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A group of Iranian women in Tehran protesting forced hijab, or Islamic veiling, which was imposed shortly after the 1979 revolution.

By SETAREH SABETY in Nice, France | 14 July 2009

The palm of my hand has developed a callous where it rests on my PC. For more than a month now I have been following the election in Iran and its bloody aftermath as passionately as one can in front of a computer screen. In fact, for more than thirty years now I have been following events in Iran as much as I can.

I was a senior at Palo Alto High School in 1979 when the Shah left Iran and Khomeini installed an Islamic republic. The term, from the beginning, was an oxymoron for those of us who wanted a revolution but not one that would usher in the rule of Islam or Sharia.

I remember how my father and I celebrated the departure of the Shah by opening a bottle of champagne in the little house I had rented on Byron Street. Like many Iranians, giddy with having ousted the once almighty Shah, we did not realize the contradiction of drinking champagne to celebrate what would become an Islamic Revolution. Despite my mother's warnings that the mullahs hate women, we were filled with hope for an Iran that had been robbed of a chance for democracy in 1953, when a CIA coup removed the much loved and venerated father of our independence, Mohammad Mossadeq. But soon our elation would come to an abrupt end.

My father turned against the revolution when all his property was confiscated and relatives called to tell him to cancel his trip home. His name had been placed on the list of those wanted by Sadeq Khalkhali, the most callous of Khomeini's henchmen. To this day, after many attempts and trips back, I have not been given an official reason for the verdict against my family. My father was wealthy. He had inherited vast swathes of land in Khorasan, which he had cultivated, supposedly making him a so-called 'feudal lord'. But being a landowner is not a crime in Islam. The best explanation I was given, 'unofficially,' was that we shared a family name with the shah's head of secret police (Savak), and this tashaboh esmi, or name similarity, was what made them confiscate our worldly possessions in the first place. Later, when they did find out that we had nothing to do with Parviz Sabety; the considerable size of my father's wealth made them unwilling to part with it.

I was young at the time and this blacklisting of my father, and so even the confiscation of his wealth was not enough to turn me against the revolution I so admired. What turned me off was the imposition of hejab, or Islamic dress. That, I just could not stomach. For many women like myself, that was the turning point of the revolution. We had not gotten rid of the Shah to replace him with even more patriarchal rulers.

I was in Boston at the time and remember attending meetings of mostly leftist women who shared their outrage at what happened in Iran by reading Simone de Beauvoir in a classroom we had booked once a week at MIT. That began a thirty-year wait for the revolution to mature, change or die. It may seem like a small thing, the forced hejab, but to me it is the most significant and blatant symbol of how the revolution of '79 went wrong, how the dream that we shared of an independent and free Iran turned around and stuck its tongue at us. If before we were victims of American Imperialism, now we became victims of our own people's religious anachronism. The enforcement of hejab and the imposition of Islamic laws that took away most of what women had gained during the reign of the Shah, like the right to divorce and the right to be an equal witness in court, threw in the face of us secular-minded Iranians the impossibility to reconcile democratic ideals with Islamic laws.

We realized that we had been naive in believing Khomeini would allow for a secular democracy to take shape and retire to Qom to act as the benevolent hands-off leader of our great Revolution. Over the years, as I was living and studying in the United States, I felt more and more alienated from the people of Iran. It became clear to me that I was very far in mind, spirit and education from the masses who adored Khomeini.

Finding myself in poverty, I went back several times to try to claim my father's properties and wealth; this was after Khomeini died and relatives reported "a thawing in the judiciary." I enjoyed those trips to Iran even though much of my time there was spent waiting in the waiting room of Evin prison for the head of the Revolutionary Court to grant me an audience, or going to Qom or Mashhad to beg this or that Ayatollah to venture to help me in exchange for a promise to donate a big percentage of my wealth, once recuperated, to his favorite charity.

I did not get a single rial back, but I learned much about the byzantine workings of the Islamic Republic, which gave me more reason to regret the revolution. My Iran-loving father's property, which had nothing to do with the Shah or the Americans, had been confiscated, not to be given to the poor or the proletariat, but to fatten the belly of the worse kind of hypocrites and criminals, many in religious garb. What also became apparent was that unlike the Shahs centralized government, the IRI was deeply divided. The rivalry between the big religious charities, as well as the complicated way the power and the wealth was divided, betrayed this fissure amongst the elite.

So I came back from these trips feeling defeated and disillusioned. I started questioning my identity, and began to believe I was more Concord Avenue than Khiaboon Vali Asr. This apathy vanished, however, when in 1997 the reformist candidate Mohammad Khatami became the president of Iran in a landslide victory.

Like many, I saw in Khatami a liberator, a man who much like Gorbachev in the Soviet Union, had come from the ranks of the establishment but had the foresight to realize a change was badly in need. Khatami was our Napoleon, with a book in his hands instead of a sword. He represented our change from within, our indigenous voice of secularism that had risen from the ashes of an anachronistic and oppressive theocracy. In Khatami, we saw a man who was intelligent and open-minded, even if from under the burden of his turban. He symbolized the ability of traditional society to hold a conversation with its rebellious offspring. When he spoke of a need for 'dialogue among civilizations,' it was as if he spoke from the bottom of our hearts, and in our bilingual tongue. He spoke of a need to reconcile Iran to the West and to reconcile ourselves to ourselves, Iranians with Iranians. Because for us, Iranians of the Diaspora, a dialogue of civilizations was even more urgently needed; for our own self-growth we had to reconcile the many 'cultures' contained within our identity.

The first series of disappointments came during his first term. The students rose to protest the heavy hand of government that had the apparent backing of the president they helped vote to power. Khatami betrayed them however. We knew there and then that this Khatami was not going to risk his neck for any real and substantive change. All talk of "civil society" was just that, talk.

I moved back to Iran and lived there for most of the four years Khatami was president. But I never felt more alienated from Iran than living right there in the middle of Tehran. I realized that the revolution, the long war with Iraq, and most importantly, economic hardship, had turned Iranians or at least Tehranis rather callous. The bazaari (merchant) ethos pervaded in such a way that even your hostess might end up trying to sell you jewelry after serving you dinner. The Tehranis had become so cutthroat and materialistic they made New Yorkers look like lambs.

I left not having recuperated a penny of my inheritance and completely disillusioned with not only the theocratic regime but with my fellow countrymen. It was like finally finding a lost beloved and realizing that he has become a prostitute and now wants money for the love he bestows!

I shelved Iran and relegated her to the rank of writing 'material' -- until these recent elections, that is. The way the people pushed the campaign of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi to revolutionary proportions moved me. To a disillusioned soul, it gave me that most elusive of feelings: hope. I fell in love with Iran again, and with my fellow Iranians. The campaign slogans in of themselves were enough to move me to want to support those who came out and shouted them.

