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Microsoft has teamed with SeniorNet to support our mission in bringing technology to seniors.
We recently announced Microsoft's program exclusively designed for SeniorNet centers. This program includes workshops, teaching tools, curriculum and materials for centers to share with members, students and center visitors . This gracious effort including the Windows 7 operating system grant, along with their previous grants and grants from other major sponsors has positioned SeniorNet to be the leader in providing computer training to seniors in the United States.


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Jonathan Martin has a story on POLITICO about the Republican edge in third-party spending. The argument runs as follows: conservative groups like American Crossroads, American Crossroads GPS, the Chamber of Commerce, and the constellation of powerbrokers Yahoo called the Shadow GOP have outspent outside Democratic groups. That's true. Where Martin errs is when he equates that with Democratic donor disengagement and disarray:
Liberal-leaning organizations answer that it's not a matter of desire but something more simple: They don't have the money.
And that's partly because, even after the historic accomplishments of the current Congress, some on the left are unhappy that priorities, such as a climate change bill, weren't passed.
That strikes me as a misreading of the situation. For those of you who are political traditionalists, I'll note that the major Democratic committees, (DNC, DSCC, DCCC) all raised more in August than the major Republican committees. The Democratic committees also spent more and have more cash on hand.
If you're curious about how outside groups are doing, let's compare some quick numbers. According to Justin Elliott of Salon, American Crossroads raised $2.6M in August, with $2.4M of that coming from just three billionaires. In contrast, ActBlue sent $4.2M to 1,422 Democratic candidates and committees, via 34,000 donations. It's true that American Crossroads does something different than ActBlue–they'll be making ad buys. We won't. Instead, we'll be sending money to people who make ad buys. That seems like a fairly minor difference, from the perspective of Martin's argument.
There are two things at work here, and neither of them are donor unhappiness.
The first is a change (a change that Martin's editors have noted) in how individuals relate to large institutions that's become an essential part of the zeitgeist. The Tea Party derives its support from a claim to represent authentic conservative values, rather than compromised establishment mores. ActBlue makes a less-ideological pitch: we send your money where you tell us to send it–provided you're sending it to a Democrat. But both ideas feed off the zeitgeist in different ways, and represent a shift away from the more traditional conduits that Martin quotes in his story. But it's a shift, not a diminution.
Second, a major factor behind support for Republican groups like American Crossroads is the sheer disarray of the Steele-driven RNC. In the table I linked to above, the RNC is the only body with a negative change in cash on hand, and the Republicans have been forced to compensate. In short, it's not an apples-to-apples comparison. Martin examines the lagging indicator on the Democratic side and the leading indicator on the Republican side, and then concludes that Democrats are off their game.

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BAYBORO � Pamlico County commissioners want more information and documentation before making further moves regarding a proposed development in Vandemere, where the county owns 12 lots.
BAYBORO � Pamlico County commissioners want more information and documentation before making further moves regarding a proposed development in Vandemere, where the county owns 12 lots.
The county came to own the property at the proposed Port Vandemere development through foreclosure proceedings after the developer failed to pay property taxes.
The county has 12 lots, which did not sell during public auction and are now being offered through sealed bids, which will be opened Feb. 12.
At the board�s Monday night meeting, the commissioners voted to table action on a request by the Port Vandemere Homeowners Association that the county cast its 12 (lot) votes toward dissolving the HOA.
Commissioners Jimmy Spain and Chris Mele both said they wanted more information and documentation on the matter, a stance that was backed by the county�s legal staff.
County Manager Tim Buck told the board he was not comfortable recommending a �yes� vote on the county siding with dissolving the homeowners association, because of lingering questions as to what effect that action would have on covenants governing the properties.
Port Vandemere, which still has a website, touts itself as having 47 home sites and a planned deep water marina.
Buck said that, to date, one home has been constructed on the properties, which are located on Vandemere Creek in the town of Vandemere.
He said that property had a well and obtained a septic permit.
He added that county water was available for the area and sewer lines were laid, but were never connected. Uncompleted infrastructure includes roads.
The homeowners association, in an email to Buck, said that 26 of 47 landowners voted for the dissolution.
Mele said she would want those figures verified by notarized documents. Spain said the county had to avoid any more action that could include lawsuits, pending additional information.
The town of Vandemere also holds deed to four lots, which serve as collateral for infrastructure, according to Buck�s memo to the commissioners.
He said the issue is complicated by the county possibly owing several thousand dollars in homeowner association dues.
The commissioners voted 5-0 to table the request.
Commissioner Carl Ollison did not attend Monday�s meeting. Commissioner Paul Delamar III asked to recuse himself from the board�s action on the issue, citing that his wife was an attorney for the homeowners group. He left the commissioners room during the discussion and vote.
Buck said bids for the 12 county-owned lots will be opened at 2 p.m. Feb. 12 in his office, adjacent to the courthouse.
A spokesman in the county tax office said the lots were listed as owned by Port Vandemere, with an Atlanta address.
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PawnOAKLANDGraffiti wrote:migya wrote:PawnOAKLANDGraffiti wrote:I guess we need to wait and see decision with bodyguard plus 1 n if they enter. That prolly means migya will lobby to have the extra participants so that it gets randomized again.
You think!
You got second last pick so what are you going on about. Better for you as well
Being on the end of a snake draft (or the start of it) can be really beneficial on building a solid team...
I think a guy of your stature would be use to coming up from the rear and dominating people from there blindside (look at your playoff push last year, you tore it up those last few weeks on me and beat me by 1 catogory to qualify for the playoffs)
your use to that kind of mentality bro
Speak for yourself
Yea, having two straight picks is handy, but I don't like waiting so long between picks


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Unfortunately an injury will always lead to opportunity in football, and Nicholls State University quarterbacks now have an opportunity.
Colonels starting quarterback Landry Klann is being held out of spring practice due to a shoulder injury, but his misfortune has opened the door for the four other quarterbacks on the roster to get more work and compete for playing time.
While it is still to be determined if Klann's injury will sideline for the entire 2013 season, Beaux Hebert said no matter what happens with Klann, the quarterbacks as a whole have to get the job done.
"It's been good, and I really like what I'm seeing in all the quarterbacks. Of course with Landry being injured, we all have to step up and that is what we all want to and it is what I want to do," Hebert said. "Anytime you just start (spring practice) it is always rusty, but this was our second practice, and we are improving. You always want to improve whether it is inch-by-inch and that is what you strive to do."
Hebert understands what Klann is going through. He rehabbed a shoulder injury that held him out of last spring and the first part of the 2012 season.
Now that he is healthy, Hebert has taken over the No. 1 spot on the depth chart and while he understands it is due to an injury, he is ready for this opportunity.
"Anytime you are a player you want to play. The way I look at it whether it is in a game or at practice when that opportunity comes, you make the best of it," Hebert said. "Injuries come and it is part of the game. If you are not injured you have to play you hardest, but if you are injured then you work hard in rehab, and that is how I approach it." Besides Hebert, the Colonels have Hayden Cardiff, Tuskani Figaro and Dash Duncan on the quarterback depth chart.
Nicholls coach Charlie Stubbs, who also coaches the quarterbacks, said Klann's injury is unfortunate, but he still has a talented group with each player bringing a different skill set to the position.
"We are about to make a determination (on Landry) and if he needs major surgery, then he will be out for the season. We just went through that with Beaux," Stubbs said. "The biggest thing that held Beaux back was the injury but he is getting a ton of work right now. Tuskani is getting a lot of work and Hayden and Dash are hanging in their well. I have a nice mixture because Tuskani is athletic and Beaux and Hayden are more pro-style guys. Right now, it is a great competition."
Figaro showed his athleticism last season running the Colonels "Wildcat" offense as a freshman. However, a shoulder injury cut his season short.
Figaro said along with rehabbing his injury, he delved into the offensive playbook and is ready to be a dual-threat for the Colonels
"I think I'm a lot better because I got into the playbook and studied it more. When I first got here, I struggled with calling plays. Now I have that down, and I can make the calls and the reads," Figaro said. "It is coming along good, because I just started throwing about a month ago coming off my shoulder injury. I feel a whole lot better."
Figaro's inexperience led to his injury as he tried to run over opponents instead of sliding to avoid taking hits. Figaro said his father, Cedric Figaro, who played linebacker in the NFL, gave him some advice that he will definitely use.
"My dad told me that I can't take those hits all the time and that sometimes you need to slide to avoid those hits," Figaro said. "I'm not that big and a lot of people have been telling me that. I think we have a lot of versatility with our quarterbacks. We all can do different things and it will keep opponents on their toes when they play us."
Hebert, who is the son of former NFL quarterback Bobby Hebert, said he and Klann have pushed each other since they arrived on campus together so it is different not having him on the field.
