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Iran strikes back at US with missile attack at bases in Iraq
Jan 8th 2020 2:13AM
President Donald Trump insisted "All is well!" after Iran fired surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing US troops.
He promised to make a statement to the nation on Wednesday morning about the increasingly precarious situation with Iran.
Mr Trump offered no immediate indication of whether he would retaliate, and stayed out of sight as news of the missile strikes emerged.
But he tweeted that an assessment of casualties and damages was under way. The initial outlook, he said, was "So far, so good!"
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Syrian demonstrators burn the US flag as they gather in the central Saadallah al-Jabiri square in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 7, 2020, to mourn and condemn the death of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, and nine others in a US air strike in Baghdad. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Syrian demonstrators and members of the military gather, under the portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in the central Saadallah al-Jabiri square in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 7, 2020, to mourn and condemn the death of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, and nine others in a US air strike in Baghdad. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Syrian demonstrators burn the Israeli flag as they gather in the central Saadallah al-Jabiri square in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 7, 2020, to mourn and condemn the death of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, and nine others in a US air strike in Baghdad. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Member of Syria's military gather in the central Saadallah al-Jabiri square in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 7, 2020, to mourn and condemn the death of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani (portrait), and nine others in a US air strike in Baghdad. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Syrian demonstrators gather under a poster of President Bashar al-Assad (C) in the central Saadallah al-Jabiri square in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 7, 2020, to mourn and condemn the death of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani (portrait), and nine others in a US air strike in Baghdad. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
A member of the Syrian military waves a flag of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement in the central Saadallah al-Jabiri square in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 7, 2020, to mourn and condemn the death of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, and nine others in a US air strike in Baghdad. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Syrian demonstrators wave portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C), Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and head of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, in the central Saadallah al-Jabiri square in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 7, 2020, to mourn and condemn the death of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, and nine others in a US air strike in Baghdad. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
People of Iran in various parts of the country, especially the people of the Iranian capital, lit candles and mourned the night of General Qasem Soleimani's burial, in Tehran, Iran, on June 7, 2019. Mourners packed the streets of Tehran for ceremonies to pay homage to Soleimani, who spearheaded Iran's Middle East operations as commander of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force and was killed in a US drone strike on January 3 near Baghdad airport. (Photo by Hamid Vakili/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Iraqi mourners gather at the Shaheed (martyr) Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr Bridge, named after Mohammed Baqr Al-Sadr, assassinated during the regime of ousted president Saddam Hussein in the 1980's, as they welcome the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the slain chief of Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary force with close ties to Iran, in the southern city of Basra after it came from Iran on January 7, 2020 ahead on his burial. - Muhandis, killed early on January 3 in a US strike on Baghdad, was seen as Tehran's man in Iraq and a sworn enemy of the United States. The US strike on Baghdad's international airport early Friday also killed his personal friend Qasem Soleimani, a top commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP) (Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)
A fully veiled woman holds a portrait of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the slain chief of Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary force with close ties to Iran, as his body arrives in the southern city of Basra after it came from Iran on January 7, 2020 ahead on his burial. - Muhandis, killed early on January 3 in a US strike on Baghdad, was seen as Tehran's man in Iraq and a sworn enemy of the United States. The US strike on Baghdad's international airport early Friday also killed his personal friend Qasem Soleimani, a top commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP) (Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)
A man holds a slogans in Arabic calling for revenge as the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the slain chief of Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary force with close ties to Iran, arrives in the southern city of Basra after it came from Iran on January 7, 2019 ahead on his burial. - Muhandis, killed early on January 3 in a US strike on Baghdad, was seen as Tehran's man in Iraq and a sworn enemy of the United States. The US strike on Baghdad's international airport early Friday also killed his personal friend Qasem Soleimani, a top commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP) (Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)
The body Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the slain chief of Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary force with close ties to Iran, is welcomed in the southern city of Basra after it came from Iran on January 7, 2020 ahead on his burial. - Muhandis, killed early on January 3 in a US strike on Baghdad, was seen as Tehran's man in Iraq and a sworn enemy of the United States. The US strike on Baghdad's international airport early Friday also killed his personal friend Qasem Soleimani, a top commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP) (Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)
The body Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the slain chief of Hashed al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary force with close ties to Iran, is welcomed in the southern city of Basra after it came from Iran on January 7, 2020 ahead on his burial. - Muhandis, killed early on January 3 in a US strike on Baghdad, was seen as Tehran's man in Iraq and a sworn enemy of the United States. The US strike on Baghdad's international airport early Friday also killed his personal friend Qasem Soleimani, a top commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP) / The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Hussein FALEH has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [2020] instead of [2019]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require. (Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Pakistani Shiite Muslim protest against the killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq, outside the US consulate in Lahore on January 7, 2020. - A stampede broke out January 7 at the funeral of a top Iranian general killed in a US drone strike, leaving 40 people dead and many injured as huge crowds packed his hometown. (Photo by ARIF ALI / AFP) (Photo by ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Pakistani Shiite Muslim burn US and Israeli flags in a protest against the killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in the US strike in Iraq, in Lahore on January 7, 2020. - A stampede broke out January 7 at the funeral of a top Iranian general killed in a US drone strike, leaving 40 people dead and many injured as huge crowds packed his hometown. (Photo by ARIF ALI / AFP) (Photo by ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images)
Iranian mourners gather around a vehicle carrying the coffin of slain top general Qasem Soleimani during the final stage of funeral processions, in his hometown Kerman on January 7, 2020. - Soleimani was killed outside Baghdad airport Friday in a drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions with arch-enemy Iran which has vowed "severe revenge". The assassination of the 62-year-old heightened international concern about a new war in the volatile, oil-rich Middle East and rattled financial markets. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
Iranian mourners gather around a vehicle carrying the coffin of slain top general Qasem Soleimani during the final stage of funeral processions, in his hometown Kerman on January 7, 2020. - Soleimani was killed outside Baghdad airport on January 3 in a drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions with arch-enemy Iran which has vowed "severe revenge". The assassination of the 62-year-old heightened international concern about a new war in the volatile, oil-rich Middle East and rattled financial markets. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
Iranian mourners stand on a bridge during the final stage of funeral processions for slain top general Qasem Soleimani, in his hometown Kerman on January 7, 2020. - Soleimani was killed outside Baghdad airport on January 3 in a drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions with arch-enemy Iran which has vowed "severe revenge". The assassination of the 62-year-old heightened international concern about a new war in the volatile, oil-rich Middle East and rattled financial markets. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
Iranian mourners gather during the final stage of funeral processions for slain top general Qasem Soleimani, in his hometown Kerman on January 7, 2020. - Soleimani was killed outside Baghdad airport Friday in a drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions with arch-enemy Iran which has vowed "severe revenge". The assassination of the 62-year-old heightened international concern about a new war in the volatile, oil-rich Middle East and rattled financial markets. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Iranian mourners gather around a vehicle carrying the coffin of slain top general Qasem Soleimani during the final stage of funeral processions, in his hometown Kerman on January 7, 2020. - Soleimani was killed outside Baghdad airport Friday in a drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions with arch-enemy Iran which has vowed "severe revenge". The assassination of the 62-year-old heightened international concern about a new war in the volatile, oil-rich Middle East and rattled financial markets. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