One slogan, shouted by Karroubi supporters, brings tears to my eyes every time I repeat it; it represents one of the biggest wish all of my adult life: "Hagh Zaneh Irani, Hejab Ekhtiari!" (Voluntary Hejab, every Iranian woman's right!) I threw doubt out the window and cheered the youth and the women who chanted my very heart's desire on the streets of Tehran. I thought this new found courage and turn of events was founded on two possibilities: Either Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, had seen the light and had decided to allow reform in order to assure the longevity of the regime, or the people had hijacked the elections and used the more open political space it provided in order to bring about change, the opening that was so badly needed. Either way, the prospect of a more moderate Iran was once again palpable.

The chance of the elections being rigged was so great and obvious that it too became a chant for Mousavi and Karoubi supporters long before Election Day. For a nation that has never really experienced free elections, the rigging came as no surprise. Yet no one expected that the government would cheat so blatantly, so audaciously. That is why so many were offended, hurt and angry. The Khamenei /Ahmadinejad camp seemed to be giving the finger to the entire nation and once again reminding us that they did not care one iota for public and international opinion. In fact, defying the opinion of the whole world has become the defining characteristic of hardliners from the very beginning of the Islamic Republic. From that day back when they stabbed women who came to protest the enforcement of hejab some twenty-nine years ago, the Islamic regime has demonstrated time and again that they pride themselves in their ascetic indifference to public and international opinion.

For more than a month now, I have been glued to this PC trying to follow and contribute in whatever way I can, from this far and with words in another language, to the uprising that followed the announcement of Amadinejad's victory giving him more than 60 percent of the votes.

Those first hours were exciting. News was slow coming out of Iran. As the electoral coup d'etat unfolded and showed its increasingly ruthless face, those of us on Twitter -- I started using my account to follow a journalist friend's updates on Election Day -- realized that the best and most up-to-date news was coming first to us. We soon became news gatherers and disseminators trying eagerly to decipher between what was rumor and what was truth. I found myself passing information on the use of proxies and first-aid for gun wounds. All of a sudden our cyber voyeurism turned into activism as we were encouraged by the international media and the protesters' use of our information. The revolution, we thought would be "Twitterized," in the words of one Twitterer.

A lot of what came through was hard to watch, yet it was morosely addictive. I remember watching the now famous video of Neda on June 20th, the day she was shot. It came on my Twitter page a good many hours before CNN aired it. My mom was having tea with me. I told her, "Come look, here is another video." It came with a warning that it was graphic. I was used to graphic clips and pictures since many had already died. But nothing could prepare me for that half minute video of a young woman dying from a gunshot wound right in front of our eyes. The way we saw the life go out of her, the speed of it, the meaningless and random cruelty of it shocked the world. I cried on and off every day for two weeks.

We realized that day that Khamenei's Friday prayer support of the election results and warning to protesters was not just rhetorical. The chance of this uprising being bloodless vanished even for the most optimistic of us. From that day on, I started questioning my right to even cheer the movement. I, who would never let any of my children out in those streets, felt like I had no right to cheer on other people's children. Mothers like me in their fortis are not revolutionaries. One step removed from that bloodless comfort zone and nothing, no country, no ideology, no religion is worth one drop of blood of anyone's child. As much as I want Iran to be free from tyranny, I do not want it enough to encourage anyone to risk their lives.

It was very hard to have our hopes die. Three million people poured into the streets of Tehran and still the hardliners managed to push them back and terrorize them down to a manageable size. Once again I found myself deeply disappointed with the leaders of this movement. Mousavi was never seen again after the first day of protests on June 14th , though those loyal to him say he is under house arrest. His wife, who was such a force during his campaign promoting gender equality and empowering women, never showed her face. Khatami was as absent this time around as he was ten years ago. Many of their aids and advisers were arrested. Hashemi Rafsanjani spoke after some weeks, voicing his discontent in a veiled Mullah legalese. Karoubi, the bravest of them, showed up here and there, but never really to lead. It became apparent to me that once again we were left sans leader. No Gandhi to lead our people, just a bunch of heroic kids and people coming out on the street again and again to be attacked and beaten savagely by vigilantes, the infamous basiji and security forces.

The world, particularly the United States, disappointed the Iranians on the street. For thirty years the U.S. administration has actively supported a regime change and now that Iranians too seem to want change and democracy, get no help. For the new regime in Washington, it must be easier to respect differences than to support democratic movements with little chance of survival. In his famous speech to the "Islamic World" Obama defended the right of Muslim women to wear Hejab, but did not mention her right to choose not to. Cultural relativism becomes dangerous when it keeps the world from voicing outrage at injustice. Obama justified his lukewarm response to the Iranian uprising by claiming that he did not want to be accused of meddling. Here he showed his naivete: the hardliners accused him of meddling anyway. Our own naivete was exposed when it became clear that the world would not actively support our cause.

There are those who hold on to hope, who claim that these things take time and that this movement is so big that it will certainly prevail in the end. "There is fire under the ashes," the optimists among us say, repeating this Persian maxim. But for a tired mother who has waited all of her adult life for a chance to see a free Iran, who has suffered injustice at the hands of the theocrats, for a tearful mother who prefers to advocate migration and exile rather than courage in the face of adversity, a great chance was lost. That day when we were three million on the streets of Tehran our leaders failed to stay with us and once again we lost a chance of historic proportions due to a lack of leadership and strategy.

The Mousavi camp knew the rigging and subsequent clampdown would take place. Where was their Plan B? If I were the mother of one of those kids dead or in jail, like my friend who is now catatonic upon her son's arrest, I would never forgive Khatami, Mousavi and Karoubi, not to mention Hashemi for having ignited this uprising only to sit back and announce the formation of a new party! It is not a new party that we need! It is leadership and strategy, rarities in Iranian politics that can save us now. I sincerely hope that my disappointment is unfounded and that the reformists who led us to this bloody juncture in our history will deliver us from it without much more bloodshed.

I have often been wrong about Iranian politics. I sincerely hope that I am once again. As I sit here far away in safety, still in love with those people who showed such courage, I pray the hesitant, clandestine prayer of an atheist in desperate need to cling on to hope. I hope what my mother, who went back yesterday, told me, as I was finishing this essay is true, that there is indeed "fire under these ashes."

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I feel your anger and pain and disappointment. And I can only imagine how exhausted you must be after putting out so much energy on behalf of what has been happening. That anger, pain, and frustration are, of course, shared with you by people worldwide.

While I'm old enough to have grown up in a largely patriarchal society which I have been working in my own ways to change for most of my adult life, I obviously have never been exposed to the kind of patriarchy that exists in your home land.

I agree with you that it is not our place to encourage anyone else to go on the streets and risk one's life. My way was to say, "Choose wisely. Make a conscious choice." I did not go into the South to register black voters in the 60's as I am very white, blonde, blue-eyed and female and that would have been a dangerous thing to do. I chose other ways to make a difference, as have you.

I do want to say three things, however.

