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Table of Contents
- Definition of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Classification of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Epidemiology of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Etiology of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Pathogenesis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Symptoms and Clinic of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Complications of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Diagnosis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Differential Diagnosis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Therapy for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Prognosis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Prevention of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Review Questions
Definition of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a type of stroke caused by bleeding into the cranial and/or spinal subarachnoid space surrounding the brain. SAH may occur spontaneously or after trauma.
Classification of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
In non-traumatic SAH cases, we can distinguish:
- Aneurysmal SAH
- Perimesencephalic SAH
- Non-perimesencephalic basal SAH
- SAH of other non-traumatic causes (such as arteriovenous malformation, arteritis, intracranial arterial dissection, venous thrombosis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome and cocaine abuse)
Epidemiology of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Occurrence of a subarachnoid hemorrhage
The annual prevalence rate in Central Europe and the USA is 6 – 9 per 100,000 people. The peak age for patients with a spontaneous (non-traumatic) SAH is about 50 years. Women, on average, are affected more often than men. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage is the most common cause of death related to a stroke.
Etiology of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Causes of subarachnoid hemorrhage
The main cause of SAH is the rupture of a meningeal vessel. 85 % of SAH cases occur as a result of the circulation of an intracranial arterial aneurysm. In 25 % of reported cases, multiple aneurysms are responsible for SAH. They occur mainly during physical exertion, but can also happen during rest. The localizations of aneurysms are distributed to certain vessels in descending order of frequency as follows:
- 40 %: posterior communicating artery
- 30 %: carotid siphon and MCA miscarriage
- 20 %: bifurcation of the middle cerebral artery
- 10 %: basilar artery, PICA miscarriage
Acquired aneurysms mainly occur within the framework of arteriosclerosis.
|General risk factors
|Risk factors in family history
|Adult autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
|Coarctation of the aorta
|Excessive alcohol consumption
|Ehlers-Danlos IV
|Sympathomimetic drugs
|Marfan´s syndrome
Pathogenesis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Origin and development of subarachnoid hemorrhage
Intracranial sequence after aneurysm rupture occurs, is as follows: rupture of an aneurysm ⇒ bleeding into the subarachnoid space ⇒ acute increase of intracranial pressure or reduction of the perfusion pressure ⇒ reduced cerebral blood flow ⇒ initial loss of consciousness ⇒ reactive hyperemia ⇒ possible recovery of consciousness
Consequences of blood leakage:
- Adherence of basal cisterns with the disability of fluid passage (risk of hydrocephalus)
- Vasospasm in the arteries of the pia mater (cerebral under-perfusion)
Symptoms and Clinic of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
General symptoms
The main symptoms of subarachnoid hemorrhage are the following:
- Acute onset, violent, destructive headache ("thunderclap headache")
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Meningism
- Vigilance discrepancies (transient up to comatose)
Specific symptoms
Depending on the localization of the bleeding, specific cranial nerve palsies may occur:
- Aneurysm of the posterior communicating artery: third nerve palsy
- Aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery: hemiplegia
- Aneurysm of the basilar artery: brain stem or cerebellar symptomatology
Warning bleeding
Approximately one-quarter of patients with severe SAH demonstrate the so-called "warning bleeding". Patients are affected by a sudden onset of a very severe headache, which later turns into a persistent head and neck pain after a short time (grade I Hunt and Hess). If this warning bleeding is detected early, more efficient treatment for patients is possible.
SAH scale by Hunt and Hess
The classification according to Hunt and Hess divides the severity of SAH into 5 stages. In the following table, they are shown in relation to the Glasgow Coma Scale.
|Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
|Slight headache, neck stiffness
|Moderate to severe headache, neck stiffness, cranial nerve palsies
|13 – 14
|Somnolence, lighter focal symptoms
|13 – 14
|Stupor, severe neurological and autonomic disorders
|7 – 12
|Coma, stretch synergies
|3 – 6
Complications of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Frequently, it results in cardiac arrhythmias and the complex symptom, Terson syndrome. In the case of Terson syndrome, bleeding occurs in the vitreous body as well as in the retina due to a build-up of pressure in the retinal veins. A direct correlation between severity and expansion of cerebral hemorrhage is detected.
Diagnosis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
A case of SAH suspicion warrants a medical emergency. Immediate hospitalization is necessary in order to carry out further diagnostics. A groundbreaking symptom is a strong thunderclap headache (a patient always describes it as " the worst ever ").
Imaging techniques
In the first 24 hours, CCT (cranial computed tomography) demonstrates a sensitivity of 95 %, which is far more common and available than the CMRI (cranial magnetic resonance imaging). If the results are positive, hyperdense material is visible in basal cisterns and outer CSF spaces.
CMRI with flair sequences, DSA (digital subtraction angiography) and CT/MR angiography are also useful to locate the source of bleeding.
CSF analysis
If findings in the imaging are negative, the cerebrospinal fluid is examined by lumbar puncture. A visual inspection of the supernatant (CSF tubes against a white background) is sufficient for the exclusion or evidence of xanthochromia.
- Bloody: fresh bleeding
- Xanthochromic: the yellowish color of fluid due to increased protein content
Patients with SAH should be supervised or subdued to intensive care procedures in a special monitoring unit, in order to detect complications at an early stage and treat them.
According to guidelines, it is recommended to supervise the following parameters in the monitoring procedure, in order to primarily detect vasospasms and hypervolemia:
- Daily transcranial Doppler sonography
- Fluid balance
- Blood pressure monitoring
- Measurements of central venous pressure
Under invasive neuromonitoring, we have measurements of tissue oxygenation, blood flow, temperature or extracellular molecular concentrations.
Differential Diagnosis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Diseases similar to subarachnoid hemorrhage
|Important differential diagnoses
|Headache increased intracranial pressure
|Decompensated occlusive hydrocephalus, insufficient fluid shunt, migraine, cluster headache
|Altered consciousness, vomiting
|Diabetes mellitus, liver disease, intoxication
|Meningitis, meningoencephalitis
Therapy for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage
Conservative measures
- Stabilization of vital functions
- Sedation
- Monitoring of volume and electrolyte balance
- Immobilization and avoidance of oppressive actions (poss. use of laxatives and antiemetics)
- Neuroprotection: treatment of hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, hyponatremia, and fever
- Hydrocephalus: In the case of acute symptomatic hydrocephalus, fluid effluence is indicated; in the chronic course, the construction of a ventriculoperitoneal or ventriculoatrial shunt
- Anticonvulsant therapy for epileptic symptoms
- Subcutaneous thromboprophylaxis with low-molecular-weight heparins according to the supply of the aneurysm
- No prophylactic administration of glucocorticoids and antifibrinolytics
Neurosurgical measures
If treatment of a ruptured aneurysm is justified and can be dealt with, this should be done within the first 72 hours (before the vasospasm onset). Two methods of aneurysm exclusion are mainly used:
- Endovascular coiling: metal spirals (coils) are placed inside the aneurysm using a catheter, after which it is closed
- Microneurosurgical clipping of the ruptured aneurysm: the aneurysm is closed off at its base from the outside
Next, the blood pressure must be set accordingly (adapted to the normal blood pressure range of the patient). In the case with normotensive patients, it should be in the target range of 120 – 140 mmHg; with hypertensive patients – at the level of 130 – 160 mmHg.
Very high blood pressure can encourage early re-occurrence of bleeding; very low pressure may put the patient in danger of cerebral perfusion pressure. The target value is a middle arterial pressure of 60 – 90 mmHg.
Prognosis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Lethality and chances of recovery for patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage
If a patient has survived an aneurysm rupture, the risk of the closed aneurysm to re-rupture is 4 % on the first day and then 1 – 2 % per day within the first month. The mortality rate among such patients is relatively high; 35 % of them die within the first 30 days after the incident.
One-third of those affected die during in-patient treatment or suffer for a long time from its consequences. The previous state of health before SAH or the state of mild discrepancies is reached only by one-third of all the patients after the incident.
