses living a meaningful life, utilizing your gifts and your time, living with thought and purpose.
It's maximized when you also feel part of a community. And when you confront annoyances and crises with grace. It involves a willingness to learn and stretch and grow, which sometimes involves discomfort. It requires acting on life, not merely taking it in. It's not joy, a temporary exhilaration, or even pleasure, that sensual rush—though a steady supply of those feelings course through those who seize each day.
Flora ends the piece with a round-up of various theories on happiness. I think my favorite is this:
Happiness is not your reward for escaping pain. It demands that you confront negative feelings head-on, without letting them overwhelm you. Russ Harris, a medical doctor-cum-counselor and author of The Happiness Trap, calls popular conceptions of happiness dangerous because they set people up for a "struggle against reality." They don't acknowledge that real life is full of disappointments, loss, and inconveniences. "If you're going to live a rich and meaningful life," Harris says, "you're going to feel a full range of emotions."
Happy-ness redefined? Permission to be anything less? To choose, as Shannon wrote last week, interesting over happy and call it a day? Wow. It's enough to make me, well, you know….


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Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision on the A38, at Trerulefoot, on Friday 28 February.
The collision, involving a tanker and a motorcycle, happened at around 4.40pm on the Trerulefoot roundabout.
The Suzuki GSX 750 motorcycle and blue Scania tanker lorry were both travelling from the Plymouth direction when they approached the roundabout.
The 45-year-old male motorcycle rider, from Liskeard, sustained life threatening injuries and was taken to Derriford Hospital by air ambulance where his condition remains critical but stable.
A specialist forensic investigation of the scene took place which required the road to be closed for six and a half hours.
Traffic was diverted at Tideford via St Germans and the road was reopened shortly after 11pm.
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Falerii was conquered by the Romans shortly before the Gallic invasion which concludes Livy's story. Its conquest though is worth pausing over for a minute because it gives us an idea of what Livy (and his audience) thought were the laws of war. Falerii was surrounded by Camillus. Having been surrounded, we are then told by Livy that a school master to the senior men of the town took his charges for strolls of greater or lesser extent.
One day he saw his chance for a longer stroll than usual and took his young charges right through the enemy camp to Camillus's tent. (V 27)
The obvious consequence was that Rome for a moment held important hostages and could have potentially forced the surrender of the city, but Camillus refused to do so. Rather he addressed the schoolmaster,
Neither my people nor I, who command their army, happen to share your tastes. You are a scoundrel and your offer is unworthy of you. As political entities there is no bond of unity between Rome and Falerii, but we are bound nonetheless and always will be by the bonds of a common humanity. War has its laws as peace has, and we have learned to wage war with decency no less than with courage. We have drawn the sword not against children who even in the sack of cities are spared, but against men, armed like ourselves.... These men, your countrymen, you have done your best to humiliate by this vile and unprecedented act: but I shall bring them low... by the Roman arts of courage, persistance and arms. (V 27)
Camillus thus sent the schoolmaster and his charges back to the city- the boys whipping the schoolmaster as they went. The citizens of Falerii were so impressed that according to Livy they surrendered the city immediatly to the Roman commander.
As ever who knows how true this story is. But the important point is not the story- the capture of Falerii was not a world changing event- but the point that Livy seeks to make through the story. Camillus here represents the ideal Roman response to the position he was placed in. The ideal Roman response was to reject the offer- for two key reasons. Firstly and this is important to understand, this story illustrates the boundaries of Roman doctrines of war. It demonstrates that Livy and his audience thought that children should be excluded from war as a matter of course. Secondly it illustrates the degree to which such strategems were thought to be opposite to the kind of courage that Livy and Camillus see as a political virtue. The laws of war set out expectations for each side and thus allow both to anticipate the other's moves- the arts of war are the arts of courage- and can be united in the adjective Roman because of this. War takes place in the open.
Lastly it is worth noting that Livy attaches a reward to following these laws. Good behaviour produces good results- this is very notable in Livy's discussions of religion as well. You do the right thing and you are rewarded for it. In this sense Livy's conception of morality- something to follow which is right and will give you success- differs from some modern understandings of morality where you do something because it is right and irrespective of whether it delivers success. In that sense we are closer to the medievals than the classics.