First, I think Obama made the right choice for the right reasons. Just because the Iranian govt. said he was "meddling anyway" does not justify his meddling! I'm well aware the US and UK have meddled in the past. But this is NOW.

Secondly, to disparage the United States, which shelters you, btw, for not aggressively getting involved, when the American PEOPLE went overboard to assist the people on the street (and I was one of them) frankly hurts and angers me. It seems you missed that this was not about governments, this was about human beings supporting human beings. To not acknowledge that just seems wrong.

Lastly, to be disappointed or frustrated or angry that the current "leaders" in Iran don't have the requisite (fill in the blank--courage, inclination, skills, etc.) to take charge is simply futile. What's so is what's so. There is no blame or judgment. There apparently is NOT a leader YET who has emerged who can lead the Iranians out of this mire. Maybe it's not one person. Maybe what is most important here is the collective consciousness that has come of this grand collection of spirited human beings, with their hearts open that have done more good than you seem to understand at the moment. I would suggest long-term patience. I don't think it's possible to weigh or assess the seeds that were just sown. I think the challenge is to water those seeds. And this essay IMHO might better have been written and shelved and edited before publishing.

Thanks for all you did.

Kathryn / July 14, 2009 8:16 PM

Revolution maybe, but certainly no democracy for our poor full of oil and gold Iran which NO ONE can get the greedy hands of the governments mentioned above and some not mentioned too, off it's wounded body.

Hasti / July 14, 2009 9:54 PM

Kathryn, excellent comment I tend to agree with you although I feel the writers frustration. Keep hope alive and pray for those in the streets fighting for their freedom.

SF_Iranian / July 14, 2009 11:02 PM

So how did your father end up in palo alto? Was he, perchance, one of the many who took the scholarships of the "evil" Pahlavi "regime" so that he could educated in America? Even dogs have higher ethics than your kind. Your hand may have callouses, but at least it wasn't bitten off.

observer / July 15, 2009 12:46 AM

Mousavi has been out multiple times since June 14.

He was out on June 15 (Azadi) and June 17 (toopkhone), during the biggest protest. He went out to sohrab's family's house last night. He will be going to friday prayers this week too.

It's not fair to say he has left the protestors to fend for themselves.

Ali / July 15, 2009 3:51 AM

Dear Setareh,

Your story of hopes and continuous disappointment is very touching and so familiar. The revolution disappointed many and the subsequent events as you mentioned only opened the old wounds over and over again. You explained it so well and wrote about it eloquently.

It's not a surprise that people like us felt so energized by the high participation of the younger generation in the election and the uprising afterward. I also participated in every way I could from afar and what you described were all the emotions I felt during this short period too.

As a mother of a 22 yr old boy, I share the same sentiment about cheering on other people's kids. I just can't do it!

I definitely understand your frustration and your disappointment and I am hoping that you and your mom are right about the fire under the ashes. It's inevitable that such huge group of people having felt the liberating first few weeks that they were allowed to speak about their political views, when silenced so brutally and when witnessed the cruelty would not just go about their everyday life and business as usual. These kids who have not experienced what the older generations did and have not lived anywhere but under the strict laws of sharia. They rose on their own, Mousavi was at most an accidental leader, almost pushed into this role. But to be fair, he has done better than I expected. He is still speaking up, he's still showing up at the victim's house and still issuing statements. Nobody believed he would last this long nor take it this far.

Mousavi played the role he needed to, in order to give the crowds a focal point, who knows he might surprise us again.

The most important impact of these past few weeks in my opinion was the human face that was put on the people of Iran. This simple change might have saved them from an imminent foreign military attack. Even just for that, I am grateful.

Please don't lose hope. It may not happen this Friday, not even two months or a year from now. It took 10 years since Ahmad Batebi was arrested!! Change takes time, but our people are moving forward and now they know that they have people like you who despite the geographic distance are willing to spend all their time and effort to support them day and night and echo their voices throughout the world. People of Iran know that they are not alone in their fight, if not the foreign governments, their own hamvatans' hearts are still beating for them.

The IRI used the Iraq attack to establish itself. Maybe it's best that no foreign military got involved. The freedom that they want is not the type that would be "given" to them. They are earning it and they deserve to own it.

I read your story twice tonight. It felt like my best friend, my sister was speaking of our shared ordeals. Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone. We're not alone.

Mojgan / July 15, 2009 4:03 AM

Awesome reply, I just wanted to add something else.

1)US Meddling: Kathryn's right, Iran did accuse US of meddling, but they did it with lies and deception, they did it by undermining their own credibility, they did it by losing honest and hard working staff members from their PRESS TV station in London to the local news agencies across Iran. They did it in a way that can easily be exposed to Iranians who otherwise trusted what they saw and heard. Let's say the US gov't really wanted to help the people in the streets of Iran, what could they actually do besides just talking and making things worse? The only country's or organization's statements that would have actually done something would have been a statement from Hezbollah or Hamaas.

2)You're also underestimating Iran's cultivation of a significant population like-minded to Ahmadinejad. The basij is a good example of this group, for every Basij volunteer in the streets of Iran, there are at least 10 family members at home who deeply believe in the Islamic Republic in the same exact way that the Supreme Leader and Ahmadinejad do. In fact because of this significant population in Iran, I am far less confident in blatantly calling the elections rigged as you do. It is entirely possible that what we see and hear is from a huge educated and loud minority in Iran, and not the majority. Democracy or Freedom of Speech, assembly etc as you and I see it is completely different or irrelevant to the Iranians we do not hear from. This is the part that will take time, to have Iranians be aware of these concepts and how it would affect them.

Borhan / July 15, 2009 5:00 AM

Dear Setareh,

I enjoyed your very well written article immensely. Not only it took me through the political memory lane, also it was a vivid example of what we have been through and the obstacles that we had to face on individual basis.

The road ahead is rough and bumpy, and Iranian people have their work cut out for them. It is evident and inevitable that we need stronger leadership in order to succeed against the evil empire that has declared war against us. However, a bright outlook is ahead and the movement created by Iranian people has no choice but to triumph in spite of its shortcomings.

The role of U.S. and president Obama is very crucial at this point of time. We are not asking for military help or god forbid a similar state of affairs as 1953 CIA backed coup d'etat. What we are aiming for is Obama's partnership with U.N. and E.U. in boycotting the regime economically and efficiently.

Imagine a nuclear bomb in the hands of a regime that has no compassion for its own people!

The time is now!

Once again, I thank you for a moving and honest piece, and I don't think you need to shelve this article at all as someone suggested. Let's keep rolling my friend...

All the best to our motherland.

Nader Jahanfard / July 15, 2009 5:40 AM

Dear Setareh

I have read Your story with great interest and compassion.

Please do not despair regarding the current situation in Iran.