Prevention of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Influential risk factors include smoking, hypertension and alcohol abuse. As far as an aneurysmal SAH is concerned, patients should be advised regarding their lifestyle.
Review Questions
The solutions to the questions are located below the references.
1. You receive a call from a distraught woman during your internship: her husband, a 54-year-old man, suddenly got dizzy; he felt sick and barely reacted to her speech. You immediately go on call. You find the patient lying on the bed, hardly able to comfortably answer your questions. However, he happens to inform you of a sudden onset of a splitting headache, which he has never experienced before. By means of an extrinsic anamnestic questionnaire, you further learn that the man has recently changed the tires of his car. Apart from being slightly overweight, he has had no pre-existing illnesses and takes no medications. Furthermore, you discover he had taken an ASS pill to combat a headache. RR 160/100, pulse 102. Based on the diagnosis, you call for emergency admission of the patient. What are your suspicions?
- Pulmonary embolism
- Migraine without aura
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Myocardial infarction
- Venous sinus thrombosis
2. Stefanie M., previously a healthy 44-year-old gardener, who has a long history of smoking, suddenly suffers from a vigorous thunderclap headache and subsequent episodes of vomiting without any physical strain. She is immediately taken on an emergency basis into the nearest clinic. 15 hours later, the headache is still persistent; only a slight case of meningism is present. After performing a CCT and lumbar puncture, there is xanthochromic fluid in the white balance after centrifugation. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- Encephalitis
- Viral meningitis
- Lyme disease of the secondary phase
- Glioblastoma
- Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage
3. A 53-year-old woman initially had a case of serious misdiagnosis and drug misuse. Neck stiffness and general malaise were treated with an acetic acid infusion. She demonstrates no further neurological symptoms; vital signs are within normal limits. They initiate a CCT because of a stiff neck, and the cause of the symptoms is clear: subarachnoid hemorrhage in a brain artery aneurysm. What treatment was provided for the patient?
- Coiling of a cerebral arterial aneurysm
- Clipping of a cerebral arterial aneurysm
- Stenting of sinovenous stenosis
- Therapeutic occlusion of the internal carotid artery
- Decompressive craniectomy for cerebral edema prophylaxis

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Private and intimate house party at Leura in the Blue Mountains
Donation $25/20 ($5 discount if you don't park in the street of the house – friendly neighbour policy!)
Kim Sanders & Friends will present a tribute and farewell to long-time bassist Steve Elphick at the Sound Lounge on Friday December 9. A regular performer with the band for more than ten years, Steve is moving to Melbourne in January.
"The thing about Steve is, wherever the music takes us – and in this band we go to some places that might seem pretty strange to some people – Steve always plays so musically" says Kim. "Tonally, melodically, rhythmically. He's a great improviser, and has been playing various kinds of 'world music' – how I hate marketing terms! – for long enough to be able to play without thinking about the sources he has internalised. And I have been playing with Steve, Sandy and the others for so long now that we can all forget that stuff, and just play! That's when the magic happens!
A lot of my tunes consist of a circular bass-line, a melody-line and a rhythm. The bass-line holds it all together. When you have a bass-player like Steve, when you are improvising, you always know exactly where you are, even though the tune might be in 13/8 or 17/8, because the feel is there. It's like a Cuban son tune – Cachao Lopez never plays the bass-line the same way twice but the feel is there, all right! The African infinite-minute-variation approach.
We'll be sorry to see him go, but we'll all be fired up at the gig!"
In a career spanning more than twenty-five years Kim Sanders has performed with Gypsy wedding bands in Macedonia, studied with Sufi ney-masters in Turkey, played in mosquito-infested night-clubs in Gambia, tavernas in Greece, concert-halls indonesia and China and on national radio in Bulgaria.
The occasion is also an opportunity for the band to perform with two drummers, Toby Hall, a regular at the Sound Lounge and Peter Kennard, a superb colourist and a master of the frame drum. Together with Steve, it's a dynamite rhythm section! They will be joined by saxophonist Sandy Evans, herself an explorer in many World Music idioms including the Classical Carnatic tradition of Southern India.
* Kim Sanders: Ganesha (hybrid Bulgarian/Turkish/Balinese/Australian bagpipe), ney (Turkish Sufi flute), kaval (Bulgarian wooden flute, mey (Turkish double reed), tenor sax
* Sandy Evans: tenor and soprano saxes
* Steve Elphick: double bass
* Toby Hall: drums
* Peter Kennard: dhaf (Middle-Eastern frame drum), darabukka (Balkan/Middle-Eastern goblet drum), percussion
8.30 – 11pm
Friday Dec 9
The Sound Lounge
The Seymour Centre
Cnr City Rd & Cleveland St
$20(non-member) – $15 (member) – $10 (student)
Details and on-line bookings at www.sima.org.au
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This is the second in the Elphick's Last Stand series put on by Sydney Improvised Music Association. The first will feature Steve with "The World According to James" at the Sound Lounge on Saturday November 26. Details, bookings at www.sima.org.au
KIM SANDERS & FRIENDS at NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL
Performance details for Kim Sanders & Friends at the National Folk Festival in Canberra at Easter are as follows:
Friday 22 April, Cat & Fiddle, 5.30pm
Saturday 23 April, Brindabella, 10am
Sunday 24 April, Marquee, 9.30pm
…but check your programme!
Line-up for NFF 2011 is:
Kim Sanders (ney, mey, kaval, gaida, sax)
Llew Kiek (bouzouki, baglama)
Mark Szeto (fretless electric or double bass)
Bobby Singh (tabla)
KIM SANDERS & FRIENDS BROADEN the HORIZONS at the CAMELOT LOUNGE
KIM SANDERS & FRIENDS will follow their stunning gig at Peats Ridge Festival on New Years Eve with a more expansive performance at Camelot in Marrickville on Sunday February 27.
Line-up this time will be
Kim Sanders: ney,kaval, mey, tenor sax
Llew Kiek: bouzouki, baglama, oud
Mark Szeto: double bass
Bobby Singh: tabla
"It's great playing with such great musicians with such varied backgrounds", says Kim. "It means the music never gets stale."
Kim Sanders & Friends will hit the stage at 7.30 pm. Second band will be Modern Gong Ritual, kicking off round 9 pm.
Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Rd (cnr Railway Pde)
Marrickville, NSW
7.30 pm
On-line bookings will be up soon. See www.camelotlounge.com
KIM SANDERS & FRIENDS at OSMAN'S in TOWNSVILLE
Kim Sanders & Friends Trio will be performing at Osman's Turkish Restaurant in Townsville on Saturday December 4.
The show will naturally have a Turkish flavour and will feature Kim on ney, kaval, mey and gaidas, Llew Kiek on baglama, bouzouki and oud and Peter Kennard on dhaf, daire, darabukka and percussion.
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Kim died in November 2013. His music lives on in the memories of those who loved him, those who played music with him, and those who listened.
Some of his knowledge has been passed on through his music charts, and this website. His music can be heard on existing recordings, and accessed from the book "Kim Sanders' Music", published in 2019.
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The launch of "Kim Sanders' Music" into the world took place on Sunday 27 October 2019, at Camelot Lounge, Marrickville…..it was a blast!
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A hybrid Turkish, Bulgarian, Australian bass bagpipe. There's only one in the whole world, and this is it. The range is an octave plus a major third. The basic scale is Turkish Ussak scale – like Aeolian Minor with the second flattened by a quarter-tone. The bag is goat-skin. The chanter is made from Cooktown Ironwood and the drone from privet.
