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BAGHDAD — With frustration running high about the lack of basic services and a widespread sense that corruption is one of the chief causes, the Iraqi cabinet announced Tuesday that it had forced out three high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Trade as part an anticorruption plan.
Three lower-ranking ministry officials were also dismissed. The Trade Ministry controls some of the most visible commodities in Iraq, operates the $5.3 billion program to provide monthly ration baskets for all Iraqis and supervises the importing of new cars. It also oversees the importing of grain, seeds and construction materials.
The directors general of the state company for cars and machinery, the legal department and the private sector directorate were all forced into early retirement, while lower-ranking officials were pushed out of the grain importation department and the division in charge of importing construction materials.
But at least one of the departing ministry officials and some members of Parliament said the actions were just window dressing intended to shield higher-ups from scrutiny.
"I don't know any of the specific details about the so-called suspicions of corruption," said the ministry official, Bassem Saddam, the assistant director general of the grain directorate. "I was surprised by this order. Is this a way to repay someone who was an honest employee of the ministry?"Continue reading the main story
Ministry officials also complained that their department had been unfairly singled out in a government notorious for corruption. Stuart W. Bowen Jr., the United States special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, estimated in late 2006 that as much as $4 billion annually, roughly 10 percent of Iraq's national income, was being lost to corruption. Few believe the pace has slackened since.
"I wonder why there is much focus on corruption in the Trade Ministry, when there are so many other places which suffer from corruption," said a ministry spokesman, Mohammed Hannon.
He noted that the forced retirements had been based only on "suspicions of corruption," adding, "There was no lawsuit filed against those six officials either by the cabinet or the court."
While some in the Trade Ministry complained that the government was overreaching, others said it did not go far enough. The Parliament's integrity committee has gathered extensive evidence of the ministry's malfeasance, its chairman said, and its members were perturbed that the cabinet had not forced the trade minister, Falah al-Sudani, to resign or at least call him to account.
In recent weeks, Parliament members have collected the 107 signatures they said they needed to discuss a no-confidence motion against the trade minister, said Sabah al-Saadi, the chairman of Parliament's integrity committee. But committee members were upset to find on Tuesday that the cabinet had punished lower-level people in the ministry and that discussing the no-confidence measure was not on the agenda.
Mr. Sudani, a native of Basra, is from a wing of the Dawa Party, although not the wing most closely associated with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.
"To polish their image, they submitted scapegoats instead of starting with the head: the minister of trade," Mr. Saadi said. "All the contracts that are handled by the Ministry of Trade are under the minister's control, and he knew about all the spoiled and corrupt material that Iraq has imported."
Mr. Saadi dismissed the idea that the Trade Ministry was being treated unfairly. "The reason to concentrate on the Ministry of Trade is because it gives direct services to the citizens," he said. "People cannot live without food. It's not like electricity where they can buy power from private generators. It's related to poverty and hunger."
Mr. Saddam, the ministry official, said he had had very little authority on his job recently.
"I think I was targeted because as a politically independent individual," he said. "I don't have much party support."
Problems with the ration basket have drawn widespread complaints from Iraqis, for whom the program was one of the few visible connections to the government. The food basket was a constant under Saddam Hussein, and even his critics pointed to it as one thing they could rely on. The basket consisted of flour, rice, tea, sugar, salt, dried milk for adults and for children, cooking oil, lentils, chickpeas, soap for washing and laundry, and occasional extras, such as tomato paste or cake flour.
During the past three years, both the selection of products and their quality have diminished, many Iraqis say. Milk has been missing for much of the past three years, although it recently made a reappearance, and there have been cases of rice with bugs in it and stale tea. The extras that families received under Mr. Hussein are a thing of the past.
In violence in Iraq on Tuesday, American soldiers accidentally killed a Sunni Arab neighborhood patrol leader in a small town near the oil-refining city of Baiji, the military said. The man, a member of the American-supported Awakening movement, was shot during an operation to clear a house of insurgents.
An American soldier was killed Tuesday in a gunfight near Salman Pak, a town southeast of Baghdad, according to an American military statement.Continue reading the main story


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There are actually a lot of different products when it comes to working out which claim to help your body in adding muscle and burning fat. Amongst efficient products and sham, it can be very difficult to distinguish between the two.Here are some handy products that you can buy to assist you in your workout plan.
Creatine monohydrate is one of the sports nutrition products which has gained great respect when it comes to weightlifting. Since the product is produced in the body in small quantities, it helps the body by providing energy to the muscles. There is the likelihood of gaining your mass muscles if you take creatine because your muscles receive additional energy and thus being able to continue with your workout longer.Creatine also leads to efficient bond of water molecules to muscles, making them be …


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We are excited to be at the ESTA aM&T exhibition and conference on Thursday 25th February at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry.
As a main sponsor of the event, our Sustainability Manager, Paul Jarvis will be speaking about the potential savings that can be generated through employee engagement and why an internal energy champion's campaign is vital in furthering energy reduction in buildings. This will be followed by a panel session focused on 'Buildings and Estates – workplace challenges' looking at installation, use and abuse of aM&T metering, software and controls.
ESTA's aM&T conference and exhibition is the UK's leading event showcasing the latest in bespoke metering, monitoring, technology and energy services.
Now in its 14th year, its format provides visitors with need-to-know policy information, best practice end user case studies, in-depth clinic sessions and over 40 class-leading technology companies ready to assist with your energy management requirements.
If you are responsible for managing energy in public or private sector organisations; overseeing efficiency measures in estates, public buildings, industrial processes, data centres or more remote locations; or perhaps responsible for specifying energy efficient products or actually installing them for customers; Come and see the latest technology offerings that can save you money on your energy bills.
If you are unable to attend the event, but would like to chat with us about your organisation's energy challenges and future plans please contact us on 02920 739 540 or email us for more information.


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Goodyear has released two new tires, a new wide-based "super single" tire for mixed-service use with an optimized footprint for enhanced traction in both steer and drive positions, and a new tire aimed at waste haulers.
The G296 MSA, for mixed- service applications, offers more wearable rubber on the tread for improved mileage and helps reduce cuts, chipping and tears through Goodyear's DuraSeal Technology, the company said. The G296 WHA completes the company's waste haul line.
The G296 MSA is designed for heavy on- and off-road applications such as mixers, dump trucks, pumpers and other specialty heavy trucks. Available in three sizes, a 385/65R22.5 (load range J), 425/65R22.5 (load range L) and 445/65R22.5 (load range L), the tire offers 23/32 in. tread depth and weights up to 7% less than Goodyear's previous model.
"The G296 MSA was developed to be a leader in the super-single segment by featuring long miles to removal and toughness," said Donn Kramer, Goodyear's director of commercial tire marketing. "It's the only super single to offer built-in puncture sealing – a huge benefit to those running in applications where flats are prevalent."