You should alway look at the bright side of life, and not let the darker side overshadow life and hope. You cannot fight darkness with a sword, but light destroys every darkness, be it physical or in the minds of people. If the Sea of Green would have had a defined, natural leader like Gandhi, he or she would probably be in Evin prison by now. These changes take time to find their proper course and development, but in the end, I am certain that one or several natural leaders will emerge from the opposition movement. As Kathryn wrote: "I think the challenge is to water those seeds." Every time You feel dispair and disillutioned, please think of those seeds. I will tell You what they are:

- They are the seeds of hope for a change in system and for the people of Iran

- They are the seeds of a new understanding between people of Iran and the people of the Western countries. One twitterer wrote "I never thought that I would engage in and support people in a Muslim country!"

- They are the seeds that within them bear the tree and the fruits of freedom and democracy, some of them sweet, others bitter

- They are the seeds of positive change and stability for the Middle East and thus, for the whole World.

- They are the seeds for the diminishing and ending of terrorist activities, in the region and around the World

- They are the seeds for a solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict

As I am writing these lines to You, people in Iran and around the World are watering these seeds with their hope, their prayers and their tears. Alas even with their blood.

You may think that I am an unrealistic dreamer, but then I am in good company.

How realistic was it to believe that the Berlin wall would crumble and fall in 1989?

How realistic was it to believe that USA would have a coloured president by the name of Obama, with a muslim background?

Being a catholic, I know the power of the prayer. I works in mysterious ways, not the way we want it to, but in the way of God, the way of Allah. No man or woman, ever born, knows the way of God. But You should know that he loves us all, students, mothers, presidents an even Basijis.

Please continue to "pray the hesitant, clandestine prayer of an atheist"!

This gives us strength to continuosly believe in hope, even when the tides are as dark as ever. It is hope that makes man human, without hope we are nothing. We must fight to our last breath to stay human, to preserve and to nourish our hope.

I end my letter to You by stating that Your mother is completely right in saying: "there is indeed fire under these ashes".

Be well, have hope and may God look upon You, Your family and Iran.

With kindest regards

Jens Lumbye

Sea of Green devotee / July 15, 2009 6:06 AM

Thank you all for you comments. Just a word to the observer:my father was 75 at the time of the revolution and had come to the states where his brother was a heart surgeon because he had suffered a heart attack a year before and he was having problems again. He did not have a scholarship from the Shah's regime but even if he did it would not justify your venous attack. Kathryn and borhan I do not think standing up for people who are struggling for democracy and their civil rights is 'meddling.' I too voted for Obama but I do not idolize him. I believe as Shirin Ebadi does that more diplomatic pressure and sanctions should be placed against this illegitimate government and Obama can be more vocal in his support of the Iranian people. Nothing horrendous about such a simple request. Kathryn, I did not say anything about American people not being supportive. I was just talking about the 'lukewarm' official response. I am Iranian-American but I live in France so the comment about being sheltered by America is a bit off the mark. I always paid for whatever shelter I ever got regardless of where I lived. I think the comment is a bit patronizing to say the least. I as an American should have the right to criticize the President I voted for. No? Or should my coming from Iran make me shut up and just bless the lord for having given me American citizenship?

Again thank you to everyone for reading my piece,

Setareh Sabety / July 15, 2009 10:54 AM

To conquer a Society you must first destroy empathy.

Your description of the Bazarri Ethos is very telling. Obviously it did not affect everyone or the streets would not have filled as they did, but there was enough to fill the ranks of the Basiji and that is all they needed. The same forces are afoot in the US, but I hope we have turned the tide in time.

Unfortunately violence fills its own well of justification as Israel/Palestine make the most screaming example. There is a plan B but it is long hard and needs everyone to particiipate. When the Bazarri Ethos is gone Iran will be ungovernable. This happened in Poland most dramatically, but is the only way that such asymmetrical power can be defeated. A Gandhi in Iran today would just be crushed like a bug, but when even the maggots in Iran start to gag on the filth a Gandhi who arises will be untouchable.

Freedem, Orlando / July 15, 2009 12:34 PM

Great post. I agree 100% with what you said and I was saddened that US did not do more to help, that Obama did not condemn more strongly the government of Iran, that his words were so lukewarm.

As for patronizing attitude - that attitude goes not only for conservatives in US but for liberals, perhaps more for liberals than for others. Unfortunately.

ella / July 15, 2009 1:52 PM

Thanks for your great piece, Setareh.

The wonderful thing about this (temporarily semi-dormant) uprising is how little high level leadership it has required. That's what makes it ultra democratic.

Nonetheless, leadership will be required, and I hope it comes from someone who was never part of the Old Guard, because only a new person will be able to look far enough ahead.

As far as what world leaders choose to say, well, so long as they keep their sticky fingers off Iran, encouragement is fine. But look how useless sanctions have been in every instance they've ever been used. They are a recipe for corruption and freezing the political situation in place.

The huge rifts within the ruling elite as well as the non-ruling religious groups, make the who situation unstable and changeable. And plenty of people who did vote for Ahmadi-Nejad will have changed their minds since then.

Louise / July 15, 2009 2:57 PM

very moving article, I know of many who have had similar experiences. I would like to think/believe that this time Iranian people would not be deceived about next leader if any. I see hesitation in people, and AhmadiNejad's government will drag this until people get tired and give up. We need a strong leader that we can trust and who can stand up to mullahs. I don't see one.

fromknoxville / July 15, 2009 3:01 PM

I agree with everything you say. I too have waited 30 years so I can return to my home and live in peace, but that day will never come. I also believe that the US INaction in this particular case is exactly as US action was in the past. At least the result will be the same. After 30 years of pushing for regime change the US turned its back on Iranians and let them die in the streets. It will be at least another 30 years before Iranians even begin to trust the US again (probably more when the US administration legitimizes this regime by starting negotiations). I do not fully blame the current administration for this. The issue is that the US simply knows nothing about Iran. This we can blame on 30 years of failed foreign policy.

Daryoosh / July 15, 2009 4:34 PM

Thank you, Setareh. It's a wonderful perspective

Tammy / July 15, 2009 11:52 PM

This essay seems to me the result of a lack of leadership.

I wonder whether it may be time for the Tehran Bureau to propose an agenda for outsider action: for European nations, for the US government, for people of the world, for American citizens. Each have very different roles to play in this movement.

I tend to think that Obama was paralyzed by so many Iran experts telling us that American intervention would only make things worse for protesters. This held me back from acting. And I imagine it held many others back from acting as well.

Will strong rhetoric from those outside Iran help the cause? This is not clear to some of us who are obsessed about this issue. How about cyber attacks coming from citizens in the US? Will this look like a concerted US attack? In many ways it would be. Should the movement coalesce around the intellectuals leading the hunger strike? If so, I have heard about them nowhere but here. Perhaps this could become their principle organ.

The Tehran Bureau is in a position to lead it seems. What do you need? Money, people, attention? Many people have moved into great leadership roles from out of nowhere. I am confused by whose signals to follow. Many people will feel disheartened if it is not clear that there is a movement in the US. But few of us know enough about the situation in Iran to take any leadership.

