احتل المنتخب الوطني العراقي لكرة القدم المركز الأخير في مجموعته للتصفيات المؤهلة لنهائيات كأس العالم بعد أن مني بالخسارة الأربعاء أمام الفريق القطري بهدفين مقابل لا شيء وبعد أن تعادل مع الصين بهدف واحد، ليحصل بذلك على نقطة واحدة. ويأتي المنتخب العراقي في ذيل القائمة بعد المنتخب الأسترالي المتصدر للمجموعة بأربع نقاط ثم القطري بثلاث نقاط والصيني بنقطتين. وجاءت خسارة الفريق العراقي أمام القطري ضمن المرحلة الثالثة من التصفيات، ومازال أمام المنتخب العراقي أربع مباريات قادمة مع الفريقين الصيني والأسترالي في شهر حزيران/ يونيو القادم ضمن المرحلة نفسها للمجموعة الآسيوية الأولى للتأهل إلى نهائيات كأس العالم في جنوب أفريقيا سنة 2010. وقد سجل الهدف الأول اللاعب فابيو سيزار في الدقيقة الأولى من المباراة، ليعود مرة أخرى ويسجل الهدف الثاني في الدقيقة 67 من المباراة.
يذكر أن منتخبات البحرين وعُمان والأردن وقطر تمكنت من تحقيق الفوز في مبارياتها التي جرت الأربعاء على الملاعب الآسيوية، في حين خسرت السعودية أمام اوزباكستان، ولبنان أمام سنغافورة، وانتهت مباراة الإمارات وسوريا بالتعادل.
torsdag 27 mars 2008
tisdag 25 mars 2008
"عراقي في باريس" محطات من حياة صموئيل شمعون
غلاف الكتاب باللغة الانكليزيةأصدر الكاتب العراقي المقيم في لندن صموئيل شمعون رواية "عراقي في باريس" مترجمة إلى اللغة الفرنسية بعد أن كتبها بالانكليزية وترجمت إلى العربية.
وأراد الكاتب من العنوان أن يذكر بفيلم "أميركي في باريس" الذي كانت بطلته جين كيلي، والذي يجسد القصيدة السيمفونية الأميركية التي وضعها جورج غيرشوين عام 1928.
والرواية التي ترجمتها إلى الفرنسية ستيفاني ديجول ستنزل إلى المكتبات الفرنسية في 4 أبريل/نيسان. ويؤكد النقاد أن رواية شمعون المكتوبة بلغة بسيطة وتهيمن على أحداثها عوالم سينمائية محملة بشاعرية ومرح وسخرية.
ومع أن الكاتب يستند في سرد أحداث روايته إلى محطات من سيرته الذاتية إلا أنه يعيد تجميعها وإبرازها في صورة تعكس التزاماته الأيديولوجية.
يوقظ الكاتب والدته في أحد فصول القصة ليفصح لها عن نيته تحقيق حلمه بأن يصبح نجما هوليوديا.
إلا أن شمعون ذو الموارد المالية الوضيعة، اتجه إلى دمشق كخطوة أولى.
هناك اعتقل بسبب اسمه الذي اعتقده البعض بأنه إسرائيلي.
لكن ذلك لم ينه شمعون من الانتقال إلى محطة ثانية في حياته.
وهو في طريقه إلى بيروت أوقفته ميليشيات مسيحية ظنا منها بأنه يعمل لصالح السوريين.
وتتابع الرواية التي تسرد حكاية الطريق إلى هوليود أحلام شمعون الذي يقرر لاحقا طلب اللجوء السياسي في فرنسا.
وفي باريس، يصور شمعون بقلمه الأحياء الفقيرة التي تسكع فيها ليلا ونهارا وصداقاته مع عمال المقاهي والعاهرات.
ويعود شمعون بين القصة والأخرى إلى عائلته وأقربائه وأصدقاء الطفولة والجيران، فيروي مثلا غرام والده الفران الأصم الأبكم والمغرم بلا حدود بملكة بريطانيا.
ولد شمعون في الحبانية في محافظة الأنبار من عائلة أشورية وترك العراق عام 1979 ليصل إلى باريس عام 1985 وهو يعيش في لندن منذ العام 1996 حيث يصدر المجلة الأدبية "بانيبال."
