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Everything that goes on in this building is connected to music. Whether we are sewing costumes, designing posters or sweeping the stage, everything that we do is channelled towards presenting great performances of opera and ballet; and both of these art forms would be nothing without notes on a sheet of paper (or screen).
The Music Library is a vital part of the Royal Opera House, working across all music for our productions. Library staff prepare and maintain all the scores required by conductors, singers, stage managers, staff directors, Learning and Participation, Jette Parker Young Artists, Development and technical departments and The Royal Ballet (both at home and on tour). They also order or create new instrumental parts for the orchestral musicians, mark up all musical directions and provide a wealth of knowledge on everything musical.
Robin Gordon-Powell has worked in the Music Library for almost thirteen years, freelancing for most of that time, but providing maternity cover for the past year. As the hands marking up a score in one of our Season Appeal images, we interviewed him about the Season ahead.
Robin, what are you most looking forward to in the 2014/15 Season?
Definitely Król Roger. It's never been done here before and it's a lovely, mystical work. Karol Szymanowski is an amazing composer and it's a brand new production so will be really interesting to see. It's being sung in Polish and my colleague Julie Davies is currently marking up the English translation into the full score for Tony Pappano who is conducting.
I'm also looking forward to I due Foscari, which was last seen here in 1995. It's another new co-production (with Los Angeles Opera, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, and Theater an der Wien) with Plácido Domingo singing the role of Francesco Foscari. Early Verdi: you could scarcely get further away from the sensitive exoticism of Szymanowski! I'm currently marking up the parts and Tony Pappano's score so that things like dynamics, accents and phrasing all correspond – it's vital that they have the same markings, so that time is not taken up needed in rehearsals to sort out the basic points of the music.
What's been a memorable production for you in 2013/14?
I loved all of the Strauss operas, but Die Frau ohne Schatten was especially memorable, as I'd never seen it before. I spent ages working on the horn parts – four of the eight horn players alternate between French Horns and Tenor Tubas – and I had to make up new, legible, transposed parts for them. I was very involved with the music, which was glorious, and sat in on several of the purely orchestral rehearsals. As a conductor myself (in my 'spare' time), it was tremendous to watch, and work closely with Semyon Bychkov, who is a very intelligent and articulate conductor, and to see how he rehearsed.
The Music Library is managed by Tony Rickard, pictured below.
What's next for you at the Royal Opera House?
My maternity cover position is soon coming to an end, so I'll be working fewer days a week on a project to create a new database of everything we have in the Library and our archives, which are scattered around the building, as well as off-site. Our current paper catalogue only reflects a proportion of our stock and has grown up on a somewhat ad-hoc basis; it's not really working as well as it should. I'm looking forward to starting work on that, on newly developed software which I shall have to learn — although I shall probably be working on my own in a different office, and will miss the company (and occasional singing) of my colleagues in the Library. In my life outside of the Royal Opera House I edit and publish music of – mainly – Sir Arthur Sullivan, alongside conducting when I can.
Everybody has a part to play. Play yours today.
It costs, on average, £33 for bowings to be added to a violin part. Please give a donation today to help support the vital work of Robin and his colleagues in the Music Library.]]>
Unheimlich is German for uncanny.
It is a word that appears in the librettos for many of Richard Strauss's operas, including Elektra, and it is a fitting word to describe the many eerie orchestral effects Strauss created to tell these stories in microscopic orchestral detail. Flutter-tonguing woodwind and brass depict a flock of sheep in his tone poem Don Quixote, the wind audibly howls and haunts Herod in Salome, the 'silver rose' music of Der Rosenkavalier glitters, and we hear Daphne's transformation from nymph to laurel tree as much as see it.
Interestingly, given the Freudian themes of Die Frau ohne Schatten, The uncanny is also a psychoanalytic concept describing an instance where something can be both familiar and yet alien at the same time, causing cognitive dissonance and a feeling of it being uncomfortably strange.
So proud was Strauss of his expressive skills with the orchestra, that the composer boasted that he could even describe a knife and fork in music!
View other posts in our weekly Richard Strauss A-Z series.
2014 sees the 150th anniversary of Richard Strauss's birth. The composer is celebrated at the ROH with stagings of Die Frau ohne Schatten (which ran until 2 April 2014) and Ariadne auf Naxos (25 June-13 July). Tickets for Ariadne auf Naxos are still available.]]>
In May and June 2014 Simon Rattle returns to the Royal Opera House to conduct Poulenc's exquisite Dialogues des Carmélites.
Through his collaborations with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Rattle has become one of the most celebrated orchestral conductors working today. In celebration of his return to the Royal Opera House after a seven-year absence, we've collected together some of our favourite YouTube videos of Rattle that display his versatility and passion.
