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WAG Talk on Understanding Relations Between Pedophiles and Their Victims
Little Red Riding Hood is not all she seems, as you will learn in a talk by two University of Winnipeg professors at the Winnipeg Art Gallery at 7pm, Thursday, July 12. Admission is free.
Professors Pauline Greenhill (Women and Gender Studies) and Steven Kohm (Criminal Justice) will speak on...
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Jun 29, 2012
WAG Announces Surplus at Annual General Meeting
At its Annual General Meeting on June 27, the Winnipeg Art Gallery announced a surplus of $130,108 in its 2011/2012 fiscal year. The WAG also recorded the second highest visitors attendance for a special exhibition with the Norman Rockwell retrospective, which took place from March to May...
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Jun 28, 2012
Jack Zipes to Speak at the WAG on Fairy Tales' Place in Contemporary Society
Professor Jack Zipes, one of the world's leading thinkers on the social and political impact of fairy tales on contemporary society, will speak at the Winnipeg Art Gallery at 7pm on Friday, July 20. Tickets are $5 members/$15 non-member (includes gallery admission).
Far from being just amusing...
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Jun 27, 2012
Countdown Begins to WAG Centennial Celebrations
Today the Winnipeg Art Gallery started its 100-day countdown to the official kick-off of its Centenary on Saturday, September 29. It will be an exciting year of groundbreaking exhibitions and signature events, fit for the 100th Anniversary of Canada's oldest civic art gallery.
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Jun 22, 2012
WAG Displays Work of Studio Programs Adult Students
Although The Winnipeg Art Gallery is known for its wonderful annual children's art show, the adults taking art classes with the Gallery's Studio Programs also have their time to shine. And that time is at the public reception for the opening of the Adult Students' Art Show taking place in the...
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Jun 22, 2012
WAG's José Koes Receives Outstanding Volunteer Award
The Winnipeg Art Gallery is pleased to announce that José Koes was the recipient of the Winnipeg Art Council's 2012 Making a Difference—Outstanding Volunteer Award, handed out this morning at the Mayor's Luncheon for the Arts.
For thirty years Koes has been a dedicated volunteer at the WAG,...
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Jun 15, 2012
WAG's Live on the Rooftop Switches It Up This Summer
After 35 years of Jazz on the Rooftop, the Winnipeg Art Gallery is switching up its summer concert series to include a wider range of music.
"Jazz on the Rooftop has been a success story for decades," says Doren Roberts, Events and Rentals Manager. "People love the ambience—the best live...
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Jun 8, 2012
WAG Screening Danishka Esterhazy Films
On Thursday, June 21 the Winnipeg Art Gallery will be screening two films by acclaimed Canadian writer/director Daniskha Esterhazy who is celebrated for her visually stunning and character-driven films that have been screened at festivals in Spain, South Korea, France, Hollywood, Italy, and all...
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- Scribe's Institute Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. GalaThe Scribe's Institute held its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Gala for Learning and Literacy Sunday evening, January 19, at the Hartford Marriott Downtown. This year's awardees included Prof. Elizabeth Hinton, Tiffany Young, David O'Rourke, and Prof. Ronald L. Mallett.
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Cord cutting a trend? Nielsen to begin counting online streaming
The company that measures television viewership said Thursday it will soon begin counting people who watch programming through broadband in addition to the traditional broadcast or cable hook-up.
Nielsen's move is a significant step toward recognizing a world where the definition of TV viewing is swiftly changing and toward satisfying clients concerned that the company isn't keeping up with those changes. Separately, Nielsen is developing ways to track content on tablets and mobile phones.
For many years, roughly 99 percent of homes in the U.S. had televisions that received service through broadcast, cable or satellite signals.
Now the number of homes without such service is 4.2 percent - and growing each year. An estimated three-quarters of those homes still have TVs, however, and their owners watch programming through game consoles or services like Netflix and Amazon. Starting September, Nielsen will have meters that can monitor viewership in those homes, said Brian Fuhrer, a senior vice president at Nielsen.
This will add roughly 160 homes to Nielsen's current sample of 23,000 houses nationwide with meters monitoring viewing habits.
More significantly, Nielsen will return to its sample to find homes that have cable or broadcast, but also separate TV sets hooked up through broadband. This will add an estimated 2,000 more broadband sets, significantly increasing the sample size, Fuhrer said.
"Consumers are accessing content in new ways that fall outside of our traditional definitions and if we don't expand ... we could be missing an emerging trend," he said.
The changes aren't likely to quickly boost the ratings of your favorite program, however. Most of the programs shown through broadband don't have the same encodings as shows watched traditionally, primarily because they often have different advertisements. As a result, Nielsen will be limited in tracking what particular shows are being watched, at least until more universal encoding standards are developed.
Some broadband services have the ability to measure how much individual programs are seen but keep that information private. It is why, for example, there have been no estimates of how many people have seen Netflix's well-reviewed new series "House of Cards."
Even without those specifics, Nielsen will be still able to collect information such as who in the household is watching through broadband, and how much they watch. That is data that will at least be valuable to advertisers and marketers trying to target specific consumer groups. Nielsen's change was first reported in The Hollywood Reporter.
Nielsen must also develop a separate metering system for tablets and mobile devices, and Fuhrer said that work is ongoing.


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150g self-raising flour
150g unsalted butter, softened
150g caster sugar
150g ground almonds
2 large eggs, beaten
150g fresh raspberries, plus extra to serve
icing sugar to dust
You will also need a 23cm cake tin, buttered and the base lined with a disc of buttered baking parchment.
Preheat the oven to 180oc/160oc fan oven/350oF/gas mark 4.