Wherever you go with this, thanks for the leadership you have thus far provided.

Theo Horesh / July 17, 2009 12:46 AM

I enjoyed your essay very much.

In 1979 I watched history unfold from the safety of my dorm room in the southern coast of England and I have watched it 30 years on from my matchbox in LA. Whether it is the British upbringing or my inherent skepticism towards religion in general and Mollahs in particular; I for one never believed that Khomeini's intent was to let democracy take root in Iran; nor have I bought into a single word uttered by Khatami, Ahmadinejad, Moussavi, Karroubi et al. You could say I am a doubting Thomas. I was not a supporter of Shah's regime, though I would admit that were it not for the petro-dollars he secured, I would not have received the privileges that I did. Unlike you I am not politically inclined. I sense this whole thing is a show - a very elaborate one. I don't know the players, the acts, the intent or the objectives. It's a tragedy - a la Shakespeare's.

Iran to me resembles a rich orphan with a bunch of distant relatives and neighbors fighting over his possessions - the values of which he knows not. Would that the wells holding that sweet light crude dry up, so the orphan can grow up to make its own destiny.

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Medion's P8610 brings big-screen Blu-ray action to a desktop replacement laptop

The world of big and wide laptops that once were lumped under the description ‘desktop replacement' has been expanded recently. When fitted with Blu-ray Disc drives and ‘HD' screens they're now promoted as hi-def home entertainment machines.

They're still quite unwieldy beasts, of course, although with the help of modern cooler-running processors you can now expect more than two hours use between battery charges.

A quick glance would suggest that the Medion Akoya P6810 sports all the credentials for high-def happiness, with its huge 18.4in widescreen display and a Blu-ray Disc reader. But the Medion Akoya P6810's 16:9 screen is specified at 1680x945 pixels, so expect a little downscaling to fit 1920x1080 films on its glossy expanse. Medion says it chose this sub-Full HD resolution in order to make screen fonts, etc, more readable.

The Medion Akoya P6810 has simple and unostentatious styling, delivered in charcoal grey matt plastic. Large hex-headed screws across a speaker panel beyond the keyboard underline an air of German utilitarian styling. The Medion Akoya P6810's keyboard itself uses smooth flat-topped keys with a rather squidgy action, and combined with the greasy-feeling plastic trackpad, the overall tactile interface is not overly endearing.

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Even though the Medion Akoya P6810's CPU is an older pre-Centrino 2 part, a 65nm ‘Merom' processor, overall battery life was not terrible at around three hours (186 mins). Our MobileMark 2007 test took longer than usual to configure as the program was confused by the interesting Hybrid SLI graphics configuration.

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Church of the Pilgrims' Food & Faith Season starts with compost, soil and communion

Written by Ashley Goff and Rebecca Barnes
During this liturgical season that the Church of the Pilgrims calls "Homecoming," the Sundays between September and the end of November, we are focusing on the theme of Food and Faith. Within the theme of Food and Faith, we are taking on this arc for a focus: humus, exile, and harvest. To fully experience this theme we are having communion each week in worship.

The inspirations for this theme of Food and Faith is Sacred Greens, Pilgrims' urban garden which produces food to supplement meals for Open Table (our Sunday lunch for hungry neighbors). The book "Food and Faith" by Norman Wirzba has also been influential.

The first few weeks we are naming the element that formed our existence: soil. From a theological perspective, we are lifting up the Biblical interpretation that we are formed out of the humus, or topsoil, and it is from that place where the earth creature took it's shape.

It was important to us to have visual symbols of the role of compost in our lives--that the life and death cycle of nature is indeed part of our earthly existence. We filled a wheelbarrow with compost and scraps of veggies and fruits to symbolize the initial stage of compost. This rested right outside our interior sanctuary doors.

This wheelbarrow sits outside the sanctuary doors full of compost and veggie scraps. The compost bin is there for people to dump their compost. We are inviting folks into a "Food and Faith" practice each week and the first few weeks have been composting---save your compost and bring it to church to dump in bin.

From wheelbarrow to table, we laid out the transformation process of soil, showing that our own essence is one of life and death, transformation and change. Right inside the sanctuary, our baptismal font was filled with compost and food that was in the process of decomposition--showing off the mold and fermenting stage.

This is the font---right when you walk through the doors of the sanctuary, passing by the wheelbarrow and compost bin. The visual trajectory is to start at the wheelbarrow with initial food scraps, walk past the font with the decomposing food, and then see the compost with the fully composted materials.

Then your eyes go to the communion table. To create a sacramental experience of soil, we've taken our garden compost to create our communion table. We've given our regular communion table a break by creating a table out of hollow acrylic legs and a rustic table top. The legs were filled with compost. As Pilgrims moved themselves to gather around the table, our music director droned on the cello, creating a sound of the murmuring deep, the belief put forth by Aviviah Zornberg that creation came not from a void but from chaotic matter murmuring in the deep. From that murmur, order was created. Pilgrims sprinkled compost around the table, releasing their sacred essence back onto the floor.

Our second and third Sunday for our humus focus, we skipped using a typical table all together and created a large pile of compost in the middle of the sanctuary. With pitcher, cup, and bread resting on top of the pile, we mindfully made our way to the table, again with the cello droning. Instead of standing, and giving the impression of humans looming over the soil, we sat on the floor during the Prayer of Great Thanksgiving and in the sharing of the cup and bread.

dirt in worshipIn the upcoming Sundays for exile, we plan on focusing on our exiled state from our earthly existence and the profound disconnect we have as humans from the creation, and from the production, sharing, and ingestion of food. We plan on the table focusing on sackcloth and ashes to symbolically show the lament we have for a deeply broken planet.

In our harvest season, the table will be full of harvested produce to symbolize the hope and action we can take to restore the planet and ourselves to the process of creating and consuming food.

In addition to all of the above, we are also inviting people into weekly practices of baking bread, composting, and mindfully eating. Also, following the sermon each week, we are hearing a story of "alternative practices" about an individual or a community engaged in Earth-honoring ways around food. So far we've heard about EarthBrew, the Maryland compost company we use for our garden, and DC Honeybees, the Washington, D.C. non-profit focused on creating urban apiaries. Pilgrims is one of those apiaries.

Click here to read our sermons on this Food and Faith theme (those sermons start on September 8th) and follow us on Facebook as we post pictures and other insights from this compost-exiled-harvest filled season.

Want more information? Contact Ashley Goff, Minister for Spiritual Formation, or Jeff Krehbiel, Pastor,

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Microsoft's next bonanza Xbox LIVE update (or NBXLU, pronounced 'nuh-bex-loo') won't wink onto your dashboards until August 11th, but since I'm so connected here at Game On, I've had an exclusive first gander. You know, "exclusive." Like in game-journo-speak, where it means precisely the inverse inverted of what you'd imagine it wouldn't.

