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agar kisi ko aisey ilaj sey faayedah hoa bhi hay tou woh aarzi hoga mustaqil faayedah aur mukammal shifa quran se he mumkin hey iskey elawah koi aisa tareeqa e ilaj nahi jis sey jadu ka tor mukammal ho sakey lekin hum ko khud bhi isko samajhna hoga kisi jhootey faux baba's important chakkaron mei aakar apna waqt aur pesa barbad naa karen agar aap per kisi nay jadoo kiya hey.
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Thanks to the compact nature of the Audio Relay itself, the packaging is extremely compact. It's about the same size as the packaging on an average-sized cloth mouse mat. The AR is so easy to setup that you could get away with just looking at the diagram on the box.
As well as the Audio Relay itself we have a USB power cable and plug, a wireless antenna and some good quality phono cables to connect the AR to whatever audio option you wish to use.
Piano black is the order of the day, guaranteed to pick up all the dust and fingerprints it can find. On top is just a power button, which glows blue when on. Round the back is where the action happens. From left to right are the phono ports for the audio output, an Optical out, the USB power input, a USB port for firmware upgrading, Ethernet (needed for initial setup), and the WPS button and antenna port for the wireless if you choose to utilise that.
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This is copied over from WebUrbanist.com. I've always been intrigued about creative ways to make musical instruments, and these five are some of the wildest things I've ever seen. Watch the videos to hear how they sound.
The Uberorgan
My love for Brazil never ends. The Uberorgan is a stadium-sized sculpture comprised mostly of plastic tubes snaking around the ceiling. Tim Hawkinson is the designer, and also the composer of the music fed through the organ on a sheet of Mylar. The eerie sound is like a bagpipe or a pipe organ. Unfortunately, the large space of the warehouse it's situated in gives it a sterile resonance.
The Stalacpipe Organ
Featured on Ripley's Believe It Or Not, this "pipe" organ strikes stalactites in a cave with rubber mallets, producing natural tones from the hollow sound of the rock. Leland Sprinkle actually sanded the rock by hand until he produced each note of the scale. The organ has been working for over 50 years in the Luray Caverns in Virginia. Road trip anyone?
The Nano Guitar
This one is not very practical. A guitar smaller than a single cell, this was made in 1997 at Cornell to show emerging technology for manufacturing instruments. Even when played by a force laser, the strings resonate at 40 MHz, a pitch 130,000 times higher than your standard guitar. Needless to say, inaudible to humans. However, producing sound waves at this frequency could be useful for nanotechnology in the future.
The Sea Organ of Zadar
On the coast of Croatia, this organ was constructed with 35 tubes drilled on the surface and opening to the sea. As the waves lap against the stone steps, air is pushed through the openings creating a dissonant drone that changes depending on the power of the wave and position of the tide. Like the stalacpipe organ above, the sea organ is a unique example of man's use of nature to produce music.
The Viennese Vegetable Orchestra
Carrot flutes, pumpkin basses, leek violins, cucumberophones, you name it. The Viennese Vegetable Orchestra creates their instruments fresh before each performance, and then after the show, a chef makes a giant batch of vegetable soup for the audience after the show. For instruments made from food, they sound amazing, and acoustically natural compared to most instruments today that have been digitized. Some of these take up to 30 hours to make, using drills and sharp kitchen knives. The video below shows much of the preparation and process behind their shows.
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As the Oscars approach in 2010, and I furiously watch the remaining films from 2009 that may or may not be nominated, I realized that we've just closed out a decade of filmmaking, and it was one that has shaped my high school, college, and beginning of my adult life. I decided to compile 50 films that influenced this era of my life in some way or another.
50. Shaun of the Dead
The best comedic zombie movie until Zomieland decided to steal its thunder. Simon Pegg discovers a zombie invasion halfway through the film, and his first instinct is to use old records to fight them off. I still can't listen to "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen without thinking of bludgeoning zombies with a pool cue.
49. Hotel Rwanda
One of the most intense films I've ever seen, Hotel Rwanda follows Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) through war-ravaged Rwanda as he struggles to save the lives of fugitives in his hotel.
48. Slumdog Millionaire
Bridging the gap between Hollywood and Bollywood, Slumdog Millionaire is part gameshow, part love story, and part coincidental luck for our young hero, Dev Patel.
47. The Ring
Before you die, you see the ring. I was terrified of this film in high school, and it was one of the first mainstream techno-horror movies. Also, it set the bar for creepy kids with Samara's waterlogged hair-in-the-face look. This was the last movie that gave me nightmares, and I love it for that.
46. 28 Days Later
I guess if you don't call them zombies, and call it a disease (The Rage), then the infected can be freakin fast! A new zombie movie for a new generation, and a killer soundtrack to boot. The English are doing it right.
45. The Wrestler
Micky Rourke's comeback film. An agonizing story about loss, aging, and passion. I think I even shed a tear during his final scene, with "Sweet Child 'O Mine" playing in the background. Never thought Axl Rose would trigger that emotion.
44. Ratatouille
Pixar, you can do no wrong. A fun tale about fine dining involving an inept teenager and his beloved pet mouse (Patton Oswalt). I never thought a movie that showed rats cooking food in an expensive restaurant would be not only accepted, but loved among children and adults alike.
43. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Before Sherlock Holmes and Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. was a washed up drug addict. His return to cinema was sparked by this film, a witty murder mystery costarring Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan. Just Downey's narration alone is enough to make this movie worthwhile.
42. Requiem For A Dream
Here's an uplifting tale. Whether it's cocaine, heroin, or pills, we see the effect drugs have on four individuals in a depressing downward spiral. Seeing this one time is all you really need to get the picture.
41. The Darjeeling Limited
Wes Anderson does it again with a journey through India by train. Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, and Adrien Brody are the three brothers trying to reconcile their differences in a quirky, colorful landscape. And yes, most of the soundtrack is played through Schwartzman's iPod dock.
40. Closer
A cast of only four: Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, and Clive Owen. This is what happens when relationships fail. I found myself disgusted with all four by the end, but I could relate to all of their actions.
39. V For Vendetta
A graphic novel adaptation that actually worked (yes, this is a jab at The Watchmen). Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman (I know, this is the third Portman film in a row) take on an Orwellian Great Britain in this dystopian story, packed with mystery, action, and lots of cool masks.
38. 24 Hour Party People
Manchester: the birthplace of Factory Records (Joy Divison, New Order, Happy Mondays) and rave culture. We follow Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) as he spearheads a musical revolution, while maintaining his role as a complete douchebag to his wife, friends, and bands on his label.
37. The Royal Tenenbaums
Wes Anderson's break into the mainstream, this colorful family is filled with big name actors, great music, and outrageous costumes (how about Ben Stiller's jumpsuit?). It even makes things like incest, attempted suicide, and terrible parenting come across as light speed bumps in an outrageously wild family.
36. Wall-E
Sugar-coated in a cute garbage-sorting robot, Pixar subtly shows us what the world is going to look like in a few hundred years (Earth covered in garbage, and obese Americans living on space cruise ships). I don't know how they do it, but I even thought the robot romance was cute.
35. Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2
An epic revenge tale, Tarantino delves into his martial arts passion. Uma Thurman has it out for David Carradine, and won't let any of his assassins stand in her way. Lots of swordfighting, hand-to-hand combat, and arterial spray.
34. Adaptation
Charlie Kaufman's autobiographical tale, showcasing an insecure Nicolas Cage writing himself into his own script, while also playing his more outgoing and successful brother. Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper are a superb supporting cast in hunt of the white orchid.
33. Almost Famous
As a teenager, Cameron Crowe had a stint following the Allman Brothers and writing for Rolling Stone. This is his story, a unique coming-of-age tale about rock and roll journalism and life on the road. And man, Penny Lane. Every teenager's dream girl.
32. Man on Wire
A wacky French tightrope walker gets it into his head that he's going to walk from the top of one of the World Trade Center tower to the other. This documentary is almost too outrageous to be real, and encourages you to follow your dreams, no matter how crazy they might be.