Tip the flour, soft butter, sugar, ground almonds and eggs into a bowl and beat together until pale, light and fluffy.
Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin and spread level with a palette knife. Push the raspberries, pointy side up, into the batter.
Bake on the middle shelf of the preheated oven for about 1 hour, checking the cake after 45 minutes and covering it loosely with foil once it has browned to prevent the top colouring too much.
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Music Track Title: A Time for Heroes
Catalog ID: 415223 ISRC: US5UL1036049
Description: An inspiring speech recited before the final battle. The odds are against our heroes, but they will rise to the occasion. Simple, expressive trumpet melody, brass choir and booming drums, leads to winds building up to an epic, full orchestra climax. Similar to Jones' score, Last of the Mohicans.
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Need a friendly guide on finding ways to appreciate nature and how to go green? Get Out! is chockful of eco-friendly ideas to help families, classrooms, and groups get outside, learn about nature, experience the world in new ways, and take a hands-on approach to green living. Chapters on being an eco-friendly consumer and eco-friendly eater, as well as on choosing an issue and taking a stand, make for a well-rounded yet easy-to-use handbook for making a difference indoors and out.
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Wonderful puzzle! I think it is very beautiful, original, logical and great! Definitely one of the best Hanayama puzzles! Not for beginners, as previously mentioned before me, nor for people who count on good luck only.
Found it more grueling than enjoyable. As previously noted - not smooth, doesn't feel like Hanayama puzzle at all. Other Hanayamas I have each has its own character and appeal, which makes them a lot more interesting to play with. This puzzle may have smart solution, but it just looks graceless. It's harder than level 4 for sure. More like 4,5-5. I would not recommend this puzzle to be your first from Hanayama series. There is a chance that you might not want to buy next one.
This puzzle is clever. It's impossible to separate the Us by luck or any unintentional movement which is great. As one can guess from the design, it doesn't have that elegant flow typical to most of Hanayama puzzles, it just works in a different way - lots of adjustments and tiny movements (sometimes little bit forced) included. I found it a little bit more difficult than typical level 4 puzzle (Marble for example). The time you need to visualize the sequence of movements is comparable to Elk. Took me an hour to solve it and one more to fully appreciate the design :) Still quite fun to play with it afterwards. It's not that kind of challenging puzzle that you can hand over to someone and watch them accidentally find a solution within 10 minutes or so. Nope, ain't gonna happen!


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Early Contesting
The first recorded Brass Band Contest in Scotland took place at Wemyss Castle Estate near Kirkcaldy, Fife in July 1885. A first prize of £40 and a travel grant of £10 was enough to lure the champion band of England, Besses O' Th' Barn from Lancashire to compete. Besses Band emerged as the winners of the main Contest and the £40 prize, also winning the subsidiary event, a March Contest for which they received another £2. Alloa Burgh Band were placed a lowly second and Kirkcaldy Trades Band third.
Formation of the Scottish Amateur Brass Band Association
July 1895 saw the formation of The Scottish Amateur Brass Band Association. The Committee was headed by Mr. Peter Black, Town Chamberlain of Alloa Burgh and Chairman of Alloa Burgh Band as President, Mr. Robert Baillie, Carron Iron Works as Treasurer and Mr. James Bryce of Cambusbarron as Secretary. They were assisted by five delegates from East based Bands and five from the West to oversee the affairs of the Association. With no similar national association currently existing in either England or Wales and with national associations in other European countries being formed much later, it is understood that the Scottish Association is the oldest established national brass band association in Europe.
Rules for Contesting
At the inaugural meeting of theAssociation Rules forContesting were set out as follows:-
The maximum number of players allowed at a Contest would be 24. The minimum number would be 12. No Percussion was allowed.
Players' nameshad to be submitted 28 days prior to acontest and listed under the Band'sname on the official programme.
No Band would be allowed torehearse the test piece after thestarting time of the contest.
The maximum retaining fee any Band could pay its resident Bandmaster was 31 Guineas annually. Professional Conductor's fees were at the behest of individual Bands.
The well being of Adjudicators at the Championships would be the responsibility of the SABBA Executive.
Regional Associationsrunning a Contest would beresponsible for their chosenAdjudicator and his safedeparture from theContest venue.
No Band could add the status "Burgh" to its name unless approved by its own Burgh Council. The legal disposition of this had to be submitted in writing and ratified by SABBA.
No Band could add the status prize to its name until it had won a first prize at a Championship Contest or a first at any affiliated Contest approved by SABBA .
At the end of a Contest theAdjudicator's decision must bedisplayed on a blackboard andclearly defined in white chalk.
Member Bands would pay an annual fee of One Half Guinea and affiliated Associations One Full Guinea to retain membership.
Objections to Contest results must be lodged with the Association Secretary within seven days with a cash security of One Guinea.
The Scottish Championships Commence
The first Scottish Championships were held in 1895 with 22 bands taking part, divided between two sections. The first Scottish Champions were Bo'ness & Carriden playing the test piece "Eureka" The winning conductor was John Gladney who also directed Kelty & Blairadam to success in the Second Section.
Over 8,000 followers of the bands attended the event which was held in Edinburgh's Waverley Market. Facilities in the market were primitive. There was no seating. Bands performed standing in the ring used by the cattle auctioneers with spectators on stepped terraces. The major advantage of the venue was its proximity to Edinburgh's main line railway station. Most bands and their supporters made their way to the Championships by train, the railway specials to the Championships being the first organised railway excursions to any event in Scotland.