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While you're working that out, let's start with the features list, namely Parties, capital P, where you can hang with up to eight pals and maintain continuous voice communication whether playing and watching stuff together or independently. I don't do Parties yet, though I occasionally host parties (lowercase p) with wedge cheese and bottles of cheap vino capped with sloppy attempts to cut heads finger-fumbling through Rock Band's "Green Grass and High Tides" (Outlaw) or if I'm really feeling lucky, Guitar Hero 3's "Cliffs of Dover" (Eric Johnson) on expert. I might eventually try Parties (capital P!) when Microsoft figures out how to add a keg tap, or at the very least a voice mask that lets me knowingly chuckle (convincingly) at some fellow Partier's witticism while having not the faintest clue what was actually said.

In the meantime, this particular Party update is less about adding than enhancing. If you're inadvertently disconnected from a Party today, you have to manually click back to the action. The update makes reconnection's automatic, though I'm assuming (hoping, really) there's a statute of limitations. Wouldn't want to be down for 24 hours then have to fuss with the feature trying abortively to patch you through to some fuzzy after-party void, right?

The other new Party feature lets you quickly corral friends without plunging through redundant menus, and there's a related Netflix Party update that pulls up to eight Xbox LIVE Gold members into a virtual theater to watch movies, throw popcorn across the aisles, and "flirt." (Coming in the update after this one, the option to have your first "awkward kiss," modeled after the five-star disaster between Bonny Wright and Dan Radcliffe in the latest Harry Potter flick.) Alas, I couldn't test the Netflix stuff (e.g. computer-less queue management, enhanced streaming playback, more detailed friend activity info) since the service doesn't function outside the US. All expats see is a "sorry, this feature isn't available in your region" stop sign. Bummer.

Cachet me if you can

Anyone for gamer card "bling"? If you're a $50 per annum Gold member, your gamer card will now display a tiny golden circle wrapped around a number perched above your reputation star rating. Mine reads "4," which presumably means "four years," ergo the function must round up, since my anniversary's technically November 2009 (like most early adopters). That said, I'm not entirely comfortable with this feature, since I'm not exactly with Microsoft on gold membership, and I don't know how much I care to pimp the service inadvertently. Could we at least have an option to toggle?

A potentially controversial feature: If your subscription's nearly up you'll get a notification when you sign into LIVE (30 days? 1 week? 24 hours?). That's perfectly swell, but do we (and if we don't, can we) have the option to disable the notification if we're not renewing? Or just don't want to be bothered by it?

Remember the "renewal of death" Windows LIVE ID debacle from a few months back? Fixed, thank goodness. If your WLID has expired, you'll now be prompted to update the next time you sign into LIVE. Microsoft's also made improvements to "account recovery" which they claim "speeds up" the process and "increases reliability."

Avatar! Know that Britannia…err, Xbox LIVE has entered into a new age of cosmetic enlightenment!

Good bye boring old Avatar wardrobe, hello shiny new "Avatar Marketplace." To date, you've only been able to fiddle with tops, headwear, makeup, bottoms, accessories, and generally static, non-moving miscellany. The update adds franchise tie-ins like Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Monkey Island, and Fable 2 "branded" gear, with the catch that it'll cost you MS Points.

Oodles of MS points, in fact. Want to look like a Fable 2 Spire Guard? That'll be 160 for the jacket, 160 for trousers, and another 160 for shoes, i.e. 480 MS Points or $6. How about Monkey Island's Le Chuck? 80 for the pirate hat, 240 for the pirate suit, and 40 for the eye patch, i.e. 360 MS Points or $4.50. Seems pricey, considering I only ever notice my avatar at system launch. The option to unlock some of this stuff as "awards" in the corresponding games is on the other hand a much better idea.

You'll also be able to select from "your favorite fashion labels" when the store starts to fill with content (the preview selection is limited to two made-up brands). I don't see Gap or J. Crew or Hugo Boss yet, but with the corporate cross-licensing craze, they can't be far off. If you're already a brand-obsessed fashionista in your first life, this one's probably for you.

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You're gripping a triple-shot Espresso Macchiato with your left hand and prepping a presentation on your laptop's screen with your right. You chat with your client from your smartphone, trusting that the whoosh of the milk steamer doesn't drown out the conversation. "I sure hope the Wi-Fi holds," you think.

In short, you work from Starbucks. And you're not alone.

Thom Singer, a professional speaker and entrepreneur from Austin, Texas, understands you. Though he doesn't pay for office space, he jokingly remarks: "I like to say I have 'South Austin, North Austin, and downtown offices.'" Those spots, however, are the locations of the Starbucks coffee shops he frequents.

"I am the type of person who would go crazy without being around other people. Working from home or a rented office would get lonely fast," Singer says.

Thanks to their offer of free Wi-Fi, the promise of companionship, and a never-ending supply of tasty, caffeinated treats, coffeehouses like Starbucks have become an office away from home for many entrepreneurs and self-employed folks.

Working out of your local coffee shop offers multiple conveniences and can save you plenty of cash, but it also poses various challenges. Staying productive and keeping your gear (and the data it contains) secure can be tough--as can obeying the often-unwritten rules that govern a communal workspace.

Does Starbucks Mind?

We asked Starbucks' corporate communications department if the company had an official policy on in-shop workplaces, but representatives declined to answer, saying instead that "Starbucks stores were designed to be community gathering places...We know that Wi-Fi and the Starbucks Digital Network continue to be big draws in our store and our customers tell us they appreciate having access to this offering for work or personal use."

How Starbucks enforces that nonpolicy seems to vary from store to store. An informal poll of baristas at Starbucks locations in suburban Boston revealed that most are happy to have you sit as long as you'd like as long as you're a paying customer, though some admitted that they may ask fixtures to vacate when a long line of folks are waiting for a seat.

Even if they don't directly ask you to leave, however, they may gently encourage your exit. "We are convinced the baristas try to freeze us out by jacking up the air conditioning at certain points of the day," says Tandaleya Wilder, a publicist and founder of She Got Game Media, who often works out of a Starbucks in Miami's South Beach. Also, she notes that the baristas sometimes "purposely play the worse rotation of songs imaginable to get us out of there."

Bad music and freezing temperatures are not the only potential drawbacks of working in a public environment. Like any office, your local coffee shop has its own rules, office politics, and etiquette. And like any office, a Starbucks has prime workspaces--and not so prime locations. The only difference when it comes to working in a Starbucks is that you aren't guaranteed the same desk every day.

Location, Location

All of the folks we talked to for this story agreed about certain rules of office etiquette. Chief among them: Never take up more space than you need. Select the smallest table that's available, and be prepared to share. That means you shouldn't plan on carting in your CRT monitor (hey, it's not completely unheard of); instead, you'll want as portable a setup as possible.