31. Into The Wild
Chris McCandless (Emile Hirsch) is an idealistic college grad who donates all of his money to charity and departs with no possessions across the country determined to live apart from society. His idealism leads to his tragic demise in the Alaskan wilderness. I even gained some respect for Eddie Vedder for his awesome soundtrack.
30. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
A tribute to Jacques Cousteau's marine archeology films of the 1950's, this dry comedy showcases Bill Murray at his finest: an aging, sarcastic and depressed explorer struggling with a son he never knew he had. As with all of Anderson's work, it's loaded with colorful costumes, family relationships, and a great soundtrack (Portuguese David Bowie?)
29. The Motorcycle Diaries
Before Benicio del Toro showed the rise and fall of Che Guevara in his bland 5 hour epic, Gael Garcia Bernal played Guevara in his pre-guerrilla On The Road phase. A compassionate doctor, Guevara travels across South America by motorcycle, driven by the urge to revolutionize the way the governments treat poverty.
28. Up
Pixar, pixar, pixar. Move aside Disney, because we have a new champion of family-oriented stories. In Up, a widowed man (Ed Asner) decides to follow his dream to travel to Peru by tying thousands of balloons to his house and flying there. Talking dogs, rare giant birds, and an annoyingly cute boy scout fill the supporting roles.
27. Zombieland
Woody Harrelson kills zombies with a banjo, drives a huge hummer, and is driven by a terrible Twinkie addiction. This film is a blast to watch, and the cameo is one of the best I've ever seen in modern cinema. Also, fighting zombies in an amusement park? Amazing.
26. Waking Life
Richard Linklater tackles lucid dreaming in various animated philosophy lectures. The main character jumps from topic to topic, each one an independent outlook on the concept of lucid dreaming, while trying to wake himself from a seemingly neverending unconsciousness. I've also heard theories that this entire film takes place in the seconds before death.
25. The Departed
Scorsese's triumphant Best Picture, with a star-studded cast (Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leo DiCaprio, Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg). This police vs. mob story shows the double-edged sword of undercover infiltration on both sides of the law. Action-packed, and full of surprises.
24. No Country For Old Men
Javier Bardem is the most sinister assassin portrayed on film, with the terrible haircut to boot. The Coen Brothers adapt this Cormac McCarthy book into a cat-and-mouse chase through Texas and Mexico, while Tommy Lee Jones proves to us what the film's title means in his hopeless effort to bring justice.
23. Mystic River
Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, and Tim Robbins are three childhood friends haunted by a horrible event from their past. After the death of his daughter, Penn is determined to catch the killer, even if it deteriorates his relationships with his old friends in the process. Clint Eastwood (directing) and Dennis Lehane (writing) are a powerful team.
22. Gangs of New York
Daniel Day-Lewis is Bill "The Butcher" Cutting, a native New Yorker who puts the Irish immigrants in their place in nineteenth century America. Leo DiCaprio becomes Scorsese's new golden boy as Bill's apprentice. The brutality of the gangs is accentuated by the absence of guns. So yeah, knives, maces, axes, you name it. That's why they call him The Butcher.
21. Battle Royale
Imagine a 9th grade class in a futuristic Japan that must pay for their bad behavior with a fight to the death on an isolated island. Everyone is given a random weapon, from a crossbow to a taser to a pair of binoculars. Last one left alive wins. Okay, good luck!
20. Children of Men
For an unstated reason, the future of the human race has been halted due to the infertility of every woman on Earth. When Clive Owen finds a pregnant woman, he must protect her at all costs from the violent warfare going on all around him, as well as the militant government. There are two shots in this film that last for 15 minutes without cutting away. Watch the special features about them. It's unbelievable.
19. Inglourious Basterds
In Quentin Tarantino's rendition of history, Hitler is taken down by a group of Nazi scalpers led by Aldo the Apache (Brad Pitt). His nemesis is Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz), a hilarious Nazi general with a penchant for sniffing out Jews. It's self-indulgent, violent, and the funniest film Tarantino has ever made.
18. Snatch
Brad Pitt again, this time as Mickey, the Irish boxer. Guy Ritchie's finest film has interwoven storylines involving hoards of characters centered around a diamond heist. The humor and action are a step above his debut, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Pitt's indiscernible dialogue makes him one of the most colorful characters I've seen on screen.
17. The Dark Knight
A decade list wouldn't be complete without The Dark Knight. It set the bar for superhero films, with the late Heath Ledger playing a believable and sinister Joker. A psychopath with no fear of death, his tongue snakes around his lips as he describes how he got the scars on his face. Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart are superb costars. It's going to be hard to make another Batman film after this masterpiece.
16. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Nerds unite! As an avid fan of the books, I'm pretty equally obsessed with the films. It would be unfair to rank one of the films above the others, so all three hold their place as the fantasy epic of the decade, equivalent in popularity and production to the original Star Wars trilogy. As I write this list, I'm watching an annual LOTR marathon in the freezing rain of January. Endless replay value.
15. Dig!
My favorite documentary of all time, Dig! follows the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre on their respective paths of success and self-destruction. Entertaining and ultimately heartbreaking, this is what happens when drugs, success, and creative control collide.
14. Sin City
Frank Miller's graphic novel is brought to life by Robert Rodriguez and an unbelievable cast (Bruce Willis, Micky Rourke, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, etc). Three different storylines, all shot in black, white, and red, cast a noir-esque feel over everything. It's even more powerful with whispery internal dialogue.
13. Pan's Labyrinth
When reality is bleak (a violent Spanish civil war), a young girl (Ivana Baquero) retreats into a fantasy world filled with giant frogs, talking faunas, and creepy hairless cannibals with no eyes. A strict dichotomy between what is real and what is fantasy, Pan's Labyrinth is the escape everyone would wish for when confronted with the reality of totalitarian violence.
12. Donnie Darko
The trendy Jake Gyllenhaal flick that made room for Tears for Fears and Frank the giant bunny in indie pop culture. Skewing reality and time travel, the storyline of Donnie Darko can be interpreted in many different ways. The dream sequences with Frank are super creepy, and the supporting cast of teachers and self-help promoters (Patrick Swayze included!) seem eerily out of touch with Donnie and his troubles.
11. Milk
Gus Van Sant's biography of Harvey Milk is a revolutionary true story of the struggle for gay rights in San Francisco. Starting on a small scale, Milk manages to establish the gay community in the Castro district of the city. He eventually gains enough power to be the first openly gay elected official. His tragic death makes him a martyr for his cause, and an inspiration for gay rights in America.
10. Vanilla Sky
The Tom Cruise film everyone loves to hate. Vanilla Sky (an adaptation of the Spanish Abre Los Ojos) is an insightful look into the future of technology, and what can be perceived as reality or fabrication. I don't want to give away too much of the plot without revealing the twist, but there's a good amount of Sigur Ros and Tom Cruise with a deformed face. What more could you want?
9. Amelie
Amelie (Audrey Tautou) is the innocent girl that every guy is in love with and every girl wants to imitate. She plans out an intricate puzzle to win the heart of a photo collector after finding his lost album. She's creative, warm-hearted, and selfless. The film has not only a great soundtrack and colorful cinematography, but also interesting characters like the "glass man" and the brutish grocer. I'm also fairly sure this film started the "roaming gnome" trend.
8. Let The Right One In
In the frigid snows of Sweden, a strange young girl moves in next door to Oskar (Kare Hedebrant) who has a peculiar habit of staying in during the day and drinking blood to survive. It's the story of how a vampire would survive in today's society, trapped in the body of a twelve year old girl. As Eli (Lina Leandersson) and Oskar become close friends, he learns about the hardships of her lifestyle and what that means for their relationship.
7. The Fountain
Darren Aronofsky's fantasy epic is one of the most underrated sci-fi films ever made. It follows Hugh Jackman as a botanical doctor struggling to find a cure for his ailing wife (Rachel Weisz). Within this storyline, Weisz is writing a novel about a hero's quest to find the Tree of Life (also played by Jackman) in ancient Mexico. In a third parallel, Jackman is a futuristic space traveler (or is this his "infinite" self?) catapulting to a nebula in order to save a tree he is studying. All three storylines struggle with the prospect of death, while Weisz encourages Jackman to accept death as an inevitable state of being. It is beautifully written, visually amazing, and Clint Mansell's soundtrack is grandiose. Too many people have written this film off for the wrong reasons. It's absolutely stunning.
