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	<title>Tehran Shake</title>
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	<description>a dialogue toward addressing problems relating to Tehran's physical infrastructure - earthquake hazard reduction, pollution prevention, etc</description>
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		<title>URespond concept sketches for Random Hacks of Kindness event</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/urespond-concept-sketches-for-random-hacks-of-kindness-event/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/urespond-concept-sketches-for-random-hacks-of-kindness-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawhin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lifelines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RHoK]]></category>
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			<media:title type="html">URespond advisor's presentation.006-001</media:title>
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		<title>next five important earthquakes</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/next-five-important-earthquakes/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/next-five-important-earthquakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting article in Time today:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1930622_1930614_1930606,00.html
Next five major (important) earthquakes expected to occur in: Los Angeles, Tokyo, Tehran, Pacific Northwest, Indonesia
&#8220;All of Iran lies within a major earthquake zone, and the country has suffered terrible temblors before — most recently in 2003, when a 6.8-magnitude quake leveled the ancient city of Bam and killed more than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=593&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>tehran&#8217;s minor earthquake on saturday</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/tehrans-minor-earthquake-on-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/tehrans-minor-earthquake-on-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tehran experienced a minor earthquake (Richter magnitude 4) on Saturday at 2:23 pm local time (http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=205750). It seems that most Tehranies felt this shake. There is now a widespread fear of aftershocks and possibly bigger earthquakes due to more activities on the Eivanaki fault in southeast Tehran. Since information on the historical activity of this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=586&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Shideh</media:title>
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		<title>iran&#8217;s population density</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/irans-population-density/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urbanization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A very interesting way of graphically showing the population density, and hence the earthquake risk facing different parts of Iran (based on their vulnerability):

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		<title>understanding earthquakes and effects</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/understanding-earthquakes-and-effects/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/understanding-earthquakes-and-effects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seismology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great overview of our progress and current understanding of earthquakes since the 1906 great San Francisco earthquake:

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			<media:title type="html">Shideh</media:title>
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		<title>image reflection</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/our-reflection/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/our-reflection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tehran has been going through many shakes in the last few months following the presidential elections. These shakes, have, of course been non-seismic! This blog is meant to address the critical issues facing Tehran’s infrastructure and vulnerabilities, so it stayed quiet. However, although, during this sensitive time, infrastructure and role of engineers may seem to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=568&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>looking at landscapes</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/looking-at-landscapes/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/looking-at-landscapes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawhin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cultural geography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human geography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran and Central Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J B Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landscape]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[SR] I’m taking a course this semester titled “cultural landscape methods.”  It’s in the geography department but covers concepts in architecture, city and regional planning, landscape architecture as well as social, economic, political dimensions.  This week we’re reading about J.B. Jackson.  Very interesting character.  In the US, he’s one of the pioneers of looking… really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=564&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>tehran disaster management</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/tehran-disaster-management/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/tehran-disaster-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 19:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[city planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency response]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By SD]   I came across this link yesterday and thought it might be interesting to TehranShake: www.tdmmo.ir
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			<media:title type="html">Shideh</media:title>
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		<title>towns without cars</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/towns-without-cars/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/towns-without-cars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 17:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawhin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[car-free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable cities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[by SR] Like many others, I’m sure, I’ve often fantasized about towns without cars – would it be feasible?  Maybe have a light rail line and perhaps routes for emergency services and perhaps shuttles for the elderly and disabled… but otherwise, no cars.  Anyhow, I just came across this interesting article in today’s New York [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=557&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Response to Obama&#8217;s Nowruz message</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/irans-response-to-obamas-nowruz-message/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/irans-response-to-obamas-nowruz-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawhin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iran obama nowruz norooz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[در جواب به پیغام نوروزیه اوباما

