Matters have not changed much and although we have a volunteer
Military, still over 80 percent of the volunteers are
from economically handicapped class. Also this distinguished
soldier, then goes and serve, as a politician, under
one of the dodgers as defined by him. What a
world.
-- Baraitna
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* U.S. government cyber alerts
By TED BRIDIS, AP Technology Writer
WASHINGTON (January 28, 2004) - Aiming to increase Internet
security, the government is now offering Americans free
cyber alerts and computer advice from the Homeland Security
Department.
Anyone who signs up with the new National Cyber Alert
System will receive e-mails about major virus outbreaks
and other Internet attacks as they occur, along with detailed
instructions to help computer users protect themselves.
The program, which begins Wednesday, represents an ambitious
effort by the government to develop a trusted warning system
that can help home users and technology experts...
-- Forwarded by SM
January 21.....................................To
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* Hame-ye donya yeh taraf
I was just looking at photos Babak
Eslahjou emailed a few days ago. This
one (full frame) really made me laugh. The writing
on the wall of the petrol station says, "There's
Karim, and there's the rest of the world." I will
post his photo essay in a couple of days. Beautiful pix.
-- Jahanshah Javid
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* Proper Persian
Zohair Masoumian (weblog:Sector
Sefr).
-- Forwarded by Javaneh Khodabakhsh
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* All Torks
Worth a revisit to remind us we are all Torks!
This is the research on the Garden
of Eden which they think was near Tabriz :) The leaf in the map shows
the exact location.
Also Eve
was not Adam's first wife! He had another called
Lilith... a demon!
-- Babak Khiavchi
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* Ey Vatan
"Ey
Vatan", a piece from 1930s, composed by Ali-naghi
Vaziri - for "Varzeshe Sobh-gaahi" (2 min:
50 sec). From pahlavani.com.
-- Forwarded by Sourena Mohammadi
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* Hekmat
A picture on your site recently lead me to this source
below that openned up another world to me after so
many years since 1357. I thought letting the late Mansour
Hekmat and his party's view to be known to your
audience would be a nice thing; they have their own website
with access to full
text articles.
Particularly I found this
article extremely revealing (of the view point
of this group and whoever who may agree with that); there
are definitely lots of truth to it.
To me this was revisiting old ideas that as a young
student one gets exposed to and might even get attracted
to and then forgets about them, then after 25 years finds
out that the torch has been carried all along by those
who remained loyal to the fate while one himself
has become a dirty millionaire!
-- Jahanshah K
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* Daftar-e Qalam: Call for writers
yek etelaie baraye jalbe hamkarie nevisandegan dastan-haye
kootah barayat ferestade-am. in darkhaste hamkari
baraye chape majmoe dastan-haye kotah ast ke gharar ast
dar sorate hamkarie dostan nevisande dar chan jeld montasher
shavad. hamchenin dar site halam vije dastan-haye kotan
dar internet khahad amad.
-- Qassem Nosrati
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January 17.
* Apache killing
A graphic US military video showing the killing of three
Iraqi people is being circulated via the web after appearing
on US TV news channel ABC News.
The one-minute file, filmed from a US Apache helicopter,
shows three suspected Iraqi insurgents being shot with
30mm cannon fire. The clip was cut from a longer video
obtained by ABC News last week and verified by a senior
US army official.
The MPEG
format file has been posted to several right-wing
US forums, where the effectiveness of the Apache's firepower
has been celebrated.
So far though, in spite of its graphic nature, the film
does not seem to have attracted much attention from the
anti-war movement. Tony Sleep, a freelance photographer
in the UK, was one recipient of the file. He was emailed
a link to a US academic site that temporarily hosted the
MPEG file.
