Pakistan most famous singer Amjad Sabri dead

One of Pakistan most famous singer Amjad Sabri  has been shot dead in the southern city of Karachi.
Two gunmen fired on his car in the busy Liaqatabad area, police said. Sabri died on his way to hospital.The Pakistani Taliban has told the BBC it carried out the attack.
Sabri was a leading exponent of Sufi devotional music, known as Qawwali. Sufism, a tolerant, mystical practice of Islam, has millions of followers in Pakistan but is opposed by extremists.

The Taliban, who view Sufism as heretical, have been blamed for previous assaults on targets linked to Sufi Islam.But there have been no such attacks in the past couple of years, the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad reports.Sabri, who was among the sub-continent's top Qawwali singers, was hit by five bullets, police said. Another person, thought to be a relative, was wounded in the shooting and is said to be in a critical condition.

"It was a targeted killing and an act of terrorism," a senior police officer, Muqaddas Haider, was quoted by AFP news agency as saying.

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Led Zeppelin Singer.. Robert Plant Testifies as defence Rests in Stairway Trial...

He said he could not remember meeting the band Spirit, who claim the band stole their guitar riff for Stairway to Heaven in the 1970s.
I don't have a recollection of almost anyone I've hung out with," Plant said, causing roars of laughter in the court.
The case was brought on behalf of Spirit's late guitarist, Randy Wolfe.
His estate claims the opening riff of the 1968 song Taurus is fundamentally the same as the iconic opening bars of Stairway to Heaven. Defence lawyers argue the chord progression in question is very common and has been in use for more than 300 years.
The prosecution has argued Led Zeppelin became familiar with Spirit's song after the two bands played on the same bill in Plant's hometown at the Birmingham club Mother's in 1970.
Spirit's bassist Mark Andes testified last week he met Plant at the show and played snooker with him afterward.

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D-CAF: A Collision of Contemporary Art and Architecture In Downtown Cairo......The world's finest artists are going to fill the city's iconic Downtown landmarks, rooftops, and streets for the 5th Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival.......

In a time when Egypt’s art spaces are being shut down and its authors arrested, this year’s edition of the Downtown Contemporary Art Festival (D-CAF) carries particular significance.

 Ever since we had our first taste of D-CAF in 2012, the multidisciplinary arts festival has broadened the country’s artistic horizon, bringing forgotten art forms to our now philistine city.
This year is no different; from March 31st to April 22nd, art will once again sweep across the streets of Downtown Cairo in another colourful and vibrant celebration of art and architecture,

 showcasing some of the best up-and-coming and established local, regional, and international talents in various art disciplines - ranging from theatre to film, and visual arts to music
 and bringing to life the architectural gems of Downtown Cairo with public contemporary dance through the festival’s Urban Visions programme.
Holding performances in unorthodox venues is another one of D-CAF’s distinct attributes  a signature move
, if you will, and a tradition they intend to keep alive this year as well

. “We’re hoping to get the old French consulate again, and we’re going to use Radio Cinema in a completely different configuration.

We’re expecting three to four thousand people, so we’re using a lot of the same venues but also quite a few new ones, D-CAF Artistic Director and Curator of the Performing Arts Programme Ahmed Al Attar says.

D-CAF’s choice of locations, while eccentric, serves higher purposes and is more than just a marketing gimmick. Wherever D-CAF went, it kind of changed the urban fabric of these neighbourhoods in some sense.
The Kodak Passageway and Radio Cinema have now been completely renovated. D-CAF has left its mark. It brings people to places that they know but really don’t know, or they know and they pass by and are not really aware of so,http://www.cairoscene.com/ArtsAndCulture/D-CAF-A-Collision-of-Contemporary-Art-Architecture-In-Downtown-Cairo?ref=yfp

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মডেম বা রাউটার ছাড়াই ডেস্কটপে চালান ইন্টারনেট

ঢাকা : ডেস্কটপে সাধারণত ওয়াইফাই ডিভাইস থাকে না। বাসায় ওয়াইফাই রাউটার থাকলেও ডেস্কটপে ওয়াইফাই রিসিভার না থাকার কারণে ডেস্কটপে ইন্টারনেট ব্যবহার করা যায় না। বিকল্প হিসেবে ব্যবহার করতে হয় মডেম অথবা ব্রডব্যান্ড লাইন। তবে আপনি চাইলে আপনার ডেস্কটপে রাউটার ব্যবহার না করে অথবা অতিরিক্ত কোন ডিভাইস না লাগিয়েও মোবাইলের ইন্টারনেট ব্যবহার করতে পারবেন।

এমনকি আপনার বাসায় যদি ওয়াইফাই সংযোগ থাকে, মোবাইলের ওয়াইফাই সংযোগ দিয়ে ডাটা ক্যাবল দিয়ে ডেস্কটপে ব্যবহার করতে পারবেন ইন্টারনেট। আসেন, জেনে নেই ডেস্কটপে ওয়াইফাই নেটওয়ার্ক ব্যবহারের সহজ পদ্ধতি।
যা যা লাগবেঃ...
১.মোবাইলে ইন্টারনেট সংযোগ
২.ডাটা ক্যাবল
যেভাবে করবেনঃ
প্রথমে মোবাইলে ওয়াইফাই অথবা ডাটা সংযোগ চালু করুন। ডাটা ক্যাবল দিয়ে ডেস্কটপের সাথে সংযুক্ত করুন। মোবাইলের সেটিংস এ যান। ‘ডাটা ইউসেজ’ অপশনের পর  ‘মোর’ অপশনে টাচ করুন। মোর থেকে ‘টেথেরিং অ্যান্ড পোর্টেবল হটস্পট’ এ প্রবেশ করুন। এখানে ‘ইউএসবি টেথেরিং’ নামে একটি অপশন পাবেন। এই অপশনটি অন করে দিন।
ব্যাস, কাজ শেষ। এবার আপনার ডেস্কটপে চালান ওয়াইফাই বা ডাটা সংযোগে পাওয়া ইন্টারনেট। অন্য কোন ডিভাইস আর দরকার হবে না।

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Peyton Manning makes donation..

Former University of Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning and his wife, Ashley, have added a "significant gift" to a scholarship program founded in his name in 1998, the school has announced...

Manning, who led the Indianapolis Colts to victory in Super Bowl XLI, chose not to disclose the dollar amount of his donation. It will increase the annual recipients from one student to two, said Tiffany Carpenter, UT development and alumni affairs spokeswoman.

The scholarship recipients, first-year students chosen based on academic achievement, leadership and community service, receive full tuition, room and board. Recipients are part of the Haslam Scholars Program, UT's top specialized honors program..............

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