"Yea, it's different, but that is the thing, everyone has stepped up, and we are all pushing each other," Hebert said. "Landry has always been a great leader, but whoever is out there we will be rooting them on, and in practice, we will always push each other."
The Colonels will return to the practice field in shells at 3:30 p.m. Friday
Klann's injury opens door for Colonel quarterbacks
Unfortunately an injury will always lead to opportunity in football, and Nicholls State University quarterbacks now have an opportunity.


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There was no runway-off
The showdown never materialised. Victoria Beckham and Katie Holmes were supposed to go head to head at New York Fashion Week. And then, I dunno, I'm in TIFF delirium but it didn't happen. Victoria showed first. Please click here to see photos from the collection. That hat is so random to me. But she's getting very strong reviews.
During preparation for the show, Posh sent a test model down the runway. H7!!!!!!!!!!
This is the only time anything chunky would ever be allowed at a fashion-related event. This is probably the chunkiest she'll ever be at one of her mother's fashion-related events.
Posh had Becks supporting her in the front row during the show. And Anna Wintour too. And afterwards she and David took H7 out for dinner. LOOK AT THOSE JUICY LEGS! I feel like I may be inappropriately obsessed with her legs.
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Consult the open data at: Iraq.
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Click on one of the right-hand side flags or use Google Translate.
Check Iraq for the country's hashtags with English titles.
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Captain Hydron is the captain of the Starship Eternia, which he co-pilots with Lieutenant Flipshot. He's also the field leader of the Galactic Guardians and the MOTU-verse's second Heroic water character.
Unlike a lot of other water characters in other toylines and fiction who are so specialized that they are only seen on "undersea missions", this character is particularly prominent despite his SCUBA-like nature.


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Jilin (Chinese: 吉林; pinyin: Jílín; Wade-Giles: Chi-lin; Mandarin IPA: [tɕilin]; Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. Jilin borders North Korea and Russia to the east, Heilongjiang to the north, Liaoning to the south, and Inner Mongolia to the west. The name was transliterated to Kirin before standardization to pinyin.
The name "Jilin" probably originates from Girin ula, a Manchu term meaning "along the river"; this was transcribed into Jilin wula (T: 吉林烏拉 / S: 吉林乌拉) in Chinese, then shortened to Jilin. The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for "Jilin" is "auspicious forest".
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The Subtle Lure of Liberalism
It has been a long time since I met an authentic, bold-faced liberal, one willing to claim that one word as a badge of identity. Many evangelical Christians believe, of course, that such creatures did, in fact, once exist. In …Read More
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Timothy George is the founding dean of Beeson Divinity School, Samford University in Birmingham, AL. He has written many articles and books including the highly acclaimed Theology of the Reformers (Broadman Press, 1988).


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After the implementation of the Student Assignment Plan, Seattle Public Schools is also changing the way elementary and K-8 students get to school.
The transportation map for Green Lake Elementary. Orange is the walk zone, yellow the bus zone.
The new neighborhood-based transportation system is expected to streamline bus routs for attendance-area students and get kids to their neighborhood school in 25 minutes or less. This change will also save an estimate $4 million by using fewer buses and less gas. "With more efficient routing, buses are less likely to encounter the traffic delays that occur on longer routes, so families will find departure and arrival times to be more reliable," said Tom Bishop, SPS transportation manager. "In addition, the more streamlined routes will also benefit the environment by taking up to 80 buses off the roads and reducing the district's carbon footprint."
Students within the transportation zone, but outside the walk zone for a school will be eligible for district-provided transportation. There are an estimated 3,600 elementary students who live outside the new transportation zones. They will still be eligible for the following transportation:
Students who live within a half of a mile from the Transportation Zone boundary can walk to a yellow bus stop within the zone. Seats will be allocated on a space-available basis. Community stops will be created so students can catch a yellow bus near an attendance area school and take it to another school. Students who are no longer eligible for transportation will receive a guaranteed assignment to their attendance area school, if requested.
School bus routes will be assigned later this summer once all the students assignments are complete. Families should expect a letter later this month, prior to the start of the school year.
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Covey Crump
Many terms now in use in the English language around the world owe their beginnings to slang originated by sailors of the Royal Navy.
A valuable resource in tracing these origins has been Covey Crump - a collection of Naval slang, abbreviations, legends and historical tit-bits which was originally compiled by Commander A. Covey-Crump, RN, a former Naval Assistant to the Chief of Naval Information. The first edition appeared on 17th May, 1955. It is re-produced here and provides a valuable resource for researchers looking for answers to many historical questions about the Royal Navy.
It may not be re-produced or copied without prior permission from the Directorate of Defence Public Relations (Navy), Ministry of Defence, Main Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB.
Naval Surnames
Many Surnames have corresponding Naval Nicknames; this is a very imprecise science and there may be a number of possible explanations for the different nicknames.


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Happy birthday Portia! What does one get for the four-year-old who has everything? Perhaps a little drama, RHOBH style!
Radaronline.com is reporting that while Kyle Richards' daughter was getting into her birthday cake, the always messy Taylor Armstrong was getting into the vino. Big time. A guest of the shindig tells the site, "It's extremely worrying that Taylor would get blitzed at a birthday party for a four-year-old little girl. She doesn't weigh a lot and doesn't seem to have a high threshold for alcohol, it didn't take long for her to be wasted. Taylor was drinking white wine and it was truly sad to see — she was slurring her words and she got very emotional the more she had to drink. Taylor didn't drive, thank God, she had a driver for the evening, but she clearly is in a great deal of distress right now and she desperately needs help."


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Law Firm Matching Donations for Butterfly Garden
MITCHELL - A South Dakota law firm has pledged to match up to $5,000 in donations to help build a butterfly garden honoring a 9-year-old Mitchell girl who was killed by a drunk driver last March.
The Daily Republic reports that Thompson Law in Sioux Falls will provide the match for the Iszabella "Bella" Morgan garden if organizers can reach their goal before March 1.
Bella's Butterfly Garden is set to be built in the southeast corner of Northridge Park in Mitchell. It will include a 60-foot-long path that meanders through existing trees, a patio paver area, a bench and signs. Plants known to attract butterflies will line the path in the garden.
The $20,000 project was designed by and is planned to be built by city of Mitchell Parks Department.
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Fox smears Sherrod as racist, Sherrod cancels Fox interview
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Late in her program today, Megyn Kelly announced that her interview with former USDA official Shirley Sherrod -- which Kelly had touted throughout the show -- was off. Kelly said that Sherrod had "changed her mind," even after Fox had "offered her a considerable amount of time" to "clear the air" and "tell her story."
Boy, I wonder why that happened? Maybe it had something to do with Fox's initial coverage of "her story," in which numerous Fox figures responded to Andrew Breitbart's heavily edited clip of Sherrod's speech by claiming it was evidence that Sherrod was a racist.
- FoxNews.com's first report on Sherrod reported her statements made in the clip, but gave no indication that it might have been taken out of context. It reported that Fox was "seeking a response from both the NAACP and the USDA," but not that they had attempted to find the full version of the tape or contact Sherrod herself.
- In Fox News' first on-air mention of Sherrod, Bill O'Reilly aired a portion of the Breitbart-pushed clip, then called her comments "simply unacceptable" and said Sherrod "must resign immediately."
- In the next hour, Sean Hannity led off with the Sherrod story, which he called "Just the latest in a series of racial incidents." Fox contributor Newt Gingrich then said that she had displayed a "viciously racist attitude."
- Later that evening, subbing for Greta Van Susteren on On the Record, Dana Perino said Sherrod had been "caught on tape making racially charged comments to an NAACP audience," and said the video "adds fuel to a growing controversy after the NAACP approved a resolution condemning the tea party movement for not denouncing racist members."
- The next day on Fox & Friends, Steve Doocy said Sherrod had been caught "making a speech to the NAACP that sure sounded racist." Then Alisyn Camerota accused her of "touting this in this anecdote as though this is, you know, a feather in her cap, somehow, for her to be congratulated." Then Camerota and Doocy agreed that the comments were "Exhibit A" as far as "what racism looks like."
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HST Image of a Galaxy's Nucleus
This Hubble Space Telescope view of galaxy NGC 7457, was taken on August 17, 1990 with the Wide Field/Planetary Camera. The picture on the left with high contrast shows the central portion of the galaxy. Predictably, the density of the starry population smoothly increases toward the galactic center.
The picture on the right is of the same galaxy, but the contrast has been adjusted to reveal a surprisingly high concentration of stars pinpointed exactly at the galaxy's core. The nucleus is so compact it is even beyond HST's 0.1 arcsecond resolution. Stars are crammed together at least 30,000 times more densely than they are in our own stellar neighborhood. It is not yet known how this tight core is gravitationally held together.
Forty million light-years away, NGC 7457 is one of the first "normal" galaxies that HST has observed. This unexpected finding suggests that the cores of many galaxies may be far more densely packed with stars than earlier thought.