دار الحنان بنسختها الكربلائية .. الملابس في المخازن والنزلاء شبة عراة
نزيلان في دار الحنان تتكدس الأغطية والملابس في مخازن دار الحنان لشديدي العوق في محافظة كربلاء في حين ظهر نزلاء الدار في كاميرا الحرة شبة عراة، ويعانون من قلة الرعاية، نظرا لندرة القائمين على رعايتهم.
التفاصيل في تقرير مراسلة قناة "الحرة" في كربلاء إيمان بلال:
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måndag 24 mars 2008
10 Signs You Need a Hair Makeover
Pro clues it's time to redo your 'do
SIGN #1
Your hair has no volume.The top is flat, the sides are bulky, and it no longer frames your features. "If your hair just sits there, even after you've blown it dry, set it, or curled it, at the very least get a trim," says Mark Garrison of the eponymous New York City salon.
SIGN #2
Your high school friends assure you that "you haven't changed a bit!"Guess what? It's probably time to do just that, says Sam Brocato of the hair-care company Brocato America. Start getting inspired by collecting images of cuts you'd consider. Revisit them weekly until you can picture living with one of them. Next, schedule an appointment.
SIGN #3
Your highlights are more noticeable than your base color."This is an indication that your highlights have become too heavy," says Garrison. The fix? Consider a single process to cover the streaks and lay off new highlights for at least three months. (Don't worry, some of the lighter bits will naturally show through, giving you a subtler, sun-kissed effect.)
SIGN #4
You're not receiving compliments on your hair anymore.One simple tweak sure to garner attention is to set your strands in hot rollers, suggests Federico Calce of Federico Salon in New York City. "Of all the heat-styling tools, they produce the softest, sexiest waves.
"SIGN #5
Your hair and skin tone match.If your tress and skin tones have become too close, you could benefit from lowlights, says Garrison. Add deeper, warmer streaks using peroxide and ammonia-free color to give your look loads of dimension without damaging your hair.
SIGN #6
Your clothes have evolved; your hair hasn't.According to Brocato, altering your clothing style is the perfect excuse to update your 'do. This way, your new look will work from head to toe — literally. For example, if you've recently lost weight and are finally sporting all those curve-hugging clothes previously relegated to the back of your closet, you might want to get a sleeker, more face-flattering coif.
SIGN #7
Two words: Brillo pad.Lopping off significant length may be the only way to eliminate dryness. But in the meantime, switch to a cream-based styler (such as Kiehl's Creme with Silk Groom) to add moisture to your hair, which will render it more supple and less apt to break.
SIGN #8
You pull your hair into a ponytail all the time.Garrison suggests adding bangs or layers to give your locks some shape — that way, you'll be more apt to wear them down.
SIGN #9
You spend more than 20 minutes styling your hair.If it takes this long, your cut is clearly not making the most of your texture. A fast fix: Get your stylist to create 'dos that work with your curls (like long layers) or that boost your lank locks (like a blunt bob).
SIGN #10
Your stylist could cut your hair with her eyes closed.Sounds like someone's in a rut (not just you). Seek out fresh eyes/scissors.The easiest way to keep current? Start with a versatile cut, then alter your texture and color as often as you like! For a look like the one shown here, begin with long layers and use volumizing spray on your roots. Try: Phytovolume Actif Volumizer Spray for fine or limp hair.
fredag 21 mars 2008
News from here and there
Anderson cooper
Valentino
BeckhamAnderson Cooper Has 'Spot' of Skin Cancer Remove
Anderson Cooper is dealing with a dermatological health issue, the journalist explains on his CNN blog. After recounting his experience on the campaign trail with Sen. Barack Obama, Cooper, 40, writes, "On a personal note, I've been off for the last couple of days. I had minor surgery on Monday. A small spot of skin cancer was removed from under my left eye." The setback will not keep Cooper off-camera, he says. "I hadn't planned on mentioning this, but I still have stitches and you'll no doubt notice them tonight," he says on his Wednesday posting. Then, with a nod to PBS talk-show host Charlie Rose's current black eye – which Rose, 66, got when he tripped on the sidewalk while trying to catch his laptop – Anderson says, "Don't want you to think I got into a fist fight with Charlie Rose.