DuraSeal Technology provides puncture sealing up to a ¼ in. hole by using a gel-like, solvent-free compound built into the inner liner of the tire.
According to Kramer, Goodyear will begin offering matching G296 MSA retreads in the first half of the year to help ensure performance similar to the original tread. "It's a full roll-out to maximize cradle-to-grave performance," he said. "It provides great value to our customers."
Goodyear also announced the introduction of the G296 WHA. Like the MSA, it features DuraSeal Technology and includes many of the features of the company's G289 WHA. It comes in a 425/65R22.5 size in load range L at 11,400 lb. capacity.
Featuring a deep 23/32-inch tread depth, the G296 WHA has four wide circumferential grooves to help promote enhanced traction and even wear. Special compounding helps the tire resist chunking and chipping. Sidewall scuff protectors, like those found on the G289 WHA, help ward off constant scrubbing and curbing, Goodyear said.
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Long Prairie Ridge Loop in the Sandy McNabb area is touted for all users, but is primarily a 6.8 km equestrian loop out of the equestrian parking lot and camping area. The loop is not all new trail: it's a mix of new trails, old hiking trails and ski trails, and crosses Hwy. 546 twice. The section south of the Hwy. among the Sandy McNabb ski trails is flat walking in pine forest and a little boring to the hiker. So forget the official loop!
It's the section north of the hwy. that's of interest. Probably lots of you have walked Long Prairie Ridge between the two legs of Long Prairie Loop ski trail and know what a scenic ridge it is. Well, now we have a well-constructed trail along it. I particularly like the way the trail in the meadows has not been scraped down to the dirt, but has been left as grass.
The best place to start is the Sheep River park office at the head of Station Road. Start at the sign "No equestrians." Once you leave the complexity of fences behind, there's red markers to guide you onto the trail and trail maps with the new trail marked on in red. Strangely, there's no info about the new trail and how to get onto it at the kiosk near the winter gate or at the park office kiosk (which is closed on weekends). So when we hiked it recently a little guess work was involved.
Other comments: It's a good trail for fall and spring when more exciting trails to the west are out of commission. It lies the right side of the winter gate. It has value as a novice trail and is likely to become as popular as the Foran Grade loop down the road.


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Santa Pictures 2017 UpdateRead Now
WVC's Clinic Cat Couple Jackie and Jasper ("Jaspie" as we call them) had to get their picture with Santa as well!
Thank you so much to everyone who took part in this year's Santa Pictures! We all had so much fun and were excited to see the excellent turn out we had.
We have emailed everyone who purchased a digital copy of their picture to their email. We were sending out so many emails from our social media account it actually kicked us out so if you were at the end of the day during Santa Pictures check for an email from firstname.lastname@example.com! If you purchased a physical copy, the value pack, or a Paw Print Ornament all of those are ready at the Clinic!
Our Clinic's hours are Monday - Thursday 8am - 7pm, Friday 8am - 6pm and Saturday 8am - 2pm. You are more than welcome to come at any time to pick up.
We will be doing the Paw Print Ornaments up until Christmas! If you would like to have your pet's paw print made into an ornament to be hung on your tree, please call and set up a quick 10 minute appointment with our technicians. They are $10 each and proceeds go to Helping Paws Animal Shelter.
We will have a video soon of ALL the Santa pictures from this year. You'll be able to find that on our website and all of our social media outlets. We have also teamed up with Purina again. For every "Like" to our Facebook page Purina will give 1 pound of food to a local animal shelter this holiday season. So please go to our Facebook page and give us a "like". Plus, by liking our page, you will see all the other things we are doing in the community, tips, ways to win Clinic Cash, and much more!
Happy Holidays!
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We spend a lot of time reviewing and recommending parts to you guys, but we rarely get a chance to find out what parts you ultimately go with. We thought we'd change that today with a new Friday night topic. Our topic question is simple: what are the specs of your desktop PC(s)?
Here, I'll kick things off with my own, somewhat decrepit desktop rig:
Processor: Core i5-750
Motherboard: Gigabyte P55-UD3R
Memory: 8GB Kingston DDR3-1333
Graphics: Asus Radeon HD 6870
Storage: 1x Crucial C300 256GB, 2x 320GB WD Caviar SE16 (RAID1), 2x 1TB WD Caviar Green (RAID1)
PSU: Corsair HX450
Case: Corsair 600T
Yeah, yeah, I know. I need to upgrade. The thing is, I use my much faster (and pretty much always up-to-date) GPU test rig to play games. My main desktop is essentially an Excel, Photoshop, text editing, and web browsing workhorse, so I don't feel much of an upgrading itch—especially with 8GB of RAM and an SSD under the hood.
What about you guys? Do you all have state-of-the-art gaming PCs, or are you laggards like me?


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Marcel Duchamp passed away 43 years ago on this day. We salute and remember him. The classic 1966 BBC (Joan Bakewell) interview, excerpted above, may be seen in its entirety here (on the Dada Companion page (along with details on a variety of Duchamp interviews).
More rare BBC archival footage may be viewed here. More interview footage here and here. Perhaps the most useful survey of his career would be this - "Marcel Duchamp In His Own Words" (here, and with a second part, here). Also, essential (and en francais), Jean-Marie Drot's 1963 film portrait, "Jeu d'eches.." featuring an in-depth interview with the artist. (Also en francais, a late (1967) interview with Duchamp at the Givaudan Gallery in Paris). Interviews with Duchamp are always both enigmatic and revealing. These two 1959 audio interviews, both conducted in English (with George Hamilton and with Richard Hamilton (no relation!) prove the point. Similarly, well worth listening to is his paper, "The Creative Act" presented to the American Federation of Arts in Houston, Texas, in 1957. Robert Hughes' little survey of his career in "The Shock of the New" (tv series) and Duchamp's own classic 1926 Anemic Cinema complete this survey.