6. Big Fish
When Tim Burton stepped out of his dark, pseudo-horror mold to make Big Fish, he created a colorful world full of giants, Siamese twins, and towns with grass instead of roads. Albert Finney plays the elder Edward Bloom, an old man on his deathbed trying to reconcile his relationship with his son (Billy Crudup). His younger persona is Ewan McGregor, involved in unbelievable tall tales. At the end of the film, when Crudup comes to realize his father had been telling (mostly) the truth all the time, there is a tear-jerking tale, told this time by Crudup, in the style of his father. Big Fish is a beautiful movie, and I think it's Burton's best work.
5. Memento
The groundbreaking film by Christopher Nolan that follows Guy Pearce backwards as he tries to seek revenge while living with short-term memory loss. He tattoos clues on his body about locations and names, searching for his wife's killer. Joe Pantoliano is the cop trying to help him, but can he be trusted? The ending has a superb twist that trumps most other surprise endings I've ever seen.
4. Mulholland Dr.
What a weird movie. When I first saw David Lynch's Mulholland Dr. I didn't know what had just happened. Was it a dream? What's with the cube? Who is that cowboy? What's with the guy behind the dumpster? Scenes in this film are downright creepy, and there's a loose plot involving an aspiring Hollywood actress (Naomi Watts) and the sinister inner workings of the industry. Like many movies already listed, there is a struggle between what is reality and what isn't. Are we sensing a theme yet?
3. There Will Be Blood
Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an oil tycoon in early 20th century America. He knows how to turn a profit, and has no moral qualms about using his son, religion, or innocent landowners to do so. Paul Dano plays the naive young preacher Eli, trying convince Daniel to turn to religion. Without seeing the big picture, Eli is abused by Plainview's greed, along with most of the other townsfolk. This is the portrayal of the ultimate villain. Daniel Day-Lewis shows absolutely no compassion or sympathy for other human beings. He calculates his action so that every move he makes will result in profit. The very last scene shows the length Plainview will go to simply get his point across.
2. City of God
The gangs in City of God, based on a true story in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, make Scorsese's gangs pale in comparison. We follow Rocket, a young photographer, as he grows up watching his brother rob milk trucks in the village. When his childhood friend Lil Ze starts killing at a young age and takes over the local coke ring, tensions rise in the city. Though stylized, the characters are based on real people, and the fighting is still going on in the slums to this day. We can only find solace that our beloved narrator has had the chance to live through this horror and document it in photo journalism. There aren't many more films out there that are this intense.
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
This masterpiece by writer Charlie Kaufman and director Michel Gondrey is the most realistic look at a relationship I've ever seen depicted on film. Jim Carrey is an insecure Joel Barish, wallowing in his loneliness and sporadically writing in his journal. Kate Winslet is the spontaneous Clementine Kruczynsky, bringing unpredictable flair to Joel's life. In a unique twist, Clementine has the memory of Joel erased after their relationship ends, so Joel decides to do the same. In Joel's unconscious mind, we follow their relationship backward, through the breakup, the building tension, the arguments, and nights out. We see Joel pine for Clementine as his best memories of her are wiped away. In a world where this concept is not so far fetched, it calls into questions the substance behind a relationship, and what it would mean to simply cut someone completely out of your life in an instant. Seeing this film right after the end of a rocky relationship made it that much more meaningful, and I haven't seen a movie since that I loved this much.
When I first heard this band, I was both intrigued and disgusted. The first album was a blend of Paul Simon and light Afro-pop. It was catchy, but for my taste it lacked something that stuck out. It just seemed bland. Seeing them live confirmed my opinion, and I wrote them off for a while.
Now, their new album Contra is on the cusp of being released, and I've stumbled across this video for the song "Cousins." This rhythm is interesting, and the drums don't hold back. It may be accentuated by the constant motion in the video through a NYC alleyway. Though I haven't heard the entire album, this track holds some promise for the future of Vampire Weekend:
This is a pretty sweet idea. They've designed it as a screensaver that you can download here:
Pong Clock
Though this is a cool idea, it would be even better as a standalone digital video screen. I found an Arduino Pong code and an Arduino Clock code, but nothing that combines the two together. Yet…
Wicked Witch – Chaos (1978- 1986)
Funky electronica from the late 1970's. I got this album from Nate originally, then discovered the vinyl at Death By Audio. Pretty interesting stuff.
I just finished watching Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans by Werner Herzog. It stars Nick Cage as a strung out cop addicted to crack, heroin, and gambling. While not a groundbreaking film, I think this is one of my favorite Nick Cage roles I've seen lately. I usually hate the guy, probably because he's cast as an action hero when he should be a neurotic, cracked-out single dad. This film has restored my faith in Nicolas Cage as an actor, but not my faith that he won't keep accepting roles like Ghost Rider.
Let's look at some of his recent work and see both the brilliant and downright horrid roles he's played over the years:
Nicolas Cage finds a dead body in the Lourve in Paris and traces an action-packed path back to….wait, wait no, no that was The Da Vinci Code. I don't buy Cage as a history whiz that can solve puzzles in his head in seconds, let alone a map that is embedded in the Declaration of Independence. This movie is atrocious, and I hate Cage even more for making a sequel. Although I haven't seen Book of Secrets…maybe he redeemed himself?
As an OCD con artist, Cage discovers a daughter he's never met who has her father's penchant for scams. The father-daughter duo make a lucrative business of ripping people off, while Cage spends his weekend scrubbing his carpet with a toothbrush. This is one of my favorite Cage movies. I think he needs a nervous tic to accentuate his twitchy personality.
While I have yet to see Raising Arizona, it still looks like Cage's terrible roles far outnumber the good ones. I even omitted Snake Eyes, City of Angels, The Rock, and Wicker Man. With Ghost Rider 2 on the horizon, all hope may be lost for Nicolas Cage.
The Scatchbox was created by Tom Nunn as a cheap, scraping, and scratching surface made up of only cardboard, contact mics, and various objects attached to the surface. Using combs, he scrapes the surfaces and this sound is amplified by the pickups. Each surface has a pattern to it as well, which makes it feel like playing percussion on a piece of artwork:
I'm not crazy about the application, but I think this is an interesting concept. I bet it could sound pretty cool in combination with some effects. Just need to think of some intriguing objects to scrape.
Commuting by bicycle in the winter is no walk in the park, and in the rain or the snow it can be downright miserable. Over the last year, my riding clothes have been a combination of sweaters, scarves, blazers, and snow caps. Ever ride a bike in the rain wearing a blazer? I was constantly wet, dirty, and miserable. Needless to say, I needed to get some real clothes before this winter started up again.
Before the holidays, I picked up a balaclava, riding gloves, and shoe covers from East Mountain Sports. Though the balaclava works wonders for head warmth, I was still rocking cotton garments for my thorax.
For Christmas, my parents found this amazing Patagonia shell. Though I am not someone who usually raves about clothing, this jacket is worthy of some special attention. It's windproof and waterproof, with a brim on the hood to block the rain. It's longer in the back, so I don't have to worry about spraying my fancy blazers with Manhattan street muck. It has vents in the pits, so I can get some ventilation when it gets warmer. It even has adjustable cuffs to tighten around gloves. It's the fucking tits. I couldn't ask for a better jacket.
Of course, this jacket alone will not keep you warm. Adequate base layers are required, as there is not much insulation. But shit, you can kick ass at any sort of winter sport in this thing. I'm fucking stoked.


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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Crossfire - Summer Boo
Rigo looks like one of the most active and optimistic artists of Sweden. When they don't let him qualify to the final of Melodifestivalen he releases new album, when it doesn't get to the chart he goes to Körslaget and even if he doesn't win it doesn't stop him to appear in new season of Dansbandskampen and he keeps on moving and moving no matter what. And we really respect it!
