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An Obamacare Replacement That Works

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-03/a-conservative-obamacare-replacement-could-work?cmpid=yhoo
Tom Price, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, is the latest Republican to unveil a conservative health-care plan to replace Obamacare. Price’s plan would give people tax credits to buy health insurance. Both the Affordable Care Act and some other conservative health-care bills, such as the one proposed by Senator Orrin Hatch and colleagues, instead phase out tax credits with income.

Yahoo Letting Advertisers Spot-Check Ad Authenticity

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Yahoo (YHOO) will start letting advertisers use outside vendors to verify that real humans rather than robots are viewing their ads, taking aim at an issue that continues to irk advertisers as more advertising …

From BBC : Capturing the 1960s and 70s on film

Capturing the 1960s and 70s on film

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32965229

From BBC : Turkey’s women struggle for equality

Turkey’s women struggle for equality

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32982780

From BBC : Occupation children shunned in post-war Germany and Austria

Occupation children shunned in post-war Germany and Austria

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32972893

From BBC : US anthrax scare widens to 51 labs

US anthrax scare widens to 51 labs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33000959

From BBC : Canada committed ‘cultural genocide’

Canada committed ‘cultural genocide’

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33000961

From BBC : Ex-Fifa man Blazer details bribes

Ex-Fifa man Blazer details bribes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/32998735

From BBC : US: 10,000 IS militants killed

US: 10,000 IS militants killed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-32990299

From BBC : Boston suspects ‘plotted beheading’

Boston suspects ‘plotted beheading’

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32996020

From France 24 : Obama signs…

Obama signs landmark bill reforming NSA surveillance

http://f24.my/1HJkWOo

From CNN : Look at me! 23 selfies of the week

Look at me! 23 selfies of the week

http://www.cnn.com//2015/06/03/living/gallery/selfies-look-at-me-0603/index.html

From CNN : The vanishing fishermen of Paros island

The vanishing fishermen of Paros island

http://www.cnn.com//2015/06/02/travel/cnnphotos-greek-paros-fishermen-boats/index.html

From NPR News: Americans Think…

Americans Think Money In Politics Is A Problem, But Just How Big?

http://n.pr/1HJBea1

From NPR News: Avian Flut

Avian Flu Outbreak Has U.S. Bakers Begging For Europe’s Eggs

http://n.pr/1FtCnky

From BBC : Middle East map carved up

Middle East map carved up

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-32930004

Mendelssohn: Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op.81 – 2. Scherzo

 

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Mendelssohn: Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op.81 – 2. Scherzo · Emerson String Quartet

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Composer: Mendelssohn

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great compositions/performances: Prokofiev – Symphony No.1 Opus 25 “Classical” (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev)

Prokofiev – Symphony No.1 Opus 25 “Classical” (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev)

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Published on May 1, 2015

Recorded on 15 April 2012 at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Valery Gergiev – musical director

Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony No.1 Opus 25 “Classical” (15’)
0:35 I. Allegro
5:20 II. Larghetto
9:35 III. Gavotta (Non troppo allegro)
11:17 IV. Finale (Molto vivace)

The Easter Festival is an internationally renowned event among classical music lovers, traditionally opened in Moscow on Easter Sunday. Each year the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and its musical director Valery Gergiev travel across Russia – for the past 10 years now!
In 2012 we were given an exceptional musical gift: the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev performed the complete cycle of Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonies and piano concerti – a composer with whom Maestro Gergiev and the orchestra seem particularly in tune.

 

great compositions/performances: ,Edvard Grieg – Norwegian Dances / Danses Norvégiennes

Edvard Grieg – Norwegian Dances / Danses Norvégiennes

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Published on Mar 29, 2012

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Norge

– Danses norvegiénnes (pour orchestre), op. 35
– Norwegian Dances (for Orchestra), Op. 35

I. Allegro marcato
II. Allegro tranquille e grazioso
III. Allegro moderato alla marcia
IV. Allegro molto

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

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Today’s Birthdays in Music Wednesday, June 3rd 2015

Today’s Birthdays in Music

Birthdays in Music for Wednesday 3rd June 2015

Birthdays 1 – 57 of 57

1657 – Manuel de Egues, composer

1660 – Johannes Schenck, Dutch born composer, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Baptism date)

1738 – Johann Christoph Oley, composer

1746 – James Hook, composer

1750 – Frederic Thieme, composer

1773 – Michael Gottard Fischer, composer

1801 – Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer

1819 – Thomas Ball, US, sculptor/painter/singer

1828 – Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer

1828 – Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer

1829 – Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer

1832 – Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer

1841 – Eduardo Caudella, composer

1844 – Emile Paladilhe, composer

1867 – Bela Anton Szabados, composer

1868 – Lvar Henning Mankell, composer

1887 – Emil Axman, composer

1888 – Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958)

1897 – Memphis Minnie, rocker

1904 – Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], tenor (NY Met Opera), born in NYC, New York