People leave a poster representing US President Donald Trump (C) on the ground to protest against the US authorities for the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq, during a demonstration near the US embassy in New Delhi on January 7, 2020. - A US drone strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad's international airport on January 3, dramatically heightening regional tensions and prompting arch enemy Tehran to vow "revenge". (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman holds a placard to protest against the US authorities for the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq, during a demonstration near the US embassy in New Delhi on January 7, 2020. - A US drone strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad's international airport on January 3, dramatically heightening regional tensions and prompting arch enemy Tehran to vow "revenge". (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)
TEHRAN, Jan. 7, 2020 -- People attend the funeral ceremony of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 6, 2020. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians in Tehran on Monday mourned the assassination of Qassem Soleimani. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz via Getty Images)
TEHRAN, Jan. 7, 2020 -- People mourn during the funeral ceremony of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 6, 2020. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians in Tehran on Monday mourned the assassination of Qassem Soleimani. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz via Getty Images)
SANAA, YEMEN - JANUARY 6: People gather to protest the US air strike in Iraq that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who headed Iran's Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds force in Sanaa, Yemen on January 6, 2020. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Flowers and posters are displayed at the gate of the Iranian embassy in the Hague on January 6, 2020 in memory of the recently killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. - Iranian top military commander Qasem Soleimani was killed on January 3 in a US air strike outside Baghdad international airport that shocked the Islamic republic and sparked fears of a new war in the Middle East. (Photo by Sem VAN DER WAL / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by SEM VAN DER WAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Iranian schoolboys carrying a symbolic coffin of the U.S. as they take part a mass funeral for the commander of the IRGS Qods Force Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi-Iranian deputy chief of the Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd Shaabi) commander Jamal Ja'far Muhammad Ali Al Ibrahim, known by the kunya Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and four other members of the Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed in Baghdad airport during an American airstrike, in central Tehran, January 6, 2020. Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force killed during an American airstrike in Baghdad airport on Friday January 3rd. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A pictures of slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani is seen during a ceremony at the Iranian Consulate in Quetta on January 6, 2020. - A US drone strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad's international airport on January 3, dramatically heightening regional tensions and prompting arch enemy Tehran to vow "revenge". (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP) (Photo by BANARAS KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
06 January 2020, Iran, Tehran: Coffins of commander of the elite Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the deputy head of the predominantly Shia Muslim Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), and others who were killed in a US airstrike on Baghdad airport late Thursday, are carried on a truck surrounded by mourners during a funeral procession, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square. Photo: Saeid Zareian/dpa (Photo by Saeid Zareian/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Mourners carry mock coffins with images of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pasted on them as they gather to pay homage to slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and other victims of a US attack, in the capital Tehran on January 6, 2020. - Mourners packed the streets of Tehran for ceremonies to pay homage to Soleimani, who spearheaded Iran's Middle East operations as commander of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force and was killed in a US drone strike on January 3 near Baghdad airport. (Photo by Atta KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
TEHRAN, IRAN - JANUARY 06: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - "IRANIAN LEADER PRESS OFFICE / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Soleimanis long-time lieutenant and the new leader of Quds Force Gen. Esmail Qaani mourns over the coffin of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, vice president of Hashd al-Shaabi group, during the funeral ceremony, in Tehran, Iran on January 06, 2019. (Photo by Iranian Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
TEHRAN, IRAN - JANUARY 06: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - "IRANIAN LEADER PRESS OFFICE / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Soleimanis long-time lieutenant and the new leader of Quds Force Gen. Esmail Qaani cries over the coffin during the funeral ceremony of Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Forces, who was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike in Iraq, in Tehran, Iran on January 06, 2019. (Photo by Iranian Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
TEHRAN, IRAN - JANUARY 06: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - "IRANIAN LEADER PRESS OFFICE / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right 2) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (left 2) attend the funeral ceremony of Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Forces, who was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike in Iraq, in Tehran, Iran on January 06, 2019. (Photo by Iranian Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JANUARY 06: Filipinos take part in a protest versus US aggression against Iran, at the US embassy on January 6, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. The protest was held in response to increased tensions in the Middle East as a result of a U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Military Commander Qasem Soleimani last week. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
TEHRAN, IRAN - JANUARY 05: A picture of Iranian revolutionary guard Gen. Qaseem Soleimani is seen in an electronic store on January 5, 2020 in downtown Tehran, Iran. General Qasem Soleymani as killed in a U.S. strike in Baghdad. The 62-year-old deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards will be laid to rest in his hometown of Kerman as part of three days of ceremonies across the country, the Revolutionary Guards have said (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JANUARY 5, 2020: Iran's new ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, during a press briefing at the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Moscow in connection with the death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani; Soleimani was killed in an airstrike by US drones near Baghdad, Iraq, on 3 January 2020, amid rising tensions between Iran and the United States; Iran's diplomatic missions around the world fly flags at half mast to mourn the death of Soleimani. Artyom Geodakyan/TASS (Photo by Artyom Geodakyan\TASS via Getty Images)
05 January 2020, Lebanon, Beirut: A supporter of Lebanon's Iran-allied Hezbollah movement, cries as he attends a mass rally and a televised speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, in tribute to Qassem Soleimani, commander of the elite Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the predominantly Shia Muslim Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who were killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad. Photo: Marwan Naamani/dpa (Photo by Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Shiite Muslims march to protest against the US strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq, during a demonstration in Karachi on January 5, 2020. - A US drone strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad's international airport on January 3, dramatically heightening regional tensions and prompting arch enemy Tehran to vow "revenge". (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) (Photo by RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images)
A protester holds a banner reading " down with America", during a demonstration outside the US consulate in Istanbul, on January 5, 2020, two days after top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed by a US drone strike. - A US drone strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad's international airport on January 3, dramatically heightening regional tensions and prompting arch enemy Tehran to vow "revenge". (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)
An Iraqi demonstrator poses next to burning tyres as angry protesters blocked roads in the central shrine city of Najaf, on January 5, 2020, to reject turning the country into an arena for US-Iran conflicts. - Iraq's parliament was expected to vote today on ousting thousands of US troops from military bases, which are threatened by pro-Tehran factions after an American strike killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP) (Photo by HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP via Getty Images)
Iraqi demonstrators flash the victory sign next to burning tyres as angry protesters blocked roads in the central shrine city of Najaf, on January 5, 2020, to reject turning the country into an arena for US-Iran conflicts. - Iraq's parliament was expected to vote today on ousting thousands of US troops from military bases, which are threatened by pro-Tehran factions after an American strike killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP) (Photo by HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP via Getty Images)
Supporters of the Shiite Hezbollah movement react with clenched fists as the movement's leader delivers a speech on a screen, in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs on January 5, 2020. - The head of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah called on Iraq to free itself of the American "occupation" after top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US strike in Baghdad. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
Iraqi demonstrators block a road with burning tyres in the central shrine city of Najaf, on January 5, 2020, to protest turning the country into an arena for US-Iran conflicts. - Iraq's parliament was expected to vote today on ousting thousands of US troops from military bases, which are threatened by pro-Tehran factions after an American strike killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP) (Photo by HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP via Getty Images)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JANUARY 5, 2020: Flowers and portraits left outside the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran by mourners in memory of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani; Soleimani was killed in an airstrike by US drones near Baghdad, Iraq, on 3 January 2020, amid rising tensions between Iran and the United States; Iran's diplomatic missions around the world fly flags at half mast to mourn the death of Soleimani. Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS (Photo by Anton Novoderezhkin\TASS via Getty Images)
Iran struck back at the US for the killing of a top Iranian general, firing a series of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases housing US troops in Iraq.