Difficulties arose for the Association a few years later when Bo'ness & Carriden Band were disqualified from a contest and this resulted in a prolonged court case between SABBA and the band. This in turn gave rise to a number of bands withdrawing from the Association and it was several years before the rift was fully healed. On a more positive note, 1904 saw the first in a series of several "International" contests between top bands in Scotland and the north of England.
As the number of bands competing in the Scottish Championships rose, a third section was introduced in 1905 followed by the addition of a fourth section in 1925. A total of 60 bands took part in the 1925 Championships with the lower sections in venues throughout Scotland but with the Waverley Market still in use for the top section. In the period to 1925 the dominant band in the Championships was Clydebank Burgh who secured the title on 13 occasions out of 26 attempts. In the period of twenty years before the First World War, Clydebank was only twice placed outside the top three.
The 1920's also saw the emergence of the SCWS Band (later CWS Glasgow and now Scottish Co-op) as a major contesting force. Following victories in the Scottish Championships of 1924, 1926 and 1927 the Directors of SCWS adopted a policy of strengthening the band by offering jobs to players who were prepared to move to Glasgow. At a time of high unemployment, this quickly resulted in the entire band becoming employees of the SCWS and the band dominating the Championships for the next twenty years, securing eleven victories between 1924 and 1948.
A New Age
Following the end of the Second World War the SABBA Executive reformed and set about arranging the Championship contests. Their first decision was to abandon the noisy bustling throng of the Waverly Market as a contest venue, contracting to use the more plush setting of the Usher Hall, Edinburgh.
Since the foundation of the Band Movement there had been no proper registration of players with their respective bands. Through this lax situation it was not unknown for top section players to sell their talent to lower grade bands for a fee. Jerome Chester, Director of Marketing with the Daily Herald set about sealing this often abused practice, by introducing a player's individual registration card. These registration cards introduced in 1945, were the forerunner of what is in use today.
Until this point in time the maximum number of players permitted in the Contesting Bands was 24. Eric Ball, the eminent Composer and Conductor, using his influence tried to have the number increased to 26. He wanted another Front Row Cornet and another Tenor Horn, even at the expense of excluding a Baritone. After extensive discussions with the top administrators in the Movement and the Music Publishing Houses he failed to convince them to change. A compromise was achieved with agreement to allow the extra Cornet and therefore from 1946 the maximum contest playing number would be 25 from a pool of 33. Percussion had not yet come into the equation of brass band contesting.
In 1945 the Daily Herald newspaper introduced qualifying events for the National Championships of Great Britain. For a number of years these were staged separately from the Scottish Championships causing confusion and difficulty for the bands and a degree of acrimony between SABBA and the Daily Herald. The problem was eventually resolved in 1958 when the dates of the Scottish Championships were altered and it was agreed that the Scottish Championships would then also serve as the qualifying event for the British Championship finals.
This dual status of the event is often overlooked or misunderstood by those outside of Scotland but for Scottish bands the status of their own national championship title remains undiminished. Scottish bands, their players and supporters will never be heard referring to the "Scottish Regional" or the "Scottish Area". For everyone in Scottish banding the event is always simply the Scottish Championships.
A Time of Change
The 1960's and 1970's witnessed a number of changes. The Championship Section contest finally moved away from Edinburgh with a number of venues throughout Scotland being used until, by the mid 1970's Falkirk and Motherwell had become established as the venues for all sections of the contest. In 1969 Boosey & Hawkes advised the previous high pitched instruments would be discontinued and, with effect from 1 January 1970, only low pitch instruments would be available. This change caused great concern throughout the band movement with bands requiring to purchase complete new sets of instruments.
A further change was the introduction of percussion which was gradually permitted in band contests, the change being phased in over the period 1971 – 1973. The 1960's and 70's also witnessed the arrival of a new force in Scottish banding with the emergence of Whitburn who secured the title on 13 occasions between 1968 and 1993. In the 37 Championship contests since 1968, Whitburn have failed to secure a top three place on only four occasisons.
More Recent Times
In 1984 the European Championships came to Scotland for the first time with Edinburgh being selected as the host city and the Usher Hall as the main venue. In 1990 a Scottish band finally secured the title of Champion Band of Great Britain with the victory of CWS (Glasgow) Band in the Royal Albert Hall. The band would go on to repeat this feat in 1996 whilst enjoying a further purple patch in the Scottish Championships with ten Scottish titles secured in the period from 1988 to date.
The European Championships returned to Scotland in 1990 with Falkirk this time the venue. 1992 saw the re-organisation of the contesting bands into five sections and in 1994 SABBA celebrated its centenary. The Scottish Association also instituted a European Youth Championships which was staged on a number of occasions, most recently in 1999.
The Scottish Brass Band Association Today
The Scottish Brass Band Association is the national body for brass bands in Scotland. The Association regulates all contesting activities in Scotland, including the maintenance of a registry system for all Scottish bands. It organises all the main events in the annual Scottish brass band calendar. It also plays an active role in supporting its member bands mainly through the provision of information, in supporting youth development, in preserving the history of the band movement in Scotland and in promoting brass bands and their music to the general public.
The Association has no paid staff and is controlled by an Executive Committee comprising 20 members who are elected annually by representatives of the member bands at the Annual General Meeting. All of the members of the Executive undertake their duties on a voluntary basis.
The word Amateur has been dropped from the title, becoming the Scottish Brass Band Association. The Association has become a registered charity in Scotland and has taken on the task of reorganising a number of the established events like the annual Solo & Quartet Contests which is now the Solo and Ensemble event. Rules for contesting have been updated and expanded and various changes and improvements have been made in the running of the annual Scottish Championships.