Now Rigo presents new single "Summer Boo" with his project Crossfire and it's proper lovable summer tune sounding like crossover from previous single "Lady" to dancey version of Pitbull's "I Know You Want Me" with soft raggaetone vibes. Whole pack looks attractive for this season and it already slips outside to European radio stations.
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Caucasians have it good in this world. Unlike Asians who thrive under pain and suffering, caucasians will rant about every single thing that isn't right. And that's a good thing.
White people (caucasians or, for pinoys, mestizos) have paved the way for the invention of roads, taxes, immigration reform and plastic surgery… all with the underlying cause of making their race the most prominent in the world. They instigated wars, they invented borders, they made their coffee, burgers and soda sound like they're good for you, and they seem to have a good grasp at the world's economy.
The Filipino understands the luck these white bastards have in the world and, frankly enough, they wanna have a piece of it. This brings forth an endless clamor in the pinoy community – I wanna be white!
Everything about the Filipino community is driven to be comparable to that of the white breed. Their art, music, infrastructure, facial features, color, legal system etc. We even narrowed our alphabet from 28 to 26 because the two other variations of N will never be featured in Sesame Street.
There may be a few devious creatures who prefer changing their names from Badong to Bad One, or Domeng to The D, or Inday to Shizzy-my-Laundry. But those are a minority.
So in my quest to be white. I have decided that being an American alone wouldn't give me enough leverage. My nose will never be straight, and my shoe size will never provide the ratio intended for these jerks. I will have to up my game using a very Asian tactic – education.
All for the glory of world domination!!!


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NIA Addresses Latest BLS CPI Inflation Data
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported their latest consumer price index (CPI) inflation data this past Thursday. According to the BLS, U.S. consumer prices for the month of February 2011 were up 2.11% on a year-over-year basis compared with February 2010.
February's year-over-year increase of 2.11% was up 29% from January's year-over-year increase of 1.63% and is now above the Federal Reserve's informal inflation target of 1.5% to 2%.
Even the manipulated BLS numbers are showing that price inflation is beginning to spiral out of control, yet the mainstream media is doing everything possible to downplay inflation. Despite the BLS's reported rate of price inflation rising above the Fed's target, the media is ignoring this and referring to "core CPI", which excludes food and energy (the two very things Americans need the most to live and survive). The media is focusing on the core CPI number, which was up 1.09% from a year ago compared to a year-over-year increase of 0.95% in January (even the growth of this meaningless number is rapidly rising), and saying that inflation remains below the Fed's target.
On a month-to-month basis, the CPI rose 0.5% in February. This was based off of a 2.2% monthly increase in unadjusted gasoline prices. The U.S. government's own Department of Energy (DOE) reported gasoline prices up 3.7% last month (which NIA considers to be a lot more reliable). Based on a 3.7% increase in gasoline prices like the DOE reported, the month-to-month increase in the CPI was actually 0.6%.
NIA believes that real year-over-year price inflation in the U.S. is now approximately 6% on a conservative basis. NIA predicts that even the BLS's artificially low manipulated CPI will rise above 3% on a year-over-year basis by the early summer.
In November of 2010, the CPI was only up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. At 2.11% in the month of February, the CPI's year-over-year growth has risen by 92% over a period of just three months. In percentage terms, it is shocking just how fast CPI increases are rapidly accelerating. Yet, not one person in the mainstream media is pointing to this 92% figure, which NIA considers to be the most important (it is probably the most accurate piece of data that we can possibly derive from the BLS's CPI reporting).
The media continues to say inflation is low and not a problem. At the current rate of 92% in quarterly (three month) increases to year-over-year CPI growth, the CPI's year-over-year increases could exceed 4.05% by May, but NIA is being conservative with its projection of 3% in official reported year-over-year CPI growth to be reached by June of 2011. By then, NIA believes real price inflation will be around 7%. In our opinion, real U.S. price inflation is likely to rise into the double-digits in the second half of 2011.
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Farm tour weekend began in true Rappahannock County fashion with a traffic tie-up on U.S. 211 near Sperryville, when Molly Peterson of Heritage Hollow Farm moved 80 head of rather unhurried sheep, cattle, a llama and a donkey across the roadway from one pasture to another. She was assisted in the process by an ecstatic Beth Hall, two tow-headed lads from the suburbs and her loyal border collie Mick. The process was complete by 9 a.m., when Beth arrived at the county visitors' center to make sure the vendors were in place for the Artisans' Market.
Dismal weekend weather predictions plus heavy rains in some areas just before daybreak made some of the market vendors wonder about their prospects, but they loaded up anyway and were open for business by the 10 a.m. start. Almost a dozen vendors, plus representatives from RappCats, shared the green by the highway defined by the picturesque stone wall.
Meanwhile, farmers collected the last eggs and readied displays of fruit, produce, herbs and homemade products. At Happy Henze Farm, Alex Henze fired up the outdoor clay pizza oven that would reach almost 800 degrees, baking diminutive pizzas with crusts made with grain grown and ground on their mountaintop farm. Rachel Summers of Crowfoot Farm rushed to finish the milking of their two Brown Swiss cows, the stars of the family homestead's educational displays this year. Teresa Boardwine of Green Comfort School of Herbal Medicine put out fruit cordials and prepared urns of herbal teas, while Kelly Atlas-Bauche of Woolf Lavender Farm started up her still to produce a new batch of lavender and Queen Anne's lace essential oils and hydrosols. Orchardists topped off apple boxes in their sales barns while John Burns at Goat Hill Farm harvested almost two dozen types of tomatoes for tastings.
Perhaps one of the happiest farmers on Saturday morning was Linda Smet of Windemere Farm, who hastened to the barn to check on two miniature donkeys born during recent weeks. Brooke Parkhurst of Triple Oak Bakery celebrated the opening of her own "baby," a charming café, by preparing batches of warm orange donuts. At the same time, the Marchiones at Magnolia Vineyards placed rows of lugs for harvesting Cabernet Franc grapes, while Wendy Murdoch at her Little Gardens in Washington saw that bees had found the buckwheat blooms and there was a second swallowtail caterpillar munching the parsley.
Do you perceive an undercurrent here? Working (and often dirty) hands, commitment, heart and vision. Many area farm tours feature just four or five venues. We had 30. I heard a comment during the tour that there were not many "farms" on the list. Hmmm. I cry fowl (sic)! (Sorry, Susan Blake Henze. I won't touch one of your layers!) Many of the county's largest farms are not really set up for visitors (I've talked with many of them). Even so, I still count 22 farms by anyone's definition — family homesteads, organic produce operations, grass-fed livestock producers, vineyards, orchards and a very special farm school.
Some venues will inspire suburban dwellers, while others purchase locally grown inputs for production or sales. Moreover, the level of expertise represented by decision makers at some of the venues has made them prominent on the national and international level. For additional perspective, the US Department of Agriculture defines a farm as a piece of land (some entries include a one-acre minimum size) which annually produces $1,000 in product. We have something magical in our farm tour that is increasingly recognized by tourism leaders across the Commonwealth. Let's be proud of our unique event.
Who created the magic? First and foremost, the 30 venues who signed on to extra work and expense in order to open their farms to the public. A third of them were new this year, giving a freshness to this, the ninth year of the event. The 2015 venues were: Windemeer Farm, Crowfoot Farm, Magnolia Vineyards, Narmada Winery, Muskrat Haven Farm & Store, Merry Moo Market, Bean Hollow Grassfed, Caledonia Farm 1812 B&B, Lee's Orchard, Little Gardens in Washington, the Farm at Sunnyside, Goat Hill Farm, Gadino Cellars, Green Comfort School of Herbal Medicine, Little Washington Winery, Freestate Llamas, Waterpenny Farm, Copper Fox Distillery, Heritage Hollow Farms and Farm Store, Valley Green Naturals, Woolf Lavender Farm, Happy Henz Farm, Sharp Rock Winery, Jenkins Orchard, Belle Meade School and Farm, Central Coffee Roasters, Triple Oak Bakery and Café, Beech Spring Fruit Stand and Thornton River Orchard. Many thanks also to the vendors at the Artisans' Market who bucked the weather forecasts and now report the weekend a success and want to come back next year.