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Watani Stiner: Tending to historical wounds
My life began in the Jim Crow South, in Houston, Texas. I remember the segregated world I was born into … the separate water fountains, the back of the bus, the going around to the back door of Mr. Fontnoe's grocery store to buy milk for my mother and grandmother. I recall the segregated section of the movie theaters – and the long, seemingly endless net partitioning the giant sandy beaches, separating the "Colored" folks from the "Whites." Can you imagine that it once was a reality, a segregated beach!


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22 Bahman Protest information for Toronto and Ottawa1 comments - published on Sunday, January 31, 2010
1. There will be a protest this Friday (February 6th) in Toronto, at the Mel lastman Square between 4:30-6pm. The protest is to commomorate the 40th day anniversary of all freedom loving Iranians who lost their lives during the Ahshura protests in Tehran. The protest is to show solidarity with the Iranian people who are risking everything to fight for a free and democratic Iran.
2. There will be a second protest on Thursday February 11th 2010 between 4-6 at the Mel Lastman Square in Toronto to mark 22 Bahman, large scale protests are being organized in Iran for that day and we Iranians and Canadians residing in Toronto will be gathering to show solidarity with the Iranian People.
3. A demonstration is being organized in Ottawa for 22 Bahman (February 11th) in front of the Iranian Embassy between 11:30-4pm. Given the fact that the Islamic Regime Embassy is the only one in North America it is very important for s to gather in front of this Embassy and show our solidarity with the Iranian people. I know it will be cold and we don't all necessarily live in Ottawa, but I urge everyone who is able to gather in front of the Embassy. This could be the most important protest of the year.
It's my undrestanding that these protests are organized by ordinary people who do not belong to any group or organization. Everyone is welcome with all ideologies, flags and signs.
Down with the Islmaic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran
Letter of Shirin Alam Hooli from Prison- Kurdish Prisoner Sentenced to Death in Iran0 comments - published on Sunday, January 31, 2010
Recently a female political prisoner Ms. Shirin Alam Hooli was sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly being a member of a Kurdish opposition organization PJAK.
Below is the translation of her letter from prison which was written on January 18th 2010 which describes the torture and interrogations she underwent before her death sentence was handed down. Please keep in mind that I am not a profession translator, however I have done my best to translate the letter word for word.
I was arrested in April of 2007 in Tehran by a number of uniformed and a number of non-uniformed security forces. I was transferred directly to Sepah Detention Centre, and was there for a total of 25 days. From the minute that I entered the detention centre they started beating me without asking me any questions or waiting for any answers.
I spent 22 days on hunger strike and during that entire time I was subjected to both physical and psychological torture.
My interrogators were all men and I was tied to a bed. They would beat me with electrical batons, cables, and would punch and kick me until I was unconscious. At that time I still had difficulty speaking and understanding Farsi. When I wasn't able to answer their questions they would continue to beat me until I lost consciousness.
When the prayer time came they would go to pray and "would give me time to think about things and answer questions." Once they came back the beatings would continue, then losing consciousness and then cold water...
When they saw that I would not break my hunger strike they would try to force feed me with tubes, however I would resists and rip the tubes from my nose, which would lead to great pain and bleeding and now even two years later I still suffer from that pain.
One day during interrogations they kicked my stomach so hard that I had severe internal bleeding. Another time an interrogator came to interrogate me, he was the only interrogator that I actually saw, the rest of the time I was blind folded.
He started asking me irrelevant questions and when I wouldn't answer he slapped me and pulled out a gun and put it to my head. he told me "answer my questions. I know that you are a member of PJAK, you're a terrorist. Listen to me girl, it doesn't matter if you talk or not. Either way we are happy that we're captured a PJAK member.
Once when a doctor had come to look at my wounds I was in a state of sleep and awakeness. The doctor requested that I be transferred to the hospital. The interrogator asked "why does she have to go to the hospital, can't she be treated here?" The doctor said "it's not for treatment; in the hospital I can do something to her that she will start talking."
The next day I was taken to the hospital with blind folds and handcuffs. The doctor gave me a needle; I totally lost control and apparently started talking and answering all of their questions exactly the way they wanted. They videotaped this. Once I came to, I asked them where I was and realized that I was still on the hospital bed. After that I was transferred to my cell again.
Apparently even that wasn't enough for the interrogators; they wanted me to suffer more. They would force me to stand up on my feet after they had beaten my feet until my feet were completely swollen. Then they would give me ice. I could hear screams of other prisoners day and night, and that really bothered me and upset me. Later I learned that the screams had been taped in order to psychologically torture me. Sometimes I would sit in the interrogation room for hours while drops of cold water would fall on my head for hours.
On another occasion I was blindfolded and being interrogated. The interrogator burnt my hand with his cigarette. On another occasion the interrogator stood on my feet with his shoes for so long that my nails turned black and fell off eventually. Sometimes they would just force me to stand up the entire day in the interrogation room without asking me any questions while interrogators would do cross word puzzles. Basically they did everything they could to make sure I suffered.
After I was released from the hospital they decided to transfer me to Section 209 of the Evin Prison, however because of my injuries and because of the fact that I couldn't even walk Section 209 refused to accept me. They held me in front of Section 209 for an entire day and then they were finally forced to take me to the prison clinic.
I had lost all sense of time and didn't know whether it was day or night. I don't know how long I stayed in the prison clinic. Once I was a little bit better I was transferred to Section 209 and interrogations started once again.
In 209 they had their special interrogation techniques and they always played the good cop/bad cop. First a "bad" interrogator would come and subject me to torture and tell me that he wasn't bound by any law and he could do whatever he wanted with me. Then a "good" interrogator would come and ask the "bad" interrogator to stop torturing me and would offer me a cigarette. Then the entire cycle would repeat itself.
When I was in Section 209 and I wasn't feeling well because of the torture or internal bleeding they would just inject me with pain killers and I would spend entire days sleeping. They would not take me to the prison clinic for treatment...
Shirin Alam Hooli, Evin Prison, January 18th 2010
Translation by: Sayeh Hassan
Two Political Prisoners Involved in the Recent Protests in Iran have been Executed0 comments - published on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Mr. Arash Rahmanipour and Mr. Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani were executed this morning (Thursday January 28th 2010), due to their peaceful participation in the recent post [s]election protests.
In total 11 protestors have been sentenced to death. There is no information about the identity of these individuals.
It seems as though in the anticipation of the 22 Bahman (February 11th ) protests which are expected to be the largest anti-Regime protests to date, the Regime is doing everything in its power to try to intimidate the potential protestors.
The execution of Mr. Rahmanipour and RM. Ali Zamani, so close to the 22 Bahman protest is nothing but a sign of weakness and fear by the Islamic Regime.
Only a Regime desperate enough to save itself from drowning can do something as barbaric as executing peaceful protestors to try to intimidate the public.
The Islamic Regime may try to stop the inevitable however I do not think anything or anyone will be able to stand in the path of the Iranian People and their demand for a complete Regime Change.
In memory of Mr. Arash Rahmanipour and Mr. Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and all innocent Iranians who have lost their lives in the fight for a free and democratic Iran.
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran
Pro-Ahmadinejad Speech at McMaster University has been cancelled0 comments - published on Wednesday, January 27, 2010
It seems the public pressure put on the organizers has worked as the event has officially been cancelled, at least for now.
The organizers had created a page for their event on facebook called Media Myths in Iran. I had joined the group in order obtain more information. Last night the organizers sent out an email through their facebook page stating that because of numerous emails they had received and because of a large number of students and ordinary people opposing this event they no longer were able to handle this event and that they would be handing it over to two larger organizations, one of them Muslims for Peace and that most likely the event would be cancelled.
I received a second email about an hour later which stated that the event had in fact been cancelled, the reason was cited as the great demand by many students to attend this event ( forgetting about the email they had sent an hour before). The email indicated that the event would be cancelled for now in order to give the organizers the opportunity to book a bigger venue for the event.
But looking at the original email that was sent out by this group it was clear that the public pressure worked and they were forced to cancel the event, after all not too many people want to be associated with Ahmadinejad and Islamic Regime these days. Maybe with the exception of Phil Wilayto. This is a great victory for all pro-democracy Iranians who worked really hard to try to expose this event for what it really was. A pro-Islamic Regime anti-peace and anti-democratic event.
There is a small chance that this event may go forward at a future date and we must all keep our eyes and ears open for that. For all my friends who worked really hard to prepare handouts and flyers, please keep them!! We might need them in the near futures.
Good job everyone
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran
Pro Ahmadinejad Speaker at McMaster Campus on January 27th @ 6:30pm1 comments - published on Monday, January 25, 2010
The Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War has invited Phil Wilayto an Ahmadinejad sympathizer to speak at McMaster University in Hamilton on Wednesday January 27th at 6:30pm.