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Gov. Paul LePage is blasting legislative Democrats' latest stand on repaying a $484 million debt to Maine's hospitals, questioning whether they really want to pay the hospitals.
During a meeting Friday, Democrats told the Republican governor they want to tie the debt repayment for unpaid Medicaid expenses to an expansion of Medicaid to about 55,000 people.
LePage issued a statement that said Maine expanded welfare 10 years ago, and the state still hasn't paid that debt. LePage said Democratic leadership has committed to the Maine people that they want to pay the hospitals, so the governor asked in his statement, "So what's the hold up?"
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"Obstructionist? The governor has a short memory. Weeks ago he threatened to veto every bill and he single-handily has prevented 3,000 jobs and over $300 million of investments in our state by not issuing voter approved bonds," said Alfond. "The governor, since taking office, has insulted Maine state workers, teachers and the Legislature. Weekly, he blasts our great state. He has been the most divisive leader our state has ever seen."
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When speaking about Nokia Lumia 620 features we start with its display scree which is veretty much larger and this help in tapping the larger live tiles on the screen. The handset has a 3.8 inch display screen of WVGA resolution of 800×480 pixels and has ClearBlack filter technology that will cut down on the glarefactor. This nokia handset which is Windows Phone 8 device has innumerable apps for music lovers, easy navigation and great photography. It comes with 7GB fee Skydrive storage, Internet Explorer 10 and access to Xbox. Gamers and music lovers will simply jump on to this one. There are innumberable apps has comfortable navigation.
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Nokia Lumia 620 price is not exactly fixed and can be estimated to be something around Rs. 13,000, with various strong features this handset will certainly be the value for money. This Nokia Lumia set is available in different hues like yellow, orange, cyan, magenta, black and white. The mobile has the youthful look and the features will certainly please the young generation as well as other smartphone users. The operating system and the hardware configuration which the handset stands on is completely reliable. The pictures taken to capture the memory with its quality lens will be something to cherish forever. Nokia Lumia 620 pictures can be viewed on the internet to get better notion.
Nokia Lumia launnches its new lumia series 820 in december in india..


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Spicy Eggplant Fritters
- 3 baby eggplants or 1 large regular eggplant, cut into 1'ÅÑ8-inch rounds
- 1 1'ÅÑ2 cups (375 mL) hot water
- 1 1'ÅÑ4 cups (310 mL) chickpea flour
- 1'ÅÑ2 cup (125 mL) rice flour
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Vegetable oil for frying
Recipe Tips
This batter works equally well with zucchini or mushrooms. It makes an excellent choice for guests who eat gluten-free.
Makes: 12-16 servings
Free of: gluten and all top allergens
- Place eggplant slices in a large bowl and cover with salted water. Let stand for 10 minutes, drain and pat dry.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the hot water, flours and spices until a smooth batter forms.
- Pour 2 inches of oil into a large, deep frying pan. Heat oil to 375° F (use a thermometer to check temperature).
- When oil is hot, dip the eggplant slices into the batter and then deep-fry, taking care not to crowd the pan. Fry until golden brown on both sides, about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Place cooked fritters on paper towel to drain off excess oil. Plate and serve.
Recipe first published in Allergic Living magazine. Subscribe today for more great allergy-friendly and gluten free recipes


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Ride Around Mount Rainier in Two Days
Posted by Carry Porter | Tags: Routes & Rides , U.S. - Washington
Start with a good weather forecast, add a room reservation at Mt. Rainier National Park's Paradise Inn and some bicycles, and you've got a recipe for a most excellent sub-24-hour Bike Overnight.
Our intention was to follow the grueling RAMROD route, but in two days instead of one. We would ride in a counter-clockwise fashion, 150 miles or so around the park, pedaling over two major hills for a total elevation gain of more than 10,000 feet. Some people call this two-day ride "wimp-rod," but with loaded touring bikes, it's anything but wimpy!
Day 1 dawned cloudy, which was just fine by me. Riding in the summer heat can be exhausting. We rolled out of the Safeway parking lot in Enumclaw and headed toward the sleepy town of Buckley. The roads were flat and the traffic relatively light. Before long, we were enjoying the solitude of country roads near Lake Kapowsin. We took our first break at a public boat launch on the lake where we met the local sheriff and a sheriff-in-training. Both were quite friendly and advised us to ride Camp 1 Road for beautiful views of the surrounding landscapes. We agreed to follow up on the suggestion on our next ride in the area.