Who did the work? I would like to thank my fellow farm tour committee members Rachel and Kevin Summers, Molly Peterson, Carol Felix, Beth Hall and Cherl Crews. In particular, I appreciate Carol's talent, vision and commitment in designing our beautiful tour guide book, plus the ads and promotional materials we used during the entire organizational process. And she never missed a deadline while losing a beloved dog far too young to cancer. I also thank artist Geneva Welch for her generosity in allowing us to use her artwork on the guidebook cover. Finally, I thank my "sister" Beth Hall for organizing the artisans' market each year — we touch base in May and then she's on her way.
Who paid for the farm tour? In addition to the $1,500 in county funding, we received generous support from local businesses and individuals. I would like to thank our official and major farm tour sponsors: Tula's off Main Restaurant & Bar, Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate III, Rappahannock Real Estate Resources, Union First Market Bank, Headmaster's Pub, CFC Farm Store, Living Sky Foundation, Little Washington Winery, Wine Loves Chocolate, Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, Flint Hill Public House and Country Inn, Beech Spring Gift Shop, Cooter's in the Country, Knit Wit Yarn Shop and Comfort Gifts, Rappahannock Media, Cheri Woodard Realty, Triple Oak Bakery, Horse 'n Hound, Molly M. Peterson Photography, Ridge Line Designs, Glassworks Gallery, Green Comfort School of Herbal Medicine, Griffin Tavern, Freestate Llamas, Heritage Hollow Farm Store, Flourish Root and Wild Roots Apothecary, Thistle Hill Farm, Hunt Country Local, Pen Druid Brewing, Rappahannock County Artisan Trail, the Inn at Mount Vernon Farm, Taylor R. Odum, Thornton River Grille, Sperryville Corner Store, Magnolia Vineyards, Bean Hollow Grassfed and Foster Harris House.
Our business supporters were Morningside Press, Jan Makela of Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate III, Hall's Orchard & House, Burdick Equine Veterinary Services, RH Ballard Gallery, Laughing Duck Gardens & Cookery and Hopkins Ordinary B&B and Ale Works. Private supporters were the hale gents of the Rappahannock Cider & Debate Society, Gwen Cody, Wendy Murdoch and Bradley Schneider, Jim and Liz Blubaugh and Susan M. van den Toorn. Final thanks to the Rappahannock Lions Club for allowing us to use their wonderful tent at no charge — they're all good looking and above average!
This will be my last year working on the farm tour. I am proud of what we have accomplished in the past three years and know that I leave this very special project in capable hands. Right now, those hands are few and they carry a lot outside of the farm tour. If the event is to continue into the future, more people will need to step forward to help — more working (and often dirty) hands bringing heart and vision.
Kindest regards,
Cathie Shiff
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60 killed in ISIS suicide truck bomb attack south of Baghdad - police
Iraqi officials say the death toll has risen to 60 people, which includes at least 39 civilians, as a fuel tanker blew up as it approached the main checkpoint north of Hilla, according to Reuters. More than 70 people have also been injured following the blast.
"It's the largest bombing in the Hilla province to date," Falah Al-Radhi, head of the provincial security committee told Reuters. "The checkpoint, the nearby police station were destroyed as well as some houses and dozens of cars."
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility on the Amaq news agency website, which supports the terrorist organization.
"A martyr's operation with a truck bomb hit the Babylon Ruins checkpoint at the entrance of the city of Hilla, killing and wounding dozens," the statement on the Amaq website read, according to Reuters.
Iraq has seen an upsurge in violence over the last month, with a number of suicide attacks taking place in and around Baghdad.
Hilla, a largely Shiite city, is around 95 kilometers south of Baghdad.
In March 2014, the city was rocked by a car bomb, which killed 35 people and


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The source of creative inspiration is a funny thing. Sometimes I can clearly pinpoint where my inspiration came from (especially when it comes as a sudden flash), while other times it's less clear – it might have come from various different sources over a longer period of time. I find that little bits of inspiration are always (subconsciously) working their way into my brain, where they then take time to incubate and develop. Sometimes something (a style/ trend) that I previously disliked I find myself suddenly 'getting' and liking.
Inspiration and originality are two topics which often go hand in hand. Of course there's out and out copying but true inspiration is different in that you build upon an existing idea and make it your own*. But of course, there's often a fine line between the two (as there is with flattering someone and ripping them off). In my days at law school, (before kids) I learnt that the protection of intellectual property is a balancing act – between protecting individual property rights, but on the other hand still promoting advancement of ideas and society and guarding against monopoly.
In the age of the world wide web we are bombarded with so many ideas and images and blatant copy-cating is often an unfortunate reality; BUT … the upside of all this excessive information sharing is that we can inspire each other in this creative community and spur each other on to higher creative heights.
Woah! This was meant to be just a simple post about this blog's 'new look' (did you notice?) and the inspiration behind it.. but it's morphed into something else. I find the whole topic rather fascinating, can you tell? I hope you do to, or you may have found the whole thing a bit of a snooze fest!
L: from this pin (original link broken) / R: from this pin via flickr
Well anyway … recently I felt the need to search Pinterest for images of Swiss cross (/plus sign) quilts. I love this contemporary, simple yet cool style and would love to make a quilt like this one day.
I'm not sure how you use Pinterest, but for me about 30% of the time I'm inspired by images I see on there randomly and for the other 70% of the time I already have the seed of inspiration in my brain from another source and I'm either using Pinterest as an image searching tool to find what I'm looking for (sooo much better than google images btw); or as a way to bookmark something I've independently found on the net.
And then, when I had the urge to update my blog header and general 'look' of my blog (I seem to get this urge periodically), I found myself again being inspired by this modern, clean motif.
And, subconsciously, it seems by Isabelle's gorgeous new Croutons hoodie made by the uber talented and lovely Rhiannon, which is on it's way to us now, eeek, exciting!
Interestingly enough I seem to commonly be inspired by fabric – as I was with my last header design. Actually this is a pretty common theme for me, many of my sewing projects stem from being inspired by the fabric first. Do you find this too?
What are your thoughts on inspiration? Do you find this topic fascinating too? What's currently inspiring you?
I would love to know!
Jenny x
*My rule of thumb is; Inspiration is fine but don't out and out copy, always give credit where credit is due and don't mess with someone's creative livelihood, their little business. For some reason I don't feel so bad about making 'knock offs' of things from bigger companies to save me $ - but only for personal use.


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JASON ALDEAN CONCERT (7:30 p.m. Friday)
Get ready to turn up the heat this Friday with country music powerhouse Jason Aldean for his Burn It Down tour. This platinum-selling artist will be performing at the MidFlorida Credit Union Ampitheatre along with newcomer Tyler Farr and breakout star Cole Swindell.
FLORIDA ORCHESTRA: VIVALDI'S FOUR SEASONS (8 p.m. Friday)
If you're not a Country fan there's also a classical option available as well. Violinist Lara St. John will be conducting the Florida Orchestra as "leader" in a rendition of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Bach's Violin Concerto No. 2 and Piazzolla's tango-infused The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Come a little early to hear inside stories about the music and the composers.
TAMPA PIG JIG (12 p.m. – 11 p.m. Saturday)
Bring your appetite to the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park on Saturday for the 5th Annual Tampa Pig Jig. This fundraiser features live music, a BBQ competition, drinks and games. All proceeds support NephCure Kidney International, the only non-profit organization committed to supporting research, improving treatment and finding a cure for the debilitating kidney disease, FSGS and Nephrotic Syndrome.
A NIGHTMARE ON FRANKLIN STREET (11:30 a.m. – 12 a.m. Saturday)
Prepare yourself for a scare at the Tampa Theatre during A Nightmare on Franklin Street. The event starts off with a family-friendly ghost tour followed by a showing of three films that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat – Devil's Rejects, Pet Sematary, and The Shining.
CYCLOVIA (9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sunday)
Enjoy a day full of walking, biking, running, skating, etc. this Sunday at Cyclovia in Downtown. This celebration of physical activity will shut down Kennedy Blvd. to vehicles for the day. There will be plenty of room to stroll or roll, games, food trucks and much more.