The talk is titled "Media Myth in Iran" and he is to argue that the current movement in Iran does not represent the Iranian people who are supposedly by large supporters of the Islamic Regime.
Given the recent brutal crackdown on thousands of Iranian protestors which consisted of imprisonment, torture, rape and even murder of protestors by the Islamic Regime it is distasteful to say the least for this Coalition to invite a pro-Islamic Regime speaker to speak at their event.
While pro-democracy Iranians both inside Iran and abroad celebrated the 27th birthday of Neda Aghasoltan (young Iranian woman shot by security forces during protests in Iran) The Hamilton Coalition to Stop War is stepping on the blood of thousands of innocent Iranians and disrespecting the Iranian people and the memories of those who have lost their lives by organizing a pro-Islamic Regime event.
A number of pro-democracy Iranians in Toronto will be attending this event to protest against this untimely absurdity, and I encourage all Iranians who are able, to attend to voice their concerns. Given what the Iranian people have suffered at the hands of the Islamic Regime for the past 31 years it is the least we can do.
I would also urge readers to contact The Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War at firstname.lastname@example.com to voice your concerns and to condemn this anti-peace, anti-freedom and anti-democratic event.
It is also my understanding that the McMaster Iranian Student Association has threatened potential protestors with security, once again clearly demonstrating that they are standing with the Islamic Regime and against the Iranian people.
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran.
Toronto Event in Honour of Neda Agha-Soltans Birthday-The Angel of Iran0 comments - published on Sunday, January 24, 2010
Yesterday January 23rd 2010 I attend an event which was organized in honour of Neda Aghal Soltans 27th birthday. As many may already know Neda was a young Iranian woman who was shot to death by Islamic Regime agents during the recent protests in Iran. If she had not been murdered so unjustly she would have been 27 years old yesterday.
The event was at the North York Centre and started a little after 4pm. Around 200 hundred people attended many of them carrying the Lion and Sun flag. I had made a poster which read "Down with the Islamic Regime of Iran" which I held up during the ceremony. Neda's fiancé Caspian Mekan was present and spoke to us about Neda. As well Reza Moridi, the Richmond Hill MPP was also present and spoke about the Iranian peoples demand for the removal of the Islamic Regime from power. Number of other activist gave short speeches and read poems. We were also able to listen to a telephone message from Neda's mom that had been prepared for this special occasion.
The event organizers were "Nedaye Solh va Azadi", some of the event sponsors were the Shahrvand Newspaper and Campaigning for Human Rights in Iran. Mr. Faramarz Shiravand a journalist from the Monthly newspaper Rowshangar took some wonderful pictures of this event which he was kind enough to share with me. You can view the pictures here.
This was a wonderful event where Iranians with different beliefs and ideas came together to celebrate the birthday of this special young woman. It was great to see the solidarity, the general anti-Islamic Regime sentiments and the presence of Lion and Sun Flags.
I think at this time it's also very important to remember all other angels of Iran, those who have lost their lives in the fight for a free and democratic Iran. Iran has thousands of angels many of them, who are unfortunately nameless, and many others whose memories will be remembered forever. I am dedicating this piece to Neda Agha-Soltan, Ehsan Fatahiyan, Akbar Mohammadi, Fasih Yasamani, Valiollah Feyze Mahdavi, and Majid and Hossein Kavousifar as well as all other angels of Iran.
Long Live Their Memory
Down with the Islamic Regime of Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran
IRANIAN LAWYER AT ASPER CAMPUS: IRANIAN PEOPLE WANT REGIME CHANGE NOT REFORM0 comments - published on Thursday, January 21, 2010
By Rhonda Spivak
Twenty-nine year old Sayah Hassan, an Iranian pro-democracy activist and criminal lawyer living in Toronto, told a student conference here that "Iranian people are no longer satisfied with reforming [Iran's] existing Islamic regime, but want regime change entirely."
She said that this is the case, notwithstanding that main stream media has often tried to paint Mir Hossein Mousavi, [ the rival to Iranian President Ahmadinejad] as a 'reformer.'
Hassan, noted that all Iranian presidential candidates, including Mousavi, were "hand picked by the Guardian Council and the Supreme Leader [of Iran]," and would not have been approved if they had been advocating "for real change in Iran", including "entire regime change."
Hassan spoke at a conference organized by the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, as part of Raul Wallenberg day, with high school students from the Gray Academy, St John's Ravenscourt, and Grant Park.
In Hassan's view, if he were to come to power in place of Ahmadinejad "Mousavi will just extend the life of the Islamic regime but not lead to real reform," which would mean the formation of a democratic republic of Iran.
Hassan noted that Mousavi himself was the prime minister of Iran "when 10,000 political prisoners were summarily executed in the summer of 1988."
In her view, "The Islamic Regime with its history of 30 years of gross human rights violations is not capable of reform. Complete regime change is necessary.'
Hassan told the Winnipeg Jewish Report that by openly calling for Iranian regime change in Canada, and writing on her blog, shiro-khorshid-forever, has "received a lot of threatening anonymous email from people associated with the Iranian regime." The mail says, "if you don't shut up, we'll shut you up."
Hassan told students "In the recent times even main stream media have started writing about the fact that people no longer want reform, they want regime change."
Hassan added it is often difficult for journalists reporting from Iran to speak about the desire for "regime change, " as the reporter could "be thrown out" of Iran.
Hassan, who left Iran with her family to live in Turkey when she was 7 since her father was "a political activist who had to leave," said that it "was good I left Iran, otherwise I'd be in prison now."
In her talk, Hassan said that from being in contact with activists in Iran and seeing slogans on youtube videos from inside Iran, it is clear that people are directly "attacking the foundation of the Islamic regime". Slogans such as "Mousavi is an excuse the entire regime is targeted," "Down with the Islamic Regime," "Death to Khamenei", ''Death to the Guardian Council," all make this point.
Additionally, Hassan noted that the people have been calling for "independence, freedom, Iranian republic," rather "than saying Islamic Republic."
She also noted that "for the first time "in Iranian universities "students have raised Iran's flag … without the Islamic Regime sign in the middle."
She added that activists in numerous cities including Shiraz, Tehran and Karaj have also raised "the green, white and red Iranian flag which has the symbol of a lion and sun in the middle. The "Lion and Sun flag," was the national flag before the [1979] revolution [when the Shaw of Iran was overthrown]."
Hassan explained that the appearance of Lion and Sun flag indicates people are not wanting reform of the existing regime, but are harkening back to days when Iran wasn't controlled by an Islamic regime at all.
Hassan noted that "religious minorities including Bahai's, Christians and Jews are systematically oppressed and abused by the Islamic Regime. "
When asked by the Winnipeg Jewish Report who she thought might be able to form a democratic Iran, in the event regime change were to occur, Hassan answered "There are many different political parties and groups abroad, numerous monarchist groups, communist groups and the Mojahedin, but those are just a few…the Shah's son [son of former Shaw of Iran] is one of the opposition abroad. In my opinion if there is a revolution and people are able to participate in a free and democratic election a secular and democratic leader may rise from inside Iran. That would be impossible at this point because any opposition will be jailed and eliminated immediately."
When asked about U.S. President Obama's approach of dialoging with Iran, Hassan said, "I think it's terrible. By saying let's have a dialogue he is accepting the legitimacy of the regime. Many countries, including those in the European Union have been dialoging with Iran for years and nothing has happened."
When asked about Iran having nuclear capabilities, Hassan queried "What's to stop them if they have it [the bomb]."
Hassan also spoke of Kurdish dissent in Iran saying "Since November 11, 2009 two Kurdish political activists have been executed by the Islamic Regime. Currently there are at least 17 known Kurdish political activists who are on death row."
Why don't we hear a lot about what's happening to the Kurdish people? Hassan asked the students.
She explained that not only is it the case that the Iranian government censors this subject, but " most mainstream media, such as CBC, and CNN, have reporters in Tehran…it is harder to get to Kurdistan because of the military presence, it's not so safe and it's not where reporters are based, so they don't get there."
Hassan, who is in close contact with dissidents inside Iran, also said she supports economic sanctions against Iran. "I know a lot of people in Iran who support this because it shows that the international community is watching … and it gives them hope.'
[To read Hassan's blog go to www.shiro-khorshid-forever.blogspot.com]
Assassination of a an Iranian Prosecutor Responsible for Gross Human Rights Violations against the Kurdish People0 comments - published on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
On Monday January 18th 2010 the head prosecutor Vali Haji Gholizadeh of the city of Khoy in Iran was assassinated. The Kurdish opposition group Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PEJAK) has taken responsibility for this assassination. In taking responsibility PEJAK has stated "Kurds will not accept defeat or oppression and they have the power to defend themselves".