2003 saw the establishment of a new event, The Scottish Open Championship, presented in the prestigious Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and with bands from England and Wales taking part. The same day the Scottish Youth Band Championships were re-introduced and proved to be a great success.
The Scottish Brass Band Week was also established in 2003, seeking to raise the profile of brass bands throughout the country and the Scottish Association's Year Book, containing a wealth of information for our member bands, was introduced. Marketing of recordings produced by Scottish bands has been taken on board with proceeds being passed on to our member bands. The Association has also introduced a number of comprehensive advertising packages for our friends in the music trade.
In 2004 Scotland hosted the European Championships for a third time. The week long festival in Glasgow was widely praised for its high artistic and organisational standards and has come to be recognised by many as perhaps the most successful brass band event to have taken place in the UK in modern times.
The Scottish Association and the wider Scottish banding community have now reached the significant milestone of the 100th staging of the Scottish Brass Band Championships. An opportunity to look back at the long and proud history of brass bands in Scotland but also a time to look ahead with confidence for a bright future.
Based on research by Hugh Johnstone MBE
and adapted from his original text.
Additional research by Gordon Simpson
and Alan McLaren.


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Knights of the Golden Circle Treasure MapsTuesday, January 26th, 2010
Knights of the Golden Circle treasure maps are not created like a normal map, you must first understand it is not the traditional "go ten paces from the palm tree" that Hollywood shows in the movies. You must consider the overview of how the treasures were hidden. Most treasure hunters begin a knights of the golden circle, (KGC), treasure hunt by discovery of a single or combined treasure sign. A single sign is never good for finding a treasure for any site, but especially when we are dealing with the KGC sites. When you interpret KGC data of any kind, it must be considered within the context. If you have a single sign it has little meaning if it stands alone. It may be a reversal sign. It may be a decoy sign, sending you in the wrong direction entirely when you understand the context. It may even be an old Spanish symbol as the KGC left some Spanish treasure in place and reworked the signs to make the Spanish treasure difficult to find. The KGC has always hidden a clue within the reworking of those signs to show they were the ones that reworked them. So let's get an overview of the Knights of the Golden Circle methods of leaving data behind to identify a KGC site or treasure.
The largest treasure map for a KGC site would be the template. These can be very large, especially in the American southwest and Mexico where you can see for a long distance. They grow shorter in areas such as Missouri or Arkansas where the trees block the long distance view. Many very large symbols are carved into the rocks, sometimes the entire rock is carved into the shape of an animal. Yes, Pedro, the KGC did carve huge turtles as did the Spanish. The KGC also carved symbols into the Spanish turtles to show how they either relocated the treasure or misdirected future treasure hunters. The template can only be interpreted in the context of all of the symbols on the site. You must first locate the starting point. This varies from area to area. Remember, there were many groups that worked within the structure of the Knights of the Golden Circle so each site will vary and must be considered within the context. Call us, 480 463 7464
In article two we will consider the context for interpretation of KGC treasure maps further. You may view all of UDI's articles on Knights of the Golden Circle by selecting the next article from the right hand column or click here for Article 2.
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Insurance coverage limited for life-saving drug
RSV prevention shots not covered in older children
ORLANDO, Fla. – Nemours children's hospital at Lake Nona has only been open a little over a month, but already the patient rooms are filling up.
The occupants share something in common: over half of them are being treated for respiratory synctinal virus, or RSV.
Three-year-old Kylie Pelleymounter is one of them, although Local 6 cameras were not allowed inside her room to meet her.
"She's on what they call contact isolation, so everyone that comes in right now has to gown up and glove up so they won't spread it," said her father, Josh.
Kylie was born premature and Pelleymounter said since she was at risk for an RSV infection they were utilizing a preventative medication called Synagis.
However, when the todller passed her second birthday Blue Cross Blue Shield stopped covering the medication.
"We've sent doctors notes and we send everything in and it's just one of theose things that gets denied," said Pelleymounter.
According to Dr. Livingston, there is no antibiotic or anti-RSV drug onces the virus is contracted so prevention is very important.
RSV starts with symptoms like a common cold but turns into a very aggressive problem that causes inflammation and swelling in the chest, according to Dr. Floyd Livingston.
Livingston is a pediatric pulmonary and sleep specialist for Nemours who treats more RSV infections this time of year than anything else.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, RSV effects children at epidemic levels during the fall and winter months.
Due to the moist climate in the state of Florida, RSV tends to have a longer season here.
The CDC said almost all children will contract the virus prior to 2 years of age, and it is the leading cause of infant hospitalization.
Children who are born premature or with immune deficiencies are most at risk. It's why parents like Rosie Moore take advantage of Synagis while they can.
"I did the research on RSV and the vaccinations far outweighed the risk," said Moore, whose son Caleb spent nearly 5 months in a neo-natal intensive care unit at Florida Hospital.
Now 3 year's old, he is also past the age criteria for Aetna insurance to cover the shots.
Aetna did not respond to requests for comment.
We reached out to Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare and Humana to find out each company's policy on covering the drug synagis.
Aetna did not respond.
The other companies all stood by the same policy: they follow the American Academy of Pediatrics guidlines for RSV which indicates that Synagis is not effective in children over the age of two.
The American Academy of Pediatrics was not immediately available for comment.
The companies that responded said parents are able to appeal the coverage decision, however none of them could say for certain that they've ever footed a bill for Synagis in a child over the age of two.
Blue Cross Blue Shield deferred our questions to represntatives from Florida Blue, the companies Florida division.
A Florida Blue spokesperson would not comment specifically on Kylie Pelleymounter.