Iranian state TV said it was in revenge for the US killing of Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, whose death last week in an American drone strike near Baghdad prompted calls for revenge.
All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq. Assessment of casualties & damages taking place now. So far, so good! We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning.
Gen Soleimani's killing and the strikes by Iran came as tensions have been rising steadily across the Middle East after President Trump's decision to unilaterally withdraw America from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers.
They also marked the first time in recent years that Washington and Tehran have attacked each other directly rather than through proxies in the region. It raised the chances of open conflict erupting between the two enemies, which have been at odds since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran initially announced only one strike, but US officials confirmed both.
(PA Graphics)
Later, a presenter on Iranian state television claimed, without offering evidence, that the strikes killed "at least 80 terrorist US soldiers" and also damaged helicopters, drones and other equipment at the Ain al-Asad air base.
Adding to the chaos, a Ukrainian plane with at least 170 people crashed after take-off just outside Tehran on Wednesday morning, killing all on board, state TV reported.
The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport and mechanical issues were suspected, the report said.
US defence officials were at the White House, probably to discuss options with Mr Trump, who launched the strike on Gen Soleimani while facing an upcoming impeachment trial in the Senate,
Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned the US and its regional allies against retaliating over the missile attack against the Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq's western Anbar province. The Guard issued the warning via a statement carried by Iran's state-run IRNA news agency.
"We are warning all American allies, who gave their bases to its terrorist army, that any territory that is the starting point of aggressive acts against Iran will be targeted," it said. It also threatened Israel.
After the strikes, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator posted a picture of the Islamic Republic's flag on Twitter, appearing to mimic Mr Trump who posted an American flag following the killing of Gen Soleimani and others on Friday in a drone strike in Baghdad.
Ain al-Asad air base was first used by American forces after the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, and later saw American troops stationed there amid the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. It houses about 1,500 US and coalition forces.
Two Iraqi security officials said at least one of the missiles appeared to have struck a plane at the base, igniting a fire. It was not immediately clear whether it was an Iraqi or US jet.
About 70 Norwegian troops also were on the air base but no injuries were reported, Brynjar Stordal, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Armed Forces told the Associated Press.
Mr Trump visited the sprawling Ain al-Asad air base, about 100 miles west of Baghdad, in December 2018, making his first presidential visit to troops in the region.
He did not meet with any Iraqi officials at the time, and his visit inflamed sensitivities about the continued presence of US forces in Iraq. Vice President Mike Pence also has visited the base.
Iranian state TV said the Guard's aerospace division that controls Iran's missile program launched the attack, which it said was part of an operation called Martyr Soleimani.
The US also acknowledged another missile attack on a base in Irbil in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
"As we evaluate the situation and our response, we will take all necessary measures to protect and defend US personnel, partners and allies in the region," said Jonathan Hoffman, an assistant to the US defence secretary.
Wednesday's revenge attack happened just hours after crowds in Iran mourned Gen Soleimani at his funeral. It also came as the US continued to reinforce its own positions in the region and warned of an unspecified threat to shipping from Iran in the region's waterways, crucial routes for global energy supplies.
US embassies and consulates from Asia to Africa and Europe issued security alerts for Americans.
A stampede broke out Tuesday at Gen Soleimani's funeral, and at least 56 people were killed and more than 200 injured as thousands thronged the procession, Iranian news reports said.
The stampede took place in Gen Soleimani's hometown of Kerman as his coffin was being borne through the city in south-eastern Iran, said Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's emergency medical services.
"Unfortunately as a result of the stampede, some of our compatriots have been injured and some have been killed during the funeral processions," Mr Koulivand said, and state TV quoted him as saying that 56 had died and 213 had been injured.
Gen Soleimani's burial was delayed, with no new time given, because of concerns about the huge crowd at the cemetery, the semi-official ISNA news agency said.


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How Pharrell Williams Created a $100 Million Empire (and We're Not Talking About Just Music)
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Like other artists, he's a one-man holding company with interests in media, fashion, and the environment.
Pharrell Williams possesses a very distinct skill: the ability to create hit songs that sneak their way into your brain and stay there for a long time, whether you like it or not. The omnipresent "Happy" was 2014's best-selling song and the prolific musician wrote and produced Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," which in 2013 spent 12 straight weeks at No. 1. In all, Williams's music career has earned him 10 Grammys.
But Williams has also managed to parlay his songwriting prowess into a successful business empire. His companies and alliances, which range from clothing to media to jewelry, have put the artist's estimated worth at more than $100 million.
Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream are among the successful clothing labels he owns. COURTESY BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB
"Music will always be my first love," Williams has said. "But the one thing I've learned is that this life is a movie and I am a co-creator." Williams launched his signature clothing brands, Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream, in 2005. The high-end streetwear companies have combined for more than $25 million in annual sales, according to Women's Wear Daily. In 2013, he launched a sister brand, Billionaire Girls Club. The labels have brick and mortar storefronts in New York City, London, and Tokyo.
But making clothes isn't cool unless you're saving the world too. As creative director at Bionic Yarn, a startup that converts recycled materials into clothing, Williams in 2014 helped launch a line of jeans made from — wait for it — plastic recovered from the ocean. That eventually led to him becoming co-owner of G-Star Raw, the Dutch denim maker. "On top of my business," he proclaimed last year in an Instagram post announcing the deal.
Ecofriendly jeans from G-Star Raw, which Williams now co-owns.COURTESY COMPANY
In addition to having his own companies, Williams has partnered with Adidas to launch a sneaker line and created a collection of T-shirts for Japanese clothing company Uniqlo. He has also designed sunglasses and jewelry for Moncler and Louis Vuitton. And there you were, judging his fashion sense by his oversize "Smokey the Bear" hat.
"All of this is school for me," Williams has said about his collaborations with professionals outside of the music world. "I didn't go to college. This is my college."
And a lucrative one at that.
In 2012, the musician-entrepreneur founded I Am Other, which encompasses his clothing brands and also includes its own media arm. On its YouTube channel, the company produces serialized shows geared toward, in Williams's words, "thinkers, innovators, and outcasts" — though it's up for debate how much of an outcast one can be while collecting Grammys. The company, which also serves as a record label, released Williams's second studio album, Girl, in 2014.
Williams's first label, Star Trak, dates back to 2001, when he launched it along with childhood friend Chad Hugo. Together, the duo — known professionally as The Neptunes — has produced hits including Britney Spears's "I'm a Slave 4 U," Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot," and Nelly's "Hot in Herre."
Williams is in demand as a designer for brands such as Adidas. His Human Race model is hot. COURTESY ADIDAS
In December, Williams announced yet another partnership with a high-profile company: He's the first-ever creative director for American Express's Platinum Card. In this role, he'll help create rewards and benefits for cardholders and might lend his expertise toward the card's physical design.
Somehow, Williams finds time to balance all this with his own music. So what keeps him going? "Someone asked me this a while ago, what inspires me," he told Vulture in 2013, "and I always say 'that which is missing.' Doesn't mean it's going to be the greatest thing in the world, just means it's going to feel different. That's what I'm really into."
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Cardinals GM Treated Josh Rosen Like Complete Garbage Based On Latest Update
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One week before the NFL Draft, Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim referred to QB Josh Rosen as a "pro's pro," but apparently, that professionalism displayed by Rosen was given to him as the team moved on from him after one year.