From the lake it was a short ride into Eatonville and the start of hand-to-hand combat to get to Highway 7. The Alder Road Cutoff is not for the faint-of-heart; there is no shoulder, and cars move quickly without much regard for bikes. But we rode defensively and made it through this section of the ride without incident.
Alder Lake and the eight-foot-wide shoulders along Highway 7 were a welcome sight.
We stopped in Elbe for the obligatory French fries at Scale Burger and were treated to the sight of the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad's steam train heading out on its afternoon tour. If you've never seen a steam train take off, it's a pretty awesome. Very loud, actually. But cool. I was surprised to discover that even after it got going, we could ride our bikes faster than the train. Maybe it wasn't at full throttle with its cargo of tourists.
We continued to roll east toward the park, and were happy to see the big log arch entrance, welcoming us to the beginning of the final 17 miles of our first day's ride. We rolled along the twisty forested road through dappled sunlight to Longmire, where we took a brief break before what would prove to be one of the most grueling climbs I've ever tackled.
Beauty is commensurate with how hard you must work to find it, though. And Mt. Rainier is one spectacular mountain (even if we only got peekaboo views of the mountain itself on Saturday), offering a mix of sights to see.
We arrived at Paradise in plenty of time to enjoy a beer on the patio and chat with fellow tourists. We were both tourist attraction ("Wait, you rode your bikes here? Up that hill?!") and tour guides ("I'm from New York -- what should I visit tomorrow in Seattle?"). A ranger talk capped the evening and we dropped off to sleep, dreaming of the next day's ride.
We intended to sleep in, but bright sunshine drove us from our beds at 7 a.m. No matter, when the mountain is out, there's hiking to be done! After a big buffet breakfast, we headed out for a short hike to Myrtle Falls and Alta Vista. The mountain didn't disappoint! Wildflowers, mountain vistas; this is what it's all about!
Remembering that we had a many-thousand-foot descent ahead of us, we didn't linger. The ride into Stevens Canyon was cold but oh-so-amazing! Twisty, mostly sans cars, and with views galore.
We stopped briefly to look at Box Canyon -- a river-carved slot hundreds of feet below the road.
Then it was on to the hardest part of the day's ride -- the ascent over Cayuse Pass. Nick thought it was the most beautiful part of the ride. Long, winding, not too steep, and very rewarding. We were somewhat surprised to find no happy resting spot at the top for lunch. But we had another fast descent ahead, and the miles rolled quickly by until a more suitable spot presented itself.
There's not much to say about the final 30 miles or so of the ride. Once you're out of the park, cruising along Highway 410 to Enumclaw, it's just another busy road. We put our heads down and pedaled hard. Fortunately, it's still a bit downhill and it wasn't long before we were pulling back into the Safeway parking lot, dreaming of a big bag of cherries to refuel us on our way home.
Was this ride worth it? Absolutely. I've grown up with Mt. Rainier in my back pocket, and it was amazing to experience the mountain at a different pace, on two wheels instead of two feet.
Tip for this adventure: The best (and cheapest!) rooms at Paradise Inn are in the old part of the lodge. They were renovated a few years ago and have great views of the mountain (when it's not cloudy). Camping is also available at Cougar Rock Campground, on the way to Paradise.
Favorite local bike shop: Eatonville Outdoor in Eatonville, Wash.
3 responses so far ↓
Matt K. - Dec 3, 2012 at 4:03 PMAmazing photos! I envy your scenic views, and that trip!
John - Dec 5, 2012 at 12:06 PMGreat ride report and photos. Thanks for sharing
Jim - Dec 5, 2012 at 7:59 PMLove the 6th photo! Looks like a great overnight!


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The March on Washington: A Personal Reflection
Editor-in-chief Knight Kiplinger looks back to a moment on the mall 50 years ago — and explores how far we've come in realizing the goals outlined that day.