Mark Lassoff, who owns a small technical training business, regularly works out of a Starbucks in Manchester, Connecticut. He recommends using a small laptop, with a screen that measures about 13 inches. As he notes, your laptop may very well end up on your lap--and then "you don't need the extra heft of a larger machine."

Some Starbucks stores install larger tables with power outlets.
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The prime seats are those located next to power outlets, which can be scarce. Derek Jech, a freelance logo designer and marketing coordinator in the Los Angeles area, offers this advice: "Charge your computer fully and then unplug. This allows your neighbor time to get their battery power up, while yours is depleting." Or look for coffeehouses that put in long table or larger tables--some with extra outlets and reading lamps--for the officeless hordes.

You also should consider packing a back-up battery and an extension cord--but be warned that it's a serious breach of etiquette to snake it across the floor where folks can trip on it. You can win points with your coworkers by providing a surge protector that allows you to share an outlet. Keith Hinzman, an architect who regularly works out of a Starbucks in Melrose, Massachusetts, says that an outlet splitter (like this one) is "a good secret weapon" to pack.

The Gear That Works

If you're looking for a thin-and-light laptop to rule cafés with, check out PCWorld's top-ranked ultraportable notebooks. Other options include Dell's new Vostro 3000 Series laptops, which are designed to offer portability and long-lasting battery life, the sleek Samsung Series 9, and the ultra-thin MacBook Air.

Security is probably the biggest concern for folks who work in a public environment. But none of the work-from-café types that we talked to for this story reported feeling unsafe or terribly worried about their gear. Most folks rely on a friendly neighbor or barista to keep an eye on their laptop when they run to the restroom or step outside to make a phone call.

Kensington MicroSaver Keyed Alarm Notebook Lock
Less trusting workers may want to invest in a laptop lock, however. You can opt for a security cable with a combination lock or a keyed lock, or one that provides both types of locks. Kensington's $55 MicroSaver Keyed Alarm Notebook Lock has an alarm that can be heard 50 feet away and is triggered when the cable is cut. Targus, meanwhile, offers the $55 DEFCON 1 Ultra Laptop Computer Security System, which features a steel cable, motion sensor technology, and an audible alarm.

Keeping your gear safe is only half the battle, though. You also need to protect the data it contains. If you're looking at sensitive information--such as invoices, bills, or banking statements--on your PC, you can hide it from prying eyes with a tool such as Kensington's $78 Privacy Screen, which limits the viewing angle of your laptop's display.

Using a public hotspot can expose you to dangers that go beyond nosey neighbors, however. You can up the level of security with a service like WiFi Guardian, HotSpotVPN, or Hotspot Shield.

Next: Staying in Sync at the Coffeehouse

Staying in Sync

Though you're working solo in a Starbucks, you may still need to stay in touch with colleagues and clients. You should certainly keep your smartphone (with the Starbucks mobile payment app on board, of course) close by--but the Starbucks regulars we've talked to agree that conducting lengthy or loud phone calls from your seat is a breach of etiquette. Step outside if you need to. But for when you do need to make calls, a service like Google Voice will help ensure that colleagues who need to find you can easily do so.

If you're looking for a professional, yet inexpensive, phone option, Christopher Young has some recommendations. Young owns Async Recruiting in Philadelphia, a company that offers a virtual interview tool for employers. Like his product, his workspace is virtual: Young regularly works out of one of the five Starbucks located near his home. For staying in touch, he recommends eVoice or RingCentral, which deliver such business-friendly options as virtual voicemail, professional call routing, and automated message routing.

For collaboration, Young recommends Facebook Groups, Campfire (a relatively inexpensive tool for business users), and DropBox (the simple document-sharing service).

A cloud-based backup service like iDrive or SugarSync can help guarantee that you'll have access to the files you need--and it will free you from having to carry around a USB drive for backup.

What else do you need to keep yourself productive while working from a coffeeshop? Most people recommend a good pair of noise-canceling headphones--for instance, the mc3 Headset + Earphones from Etymotic Research or Bose's QuietComfort 15 Noise Cancelling Headphones. These devices block out any background noise, and they prevent others from being disturbed by your music or videos.

Why Bother?

Lugging all that gear to your local coffeehouse may seem like more trouble than it's worth. But Starbucks regulars disagree. Most consider the distractions posed by fellow patrons to be less challenging than the distractions they would face if they worked at home, where kids, spouse, chores, and other diversions lurk.

"It's almost like you're working in a fishbowl. You're on display, so you do more work," says Keith Hinzman. Add in the ability to meet new friends, network a little, and--of course--ingest caffeine, and it's clear why so many people call their local café their place of business.

There is one more factor to consider. Joe Calderone, who does freelance marketing, graphic design, and Web design work from a local coffee store in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst, Illinois, offers this bit of advice: "Watch how much coffee you actually drink. When focusing on all of the work being done, you don't realize how many cups you've downed until 'the twitches' kick in. Not only is it an uncomfortable feeling, but it also can drain funds."

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Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings season could be stormy

Many forecasts indicate a soft quarter, as IBM, Intel, Google and Microsoft get ready to issue financial reports

Get ready for a perfect storm of earnings news. With tech bellwethers including IBM, Microsoft, Intel and Google set to issue financial reports next week, earnings season will pick up in earnest and judging from recent forecasts and profit warnings, it could be a bumpy ride.

Both IDC and Gartner this week reported that fourth-quarter PC sales slipped from a year earlier. Though the software sector is widely expected to do better than hardware this year, a weak PC market affects not only chip makers like Intel, but software makers whose revenue depends to some degree on sales of applications on new PCs.

"While economic uncertainty in Western Europe had an effect on consumer PC shipments, expectations of a healthier economic outlook in North America could not stimulate consumer PC demand in that region," said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner , in the company's report on quarterly PC sales Thursday. "The healthy professional PC market as well as growth in emerging markets could not compensate for the weaknesses in mature markets, with overall growth still negative."

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 92.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 1.4 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Gartner.

On its part, IDC Wednesday also said that sales of personal computers slowed in the last three months of 2011, due to a weak economy, scarce hard drives as a results of flooding in Thailand and the competition from tablets. According to IDC's calculations, global PC shipments totaled 92.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 0.1 percent compared with the same quarter in 2010.

Intel in part blamed supply disruptions from the flooding in Thailand when it issued an earnings warning last month. The company forecast fourth-quarter sales of US$13.7 billion, plus or minus $300 million. Its previous estimate was for $14.7 billion, within a range of $500 million.

But earnings warnings have not been the sole province of hardware and components makers lately. Juniper Networks, for example, said Monday that its fourth quarter 2011 results will be softer than expected due to a weakening in demand for carrier routers. Juniper said revenue for the quarter is now expected to be in the range of $1.11 billion to $1.12 billion, compared to the company's previous forecast of $1.16 billion to $1.22 billion.

Philips Electronics also warned about weak fourth-quarter profits, in its case due to soft European consumer markets. The company, Europe's biggest consumer electronics maker, said earnings will decrease to about €500 million (US$638 million) from €910 million a year earlier.

