<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31179776</id><updated>2011-07-29T12:04:33.116+04:30</updated><category term='Sci-Tech'/><category term='Architecture'/><category term='Health'/><category term='Disability'/><category term='Music'/><title type='text'>Parsa Zarrin</title><subtitle type='html'>Let's Make Our Environment Free of Barriers, Pollution and Disasters</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parsazarrin.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31179776/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parsazarrin.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Parsa Zarrin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03634293989021357902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3906/3361/1600/PZ-LP-H.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31179776.post-10116270810360617</id><published>2010-03-31T21:20:00.004+04:30</published><updated>2010-04-15T19:56:18.217+04:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sci-Tech'/><title type='text'>Revealed: why hot water freezes faster than cold - physics-math - 25 March 2010 - New Scientist</title><summary type='text'>Revealed: why hot water freezes faster than cold - physics-math - 25 March 2010 - New Scientist

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HOT water sometimes freezes faster than cold water - but why? This peculiar phenomenon has baffled scientists for generations, but now there is evidence that the effect may depend on random impurities in the water.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parsazarrin.blogspot.com/feeds/10116270810360617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31179776&amp;postID=10116270810360617' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31179776/posts/default/10116270810360617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31179776/posts/default/10116270810360617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parsazarrin.blogspot.com/2010/03/revealed-why-hot-water-freezes-faster.html' title='Revealed: why hot water freezes faster than cold - physics-math - 25 March 2010 - New Scientist'/><author><name>Parsa Zarrin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03634293989021357902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3906/3361/1600/PZ-LP-H.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31179776.post-1429615292147863068</id><published>2010-02-21T13:17:00.000+03:30</published><updated>2010-04-15T19:52:09.650+04:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Architecture'/><title type='text'>NJIT architect Rima Taher helps write book for rebuilding in Haiti | Science updates | NewJerseyNewsroom.com -- Your State. Your News.</title><summary type='text'>NJIT architect Rima Taher helps write book for rebuilding in Haiti Science updates NewJerseyNewsroom.com -- Your State. Your News.

Rima Taher, a structural engineer at NJIT, has accepted an invitation from Architecture for Humanity (AFH) to join architects and engineers creating a construction guide for rebuilding in earthquake and hurricane-prone areas.




The guide would be used as a resource</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parsazarrin.blogspot.com/feeds/1429615292147863068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31179776&amp;postID=1429615292147863068' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31179776/posts/default/1429615292147863068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31179776/posts/default/1429615292147863068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parsazarrin.blogspot.com/2010/02/njit-architect-rima-taher-helps-write.html' title='NJIT architect Rima Taher helps write book for rebuilding in Haiti | Science updates | NewJerseyNewsroom.com -- Your State. 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-- especially one completely devoid of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://parsazarrin.blogspot.com/feeds/116205315331329003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31179776&amp;postID=116205315331329003' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31179776/posts/default/116205315331329003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31179776/posts/default/116205315331329003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://parsazarrin.blogspot.com/2006/10/maestro-making-music-for-peace.html' title='The maestro making music for peace'/><author><name>Parsa Zarrin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03634293989021357902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' 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