A Tale of an Aardvark
On my first trip to Turkey in 1984 I saw a cassette of gaida (Balkan bagpipe) music in a shop – rare in Turkey. I bought it, and it was fantastic. Guy by the name of Kamil Gül ("Perfect Rose" in Turkish). I thought I might follow it up, maybe score some lessons. I rang the record company to find out how to get in touch: "Dunno," they said, "We think he lives in Lüleburgaz…" So Linda and I got on a bus to Lüleburgaz, checked into the El Sleazo Hotel, and did what I have done many times on my travels: headed for the local tea-house (or taverna, or equivalent), whipped out an instrument (in this case a gaida) and, played a tune (to establish local street cred). After which I asked if anyone knew Kamil Gul, gaida-player…After a while, someone appeared who had heard of him; but we had to wait for the other guy who knew a guy who knew a guy whose uncle had a car…who arrived in the fullness of time and we headed off to the address. There were wild dogs and other diversions along the way, but we eventually established that he didn't live there anymore. Dang! Up to this point, everyone had been telling us (as best they could, given that they had no English, and my Turkish was, at this early stage, fairly rugged) that this guy was a Bad Man, a motherf****r, a fatherf****r, who would rob me, rape Linda etc etc, which I was inclined to take with a grain of salt, reasoning that anyone who could play gaida like that couldn't be all bad…We were eventually taken to meet The Doctor (head of the local hospital), who could speak English (sort of), and who explaıned that Kamil Gül was a very bad man, motherf***r etc etc and advised us not to proceed with our quest. By this time, I was getting stubborn, and dug my heels in. The Doctor was a bit strange. His wife, apparently, had been some sort of Beauty Queen. They had gone to Canada several years before, but had had to return to Turkey on account of her (unspecified) "psychological problems". He offered us accomodation in the hospital, which seemed strangely deserted…At this point the whole thing felt like it was beginning to turn into a horror movie, so we declined, and took our leave as rapidly as possible.
Next day, it was back on the bus to Kirklareli, near the Bulgarian border. Our man allegedly lived in a nearby village. We needed the permission of the Hamdi (headman) of the village, who actually lived in the town; so we went to his place, and were immediately adopted as Guests, in the sometimes suffocatingly hospitable Turkish manner. The Hamdi couldn't understand why we'd want to go to all this trouble to meet some vulgar villager. He insisted we stay the night, which we did, dutifully chatting with his Nice family, watching a Nice variety programme on tele before putting on the Nice pyjamas they gave us (we didn't have any with us in our rucksacks at the time) and going to bed (mmmmm, soft…). Next day we got the 6am minibus to the village (twice daily service) and hit the Official Office. They sent for Kamil (though they still couldn't understand why we were interested), and eventually dragged him up, unshaven and wondering what the hell was happening, and was he in deep sh*t for some reason?
I introduced myself, explaining that I was from Australia, a gaida-player who dug his cassette, and wanted to talk, have a bit of a blow, and maybe get a lesson or two. He was a little suspicious (as you would be), but after a while loosened up a bit, and invited me back to his place. This did not go down too well with the officials, who could not understand why I would want to commune with this nebish rather than exchanging small-talk with them. Inevitably, he turned out to be a very sweet guy, as was his wife Bedriye, and we had a ball playing and singing all day. It turned out that the Bad Guy reputation came from one of his sons, who had been arrested in the company of a Swedish tourist who had one joint in his pocket (and was serving an "indefinite" jail sentence – he did about 18 months, as it turned out), and his daughter, who, we were told by some old ladies of the village, had "gone to be a prostitute in Istanbul" (not true, as I suspected: She had gone to Istanbul, as I later discovered, but more to escape village closed-mindedness than to flog the bod…She was working as a hairdresser) One thing was for sure: Kamil could play a gaida just like a-ringin' a bell, and when he was playing he wasn't in a two-roomed house with dirt floors in a village in Turkey, he was way, way out in Gaida-Land. We had to leave at 6pm on the minibus, but we commuted there and back for three days, and then went to Greece for a festival we wanted to check out, promising to return. This we did, and bulldozed our way through the Polite Hospitality in the town, arguing that Kamil Bey had invited us to stay in his house, and it would be impolite to refuse. They couldn't get round that one. We stayed a week, I got some lessons and learned a lot of tunes. I was allowed to slip him a few bucks for the lessons (paying for bed and board being out of the question, of course). A magical time was had. The neighbours would cram in, and sing, eat, dance, Kamil and I (and assorted darabukka-players) would play and play… And then we left, and I never saw him again. Back in Australia, I wrote, but they had moved, and I lost touch with them. In 2001, whilst studying in Istanbul, I followed up a very tenuous lead on the daughter, expecting a wild goose chase (had a few of them on the travels!). But to cut a long story short, I eventually did track her down to a town 80 km out of Istanbul on the bus. So (the day before I was returning to Australia), I went up there. Kamil had died three years previously (dang!), but Bedriye was well; and the whole family (five kids, now grown up, of course, including Ruhi, the only one we had met – he was five then. He was now 22, but had gone a bit feral in the meantime, and hadn't seen his mum for two years… After eating, I took out my gaida, and played, and I had this strange feeling that it was Kamil playing…Ruhi had to go out into the hall for a bit of a cry (and he wasn't the only one). I was crying too… And that's the story. He was the wildest, grooviest, craziest, swinginest gaida-player I ever met, and my CD You Can't Get There From Here was dedicated to him.
Evolution of the Aardvark
Kamil was half Bulgarian, half Turkish and had made his own gaida similar to Bulgarian in construction, but with Turkish fingering and scale. I measured it up as best I could with a school ruler, and sent the measurements back to Australian musician and instrument-maker Linsey Pollak, who had introduced me to the Macedonian gaida many years before. A year or so later, Linsey presented me with his bass version – what a great sound! The drone was a bit of a problem, though.
To make it short enough so it wouldn't bang on the ground, he had to make the bore narrower than it should have been, which had the effect of making it a bit unstable – it tended to jump around between various overtones. So I figured what I needed was a u-turn at the bottom and some kind of classy spout thingie. This would give the extra length that would solve all the problems. Linsey was too busy, so I asked Craig Fischer, a maker of uillean pipes in South Australia, to do it.
Sure enough, five years later, the new drone arrived (with a loop-da-loop instead of a spout). Fantastic sound, and solid as a rock! In the meantime, I had made a discovery. Many wind instruments have big or little holes near the end, called end-correction holes. They are developed by trial and error, and make the instrument play in tune right at the bottom of the range, where all that stuff you learn at school about sine-waves in tubes goes a bit wierd and doesn't work any more. I discovered that if I closed the end-correction holes with the inside of my knees (whilst sitting), I could get an extra low note – and a very useful one at that (the 5th of the scale).
I recalled the scene in "Five Easy Pieces" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtfNE4z6a8) where Jack Nicholson, frustrated at not being able to get a serve of plain toast, tells the frowsy waitress in the diner to give him a chicked sandwich, hold the chicken between her knees, and give him the bread, toasted (she was very impressed). So I figured that what I needed was a Nicholson Key to let me close the bottom hole with my little finger (clasping a gaida between the thighs is not easy when you're playing into a microphone). So I asked another Scottish/Irish pipe-maker, Ian MacKenzie (of Blackheath) to see what he could do, and he came up with a new improved chanter with a Nicholson key. What we now know as the Aardvark was ready to roll. And it wails! Incidentally, many people think it's called an aardvark because of its appearance. Certainly it is hairy, has a long snout, and two beady little eyes. But it is actually called an aardvark because that's what you say when your reeds go out of tune in the middle if a gig and make you look like a complete goose: "Aardvark!
Edge-blown wooden flute found in Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey. The joints and blowing-edge are made of buffalo horn or composite materials. In Bulgaria they are usually made in three pieces, elsewhere in one piece. They come in various sizes from about 40 to 80 cm.
My favourite is a three-piece Bulgarian kaval in E, made from plum wood and horn. It belonged to the father of my friend and teacher Georgi Doytchev. It is at least 50 years old, probably more, and a beautiful instrument.
I also have a low A kaval. When it finally arrived in Australia (four years and many phone calls after I ordered it in Istanbul!) I discovered it was too long for my little finger to reach the bottom hole, so I asked Ian Mackenzie to makey a key. Not orthodox, but it works!