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In Hyland's sprawling debut, sparkling with Gossip Girl sizzle and Barbara Taylor Bradford melodrama, 15-year-old Irish lassie Caitlin O'Dwyer learns the shocking truth about her father's identity from her dying mother: a London retail magnate named William Melville, who broke things off before Caitlin's birth. Unsurprisingly, the successful businessman arrives in Valleymount, County Wicklow, for the funeral and informs Caitlin that she's moving in with his family at their posh Somerset estate.
Linda Taylor - Falling into Place
When Ginny became pregnant as an undergraduate years ago she never regretted her decision to leave university and raise her daughter as a single mum. Now, though, with nineteen-year-old Marie off travelling in her gap year, a blast from the past brings surprising news that threatens to throw her well-ordered life into disarray... And then suddenly Ginny's sister, impulsive, free-spirited Charlotte, returns from abroad.
Cally Taylor - Heaven Can Wait
'What would I do without you, Lucy Brown?' he said, and kissed me softly. I held his face in my hands and kissed him back. I felt that life just couldn't get any more perfect. And I was right, it wouldn't. By the end of the next day, I'd be dead. Lucy is about to marry the man of her dreams - kind, handsome, funny Dan - when she breaks her neck the night before their wedding. Unable to accept a lifetime's separation from her soulmate, Lucy decides to become a ghost rather than go to heaven and be parted from Dan.
Jane Costello - The Nearly-Weds
What's the worst thing that could happen to a blushing bride? After Zoe is jilted by her fiancé Jason, she's unable to face the pitying looks of her friends and family any longer.Fleeing to America, she is employed as a nanny by the moody, difficult, but devastatingly sexy, single dad Ryan.She quickly wins over his children, but her boss is more of a challenge.
Lesley Pearce - Belle
London 1910. Fifteen year-old Belle has lived in a brothel in Seven Dials all her life, with no understanding of what happens in the rooms upstairs. But her innocence is shattered when she witnesses the murder of one of the girls and, subsequently snatched from the streets by the killer, she is sold into prostitution in Paris. No longer mistress of her own fate, Belle is blown across the globe to sensuous New Orleans where she comes of age and learns to enjoy life as a courtesan.


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by Aryan Susangard / 2 February 2017
[Editor's note: This is an opinion piece by a political editor of an English-language daily in Iran, which was not approved for publication due to the fragile nature of current attempts at low-level diplomacy between the American and Iranian governments. It has been submitted to us and is being published here in full without any revisions, alterations, commentary or conclusions on our part as an interesting counterpoint from the other side.]
Barely two weeks into Donald Trump's presidency, the political circus in the United States drowns itself in the furore over what has become widely known as a "Muslim ban" targeting seven Muslim-majority nations. However, in Iran the situation on the streets and in the political backchannels of the country's Byzantine government is quite different. There is a general consensus among the many political factions that the ban is not exactly "Muslim" in scope and orientation, but rather a geopolitical maneuver by Trump intended to distract the American public by appearing to fulfill one of his major campaign promises to impose a moratorium on Muslim travel and immigration to the United States.
In reality, the Trump administration would never have been able to institute such a wide scale ban. The US government has always been incapable of keeping its own borders secure enough to limit or halt the massive influx of undocumented migrants entering from Mexico and Central America. Is anyone naive enough to believe that the Trump administration will be more competent than previous regimes in this matter? By focusing immigration and refugee issues on Muslims, Trump is able to distort the reality of the situation in order to deflect attention from his promises regarding illegal entry into the US by migrant workers from Mexico and Central America, and gives his team time to figure out how on earth to fund the construction of the Great Wall along the US-Mexico border. Any genuine attempt to construct this wall will require a more isolationist approach on the part of the US and a significant scaling down of its military presence across the globe. Given the anti-Iran, anti-Syria, and anti-Shia rhetoric being spewed forth by Michael Flynn, who has long harbored an extreme hatred of Iran and the Shia, as well as that of other administration officials, it is unlikely that Trump will be able to fulfill this goal. In terms of foreign policy, very little has changed since the Bush and Obama administrations, the principal distinguishing factor being that Trump and his team are simply more blatant and forthright about their views and ambitions.
There is then also the issue surrounding the so-called "moderate" Syrian rebels and in particular, the Daesh anti-Assad terrorist propaganda front called "The White Helmets" who have become the darlings of American neoliberals like George Clooney and Grant Heslov, who are certainly guilty of treason against the American people and nation for supporting these murderous and cannibalistic barbarians. To quote Major General Qasim Soleimani of the Revolutionary Guards, "The White Helmets are Daesh terrorists. If you support the White Helmets, you are without a doubt supporting Daesh and their wars of genocide." In spite of abundant evidence demonstrating the terrorism of the White Helmets and their indiscriminate murder of the Shia, Christians, Druze and other minorities of Syria, Clooney and other establishment figures who present themselves as "progressives" are intent on financially backing them and other terrorists linked to Daesh, which include al-Qaeda and al-Nusra, both of which constitute the overwhelmingly majority of the so-called "moderate" rebels.
Given this reality, it is not surprising that Trump would take action to prevent entry into the US anyone even remotely linked to Daesh. Clooney, Heslov and company have worked very hard since the beginning of the Syrian conflict to bring these terrorists to America, a move that was shamelessly backed by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who herself was the chief architect of the Salafist (Wahhabi) uprisings and rebellions in Libya, Syria, Egypt and Yemen. To their credit, both Joe Biden and John Kerry opposed Clinton's warmongering agenda and their own party's blind allegiance to her. One of the greatest laments shared by many Iranians is that Joe Biden did not run for the presidency. A common view is that Biden, like John Kerry and Al Gore before him, would have had his candidacy sabotaged by the Clinton faction, who have dominated the Democratic Party since the 1990s.
To be certain, "The White Helmets" and other Daesh terrorist fronts masquerading as humanitarian rescue and relief, were they to be allowed entry into the US, would constitute the most dangerous fifth column to ever establish itself on American soil. While Trump has claimed that he would make exemptions for Christians, Daesh have successfully masqueraded as Christians many times before, a tactic which was used to secure many of their rapid victories during the first phase of their rebellion against the secular nationalist Syrian President Assad. It would be almost impossible to realistically expect to be able to vet refugee applicants for any connection to terrorism. Daesh are bloodthirsty barbarians on the scale of the Mongol and Turkic hordes of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, but like these genocidal conquerors of ages past, they are not stupid and they should never be underestimated.
If Daesh veterans somehow find a way to establish themselves in the US, they will spread like wildfire across America like the rats that brought the Black Plague to Europe from Mongolia in the Middle Ages. The scale of bloodshed and the sheer brutality that Daesh will import into the US would be unprecedented and it would never stop until the last one of them has been killed.
All of this has been consistently and thoroughly confirmed by sources in Iranian military intelligence, who have been rebuffed time and time again by the US intelligence community. Both Iran and the Afghan Northern Alliance led by Ahmad Shah Massoud continually warned the Clinton and Bush administrations of the al-Qaeda plot to attack America on 9/11, and both administrations refused to listen, even when advised by their own CIA analysts that the intel being gathered in Afghanistan by Iran and the Northern Alliance was accurate and that al-Qaeda posed an imminent threat to the American homeland. These warnings were provided by Iran and Ahmad Shah Massoud as early as 1997 when Bin Laden moved his base of operations to Afghanistan from Sudan, and yet they were not taken seriously or even acknowledged as a clear and present danger by US State Department officials.
Eight Iranian diplomats were murdered by the Taliban in 1998 out of revenge for their support of the Northern Alliance and the extensive monitoring and surveillance of Taliban and al-Qaeda communications by elite units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to assassinate him, Ahmad Shah Massoud was ultimately murdered by Taliban agents some weeks after the attacks of 9/11. None of these brave and courageous men have ever been acknowledged by the US for their efforts in trying to save the American people from Wahhabi terrorism. Instead of thanks, the US has repeatedly attempted to link Iran with 9/11 and claim that it was Iran, and not Saudi Arabia or al-Qaeda, that masterminded the disgusting violence of 9/11.