The now Dolphins quarterback told Rich Eisen on Tuesday that Keim didn't even bother to call him the day of the Draft, after they traded him, and in fact, Rosen said he hasn't talked to Keim in "months."
"The only thing that really did kind of frustrate me through this whole process was like I still haven't heard from my old G.M.," Rosen said on Eisen's show, via NFL.com. "I hadn't talked to him for months before. Still haven't talked to him after. That was kind of frustrating, but for the most part, I'm just ready to put that whole chapter behind me and keep pushing on and playing football."
Rosen knew absolutely nothing about what would be going on until new Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury phoned him and told him that they would be selecting Kyler Murray the No. 1 overall choice.
"My agent gave me a call about five minutes before saying, 'Don't be surprised if this might happen,'" Rosen said. "I was like, 'Alright, it is what it is. We'll see how the cards end up falling. But you know I'm going to compete wherever I am.' So Kliff gave me an actual call a minute before it happened saying that we're going to draft Kyler. I mean, I have the most respect for Kliff. I don't slight anyone for making business decisions they think are best for them and their family, but I appreciated how he acted like a man and was very respectful. He was wishing me the best. He called me even the day after the draft wishing me good luck. And I wished him good luck. I even gave Kyler a call, sent him a text that said good luck; I'm wishing you the best.
"But that's kind of all you can really ask for in this game. People make decisions for whatever reason. But as long as they are men about it, and they respect someone's career, then I can appreciate that."
The 22-year-old will now battle it out with veteran QB Ryan Fitzpatrick for the starting job.
"Literally [Kingsbury is] like, 'Hey, so we're about to draft Kyler. I don't really know what happens now,'" Rosen said. "And I responded, 'I don't really know what happens either.' But regardless, at least he gave me the courtesy of giving me the call. I love everyone in that building, with the exception of maybe one or two guys there."
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The Griswold Family in Worthington
Our January exhibit looks at a family with a long and distinguished history in Worthington: the Griswolds.
In October 1803, when the Scioto Company arrived in Worthington, among its 100 members were Ezra and Ruth Griswold and their children. As one of the first settlers of the new village, Ezra wore many hats. According to Scioto Company Descendants, a book by Virginia McCormick, Ezra was granted a Franklin County tavern license on January 7, 1804, to open the first tavern in the village of Worthington. He was clerk of St. John's Episcopal Church when it was incorporated on January 27, 1807, and often delivered the sermon before the church acquired its first priest. He was captain of the militia in 1808 and, beginning that year, was elected justice of the peace, the primary law enforcement official in Worthington. With the exception of 1814, he served as justice of the peace until 1821.
Perhaps Ezra's most lasting legacy was the large brick home and tavern he built in 1811 north of Worthington's Village Green on the east side of High Street, where the Huntington Bank branch is located today at 800 High Street. This structure, the Griswold Inn, boasted a fireplace in every room, sheltered travelers and boarders and served as a dance hall, meeting area and community space. It was converted into a residence by Worthington Franklin Griswold, Ezra and Ruth's grandson. Worthington and his wife, Fondelia, raised a family of 14 children in the former inn. Despite an illustrious 153-year history, and a concerted community campaign to save it, the building was razed in 1964. Its last resident was Ruth Griswold, daughter of Worthington and Fondelia, who left in January 1964 to live with her sister, Edith Griswold Ligda, in California.
Both Worthington Franklin and Fondelia Griswold led interesting, community-focused lives. The son of Gen. George Harlow Griswold, who fought in the War of 1812, Worthington Franklin was a civil engineer who served on the board of education, was justice of the peace and held the position of mayor from 1896 to 1902. Fondelia, according to her July 8, 1930 obituary in "The Columbus Dispatch," was "a woman of rare mental ability." She began her study of Latin at age six and of Greek at age 10, and was literate in French and had some knowledge of Hebrew.
One of Worthington Franklin's and Fondelia's 14 children, Harriet Griswold McCullough, kept a scrapbook that included a number of photos of her family in Worthington in the early years of the 20th century. These include snapshots of the 1914 family Christmas tree, a view of the Olentangy River on Thanksgiving Day 1915 and numerous photos of family members young and old sporting the fashions of the day.
The Griswold's family legacy continues to the present day, with Worthington's Griswold Center bearing its name. A February 21, 1994 "ThisWeek in Worthington" news article explains the Griswold Senior Center, as it was called when dedicated in '94, incorporates exterior architectural elements of the old Griswold Inn that once stood across High Street from the location. Worthington also honored descendants of Ezra Griswold at the city's 2002 Founder's Day opening ceremony, which kicked off Worthington's bicentennial celebration. And a search of the Worthington Memory website for the name "Griswold" returns nearly 400 results, only some of which are captured in the scrapbook and newspaper links collected below. Be sure to browse the site further to read about the many Griswold family members whose stories are a part of Worthington history.
Ezra Griswold, 1767-1822, Ruth Griswold (née Roberts), 1768-1847, Fondelia Griswold (née Ruth), 1843-1930, Worthington Franklin Griswold, 1842-1912, Ruth Griswold, 1876-1965 and Harriet (Hattie) McCullough (née Griswold), 1868-1947
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Bill Title: Employment-at-will doctrine; abolish and create "Good Faith in Employment Act."
AN ACT ENTITLED THE "GOOD FAITH IN EMPLOYMENT ACT"; TO ABOLISH EMPLOYMENT AT WILL AND TO REQUIRE EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION DECISIONS BE MADE IN GOOD FAITH; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Good Faith in Employment Act."
SECTION 2. The purpose of this act is to abolish employment at will and to require that decisions to terminate the employment of employees be made for good-faith business reasons only. It is the intent of the Legislature that this act be interpreted as liberally as necessary to accomplish these purposes.
(a) "Constructive discharge" means the voluntary termination of employment by an employee, because of a situation created by an act or omission of the employer that an objective, reasonable person would find so intolerable that voluntary termination is the employee's only reasonable alternative.
(b) "Discharge" includes a constructive discharge as defined in paragraph (a) of this section and also includes any other termination of employment, including being fired, being laid off or being cut back.
(c) "Employer" means any state or local governmental entity or a private employer that has twenty (20) or more employees in each of twenty (20) or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year.
(xiii) It is based on conduct unrelated to the employee's work ability or work performance.
(e) "Probationary period" means the first ninety (90) days of employment.
SECTION 4. (1) The Legislature finds and declares that all commercial relationships contain an implied obligation of good faith. This obligation of good faith applies in the employer/employee relationship, the same as it does in any other commercial relationship.
(2) An employer shall not discharge an employee who has completed his or her probationary period except in good faith.
(d) In the case of an employer who has more than five hundred (500) employees in each of twenty (20) or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00).
(c) Punitive damages, if the jury determines that the employer intentionally acted in reckless disregard of the employee's rights under this act.
(2) In addition, if the judge, on post-trial motion timely filed by the employee, determines that the employee has not obtained other employment, after diligent efforts to obtain other employment, then the judge may add as additional "front pay" up to one (1) year of lost wages to the employee's damages.
(3) The trial judge on post-trial motions shall reduce any damages awarded to conform with the statutory limits stated in this section.
SECTION 7. Any action to enforce this act shall be brought within one (1) year after the employee is notified of the termination decision. The circuit and county courts shall have jurisdiction over these actions and shall grant a jury trial to enforce this act.