Turkish double-reed instrument The cylindrical-bore body is made of wood (often plumb or apricot) and the reed ("kamis") from cane, flattened at one end and left cylindrical at the other. The opening at the tip and the fine tuning of the reed are done by sliding the cane ligature ("kiskac") along the reed. Circular breathing (like with didgeridu) is often used.The brass plug on the side of my instruments is for a pickup – it is a very soft instrument, and on live gigs a microphone can't cut it without massive feedback.
My meys were made by Ayhan Kahraman in Istanbul, but he is apparently not doing it these days. My current reeds were made by Adem Ceylan, who also showed me how. It's kinda tricky! Instruments similar to mey are found from the Balkans all the way to China. I have a guanzi from a trip to China in 2005, but I haven't had time to learn how to play it properly yet.
Bagpipe with chanter and single drone, made from wood and horn (or, increasingly, composite materials). Chanter is theoretically cylindrical, but sometimes slightly tapered, according to the maker.
The blow-pipe has a valve to prevent the air from going back out the in-pipe. This is either a leather flap bound onto the mouthpiece, or a disc of leather (or bicycle inner-tube) in a wire cage.
Reeds are single, made of cane. The bag is made of salted goatskin, with the fur on the inside. This skin was made in Australia by Risto Todoroski (see Links Page).
The gaida is tuned by a combination of any or all of the following: moving the ligature on the reed up or down (thereby making the vibrating tongue of reed longer or shorter), putting a little piece of beeswax on the tip of the reed, shaving the reed in different places and partially covering particular holes of the chanter by wax.
The drone can also be adjusted by sliding its three component parts in or out. My Macedonian gaida is from Prilep, in Macedonia. It is made of boxwood and horn. The chanter stock (the bit tied into the bag that the chanter goes into) is from Jack Thompson's bull Desmo, who unfortunately got stuck in a bog some years ago and drowned. His spirit lives on.
A very old Armenian double-reed instrument with a cylindrical bore, usually made from apricot wood, though plum and mulberry are sometimes used. The duduk is similar to the Turkish mey, but with eight finger-holes on the front, and an extra hole at the bottom that can be closed by pressing against the body. Variants are also played in Azerbaijan (balaban), Georgia (duduki), Iran (balaban) and elsewhere. The duduk is commonly played accompanied by a drone ("dam"), using circular breathing. The duduk comes in various sizes and has a total range of an octave plus a 4th, although the easily usable range is one octave. Mine goes from D to G.
The large double reed ("yegheg" or "ramish") is made from cane, flattened at one end and left cylindrical at the other. The edges of the reed have pieces of very thin leather glued to them to prevent splitting. The opening at the tip and the fine tuning of the reed are done by sliding the cane ligature along the reed. I got this one from Zafer Tastan in Istanbul in 2008.
The ney plays a primary role in the rituals of the Mevlevi ("Whirling Dervish") and Bektasi Sufi rituals as well as for for Turkish Classical Music. The Turkish ney is distinct from the Arabic and Persian varieties.
The Turkish ney is an edge-blown flute made of carefully-selected cane, usually from Southern Turkey or Syria. The cane must be cut in October/November when the diameter and wall thickness of the cane are most suitable. The cane must be carefully dried and often needs to be heated and straightened as well. The "baspare" (mouthpiece) is made from buffalo horn, ivory, wood or, increasingly, composite materials. Its interior is not cylindrical but slightly curved – one of the skills of the maker. The baspare fits into the "bogaz" (throat) or first section of the ney. There are metal rings ("parazvane") on the ends of the ney to stop splitting. During construction the ney is tuned not only by placement and size of the holes (remembering that every piece of cane is different) but also by the degree to which the interior nodes of the bamboo are opened. The ney has six finger-holes on the front and a thumb-hole on the back.
Its apparent simplicity hides the difficulty of playing the 53 pitches per octave necessary for playing the complete range of classical makams. Pitches are adjusted by partially uncovering the holes, cross-fingering and changing the angle of the air-stream striking the edge of the baspare. Range is over two and a half octaves. Ney comes in a variety of sizes from the lowest, Davud (lowest note Eb) to the highest Bolahenk (lowest note D). Occasionally smaller neys are found. The neys I am currently playing are by Rifat Varol and Hanefi Kirgiz.
The Arabic nai is similar to the Turkish ney, but has no baspare – the blowing edge is bevelled like the kaval. Blowing technique is similar. The Arabic nai ise usually played in a higher range than the Turkish.
The Persian ney is played using the interdental blowing technique, where the player places the ney in his teeth and upper jaw and directs his breath with his tongue – very difficult!
The Bulgarian gaida differs from the Macedonian in that it has a "conical" bore. Each maker has his own shape and makes his own tool to bore it. The other dimensions (length, size and spacing of holes etc) are therefore often quite different between different makers. The range is a ninth.
There are seven finger-holes and a thumb-hole. The top hole is very small and is therefore called the "flea-hole". This hole is used for ornamentation, vibrato and for some chromatic notes.
A lot of ornamentaion is also done with the thumb on the back hole. The original salted goat-skin wore out. This one is tanned, formerly a feral from Percy Island in the Great Barrier Reef, but now a patron of the arts. I got this gaida (in D) through my teacher Georgi Doytchev in Sofia in 1993. It is my favourite – a particularly delicate piece of work. I also have gaidanitsas (chanters) in G, E and D from Traiche Baldzhiev and A and D from Kostadin Varimezov.
Bass gaida from the Rhodope Mountains in Southern Bulgaria. This one is from Corey Dale who got it in Bulgaria in 2007. I swapped it for a Hungarian duda which Laci Lakk got for me in Hungary on a tour in 1988, and which I've never had time to get working and learn how to play.
The chanter and bag are by Kostadin Illchev and drone by Todor Todorv. Wood is cornell cherry and stocks are cow-horn. The bag is goat-skin.
Bulgarian gaida in C (chanter from Kostadin Varimezov) modified by "moving" the fifth hole from the top up a quarter-tone and making the five-fingers-closed hole the tonic (drone) note (A).
(It took me three months to pluck up enough courage to take a rat-tailed file to the hole…) Fingering is similar to Turkish zurna and mey.
I had the front stock carved by I Wayan Sudiarta, a craftsman from Mas in Bali in 2005. It is the Hindu god Ganesh (Lord of Removing Obstacles, Patron of Arts and Sciences and Deva of Intellect and Wisdom). I stained it (except for the eyes and tusks) to match the colour of the chanter. The other stocks, bag and blow-pipe were made by Cory Dale (see "Links" page).
I also use a standard-fingering Bulgarian A chanter with this set-up.
The Turkish gaydas that I play (Ganesha and Aardvark) are different to the other (more common) type of Turkish bagpipe, the tulum. Tulum comes from the Black sea and is similar to the Pontian (Greek) tsampouna, still played in some of the Greek islands. It has no drone and a double-chanter with a curved bell (like a saxophone) at the end, sometimes made of horn but usually from wood. Some of them have very fancy covers. See Links page for video of me playing gayda with Birol Topaloglu on tulum in Istanbul, 2008.
TAPAN (aka tupan, dauli, davul, tabla)
Balkan, Middle-Eastern double-sided drum, with a thick skin and a thinner one, played with a big beater and a thin switch. As well as playing its own strokes, the little stick can be placed on the skin, producing a snare affect when the big stick hits the other side.
My little tapan was made by Risto Todoroski. I carved the big stick myself from Australian brush-box. The little stick is plum.
Known as "zurla" in the Balkans, the zurna is a wooden shawm with double reed.
Similar instruments are found in the Middle East, Central and East Asia, Indonesia and North Africa. The bore is cylindrical till the bell. The reed is traditionally made from a soft reed flattened at one end and tied onto a staple. Circular breathing is used to produce a non-stop sound. Often played in pairs, with one instrument playing melody, the other playing drone using circular breeathing. This technique is also often used on the melody pipe as well. I got the traditional zurna above from Istanbul luthier Yusuf Toraman in 1984.
I also have a zurna designed and made by Linsey Pollak, incorporating elements from the Chinese suona. This allows the normal range of a ninth to be extended by a flat 6th. Linsey also uses reeds made from plastic drinking-straws – less affected by changes due to moisture.