Haji Gholizadeh was responsible for asking for very long jail terms and death sentences for Kurdish activists. He had asked for the death sentence for Fasih Yasamani a Kurdish activist who was executed on January 6th 2010.
There is great concern from human rights activists and organizations that this assassination may lead to a further crack down on Kurdish activist and perhaps a new wave of executions of Kurdish political prisoners. One of the prisoners that may be in danger of immediate execution is Habibollah Latifi.
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran
My Trip to Winnipeg and the Raoul Wallenberg Day Conference: Human Rights in Iran0 comments - published on Monday, January 18, 2010
I just got back from Winnipeg about two hours ago and wanted to write a few lines for my readers before calling it a night.
I had the pleasure and the honour to speak on the same panel as the Honourable Irwin Cotler, whose human rights work and support for the Iranian people has been such a great source of inspiration for me.
I also want to take a few minutes to thank the organizers Ms. Shelly Faintuch and Dr. Ruth Ashrafi who worked so hard to put this amazing conference together. Besides their hard work on the conference I must thank them as well as Daniel for their hospitality which really made me feel at home.
I also had the opportunity to meet some amazing students who are genuinely interested in what is going on in Iran today, the Islamic Regime and it's human rights violations, and who are eager to take an active role in supporting and showing solidarity with the Iranian people. Special thanks go to Zev and Shia for their hard work and warm hospitality.
The conference which focused on human rights in Iran was very educational and full of actions we can take as ordinary citizens to help the cause of Iranian people for a democratic and free Iran.
Again a big thank you to everyone who was involved. Please keep up the good work.
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran
Ms. Shirin Alamhoiy a Kurdish Activist in Iran has been Sentenced to Death0 comments - published on Saturday, January 16, 2010
According to news reports from Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan a second female activist Ms. Shirin Alamhoiy who is currently in custody in the Evin Prison has been sentenced to death
Ms. Alamhoiy has been convicted of being a Mohareb (enemy of God) for working with a Kurdish opposition group. She was sentenced to death last week by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.
Ms. Alamhoiy is 28 years old, resident of the city of Maku in the Western Azarbaijan Province. She was arrested one year and six months ago.
Previously it had been reported that most likely Ms. Alamhoiy would be sentenced to life in prison, however her lawyer has confirmed that she has been sentenced to death. This sentence can be appealed.
Currently there are at least 17 other Kurdish activists who are on death row.
Ten Kurdish Activists have been arrested in the City of Sanandaj in Iran0 comments - published on Friday, January 15, 2010
On January 14th ten Kurdish activists were arrested during the second death anniversary of slain student Ebrahim Kotfollahi in the "Behesht Mohammadi" graveyard in the city of Sanandaj. There is currently no news about the faith of those who have been arrested.
Ebrahim Lotfollahi was arrested in early January 2008 and killed on January 14th 2008 under torture in the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in the City of Sanandaj.
On January 14th 2010 number of activists visited Ebrahim Lotfollahi's grave at the "Behesht Mohammadi" graveyard in order to commemorate the second anniversary of his death. The commemoration began at 2:00pm with one minute of silence. Five minutes into the ceremony those in attendance were brutally attacked by the Islamic Regime security forces and ten (10) activists were arrested.
Those arrested are:
1. Mokhtar Zarei- member of "Jebheye Motahede Kord"
2. Azad-Kaveh Lotfpouri- a social activist
3. Mehdi Doagu- President of "Etehadiyeye Daneshjoohaye Kord"
4. Khalil Shahbazi- President of Human Rights Committee of Kurdish Democratic Student Committee
5. Loghman Ahmadi- Public relations- Kurdish Democratic Student Committee
6. Omid Sheykhi
7. Kara Hosseini
8. Sivan Adak
9. Morteza- a student from Kurdistan University
It must be noted that activists from various cities including Kermanshah and Orumiyeh had attended to pay their respects to Ebrahim Lotfollahi and his family.
According to news I have received from numerous activists and readers my blog has been filtered and activists in Iran are no longer able to have access to it.
I would be more than happy to copy-paste any news articles to my readers in Iran. Please feel free to send me an email and let me know if you are interested.
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran
Raoul Wallenberg Day High School Student Conference1 comments - published on Monday, January 11, 2010
I will be speaking at the Raoul Wallenberg Day High School Student Conference in Winnipeg on Monday January 18th 2010.
Community Relations is working with Gray Academy students to develop the annual Raoul Wallenberg Day High School Student Conference. The theme for this year's conference is Human Rights in Iran. Keynote Speaker will be Hon. Irwin Cotler, renowned human rights activist and former Minister of Justice for Canada. Speakers will include: Iranian human rights lawyer, former Iranian prisoner of war, a film by an underground Iranian journalist/documentarist on human rights abuses, and a specialist in advocacy and messaging. The conference will take place at the Shaarey Zedek synagogue. Gray Academy students have already invited students from various independent schools to join them.
Advocating Human Rights within the Islamic Republic in Iran?1 comments - published on Thursday, January 07, 2010
Recently HRA News Agency reported that "Human Rights Activists in Iran" (Majmoeye Faalane Hughe Bashar Dar Iran) have distributed 5000 "human rights" related pamphlets in various cities in Iran. Human Rights Activists in Iran is a "human rights organization" that chooses to work within the framework of the Islamic Regime, even though it's executives as well as it's spokesperson Ahmad Batebi all reside outside of Iran. I've written about this organization and their questionable actions on numerous different occasions.
HRA News Agency further posted pictures of the front covers of these pamphlets which showed titles such as "Islamic Republic and Human Rights" and "Islam and Human Rights." I searched both HRA News Agency website as well as the website for Human Rights Activists in Iran to try to obtain more information about the type of information these pamphlets contained. I was not able to find anything. I know at least one activist who has written to this organization and asked for information on the content of these pamphlets but they did not receive a response. Supposedly the goal behind distributing these pamphlets is to inform and educate people about their human rights.
Seeing these pamphlets and their titles causes a number of issues and concern:
Islamic Republic and Human Rights can only implicate that there is a possibility of human rights within the Islamic Regime. I think it has become quite clear especially in the past 6 months, that this in fact is not true, and that the Islamic Regime has absolutely no respect for human rights.
By circulating these pamphlets and saying it is possible to have human rights under the Islamic Regime, this organization is taking all blame and responsibility away from the Islamic Regime and putting it squarely on the shoulder of the people.
People in Iran are very much aware of their rights. Workers and Union leaders know very well that they have the right to be paid and to be treated right. They know they have the right to strike and they do, when they feel that they have been treated unfairly. The problem arises when the Islamic Regime chooses to arrest, imprison, fine and lash workers who try to exercise their basic rights.
Women know that they have the right to be treated equally in the society. Women's rights activists protest, organize meetings and write about these issues on a regular basis. Again the problem arises when the Islamic Regime arrests, tortures and rapes women who decide to exercise their rights.
These are only two examples where Iranians are aware of their rights and try to exercise it and are faced with force, arrests, torture, rape and even death by the Islamic Regime.
It is quite disturbing to see someone like Ahmad Batebi, who was jailed and according to his own reports, tortured for many years by the Islamic Regime is the spokesperson for such an organization that chooses to promote human rights within the Islamic Regime, and while doing so putting the blame on the victim rather than the perpetuator.
Perhaps both Human Rights Activists in Iran and Ahmad Batebi could put their focus and energy on supporting the movement of people for freedom and democracy rather than promoting human rights within the Islamic Regime, unless they have a different agenda that is…
Down with the Islamic Regime in Iran
Long Live Freedom in Iran
After Ehsan Fatahiyan another Activist Fasih Yasamani has been Executed0 comments - published on Wednesday, January 06, 2010
This morning at 4am a Kurdish political prisoner Fasih Yasamani was executed by hanging. The authorities have told the Yasamani family that they will not receive the body of Fasih Yasamani and that they will be informed of his place of burial after 6 months.
Mr. Yasamani was 28 years old and had the birth certificate number 613 and was the resident of "Hendvaneh" village close to the city of Khoy in the Azarbaijan Province.
He was charged by the Ministry of Intelligence and convicted of being a "Mohareb" (enemy of God) for his involvement in the PJAK Party.
The first branch of the Revolutionary Court in the city of Khoy sentenced him to death. In the tenth branch of the Appeal Court in the Province of Azarbaijan his death sentence was upheld. His case number was 870975/87/10.
He was arrested in 2007 along with his 65 years old father Mr. Hossein Yasamani who was eventually sentenced to two (2) years of imprisonment.
It must be noted that there was no evidence against Mr. Yasamani, except what was in the hands of the Ministry of Intelligence. He had told his lawyer on numerous occasions that he had "confessed" under torture.
It must be further noted that on November 11th 2009 another political prisoner Mr. Ehsan Fatahiyan was executed in the Central Prison in Sanandaj and Mr. Yasamani is the second political prisoner to be executed in the past two months. This has caused great concern among the families of political prisoners as well as human rights activists.