For those who can&#8217;t see the video, this is the text of the message:
VIDEOTAPED RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA&#8217;S NOWRUZ MESSAGE
Today, on behalf of Iran’s people and government, I would like to extend my thanks to President Obama for his heartfelt Nowruz message.  (OK, perhaps it’s only on behalf of me, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=548&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nowruz message from Obama!</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/nowruz-message-from-obama-%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%b1%db%8c%da%a9-%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%86%d9%88-%d8%a7%d8%b2-%d8%b1%db%8c%db%8c%d8%b3-%d8%ac%d9%85%d9%87%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%b1%db%8c%da%a9%d8%a7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawhin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[تبریک سال نو از رییس جمهور امریکا ،اوباما
how interesting&#8230;
http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=1372&#38;Itemid=2
http://www.whitehouse.gov/Nowruz/

For those who can&#8217;t view this video, this is the text of his message:
VIDEOTAPED REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN CELEBRATION OF NOWRUZ
THE PRESIDENT: Today I want to extend my very best wishes to all who are celebrating Nowruz around the world. 


This holiday is both an ancient [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=543&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>فال بنتون</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87-%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%86-%d8%a7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawhin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[by SR] In my eyes, Tehran had never joined the ranks of other big metropolis cities with their “placeless” architecture and new buildings in the style of famous architects, scattered across the world: like say the eye-catching buildings in the financial and shopping districts in NY, London, Tokyo, etc (and Mexico City?  haven’t been… but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=534&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a letter to mr. future president</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/a-letter-to-mr-future-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[by SD]   Our role in the upcoming presidential elections, a topic I wonder about often as a student living abroad. I do not reside in Iran and have been out of the country for almost ten years. It is difficult to know what’s most important to the lives of Iranians from outside. But I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=524&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>informal settlements in tehran</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/informal-settlements-in-tehran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawhin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[by SR] I am reading a book by a sociology professor about “informal settlements” in Tehran.  It talks about the history and activities of slum dwellers and squatters, hashiehneshinan (حاشیه نشینان), and groups settling in shanty towns (like halabiabad &#8211; حلبی آباد) and occupying vacant buildings, and/or informal settlements.  The book is Street Politics: Poor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=507&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>power of incentive</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/power-of-incentive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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[By Shideh]    My thoughts on the concept of &#8220;incentive&#8221;…
What do you think would give Tehranians enough incentives to do what’s good for their city? What would give any person enough incentives to care about her surrounding? To cheat less whether in school or in trade, to respect the rules, to drive properly, to keep her/his street clean, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=487&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a nation&#8217;s battle for life</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/a-nations-battle-for-life/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/a-nations-battle-for-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shideh]   We watched an amazing silent movie last night, produced and directed by Cooper, Schoedsack, and Harrison in 1924, named “Grass.”  I highly recommend it as it is an invaluable record of history and tells us quite a bit about the culture and extreme hardships faced by nomads in Persia for survival. It is as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=474&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>pakistan hit by quake</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/pakistan-hit-by-quake/</link>
		<comments>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/pakistan-hit-by-quake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shideh]   Pakistan suffered from a magnitude 6.4 earthquake today: about 500 people were killed and thousands were left homeless. I want to offer my condolences to the people of Pakistan and particularly to those who were affected. It is truly heart-breaking and it’s a shame that we still witness such losses in a century [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=456&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>game of your dream</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/game-of-your-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shideh]   UC Berkeley had a football game against UCLA today.  Typically, these games have quite an impact on everything in town, most importantly transportation and parking become almost impossible.  How lively it is to fight for winning though, to have a favorite team, and to show your support for something you relate to.  Today, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=445&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>tehran vs. tokyo</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/tehran-vs-tokyo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shideh]   Tehran mayor, Mr. Qalibaf, has been trying to learn from and collaborate with other big cities in the world to improve Tehran in many ways.  I find his attempts promising and in the right direction: http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=180227
 