"I conferred with the Care team, and given restraints due to HIPPA regulations, we cannot comment specifically on this individual. Keep in mind that even though the patient lives in Florida, that does not mean that he/she is covered by Florida Blue. The coverage decisions could be made by another Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans outside of the state," said Florida Blue Senior Communications Consultant Paul Kluding in an email.
Both Moore and Pelleymounter said parents of premies are very concerned about this issue and our networking together through internet blogs to try to get it covered past age two.
"I have preemie moms across the country through my network that their insurance did not cover it and their child did not receive it and ended up with RSV," said Moore, who thinks it should be covered at least through age 4 to get them through their first year of preschool.
Pelleymounter said he knows parents who are afraid to even let their children around other kids who may have been at daycare. He and his wife enforce constant hand washing and clothes changes throughout the day to prevent the spread of the disease.
Dr. Livingston said Synagis is not something a normal healthy child would need although everyone is at risk for RSV. In children and adults with better immune systems it will appear as a very brassy lingering cough.
Livingston said if your child gets a cough of this nature with perpetual chest-pulling you should consult a doctor.
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Miffed at BSO, famed maestro backs out
By Jeremy Eichler
There is an eminent Russian conductor encamped at a private home in Brookline, and he is fuming.
In an extremely rare public flare-up in the outwardly genteel world of major symphony orchestras, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, the 77-year-old maestro who is one of the last living links to a golden era of Russian music, has pulled out of the entire run of four concerts he was scheduled to conduct with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which began on Thursday.
He is outraged, he said yesterday, at how disrespectfully, in his view, the BSO administration had marketed his appearances to the public.
In an emotional 40-minute interview at the home of a friend, Rozhdestvensky and his wife, Viktoria Postnikova, explained the maestro's abrupt decision to withdraw from the performances, including concerts scheduled for tonight and Tuesday, and to return today to Moscow. He began with a pointed clarification.
"The BSO told its audiences I was 'unable to conduct this performance as planned,' " he said, referring to an announcement that appeared in a program insert and on the BSO's website. "I must say that I was able to conduct." Full stop. "And how."
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Most People 65 and Older Need Help, Study Finds
By Sally Abrahms , December 18, 2013 01:00 PM
According to a new disability study, two-thirds of people 65 and older need help to perform what are known as the activities of daily living (showering or bathing, eating, dressing, getting out of bed or a chair, walking and using the toilet). Help can take the form of using scooters, grab bars, canes or other people to stay well-functioning.
While not surprising, this large figure is significant. It should give public health experts better insight into the needs of this older group-which may translate into better quality of life.
The study was released online in the American Journal of Public Health. Data for the research came from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends study that surveyed 8,000 Medicare enrollees age 65 and over; about 500 lived in nursing homes.
Researchers divided participants into five categories: people who could get around and care for themselves without any help; those who used devices or something else to work around their disability; people who cut back on activities but were independent; people who still had trouble doing activities themselves even with special devices; and those getting help from someone else.
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One noteworthy statistic: While 90 percent could feed themselves independently, half needed help bathing. Other highlights of the study:
- 31 percent could take care of themselves completely, 25 percent were living independently with some assistive device (a cane, grab bars), 21 percent relied on other people, 18 percent had trouble performing regular tasks even with some kind of help and 6 percent reduced their activities due to their disability.
- 45 percent of those ages 65 to 69 didn't need any kind of help, compared to just 4 percent of those 90 and older.
- People with lower incomes used assistive devices less often to help with a disability.
- Whites and Asians used assistive devices more than blacks and Hispanics.
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Too often kindness is relegated to a random act performed only when we're feeling good. But an even greater kindness (to ourselves and others) occurs when we reach out even when we aren't feeling entirely whole. It's not easy, and no one is perfect. But we've decided it's not impossible to brighten the world one smile, one kind word, one blog post at a time. To that end, a few of us writers have established The Kindness Project, starting with a series of inspirational posts.
Recently I started running again. This may not mean much to you, but it's pretty huge to me. I've never been the kind of person to whom running came easily, and I often dismissed it with a snort. But a few years ago, everything blew up. I was so anxious all the time, edging in on my 30s with so many unfulfilled dreams, not understanding how much I'd truly given up when I'd given up writing. I was looking for a change in my life and to lose baby weight, so I started running, even going as far as lifting weights and attempting to get healthy and fit. I'm talking de-toxing sprees, too. And one day I started writing again after years of hiatus. Not that it took away all the stresses, but it was something, and I was proud of myself.
And then summer of 2011 I got thrown into the harsh tumult of publishing in a number of ways. Then I got sick. And slept all the time. And I got sad. And I had to stop running and working out. I stopped caring about a lot of things, slipping into survival mode. Eventually, doctors figured me out and set me straight. But I'm not sure I ever got out of survival mode. I had no idea how fragile I was. So when I went to Haiti? Well.
I shattered.
This is the part of the post where I sit and stare, because it's hard to know what to say next without feeling like I'm cracking my body open and putting myself on display. So. Suffice it to say, it's been a tough 2012.
Now do you understand why it feels so big that I'm running again?
Life is nothing but shifting sand. Sometimes it cushions our fall and gives us a soft place to lie. Sometimes it blisters our feet and blows into our eyes. Gets grit into our mouths and into all the soft creases. But so often we build these castles out of it, hoping they won't get washed away. We try so hard to believe in those castles. So hard. How many hours we spend sitting in that sand, digging and scooping and shaping with our fingers. That's my castle, my dream, my life, we say. Please don't sink.
But always, it seems like the tide comes in eventually. More often and harsher for some of us. And some must stand by as jackholes knock their castles down and stomp them back to dust.