SECTION 8. The protections afforded employees under this act may not be waived or disclaimed by the employee before the employee is dismissed or constructively discharged. An employer shall not be allowed to avoid any portion of this act through an arbitration agreement, an agreement to limit damages or in any other manner; nor shall an employer be allowed to circumvent or limit the protection of this act by adopting any provision for administrative remedies nor should this act be construed as repealing any statutes which already exist for the protection of employees from wrongful termination.
SECTION 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.


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Der Wahlkreis Anamulenge ist ein Wahlkreis im Norden der Region Omusati im zentralen Norden Namibias. Kreisverwaltungssitz ist Anamulenge. Im Wahlkreis leben (Stand 2011) 13.410 Menschen auf einer Fläche von 353,6 Quadratkilometern.

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Before you read: Tell children that you are going to re-read the book you read yesterday.
If there's time, you can also pause at some of the fruits and vegetables with unusual names: gooseberry, kohlrabi, parsnip, pomegranate, rutabaga, star fruit, or watercress. Ask children what they think these unusual fruits and vegetables might taste like. Ask, Do they remind you of any other fruits? Do you think they would taste the same?


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Coloring the Universe: An Insider's Look at Making Spectacular Images of Space
Travis Rector, Kimberly Arcand, and Megan Watzke
University of Alaska Press, 2015
Library of Congress TR713.R43 2015 | Dewey Decimal 778.35
With a fleet of telescopes in space and giant observatories on the ground, professional astronomers produce hundreds of spectacular images of space every year. These colorful pictures have become infused into popular culture and can found everywhere, from advertising to television shows to memes. But they also invite questions: Is this what outer space really looks like? Are the colors real? And how do these images get from the stars to our screens?
Coloring the Universe uses accessible language to describe how these giant telescopes work, what scientists learn with them, and how they are used to make color images. It talks about how otherwise un-seeable rays, such as radio waves, infrared light, X-rays, and gamma rays, are turned into recognizable colors. And it is filled with fantastic images taken in far-away pockets of the universe. Informative and beautiful, Coloring the Universe will give space fans of all levels an insider's look at how scientists bring deep space into brilliant focus.
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Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent Literature
Roberta S. Trites
University of Iowa Press, 2004
Library of Congress PS374.A3T75 2000 | Dewey Decimal 813.0099283
The Young Adult novel is ordinarily characterized as a coming-of-age story, in which the narrative revolves around the individual growth and maturation of a character, but Roberta Trites expands this notion by chronicling the dynamics of power and repression that weave their way through YA books. Characters in these novels must learn to negotiate the levels of power that exist in the myriad social institutions within which they function, including family, church, government, and school.
Trites argues that the development of the genre over the past thirty years is an outgrowth of postmodernism, since YA novels are, by definition, texts that interrogate the social construction of individuals. Drawing on such nineteenth-century precursors as Little Women and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Disturbing the Universe demonstrates how important it is to employ poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing adolescent literature, both in critical studies and in the classroom. Among the twentieth-century authors discussed are Blume, Hamilton, Hinton, Le Guin, L'Engle, and Zindel.
Trites' work has applications for a broad range of readers, including scholars of children's literature and theorists of post-modernity as well as librarians and secondary-school teachers.
Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent Literature by Roberta Seelinger Trites is the winner of the 2002 Children's Literature Association's Book Award. The award is given annually in order to promote and recognize outstanding contributions to children's literature, history, scholarship, and criticisim; it is one of the highest academic honors that can accrue to an author of children's literary criticism.
Encountering Life in the Universe: Ethical Foundations and Social Implications of Astrobiology
Edited by Chris Impey, Anna H. Spitz, and William Stoeger
University of Arizona Press, 2013
Library of Congress QH326.E537 2012 | Dewey Decimal 576.839
Are we alone in the universe? Are the planets our playground to treat as we will, or do we have a responsibility to other creatures who may inhabit or use them? Do we have a right to dump trash in space or leave vehicles on Mars or the moon? How should we interact with other life forms?
Encountering Life in the Universe examines the intersection of scientific research and society to further explore the ethics of how to behave in a universe where much is unknown. Taking contributions from notable experts in several fields, the editors skillfully introduce and develop a broad look at the moral questions facing humans on Earth and beyond.
Major advances in biology, biotechnology, and medicine create an urgency to ethical considerations in those fields. Astrobiology goes on to debate how we might behave as we explore new worlds, or create new life in the laboratory, or interact with extraterrestrial life forms. Stimulated by new technologies for scientific exploration on and off the Earth, astrobiology is establishing itself as a distinct scientific endeavor.
In what way can established philosophies provide guidance for the new frontiers opened by astrobiology research? Can the foundations of ethics and moral philosophy help answer questions about modifying other planets? Or about how to conduct experiments to create life in the lab or about? How to interact with organisms we might discover on another world?
While we wait for the first echo that might indicate life beyond Earth, astobiologists, along with philosophers, theologians, artists, and the general public, are exploring how we might behave—even before we know for sure they are there. Encountering Life in the Universe is a remarkable resource for such philosophical challenges.
Into the Universe of Technical Images
University of Minnesota Press, 2010
Library of Congress TR183.F5813 2011 | Dewey Decimal 770.1
Poised between hope and despair for a humanity facing an urgent communication crisis, this work by Vilém Flusser forecasts either the first truly human, infinitely creative society in history or a society of unbearable, oppressive sameness, locked in a pattern it cannot change. First published in German in 1985 and now available in English for the first time, Into the Universe of Technical Images outlines the history of communication technology as a process of increasing abstraction.
Flusser charts how communication evolved from direct interaction with the world to mediation through various technologies. The invention of writing marked one significant shift; the invention of photography marked another, heralding the current age of the technical image. The automation of the processing of technical images carries both promise and threat: the promise of freeing humans to play and invent and the threat for networks of automation to proceed independently of humans.
Is God The Only Reality: Science Points Deeper Meaning Of Universe
John Marks Templeton
Templeton Press, 2012
Library of Congress BL240.2.T434 1994 | Dewey Decimal 215
The great paradox of science in the twentieth century is that the more we learn, the less we seem to know. In this volume, John Templeton and scientist Robert Herrmann address this paradox.
Reviewing the latest findings in fields from particle physics to archaeology, from molecular biology to cosmology, the book leads the reader to see how mysterious the universe is, even to the very science that seeks to reduce it to a few simple principles.
Far from concluding that religion and science are in opposition, the book shows how these two fields of inquiry are intimately linked, and how much they can offer to one another.
Formerly published by Continuum in 1994.
Lenore Tawney: Mirror of the Universe
Edited by Karen Patterson
Library of Congress N6537.T38L46 2019 | Dewey Decimal 746.092
Recent years have seen an enormous surge of interest in fiber arts, with works made of thread on display in art museums around the world. But this art form only began to transcend its origins as a humble craft in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and it wasn't until the 1950s and 1960s that artists used the fiber arts to build critical practices that challenged the definitions of painting, drawing, and sculpture. One of those artists was Lenore Tawney (1907–2007).
Raised and trained in Chicago before she moved to New York, Tawney had a storied career. She was known for employing an ancient Peruvian gauze weave technique to create a painterly effect that appeared to float in space rather than cling to the wall, as well as for being one of the first artists to blend sculptural techniques with weaving practices and, in the process, pioneered a new direction in fiber art. Despite her prominence on the New York art scene, however, she has only recently begun to receive her due from the greater art world. Accompanying a retrospective at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, this catalog features a comprehensive biography of Tawney, additional essays on her work, and two hundred full-color illustrations, making it of interest to contemporary artists, art historians, and the growing audience for fiber art.