That brings us full circle in this analysis of Donald Trump's so-called "Muslim ban" and his anti-Iran rhetoric, and the warmongering agenda of his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who has been fanning the flames for war against Iran since he first joined the Obama administration.
The Iranian reaction must be understood within the context of the decades-long culture war between the neoliberal reformists, who are currently represented by President Hassan Rouhani, and the nationalist coalition of conservatives, traditionalists and religious hardliners. This nationalist coalition was first established by Ahmadinejad as part of a wider effort by his administration to secularize the Iranian government and eliminate the theocratic institutions, effectively ending the participation in politics by the Shia clergy. While his efforts did not succeed, the Revolutionary Guards did successfully supplant the theocratic institutions of the Iranian government, which has significantly reduced the power and influence of the Shia clerics who dominate the Judiciary and Assembly of Experts, who had long sought to keep the Guards out of the political sphere and force them into submission to the theocracy.
The Syrian and Yemeni conflicts, as well as the Wahhabi pogroms against the Shia majority in Bahrain, have only made clear the fact that the Revolutionary Guards are the only force able and willing to zealously protect and defend the existence of the Shia and other religious minorities of the region from the insatiable bloodlust and genocidal ambitions of the Wahhabi cults of death led by Saudi Arabia and its satellite regimes of the Persian Gulf. Neither the US, Europe or even Russia stepped in to help the Syrian military protect the wholesale massacre of Alawites (a Shia denomination) and Christians by al-Qaeda and Daesh under the guise of the "Free Syrian Army" until after Iran sent boots on the ground to take up arms against these barbarians.
The recent actions of the Trump administration, like those of previous administrations going back to Jimmy Carter, who deliberately undermined and sabotaged the Imperial State of Iran and helped orchestrate the overthrow of the late Shah, have only highlighted to the Iranian people that the US will never be a reliable partner or ally to Iran. Just as Carter attacked and humiliated the Shah of Iran, the most powerful Shia leader in the world prior to the ascendancy of Imam Khomeini, while on the other hand financing and empowering the sick and sexually deviant Wahhabi monarchs of Saudi Arabia and its satellites, the current administration will continue to share the same bed with the Wahhabi regimes and demonize the Shia and most especially the noble Iranian and Persian civilizations.
Almost all of the refugees that have been leaving Iran in recent decades are those from the non-indigenous and non-Iranian-speaking ethnic and racial minorities, who hate and despise Iran and its rich and civilized Persian culture. They are not wanted in Iran, and contrary to Western propaganda, the Iranian government has never stood in their way or prevented them from leaving as refugees to the West. The position of the Iranian government, especially since the presidency of Hashemi Rafsanjani in the early 1990s, has been to encourage those who idolize and worship the hedonism and decadence of the West to leave, so that the resurrection of Iranian nationalism and populism may continue unhindered by undesirables and other dregs of society. At this point in history, given how economically and technologically advanced Iran has become, with a stable middle-class and achieving respect as a First World powerhouse that makes Greece, Turkey and other failing economies of Europe appear Third World in comparison, any person leaving Iran as a "refugee" is likely doing so because they are criminals or terrorists of foreign origin who were residing in Iran as undocumented migrants on their way to their final destinations: Western Europe and the United States.
Trump and Flynn may not be aware of it, but while Iranian political leaders publicly condemn their attempts to bully and intimidate Iran, in private they are laughing. What is quietly acknowledged away from the foreign press, is that Trump has given Iran a gift: the moral and ethical high ground. Europe, Russia and China will all receive billions upon billions of Iranian consumer spending, with not a single penny ever going into the pockets of American corporations and businesses.
With tens of thousands of Europeans having already moved to Iran over the past year to pursue business, cultural and educational opportunities, most Iranians are optimistic about the future and couldn't care less about the US-Israel-Saudi axis as long as they refrain from attacking Iran and undermining Iranian sovereignty and leadership in the region. America can have all the Wahhabi terrorists from Saudi Arabia and its allies it wants. The Saudis spend billions promoting their brand of Islam in the US, building Wahhabi mosques throughout America with tacit American approval and grants from American taxpayers.
The love affair American politicians and elites have with their Saudi, Emirati and Qatari friends will only lead to the inevitable submission by force of the American people to the new Wahhabi overlords. That is a vision of the future that makes "Nineteen-Eighty-Four" appear like a utopia in comparison. It is a future every American should be terrified of.
We Iranians, Syrians, Lebanese, Russians, Greeks, Serbs, Armenians and other fraternal peoples of the East don't want that future and we certainly don't want any Wahhabis in our backyard anymore. So, President Trump, please do us all a favor and take all the Wahhabis away from our region and straight into your own homeland.
You can have them all, every last one of those bloodthirsty, child-raping, Christ-hating cannibals.


text: On 12/10/2009 10:39 AM, Matt wrote: > I have CentOS 4.x installed on a single 500GB SATA drive. Drive is > about 10 percent used. I would like to migrate to software RAID 5 > without reinstalling the OS. Was thinking 3 500GB drives. Is that > possible or must I reinstall? Moving to RAID-1 is going to be fairly easy. Moving to RAID-5 or RAID-6 will be a good bit trickier. You're going to want a good bare-metal backup (maybe Mondo Rescue http://www.mondorescue.org/) before you get started. Then your basic process is going to be: - make sure that mdadm is loading - partition the new 500GB disks similar to the old disk - build mdadm raid1 arrays on the new 500GB disk (with 1 drive missing) - copy your files over (cp -a) - make sure grub is on the new disk - change your fstab on the new disk to mount the arrays (/dev/mdX) instead of the partitions (/dev/sdaX) - remove the old disk and see if you can boot up on the new one I'm sure I'm forgetting something, just remember that you'll want to make lots and lots of backups (on a 3rd and 4th disk). And be ready to rebuild or restore from the bare-metal backup if you screw up.


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Over the past few weeks, Greg and I have been on the lookout for wall art to go over our semi-DIY console table in the carport.
Obviously, the above photo was taken before the floor was painted, but this is the table we're talking about. Since the table is so big and chunky (94 inches long) and it's a huge wall (about 18 feet wide, including the door to the laundry room), we wanted something big to fill up the wall. We thought about hanging some lanterns from the ceiling, but while that would fill up the space visually, the extra long chains might look silly and they'd constantly be swinging around in the breeze. We also toyed around with the idea of building a giant chalkboard so we could change our artwork with the seasons. Having a chalkboard out in the elements didn't seem like a smart idea, though, even if the area was covered. Then, we thought about a "living art piece" (something like this), but with my reputation as a plant assassin, that didn't seem like a good idea either. So, wall art it was.
Even though the selection for outdoor wall art has vastly improved a lot over the past few years, the pickings are still sort of slim. During our search, we kept finding pieces that were not the style we were looking for, too small or well over $500 – more than we wanted to spend for this part of the covered patio project.
Once we realized we weren't going to find what we wanted in the small world of outdoor art, we abandoned the "outdoor" part of our search and just looked for big wall art to weatherproof ourselves. We knew this might be a little bit of a stretch (ability-wise) but we were up for the challenge. Before we get to the weatherproofing, let's talk about the art…
I found this giant piece of wall art and quickly declared that it had to be ours. Coming in at a massive 96″ long and 48″ tall, it was the perfect size for filling up the big brick wall over the huge table. It was originally priced at $349 and marked down to $278 (although it's since been priced back up to $349). Our inner semi-DIYers wondered if we could create something similar, but then I realized that if we bought four 24×48 blank canvases, that would only be $78 cheaper – not including paint and the key ingredient: talent. Taking all that into account, and the fact that we've never seen a piece of art that large for that low of a price, the $278 price tag wasn't too shabby.
Now for the weatherproof part. After doing a lot – and I mean a lot – of Googling and asking a few friends who are way more handy than we are, we came up with a weatherproofing process that would protect our new art from the elements. Even though the carport is covered and there won't be any rain, sleet or snow falling directly on it, we still wanted to protect it from the humidity and the "outdoors" in general.