Saluang (L) is an edge-blown cane flute of the Minang people of West Sumatra. It has only four finger-holes, so a lot of half-holing is done. The blowing technique is similar to ney. Possibly influenced by Arab traders over several centuries. This one was given to me by Sawung Jabo. Another Indonesian cane flute is suling (centre) with a fipple and six finger-holes. This one is a Sundanese suling I got from Agus Super in Bandung, West Java. Hungarian furulya (R) is another fipple flute, with six finger-holes and no thumb-hole (like a tin whistle). It is in two parts, which allows fine-tuning. Laci Lakk got this one (made from wood and bone) for me on a tour in Hungary in 1988.
Good ol' Selmer Mk VI. It's a bit gnarled now (I've had it since 1972) but I wouldn't swap it for anything. I use an Otto Link 7* mouthpiece with Rico Royal 2 1/2 reeds.
Kim Sanders and Friends at the Chapel by the Sea
Kim Sanders & Friends bring their unique blend of serene Sufi meditations, deranged Balkan Gypsy dance rhythms, magical Indian wizardry, Persian reggae and seriously bent Afro-jazz grooves to the Chapel by the Sea in Bondi on Friday September 18.
Kim will be joined by Sandy Evans, Steve Elphick and Bobby Singh. "There is a pool of wonderful musicians who play in the band," says Kim, "and this helps the music stay fresh and keep evolving. I couldn't think of anything worse than playing the same old stuff with the same old musos (or their clones) over and over again (sorry Mick and Keith, you poor sad b*ggers!) I have been playing with these guys for a long time now, but they each bring different things to the band, and what's more, they are all wonderful improvisers, so every gig is different, and sometimes amazing stuff happens!"
- Kim Sanders: ney (Sufi flute), kaval (Bulgarian wooden flute), gaidas (Balkan bagpipes), mey (Turkish double reed) or maybe duduk (Armenian double reed), tenor sax
- Sandy Evans: tenor and soprano saxophones
- Steve Elphick: double bass
- Bobby Singh: tabla
7.30 pm, Fri 18 September
Chapel by the Sea
95 Roscoe St Bondi Beach
Tickets available at the door. $20/15 (conc)
Bookings 02 9130 3445 email@example.com
Public transport info: http://www.chapelbythesea.unitingchurch.org.au
Light meals are available at Ruby's Café onsite
Kim's Facebook Page (Kim Sanders World Music) is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kim-Sanders-World-Music/131697043563700?sk=wall
Links to Kim on Youtube include:
(When googling 'gaida' in Turkish contexts, spell it 'gayda' – that's the Turkish spelling. Sometimes in Macedonia it is spelled 'gajda'. Or, if you are set up for Cyrillic, use the relevant one)
Kim Sanders and Friends at Chapel by the Sea May 08.
With Persian group Chang-e-Nahid at the 800th anniversary of Persian mystic Rumi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Jyt-M8znQPrilepsko Oro on Macedonian gaida http://www.youtube.com/user/kimsandersmusic?blend=3&ob=5Greek song "Yiourgia" on Macedonian gaida http://www.youtube.com/user/kimsandersmusic?blend=3&ob=5#p/u/2/EjI3KQFpyTQMacedonian/Thracian dance paidushko (pajdusko) http://www.youtube.com/user/kimsandersmusic?blend=3&ob=5#p/u/3/OWSoRRygh5s
has published a composition of Kim's at http://www.neyzen.com/nota_arsivi/02_klasik_eserler/078_saba/saba_ss_kim_sanders.pdf
and now has included his biog information on http://www.neyzen.com/ozgecmisler/04_merhum_neyzenler/kim_sanders__merhum_ney_zen.pdf.
The above site is full of information, in Turkish and English, for the ney player or enthusiast. (Linda Dawson)
* "Rifat Varol is an excellent "ney-opener" (ney-maker) in Sultanahmet, Istanbul . I have several of his neys. Rifat doesn't speak English himself but does have a website (in English) which has some very good downloadable samples of ney taksims and useful links. Online ordering available. www.neyneva.com Email: email@example.com
* Another excellent ney maker whose neys I have also used is Hanefi Kirgiz , also in Sultanahmet, Istanbul . He speaks a little English. His website is in Turkish only: www.hanefikirgiz.com Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
* Mehmet Yucel is also a reputable ney-opener, and has a very good ney site, including downloadable samples, charts (select "nota arsivi" from menu at top of homepage) and ney care hints. http://www.neyzen.com He is in the process of making an English-language version – some pages only at present. My composition Saba Saz Semai is published here.
* www.neysazi.com(Turkish only) also has a good sheet music archive.
* My ney teacher Neyzen Ahmet Kaya has a new edition of his published a how-to-play-ney book Ney Metodu (in Turkish). Available online from http://www.kitapyurdu.com/kitap/default.asp?id=592706 (website in Turkish only).*
* My kaval teacher Sinan Celik is the force behind Duygu Muzik, who put out some interesting CDs (not just kaval). They also sell good kavals made by Ali Acar. Sinan has also written a Kaval Metodu (how-to-play kaval) in Turkish. www.dilsizkaval.com has some instruction videos in Turkish. Email: email@example.com
* Linsey Pollak makes very good gaidas, zurnas etc – but there's a bit of a waiting-list. He has also published an excellent book of Macedonian tunes he has collected during his travels. It goes from simple tunes in 2/4 right up to 25/8, and isn't full of mistakes like some "folkloric" publications! He also has a CD Kniga Tservena containing (some of) the tunes in the book. email@example.com
* Risto Todoroski (in Sydney) makes good Macedonian and Bulgarian gaidas, kavals and tapans. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=310B59B0583F898A Email: email@example.com Tel: 02 9835 4732
Cory Dale of Brisbane also makes good gaidas, kavals and other goodies. I can recommend him, too.
Ian Mackenzie (of Blackheath, NSW) makes Uillean, Spanish, Highland and Lowland pipes, kavals and other things. He made the chanter for the aardvark. firstname.lastname@example.com
* Sabahattin Akdagcik is no longer performing, but is still teaching at his music school SASOM in Sydney . Turkish and Arabic folk and classical, vocal and instrumental, all levels. He is an excellent teacher. Tel 0419 707 743
* For CDs of Turkish music, Kalan Muzik is an excellent record company. All kinds of music – excellent archival stuff as well as contemporary. Online ordering. Artists include Birol Topaloglu, Selim Sesler, Osman Aktas, Yansimalar, Engin Arslan. Site is in English and Turkish. Doublemoon also put out some good stuff, mostly contemporary. Artists include Selim Sesler, Husnu Senlendirici. Beyza Muzik & Yapim also put out some good stuff including recordings by ney master Saddrettin Ozcemi.
* Songül Karahasanoglu, my mey teacher (and Professor at Turkish Music State Conservatory in Istanbul ) has published a how-to-play-mey book (in Turkish): Mey ve Metodu (Inkilap Kitabevi, Yayin Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.,
Ankara Cad. No 95, Sirkeci 34410, Istanbul . ISBN975-10-1083-7)
Anne Hildyard and Rob Bester (of Xenos) have published Gajda Tunes of Macedonia, a book of gaida tunes they collected in Northern Greece – good stuff. www.xenosmusic.com
www.maqamworld.com Arabic music site in English including introductory explanation of maqam system
* The only book on Arabic music in English I know is Habib Hassan Touma: The Music of the Arabs (New Expanded Edition 1996. Amadeus Press, Reinhard G. Pauly General Editor, Portland, Oregon. ISBN 0-931340-88-8). I am not an expert on Arabic Classical music – feedback from someone who is would be appreciated.
http://www.duduk.com/ has useful info on duduk. I can't personally vouch for their products – feedback, anyone?