text: Share: Comments Print May 11, 2013 at 2:00 PM Seattle Times sports readers sound off Posted by Don Shelton Sonics NBA needs some competition Instead of lawsuits and complaining, Chris Hansen and his ownership group should make some calls to Vancouver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Las Vegas (for starters), and discuss the immediate creation of a new' pro basketball league. This could save them a half-billion dollars, and in the process, give the greedy NBA owners and commissioner David Stern some competition, which they all need. – Donn R Davis, Seattle Why $30 million is already lost In a letter, Mr. Brunner ("$15 million reasons to deny us team," Backtalk, May 5) says that Clay Bennett would owe Seattle $15 million if we get a team within five years. If that were true, that would mean we would need to get a team by July 2, 2013, and I would certainly agree that Bennett would not want that to happen as head of the relocation committee. However, the real settlement was that Bennett would owe Seattle $30 million unless either one of these occurred: 1) Our state legislature does not come up with money to renovate KeyArena by Dec. 31, 2009. 2) We don't get a new team by July 2013. We already lost that money in 2009 when No. 1 didn't happen, so No. 2 no longer matters. – John Hamilton, Kirkland Mariners We shouldn't pay for nostalgia The 1995 season was unforgettable, the 2001 campaign was unbelievable, and we have had the privilege to watch some great baseball at Safeco Field. But how in the world can this organization rationalize raising ticket prices? We cannot base ticket prices based on nostalgia. It should be based on the low quality product put on the field. At least the Sounders offered the city a free ticket after a poor performance. – Kyle Nilson, Lake Forest Park Bob Condotta Nobody covered UW like him I am writing this letter to express my thanks to Bob Condotta and also to let you know what an impact he has had on the me, many other Husky Faithful, and The Seattle Times. For 16 years, he has covered the Washington Husky football team, and in that time he has linked many thousands of Huskies together as we follow his blog each day. Many of us live out of state, and Bob is our only connection back to Seattle. I love the paper, but I can read about the news anywhere. Bob's Blog was unique, and nobody covered the Huskies like he did. Bob's blog was the main reason I read your website, even though I live in Portland, Ore. – Tim O'Neill, Portland Peyton Siva Seattle product is total class act The Louisville men's basketball team recently concluded an outstanding season by winning the NCAA tournament. Senior point guard and co-captain Peyton Siva is Seattle's contribution to this year's best team. Siva is not only a great player, he is also a person of strong character. I have been a season ticket-holder during his four seasons of play, and I've never seen him hang his head after making a mistake. Coach Rick Pitino says Siva is the most spiritual player he has ever coached. He even baby-sat Pitino's grandchildren. Siva is the second basketball player from Seattle who, over the past eight seasons, had illustrious careers playing for the Cardinals. The first was Terrence Williams who went on to play in the NBA. Fans are looking forward to Rainier Beach High School star Shaqquan Aaron coming to Louisville for the 2014-15 season. Cardinal basketball fans love you, Seattle! We hope a Seattle connection with Louisville will continue for a long time to come. – Paul L. Whiteley Sr., Louisville, Ky. Youth sports Send strong message about violence There has been an increase in violence at Little League and other youth-oriented sporting events in recent years. This sadly recently culminated in the death of soccer referee Ricardo Portillo at a Utah soccer league game, when an angry 17-year-old player punched him in the face after he was called for a foul and issued a yellow card. Hopefully, the player who punched him will be tried as an adult and be charged with at least manslaughter. A stern message must be sent unprovoked violence will not be tolerated at youth sporting events and will be punished severely. – Kenneth L. Zimmerman, Huntington Beach, Calif. Horse racing Hoping Krigger rides in Longacres Mile Emerald Downs faithful may have been a bit disappointed in Kevin Krigger placing 17th on Goldencents in the Kentucky Derby, but his landing of a mount to begin with was monumental nonetheless. The Northwest has produced many great jockey's over the years. 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As a part our MA Leadership and Innovation we undertook a placement at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Myself and my co-worker Luke are carrying out various tasks helping with Collecting Birmingham project. Currently, we are assigned to engagement, research and acquisition aspects of the project. Working closely with curators of the project, we follow them to the meetings with possible object donors, engagement events and consultations with specialists.
Last week we participated in conversation with Muhammed Ali, one of the Collecting Birmingham donors and the organiser of Knights of the Raj exhibition, focusing on alternative narratives the project will record, document, preserve and promote the heritage of those restaurants. It will be the culmination of an HLF funded project run by Soul City Arts incorporating budget for the exhibition.
We discussed possible collaboration and donation of a number of objects rescued from Koh-i-noor restaurant that recently closed in Birmingham. Koh-i-noor was a great example of 1980s decor and interior, the golden years of the curry house. Most of these restaurants get closed or refurbished when passed on to the next generation of owners. The economical climate pushes young owners to modernise and change the restaurants' images and therefore it is a rare find among the streets of Birmingham.
At the moment, I am writing an acquisition proposals for a booth previously used in Koh-i-noor restaurant and some objects from Birmingham Central Mosque. This is a complex and interesting task that involves a deep research and understanding of the objects, as well as their roles in Collecting Birmingham project and overall BMT collection.
This week we've had a cataloguing induction at MCC, where Rebecca Bridgman the Curator of Islamic and South Asian Arts, on the example of a set of Air Raid Precaution badges from WW2 introduced us to EMu cataloguing system. The next day, we've been left to develop our cataloguing skills on the objects from Freda Cock's exhibition that just closed at MJQ. We were handling the objects and filling out a check list that later will be uploaded on to museum's cataloguing database. It involved measuring, describing and researching the objects. It's been a new museum practice and enabled a better understanding of accessioning process.
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In a move that some in the paranoid English media had perceived as another attack on Premier League teams, UEFA President Michel Platini had amended the Champions League qualifying process to favour teams who had won their national leagues, one result being that Switzerland had a representative in the group stages for the first time since Thun in 2005. Unfortunately for me, FCZ (pronounced Eff-Say-Zed) did not draw my beloved Arsenal, but they did end up in a highly attractive looking section with Real Madrid, AC Milan and Marseille.
FCZ's home ground is the Letzigrund, better known to many as the venue for the Weltklasse, the famous athletics meeting where the fast track and golden prizes tempt the world's best athletes. The ground was rebuilt for the Euro 2008 Championships, but still has a limited capacity of 24,500. This is more than sufficient for the average Swiss League match, but meant that tickets for the Champions League (sold as a three game package) were like gold dust.
Although priority was naturally given to the faithful season ticket holders, a handful of tickets were made available to the rest of the public. Somehow, I managed to get hold of one, or, more accurately, Mrs. Swiss Rambler used her well-known blend of ingenuity and persistence to secure one for me as an early birthday present. God bless her.
"A world-class winker"
The stadium is pretty much what you would expect from the Swiss, being functional, comfortable and obviously very well organised. Getting to the ground is a piece of cake, as it has its own tram stop and extra trams are laid on for any big event. You might have to make the journey with a fellow passenger's backside uncomfortably close (and it's hardly ever an attractive young woman standing next to you, more likely an overweight middle-aged bloke smelling of Eau de Bratwurst), but you can at least be confident of getting to the church on time.
Despite the running track separating the pitch from the spectators, the view is excellent and the atmosphere surprisingly good. My seat was quite close to the Südkurve, which is where the FCZ hardcore fans congregate. They made a lot of noise during the whole game, even finding time to encourage the rest of the stadium to join in with the singing and chanting.
