Tuesday

U2 Opening Night in Barcelona 30/06/09





Absolutely stunning show...U2 brought dusted off old classics like "The Unforgettable Fire" and "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)", and revitalized "Where The Streets Have No Name" by teasing out a long intro and bringing back the red screens like back in the day. During "Angel of Harlem", Bono added snippets of "Man in the Mirror" and "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" as a tribute to Michael Jackson. The band even connected w/astronauts from the International Space Station, supposedly live from Outer Space. But it dragged on too long and was kind of lame. The Desmond Tutu speech was surprisingly cool and a little funny (the Arch's intonation perhaps), inserted as a segue between "Walk On" and "...Streets".

Bono seemed to have lost focus, or lost energy towards the end of the show, and the group as a whole botched "One", and had to re-start it in the middle. "Moment of Surrender" from No Line on the Horizon closed the show.


Thursday

Foreign bank accounts of Iranian leaders

Foreign bank accounts of
Iranian leaders

1) Ali Khamenei
- Sparkasse Bank (Frankfurt/Germany) Acct.# 234075617: DM 112.1 Millions
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct. # 217824: US$ 97 Millions
- Banque Cantonale (Lausanne/CH) Acct. # 71713: US$ 73.2 Millions

2) Ali Akbar Hashemi Rasfandjani
- Union Bank Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 223870390: SF 532.5 Millions
- Societe Generale ( Z urich/CH) Acct.# 30064183: DM 477.2 Millions
- Sparkasse (Ciborg/Germany) Acct. # 2957132: DM 238.2 Millions

3) Mohammad Ali Tasskhiri
- Societe Generale (Geneve/Ch) Acct.# 500032654: DM 280.7 Millions
- Midland Bank (London/UK) Acct.# 832-150270: BP 12.2 Millions
- Dressdner bank (Dusserdolf/Germany) Acct.# 8354783: DM 48.3 Millions

4 ) Mohammad Golpayegani
- Credit Bank Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# CEO7680: SF 85.7 Millions

5) Bijan Namdar Z angene
- Union Bank Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 314380320: US$ 141.7 Millions
6) Habibollah Asgar Aladi
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct. # 3983BHK: US$ 180 Millions

7) Ahmad Jannati
- Midland Bank (London/UK) Acct.# 92114016: BP 54.2 Millions

8) Abdollah Nategh Nouri
- Union Banque Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 2102120321ND: USD 123.9 Millions
- Deutsh bank (Hamburg/Germany) Acct.# 03223486: DM 64.1 Millions
9) Mohsen Rafighdoost
- Union Banque Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 2183130687: USD 122.7 Millions
10) Mohsen Hashemi Bahremani
- Deutsh bank (Munchen 3/Germany) Acct.# 1732736: DM 370.7 Millions
- Credit Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 928530FC: USD 178.2 Millions

11) Abbas V aez-Tabassi
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.# FAH7272: SF 97.2 Millions
- Sparkasse (Hamburg/Germany) Acct #. DFH72251660: USD 216.7 MillionsÂ

12) Hossein Shariatmadari
- Midland Bank (London/UK) Acct.# 34414011: BP 37.8 Millions
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13) Mohsen Rezai
- Union Banque Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 442760430: USD 78.2 Millions
- Credit Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.# FAH7967: SF 52.7 Millions
14) Massood Movahedian
- Commerz Bank (Koln/Germany) Acct.# 3528817: DM 287.8 Millions
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15) Kamal Kharrazi
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.# AMF4567: USD 18.2 Millions

16) Ali-Reza Mo-ayeri
- Societe Generale (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 50024814: USD12.6 MillionsÂ
17) Hossein Kordi
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.#14710025: USD 14.7 Millions
18) Abbas-Ali Forooghi
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 12930034: USD 10.7 Millions

Wednesday

Protests in Esfahan, Iran



An Iranian-American friend of mine forwarded these images...she got them from a friend in Esfahan.

A Ballad of a Pasta and a Salad



A Simple Meal
With much appeal
sits on the counter
will end up in future culinary film reel
(s*** rhymes but I am spent for inspiration tonight)


Flat White, London.


Beautiful, balanced, slightly acidic finish. Nice caff.