Copublished with the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
Magical Arrows: The Maori, The Greeks, And The Folklore Of The Universe
Gregory A. Schrempp
University of Wisconsin Press, 1992
Library of Congress BD511.S37 1992 | Dewey Decimal 113.09
A fascinating and sophisticated exploration of cosmology, Magical Arrows connects the Western philosophical tradition with the cosmological traditions of non-Western societies, particularly those of Polynesia. Using the mythology and philosophy of the Maori of New Zealand as a counterpoint to Western thought, Schrempp finds a philosophical common denominator in the thought of the pre-Socratic philosopher, Zeno of Elea. Schrempp suggests that the paradoxes of Zeno, together with the philosophical speculations that they have historically inspired, contain sophisticated insights which are nevertheless general enough to form the foundations of a comparative cosmology.
Schrempp suggests that perhaps the most noteworthy Zenoian insight is that paradox is intrinsic to cosmological speculation. But he points out that there are many other characteristics of Zeno's approach, including the strategy of juxtaposing concrete images to mathematical forms of representation, that reappear persistently in Western intellectual history. Schrempp proceeds through a series of juxtapositions—between Zeno, Kant, Lovejoy, and Lévi-Strauss, and between Western cosmologists and those from other cultures—to highlight subtle similarities and differences among intellectual traditions and to examine the conceptual apparatus of Western social science.
Schrempp concludes that a meaningful comparative cosmology is possible and that the tradition of Zeno provides a propitious starting point for such a perspective.
The Man Who Painted the Universe: The Story of a Planetarium in the Heart of the North Woods
Ron Legro
Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2015
Library of Congress QB36.K685L44 2015 | Dewey Decimal 520.92
As a young boy Frank Kovac Jr. fell deeply in love with stargazing, painting glow-in-the-dark constellations on his bedroom wall and inviting friends to an observatory he built in his Chicago backyard. As he reached adulthood, Kovac did not let go of his childhood dreams of reaching the stars. He began scheming to bring the universe home. While working at a paper mill as a young man, Kovac tirelessly built a 22-foot rotating globe planetarium in the woods. Despite failures and collapses, the amateur astronomer singlehandedly built a North Woods treasure, painting more than 5,000 glowing stars—dot by dot in glowing paints. Today, Kovac and his unique planetarium take visitors to the stars every day.
The Man Who Painted the Universe: The Story of a Planetarium in the Heart of the North Woods introduces readers to the mild-mannered astronomy enthusiast whose creativity, ingenuity, fervor, and endurance realized a dream of galactic proportions. The story of this stargazer from Wisconsin's North Woods so inspired two newspapermen, authors Ron Legro and Avi Lank, that they sought to document the story of the Kovac Planetarium for a new generation of stargazers and dreamers.
Masters of the Universe, Slaves of the Market
Stephen Bell
Harvard University Press, 2015
Library of Congress HB3725.B45 2015 | Dewey Decimal 332.1090511
Stephen Bell and Andrew Hindmoor compare banking systems in the U.S. and UK to those of Canada and Australia and explain why the system imploded in the former but not the latter. Canadian and Australian banks were able to make profits through traditional lending practices, unlike their competition-driven, risk-taking U.S. and UK counterparts.
Measuring the Cosmos: How Scientists Discovered the Dimensions of the Universe
Clark, David H.
Library of Congress QB981.C59 2004 | Dewey Decimal 523.1
Humans have always viewed the heavens with wonder and awe. The skies have inspired reflection on the vastness of space, the wonder of creation, and humankind's role in the universe. In just over one hundred years, science has moved from almost total ignorance about the actual distances to the stars and earth's place in the galaxy to our present knowledge about the enormous size, mass, and age of the universe. We are reaching the limits of observation, and therefore the limits of human understanding. Beyond lies only our imagination, seeded by the theories of physics. In Measuring the Cosmos, science writers David and Matthew Clark tell the stories of both the well-known and the unsung heroes who played key roles in these discoveries. These true accounts reveal ambitions, conflicts, failures, as well as successes, as the astonishing scale and age of the universe were finally established. Few areas of scientific research have witnessed such drama in the form of ego clashes, priority claims, or failed (or even falsified) theories as that resulting from attempts to measure the universe. Besides giving credit where long overdue, Measuring the Cosmos explains the science behind these achievements in accessible language sure to appeal to astronomers, science buffs, and historians.
Measuring the Universe: Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley
Albert Van Helden
Library of Congress QB15.V33 1985 | Dewey Decimal 523.1
Measuring the Universe is the first history of the evolution of cosmic dimensions, from the work of Eratosthenes and Aristarchus in the third century B.C. to the efforts of Edmond Halley (1656—1742).
"Van Helden's authoritative treatment is concise and informative; he refers to numerous sources of information, draws on the discoveries of modern scholarship, and presents the first book-length treatment of this exceedingly important branch of science."—Edward Harrison, American Journal of Physics
"Van Helden writes well, with a flair for clear explanation. I warmly recommend this book."—Colin A. Ronan, Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Metaphysical Experiments: Physics and the Invention of the Universe
Bjørn Ekeberg
Library of Congress Q175.E3768 2019 | Dewey Decimal 523.1
An engaging critique of the science and metaphysics behind our understanding of the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope, when launched in 2021, will be the premier orbital observatory, capable of studying every phase of the history of the universe, from the afterglow of the Big Bang to the formation of our solar system. Examining the theoretical basis for key experiments that have made this latest venture in astrophysics possible, Bjørn Ekeberg reveals that scientific cosmology actually operates in a twilight zone between the physical and metaphysical.
Metaphysical Experiments explains how our current framework for understanding the universe, the Big Bang theory, is more determined by a deep faith in mathematical universality than empirical observation. Ekeberg draws on philosophical insights by Spinoza, Bergson, Heidegger, and Arendt; on the critical perspectives of Latour, Stengers, and Serres; and on cutting-edge physics research at the Large Hadron Collider, to show how the universe of modern physics was invented to reconcile a Christian metaphysical premise with a claim to the theoretical unification of nature.
By focusing on the nonmathematical assumptions underlying some of the most significant events in modern science, Metaphysical Experiments offers a critical history of contemporary physics that demystifies such concepts as the universe, particles, singularity, gravity, blackbody radiation, the speed of light, wave/particle duality, natural constants, black holes, dark matter, and dark energy. Ekeberg's incisive reading of the metaphysical underpinnings of scientific cosmology offers an innovative account of how we understand our place in the universe.
Mind Of The Universe: Understanding Science & Religion
Mariano Artigas
Library of Congress BL240.2.A77 2000 | Dewey Decimal 215
A Miracle, A Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers
Lawrence Weschler
Library of Congress JC599.B7W47 1998 | Dewey Decimal 323.49098109048
During the past fifteen years, one of the most vexing issues facing fledgling transitional democracies around the world—from South Africa to Eastern Europe, from Cambodia to Bosnia—has been what to do about the still-toxic security apparatuses left over from the previous regime. In this now-classic and profoundly influential study, the New Yorker's Lawrence Weschler probes these dilemmas across two gripping narratives (set in Brazil and Uruguay, among the first places to face such concerns), true-life thrillers in which torture victims, faced with the paralysis of the new regime, themselves band together to settle accounts with their former tormentors.