There are currently 17 other Kurdish political prisoners who are awaiting execution.
1. Ms. Zeynab Jalaliyan
2. Habibollah Latifi
3. Shirkoh Moarefi
4. Farhad Vakili
5. Farzad Kamangar
6. Ali Heydariyan
7. Hossein Khazari
8. Rashid Akhkandi
9. Mohammad Amin Agushi
10. Ahmad Pouladkhani
11. Saeed Sami Hosseini
12. Saeed Jamel Mohammadi
13. Rostam Arkiya
14. Mostafa Salimi
15. Anwar Rostami
16. Hassan Talai
17. Iraj Mohammadi
News Report by Ahmad Andaryari (email@example.com)
Translation: Sayeh Hassan
Since the recent presidential [S]elections, the international community has had a real glimpse of the brutality and inhumanity of the Islamic Regime of Iran. We've seen peaceful protestors beaten, arrested and shot on the streets. Weve heard reports of illegal arrests, torture and rape of protestors in Islamic Regime prisons. Scores of protestors have lost their lives under torture while at least three protestors have been sentenced to death because of their participation in the post [s]election protests.
What the international community needs to realize is that what weve seen in the past few months is nothing new. The Islamic Regime has been systematically arresting, torturing, raping and executing dissidents for the past 30 years.
Iranian people have not been silent in the face of severe persecution and brutality. For the past 30 years students, writers, journalists, women, workers, teachers and doctors just to name a few groups, have been fighting against the Regime in various ways. Iranian dissidents abroad have been fighting along their compatriots who are inside the country to make sure the voices of Iranian people are heard internationally.
Besides fighting against the Islamic Regime, since 1997 and especially in the past year, Iranians have come face to face with a new and much more dangerous enemy which is the so called Reform movement in Iran.
Because of the Iranian people's strength and determination to remove the Islamic Regime from power, the Regime felt threatened in the late 1990s. Dissent had increased, there were protests, Regime prisons were filled with dissidents and voter turn outs in both local and national elections were extremely low. This had created a question mark around the legitimacy of the Islamic Regime.
All of this caused the Regime to play a new card during the 1997 presidential [s]elections. The new card was a so called Reformist movement put forward by a Mullah called Mohammad Khatami. Khatami came forward with a smiling face and a platform of Islamic Democracy which included greater freedom for the Iranian people.
The Iranian people, especially students and women who were frustrated and angry with the Regime and craved change, went to the polls and voted overwhelmingly for Khatami. One must keep in mind that people did not have the opportunity to vote for a secular and democratic candidate, since all presidential candidates are handpicked by the Supreme Leader and the Guardian Council. Therefore people decided to vote for a lesser evil. The voter turnout was over 70% that year, the highest the Regime had seen for years and once again the Islamic Regime had won the legitimacy it needed to continue its dictatorship rule.
It did not take very long for the Iranians to realize that Khatami was an integrated part of the Islamic Regime and did not intend to keep any of his promises. In fact some of the most brutal human rights violations took place during Khatami's presidency. This included the government sponsored chain murders of political dissidents and academics which took place in 1998 as well as the brutal crackdown on pro-democracy student demonstrations in July of 1999. During the protests thousands of students were arrested, imprisoned, tortured and some students were even murdered by Regime Agents. During the crackdown on the students Khatami showed his true colours by publicly siding with the Regime against the students and calling the pro-democracy protestors hoodlums and hooligans.
Khatami won a second term of presidency although with much lower voter turnout, because people had lost faith in this reformist mullah. By the time 9th presidential [s]election had rolled around in 2005 the Regime had once again lost legitimacy and there were nationwide campaigns inside the country to boycott the [s]election. This was even through another so called moderator, reformist mullah Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was running for the presidency. According to the Regime the voter turnout was 48% during those [s]elections although the actual figure may have been much lower. The winner as we all know was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Fast forward to the [s]elections of 2009, and once again people were angry and dissatisfied with the Islamic Regime, and the Regime was once again in trouble and facing legitimacy questions as well as pressure both internationally and nationally. Again the Regime played the reformist card, this time having Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi run as reformist candidates.
Both candidates were an integrated part and strong supporters of the Islamic Regime. They both had a history of extensive human rights violations against the Iranian people (which seems to be a pre-requisite for running for presidency) and there was no danger that they would ever turn against the Regime. Therefore they were prefect candidates to bring people to the polls and give the Regime a much needed legitimacy boost.
Here is a brief biography on the two so called reformist candidates:
Mousavi was the prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1988. In the summer of 1988 thousands of political prisoners were summarily executed after having three (minute) trials. At that time Mousavi was in a key and powerful position. However he did not lift a finger to stop the executions, and he has never condemned the executions. Most recently when brave Iranians took to the streets with the slogan of independence, freedom, Iranian Republic Mousavi came out and said the peoples slogan must be Islamic Republic, not one word more and not one word less. Mousavi is a supporter of the Islamic Regime and all the atrocities committed by the Regime. He must be tried in a criminal court for the crimes he has committed against the Iranian people, before he is allowed to run for any public office.
Karoubi has also been an integrated part of the Islamic Regime for the past thirty years. He was the head of parliament while Khatami was the president. As well he is well known for ordering the torture of individuals and families who had lost a loved one or suffered in other ways during the Iran Iraq war. He ordered the torture of these individuals in the Martyrdom Committee which was a committee that had supposedly been created to help these families. Instead he was responsible for the abuse and torture of these individuals, and there are testimonies of people who were ordered to be tortured by Karoubi.
It is true that this year there was a relatively high voter turnout during the [S]elections, however once again we need to keep in mind that Iranian people are not free to choose what they want. They cannot vote for a system or a candidate they want, they cannot come into the streets and say they do not want the Islamic Regime. In this case they had a choice between bad and worse and they voted for bad, to show their dissatisfaction with the current system. This does not mean that Iranian people are supporters of the Islamic Regime, and the Regime is very much aware of this, which is why they do not allow for free elections.
Brave Iranians took to the streets in June of this year in numbers we had never seen before; many were dissatisfied with the [S]election results while many other activists and students were entirely against the Regime and had not taken part in the [S]elections. One of these individuals was a young girl called Neda who was shot to death on the street during the protests. Although reformists tried to use her name to their advantage, we soon found out that Neda had not voted and did not support any of the candidates.
For the past 30 years Iranian people have been dissatisfied with the Islamic Regime and have fought against the Regime in various ways. That is why the Regime prisons have always been filled with political prisoners and Iran has one of the highest rates of execution in the world. Iranian people are angry and dissatisfied with the entire system and we were all able to see this as the peoples movement became more and more radical every day to the point where people were shouting Mousavi is an excuse, the Entire Regime is target, death to the Islamic Regime and Independence, Freedom, Iranian Republic. The Iranian people have shown unbelievable courage and the pro-democracy movement has gained great momentum in the past few months. By shouting these slogans, knowing that they might very well be risking their lives, the Iranian people and especially the Iranian youth have spoken and made it very clear that they want real change, they want Regime change.
Unfortunately the reform camp abroad which included actors, Nobel peace prize winners, writers, beauty queens, former political prisoners and even some political groups in exile, are doing everything in their power to undermine the people's pro-democracy, anti regime movement and to relate this movement to a reformist movement taking place within the frame work of the Islamic Regime. While the Iranian people have taken to the streets saying death to the Islamic Regime, the reform camp is referring to Mousavi and Karoubi as opposition leaders and trying to buy them legitimacy abroad.
Although it is easy to fall for this pro-reform propaganda, which is ultimately pro-Islamic Regime propaganda, we must be diligent in our support for the peoples pro-democracy movement and to condemn the so called pro-reform movement which is nothing more than an attempt to keep the Islamic Regime in power, this time under the guise of Reform.
The People of Iran have taken to the streets and spoken loud and clear that they do not want the Islamic Regime, they dont want the hardliners or the reformers, they want real change, they want Regime change. There are groups and individuals who are supporting the reformist movement because they do not want Regime change and their interests lie within the Islamic Regime and its reformist camp. We must see through their propaganda and stand behind the Iranian people instead, in their quest for a FREE, INDEPENDENT, IRANIAN REPUBLIC.
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Hi all, I have a couple of issues, one on each of my Atmos's:
1. First keyboard doesn't work at all - it's actually not the keyboard itself though, but whatever controls it on the main board - because I switched the keyboards around and both work, but only with one of the main boards. Is there a particular component or components I should look to replace/repair on the main board to fix this please?
2. On one of the keyboards the number '1' key doesn't respond at all (all other keys are fine). I've tried tapping away at it repeatedly without success. How exactly do I clean and/or repair this please?
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How to program the oric hardware (VIA, FDC, ...) is also welcome.