1906 – Josephine Baker, American dancer/Parisian night club owner (Folies-Bergere) in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1975)

1907 – Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia, composer

1922 – Ivan Patachich, composer

1924 – Jimmy Rogers, Ruleville, Mississippi, Blues musician (Muddy Waters’ Band), (d. 1997)

1926 – Carlos Veerhoff, composer

1926 – Janez Maticic, composer

1927 – Boots Randolph, Paducah KY, saxophonist (Yakety Sax)

1930 – Dakota Staton, American jazz singer (d. 2007)

1931 – Francoise Arnoul, actress/composer (French Cancan, Jacko & Lise)

1932 – Dakota Staton, [Rabia Aliyah], US jazz singer (In the Night)

1935 – Ted Curson [Theodore], Jazz Trumpeter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)

1939 – David Frederick Stock, composer

1942 – Anita Harris, singer/actress (Follow that Camel)

1942 – Curtis Mayfield, rock vocalist (Freddie’s Dead, Superfly), born in Chicago, Illinois

1943 – Mike Dennis, rocker (Dovells)

1944 – Michael Clarke, rock drummer (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!), born in NYC, New York

1946 – Eddie Holman, rocker

1946 – Ian Hunter, England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes)

1947 – Mickey Finn, British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex) (d. 2003)

1949 – Stephen Ruppenthal, composer

1950 – Suzi Quatro[cchio], singer (Stumblin’)/actress (Happy Days), born in Detroit, Michigan

1951 – Deniece Williams, [Chandler], IN, singer (Love Wouldn’t Let Me Wait)

1954 – Dan Hill, rocker (Sometimes When We Touch)

1956 – Danny Wilde, rocker (Rembrandts)

1964 – Kerry King, American musician (Slayer)

1964 – Doro Pesch, German singer

1965 – Mike Gordon, American musician

1965 – Jeff Blumenkrantz, American composer and actor

1968 – Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian singer

1969 – Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician

1970 – Esther Hart, Dutch singer

1970 – Julie Masse, French Canadian singer

1970 – Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer

Singer Kelly Jones (1974)

1974 – Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics)

1976 – Yuri Ruley, American drummer

1978 – Lyfe Jennings, R&B singer and song-writer

1987 – Lalaine, American actress and singer

Today In History. What Happened This Day In History

Today in History June 3

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.

1098		Christian Crusaders of the First Crusade seize Antioch, Turkey.
1539		Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain.
1861		Union troops defeat Confederate forces at Philippi, in western Virginia
1864		Some 7,000 Union troops are killed within 30 minutes during the Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia.
1888		The classic baseball poem “Casey at the Bat,” written by Ernest L. Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.
1918		The Finnish Parliament ratifies a treaty with Germany.
1923		In Italy, dictator Benito Mussolini grants women the right to vote.
1928		Manchurian warlord Chian Tso-Lin dies as a result of a bomb blast set off by the Japanese.
1938		The German Third Reich votes to confiscate so-called “degenerate art.”
1940		The German Luftwaffe hits Paris with 1,100 bombs.
1942		Japanese carrier-based planes strafe Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands as a diversion of the attack on Midway Island.
1952		A rebellion by North Korean prisoners in the Koje prison camp in South Korea is put down by American troops.
1965		Astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space when he exits the Gemini 4 space capsule.
1969		74 American sailors died when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in two by an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.
1974		Charles Colson, an aide to President Richard Nixon, pleads guilty to obstruction of justice.
1989		The Chinese government begins its crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Hundreds are killed and thousands are arrested.
Born on June 3
1726		James Hutton, Scottish scientist, pioneer in the field of geology.
1804		Richard Cobden, English economist and politician.
1808		Jefferson Davis, President of Confederate States of America.
1904		Charles R. Drew, American physician, researcher of blood plasma.
1906		Josephine Baker, dancer and singer.
1922		Alain Resnais, French film director.
1926		Allen Ginsberg, American poet (Howl).
1936		Larry McMurtry, novelist (The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment).

– See more at: http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.OIqWuMus.dpuf

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Image of the day: Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker, born to an Indian and African mother and a Creole father in St. Louis on June 3, 1906, was a talented singer and dancer who got her show business start with the Dixie Steppers vaudeville troupe. Frustrated by the racism she encountered in her homeland, Baker moved to France in 1925 where her sensuous performances with La Revue Negre earned her rave reviews and admiring fans. She returned to America after 10 years in France only to find that racial barriers still prevented her from attaining the same status she enjoyed in Europe. During World War II, Baker became active in undercover work for the French Resistance movement. She later adopted twelve orphans from around the world, calling them her ‘Rainbow Tribe.’ Josephine Baker died in France in 1975 and was buried in Paris with full military honors.

Photo: Library of Congress

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historic musical bits: David Oistrakh plays Variations on a theme of Corelli

David Oistrakh plays Variations on a theme of Corelli

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Uploaded on Sep 30, 2007

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great compositions/performances: Maurice Ravel – Sonatine pour piano: Gabriele Tomasello, piano.

