Iranian’s height variation
Just read some bits of an article, “Secular Trend of Height Variations in Iranian Population Born between 1940 and 1984” and thought to share few of its figures here.
The trend of height in Iran classified by gender according to some prominent historical events:
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Spatial distribution of height and its variation over five decades in Iran. (The height percentiles were calculated from those born between 1980-84):
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I was born in 1983 and am 172cm, spot on!
Last day in Australia
Today is my last day in Melbourne, Australia. I am in Swinburne uni library right now studying Marketing Planning which I have its exam in three hours. The exam will finish at 4pm and I will rush straight to the airport to fly to Tehran at 7pm. I’m going to be in Tehran for a week and then will go back to London.
While living here, ten months, I got the chance to visit Sydney few times, Perth, Tasmania (Hobart, Bruny Island, Port Arthur, Norfilk, etc), Geelong and Great Ocean Road. I also wanted to go to Queensland and see the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park as it has apparently the largest and best coral reef in the world, but didn’t.
One of the aspects of the image I had before coming to Australia was that I’m going to see kangaroos, wombats, koalas and other local animals in the city roads and every where, which was wrong. If you want to see those animals and you live in Melboure, Sydney, etc, you have to go to the zoo! But when we went to Tasmania few weeks ago, I finally touched the image I had of here over there. Really great nature and outlooks, lots of wild animals in the cities’ surounding roads, beautiful sheeps, kangs, wombats and all I thought of here. I actually ran over a Kangaroo myself while driving in Hobart one night! If someone comes to Australia and doesn’t go to Tassie, they effectively haven’t seen Australia!
Lots of good things happend here for me; baby, new friends and colleagues, different experiences, good job, lots of fun, extremely busy life, etc and etc. I’m taking back mostly good memories of Australia and am hoping to visit her again some time in the near future.
Happy Iranian New Year
Greetings for Norouz 1387.
For those who wonder what Norouz is; Norouz was set up by a Persian king called Jamshid about 15,000 years ago based on Sun. The Persian calendar’s commencements and eras has changed many times in the history. However it is the most accurate calendar in the world by one single day difference after ten million years.
The Iranian calendar has also been appreciated by the 6th Shi’ite Imam, Ja’far asSadegh ibn Mohammad (AS) by saying that the Norouz is the day when Ghadeer happened, Norouz is when Sun rose for the first time, and much more which those who can read Farsi (Persian) can find it in the following text:
امام صادق عليه السلام ميفرمايد: نوروز روزیست كه در آن پيامبر صلي الله عليه و آله براي حضرت علي عليه السلام در غدير خم پيمان گرفت و آنانكه آنجا بودند به ولايت آن حضرت اقرار كردند و خوشا به حال كسي كه آن را نگهداشت و بدا به حال كسي كه آن را زير پا نهاد.
نوروز روزیست كه در آن پيامبر صلي الله عليه و آله حضرت علي عليه السلام را با وادي جنيان مواجه كرد و از آنان ميثاق گرفت.
نوروز روزیست كه در آن علي عليه السلام در جنگ نهروان پيروز گشت.
نوروز روزیست كه در آن قائم ما اهل بيت ظاهر ميشود و خداوند او را بر دجال پيروز ميسازد.
و نوروزي نيست كه ما در آن منظر فرج نباشيم چرا كه آن روز از براي ماست.
ايرانيان آن را نگاه داشتند اما شما آن را از بين برديد.
و اين [نوروز] اولين روز سال [براي] ايرانيان است.
معلي ميگويد: حضرت [اين مطالب را بر من] املاء كردند و من نوشتم.
و نيز معلَّي ميگويد:
در صبحگاه نوروز خدمت امام صادق عليه السلام رسيدم.
امام برمن فرمودند: معلي! آيا ميداني امروز چه روزیست؟!
عرض كردم: نخير، ولي [همينقدر ميدانم] روزيست كه ايرانيان آن را روز بزرگي ميدانند و گرامياش داشته و در آن روز بر هم تبريك ميگويند.
امام فرمودند: قسم به خانه خدا كه اين روز براي امر بزرگي است كه آن را برايت شرح ميدهم تا بداني.
عرض كردم: يادگيري اين مطب برايم دوستداشتنيتر از اين است كه عمري جاودان يابم؛ خداوند دشمنان شما را نابود سازد.
امام فرمودند: معلي! نوروز روزيست كه خداوند در آن از انسان پيمان گرفت كه او را بپرستند و برايش شريك قائل نشوند و به دين فرستادگانش گروند.
نوروز روزیست كه خورشيد براي اولين بار طلوع كرد و بادهاي بارور ساز وزيد و گلهاي زمين آفريده شد.
نوروز روزیست كه كشتي حضرت نوح [كه سلام خدا بر پيامبر ما و خاندانش و بر او باد] [بعد از طوفان ] بر فراز كوه جودي ساحل گرفت.
نوروز روزیست كه فرشته وحي، جبرائيل عليه السلام بر پيامبر اسلام نازل شد.
نوروز روزیست كه حضرت ابراهيم بتهاي قوم خود را شكست.
و نوروز روزیست كه پيامبر اكرم حضرت علي عليه السلام را بر دوش خود بلند كرد تا بتهاي قريش را درانداخته و درهم شكند.
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Also my favourite poem for this occasion:
| فلک را سقف بشکافیم و طرحی نو در اندازیم | بیا تا گل برافشانیم و طرحی نو براندازیم |
| من و ساقی به هم سازیم و بنیادش بر اندازیم | اگر غم لشگر انگیزد که خون عاشقان ریزد |
Eid al-Ghadeer Mubarak
Greetings for the Ghadeer Eid.
Eid al-Adha Mubarak
Greetings for the Adha (Qurban) Eid.
11th Zee Al-Gha’deh Mubarak
Greetings for the birthday of Imam Reza (AS).
Eid ul-Fitr Mubarak
Greetings for the Fetr Eid.
Tasliyats for 21st Ramadan
Condolences for the Martyrdom of Imam Ali (AS).
15th Ramadan Mubarak
Greetings for the birthday of Imam Hassan (AS)
