Monthly Archives: August 2016

Iran: A Land of Extreme Contrasts

Posted on August 29, 2016 by forstegrupp

I returned on Saturday after a week in Iran. Dear SH stayed behind for an extra week since he had his talks to give at the Royan Institute in Tehran. During our time there, we could not access any social … Continue reading →

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Social Media in Iran — NOT

Posted on August 17, 2016 by forstegrupp

The Iranian government blocks lots of social media — including Pokemon Go (see this BBC report). Of the very few social media apps which I use, the following are blocked: wordpress (so you will have to wait until we return … Continue reading →

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Sometimes a lens does more than you think

Posted on August 17, 2016 by forstegrupp

In preparation for our trip to Iran, we invested in a new camera lens. We bought at Sony DT 18-250 mm (F 3.5-6.3) for the Sony SLT-A33 camera. Here are a couple examples of the range of this new lens. … Continue reading →

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Iran: the preparations

Posted on August 12, 2016 by forstegrupp

Sometimes it is extremely nice to have a famous SH who gets invited to give speeches about his research. This is definitely one of those times. He got me to Paris in July and now it will be Iran!!!!! We … Continue reading →

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Current book

Posted on August 8, 2016 by forstegrupp

Now I am half way through Geoffrey Moorhouse’s book Sun Dancing about medieval monks on Skellig Michael. The first half is a novelistic account of life on the island from the foundation of the monastery in 588 CE to 1222 … Continue reading →

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A book about a special garden on Kauai 

Posted on August 8, 2016 by forstegrupp

When our middle boy graduated from high school on 2013, we went to Kauai for two weeks. One day we toured the garden established by the Allertons when they settled in Kauai in the late 1930s to escape repressive laws … Continue reading →

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