People don't always know, at the time, that they are participating in a historic event. My brother and I, teenagers in the summer of 1963, certainly didn't, as we strode toward the Mall with thousands of fellow Americans on a hot August morning.
We didn't know we were part of the largest public gathering ever held in Washington up to that time.
And we didn't know that this mass of 200,000-some people would play a key role in the passage a year later of the most important civil rights protections since the end of the Civil War: the right of racial minorities to patronize any public accommodation in the nation, be it a restaurant, hotel, rental housing, theater, park, restroom, amusement park or any other place open to the general public.
A Family at the March
A few days before, our father — journalist and publisher Austin Kiplinger, then 44 years old and today a robust 94 — told us he would be participating in a demonstration for civil rights taking place in downtown D.C. (The Kiplinger family had long been supportive — as private citizens, employers and journalists — of equal rights for all.)
Dad said he would be marching with members of an anti-poverty group in Montgomery County, Md., our home suburb, and with a committee urging adoption of local and national fair-housing laws that would guarantee that people of any race could rent and buy homes in any neighborhood or apartment building. Montgomery County, like many other places in both the northern and southern states at the time, tolerated a range of discriminatory practices in public facilities.
My brother, Todd, who was then 17, and I, a 15-year-old rising high school junior, had already heard about the march on the evening TV news shows, and we wanted to come along.
Disorder or Peaceful Protest?
The organizers of the rally had made public assurances that their thousands of supporters, both black and white, would be coming in respectful support of a proposed open-accommodations law that was stalled in Congress.
Many in Washington were skeptical, fearing the worst. Some stores and offices were closed for the day, local people were urged to stay home, and the police were on high alert. But in our family, who lived in a rural area 20 miles from D.C. but who always felt comfortable in the city, there was no discussion of whether this mass rally would be peaceful and safe, just an assumption that it would be.
My father drove us into the city early on the morning of the rally and parked at the Kiplinger publishing offices, just a few blocks north of the Mall. He set off on foot to meet his fellow fair-housing marchers at the appointed place, Todd and I began walking toward the Lincoln Memorial, and we all agreed to meet back at the office in the afternoon.
First Impressions
Our first impressions of this event: It was huge (far bigger than we had expected), it was diverse, and it was a veritable love-fest.
Chartered buses from all over America, organized by civil rights groups, labor unions, churches, colleges and others, had apparently brought tens of thousands of people to the national capital.
Not only were these people — black and white, young and old — gathering peacefully, but the rally overflowed with a spirit of courtesy, brotherhood and confident hope for a better future. By the time we got to the Mall, both sides of the Reflecting Pool — the shallow, rectangular lake running from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument — was packed with people.
The early arrivals had staked their claims with blankets and folding chairs, spreading out their picnic lunches. Later arrivals like us were standing shoulder to shoulder, milling around and carefully threading their way between the picnics to get as close as possible to the east steps of the Memorial, where the speeches would take place.
We didn't get far, bogging down a long way from the edge of the Reflecting Pool and even farther from the Lincoln Memorial.
Missing the Speeches
So Todd and I, like many thousands that day, didn't hear the eloquent orations that have resonated in the half-century since then. It was only that evening, watching the news on TV back at home, that we first heard the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. describe his passionate dream for a different American future. The words I heard on the broadcast that evening tingled in my spine, and, 50 years later, they still do.
But that afternoon, Todd and I had simply wandered among the crowd, chatting with other marchers, reading their homemade and professionally crafted signs, and taking note of interesting details.
We passed by one extremely tall man whom we — and everyone else, it seemed — recognized as Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain, star center of the NBA's San Francisco Warriors. He was greeting well-wishers amiably, just another guy in the crowd.
We were struck by how well dressed everyone was, especially the African-Americans (whom every respectful person in that era, black and white, referred to as Negroes). Despite the sultry weather, most marchers were in suits, skirts and dresses, and many of the Negro women were in "Sunday go to meeting" attire, with high heels and nice hats.
After Tragedy, a Bill Triumphs
In the afterglow of the march, even after that inspirational day, it was still clear that passage of the civil rights legislation was a long shot. President John F. Kennedy, while championing the bill, could not persuade enough southern Democrats and midwestern Republicans to back it.