* For baglama, oud and other stringed instruments I can recomment Yusuf Toraman of Istanbul, an old friend and master instrument-maker. He made a lot of Arf Sag's instruments. His website is in Turkish only: http://www.toramanmuzik.com Adress: Toraman Muzik Evi San Tic. STI., Kucuk Langa Cad. Yuruk Palas No 40/3, Aksaray – Istanbul. Tel: 0 212 589 5858/530 1616
* I have started using a Turkish music-writing programme called Mus2. It has capacity to notate Turkish Classical and folk styles as well as other microtonal pieces. It is fairly user-friendly (if you know something about these kinds of music) and isn't cluttered up by all kinds of features you neither want nor need. It isn't perfect – what is? — but they are working on improving it, and, even more importantly, their email support are friendly and helpful. (I am sick of people rushing out programmmes that don't work properly, and who seem to lose interest in you once you have paid your money. Case in point: the Desktop version of iTabla, whose manual did not work when I got the programme, and told me they were "too busy" to fix it – or help me with my problems!)
The Mus2 people have also released Mus2okur. This is a prog which outlines the basics of Turkish music – makam, usul (rhythm) and other elements as well as various archives. You can, eg, play along with a score displayed on the screen. It has its limitations – the sounds are pitched at theoretical levels, rather than those used by master musicians (so you still need a teacher, I'm afraid!) but certainly extremely useful.
You can download a trial version of both programmes (with limitations on saving etc) from their website www.mus2.com.tr. Price is very reasonable.
* Music of the World are a new organization putting on World Music concerts and workshops in the Blue Mountains area. They are very supportive of Australian performers.
– Kim Sanders
Kim Sanders and Friends
Kim also works with a variety of small ensembles, known collectively as Kim Sanders & Friends. The group can be tailored in size, personnel and repertoire to suit particular events. The friends include:
Bobby Singh's talent was recognised at an early age by Pandit Nikhil Ghosh, and became a student of his senior disciple Aneesh Pradhan, who remains his guru. Bobby is now a "must see" performer on the world music circuit as well as the Indian Classical scene. He has performed with Ashok Roy, Slava Grigoriyan, Joseph Tawadross and many cross-cultural ensembles including Flamenco Dreaming and The Bird. He currently works with Circle of Rhythm and Dha, amongst others.
Australian-born Macedonian clarinettist/saxophonist Blagojce (Bobby) Dimitrevski has degrees from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music but has also learned the old-fashioned way from his father Ivan. He has performed extensively in the Macedonian scene in Australia, with Balkan folk/jazz ensemble Mara! and with Nadya and the 101 Candles Orchestra. He can blister the paint off the walls.
Double-bassist Steve Elphick has been for many years regarded as one of Australia's most creative improvising musicians. He has made many overseas tours with folk-jazz group Mara! and played with jazz greats including Lee Konitz and Steve Lacey. In Australia he has performed and recorded extensively with cutting-edge improvising bands including The World According to James, The Andrew Robson Trio, Ten Part Invention, Bernie McGann Trio and The Umbrellas.
Another Australian World Music pioneer, Llew Kiek (bouzouki, bağlama, guitar, tambura, keyboards) has recorded 10 albums and performed in 20 countries with ARIA-winning folk-jazz group Mara! In Australia he has worked with The Bisserov Sisters, Tenzing Tsewang, Silvia Entcheva, Martenitsa, Nakisa, the Renaissance Players, Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre and singers Jeannie Lewis and Margret RoadKnight. Australian World Music Instrumentalist of the year 1999.
Saxophonist, composer and three-time ARIA-winner Sandy Evans is one of Australia's leading performers in improvised music. She has played and recorded extensively in Australia and overseas the own Sandy Evans Trio, Clarion Fracture Zone, The catholics, austraLYSIS, the Australian Art Orchestra, MARA!, Bernie McGann, Waratah and many visiting American artists. Named Australian Jazz Artist of the Year at the 2003 Bells Awards. She is also heavily involved with Southern Indian Classical music.
Singer, composer and master of the bouzouki, baglama, tzouras and guitar, George Doukas has performed with such Greek luminaries as Sakellariou, Doukissa and Floriniotis as well as a multitude of local Greek artists. He was musical co-director for internationally-screened Concert 2000. In recent years he has has been involved in several exciting collaborations with musicians from a variety cultures, as in his own band Balcano.
Drummer Toby Hall has played and recorded with outstanding Australian improvisers including Mike Nock, Lloyd Swanton, Bernie McGann, Alister Spence and Sandy Evans as well as leading his own groups. He has also played with many visiting performers including jazz vocal legend Sheila Jordan. Montreal Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, New York's famous Knitting Factory – Toby's been there, done that.
Reformed rock star, dancer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, choreographer, actor, producer and social activist Sawung Jabo is well-versed in traditional Indonesian music and dance as well as contemporary forms. He is highly respected for the energy, beauty and passion of his words and music. He has released twelve top-selling albums in Indonesia, and performed in Japan, Korea and the US.
Multi-instrumentalist Blair Greenberg has played guitar, steel drums, djembe, didgeridoo, marimba, darabukka and all kinds of percussion (not to mention electric neck) in many countries with Trio Dingo, Epizo Bangoura's African Express, Muhammad Bangoura, Pape Mbaye, Zulya Kamalova, Christine Anu, The Flying Fruitfly Circus, the Electra String Quartet, Jeannie Lewis and the very strange Paranormal Music Society.
Davood Tabrizi studied percussion and Persian string instruments at Tehran Conservatorium and the Uni of Tehran before coming to Australia in 1979. He has performed in many pioneering cross-cultural bands including Tansey's Fancy and Nakisa, toured America with his own group Far Seas, and has written award-winning scores for theatre productions and films including The Navigator and Serenades.
Singer Linda Marr is one of the world music and a cappella scene's most respected and talented personalities. Acknowledged as a pioneer in bringing world music to a wider audience in Australia, Linda has appeared on more than 20 CDs and toured extensively in Australia and overseas. A founding member of Musica Linda, Blindman's Holiday and Keklik Aile, Linda has also performed with Tokakros, Cumana and with Kim in Nakisa.
Singapore born percussionist Tony Lewis has collaborated with leading musicians from many cultures, including Aboriginal dancer/musician Matthew Doyle, koto-player Satsuki Odamura, harmonic singer David Hykes and sitarist Raj Kumar Sharma. He has also worked with Southern Crossings, Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre, Nakisa, Waratah and Dhamor Percussion. He has studied and performed in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
Peter Kennard has studied drumming in West Africa and performed overseas with Colin Offord's Great Bowing Company, the Turkish State Theatre, Stalker Theatre Company, Sirocco andCathie O'Sullivan. In Australia he has played with sarod virtuoso Ashok Roy, Lulo Reinhardt, Moussa Diyakite, the Flying Fruitfly Circus, Chai Chang Ning, Flamenco Dreaming, Heval and Brassov.
Percussionist Ron Reeves lived and studied for many years in Indonesia, and specialises in traditional instruments from West Java and South India. In a long and varied career he has played with the Trilok Gurtu, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Nigeria's Lebe Olarinjo Masqueraders, the Karnataka College of Percussion, Billy Cobham, Hossam Ramzy, heavy plastic band AC/PVC and with Kim in GengGong and Trio Dingo. He leads Indonesian-based groups Warogus and Earth Music.
Enigmatic Kiwi Boyd is the composer of the Martian National Anthem. He also plays bass and baritone saxophones with intergalactic intensity. He has performed with Mic Conway's National Junk Band, Jackie Orszcaszki's Budget Orchestra, Brassov and The Monday Club. The only member of Kim Sanders & Friends weighing less than his instrument, he is a genuine saxophone heavyweight.
Hong Kong born Mark Szeto plays double bass and fretless electric bass in a variety of styles. He has performed with Monsieur Camembert, the Sydney Opera House Orchestra and Sydney Chamber Orchestra. His own band, Low Flying Hippies, released their debut CD Adventure Before Dementia in 2009.
Multi-instrumentalist Sam Golding (trumpet, tenor horn, trombone, sousaphone, flutes, ukelele) performs in many musical settings from Senegalese Mbalax through traditional music from the Balkans, jazz small groups, reggae and cabaret. He is currently working hard with the bands Darth Vegas, The Glorious Sousaphonics, The Fantastic Terrific Munkle, Teranga, Tango Saloon and The Mango Balloon.