The match itself had a predictable outcome with Real winning 5-2, but, as is so often the case, the scoreline does not tell the whole story. Given that the vast majority of Real's transfer budget this summer was invested in forwards, it was probably not too surprising that they looked fabulous in attack and rather frail at the back, but they probably did not anticipate having to score two goals in the last two minutes to dismiss the rank outsiders from Zürich.
"What's the time? Five past Zürich"
FCZ actually started quite well, adopting a high energy pressing game in the first 20 minutes to overcome the obvious technical shortfalls against the Madrileños, but then Real stepped up a gear and goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul and Gonzalo Higuain in a devastating 18 minute spell before half-time appeared to have put Real in an unassailable position. FCZ looked totally outclassed and Real could ease towards the interval in cruise control.
Having been taunted by the FCZ fans a few minutes earlier when he ballooned a set-piece over the bar, Ronaldo opened the scoring with a trademark spectacular free-kick from an almost identical position in the 27th minute.
The world-class Portuguese turned creator seven minutes later when he headed a cross into Higuain's path on the right side of the box (just in front of my seat), from where the ball was squared by the Argentine forward for the inrushing Raul to net his 65th Champions League goal.
The Real captain had been combining beautifully with Higuain and he returned the favour to his strike partner in first half injury time, when his clever reverse pass gave Higuain the opportunity to muscle his way past his marker before easing a low shot past the hapless FCZ keeper.
"On me head, son"
For all Real's attacking threat, the importance of former Liverpool star Xabi Alonso to the team's rhythm was impressively evident, as he pulled the strings in midfield in the "quarter-back" role that David Beckham briefly aspired to in the England team. This ensured that Real maintained the lion's share of possession, playing the game at their own (composed) pace before launching rapid attacks, often making use of the adventurous runs up the left wing by (notional) full-back Royston Drenthe. Alonso's withdrawal with an ankle injury early in the second half upset their balance to such an extent that it allowed FCZ to launch a stirring comeback.
Xavier Margairaz had already missed a glaring chance when he headed narrowly wide from a corner, before Casillas conceded a penalty after he was adjudged to have brought down Alphonse, though the contact appeared minimal and the fall was more than a touch Eduardo-esque.
No matter, Margairaz coolly slotted the spot-kick past Casillas in the 64th minute, even though the stuttering run-up did not look that of a man confident of scoring.Before the game, Raul had admitted that Margairaz was the only FCZ player he had heard of and the midfielder was now making his considerable presence felt with some delightful touches for a big man (© Peter Crouch), having been utterly anonymous in the first period.
"Here comes the punchline"
Within a minute, FCZ had reduced the deficit to just one, when Aegerter, by no means the tallest man on the park, headed home Vonlanthen's inswinging corner without a marker in sight. Game on!
Real's vulnerability in defence is a worrying sign for future matches when they will come up against tougher opposition and for a while they looked disjointed and shaky in this match. Kaka flattered to deceive with his tricky dribbles, while the over-lapping full-backs were restrained by the pace of Johan Vonlanthen on the wing.
After the match, Real coach, Manuel Pellegrini, claimed that his team "always had the game under control", but there were a few nervous moments before FCZ ran out of ideas and the six yellow cards they collected highlighted Real's frustration.
Real conclusively put the game to bed in the last minute when FCZ keeper, Johnny Leoni, inexplicably punched a soft Ronaldo free-kick into the roof of the net. Leoni should also have done better with Ronaldo's first-half shot, which, although struck with great power, was pretty much hit straight at him, but this effort was comical in the extreme.
During the warm-up, I had watched as Leoni dropped a succession of straightforward crosses and had: (1) feared the worst for the loyal FCZ supporters; (2) wondered whether he had any Scottish ancestors. Leoni had been quoted before the game as saying that Ronaldo was only human and it is true that he did not have to do anything special to put two past this pathetic keeper.
On Sky Sports, the inimitable Gordon Strachan suggested that Leoni should have been booked for time wasting … as he was wasting everyone's time. Deep into injury time, Guti put the icing on the cake with a sublime chip, though his task was made easier by the punch-drunk Leoni wandering into no man's land.
"Back of the net"
FCZ trainer, Bernard Challandes, had worried before the match (in his highly amusing blend of German and French) that his players would be star-struck in the presence of the Spanish team's superstars and it certainly felt as if FCZ gave Real far too much respect in the first period.
Challandes is a charismatic figure on the touchline, the cool image of his sharp suit, deep tan and silver hair slightly marred by the constant leaping around and frantic gestures towards his team and the unfortunate match officials. During the half-time break you could imagine Challandes applying the hairdryer, not only to his own locks, but also to his bewildered players, advising them to concentrate on the game plan rather than worry about whose jersey they wanted to swap afterwards.
Switzerland is not the largest country in the world (land mass, population, influence) and the Swiss sometimes have a small town mentality when dealing with international celebrities. The fawning adoration exhibited when the likes of Robbie Williams deign to honour us with their presence is truly embarrassing and it was no different when Real Madrid came to play: the airport arrival lounge was absolutely rammed, while the hotel was besieged with screaming teenagers and those old enough to know better.
On the pitch, the crowd certainly got their money's worth. They had come to praise Cristiano Ronaldo (or at least serenade him with "hijo de puta" – impressive for the perfect Spanish parlance, depressing for the predictability of the abuse), but they ended up burying poor Johnny Leoni, whose Man of the Match performance gifted the tie to a Real Madrid team that really did not need the help of a clown.


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Something a bit different today to waste some perfectly good sunshine with.
A few days ago I learnt about a Victorian parlour game where people pick 8 out of a list of 12 of their favourite things – favourite animal, favourite shoes etc, put them together and they supposedly make up an image of the person's personality.
The Holburne Museum in Bath has just opened a new exhibition based on the game, where various well known creatives such as Phillip Pullman, Shirley Hughes and a bunch of people I will pretend I've heard of have created a piece of art based on their choices. They come in the form of pictures, collages, illustrations and even a sculpture.
Since I'm not arty or practical enough for doing something along those lines (In my defence, I did try and failed miserably), I thought I'd make a blog post out of it. Just because I felt like it. So here is –
Some of my favourite things:
Of which there are way more than 8:
Favourite animal: My Angel bunny and my parent's husky, Snow. This is both of them together. Despite the size difference, Angel can easily scare off Snow.
Favourite book: Holes by Louis Sacher. Because it made me want to be a writer, and here I am! Here it is with some of my other favourite books.
Favourite item of clothing: My red plaid miniskirt with black lace petticoat. It's so pretty and I wear it all the time. And to think I almost never bought it!
Favourite place: Pierrefonds Castle. Where they film Merlin. I genuinely feel sad that I can't live there.
This is me at Pierrefonds wearing my favourite skirt.
Favourite home comfort: Tea!! When we first visited Pierrefonds, the hotel room didn't have tea in it and I felt tea withdrawal symptoms for days.