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Ok, embarrassment time - I "fixed" the first problem by connecting the keyboard to the main board properly, bizarrely I'd not noticed that there are more holes in the connector than pins on the board, so I shifted across by one and I have a fully working keyboard
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IRVINE — The UC Irvine men's volleyball team made the preliminary Final Four on Saturday, topping a revved-up UC Santa Barbara, 26-24, 22-25, 20-25, 25-19, 15-10, in the quarterfinals of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament at the Bren Events Center.
Junior opposite Zack La Cavera had a team-best 19 kills and hit .319 to help the No. 3-ranked Anteaters, the No. 2 seed in the MPSF Tournament, advance to Thursday's semifinals against No. 3-seeded Long Beach State at BYU. UCI has beaten the 49ers in all three previous meetings this season.
Senior All-American Kevin Tillie had 15 kills, 11 digs, two aces, one solo block and three block assists to help the hosts improve to 23-6 by earning their seventh triumph in nine five-set matches this season.
UCI came in having won 15 consecutive sets, and held off the Gauchos (15-16) in the opening game, before faltering slightly.
UCSB, which rode a No. 7 MPSF seed to the NCAA Tournament championship match in 2011, scrapped its way to within one game of an upset by winning Games 2 and 3.
But UCI, fortified by the belief that comes from winning three NCAA titles in the previous six seasons, stuck to the plan, even if it didn't stick with its starting lineup.
Junior outside hitter Jeremy Dejno, a first-team All-MPSF performer in 2012 who had lost his starting spot in recent weeks, came off the bench to hit .583 with seven kills, one solo block and three block assists. Two of those block assists came in the fifth set, in which UCI seized a 4-1 lead, then never let the Gauchos get closer than two.
Another spark off the bench came from junior middle blocker Collin Mehring, who stepped in for senior Ian Castellana to produce five kills and seven block assists. Mehring had three block assists and one kill in Game 5.
Tillie, who boomed serves all night, including a team-worst five service errors, still had a positive effect from the service line. In addition to his two aces, he forced UCSB to make spectacular "digs" on his dipping serves, many of which ticked or barely cleared the tape atop the net.
"There wasn't an outstanding performance by any one guy, even though [Dejno] did a nice job off the bench," UCI Coach David Kniffin said. "The key in the playoffs is composure and I think that was the key tonight. We maintained composure at the end."
UCI swept UCSB on the road (Jan. 30), won in four games at home (Feb. 14) and has now won the last seven meetings. But since Valentine's Day, the Gauchos' lineup included two new outside hitters and a new opposite, making a game plan problematic, Kniffin said.
"We had to figure out how to play this team in real time," Kniffin said. "We squeaked out Game 1, but I don't feel like we had [UCSB] figured out until Game 5."
Senior setter Chris Austin had 53 assists, two aces, three block assists and one solo block. His solo stuff gave UCI a 2-0 lead in the final set to help set the tone.
"I don't know if we got spooked," La Cavera said. "I think we just kind of started not letting [the Gauchos] take control of the match. I knew the whole time we were going to take control of the match. I just trust in our players, trust my coaching system and trust our plan. I wasn't too worried at all."
Junior middle Scott Kevorken had seven kills, hit .385 and added one solo block and three block assists for the defending NCAA champions.
UCI posted a 14-10 advantage in total blocks and hit .285, 72 points better than the Gauchos.
UCSB senior middle blocker Dylan Davis, a first-team all-conference performer out of Corona del Mar High, had six kills, one solo block and three block assists. He was held to an .056 hitting percentage.
Junior Evan Licht had 19 kills and senior Grant Goswiller added 15 for UCSB.
Top-seeded and top-ranked BYU rallied for a five-game win over Hawaii on Saturday and will play host to UCLA in the other semifinal on Thursday.
The MPSF Tournament champion earns an automatic berth in the four-team NCAA championship, to which a second MPSF school traditionally is granted an at-large berth.
Should BYU defeat UCLA on Thursday, UCI should have the inside track to at least an at-large berth, even if its loses in its semifinal. But should UCLA upset BYU, then earn the guaranteed berth with a win in the final, BYU would almost certainly claim the at-large berth, leaving UCI out of the picture.


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Saturday, 21 July 2007
He's really growing up
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Thursday, 19 July 2007
The rise of Dicky Knees
For safe measure, we ran his name by the 8 and 10 year old niece and nephew. Figuring this would be the age of playgroup taunts at their best, if it got past the 8-10 year thought police, we would be on a winner. They didn't come up with anything too rude and obnoxious. Goal!
Nugget has had another idea.
While his language development is very good for a boy of his age, he has some very strange sound substitutions. "n" for "l" is one of them. I have gotten used to "I nike it" and "I nove you Mummy" and even "Nugget Nees".
But his latest attempts at Doo Dah's name have me a little stumped - "Dicky Nees". Who'd have thought that I'd be the parent of Dicky Knees?
Two year olds are priceless.
Has your two year old put their own stamp on their siblings name? Cute? Or Nasty?
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Friday, 6 July 2007
Is nothing sacred?
We have been having the usual dramas with Nugget's sleep. He is in the bed, he is out again. It goes on for hours. At times we have been so overwhelmed with everything we have given him a light smack on the nappy - to break the cycle and get him to listen to us. It does seem to work and the threat of a smack is equally successful (to a point). In typical Nugget fashion though, he has decided to take matters into his own hands. He is now administering his own smacks! He's disciplining himself. Is nothing sacred?
When we first introduced praise, he would say "Good boy Noah" after every little thing he did so that this became a useless form of behaviour management. Then we introduced the "naughty corner" and before too long he started taking himself to the naughty corner after every little thing he did wrong. And now this - Self-discipline. You don't read about this in the baby books, but then, nothing Nugget has ever done has been well-represented in the baby books! He really is a fascinating child.
We love him dearly, smack him very rarely and still wish that something we did would help him sleep.
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2012: Competed in all seven meets as a junior … came first at the Keene State Alumni Invitational (9/01) in 11:29 … finished 18th in 18:58.41 at the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational (9/15) … placed 41st in the 6k at the Purple Valley Classic (9/22) with a time of 23:37 … came 12th in the sub-varsity run at NEICAAAs (10/07) in 18:37.82 … finished fourth at NEWMACs (10/27) with a time of 18:53.69 … placed 45th in the 6k with a time of 22:42.29 at the New England Cross Country Championship (11/10) … came 234th at NCAAs (11/17) in 23:51.9 … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … NEWMAC All-Conference.
2011: Competed in two events as a sophomore … named to the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team … finished first in the Engineers Cup (9/10) with a time of 19:36 … finished 64th at the Brooks Invitational (10/15) with a time of 23:14 … named the NEWMAC runner of the week after her victory at the Engineers Cup.
2010: Competed in three meets as a freshman … personal-best time of 20:05.88 at NEWMAC Championship was good for 24th place (10/30) … finished 100th overall in sub-varsity race at All-New England Championship (10/9) … placed 59th at Connecticut College Invitational (10/16).
Off the Cross Country Trail: Majoring in physics with a concentration in economics … interned with Industrial Magnetics.


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From Digital Audio Recording to Audio CD: Part 2 - Basic Audio Edits
The Audacity how-to continues!! This second part of the series involves working in Audacity to edit your audio file.
A major sound edit technique: Changing Amplification (making a quiet recording louder).
This multi-part how-to series focuses on using Audacity and iTunes – two freely available pieces of software – to work with your recording and then create an audio CD.
Part 1: Getting your audio into Audacity, whether by opening a digital audio recording made elsewhere, or using Audacity to record directly to your computer.
Part 2: (You are here!)Making minor edits to increase sound level.
Part 3: Exporting your recording to a file format that iTunes can use and creating an Audio CD.
Part 4: Dividing the audio into sections based on topics of discussion using Audacity's Label Tracks.
(note: I may expand sections if any one of them gets to be too long. This section will be updated as I go.)
Amplifying audio
Here is a stereo file recorded using my portable-studio-in-an-Otter Box (described here).
Notice that the waveforms are small and don't take up to the entire vertical space there. The recording quality is clean enough where I can amplify the audio.
(The goal in recording is to create a recording with all those sound levels present to begin with. But when that hasn't happened, you can amplify the sound you have.)
Compare these next two waveforms. One is from the above-mentioned recording. It is small: it does not occupy all of the vertical space allowed for the waveform. Another one was made under better conditions, with a hand-held microphone closer to the speakers' mouths. It's taller, overall: some portions of waveform occupy the entire vertical area of the audio track.
I put both of them side by side here in this audio track (I changed the second one from mono to stereo). And here's a shout out to Sheri Fenley, whose dulcet tones you can hear in the second half of the movie's audio track.)
Warning: If you attemt to turn up volume to hear the first part, you will be blown away by the sound of the second excerpt. Total time: under 13 seconds.