Kurdish Iranian Mustafa Karami studied dhaf (traditional frame drum) at Karkars Music College in Tehran and is now recognised as a master of the instrument. He was declared Best Dhaf Player in Iran at the Festival of Dhaf in 2005,6,7. He also sings and plays oud. Mustafa has performed throughout Iran with ensembles such as Madakto, Javidan, Bamdad and Salmak. In Australia he has performed with Kim in Davood Tabrizi's Far Seas.
One of Australia's leading improvising musicians, James Greening has been widely praised for his work on trombone, pocket trumpet, sousaphone and bass with Ten Part Invention, Wanderlust, The catholics, The Umbrellas, The Australian Art Orchestra, Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach, the Sruthi Laya Ensemble, Matthew Doyle and various strange ensembles led by the late, great Jackie Orszaczky. He leads his own band The World According to James.
"What I wouldn't give to have friends like these!" – Jaslyn Hall, ABC Limelight Magazine
"In a perfect world, these artists would figure among out national treasures" – Michael Rofe, Weekend Australian
"The music is sometimes mystical…but can also be full of tension and real virtuousity" – Eelco Schilder, Folkworld (UK/Germany)


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Justice Network is a 24/7 broadcast television network that entertains and informs its viewers with gripping crime and investigation programming while making communities safer. Justice Network provides a first-of-its-kind public service initiative that helps catch fugitives, find missing children and provide safety tips for its viewers. Proud to be the only multicast network with non-stop crime programming and a public service commitment, Justice Network recognizes crime affects everyone.
Spokesperson and on-air talent for Justice Network
John Walsh, spokesperson and on-air talent for Justice Network is an Emmy® award-winning, internationally renowned host. As the executive producer of America's Most Wanted, he launched the groundbreaking reality program that's helped law enforcement capture more than 1,100 dangerous fugitives and brought home more than 50 missing children since its debut in 1988. Currently, Walsh is also featured on CNN's program The Hunt.
Fighting crime and being a victims' advocate became Walsh's life's mission on July 27, 1981 - the day his only child, Adam, was abducted from a mall near his home in Hollywood, Florida. Adam was found murdered two weeks later.
The Walshes' experience showed them that the nation was in desperate need of leadership in the fight to protect children. Out of their pain, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children was created in 1984, after President Ronald Reagan signed the "Missing Children's Assistance Act." The NCMEC is the premier child protection non-profit, providing invaluable resources to parents, children and law enforcement in the U.S. and abroad.
John has been honored numerous times by many local, state and federal agencies. In addition to being named "Man of the Year" by both the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI, John was also made an honorary U.S. Marshal. He is only the third man to receive this honor in the organization's two hundred-plus-year history.
John's hard work has led to him being honored five times by four presidents: Ronald Reagan (twice), George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. On July 27, 2006 – 25 years to the day since Adam's abduction – at a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, President George W. Bush signed a new, resolute law to track and apprehend convicted sex offenders who disappear after their release from prison: The "Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act." July 27th is now a bittersweet day for the Walshes; it's a date that marks the worst day of their lives in 1981, but also a day that brings hope to families who seek justice and answers, because of the law named for their son.
John was born in Auburn, New York and educated at the University of Buffalo. He moved to Florida with his wife, Revé, and had been a successful hotel developer before Adam's tragic murder. John and Revé were blessed with three more children after Adam: Meghan, Callahan and Hayden. John and his wife continue to fight for victims' rights and for justice throughout the United States and wherever children or crime victims are in need.
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Brian Weiss serves as President and General Manager of Cooper Media's television networks Justice Network and Quest, overseeing all business functions.
Weiss joined Cooper Media to launch Justice Network in 2015, serving as Director of Distribution and later Vice President of Strategy and Distribution. In this capacity, Weiss helped grow Justice Network's distribution to more than 75% of U.S. homes, and Quest's carriage to more than 65% of U.S. homes in less than a year, with significant cable carriage.
Previously, Weiss led business development and partnerships for The Washington Post, one of the nation's flagship media properties. He began his career at Bloomberg, first as a producer and on-air correspondent for Bloomberg Television covering the intersection of Washington and Wall Street, and later in a business development and strategy role for Bloomberg Government.
Weiss studied Journalism at The George Washington University and also holds a Master's of Business Administration from GW, as well as a Master's of Communications from Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Yang and their daughter Elliott.
John Ford, Head of Programming for Cooper Media's Justice Network and Quest, oversees all program acquisitions, production and scheduling for the Justice Network. Ford's career spans more than thirty years in media, including senior executive positions at Discovery Communications, Inc., National Geographic Channel and in public television. Under his tenure, Ford's channels have earned numerous primetime and news and documentary Emmy awards and two Peabody Awards. Ford has been termed a "legendary" programmer by CableFax and honored by independent producers with their CINE Leadership Award.
Previously, Ford also formed Jfordmedia Consulting where he was recently the head of creative at SyncSense, applying neuroscience principles to short-form video to make it more effective in achieving engagement and audience ratings. Recent clients include TNT, Travel Channel, National Geographic Channel and ABC.
Ford has held various roles at Discovery Communications, including Co-Executive of PRoduction for the BBC/Discovery co-production "Life" while he was President and General MAnager of Discovery Channel US. He also served as the President and General Manager of Discovery Times Channel and Military Channel, and began the process of converting Discovery Times to Investigation Discovery (I.D.). For eight years, Ford led Discovery's TLC as its SVP, Programming and EVP and General Manager, while it was one of the most dramatic cable growth stories of the 1990's. Ford also was the Executive Vice President, Programming at National Geographic Channel, where he led a complete programming and ratings turnaround and was named a CableFax "Programmer of the Year." Ford earned a master's degree from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin, and a B.A. from Duke University.
Ned Simon, oversees all production and technical operations for Cooper Media's Justice Network and sister network, Quest. Simon is a 35-year veteran of production and content management in sports and news, having begun his career at ABC Sports in New York. Serving as a Producer/Director from 1984 to 1990, Simon gained unparalleled experience in both live remote and studio production working on national and international programming including directing the Opening Ceremonies at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, directing the Olympic Preview Show at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, directing NCAA Football as well as producing Wide World of Sports, Pre Game for Super Bowl XIX (1985) and Super Bowl XXII (1988), The Indianapolis 500, Monday Night Football, Monday Night Baseball and various PGA and LPGA Tour Tournaments including the US and British Opens.


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Last year I was also here, I would say Boracay is my favorite place that I would always go back to. It's like being in an island that's is full of people but still enjoy the island life. What made this different is that I'll be spending this vacation with my friends back in high school. This is our first time to travel outside of our comfort place since we graduated from high school and started our own careers. We planned an all girls vacation for us to bond and enjoy, since we're all tied to our own careers. Chos! But unfortunately some wasn't able to join us due to some commitments.. Chos! Oh well the vacation has to go on, since we have booked the tickets and booked the accommodation already, we can't back out now. I really need this vacation to just be away from all the stress from work and just enjoy my short vacation with my girlfriends. I also wanted to push this trip since this is the first time for my friends to visit Boracay. Iwanted them to see and experience for themselves why I love Boracay.
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Established in 1947, the College of Communication (COM) at Boston University is a large college with three departments: Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relations; Journalism, and Film & Television. COM's student population exceeds 2,200 in its B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. programs. COM integrates a strong liberal arts core with a focus on preparing students for careers as communication professionals. The faculty represents a blend of award-winning scholars and award-winning practitioners.
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Let's face it: Single mothers have a tough job. But some find the strength to not only fight for their own families, but also for strangers in need.
Take for example Diana Agabeg Apcar. She was a widow and a single mother, and was also a businesswoman and a diplomat who over her many years in Japan saved countless lives in the wake of World War I. Where other diplomats had the backing of money, political clout or military power, she stood mostly alone, one gutsy voice for her dying people, far outside her ethnic community, railing against the winds of war and political upheaval that engulfed the world.