Maurice Ravel – Sonatine pour piano

Gabriele Tomasello

Published on Jul 10, 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonatine…)

I. Modéré
II. Mouv de Menuet (starts at 4.04)
III. Animé (starts at 6.54)

Gabriele Tomasello, piano.
rec. 02.02.2012

モーリス·ラヴェル
ソナチネ

ガブリエル・トマセロ
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カタニア
イタリア 2012

Historic musical bits: Bedřich Smetana : “Die Moldau” / Karajan / Vienna Philharmonic

 Bedřich Smetana : “Die Moldau” / Karajan / Vienna Philharmonic

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Uploaded on Sep 19, 2010

Bedřich Smetana “Die Moldau” conducted by Herbert von Karajan (with the Vienna Philharmonic) (1985)

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From the Hill : ON SUMAC TRAIL

George Bost

Published on Jun 2, 2015

A wonderful trail for hiking at your own abilities and fitness level… Also the trail that will get you on the hilltop trails
Music:  bike rides green Orbs

Saint of the Day for Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015

Saint of the Day for Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015

St. Charles Lwanga and Companions

For those of us who think that the faith and zeal of the early Christians died out as the Church grew more safe and powerful through the centuries, the martyrs of Uganda are a reminder that … continue reading

More Saints of the Day

St. Charles Lwanga and Companions St. Abidianus St. Achilleus Kewanuka St. Adolphus Ludigo-Mkasa St. Albert of Como St. Ambrose Kibuka St. Anatole Kiriggwajjo St. Andrew Kagwa St. Athanasius Badzekuketta St. Bruno Seronkuma St. Caecilius St. Conus St. Cronan St. Davinus Bl. Diego Oddi St. Dionysius Sebuggwao St. Glushallaich St. Gonzaga Gonza St. Hilary St. James Buzabalio St. John Grande

St. John Maria Muzeyi St. John Mary Mzec St. John XXIII St. Joseph Mukasa St. Kevin St. Kizito St. Liphardus St. Lucillian St. Luke Banabakiutu Martyrs of Uganda St. Mathias Mulumba St. Matthias Murumba St. Mbaga Tuzinde St. Morand St. Mugagga St. Mukasa Kiriwawanyu St. Noe Mawaggali St. Paula St. Pergentinus and Laurentinus St. Pontian Ngondwe St. Quirinus

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today’s holiday/commemoration/observance: Uganda Martyrs Day

Uganda Martyrs Day

On June 3, 1886, the country of Uganda‘s first Christian converts were executed in the town of Namugongo. Then known as Buganda, the country had begun attracting the attention of Catholic and Anglican missionaries. Sons of many of the region’s leading families had converted to Christianity. The king of Buganda, Mwanga II, saw this conversion as treachery against his authority. When the converts refused to renounce their faith, they were burned alive. To commemorate the event, Christian pilgrims from all over Uganda journey to Namugongo and the town’s Anglican church. More… Discuss

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quotation: Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. Sophocles

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.

Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC) Discuss

today’s birthday: Ransom E. Olds (1864)

Ransom E. Olds (1864)

Olds was a pioneer of the American automobile industry and the namesake of the Oldsmobile and Reo car brands. After developing an internal combustion engine and incorporating it into a car, he opened the Olds Gasoline Engine Works. In 1899, he moved to Detroit, formed the Olds Motor Works, and designed and produced the popular Oldsmobile. With its low price and stylish curved dashboard, it was the first car to be produced in quantity. When was the Oldsmobile brand discontinued? More… Discuss

this day in the yesteryear: Edward White Becomes First American to Conduct a Spacewalk (1965)

Edward White Becomes First American to Conduct a Spacewalk (1965)

The first spacewalk by an American astronaut was conducted by Edward White during NASA’s Gemini IV mission, which was itself the first multi-day space flight undertaken by the US. Assisted and photographed by fellow astronaut James McDivitt and tethered to the spacecraft for safety, White floated in space for 22 minutes. His spacewalk occurred just months after Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov executed the first ever extravehicular activity. How did White describe his reentry of the craft? More… Discuss

Basiliscus

Shortly after seizing control of the Eastern Roman Empire, Flavius Basiliscus alienated his supporters by promoting Miaphysitism—a doctrine which holds that in the person of Jesus there was but a single nature that merged both the human and the divine rather than a dual nature. Consequently, his rule lasted just 20 months. Earlier in his career, Basiliscus led the disastrous invasion of Vandal Africa, one of the greatest military operations in history. How many ships and soldiers were involved? More… Discuss

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Word: lissome

lissome

Definition:	(adjective) Easily bent; supple.
Synonyms:	lithe, supple, slender
Usage:	There was a grace, which no austerity could diminish, about every movement of her lissome, slender form. Discuss.

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