All my tea mugs with my favourite tea, Earl Grey.
Favourite food: Tiffins, and their close cousins rocky road. Especially if they have cherries in them. Otherwise, I don't really like food or eating very much.
Sadly, shortly after this photo was taken, this tiffin was eaten. It will be sorely missed…
Favourite pastime: Relaxing. I love it so much I find myself doing it all the time! Ahhh…
Favourite weather: Sunny and warm, but not hot, with a slight breeze.
You can't see it, but I'm actually looking at The Eifel Tower in this picture.
Favourite possession: My boyfriend! Oh wait, people don't count? Then my autograph from the Merlin cast (are you guessing what my favourite tv show is?)
Here's me modelling it with my eyes closed Earl-style.
Favourite music: Nightwish. Although apart from them and Lordi, I barely listen to any music at all. Seriously, I barely have any idea who Katie Perry is.
Favourite shoes: My 'Knight of Camelot' boots.
Modelled here while doing an impression from my favourite film.
Favourite pet aversion (thing I love to hate): Very badly written fiction by writers who genuinely don't realise how bad they are. Yes, I'm a bitch. No, I wouldn't like people to make fun of my writing. But a girl's gotta get her kicks from somewhere!
Favourite mode of transport: Steam powered airship.
Favourite artist: Vincent Van Gogh. Just look at it, genius!!
Favourite composer: Tchaikovsky. He's also my favourite funny name.
Favourite drink: Organic lemonade. Preferably with vodka…
"Those clouds look AWESOME!!"
So there's a little glimpse at my personality. Try it yourself and hopefully yours will be way more creative than mine.
Check out the real 'What Are You Like?' exhibit here: http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/event/wayl/
Or visit it for yourself at The Holburne Museum (until 17 October 2012): http://www.holburne.org/


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Lakin has served as the head coach and program director for the Black Hawk Area Swim Team since 2003. He has designed and implemented competitive swimming progressions for more than 200 athletes aged 5-22 annually. He has developed and maintained working relationships with area high school coaches, local organizations and donors. Lakin has developed more than 50 athletes who have competed at the collegiate level.
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He earned his bachelor's degree in advertising at Marist College in 2002. Lakin was a 10-time conference champion and was a four-time conference all-academic selection as a swimming student-athlete. He captained the men's team to a top-10 mid-major ranking and two conference titles.
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Last year, director Raoul Peck brought James Baldwin's focus on racial equality to contemporary audiences in his Oscar-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro, and now his message is spreading even further with the help of actors like Samuel L. Jackson, Janelle Monáe, and Lupita Nyong'o.
The aforementioned stars have joined a star-studded lineup of black celebrities celebrating Baldwin in a new video crafted by Mic. Inspired by Peck's nonfiction feature, the clip (released Tuesday) opens with Jackson saying, "I am not your negro," while Monáe adds, "I am not your bitch. I am not your receptacle. I am not your servant."
Amid other famous faces lending their support to the cause — including Chris Rock and Jidenna — Academy Award-winning songwriter and rapper Common also appears, stressing his identity as "your equal" as opposed to "your criminal."
A short profile on Baldwin's life and work also appears in the video, highlighting him as a "pioneering writer and intellectual" whose words were used "to confront race in modern America," as detailed in I Am Not Your Negro.
"The future of the negro in this country is precisely as bright or as dark as the future of the country," Baldwin says in archival footage. "Because I am not a n—-r. I am a man."
According to the Mic production, Peck will work with organizations like the Ford Foundation and Emerson Collective as part of a national initiative aimed at integrating Baldwin's publications into school curriculums around the country. Until then, the compilation's subjects urge viewers to not only read his works, but to "know [their] Baldwin."
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David Brooks, in a recent TED talk and a fascinating book called "The Social Animal," describes the power of sentiment and emotion in decision-making. Contrary to what we've been taught about emotion and reason living in separate and often conflicting spheres, research in the cognitive sciences about how our minds work, reveals how that what we feel, our intuitive gut, is not separate from reason and is often a highly sophisticated and appropriate way to make decisions. "Reason is often weak, our sentiments are strong, and our sentiments are trustworthy," Brooks explains.
It explains why automobile companies spend billions of dollars on advertising each year to appeal to a consumer's sense of freedom and individuality. For transit operators who may have a handful of staff and a very limited budget to promote transit, herein lies the big challenge. However, as studies are beginning to reveal, herein also lies a massive opportunity.
A recent study by Latitude Research investigating what happens when individuals in San Francisco and Boston go car-free for a week uncovered how mobile devices may be able to not only bridge some of the experiences and feelings associated with car ownership but also provide new exciting ones like environmental awareness, health and community. "There's a significant opportunity to transform transit into positive experiences that are about more than just getting from Point A to Point B: experiences of spontaneous discovery, community involvement and belongingness," the report concluded.
As a student in MIT's Sensable Cities workshop partnering with the city of Copenhagen, I am currently researching solutions that lie in the nexus of transit, mobile devices, and the idea that daily commuting doesn't have to be a painful experience.
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8/15-17: Hell City Tattoo Festival hits Phoenix
He started tattooing at 17 and became a regular at tattoo conventions. And the more Durb Morrison saw, the more he wanted to make them better.
Emphasizing the art component and adding a kid-friendly element were among the details Morrison felt could help the industry break through many of the stereotypes about tattooing.
"There were many aspects I could improve or make more professional. I thought I could give it my own flavor, too," said Morrison, owner and organizer of the annual Hell City Tattoo Festival. "It's been a winning formula."
The festival will be Friday through Sunday, Aug. 15-17, at the Arizona Biltmore, which has hosted the event for eight years. More than 200 of the industry's top artists from across the world are expected, as well as 8,000 visitors.
There also is a Hell City festival in Ohio, where Morrison launched it in 2002. Over the years, Hell City has grown to become one of the largest and most prominent tattoo events in the nation.
"I love organizing it and bringing people together to celebrate tattooing," Morrison said. "I like the community we have. Everyone is friendly."
Morrison first visited Phoenix about 20 years ago and liked the area. The Valley's large tattoo and body-modification communities were other pluses in his decision to hold his festival here.
"Phoenix stood out. We knew it would be appreciated here. ... And it's hot as hell, so that was perfect for our theme," Morrison said, chuckling.
In addition to the artists at work on their living canvases and daily competitions, there will be live bands and shows, including the Enigma and the ShowDevils Freakshow performance and the first-ever burlesque performance by the SuicideGirls pin-up models.
Attractions include educational seminars that focus on such topics as tattooing, body modification, painting and insurance; a fine-art gallery; and a hot-rod car show. Guests can peruse industry magazine booths, participate in raffles and take a dip at one of the pool parties.
The festival's Heck City side has a bevy of kid-friendly activities.