Tehran can learn a great deal from Tokyo in terms of pollution reduction and earthquake safety.  Perhaps Japan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=443&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>who is to pay?</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/letters-to-doktor-mohandess-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shideh]
Dear Ms. or Mr. Doktor Mohandess God:
I am a middle-aged man in the construction business.  I was born and raised in Tehran but my parents came from Tabriz and Esfahan.  I am also a mohandess (engineer), though I never finished high school.  You know, engineering is an innate thing, it must be in you. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=423&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>hormozgan shaken</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/hormozgan-shaken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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[By Shideh]   This morning, I talked to a few relatives in Tehran who had heard of a recent earthquake near by.  Naturally, I jumped to my lap top to check the USGS website looking for a small earthquake in Tehran, the fault rupture characteristics, and other things.  The earthquake that I was looking for had instead been a large [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=413&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>iran&#8217;s education race</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/irans-education-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shideh]   Another interesting article for TehranShake readers:
 


SPECIAL REPORT: THE EDUCATION RACE
Published Aug 9, 2008 
Aug. 18-25, 2008 issue
http://www.newsweek.com/id/151684
 
The Star Students of the Islamic Republic
Forget Harvard—one of the world&#8217;s best undergraduate colleges is in Iran.

By Afshin Molavi &#124; NEWSWEEK
 Stanford University&#8217;s Electrical Engineering Department were startled when a group of foreign students aced the notoriously difficult Ph.D. entrance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=398&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>recent and active tectonics in tehran region and central alborz</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/recent-and-active-tectonics-in-tehran-region-and-central-alborz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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[By Shideh]   I received this email from a friend (Mr. Alireza Sarvi) that might be of interest to TehranShake:
 
USGS recently presented an interesting seminar about active tectonics and risk of earthquakes in Tehran region. The slides as well as the complete video are available in their web site now: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/seminars/?year=2008
 
Toward the end of the page, you can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=392&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>demography, urbanism, etc</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/demography-urbanism-etc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawhin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shawhin]   My friend just sent me a nice article on urbanism, planning, gentrification trends, etc in North American cities.  It’s a great read – but be sure to also read the comments and arguments:
http://tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=264510ca-2170-49cd-bad5-a0be122ac1a9 (Thanks, Mei!)
For good complimentary reading, check out Robert Putnam’s (Professor of Public Policy at Harvard) article on social capital:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/DETOC/assoc/bowling.html 
Or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=390&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>me and my model!</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/me-and-my-model/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shideh]   I am sitting inside a round building with a big centrifuge and my model that has become like a friend (sort of like Tom Hanks and the Volleyball named Wilson in the movie Cast Away!)  I am here to run an experiment as a part of a research project.  I have stayed over night monitoring this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=379&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>maps</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/maps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawhin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shawhin] I just read an article about mapping and thought I’d share.  It was about the influence of maps on people’s conception of the spaces around them and also about alternate methods of mapping and the ability of maps to discover and promote aspects of the world we engage with.
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		<title>a humble letter to the people in power!</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/a-humble-letter-to-the-people-in-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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[By Shideh] My mind has been preoccupied with a number of events lately. I am busy with my last experiment while the world around me seems to have turned upside down. I usually worry a lot about the state of practice in earthquake engineering and am passionate in thinking that I can make a difference [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=355&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>another reminder: building collapsed in tehran</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/another-reminder-building-collapsed-in-tehran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shideh]   A 7-story building in Tehran collapsed today, sadly killing at least 3 people.  The design engineers and contractors have been arrested and they currently face trial. The mayor of Tehran, Mr. Qalibaf, has blamed the engineering community (Nezam e Mohandesi) for failing to properly oversee the design and construction practice and has requested [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=351&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>tale of &#8220;change&#8221;!</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/tale-of-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[By Shideh]   My aunt sent me this letter to share with our blog readers.  It is about hope and change and has a strong message for all of us, whether you are from Tehran, Tokyo, Cairo, or Los Angeles, even though the topic is on the existing situation in the United States.  Enjoy reading it and send us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tehranshake.wordpress.com&blog=1118412&post=349&subd=tehranshake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>earthquake prone tehran (continued&#8230;)</title>
		<link>http://tehranshake.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/possible-earthquake-in-tehran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shideh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An educational documentary broadcast from inside Iran also recommended by Mr. Alireza Sarvi:

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