Everything changed three months later, with the assassination of Kennedy in Dallas. The new president, Lyndon B. Johnson, had enough clout among his old colleagues on the Hill to corral the needed votes, in part as a tribute to his slain predecessor. The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law in July, less than a year after the March on Washington.
One might have thought that it would usher in a new era of racial harmony in America, but it didn't. States pushed back against its provisions and dragged their heels on enforcement. The focus of young black activists shifted from legal rights to economic issues in inner-city slums. Their rhetoric and tactics became confrontational, anti-white and violent. On top of this, the nation was becoming bitterly divided over the war in Vietnam.
A Time of Chaos — and New Hope
Over the next three years, deadly riots broke out in black neighborhoods of Los Angeles, northern New Jersey and Detroit. The nation was shaken by the assassination of the Rev. King in the spring of '68 — followed by severe rioting in many cities, including Washington — and the murder of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in June.
During this chaotic time in America, my brother and I were students at Cornell, and we experienced this racial turmoil on our own campus. As a young idealist, committed to values of free speech, civil discourse and compromise — values being trampled by both the political left and right — I felt a deep despair about the course of my country.
How far we had fallen from the hopeful spirit of brotherhood I had felt that day on the Mall, just five years before.
It would take America many years to recover that spirit, and, arguably, it still hasn't yet, despite remarkable and admirable economic and political achievements by racial minorities. The never-ending journey continues.


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|Tekye Moaven ul-Molk
|Nickname(s): The Land of History & Myths; The Land of Eternal Lovers; The Land of Shirin & Farhad
|Coordinates: 34°18′51″N 47°03′54″E / 34.31417°N 47.06500°E / 34.31417; 47.06500Coordinates: 34°18′51″N 47°03′54″E / 34.31417°N 47.06500°E / 34.31417; 47.06500
|4th century
|Peyman Ghorbani
|1,350 m (4,430 ft)
Kermanshah (Persian: کرمانشاه, Kermãnshãh, Kurdish: Kirmaşan; also known as Bakhtaran, Bākhtarān, Kermānshāhān and Qahremānshahr) is the capital city of Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 851,405 and 784,602, in 198,117 families at the 2006 census. The name is derived from the Middle Persian word Kirmānšāh (meaning king of Kerman).
The languages spoken by the people is Southern Kurdish, Laki and Persian. Kermanshah is located 525 kilometres (326 miles) from Tehran in the western part of Iran. Kermanshah has a moderate and mountainous climate.Contents
Given its antiquity, attractive landscapes and rich culture, Kermanshah is considered as one of the cradles of prehistoric cultures such as Neolithic villages. According to archaeological surveys and excavation, Kermanshah area has been occupied by prehistoric people since the Lower Paleolithic period, and continued to later Paleolithic periods till late Pleistocene period. The Lower Paleolithic evidence consists of some handaxes found in the Gakia area to the east of the city. The Middle Paleolithic remains have been found in the northern vicinity of the city in Tang-e Kenesht and near Taqwasan. Neanderthal Man existed in the Kermanshah region during this period. The known Paleolithic caves in this area are Warwasi, Qobeh,Malaverd and Do-Ashkaft Cave. The region was also one of the first places in which human settlements including Asiab, Qazanchi, Tappeh Sarab, Chia Jani, and Ganj-Darreh were established between 8,000-10,000 years ago. This is about the same time that the first potteries pertaining to Iran were made in Ganj-Darreh, near present-day Harsin. In May 2009, based on a research conducted by the University of Hamedan and UCL, the head of Archeology Research Center of Iran''s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization announced that the one of the oldest prehistorian village in the Middle East dating back to 9800 B.P., was discovered in Sahneh, located west of Kermanshah. Remains of later village occupations and early Bronze Age are found in a number of mound sites in the city itself.Interior of the second room of Zagros Paleolithic Museum.Historic PeriodsHellenistic-era depiction of Bahram as Hercules carved in 153 BC.