"A lot of adults say their kids won't let them go into the (main) parlor until they get their own temporary tattoos," he said. "The name is Hell City, but when you get here, it's very family-friendly."
Tattoo art's movement toward the mainstream has added to the festival's popularity, even among those who aren't inked. Morrison credited television shows and documentaries that highlight the creativity and skill behind the designs with increasing the industry's visibility and softening its taboo reputation.
"A lot of people are saying their bosses don't care if they go to work with their tattoos showing," said C.J. "Siege" Johns, owner of custom tattoo studio Revival Art Collective.
Johns, who has been tattooing for seven years, says his schedule at Hell City has been booked solid since April. The degree of talent that the festival draws is unparalleled, he said, and he always leaves feeling refreshed and invigorated.
"It's an honor to be around these artists. The inspiration I get from working around them ... this show has kind of spoiled me," Johns said.
Hell City Tattoo Festival 2014: Aug. 15-17. Noon-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Arizona Biltmore, 2400 E. Missouri Ave., Phoenix. $25 for a single-day pass; $45 for two-day pass; $65 for the weekend; free for age 9 or younger. Online prices are $22; $42; $62. hellcity.com.


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I was concerned to see this poster advertising a "meeting" 'Overcoming challenges in schizophrenia - a Scottish perspective' on 6 September 2013, in Stirling, with "speakers and catering sponsorship provided by Janssen" and advertising the psychotropic drug Xeplion (paliperidone):
Dr David Hall, NHS Dumfries & Galloway Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director, lead for the Scottish Patient Safety Programme in Mental Health, chaired the programme and speakers included Billy Watson, SAMH Chief Executive, and Dr Mark Taylor, Consultant Psychiatrist, NHS Lothian.
Here's what Wikipedia says about paliperidone (Xeplion):
"Paliperidone palmitate (trade name Invega Sustenna, named Xeplion in Europe) is a long-acting injectable formulation of paliperidone palmitoyl ester
indicated for once-monthly injection after an initial titration period.
Paliperidone is used to treat mania and at lower doses as maintenance
for bipolar disorder. It is also used for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder."
Netdoctor.co.uk says that the Xeplion injection "helps to control schizophrenia".
And if the person who has the label doesn't believe they have schizophrenia? Then they can be declared to be "without capacity" and be compelled to take the drugs, said to have anosognosia, a lack of insight. Fortunately I wasn't on a CTO and had the power to taper my drugs and make a complete recovery in 2004.
Others in my family haven't been so fortunate when labelled with schizophrenia and submitted to being injected [remembering my mother's 3 weekly depixol injection - 25 years of having to pull her pants down]
In September 2013 I was heavily involved, voluntarily, in organising the Scottish Crisis & Acute Care Network conference 'Improving Pathways', of which Dr Hall is the co-chair. Getting the venue sorted, the programme, the workshops, involving people
with lived experience, preparing my presentation and workshop
materials. [see blog post of my talk]
I am very unhappy to think that at this time I was, and still am, an unpaid carer on £59/week, picking up the pieces after traumatic dehumanising psychiatric treatment. [I helped support my son to taper the drug haliperidol which was forced upon him in Feb12 and he got drug free within 6 months] While Dr Hall, Billy Watson and others were busy working in partnership with the big pharma company Janssen-Cilag, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson which has annual revenue of over $71 billion.
Drugs are not the answer to human distress, trauma and emotional pain. They might give temporary relief but in the longer term they are fraught with difficulties, causing chronicity, physical health issues and shortened life spans. Risperidone, developed by Janssen, caused me to be clinically depressed then the venlafaxine prescribed gave me suicidal impulses, bone loss.
If I hadn't taken control of my own mental health, in 2003, then I could have ended up coercively treated in the community with Xeplion for schizoaffective
disorder. A label that was unhelpful and inaccurate. The drugs didn't work for me and I'm not the only one. See the new website The Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry and the video testimonies from survivors, of the effects of, and the recovery from, psychiatric drugs and disorder labels.
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'Overcoming challenges in schizophrenia - a Scottish perspective', Janssen sponsored event September 2013
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Indego and Barnes Partnership Promotion
As part of a partnership with Indego bike share, the Barnes is offering Indego passholders free collection admission through December 31, 2019. Passholders are also able to bring up to four friends, who will each receive $5 off Barnes admission.
Passholders must present an active Indego key or rental receipt on-site to redeem the offer, and the date on the Indego receipt must be for the same day as the Barnes visit. Offer valid for general collection admission only for visits through December 31, 2019. No advance reservations. Daily collection tickets are limited and subject to availability. Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts.
Keep an eye out for Indego bikes wrapped in Barnes paintings. Share your photos on social media using #BiketoBarnes for a chance to get featured. Ten Barnes bikes are rolling through the streets now, and ten more will be unveiled this spring—all selected by public vote!


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In case 36, in the Neolithic section is a carved stone ball, though it is not clear what shape it is meant to be - cf similar in the Museum of Scotland.
The Old Exchange in Nicholas Street had a 'nail', which was a short pedestal with a brass top on which payments were made, as at Bristol and other English trading centres. The Limerick nail is now in the Limerick Museum. This is where the expression "to pay on the nail" comes from.
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Homayoun Sakhi: The art of the Afghan Rubâb
Homayoun Sakhi is the outstanding Afghan rubâb player of his generation, a brilliant virtuoso endowed with a charismatic musical presence and personality. During Afghanistan's long years of armed conflict, when music was heavily controlled, censored, repressed, and, finally, totally banned, the classical rubâb style to which Homayun has devoted his career not only survived but reached new creative heights.
Homayoun's artistry demonstrates how an imaginative musician working within a traditional musical idiom can enrich and expand its expressive power while respecting the taste and sensibility passed down from master musicians of the past. Moreover, Homayun's personal story illustrates the extraordinarily challenging conditions under which he and his fellow Afghan musicians have pursued their art.
The art music tradition of the Afghan rubâb featured on these recordings is very much a hybrid creation. Indeed, Afghan music represents a confluence of cultural influences whose sources lie to the east, north, and west of present-day Afghanistan, in the great historical empires of Persia, Central Asia, and India. Each region has contributed instruments, genres, and performance styles to Afghanistan's diverse musical landscape. The rubâb itself is of Central Asian origin - one of a family of double-chambered lutes that includes, among others, the Iranian târ, Tibetan danyen, and Pamir rubâb. While rooted in the raga tradition of North India, the cultivated art music performed on the Afghan rubâb also has strong stylistic links to Iran. The tabla, the pair of drums that accompany the rubâb and express the music's sophisticated rhythmic element, is indisputably Indian, but its creators seem to have drawn inspiration from older forms of Central and West Asian kettle and goblet drums.