"Our expected fourth-quarter financial results have been affected by the weakness in Europe, which has impacted our healthcare business, as well as pricing in our consumer lighting business," said CEO Frans van Houten.

Slowing demand in Europe was also responsible for the cut in revenue growth forecasts from Indian outsourcing giant Infosys. On Thursday, Infosys said revenue growth for the year would be 16.4 percent, down from the 17.1 percent to 19.1 percent it had projected in October.

While economic indicators in the U.S. appear to be looking up, the outlook for Europe, plagued by a sovereign debt crisis, is still dim, said Ashok Vemuri, member of the board and head of Americas at Infosys.

Despite the gloom that appears to be settling in, there were some bright spots this week.

On Friday, for example, SAP issued preliminary fourth-quarter results, reporting revenue would rise 11 percent to €4.5 billion. Results will be aided by a cut in money set aside to deal with a lawsuit Oracle filed against SAP and its former subsidiary TomorrowNow. The judge in the case overturned the $1.3 billion jury award to Oracle, giving Oracle the choice of accepting $272 million or undergoing a new trial.

But growth is mainly coming from SAP's core applications business and momentum for analytics and mobile applications, the company said.

Software is likely to be the engine of growth for the global IT industry this year. Software, accounting for about 25 percent of total IT spending, is the largest category of spending, according to Forrester.

Nevertheless 2012 will shape up to be a relatively down year for IT, according to analysts. Forrester projects a slowdown in the global IT market growth, from 9.6 percent in 2011 to 5.4 percent, totaling $2.1 trillion in 2012.

Still, that's likely to be more than twice the U.S. GDP (gross domestic product) growth this year. So while IT spending slows, the tech sector is still likely to be a beacon of light in a troubled world economy.

Market news Friday morning appeared to be a sort of microcosm of what economy watchers might expect over the next month or so. All major indexes were down after earnings fell at JPMorgan Chase, the U.S.'s largest bank. In addition, reports swirled that Standard & Poor's would downgrade ratings on several governments in the Euro zone because of problems created by high borrowing costs.

Through Thursday, the Nasdaq computer index was up 4.43 percent since the first trading day of the year. But the gloomy sentiment on the markets did not spare the tech sector Frdiay morning. The Nasdaq computer companies were down by 0.88 percent as of late morning trading.

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At 10in, the MSI Wind is perhaps the perfect low-cost ultraportable laptop on the market. It possesses good speed for Web browsing and office applications and plenty of storage, and it's very comfortable to use. Because we're naturally curious about the way these types of laptops are put together, we opened the Wind and took a peek inside. The biggest surprise was the 2.5in SATA hard drive, which takes up the majority of the space.

Toshiba's next-gen notebooks

Yesterday Toshiba unveiled its new line-up of consumer and business notebooks, with an ultramobile prototype stealing the show.

Centrino 2 aims to please with better battery life and more power

Intel released its latest-generation Centrino platform yesterday -- Centrino 2, which is also known by its codename 'Montevina'. There is a big push for high-definition content with the new platform, which Intel says will decode Blu-ray movies better than the Santa Rosa platform (the previous-generation Centrino platform) and also last longer while not plugged in to an outlet. Nearly all notebook vendors were present at the launch today, but Dell and Apple were conspicuously absent.

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While we're enduring winter, over in the US summer is just kicking into gear. And nothing says summer more than a bunch of awesome gear and toys. GamePro (US) went out and rounded up some amazing tech that's sure to help you maximise your time in the sun. Once we finally get some Down Under! So grab your lawn chairs and your sunscreen as we unveil GamePro's Summer Vacation Gear Guide for 2008.

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The Acer Aspire One is set to compete with ASUS' Eee PC and HP's Mini-Note PC. It's pretty much the same size as the Eee PC, but has some exciting features (including Intel's Atom CPU) and it looks fantastic. If you're after a new ultraportable laptop, or 'netbook', as the manufacturers like to call them, this one is as just as good as the Eee PC, if not better.

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Author: Mike Lund, PSU Vikings
Posted: January 9, 2013

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CLEVELAND -- Portland State junior center Mitch Gaulke was one of 54 players selected as an honoree on the 15th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Academic All-Star Team presented by KP Sports. There were 98 total nominees from across the nation. Three conferences had seven student-athletes named to the All-Star Team - the Big Sky Conference, Missouri Valley Football Conference and the Southern Conference.

Gaulke, from West Linn (OR) High School, has been a two-year starter at center for the Vikings, leading one of the most prolific offenses in the Big Sky Conference and the FCS level (438.7 yards/34.8 points per game in 2012). He was part of an offensive line that allowed only seven sacks the entire 2012 season despite 343 pass attempts, and led the way for 216.5 rushing yards per game and 30 rushing touchdowns.

On the academic side, Gaulke has been the team leader the past two seasons as well. A Business Administration: Accouting major, he is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 selection for all of Division I football, a two-time Mike Schrunk Scholar-Athlete of the Year award winner for his team, and he will receive a third Academic All-Big Sky Conference honor later this month.

"The FCS ADA is pleased to honor the accomplishments of our football student-athletes each year with our Academic All-Star Team," said FCS ADA President Ron Strollo, director of athletics at Youngstown State University. "The accolades of these young men both in the classroom and on the field epitomize the definition of student-athlete and our Association looks forward to recognizing their accomplishments annually."

Football players from all Football Championship Subdivision institutions are eligible for these prestigious awards. Each of the nominees were required to have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) in undergraduate study and have been a starter or key player with legitimate athletics credentials.

He must have reached his second year of athletics and academic standing at the nominated institution and have completed a minimum of one full academic year at the nominated institution. He must also have participated in 50 percent of the games played at his designated position.

A special Review Committee of Football Championship Subdivision athletics directors was responsible for selecting the all-star team and scholarship finalists. Completing this task were Ron Strollo, Youngstown State (chair); Ken Beazer, Southern Utah; Charlie Cobb, Appalachian State; Brian Hutchinson, Morehead State; Marilyn McNeil, Monmouth; and Jeff Tingey, Idaho State.

Other Vikings Named FCS ADA Academic All-Stars
2001 - Juston Wood, QB
2002 - Juston Wood, QB
2003 - Joey King, LB
2004 - Joey King, LB
2005 - Joey King, LB
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Ascent of Bedford Peak on 2012-01-22

Climber: Patrick ONeill

Date:Sunday, January 22, 2012
Ascent Type:Successful Summit Attained
Peak:Bedford Peak
    Elevation:3800 ft / 1158 m

Ascent Trip Report

Bedford trail from Silverado to Bedford. Main Divide Road to Pleasants from Bedford.
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Ascent Part of Trip: Bedford + Pleasants (0 nights total away from roads)

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Pikes Peak14110USA-CO
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Humphreys Peak12633USA-AZ
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