She remains a largely unsung hero of the worldwide response to the Armenian genocide. So, who was this gutsy diplomat?
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Diana Agabeg was born in Yangon (Rangoon) in 1859. She came from an old family of Persian-Armenian merchants in what used to be a vibrant Armenian community that spanned South and Southeast Asia. Educated in a convent school in Kolkata (Calcutta), she was multilingual from a young age and eventually became fluent in Armenian, English, Hindustani and Japanese. In Calcutta in the late 1880s, she met Apcar Michael Apcar, a scion of the wealthy Persian-Armenian Apcar merchant house. The couple married in 1889, and after honeymooning in Japan chose to stay and establish a branch of the Apcar family business there.
The Apcars first lived in Kobe and briefly ran the Great Eastern Hotel. Then they relocated to the international port of Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, and worked in the import-export business. Their children were born there, the business took off, and the young family thrived.
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In the wee hours of April 24, 1915, the Ottoman government began the systematic extermination of its Armenian minority. Police arrested Armenian community leaders in Istanbul and carted them off to incarceration and death in Anatolia. This act set off around five years of ethnic cleansing, which three decades later was part of what inspired Raphael Lemkin to coin the term genocide. Armenians had different names for it: the Great Calamity, the Exile, the Slaughter. Whatever its name, by the end, over 1.5 million Armenians were dead. The survivors, dispossessed, scattered into exile worldwide. While many Armenians escaped westward through Europe to the Americas, others escaped eastward and eventually took refuge in China and the Russian Far East. Here, Diana re-entered the story.
Still living in Yokohama, Diana was busy. She'd been running the family business following her husband's death in 1906. While juggling that and raising her children, she kept up with political developments as the Great War unfolded. Although she did not have relatives directly affected by the genocide, she felt a great need to do whatever was in her power to help her people, even at a distance. The answer was elusive at first, but she soon found it in three venues: lobbying (especially via writing), fundraising and de facto consular work. She was already a prolific letter-writer and author of articles, and soon also published books, including Betrayed Armenia, In His Name, The Peace Problem, and Peace and No Peace.
Through articles, books and letters, she spoke out tirelessly on behalf of the Armenian community, especially against the European powers' increasing disinterest in aiding it, as politically expedient deals with the late Ottoman Empire and nascent Turkish Republic became more desirable. "Those who are so called European Powers," she later wrote, "are the Satan's scourge of the world. I would rather trust satan than the European Powers."
She also corresponded regularly with government officials, including those in the Japanese Foreign Ministry and the U.S. State Department. Her efforts in enlisting Japanese support for the Armenian cause bore fruit during and immediately after the war. Japan was one of the wartime Allies and thus an enemy of Germany. Japan did not declare war on the Ottoman Empire, but the Ottomans were allied with the Germans, and thus on the opposing side. Diana found that Japanese officials acceded to her request for transit visas for Armenian refugees, which she brought from the Russian Far East to Japan at her own expense. She also housed them in the greater Tokyo area long enough to secure passage to North America, and safety. By doing so, she helped save countless lives.
Diana's story, and her role as a de facto diplomat, intertwines with my own family history. My great-grandfather, Harootune Pekmezian, was a consular clerk and interpreter working for American consul Leslie Davis in the Ottoman city of Elazig. He and Davis helped Armenians escape the empire, including eastward to Russia. It's quite likely that Diana helped some of the same people my great-grandfather helped.
After the First Armenian Republic declared its independence, Diana's work in lobbying for Japanese aid helped secure de facto recognition of that state by Japan. Japan was one of few nations to do so. In recognition of these efforts, Diana was named Consul of the Armenian Republic in Japan by Foreign Minister Hamo Ohanjanyan. In this role, she was the first woman named to a diplomatic post in the 20th century. Her official diplomatic role ended with the Armenian Republic's collapse and absorption into the Soviet Union, but she remained a vocal advocate of her people until her death from arteriosclerosis in 1937.
Diana is buried in Yokohama Foreigners' Cemetery. The marble stele at her grave reads, in Armenian and English:
Diana Agabeg Apcar
October 17th 1859-July 8th 1937
Out of Earth's Shadows unto Heaven's Glorious Day
We Loved Her, but God Loved Her Best
Her family left Japan for the United States, following their incarceration as enemy civilians during World War II. There is, sadly, no longer any Armenian community in Japan to speak of. Today, the Tokyo-based Japan-Armenian Friendship Association cares for her grave.
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A docudrama about Diana's life, titled Lost Consul, is currently in development! For more, check out dianaapcar.org.
About the author:
Nyri A. Bakkalian is a young historian specializing in Japanese and military history, trained under the tutelage of renowned political historian Richard Smethurst. She has a soft spot for local history and unknown stories, preferably uncovered during road trips. When not hunting for unknown history, Nyri can most often be found sketching while enjoying a good cup of Turkish coffee. Follow her on Twitter at @riversidewings.


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Hello there. I know it has been very quiet around here the last couple of months, but I have been working on a variety of holiday crafts that I am excited to share with you.
First up are these pine cone Christmas trees. I already had almost all of the supplies for these trees on hand, but I purchased the pots at a dollar store. The pine cones were scavenged last winter.
The pine cones had been in my garage for over a year, but I wanted to make sure that they were not harboring any critters so I carefully washed the pine cones in soapy water. The pine cones closed when I washed them, but after drying on newspapers for about a day they opened again.
I painted the pots. I then painted the tip of each scale on the pine cones.
When the paint was dry I put a thin line of glue on the edge of the scales near the top of my mini tree and sprinkled glitter on the glue to make it look like the mini trees had been dusted by frost. When the glue dried I set a pine cone in each painted pot and topped each pine cone with a star made out of a craft foil.
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Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium, and Tokyo, Japan, July 30, 2018 – Promethera Biosciences SA, a global innovator in cell-based medicines and liver diseases, today announced the appointment of Mutsuki Takano as Branch General Manager of Promethera Biosciences Japan Branch and Member of the Management Team of Promethera Biosciences SA. As announced in May 2018, Promethera's branch office in Tokyo marks the starting point for building a strong presence of Promethera in Japan and additional Asian markets.
Mutsuki Takano joins Promethera from Mitsui & Co., Ltd, one of the biggest Japanese conglomerate where he was influential in international business activities such as new company launches, the set-up of joint ventures, foreign company operations and restructuring projects in the US, UK, India, China, and other Asian countries. Most recently, his work focused on private equity transactions in the biotechnology sector for Mitsui Global Investment, the venture capital arm of Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Mutsuki has contributed to the successful development of more than 10 portfolio companies as a board observer. He received a Bachelor of Science in Politics and Economics from the Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan and did his EMBA at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
"In looking to fill this new position, the ideal candidate had to offer a strong network in Japan and the wider Asian region, combined with a strong biopharma investment and corporate development expertise. Mutsuki fulfilled all this and more and we are thus very pleased to present him as the new head of our recently established branch office in Tokyo and to welcome him in our Management team," said John Tchelingerian, PhD, President & CEO of Promethera Biosciences SA.
"The positive climate and regulatory environment for cell therapy and regenerative medicine in Japan represent a special opportunity for Promethera as we drive product and corporate development activities in the region. I am excited and very much looking forward to contribute to the continued success of Promethera in Japan/Asia and worldwide," commented Mutsuki Takano, Branch General Manager of Promethera Biosciences Japan Branch.


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Source: Proper Pallet Preparation (I could not resist)
Though not what you would expect on a book-centric blog, I couldn't resist "pressing" this because:
a. I enjoyed it – it made me laugh. This is the most fun thing I've read about working with pallets.
b. A friend of mine had a similar experience trying to work with free wood pallets (though his had some weird – possibly imported – bugs, so he ended up consigning them all to the burn pile).
c. I've been wondering what the "press this" button did and decided to take the lazy way of finding out – clicked on the button and let it do it's thing.
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