Finally, Homayoun's performance style has been shaped not only by the musical traditions to which Afghan music is geographically and historically linked, but by his lively interest in contemporary music from around the world. Homayoun Sakhi was born in Kabul in 1976 into one of Afghanistan's leading musical families. From the age of ten, he studied rubâb with his father, Ghulam Sakhi, in the traditional form of apprenticeship known as ustâd-shâgird (Persian: "masterapprentice").
Ghulam Sakhi was a disciple and, later, brother-in-law, of Ustâd Mohammad Omar (d. 1980), the much-revered heir to a musical lineage that began in the 1860s, when the ruler of Kabul, Amir Sher Ali Khan, brought a number of classically trained musicians from India to perform at his court. He gave them residences in a section of the old city adjacent to the royal palace so that they could be easily summoned to court when needed, and this area, known as Kucheh Kharabat, became the musicians' quarter of Kabul. Over the next hundred years, Indian musicians thrived there, and Kabul became a provincial center for the performance of North Indian classical music. The royal patrons of this music were Afghans who were at ease with Persian culture as well as Indian and loved classical Persian poetry. To please their patrons, the Kharabat musicians created a distinctive form of vocal art that combined elements of Persian and Indian music.
One of the principal Persian verse forms is the ghazal, constructed from a series of couplets that follow a particular rhyme scheme. Ghazals provided the texts for the new style of Afghan vocal music, while the music itself was based on the melodic modes (raga) and metrical cycles (tala) of Indian music. The Kabuli style of ghazal singing later spread to other Afghan cities.
Musicians in Kabul also cultivated the art of playing the rubâb, which was prominent in regional folk music. Today the rubâb is regarded with great pride by the people of Afghanistan as their national instrument.
Homayun's study of the rubâb was interrupted in 1992, when his entire family moved to the Pakistani city of Peshawar, a place of refuge for many Afghans from the political chaos and violence that enveloped their country in the years following the Soviet invasion of 1979.
In Peshawar, Homayoun quickly became a popular entertainer. "I played a mixture of ragas and songs," Homayoun recalled, "and I earned a good income from music. I played on television and on the radio. Peshawar has a lot of popular singers, and I often played with these singers." The unofficial headquarters of Afghanistan's émigré music community in Peshawar was Khalil House, a modern apartment building where between thirty and forty bands established offices. The building's apartments - each one essentially a single large room - became the headquarters of a group of musicians to which potential clients came to arrange for the musicians' participation in wedding parties and other musical events.
For several years, Khalil House was a hotbed of musical activity for Afghan musicians in exile. Some musicians ran their own music schools, and informal jam sessions where young musicians competed to show off their virtuosity and technical skills were common. Long hours and a spirit of camaraderie in Khalil House enabled the musicians from Kabul to maintain and further develop key musical skills. Homayoun rented a room in Khalil House and opened a small music school.
"The people of Peshawar - the way they play the rubâb is different," Homayoun explained. "I introduced a Kabul style to them. For example, traditionally, rubâb players didn't touch the instrument's sympathetic strings, but I used them a lot, in addition to the melody strings. Before, players just picked down with the plectrum, but I picked both up and down. I thought these things up. I listened to violin music from different places, and to guitar and sitar music, and symphonic music. I listened to a lot of different things that I found on cassettes, and I wondered, why couldn't I play with these kinds of techniques on the rubâb? And I started to try them. I understood that the rubâb isn't just an instrument for backing up a singer. I worked hard and played for long hours every day to create more of a style - a complex picking style that uses rhythmic syncopation and playing off the beat."
After the fall of the Taliban in 2001, many Afghan musicians in Peshawar returned to Kabul, but by this time, Homayoun was on his way to Fremont, California. He brought with him the sophisticated and original rubâb style that he had developed during his years in Pakistan, but little else. Fremont, a city of some 200,000 that lies southeast of San Francisco, claims the largest concentration of Afghans in the United States. Afghans flocked to Fremont and nearby Hayward and Union City in the 1980s, joining an older community of émigrés from the Asian subcontinent.
In Fremont, just as in Peshawar, Homayoun quickly established himself as a leader of the local musical community. He opened a school to teach Afghan music to children, recorded compact discs of popular Afghan songs, and became a sought-after performer, appearing together with Toryalai Hashimi, a tabla player and well-known exponent of Afghan music who had also grown up in Kabul.
But while continuing his community activities, Homayoun devotes as much as eight hours a day to practicing the rubâb. His exceptional talent and unswerving dedication to his art have brought him success on the concert stage, and he maintains an active performance schedule that takes him to cities around the world. Yet Homayoun never appears satisfied with his own performances. He rejected the honorific title of ustâd (master) that his fellow Afghan musicians proposed to confer on him, claiming that his abilities represented "only a drop in the vast sea of music and musical knowledge."
Asked to comment on his own music-making, Homayoun says, "I am grateful to God for helping me through every step of my life, and to Him I owe whatever success I've achieved in performing on my instrument and developing the art of rubâb."
The first and second tracks present classical pieces whose form and melodic character display strong connections to the classical instrumental music of North India, but also suggest abiding stylistic links to the art music tradition of Iran. The third track, "Kataghani," represents a folk genre popular in northern Afghanistan, and illustrates a lighter side of the rubâb repertory.
Raga Madhuvanti In Indian classical music, melody is organized according to the principles of raga. Raga is an abstract musical structure that provides performers with the key information necessary for its exposition and development in a performance.
This musical structure is typically linked to extramusical associations that may include the time of day when a raga should be performed, and the particular mood, feeling, or emotional color that a raga is believed to personify.
The raga that comprises track 1 is madhuvanti, whose traditional performance time is in the late afternoon. Homayoun's exposition of madhuvanti begins with an extended introductory section (shakl) in which he explores the core pitches, intervals, and characteristic melodic motifs of the raga.
Shakl is analogous to the improvised âlâp of Indian classical music, and, as in âlâp, the initial part is extemporized in free rhythm.
Later, a strong rhythmic pulse and pattern emerge within the melodic framework, analogous to the jor and jâlâ performed on North Indian stringed instruments such as the sitar and sarod.
One notable feature of Homayoun's performance that distinguishes it from typical renditions of Indian raga is the absence of a steady drone accompaniment. The effect of drones, whether produced on a Scottish bagpipe, Indian tânpûrâ, or Armenian duduk, is invariably to frame a listener's perception of melody so that each pitch is heard and felt in relation to the drone. The interval that each note of a melody forms with a drone pitch creates states of relative tension and relaxation, and the ebb and flow of these relative states provides drone-based music with a strong expressive power. Afghan music, however, like most indigenous music in Central Asia and Iran, is not traditionally performed with a drone instrument, although a drone effect may be created by strumming or plucking patterns on stringed instruments that repeatedly sound an open string or strings. Rather than hearing melody pitches always in relation to a drone, as in Indian music, listeners experience perceptual shifts in which a drone-against-melody mode of listening alternates with the perception of pure melodic pattern. Skillful permutation and variation of such patterns, both melodically and rhythmically, are at the heart of the performer's craft. For a listener, the perception of continuous variations in pattern may become an act of contemplation or meditation, much like viewing the floral and arabesque designs that figure so prominently in textiles and ceramics from Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia. In performing North Indian classical music from an Afghan perspective, Homayoun reunites raga with one of its original sources, the cultivated musical traditions of the Iranian world.