That's when you have to decide: Will you lie there mourning in the ruins, sifting the remains of your castle through your fingers? Or will you build your castle again?
All runners know that there comes a point in every run when you hit a wall; the pain gets too intense, your muscles are straining, and you're so tired, struggling to even breathe. At that point, I'd say 98% of your body and mind wants to quit. But you also know, having run before, if you can just keep going and break through that wall, you'll be able to run forever. When I hit that point, I always change my iTunes to Pitbull's "Castles Made of Sand." Not because there's some magical quality to that song that sprinkles me with super dust. But because it reminds me I can turn my pain to strength. It reminds me that I already have. And it reminds me to keep believing in the castles made of sand. Not because they're everlasting and unsinkable. But because they can always, always be built again.
Be kind to yourself. Believe in your castles. Don't ever stop building them.
Here's your shovel. Here's your pail.
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W Magazine gives us a preview of the April 2010 cover of Gerard and Jennifer Aniston. View the preview. Take a look behind the scenes.
The Bounty Hunter Facebook page has a new clip up. View it here…
Trailer Addict has several new clips and an interview with Gerard for The Bounty Hunter. View some below. For more, click here.
More on YouTube from Sony Pictures. Check out their The Bounty Hunter playlist!
Here is a rundown of the currently scheduled talk show and radio appearances for Gerard:
- 03/10/10 – Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1
- 03/17/10 – The Late Show with David Letterman
(Letterman tapes on 03/15/10)
- 03/17/10 – ITVs This Morning (UK)
- 03/18/10 – Live with Regis and Kelly
- 03/24/10 – Jimmy Kimmel Live
Gerard attended the premiere of Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, in London on March 9. View gallery…
The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Cox have joined Gerry for Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut, Coriolanus. Filming begins next week on Belgrade. The movie aims to retain Shakespeare's language, but combining it with modern technology and a contemporary environment. Read more…


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Patient care records
Medical Records
Our Medical Records Department keeps a complete record of the care you receive at Little Company. These records are maintained for 10 years. Unfortunately, we cannot help with medical records requests dating back further than 10 years.
You can download a pdf version of the Medical Records Request Form here. Print it out, fill it in completely and bring it with you to our office or mail the form to:
Medical Records Department
Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers
2800 W. 95th Street, Evergreen Park, IL 60805
The office hours are:
Monday through Friday - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
We are closed weekends and holidays.
Please bring a photo I.D. There will be a charge for this service. Little Company of Mary has contracted with ScanStat Technologies to provide Medical Record copies.
For more information you can call us at 708.229.5200. You can also go to the Contact Us page to leave questions. Select "Medical Records" from the pull-down menu.
Federal law requires you complete the authorization form before we can fulfill your request.
Birth Certificates
Birth certificates can be retrieved from the Evergreen Park Village Hall. We do not keep birth certificates at Little Company.
To send a request you must contact the Village Hall by mail. Mail a request with a name, date of birth, mother's maiden name and married name, father's name, daytime phone, copy of picture ID, a self-addressed stamped envelope, and the payment in a money order or certified check. The cost is $10 for the first copy, $2 for each additional. Send your request to:
9418 S. Kedzie
Evergreen Park, IL 60805
Monday - 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Saturday - 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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Special Dar El Salam Promotion Umrah from Florida
This eight-night Umrah package divides your time evenly between Mecca and Medina. With the trusted experience of thirty years, you, like thousands of other customers who travel with Dar El Salam annually to make Umrah, will enjoy your trip with peace of mind. You begin your journey in Medina Al Munawwarah with a 5-star hotel stay steps from Masjid Al Nabawi. Your time is spent with guided tours of all major historical & religious sites located in and around Medina. After four peaceful days in Medina, you to Mecca, in Ihraam, to perform Umrah. Your 5-star hotel stay in Mecca is also conveniently steps from Masjid Al Haram. Following the successful completion of your Umrah insha'Allah, our guides will take you on a tour of all the major historical and religious sites in Mecca and you will be able to enjoy Masjid Al Haram & Mecca before your return flight home.
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Day 1: Medina Arrival
Our representative will welcome and transport you to your hotel in Medina, just a few steps from the entrance of Al Masjid Al Nabawi. We will help you check-in to your hotel.
After some rest, you have the exciting opportunity to pray in Masjid Al Nabawi and give your 'salaam' to the Prophet (May the Peace & Blessings be upon him).
Day 2: Masjid Al Nabawi
Today is a free day for you to rest and enjoy the tranquility of Medina, The City of Light, and the unique opportunity of offering the five daily prayers in Masjid Al Nabawi. Your hotel is conveniently located steps from Masjid Al Nabawi. You will have the opportunity to do any of the following at your leisure:
- Enter the blessed Masjid of our beloved Prophet (May Peace and Blessings be Showered Upon Him), access The Rawdah (Reeaz Ul-Jannah), the place where our beloved Prophet (PBUH) called a part of Jannah, and give your salam to our beloved Prophet (PBUH), Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (May Allah be pleased with him) and Omar Bin-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him)
- Visit Al Baqi, the resting places of the family of our beloved Prophet (PBUH) and the his beloved Companions (May Allah be pleased with them)
Day 3: Medina Al Munawwarah
After breakfast, Insha'Allah, depending on the schedule and time, our representative will provide you with a guided tour of the religious and historical sites in Medina on board our air-conditioned bus, you will visit the following locations:
- The mountain of 'Uhud where the battle of 'Uhud took place including the cemetery where the Shohada of 'Uhud are buried, including Hamza (May Allah be pleased with him), the uncle of the Prophet (May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)
- Masjid Al Quba, the first masjid in Islam and was built by the Prophet (May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and his closest companions (May Allah be pleased with them)
- Masjid Al Qiblatain, the distinction of being the only masjid where obligatory congregational prayer was held facing both the old Qibla (Masjid Al Aqsa in Jerusalem) and the present Qibla (Masjid Al Haram in Mecca) in the same prayer
- The area known as Saba Masajids representing the places where the believers camped during the battle of the Trench. This includes the camp site of the Prophet (PBUH) known as Masjid Al Fath and that of Salman Al Farsi (May Allah be pleased with him) whose idea it was to dig a trench wide and long and wide enough to confound the enemy who were not expecting it
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Upon arrival in Mecca, you first check-in at your hotel and then you will proceed to Masjid Al Haram to perform Umrah.