"Disturbing and often enthralling."—New York Times Book Review
"Extraordinarily moving. . . . Weschler writes brilliantly."—Newsday
"Implausible, intricate and dazzling."—Times Literary Supplement
"As Weschler's interviewees told their tales, I paced agitatedly, choked back tears. . . . Weschler narrates these two episodes with skill and tact. . . . An inspiring book."—George Scialabba, Los Angeles Weekly
Our Universe: An Astromer's Guide
Jo Dunkley
Library of Congress QB461.D86 2019 | Dewey Decimal 523.1
Jo Dunkley combines her expertise as an astrophysicist with her talents as a writer and teacher to present an elegant introduction to the structure, history, and enduring mysteries of the universe. Among the cutting-edge phenomena discussed are the accelerating expansion of the universe and the possibility that our universe is only one of many.
The Refrigerator and the Universe
Martin Goldstein
Library of Congress QC318.E57G65 1993 | Dewey Decimal 530.7
Relativistic Astrophysics, 2: The Structure and Evolution of the Universe
Ya. B. Zel'dovich and I. D. Novikov
Library of Congress QB461.Z4413 | Dewey Decimal 523.01
Though the kinematics of the evolving universe became known decades ago, research into the physics of processes occurring in the expanding universe received a reliable observational and theoretical basis only in more recent years. These achievements have led in turn to the emergence of new problems, on which an unusually active assault has begun.
This second volume of Relativistic Astrophysics provides a remarkably complete picture of the present state of cosmology. It is a synthesis of the theoretical foundations of contemporary cosmology, which are derived from work in relativity, plasma theory, thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and particle physics. It presents the theoretical work that explains, describes, and predicts the nature of the universe, the physical process that occur in it, the formation of galaxies, the synthesis of the light elements, and the cosmological singularity and the theory of gravitation.
This book, long and eagerly awaited, is essential for everyone whose work is related to cosmology and astrophysics.
Reporting the Universe
Library of Congress PS3554.O3Z475 2003 | Dewey Decimal 813.54
"The writer," according to Emerson, "believes all that can be thought can be written...In his eyes a man is the faculty of reporting, and the universe is the possibility of being reported." And what writer worth his name, E. L. Doctorow asks, will not seriously, however furtively, take on the universe? Human consciousness, personal history, American literature, religion, and politics--these are the far-flung coordinates of the universe that Doctorow reports here, a universe that uniquely and brilliantly reflects our contemporary scene.
Rich with philosophical asides, historical speculations, personal observations, and literary judgments, Reporting the Universe ranges from the circumstances of Doctorow's own boyhood and early work to the state of modern society. An account of the "Childhood of a Writer," along with pieces on Kenyon College and the author's first novel, comprise a pocket-sized memoir. In reflections on Emerson, on "texts that are sacred, texts that are not," and on literature and religion Doctorow concerns himself with the status and fate of literature. And in "Why We Are Infidels" and "The Politics of God" he engages some of the most pressing anxieties and ideologies of our day.
This series of reflections comes together as an artfully sustained meditation on American consciousness and experience, discrete episodes converging, as in the author's fiction, to form a luminous whole--a "report" by turns touching and funny, ironic and exalted, and, in its unique way, universally to the point.
Childhood of a Writer
Texts That Are Sacred, Texts That Are Not
The Little Bang
Why We Are Infidels
The Politics of God
The Civil Religion
Canto XXV
Apprehending Reality
Literature as Religion
Reviews of this book:
Whether he's contemplating the irony of our "God-soaked country" being officially secular, or his father's love of Edgar Allan Poe, "our greatest bad writer" (for whom he was named Edgar), or deriding the "mendacity" of politicians, Doctorow is here, as in his fiction, a wordsmith of the first order. It's a pleasure to read these essays--some autobiographical, some literary, some dealing with issues of the day--full of memorable phrases and evocative images, as well as incisive ideas.
--Publishers Weekly
As Reporting the Universe (the phrase is Emerson's) unfolds with its piquant and enlightening blend of the personal, the aesthetic, and the political, Doctorow uses the axis between the secular and the religious to take measure of the transcendent powers of literature and key ethical issues in post-September 11 America. As he forthrightly contrasts the rigidity of fundamentalism with the fluidity of intellectual and artistic explorations, Doctorow, who always works on deep, even mythic levels, creating brilliant arguments out of breathtaking metaphors, perceives great danger in the current blurring of the line between church and state, and in the enormous influence of corporate interests on governmental policy. Ultimately, this potent collection of elegantly distilled essays offers a fresh perspective on our species' capacity for both the sublime and the horrific.
--Donna Seaman, Booklist
Doctorow's essays...start as a personal memoir, and unfurl into a sharp look at the state of America, its soul and its literature, all perceptively portrayed via one another. On the way through this fascinating melange, Doctorow illuminates the business of writing and reading, the two central occupations of his own life, through which his America appears framed.
--A. C. Grayling, Financial Times (UK)
Elegantly written and bracingly thoughtful.
--Peter Terzian, Newsday
There hasn't been such a generous batch of essays in the decade since his own Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution.
--John Leonard, New York Review of Books
Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Cosmos
Paul Murdin
Library of Congress QB982.M87 2009 | Dewey Decimal 520
Discoveries in astronomy challenge our fundamental ideas about the universe. Where the astronomers of antiquity once spoke of fixed stars, we now speak of whirling galaxies and giant supernovae. Where we once thought Earth was the center of the universe, we now see it as a small planet among millions of other planetary systems, any number of which could also hold life. These dramatic shifts in our perspective hinge on thousands of individual discoveries: moments when it became clear to someone that some part of the universe—whether a planet or a supermassive black hole—was not as it once seemed.
Secrets of the Universe invites us to participate in these moments of revelation and wonder as scientists first experienced them. Renowned astronomer Paul Murdin here provides an ambitious and exciting overview of astronomy, conveying for newcomers and aficionados alike the most important discoveries of this science and introducing the many people who made them. Lavishly illustrated with more than 400 color images, the book outlines in seventy episodes what humankind has learned about the cosmos—and what scientists around the world are poised to learn in the coming decades. Arranged by types of discovery, it also provides an overarching narrative throughout that explains how the earliest ideas of the cosmos evolved into the cutting-edge astronomy we know today. Along the way, Murdin never forgets that science is a human endeavor, and that every discovery was the result of inspiration, hard work, or luck—usually all three.
The first section of Secrets explores discoveries made before the advent of the telescope, from stars and constellations to the position of our own sun. The second considers discoveries made within our own solar system, from the phases of Venus and the moons of Jupiter to the comets and asteroids at its distant frontier. The next section delves into discoveries of the dynamic universe, like gravitation, relativity, pulsars, and black holes. A fourth examines discoveries made within our own galaxy, from interstellar nebulae and supernovae to Cepheid variable stars and extrasolar planets. Next Murdin turns to discoveries made within the deepest recesses of the universe, like quasars, supermassive black holes, and gamma ray bursters. In the end, Murdin unveils where astronomy still teeters on the edge of discovery, considering dark matter and alien life.
The Size of the Universe
Joseph Cardinale
University of Alabama Press, 2010
Library of Congress PS3603.A7353S59 2010 | Dewey Decimal 813.6
The landscape of this novel in stories—Joseph Cardinale's first book-length work of fiction—is as familiar as childhood yet beguilingly surreal. The question of whether or not the child in the first fiction and the man in the last story are the same person—and whether any person is the same from one moment to the next—is perhaps the book's main question.