Like the treatment of melody, the treatment of rhythm in the classical Kabuli tradition is rooted in Indian music, yet has developed a distinctively Afghan performance style. The tabla, masterfully played in these recordings by Toryalai Hashimi, frames the melody in the conventional metric cycles of Indian classical music, for example, the 12-beat cycle known as ek-tâl and the 16-beat cycle known as tîn-tâl. Toryalai follows Homayoun's lead in moving back and forth between fixed compositions and improvisatory sections within the raga, and joins him in improvising complex rhythmic variations on the simple patterns of the fixed composition.
"Raga Madhuvanti" is presented in the form of a classical instrumental piece often called naghma-ye klasik in Dari (Afghan Persian). Performance versions of such pieces are typically 10–15 minutes in length, but Homayoun's expansive development of both melodic and rhythmic elements of the naghma creates a much longer work. Using the pitch names of Western music, the collection of pitches that form the core of madhuvanti's melodic exposition are: B- C – D – Eb – F# – G – A –(Bb)-B – C. (In the Indian sargam system that Afghan musicians have adopted in a slightly modified form, madhuvanti's pitch collection would be expressed as Ni- Sa-Re- Ga-Me-Pe-De-(Na)-Ni-Sa). The 7th scale degree is alternately rendered as Bb and B (Na and Ni). Note that the initial pitch (B, or Ni) lies below the central octave of the raga, yet is a key element of its opening melodic motif.
As the introductory section (shakl) explores core intervals, characteristic melodic motifs, and emphasized pitches, it ascends gradually through the compass of an octave. One of the core intervals that gives madhuvanti its particular "color" is the augmented second (Eb-F#) heard in the opening of the shakl. As the shakl becomes strongly rhythmic, fast melodic passages encompass the rubâb's upper register.
Following the shakl [11:53], Toryalai joins in on tabla, and together Homayoun and Toryalai perform a composition (naghma) that consists of two elements, âstâi and antara. Naghma is characterized by a clearly defined melody in a lower register, while in the extemporized antaras, rapid passage work ranges higher up the instrument's neck. It is here that Homayoun introduces the trademark technique he learned from Ustâd Mohammad Omar, known as parandkari, in which a high drone note is periodically added to the rhythm by plucking an open string [for example, at 18:45–19:15].
The tabla frames the melodic development in ek-tâl, consisting of 12 equal time units (mâtrâs) that can be expressed by syllables representing the different tone colors of the drum strokes. For example, DHIN indicates a sound made from the combination of TIN (damped index finger stroke on the right drum) and GE (deep, undamped resonance played on the left drum). Syllables written in lower case indicate that the left–hand resonance is completely absent. Syllables written with a prime (DHA') indicate a sharp stroke of the forefinger on the right drum.
Following is a schematic of one cycle of ek-tâl: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DHIN DHIN DHA' GE/ tirakita tu na kat ta/ DHA' GE tirakita DHIN na. In the âstâi, Homayoun alternates between passages that subject the fixed composition to extended series of rhythmic variations, many using the high drone string, and passages of melodic improvisation. Following the naghma in ek-tâl [ending at 25:40], the performers shift to a faster section - a naghma-ye drut (fast instrumental piece) in tîn-tâl, a commonly used cycle of 16 mâtrâs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DHA DHIN DHIN DHA/ DHA DHIN DHIN DHA/ DHA tin tin ta/ ta DHIN DHIN DHA After a series of melodic improvisations, the piece approaches its conclusion with a fast passage that uses the repeating high drone string, and concludes with a seh, a rhythmic figure repeated three times (analogous to the tihâî in Indian music).
Raga Yaman
In this distinctively Afghan type of classical composition, sometimes known as naghma-ye chahartuk (four-part instrumental piece), or as lareh, Homayoun and Toryalai interpret raga yaman.
Yaman, an evening raga, has the scale: C-D-E-F#-G-A-B-C (in Indian sargam syllables: Sa-Re-Ge-Me-Pe-De-Ni-Sa). Such compositions are played as an overture to an evening's vocal performance of ghazals, and are also favored as solo instrumental pieces for rubâb, and for tanbur or dutar (Central Asian long-necked lutes). Ustâd Mohammad Omar popularized several such pieces by teaching them to his many rubâb students, and recorded one of them himself (available on Smithsonian Folkways CD 40439). Comparing Homayoun's version of yaman with that of Ustâd Mohammad Omar reveals the extent to which Homayoun has developed the art of rubâb playing in new directions.
Homayoun's introductory shakl opens in free rhythm and gradually develops a sustained rhythmic pulse, with the parandkari strumming patterns that incorporate the use of the drone string before the section ends [at 10:53]. Next comes the âstâi section of the composition, with tabla accompaniment in tîn-tâl. Here again, the performance is characterized by alternations between melodic improvisation and repetitions of a fixed composition using a variety of strumming patterns. At 22:20, the antara section begins, followed by a return to the âstâi. A new section, bhog ("addition"), begins at 26:36, marked by the introduction of a new melody. At 27:52 a fourth section, sanchari ("moving"), is introduced, containing short, pre-composed melodic variations known as paltas (in Indian performance practice, sanchari typically precedes bhog). The piece concludes with the common cadential device (seh) of a thrice-repeated rhythmic figure. Ustâd Mohammad Omar's version of the piece uses different âstâi and antara compositions, but the bhog and sanchari are the same as those played by Homayoun.
"Kataghani" denotes a regional musical style native to Kataghan, in northern Afghanistan, which begins east of Mazar-i Sharif and rises toward the high mountains of Badakhshan.
The music of northern Afghanistan comprises a distinct regional tradition that reflects the large number of ethnic Uzbeks and Tajiks in the Afghan north. This popular melody is known throughout Afghanistan, and here Homayoun performs it in his own elegant Kabuli style.
Traditionally played as background music in teahouses, where men gather on market days for conversation and relaxation, the Uzbek-style single-line melody and duple rhythm referenced in "Kataghani" was also used in the dancing-boy tradition (bacha-bazi) that was censored by the religious authorities but existed underground. Typically performed on a long-necked lute such as the dambura, Homayoun adapts it to the rubâb in a stylized performance that provides an appropriate conclusion to his brilliant exposition of Kabul art music.


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