Arrivederla, Valentino
So what does a Roman couture legend who has worked day in, day out sketching beautiful dresses for almost half a century do the day after his retirement show?
“Certainly I am not the sort of person to be sitting all day long watching television,” Valentino says, pursing his lips extra tightly.
An iris-detailed spring couture evening look.
Instead, the morning after an army of models in red gowns streamed down the runway in his farewell show, held in a cathedral-like tent at the Musée Rodin, the designer was strolling into the soaring, neo-Renaissance splendor of the Salon des Arcades at Paris’s City Hall. Karl Lagerfeld was at his side, and after he received a medal of the city from a fawning Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, who addressed him affectionately as “cher maestro,” Valentino quoted a song made famous by Josephine Baker.
“I have two loves, my country and Paris,” Valentino said in Italian-accented French as a thunderstorm of flashbulbs erupted before him.
A page of fashion history definitely turned when Valentino became only the second, after Yves Saint Laurent, of a batch of seventy-something design greats—Lagerfeld, Giorgio Armani and Oscar de la Renta are among the others—to hang up his seasoned scissors. If it seemed an occasion that called for emotions of the moist variety, Valentino and his longtime business partner and alter ego, Giancarlo Giammetti, would have none of it.
“Happy, happy! Not sad at all! It is not a collection with tears in between,” Valentino insists when asked about his swan-song show, chockablock with frothy summer dresses worn with big hats or matching gloves handpainted with floral fantasies. “I leave with great joy in a certain way, because I leave after 45 years on top of my career.”
“It was exactly what we wanted: a grand and very nice retirement and not a funeral,” is Giammetti’s take on the January evening, which concluded with a private dinner at the designer’s château, the 17th-century Domaine de Wideville, marked by boozy but not overly sentimental speeches. There were about 130 guests, Valentino’s usual mix of actresses, royals, jetsetters and assorted family members.
Rumbles about Valentino’s retirement started last year, when three unfathomably glamorous days in Rome were devoted to celebrating the 45th anniversary of his fashion house. That meant everything from aerial acrobatics and fireworks at the foot of the Colosseum to a lavish black-tie dinner on the grounds of the Villa Borghese, where guests were treated to views of rare Caravaggios and Canovas, as well as a surprise concert by Annie Lennox. Closing the circle, Lennox’s “No More I Love Yous” was the soundtrack in Paris for the designer’s final bow and signature stiff-armed, all-in-the-wrist wave.
Becks back for England
David Beckham is on track to win the 100th England cap he craves in a friendly against France in Paris next week after winning a recall to the squad for Fabio Capello's second match in charge.
Beckham was watched by Capello's assistant Franco Baldini in a friendly for his club, LA Galaxy, in Dallas at the weekend and obviously did enough to convince the Italians that he is fit enough to win his 100th cap in the Stade de France.
Capello, who managed Beckham at Real Madrid, left the 32-year-old midfielder out of his squad to face Switzerland but made it clear at the time that he was willing to extend his international career.
Beckham's recall comes at the expense of the Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon, who unexpectedly failed to make the squad, but he is not expected to dislodge Blackburn's David Bentley from the starting line-up.
Capello, who managed Beckham at Real Madrid, left the 32-year-old midfielder out of his squad to face Switzerland but made it clear at the time that he was willing to extend his international career.
Beckham's recall comes at the expense of the Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon, who unexpectedly failed to make the squad, but he is not expected to dislodge Blackburn's David Bentley from the starting line-up.
torsdag 20 mars 2008
The children of the Wolf
Not only are they the only Italian side left in the UEFA Champions League, but Roma are also one of the few members of Europe's footballing aristocracy to line up with four homegrown players. Three of them - Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi and Alberto Aquilani - have also gone on to represent their country, a handsome return for the club's longstanding policy of nurturing young talents hailing from the Eternal City.
And as the case of Totti shows, that commitment to youth development is usually rewarded with the undying loyalty of the players themselves. This is reciprocated by the Giallorossi's most fervent supporters on the Curva Sud of the Stadio Olimpico, whose motto underlines their devotion to the club: 'La Roma non si discute, si ama' (You don't question Roma, you love it).