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- Mena, Arafaat and Muzdalifah. In Arafaat, you will have the opportunity to see Jabal Al Rahmah
- Jabal Al Noor, on top of which is located the cave of Hira, where the Prophet (May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) received his first revelation
- Al Mualla cemetery where Khadija (May Allah be pleased with her) is reportedly buried along with many of the companions (May Allah be pleased with them)
- The birthplace of the Prophet (May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)
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Nightmare514 needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 63 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
I run the Broad Street 10 mile run every year and want a shirt to help train.
I want a band across the bottom of the shirt where the length of the race I am training for is up-side-down. In this case the band would say "TEN MILES" or "10 Miles" or "10 mi", but the text would be inverted so you could read it while you were wearing the shirt by looking down.
This will allow me to see it as a constant reminder every time I wear the shirt and wipe the sweat off my face what I am training for.
If this shirt is successful I will need many more designs based on feedback from customers.
Runners who are training for races of certain distances. 5k, 10k, 13.1 Half Marathon, 26.2 Full Marathons. I am looking to target recreational runners, so logos of feet, winged shoes, and running stick figures would be great.
I want it to look more aggressive than the normal running shirts, so similar to Affliction or MMA styles would be great. Anything having to do with training hard and possibly breaking through a barrier or coming over a wall or fence would be great on the artwork side of things.
Must have have website name and distance of a race printed up-side down on the bottom of the shirt. This is the primary objective. Also incorporating the name of the website is required, but is a secondary priority. I would prefer it on the sleeve but anywhere is fine. .
I the race distance should be a band that clearly is a different color than the rest of the shirt. It should be bold and draw attention to the fact it is meant to be upside down.
However, the middle of the shirt should have some cool graphics with the website domain name or a slogan like "Train Hard" incorporated.
The print will be up-side-down so the runner can read it every time they wipe the sweat off their face.
Lions, Dragons, Wolves, or Griffins, blood, sweat and tears, are cool too. I live in Philadelphia so the liberty bell or any else having to do with Philly is welcome. I do not want feminine colors.


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A fiery specialty of North Africa cuisine, harissa is a vibrant seasoning that's traditionally spiced with hot chilies, garlic, cumin and coriander. Here, these signature ingredients are blended to create a flavorful seasoning that's perfect for roasting and grilling.
- Signature Tunisian seasoning creates a bold, spicy rub for roasted and grilled meats.
- Add the spice to olive oil and chopped garlic for a classic harissa paste.
- A favorite accompaniment for couscous, harissa is also used to flavor soups, stews, salads, vegetables and egg dishes.
- Create a spicy, refreshing dip for fresh vegetables by blending our Harissa Spice with tangy yogurt.
- Try in place of mustard on sandwiches.
- All spices are individually ground before blending, allowing their distinctive flavors to shine.
- These premium, all-natural seasonings are sourced from around the globe and expertly blended by a family-owned artisanal spice company in Northern California's Napa Valley.
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ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Police firing tear gas clashed with hundreds of stone-throwing youths in Bahrain on Saturday in heightened unrest that could complicate new efforts to end political deadlock in the strategically placed Gulf Arab kingdom.
The violence has clouded the atmosphere around talks begun on February 10 between the mostly Shi'ite Muslim opposition and the Sunni Muslim-dominated government to find a way out of the impasse over Shi'ite demands for more democracy.
Witnesses said the confrontation, in which some of the hundreds of opposition demonstrators also threw petrol bombs at police, followed the funeral of a teenager the opposition said was killed in clashes between police and activists on Thursday.
The disturbance in the village of Sanabis west of the capital Manama was the latest in a series of skirmishes between Shi'ite youths and police since Thursday, when opposition activists commemorated the second anniversary of a pro-democracy revolt in the U.S.-allied state.
The kingdom, base for the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, has been in political turmoil since the protests erupted in 2011, led by majority Shi'ites demanding an end to the monarchy's political domination and full powers for parliament.
Thirty-five people died during the unrest and two months of martial law that followed, the government said, although the opposition puts that number at more than 80. The government has accused opposition groups of being linked to Shi'ite power Iran.
Bahrain remains volatile, and its Shi'ite villages are the scene of almost daily clashes between youths and police.
The next round of talks is meant to happen on Wednesday, February 20, Isa Abdul Rahman, the spokesman for the process, known as the National Dialogue, told Reuters.
The next gathering had been due to take place on Sunday but at a February 13 session of the talks all participants decided to postpone the meeting to February 20, he said.
Earlier on Saturday police found a bomb planted on a busy causeway linking the Gulf island to Saudi Arabia, and four officers were shot and wounded in a village, officials said.
The 2-kg bomb, discovered on Thursday near a mosque on the Bahraini end of the route used by thousands of people a day, was safely defused, according to the Information Authority.
