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Free Hugs Campaign

I found this really interesting and I sympathize with Juan Mann. Keep up the good work, and here you go a big HUG.



Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whose sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.

In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.

As this symbol of human hope spread across the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.

In the Spirit of the free hugs campaign, PASS THIS TO A FRIEND and HUG A STRANGER! After all, If you can reach just one person.

Link to their website: http://www.freehugscampaign.org/index.php?categoryid=1

Parastoo Taheri !

I thought it might be nice to mention her name in this blog because she has became famous as being the prettiest journalist in the world! Well lets face it, If she is not the prettiest then she must be second one smile) isn't she ?




more pictures here: http://www.parastoo.us/TaheriMitra.html

Click (film)



Another great family movie. I loved it, I think after watching this film some of us will have a different outlook on life. Keep up the good work Mr Frank Coraci!

Click is a comedy/drama/fantasy film directed by Frank Coraci. It was released on June 23, 2006. Click tells the story of overworked Michael Newman (Adam Sandler), an architect so wrapped up in his job because of his boss (David Hasselhoff), that his family is forced to take the backseat. He gets a "universal remote" from an eccentric engineer (Christopher Walken), and finds he can literally control the universe around him. It began filming in late-2005 and was finished by early-2006.

The screenplay is written by Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe, Tim Herlihy and Sandler himself, marking the first time since 2002's Eight Crazy Nights in which Sandler has written one of his own films.

More info : http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/click/site/index.php and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_(film)

Did you know ? (Sacha Baron Cohen)

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Sacha Baron Cohen (born 13 October, 1971 in Staines in Surrey) is a British comedian notable for his highly successful comedy characters Ali G (an MC and gangster wannabe from Staines), Borat [Watch movei clip] (a Kazakhstani reporter) and Brüno (a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter). Baron Cohen was born into a middle-class Jewish family, the second of three sons of Gerald and Daniella Baron Cohen . His father owns a menswear shop in Piccadilly and is originally from Wales, while his mother is a native Israeli of Iranian (Persian) heritage.

Some more on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacha_Baron_Cohen

Camila Batmanghelidjh (UK's Women of the Year 2006)

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This great lady is another successful Iranian outside Iran.

Camila Batmanghelidjh won the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2005 and in 2006 she has won the UK's Women of the Year 2006 award which honours those who show bravery, compassion and try to improve the lives of others.

She is famous to Angel of Peckham and she is the founder of London-based children's charity Kids Company.

More about her :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camila_Batmanghelidjh

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6056196.stm (A news about her on BBC

http://www.kidsco.org.uk/ (Kids Company)

New car (New Peykan) will hit the market in 2007




The new engine

the giant car maker Iran Khodro will produce the new model using Peugeot 206 platform.
The New Paykan, with a 1.4-liter type III national engine and Peugeot 206 interior design, will be produced simultaneously in Iran and China. Designing the NP is expected to cost Iran Khodro some 1.6 trillion rials. The price tag is reportedly 80 million rials.

Iran Khodro launched the New Paykan design project in 2001 in cooperation with Italian companies. However Peugeot opposed its production and refused to approve the necessary licenses for use of its popular model’s platform.


New Aryan car

With the conclusion of a deal on the multibillion-euro L90 project with Renault by Iran Khodro and Saipa of Iran, the French company agreed to assist Iran design the saloon model of Peugeot 206--the Aryan.

According to ISNA, it is widely expected that Peugeot will also give the green light for the New Paykan project.

Iran Khodro decided to produce the Aryan following the French company’s opposition to the production of the new Paykan.

Aryan will be marketed with over 50 percent of domestic parts.

The 110HP car is to be exported to 47 countries in cooperation with France’s PSA and is expected to be priced at around $20,000 in the Iranian market.

Ubuntu is great!

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I think it is time for Linux to enter none geek's computers. It is so easy to learn and use that I would recommend it to anybody who don't want to pay for their OS (Operating System).

Ubuntu is a Linux Debian variant Operating System. It is the most popular and one of the easiest Linux distributions that exist for free at the moment.

I love it because it is complete, free and easy to use.

It has became so popular recently that even CNN and BBC news websites have talked about it.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/09/11/space.tourist.microsoft.reut/index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5388182.stm

In order to love it you don't even need to install it on you Hard disk drive, just download an iso file from here : http://www.ubuntu.com/download and burn it on a single CD. Then you can enjoy the live Ubuntu on your system.

Thier official website is : http://www.ubuntu.com/

Frequency (Movie)

This is a very nice family movie and I would recommend it to any body who love and value family.



It was made in 2000 and the director is Gregory Hoblit, he has made few other good movies too, which could be find in here for preview : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387706/


Their official website is : http://www.frequencymovie.com/

Uncovering Iran (BBC Radio 4)

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on this series you can listen and watch a comprehensive list of different things that matter to current Iran and Iranian people.

I suggest you to go through it and learn more.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/iran/

Did you know ? (eBay)

Hello, this time I am going to talk about one of the most controversial figures in e-commerce and internet world. His name is Pierre Omidyar and he is another successful Iranian American entrepreneur.



He has done lots of charitable helps and it is fair to also call him a successful philanthropist.

Omidyar and his wife Pam are well-known philanthropists who founded Omidyar Network in order to expand their efforts beyond non-profits to include for-profits and public policy.


Read more about him on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Omidyar
and omidyar network : http://www.omidyar.net/home/