Roma was founded on 7 June 1927 following the merge of three of the city's older clubs: Alba Audace, Roman and Fortitudo Pro Roma. The newly created entity chose the golden yellow and maroon red of the standards of the Roman Empire as their colours, in representation of all the areas of the city. The distinctive colour scheme also distinguished it from arch-rivals Lazio, named after the region where the Italian capital is situated.
Although a relatively young institution, Roma players have always been acutely aware of the history behind the club, and new recruits are quick to show their wholehearted commitment to the cause. The passion the team arouses and the charms of Rome go a long way to explaining their fierce loyalty to the Giallorossi. Yet, despite their allegiance over their years, and Roma's unquestioned status as one of the leading lights in Italian football, only three Serie A titles have ever come their way.
Icon eternalPerhaps no player better encapsulates this devotion to the red and yellow half of the city than their iconic skipper and favourite son Totti. A player who can do no wrong in the eyes of the adoring tifosi, Totti has chosen to stay with his beloved hometown club and seek eternal glory under Roman skies rather than head elsewhere in search of a steadier supply of silverware.
The European Golden Boot recipient in the 2006/07 season with 26 goals, he played his 500th match for Roma in all competitions on 9 March. And with the business end of the campaign approaching fast, the talismanic playmaker is carrying the fans' hopes on his shoulders. First up is Wednesday's derby with Lazio, quickly followed by a revenge mission against Manchester United - 7-1 victors over Luciano Spalletti's side last year - and a championship run-in that could yet see them pip Inter Milan to the Scudetto.
Totti is not the only Roma legend to have emerged from I Lupi's prolific academy over the years, however. Giacomo Losi, a commanding defender nicknamed The Heart of Rome, also spent his entire career in the famous maroon jersey, making 386 appearances between 1954 and 1969, some 299 of them as captain.
Shining even more brightly in the Roma firmament is the stylish attacking midfielder Giuseppe Giannini. Born in 1964 in the Roman suburb of Tomba di Nerone, Il Principe made his debut for the club in 1982 and remained faithful to them for the next 15 seasons, winning 47 caps for Italy in the process and spurning several lucrative offers from the country's northern powerhouses. A missed penalty in a particularly heated Rome derby late on in his career ultimately led to him leaving for pastures new.
The 1982 FIFA World Cup™ champion Bruno Conti is another Giallorossi hero, turning out in the maroon and gold for 16 seasons, during which time he scored 35 goals, and picked up one league title and four Italian Cups. After becoming a youth-team coach at the club, he also took charge of the first XI for a short spell and is now technical director with the Roman giants. And no less an authority than Sir Bobby Charlton once remarked: "If I'd ever been made a national team coach, I would have wanted to take Bruno Conti with me, no matter where it was."
Figuring high among the other servants who devoted body and soul to the club are Franco Tancredi, the rock-solid goalkeeper who racked up 228 matches between 1979 and 1990, and Francesco Rocca, also known as Kawasaki, an incombustible full-back who was perpetual motion for 90 minutes.
A special place in Roma hearts is also devoted to Agostino Di Bartolomei, the combative defensive midfielder who emerged from one of the city's poorer neighbourhoods to represent the club with distinction between 1972 and 1984. As well as marshalling the defence with aplomb, he was a level-headed captain who exerted a calming influence on his more excitable team-mates. Sadly, Di Bartolomei died on 30 May 1994 after struggling to adapt to life outside football, but so influential was he that one of the Italian capital's streets is now named after him.
As well as born and bred Romans, many a foreign player has also succumbed to the charms and magnetic appeal of the club. None more so than the cultured Brazilian defender Aldair, who spent 13 seasons in the Roma jersey. The Brazilian international was held in such high esteem that the club retired the No6 shirt when he retired.
These legendary figures' legacy is being kept alive by the latest generation of Roma idols, among them 23-year-old international midfielder Alberto Aquilani, who rejected a move to Chelsea as a callow teenager on the advice of current England coach Fabio Capello. "The most beautiful day of my life was when I scored against Lazio in front of the Curva Sud," commented Aquilani recently, confirming that the new breed's ties to all things maroon and gold are as strong as those of their imperious predecessors.
And as the case of Totti shows, that commitment to youth development is usually rewarded with the undying loyalty of the players themselves. This is reciprocated by the Giallorossi's most fervent supporters on the Curva Sud of the Stadio Olimpico, whose motto underlines their devotion to the club: 'La Roma non si discute, si ama' (You don't question Roma, you love it).