Late on Friday, four officers were hit by birdshot pellets in the Shi'ite village of Karzakan, the authority added, quoting public security chief Major-General Tariq Hassan al-Hassan.
Bahrain denies accusations of discrimination against Shi'ite citizens and accuses Iran of stirring up trouble in the kingdom, something the Islamic Republic denies.
The Interior Ministry said on Thursday a security official had been killed in a "terrorist attack" using what it said was an inflammable projectile, according to a statement on its Twitter account.
(This Clarifies next talks on Feb. 20, not 17; teenager killed on Thursday, not Friday)
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Wolfram Alpha API lands with price tag attached
A web search lesson in economics
The springtime hype of Wolfram Alpha may have died down to a quiet squeak from academics still somewhat excited by the search-engine-lite-mathematics-heavy web product, but from today developers can tinker with its API.
Code junkies can now slot Wolfram Alpha into their own apps. The company confirmed yesterday that it had lifted the lid on its API, allowing developers to query the Wolfram system and run its data and calculations in tandem.
"Overwhelmingly, developers see Wolfram Alpha as a platform for building a business - providing commercial services that leverage Wolfram Alpha's unique capabilities," enthused the firm's Schoeller Porter in a blog post.
"Clearly, a straightforward API that enables applications to access advanced computations based on trusted information and backed up by a supercomputer-class infrastructure invites developers to explore ideas that were not otherwise possible," he added.
However, Wolfram hasn't yet bigged up any apps users might expect to see created from the API, even though Porter did claim to have already seen ideas from more than 2,000 developers.
And, for those coders interested in getting their hands on Wolfram's API, a price tag for access is attached. The company has tailored individual plans for personal use, SMBs and enterprise outfits accordingly. ®
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School dumps federal lunch aid
Niskayuna says kids reject menus with healthy food mandates
NISKAYUNA — The school district has decided to not participate in the National School Lunch program, saying recent changes requiring more fruits and vegetables on each tray has resulted in kids throwing the lunches away.
Superintendent Kay Salvaggio posted a letter to parents on the district's website Wednesday that said the change will not affect the quality of the lunches, or the students who receive free and reduced-price meals.
School districts that participate in the federal lunch program get cash subsidies and food from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for each meal they serve. In return, they must serve lunches that meet federal requirements, and they must offer free or reduced price lunches to eligible children.
As part of the federal Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, school lunches now must meet strict federal guidelines to address the epidemic of childhood obesity. Some of the rules include: serving larger portions of fruits and vegetables, offering dark green and deep orange vegetables and legumes every week, using whole grains in half the grains served and reducing salt by 10 percent.
Many school district officials nationwide have worried kids would reject the changes that had to be implemented by September. Last fall, kids and staff in Sharon Springs, Kan., created a video and posted it on YouTube called "We Are Hungry," showing students pretending to faint during athletic practice because of the non-filling foods they got in the lunch line. The video has more than 1 million hits.
At Niskayuna, Salvaggio said in her letter that "our school meals will continue to be nutritious and well-rounded" and that while kids can take a fruit and a vegetable, they won't be required to do so. Portion sizes will also increase, a reaction to the reduced amount of food allowed under the new federal guidelines.
She also said the price of lunches will remain the same. The letter suggests that the school district was losing money because children were no longer buying lunch. Niskayuna school lunch director Suzanne Wixom couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday.
A district with a low free and reduced lunch percentage could afford to absorb the federal money lost, which is about $2.50 per lunch. About 8 percent of the students in Niskayuna qualify for free and reduced lunch, as compared with about 65 percent in the neighboring Schenectady City School District. Districts like Niskayuna with under 60 percent of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch receive between 27 and 33 cents per regular lunch in federal reimbursement.
"We hope to see increased participation in the school lunch program," Salvaggio wrote. "Despite the loss of federal meal reimbursements, we have calculated that the surest way to ensure a cost-effective program is to have sufficient numbers of students buying lunch."
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Montreal-based glitch-hop producer VLooper is a key figure in the city's flourishing experimental beat scene. He unexpectedly coined the term "piu piu", which has come to define a certain West Coast-indebted, laser-sampling, spacey bass sound. Besides his work with subversive, tongue-in-cheek Québécois hip hop collective, Alaclair Ensemble and the side projects of its members KenLo and Eman, the futuristic beatmaker has brought momentum to the popular Artbeat Montreal nights, and has collaborated with modern soul vocalist (and wife), Modlee, on two tempo-shifting, smoothly cosmic releases. His largely instrumental debut album Snowloops (2012), the first release for Montreal digital label, Music Is My Sanctuary, lays bare his hybrid affections. From mystical synths and funk samples to dissident bass motifs, VLooper works up an auspicious patchwork of rhythm.
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Denver Nuggets who represented Team USA since 1992
With Kenneth Faried being named to Team USA for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, he becomes the fifth Nuggets player to don the red, white and blue since 1992 when USA Basketball began using active NBA players for the national team roster.
Here's a look at the others:
Antonio McDyess
2000 Olympics
After averaging 19.1 points and 8.5 rebounds for the Nuggets, McDyess was a late addition to the national team after Tim Duncan withdrew because of an injury.
The 6-foot-9 power forward played in all eight games, averaging 7.6 points and 5.9 rebounds as Team USA took home the gold.
Carmelo Anthony
2004, 2008, 2012 Olympics, 2006 FIBA World Championship
Fresh off of his rookie season with the Nuggets, Anthony was selected to the 2004 Olympic national team along with fellow 2003 NBA draftees LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. The squad struggled, finishing with a 3-2 record in group play and stumbling to a bronze medal — the worst finish in U.S. history. Anthony played little, averaging just 2.4 points.