In prose as spare as it is meticulous, The Size of the Universe conjures an elegant labyrinth of time, space, and memory, in which a wavering self, a self on the verge of becoming nothing, seeks a safe haven from the throes of near-religious ecstasy. It is a debut work that is inviting, perplexing, and bold.
Three Steps to the Universe: From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter
David Garfinkle and Richard Garfinkle
Library of Congress QB521.G29 2008 | Dewey Decimal 520
If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of? And if we can't see black holes, how can we be confident they exist? Gravitational physicist David Garfinkle and his brother, science fiction writer Richard Garfinkle, tackle these questions and more in Three Steps to the Universe, a tour through some of the most complex phenomena in the cosmos and an accessible exploration of how scientists acquire knowledge about the universe through observation, indirect detection, and theory.
The authors begin by inviting readers to step away from the Earth and reconsider our Sun. What we can directly observe of this star is limited to its surface, but with the advent of telescopes and spectroscopy, scientists know more than ever about its physical characteristics, origins, and projected lifetime. From the Sun, the authors journey further out into space to explore black holes. The Garfinkle brothers explain that our understanding of these astronomical oddities began in theory, and growing mathematical and physical evidence has unexpectedly supported it. From black holes, the authors lead us further into the unknown, to the dark matter and energy that pervade our universe, where science teeters on the edge of theory and discovery. Returning from the depths of space, the final section of the book brings the reader back down to Earth for a final look at the practice of science, ending with a practical guide to discerning real science from pseudoscience among the cacophony of print and online scientific sources.
Three Steps to the Universe will reward anyone interested in learning more about the universe around us and shows how scientists uncover its mysteries.
The Universe and I: Where Science & Spirituality Meet
GEORGE F. DOLE
Swedenborg Foundation Publishers, 2018
Library of Congress BL240.3.D66 2018 | Dewey Decimal 201.65
The Universe and I: Where Science & Spirituality Meet offers scholar and theologian George F. Dole's thought-provoking insights on the dynamic nature of the ongoing science and religion debate. Why are we here? Where are we headed? Dole argues that to understand these questions, we need not only the grounding of science but also the insights of spirit.
As experts continue to work out the relationship between cosmology and human evolution, Dole, who has spent a lifetime making sense of the spiritual world, joins the conversation with a clarity that only he can provide. Shaped primarily as a response to the scientific community, he engages with a wide spectrum of thinkers, including Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, and eighteenth-century polymath Emanuel Swedenborg, just to name a few.
Accessing a wealth of knowledge from across a wide variety of disciplines—philosophy, religion, biology, physics, and more—Dole presents his own model for our physical and spiritual existence. Starting with what we don't know and what we can observe about the fundamentals of existence, Dole explores "the creative tension between differentiation and integration"—the drive to be individual and yet be united to a greater whole, a tension whose persistent progress since the Big Bang has brought about such gifts as the emergence of life and consciousness.
Dole not only presents us with the empirical evidence of science but also provides us with a first-person understanding of the spiritual dimension and how it might inform the way we consider those grand speculations on the meaning of the universe and of life. Reflecting on how life began leads to questions of how we will continue to advance humanity and goodwill for all—both as a species and as individuals striving for personal growth.
Asking the question "How can I, infinitesimal I, have the gall to regard myself as significant in the context of the universe?", Dole embarks on a journey that spans the life of the universe itself, making every effort along the way to answer this question—for all of us.
Universe in Creation: A New Understanding of the Big Bang and the Emergence of Life
Roy R. Gould
Library of Congress QH325.G68 2018 | Dewey Decimal 570.1
We know the universe has a history, but does it also have a story of self-creation to tell? Yes, in Roy R. Gould's account. He offers a compelling narrative of how the universe—with no instruction other than its own laws—evolved into billions of galaxies and gave rise to life, including humans who have been trying for millennia to comprehend it. Far from being a random accident, the universe is hard at work, extracting order from chaos. Making use of the best current science, Gould turns what many assume to be true about the universe on its head. The cosmos expands inward, not outward. Gravity can drive things apart, not merely together. And the universe seems to defy entropy as it becomes more ordered, rather than the other way around. Strangest of all, the universe is exquisitely hospitable to life, despite its being constructed from undistinguished atoms and a few unexceptional rules of behavior. Universe in Creation explores whether the emergence of life, rather than being a mere cosmic afterthought, may be written into the most basic laws of nature. Offering a fresh take on what brought the world—and us—into being, Gould helps us see the universe as the master of its own creation, not tethered to a singular event but burgeoning as new space and energy continuously stream into existence. It is a very old story, as yet unfinished, with plotlines that twist and churn through infinite space and time.
The Universe, Life and Everything: Dialogues on our Changing Understanding of Reality
Sarah Durston and Ton Baggerman
Amsterdam University Press, 2018
Our current understanding of our world is nearly 350 years old. It stems from the ideas of Descartes and Newton and has brought us many great things, including modern science and increases in wealth, health and everyday living standards. Furthermore, it is so ingrained in our daily lives that we have forgotten it is a paradigm, not a fact. There are, however, some problems with it. First, there is no satisfactory explanation for why we have consciousness and experience meaning in our lives. Second, modern-day physics tells us that observations depend on characteristics of the observer at the large, cosmic, and small, subatomic scales. Third, ongoing humanitarian and environmental crises show us that our world is vastly interconnected. Our understanding of reality is expanding to incorporate these issues. In The Universe, Life and Everything . . . Dialogues on our Changing Understanding of Reality, some of the scholars at the forefront of this change, from the fields of physics, psychology, and social sciences, discuss the direction it is taking and its urgency.
The Universe of Things: On Speculative Realism
Steven Shaviro
Library of Congress B1674.W354S435 2014 | Dewey Decimal 192
From the rediscovery of Alfred North Whitehead's work to the rise of new materialist thought, including object-oriented ontology, there has been a rapid turn toward speculation in philosophy as a way of moving beyond solely human perceptions of nature and existence. Now Steven Shaviro maps this quickly emerging speculative realism, which is already dramatically influencing how we interpret reality and our place in a universe in which humans are not the measure of all things.
The Universe of Things explores the common insistence of speculative realism on a noncorrelationist thought: that things or objects exist apart from how our own human minds relate to and comprehend them. Shaviro focuses on how Whitehead both anticipates and offers challenges to prevailing speculative realist thought, moving between Whitehead's own panpsychism, Harman's object-oriented ontology, and the reductionist eliminativism of Quentin Meillassoux and Ray Brassier.
The stakes of this recent speculative realist thought—of the effort to develop new ways of grasping the world—are enormous as it becomes clear that our inherited assumptions are no longer adequate to describe, much less understand, the reality we experience around us. As Shaviro acknowledges, speculative realist thought has its dangers, but it also, like the best speculative fiction, holds the potential to liberate us from confining views of what is outside ourselves and, he believes, to reclaim aesthetics and beauty as a principle of life itself.
Bringing together a wide array of contemporary thought, and evenhandedly assessing its current debates, The Universe of Things is an invaluable guide to the evolution of speculative realism and the provocation of Alfred North Whitehead's pathbreaking work.
Zwicky: The Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe
John Johnson Jr.
Library of Congress QB460.72.Z35J64 2019 | Dewey Decimal 523.01092
Fritz Zwicky was one of the most inventive and iconoclastic scientists of the twentieth century. Among other accomplishments, he was the first to infer the existence of dark matter. He also clashed with better-known peers and became a pariah in the scientific community. John Johnson, Jr.,'s biography brings this tempestuous maverick alive.
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