In ancient Iranian mythology, construction of the city is attributed to Tahmoures Divband, the fabulous king of Pishdadian dynasty, however it is believed that the Sassanids have constructed Kermanshah. Bahram IV called Kirmanshah (later turned into the name Kermanshah in Modern Persian) gave his name to this city. It was a glorious city in Sassanid period about the 4th century AD when it became the capital city and a significant health center serving as a summer resort for Sassanid kings. In AD 226, following a two-year war led by the Persian Emperor, Ardashir I, against Kurdish tribes in the region, the empire reinstated a local Kurdish prince, Kayus of Medya, to rule Kermanshah. Within the dynasty known as the House of Kayus (also Kâvusakân) remained a semi-independent Kurdish kingdom lasting until AD 380 before Ardashir II removed the dynasty''s last ruling member.Islamic periods
Kermanshah was conquered by the Arabs in AD 640. Under Seljuk rule in the eleventh century, it was a major cultural and commercial centre in Western Iran and the southern Kurdish region as a whole. The Safavids fortified the town, and the Qajars repulsed an attack by the Ottomans during Fath Ali Shah''s rule (1797–1834). Kermanshah was occupied by Ottomans between 1723–1729 and 1731-1732.Recent
Occupied by the Ottoman army in 1915 during World War I, it was evacuated in 1917. Kermanshah played an important role in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution during the Qajar dynasty period and the Republic Movement in Pahlavi dynasty period. The city was badly damaged during the Iran–Iraq War, and although it was rebuilt, it has not yet fully recovered.Naming dispute
After The Islamic Revolution in 1978 and 1979, the city was shortly named "Ghahramanshahr" and later the city and its province (called Kermanshahan before the revolution) were renamed Bakhtaran, apparently due to the presence of the word "Shah" in the original name. Bakhtaran means Western, which refers to the location of the city and the province within Iran. After the Iran–Iraq War, however, the city was renamed Kermanshah, as it resonates more with the desire of its people and the Persian literature and the collective memory of the Iranian people.Climate
Kermanshah has a climate heavily influenced by the proximity of the Zagros mountains, classified as a dry summer-continental climate (Dsa). The city''s altitude and exposed location relative to westerly winds makes precipitation a little bit high (more than twice that of Tehran), but at the same time produces huge diurnal temperature swings especially in the virtually rainless summers, which remain extremely hot during the day. Kermanshah experiences rather cold winters and there are usually rainfalls in fall and spring. Snow cover is seen for at least a couple of weeks during winter.
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Kermanshah sights include Kohneh Bridge, Behistun Inscription, Taghbostan, Temple of Anahita, Dinavar, Ganj Dareh, Essaqwand Rock Tombs, Sorkh Deh chamber tomb, Malek Tomb, Hulwan, Median dakhmeh (Darbad, Sahneh), Parav cave, Do-Ashkaft Cave, Tekyeh Moavenalmolk, Dokan Davood Inscription, Sar Pol-e-Zahab, Tagh e gara, Patagh pass, Sarab Niloufar, Ghoori Ghale Cave, Khaja Barookh''s House, Chiyajani Tappe, Statue of Herakles in Behistun complex, Emad al doleh Mosque, Tekyeh-e Beglarbagi, Hunters cave, Jamé Mosque of Kermanshah, Godin Tepe, Bas relief of Gotarzes II of Parthia, and Anobanini bas relief.Taghbostan Main article: Taq-e_Bostan
Taghbostan is a series of large rock relief from the era of Sassanid Empire of Persia, the Iranian dynasty which ruled western Asia from 226 to 650 AD. This example of Sassanid art is located 5 km (3 mi) from the city center of Kermanshah in western Iran. It is located in the heart of the Zagros mountains, where it has endured almost 1,700 years of wind and rain.
The carvings, some of the finest and best-preserved examples of Persian sculpture under the Sassanids, include representations of the investitures of Ardashir II (379–383) and Shapur III (383–388). Like other Sassanid symbols, Taghbostan and its relief patterns accentuate power, religious tendencies, glory, honor, the vastness of the court, game and fighting spirit, festivity, joy, and rejoicing.
Sassanid kings chose a beautiful setting for their rock reliefs along an historic Silk Road caravan route waypoint and campground. The reliefs are adjacent a sacred spring that empties into a large reflecting pool at the base of a mountain cliff.
Taghbostan and its rock relief are one of the 30 surviving Sassanid relics of the Zagros mountains. According to Arthur Pope, the founder of Iranian art and archeology Institute in the USA, "art was characteristic of the Iranian people and the gift which they endowed the world with."