Roma was founded on 7 June 1927 following the merge of three of the city's older clubs: Alba Audace, Roman and Fortitudo Pro Roma. The newly created entity chose the golden yellow and maroon red of the standards of the Roman Empire as their colours, in representation of all the areas of the city. The distinctive colour scheme also distinguished it from arch-rivals Lazio, named after the region where the Italian capital is situated.
Although a relatively young institution, Roma players have always been acutely aware of the history behind the club, and new recruits are quick to show their wholehearted commitment to the cause. The passion the team arouses and the charms of Rome go a long way to explaining their fierce loyalty to the Giallorossi. Yet, despite their allegiance over their years, and Roma's unquestioned status as one of the leading lights in Italian football, only three Serie A titles have ever come their way.
Icon eternalPerhaps no player better encapsulates this devotion to the red and yellow half of the city than their iconic skipper and favourite son Totti. A player who can do no wrong in the eyes of the adoring tifosi, Totti has chosen to stay with his beloved hometown club and seek eternal glory under Roman skies rather than head elsewhere in search of a steadier supply of silverware.
The European Golden Boot recipient in the 2006/07 season with 26 goals, he played his 500th match for Roma in all competitions on 9 March. And with the business end of the campaign approaching fast, the talismanic playmaker is carrying the fans' hopes on his shoulders. First up is Wednesday's derby with Lazio, quickly followed by a revenge mission against Manchester United - 7-1 victors over Luciano Spalletti's side last year - and a championship run-in that could yet see them pip Inter Milan to the Scudetto.
Totti is not the only Roma legend to have emerged from I Lupi's prolific academy over the years, however. Giacomo Losi, a commanding defender nicknamed The Heart of Rome, also spent his entire career in the famous maroon jersey, making 386 appearances between 1954 and 1969, some 299 of them as captain.
Shining even more brightly in the Roma firmament is the stylish attacking midfielder Giuseppe Giannini. Born in 1964 in the Roman suburb of Tomba di Nerone, Il Principe made his debut for the club in 1982 and remained faithful to them for the next 15 seasons, winning 47 caps for Italy in the process and spurning several lucrative offers from the country's northern powerhouses. A missed penalty in a particularly heated Rome derby late on in his career ultimately led to him leaving for pastures new.
The 1982 FIFA World Cup™ champion Bruno Conti is another Giallorossi hero, turning out in the maroon and gold for 16 seasons, during which time he scored 35 goals, and picked up one league title and four Italian Cups. After becoming a youth-team coach at the club, he also took charge of the first XI for a short spell and is now technical director with the Roman giants. And no less an authority than Sir Bobby Charlton once remarked: "If I'd ever been made a national team coach, I would have wanted to take Bruno Conti with me, no matter where it was."
Figuring high among the other servants who devoted body and soul to the club are Franco Tancredi, the rock-solid goalkeeper who racked up 228 matches between 1979 and 1990, and Francesco Rocca, also known as Kawasaki, an incombustible full-back who was perpetual motion for 90 minutes.
A special place in Roma hearts is also devoted to Agostino Di Bartolomei, the combative defensive midfielder who emerged from one of the city's poorer neighbourhoods to represent the club with distinction between 1972 and 1984. As well as marshalling the defence with aplomb, he was a level-headed captain who exerted a calming influence on his more excitable team-mates. Sadly, Di Bartolomei died on 30 May 1994 after struggling to adapt to life outside football, but so influential was he that one of the Italian capital's streets is now named after him.
As well as born and bred Romans, many a foreign player has also succumbed to the charms and magnetic appeal of the club. None more so than the cultured Brazilian defender Aldair, who spent 13 seasons in the Roma jersey. The Brazilian international was held in such high esteem that the club retired the No6 shirt when he retired.
These legendary figures' legacy is being kept alive by the latest generation of Roma idols, among them 23-year-old international midfielder Alberto Aquilani, who rejected a move to Chelsea as a callow teenager on the advice of current England coach Fabio Capello. "The most beautiful day of my life was when I scored against Lazio in front of the Curva Sud," commented Aquilani recently, confirming that the new breed's ties to all things maroon and gold are as strong as those of their imperious predecessors.
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