"It's very uncomfortable to watch because it's so
calculated," he told dotJournalism. "It's quite
pornographic actually." dotJournalism (January
14, 2004)
-- Forwarded by B & P
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* Interesting experience
I thought this would be of interest to the viewers. This
is the picture of the IR800 flight plane bound from Beijing
to Tokyo on the 16th of January. As you can see the front
wheel of the plane is broken as the plane had to make an
emergency landing back in Beijing about half an hour after
departure. We had to take our shoes off and were thrown
down the little air slides. The experience of
being on that trip was an interesting experience. Apparently
had it not been for the skill of the particular captain
of this plane the plane would have crashed and burned.....
Enlarged photo |Close-up
1 | Close-up
2 | Close-up
3 |
-- Sanaz Fotouhi
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* My favorite part
After racing across town at breakneck speed the taxi
pulled up to our apartment building. My feet swung out
of the opened door and bounded upstairs while the rest
of my body struggled to keep up; sliding down the hall
in heels was more than a challenge. Following close behind
me were my two cousins Bobby and Moe, and my sister Sami.
We had only a half hour to change before going back to
the wedding.
Quickly throwing off montos and rusaris my sister and
I bounded into our room and undressed while simultaneously
putting on new outfits. Off came the cuter afternoon skirts,
and on went the glamorous evening gowns. A hairpin here,
a swipe of eyeliner there and we were almost good to go.
(This was by far the most important part of coming home
because one couldn't show up at the wedding looking worse
than at the agd!) Coming out of the bedroom in an aura
of heavy perfume we were met by Bobby and Moe still in
the midst of knotting new ties and running gel through
their hair.
As our mommonbozorgh agreed that we all were equally
beautiful my dad brought out a tray of yogurt, bread, and
tea to be eaten and enjoyed before returning to the wedding.
Gulping down mouthfuls of food and clearing our mouths
with the burning tea was better than any feast for the
four teenagers who'd spent all day long sitting, either
preparing the bride and her sofreh or listening to the
agd ceremony. Before my mouth even had a chance to cool
down the buzzer rang and the taxi beeped outside.
On again with the manteaus and rusaris, and on again
with the three inch heels. With one last glance in the
mirror we were all off. Sliding down the same hallway,
and bounding down the same stairs. While piling into the
taxi (with seven people you know how it is) my eyes traveled
over the group. We all looked nicely polished and perfectly
happy, exactly how we should have looked, en route to a
friend's wedding. This was my favorite part. Seeing and
feeling the rush and the attention to detail and decorum
that is so characteristically Iranian.
In case you couldn't understand how I spelled these words:
* manteaus and rusaris: overcoats and headscarves
* agd: ceremony in which bride and groom are married before the wedding
reception
* mommonbozorgh: grandmother
* sofreh: cloth placed on the ground decorated with traditional wedding
items
-- Christine Zahra
Beyzaei
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* Online marriage?
Does online dating for purpose of marriage really work?!
A few months ago as I was browsing in a home flooring
store, the owner of the business who was an attractive
Iranian woman, and I, started talking and within a few
minutes of discovering my single status she was trying
to set me up with her single friends. Bless her heart.
After she found out that I was picky (confused maybe more
appropriate) about finding that special person, she
strongly urged me to join an online dating services, much
like the one on your site. She told me that she had met
her new husband in this manner and that she was very happy
she had done this.
It just happened that one of my best friends started sending
me links to ads in your personals section around the same
time, urging me to join an online dating service to find
a wife because in his view (which is shared by countless
other friends) I am becoming super torshide.
This afternoon, another friend sent me 3 links to look
at and offered to pay for my membership for either my birthday
or as a Iranian new year present!! I have never used or
considered using online dating for purpose of finding a
wife because it just feels weird and somewhat taboo'd.
I have always asked myself this question: "Why would
an Iranian (male or female) living in S. California look
to meet someone online"? It would make sense for someone
living in Alaska where there are no more than a handfull
of Iranians, but in Los Angeles?!
What I am wondering about is to know if there are actual
couples out there whom have met this way and have been
happily married for a few years who are willing
to share their success story on Iranian.com. If so, it
would be nice to read about you. Advice/Comments?
-- Anonymous,
S. California