One of the most impressive reliefs inside the largest grotto or ivan is the gigantic equestrian figure of the Sassanid king Khosrau II (591-628 AD) mounted on his favorite charger, Shabdiz. Both horse and rider are arrayed in full battle armor. The arch rests on two columns that bear delicately carved patterns showing the tree of life or the sacred tree. Above the arch and located on two opposite sides are figures of two winged angles with diadems. Around the outer layer of the arch, a conspicuous margin has been carved, jagged with flower patterns. These patterns are also found in the official costumes of Sassanid kings. Equestrian relief panel measured on 16.08.07 approx. 7.45 m across by 4.25 m high.Behistun Main article: Behistun Inscription
|Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
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|2006 (30th Session)
Behistun inscription is considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Behistun Inscription (also Bisitun or Bisutun, Modern Persian: بیستون ; Old Persian: Bagastana, meaning "the god''s place or land") is a multi-lingual inscription located on Mount Behistun.
The inscription includes three versions of the same text, written in three different cuneiform script languages: Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian. A British army officer, Henry Rawlinson, had the inscription transcribed in two parts, in 1835 and 1843. Rawlinson was able to translate the Old Persian cuneiform text in 1838, and the Elamite and Babylonian texts were translated by Rawlinson and others after 1843. Babylonian was a later form of Akkadian: both are Semitic languages. In effect, then, the inscription is to cuneiform what the Rosetta Stone is to Egyptian hieroglyphs: the document most crucial in the decipherment of a previously lost script.
The inscription is approximately 15 metres high by 25 metres wide, and 100 metres up a limestone cliff from an ancient road connecting the capitals of Babylonia and Media (Babylon and Ecbatana). It is extremely inaccessible as the mountainside was removed to make the inscription more visible after its completion. The Old Persian text contains 414 lines in five columns; the Elamite text includes 593 lines in eight columns and the Babylonian text is in 112 lines. The inscription was illustrated by a life-sized bas-relief of Darius, holding a bow as a sign of kingship, with his left foot on the chest of a figure lying on his back before him. The prostrate figure is reputed to be the pretender Gaumata. Darius is attended to the left by two servants, and ten one-metre figures stand to the right, with hands tied and rope around their necks, representing conquered peoples. Faravahar floats above, giving his blessing to the king. One figure appears to have been added after the others were completed, as was (oddly enough) Darius'' beard, which is a separate block of stone attached with iron pins and lead.Qajar dynasty monuments See also: Tekyeh Mo''avenalmolk and Khaja Barookh''s HouseJame-Shafeie Mosque
During the Qajar dynasty (1794 to 1925), Kirmaşan/Kermanshah Bazaar, Mosques and Tekyehs such as Moavenalmolk Mosque, and beautiful houses such as Khaja Barookh''s House were built.
Tekyeh Moavenalmolk, is unique because it has many pictures on the walls that relate to shahnameh, despite some of its more religious ones.
Khaja Barookh''s House is located in the old district of Faizabad, a Jewish neighborhood of the city. It was built by a Jewish merchant of the Qajar period, named Barookh/Baruch. The house, an historical depiction of Iranian architecture, was renamed "Randeh-Kesh House", after the last owner, is a "daroongara"(inward oriented) house and is connected through a vestibule to the exterior yard and through a corridor to the interior yard. Surrounding the interior yard are rooms, brick pillars making the iwans(porches) of the house, and step-like column capitals decorated with brick-stalactite work. This house is among the rare Qajar houses with a private bathroom.Khaja Barookh''s HouseInterior of the second room of Zagros Paleolithic Museum.Bazars
Kermanshah is one of the western agricultural core of Iran that produces grain, rice, vegetable, fruits, and oilseeds, however Kermanshah is emerging as a fairly important industrial city; there are two industrial centers with more than 256 manufacturing units in the suburb of the city. These industries include petrochemical refinery, textile manufacturing, food processing, carpet making, sugar refining, and the production of electrical equipment and tools. Kermanshah Oil Refining Company (KORC) established in 1932 by British companies, is one of the major industries in the city. After recent changes in Iraq, Kermanshah has become one of the main importing and exporting gates of Iran.Higher education
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