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The quieter recording is cleanly enough done that it can be amplified. So that's what I'll demonstrate, here.
- From the menu, choose Edit > Select > All
(or Command-A on MacOS or Ctrl+A on Windows and Linux.) See image.
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The background for the entire waveform is highlighted (darker).
- From the _________ menu select amplify.
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A dialog box appears, with numbers auto-generated for you.
- (optional) If you want to preview the sound after amplification, click the Preview button.
A progress bar appears, and after it completes, a short segment of your audio plays.
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- Satisfied with your settings? Click the OK button on the Amplify Preview dialog box.
The dialog box disappears, and the Amplify progress bar appears.
When the Amplify progress bar completes, the progress bar disappears and your audio waveform enlarges.
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- Click the Play button on Audacity's Control Toolbar to listen to your audio.
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Audacity generates numbers to provide the maximum amplification without clipping the audio. (Sorry, won't be discussing clipping here, other than to say it's a technical term for maxing out the volume. I'll take up the whole concept of clipping in more detail in a later post.)
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An Advanced Amplification Trick
Here's a little bonus section on amplification. Looking over the entire waveform, the peaks could be larger. We just amplified this audio track. Why is the overall waveform still medium and not large?
When you select the entire audio track and amplify, Audacity looks at the loudest part of the file (called, in audio-technicalese, the peak), and makes a calculation—how much do I need to amplify this in order for the peak to reach maximum? And that's where the 11.8 number came from.
But what if the loudest part of the audio is much, much louder than the rest of the overall recording? What do you do then?
Find out what the loudest part is and isolate it and amplify the rest. For this particular file, I'll show you what I did.
First, I needed to discover and isolate the loudest part. Here again is the entire audio file, with the loudest part circled in red.
Using the selection tool, I dragged a selection over that loud area. Then I zoomed into it, to see what it was. (This illustration shows the controls for the Selection Tool—the default tool, but still, it's good to know where it is—and the control for Zooming In.
And here's the selection, once it's zoomed in. You can also adjust the width of the selection by dragging from the edge of the selection to expand or contract the selection.
Once you've made a selection, when you click the Play Button on the Toolbar, Audacity will play the selection only.
It turns out that this is a moment where the interviewee laughed. I decided to isolate the laugh. I adjusted the selection size to get only that laugh.
Once I had the selection made, I added a label for it. From the Tracks menu, I chose Add Label At Selection. (Keyboard shortcut: Command-B for MacOS and Ctrl+B for Windows)
Audacity added a new type of track in the project window, below the original audio track. The new track is called a label track. Once Audacity made the label, the cursor was placed inside the label, ready for me to type the label's name. I typed the word "laugh" so I'd know what the selection was. (I'll discuss more about labels in a later episode of this series.)
Now that the label was set, I wanted to see the entire audio track in the project window. To do that, I clicked the Fit Project button in the Edit Toolbar.
Audacity changed the view of the audio track so that the entire recording fit into the window.
Now that the label is there, I can use that to ensure I select everything else but the laugh in order to amplify everything else.
Watch this movie for the steps I took to amplify the audio.
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Next up: Getting that recording into iTunes and burning a CD with it.
(Then I'll go back and talk some more techniques for Audacity and labels and noise edits and the like)
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OMG, you are amazing! thank you for sharing your expertise with us. This series is now part of my "how to"library. Thank you again.


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(And, if you'll remember, I did post here a few weeks ago, asking you about the Star Tours figures. . .)
Great. Thanks for the offer and the info, Matt. Let me know what you find when you next head out there, huh? (Oh, and card condition doesn't matter to me, as I'll be opening them up anyway.)Thanks again.
D'oh! Totally brainfarted on that Matt... Sorry! Just went down there yesterday for the first time in almost two months, and my senile ol' brain forgot to drop you a line first about it. All 9 droids are still there in abundance, so give me a shout if you want me to snag any of 'em for you on my next trip down. They're still $10.77 each with tax...Or... if you do want some, you could just have my "openers" which I've yet to open, and I can just snag me some more on my next visit there. LMK!
News from PlanetActionFigure.comBen: PlanetActionFigure.com writes: "We have in stock . . . the Star Tours figures priced at $5.99 each.
But also, I caught a blurb at Rebelscum's main page today about some site having the Star Tours figures for $5.99 each.
You know where to find me if your family doesn't come through though Matt...
Well, the fam came through, and hooked me up with the three astromech droids a couple of weeks ago, which I promptly opened up and have displayed in my modest astromech collection.Anyway, thanks again, Matt. . .
Glad to hear you finally got 'em Matt! You know where to find me if/when Wave 4 comes out and you need any... - M
You know where to find me if/when Wave 4 comes out...
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Jeff's View 28th July
Jeff's take on the Queen's Birthday financial deal….
Author: Geoff Hook
Geoff Hook's work as the cartoonist JEFF appeared in The Sun and The Herald Sun for 38 years as well as in many other publications and books.
There is an elusive hook hidden in each JEFF cartoon.
His website www.geoffhook.com contains galleries of his lifetime and present work in cartooning and realist art.
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OK, I know that I am waaaay behind on this one. It's all about the Oscars now and this is old, old news. In my defense, I'm a British person; to me, the Superbowl is that thing those episodes of Friends with Julia Roberts and the monkey were named after. Also, sometimes there are nipples (it sounds a bit like Spartacus). Unlike the Oscars, which I unwisely stayed up to watch last night (so glad The Artist won, though I'd have loved to see Gary Oldman recognised for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), the Superbowl really has no relevance outside America, except for American football fans (it's American football, right?!). So I didn't see it.
Anyway, Liz Gloyn and Tony Keen both alerted me to Madonna's Classically inspired performance, but I didn't get the chance to sit down and watch it till today (busy trying to keep up with Spartacus!). First of all, I loved it - Madonna is such a great performer (even when her heels are too high and she can't quite make it up the step). She and Robbie Williams were the highlights of Live 8 (apparently I was totally entranced by Freddie Mercury back during the original Live Aid - I was two, so I don't really remember this, but it may explain my enduring love of Queen).
Madonna appears as Cleopatra-as-Isis from Cleopatra. The first song, 'Vogue', features the most Classical material and I am convinced that this is all about Elizabeth Taylor. Madonna has looked to earlier divas for inspiration throughout her career, particularly, of course, Marilyn Monroe in 'Material Girl' and Marlene Dietrich in 'Vogue' - the music video for 'Vogue' uses the same shot of Dietrich that inspired one of the first really creative music videos, Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' video, and the song is all about high fashion (obviously), celebrity and art, all together.
The Marlene Dietrich image that reappears in the music videos for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Vogue'
As I'm sure you know, Elizabeth Taylor died last year, and she's been being commemorated throughout awards season (as it happens, she's the biggest name in entertainment to have passed away in the last twelve months, together with perhaps Whitney Houston and Steve Jobs - unpleasant as it seems to rank one deceased human being over another, it's true). Every obituary list I've seen has used that gorgeous clip from Cleopatra of her winking at Caesar, following her ridiculously over-blown entrance, and the Oscar ceremony last night capped off their obituary list with it. It's a lovely memorial to Taylor, and it demonstrates how much that performance, and that scene, stand for her and her place at the top of the Hollywood tree in the cultural imagination (that's a phrase from my thesis. I'm hoping to bring it in to everyday use!).
So Madonna's use of the Classical world, to me, is not about Classics, but about Taylor. Just look at those high '60s boots and that miniskirt! Sure, there are small Classical references throughout the rest of the performance - including the most bizarre Apollo I've ever seen (I assume it's Apollo since the song is an ode to music itself), some cheerleaders with Isis headdresses and some soldiers, with a guy wearing a 'C' that presumably stands for 'Centurion'. And the finish, drifting into Christianity and Gospel choirs with 'Like a Prayer', could be said to represent a re-telling of the end of the Classical world in miniature (sort of. If you squint!). But these are leftovers from that first number, bits of design inspired by the Cleopatra vibe chosen for the opener. 'Vogue' is about celebrity, and female celebrity in particular, and this theme was chosen to honour an icon of female celebrity.
Apollo. He's creepy.
I feel like I should finish with a word of warning to the Superbowl. As I said, I know nothing about it, but it seems to me that its half-time show (much like the Olympic Games opening ceremony - goodness knows what sort of mess we're going to make of that...) has fallen victim to the trap of getting bigger and bigger and bigger every year. Cleopatra was the film that (along with The 300 Spartans and Fall of the Roman Empire) killed the ancient world epic for decades, because it was simply too big (it was the highest grossing film of the year, and still didn't make its money back). Using such a film for inspiration doesn't seem like a very positive sign for the producers of the Superbowl and its half-time show - perhaps they should tone it down a bit next year.
I did a really good job of looking like I might know something about music there, didn't I?!