Step one of the weatherproofing process was to seal the artwork to protect it (and the frame) from water and general humidity. In order to do this, we needed a can of deck sealer (we used Thompson's Water Seal Waterproofer plus Clear Wood Protector) and an inexpensive 1-gallon multi-purpose sprayer.
We laid the canvases face down on a brand new drop cloth. At this point, we were really nervous about how this was going to work, so we started on the back.
The sprayer had a tendency to drip when you first pushed the trigger, so Greg started off the artwork in the grass, then quickly waved the wand from side to side over the artwork. We didn't want to completely soak it; we just wanted to get a nice, fine mist of waterproofer onto the art. In an attempt to make sure we captured exactly how we did this, I snapped a super quick, lighting-flashing-before-your-eyes iPhone video (complete with wonky lighting) of Greg applying the sealer.
I told you that was super fast, haha. We totally owe you guys a real video sometime.
Once the canvases had a while to dry (about 30 minutes) we lightly wiped them down with a paper towel to remove excess waterproofer. The splotches you see on the canvas were actually just shadows from a nearby tree – there weren't any splotches at all after we wiped them down.
Before we moved on to the next step, we left them alone for a few days to make sure they were bone dry.
The second step in the process was to seal the back of the stretched canvases. To do this, we cut a piece of Tyvek the same size as each canvas (this was done simply by tracing the canvas with a Sharpie and cutting slightly inside the line) and attached it to the back using a thin bead of Liquid Nail to completely seal it. This will prevent any small bugs from making nests, and because Tyvek is waterproof, but not water vapor-proof, it will let the inside "breathe".
Even though this is a covered patio, a gust of wind can sometimes blow things around a bit, and this particular artwork is extremely light. We needed a way to hang it so it would be protected from being blown off the wall. We don't have many progress photos of this step because, really, we were deciding what was best as we went along. In fact, we went through three or four different methods before finally landing on the one we used. We ended up using two pieces of L-shaped aluminum as picture brackets. We hung the top piece to the mortar using concrete anchors, then mounted the artwork to it using screws (making sure to drill pilot holes first so we didn't crack the frame). At that point, we hung a second piece of aluminum along the bottom and screwed the artwork to it just like on the top. After that, the artwork was completely secure to the wall. This baby ain't going anywhere! If we need to clean it, it will be easy enough to do so with a damp rag and we won't have to worry about knocking them around or making it uneven.
We wanted the canvases to look like one giant piece, so rather than hanging them with a gap between each one like the catalog photo, we decided to hang them as close together as possible.
Greg and I are both really happy with how much the art fills up the wall. I'm also really digging how the black artwork brings out the darker bricks on the wall. We're going to be adding lots of color to the space by way of plants, planters, lanterns and such – then, the space will come together even more. So excited! I'll be back later this week to dish some more of those details.


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Halfway through the trading day, GMshares hit levels not seen since 1938.
Shortly after 1 pm, they dropped under $1.60 a share (down 19% for the day) and GM's market cap slipped below $1 Billion. To put this fall into some perspective, consider that GM's market cap in 1929 was $4 Billion. At this level, according to Global Financial Data, GM should probably be moved to the S & P 600 Small Cap Index.
Why the sell off today?
There is a growing concern among investors that GM shares will eventually be worth $0 because the stock will be diluted if GM successfully converts a sizable chunk of it's debt into equity stock. Buckingham Research estimates GM's current 732 Million outstanding shares could balloon to more than 15 billion if GM completes a debt for stock exchange. 15 Billion shares! Would you want to own a 100 or 1000 shares of company with 15 Billion outstanding shares?
Bottom line: A lot investors are starting to wonder if GM stock is worthless.
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Police have located Daniel Mitchell of Oklahoma, who was reported missing. He was found in good health on Saturday, April 9, 2011.
Media Release:
Big Island police are searching for a 40-year-old Oklahoma man reported as missing.
Daniel Mitchell of Moore, Oklahoma, has a medical condition that requires medication. He may be in the Kona area.
He is described as Caucasian, 6-foot-1, 180 to 200 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He may be operating a silver Dodge Avenger, license plate HMD 385.
Police ask that anyone with information on his whereabouts call the Police Department's non-emergency line at 935-3311.
Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers is a volunteer program run by ordinary citizens who want to keep their community safe. Crime Stoppers doesn't record calls or subscribe to caller ID. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.
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MOUNT LAUREL�� This seems to be an appealing place for black bears to hang out�� for the time being anyway.
Monday was the second consecutive day black bear sightings were reported in the township, prompting police to issue a series of alerts as Memorial Day backyard barbecues and other festivities got underway.
There were reports that a black bear was making itself at home in the Church Street area Monday. On Sunday, a bear was spotted outside a home on Meadow Drive at 1:15 p.m. Sunday.
According to Burlington County Central Communications, the first report Monday came in at 11:15 a.m. when a resident said a bear was seen �just standing there� near Church Street Kindercare, 641 S. Church St. Authorities would not reveal the identities of the callers and the child care facility was closed for the holiday.
By 1:30 p.m. there were sightings between Route 38/Interstate 295 and Church Street/Mount Laurel Road. An alert to residents from the Mount Laurel Police Department at that point said: �Please do not come to the area or gather to see it or take photos.� That message might have caused unfounded buzz around town about a bear being captured.
�Oh yes, everybody�s talking about (the bear sightings),� Hugo Espinoza, who works at the Wine Legend liquor store at 720 S. Church St., shortly before 4 p.m. Monday. �The last customer told me he thinks they surrounded him and they�ve got him.�
Central Communications said there was no capture and that the bear had disappeared again.
Some residents wondered what all the excitement was about.
Steven Juliano of the 600 block of South Church Street was puttering around his garage Monday afternoon as his wife, Stephanie, did some weeding in the flower beds at the front of their house.
Juliano said he was not paying attention to warnings from police about how to prevent bears from being attracted to houses, or to tips about how to deal with the situation if they encounter a bear.
Asked if he was doing anything differently now that he knows a bear has been roaming around the area, Juliano said simply, �No.�
�I already bring my trash in at night because we have deer in the backyard,� Juliano said. �It�s (a bear) part of nature. I�m not afraid. I would just call the police if I saw it.�
Juliano did say this is the closest he has come to an encounter with a bear.
�This is the first time I�ve heard of one being this close,� he said. �I heard about the one before in Medford�� I think that was a year or so ago.�
Stephanie�Juliano seemed a little more worried, but not for herself or her husband.
�I certainly wouldn�t approach one but I�m actually more worried about the bear,� she said. �This is a busy area with a lot of traffic � the poor thing.�
It also was business as usual a few houses away on South Church Street for Frank Magdzinski. He was working outside as well, not giving all the bear talk a second thought.
�I love nature and I have deer,� Magdzinski said. �I have wild turkey too.� He said he saw bears a few times during visits to northern Pennsylvania. Pointing to a tree on his property about 100 feet away, he said, �I�ve seen one when it was that close. They�re all over up there.�
There have been nearly 10 black bear sightings in Burlington County this month, with black bears spotted in Westampton, Burlington Township and Florence. Sightings also were reported in Lower Bucks County, Pa., in Bensalem, Croydon, Middletown and Hulmeville.
Bears emerge from their dens this time of year to seek mates and food. Breeding season runs from late May until August and peaks in June and July. It is not known if the same bear has been involved in all of the sightings in Burlington County.
For information and tips about bears visit www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw.
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While we contemplate the many decisions we must make during this fall's elections, let's not forget the outcomes of many races can impact support for the the arts in Arizona and across the country.
Knowing where the candidates stand on arts and culture and what questions you should ask them is key. The go-to resource for that information is Vote SmART, our one-stop voter information website. And if you'd like to know where the major candidates or President stand on arts and arts education the Americans for the Arts Action Fund is tracking interviews and statements from the candidates at Arts Vote 2016.
The site also offers candidate contact information and timely and important news stories. You can also sign up for Voter Voice, Arizona Citizens' voter advocacy network that provides you timely information about arts-related legislation and lets you know when you need to contact your elected officials to take action.