Rattle brilliantly conducts key pieces from the concert repertory. Here he conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in an extract from the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony:
But he has also made it his mission to promote less familiar music, and has championed the works of Sibelius. Here he conducts Sibelius's Seventh Symphony in full, with the Royal Danish Orchestra:
During his long partnership with CBSO Rattle made many iconic recordings, and also supervised the orchestra's move to the stunning Symphony Hall. Here is his 1998 farewell performance with the orchestra in full, in Mahler's Second Symphony with soloists Hillevi Martinpelto and Anne Sofie von Otter:
Rattle regularly conducts Stravinsky's thrilling The Rite of Spring in concert – but here he and the Berlin Philharmonic join in a unique collaboration with dance schools from around Europe, with choreography by Royston Maldoom:
The conductor clearly relishes these innovative projects. With Peter Sellars has created unique stagings of Bach's St Matthew Passion (2010) and St John Passion (2014), and in summer 2014 he brings the St Matthew Passion to the BBC Proms with an all-star cast. Here he and the Berlin Philharmonic perform an excerpt from the original production:
Rattle is famous for his interpretations of French 20th-century repertory, and here introduces Ravel's dream-like opera L'Enfant et les sortilèges, in a recording with the Berlin Philharmonic:
Rattle has been a Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment since the early 1990s. He conducts them in Classical and Baroque repertory but also in later music, bringing their period expertise into a new soundworld – as here, in a concert performance of Das Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner's epic Ring cycle, in Baden-Baden:
Rattle is a founding member of the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and supports the playing of contemporary music. Here he extends that interest back to Ligeti, in a performance of the composer's brilliant Mysteries of the Macabre with Barbara Hannigan:
The conductor has long been interested in music from the USA and has produced several great recordings of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Here he conducts on the soundtrack from a film based on Trevor Nunn's 1986 Glyndebourne production, starring Willard W. White and Cynthia Haymon:
We should never forget Rattle began his career as a percussionist. Here he plays the timpani and conducts in the opening of Siegfried Matthus's Konzert für fünf:
And finally, here he is with the London Symphony Orchestra and very a special guest artist at the Opening Ceremony of London 2012.
What have been your favourite Simon Rattle performances and recordings?
Dialogues des Carmélites runs from 29 May-11 June 2014. Tickets are still available.
The production is given with generous philanthropic support from Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, The Taylor Family Foundation and The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The original production is from De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam.]]>
The recently-announced 2014/15 Royal Opera Season will celebrate Antonio Pappano, the Company's Music Director.
Antonio will conduct six opera productions during the Season – Anna Nicole, I due Foscari, Tristan und Isolde, Andrea Chénier, Król Roger, and Guillaume Tell. 'We're celebrating Tony's versatility – how he can conduct operas from different periods, across a range of styles and make them all sound like they're his speciality', says Director of Opera Kasper Holten.
As well as the performances, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House is giving a symphonic concert, something Kasper hopes will become an annual tradition.
Born in London, Antonio Pappano's love of opera and theatre was sparked when he worked as a répétiteur at New York City Opera, in his early twenties. He subsequently worked at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Frankfurt Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Bayreuth Festival, where he was assistant to Daniel Barenboim. Antonio made his conducting debut in Oslo in 1987 and his Covent Garden debut three years later before being appointed Music Director of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels at the age of 32. He took up his current post with The Royal Opera in 2002 and has since conducted an extensive range of productions from Mozart to Berg, as well as the world premieres of Birtwistle's The Minotaur in 2008 and Turnage's Anna Nicole in 2011.
See more details of the 2014/15 Royal Opera Season, including dates and casting.]]>
Claus Guth's new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten, conducted by renowned Straussian Semyon Bychkov, had its UK premiere at the Royal Opera House on 14 March.
Starring Emily Magee, Elena Pankratova, Johan Reuter, Johan Botha and Michaela Schuster, the production has been lauded by critics and audience alike. Read audience reactions to the opening night.
'Die Frau ohne Schatten is so powerful, but at the same time so full of beauty and so full of tenderness,' says Semyon. 'It is of such complexity, that no one is able to grasp all of it at the first go, or at the second or at the third.'
The opera requires an enormous orchestra, featuring extensive percussion, an organ, a thunder machine, a wind machine and a glass harmonica, and part of the challenge of the conductor is allowing the intricacies of the score to be heard.
'In Die Frau ohne Schatten you have gigantic forces, and once in a while you do hear how gigantic they are,' says Semyon, 'but a lot of it is very intimate. It is quite astonishing - when you know how many artists are involved - just how tender it can sound; and it is extraordinary that Strauss had a brain that could conceive all of that and a heart to express it.'
Emily Magee as the Empress , Johan Botha as the Emperor, Elena Pankratova as Barak's Wife and Johan Reuter as Barak in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Michaela Schuster as Nurse, Emily Magee as the Empress and Johan Botha as the Emperor in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Emily Magee as the Empress and Johan Botha as the Emperor in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Michaela Schuster as Nurse, Emily Magee as the Empress and Johan Botha as the Emperor in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Michaela Schuster as Nurse and Emily Magee as the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Jeremy White as One-Armed Brother, Adrian Clarke as One-Eyed Brother, Hubert Francis as Hunchback Brother and Elena Pankratova as Barak's Wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Johan Reuter as Barak, Elena Pankratova as Barak's Wife and Emily Magee as the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Elena Pankratova as Barak's wife and Emily Magee as the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Emily Magee as the Empress, Michaela Schuster as Nurse and Elena Pankratova as Barak's wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Michaela Schuster as Nurse and Elena Pankratova as Barak's Wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Elena Pankratova as Barak's Wife, Michaela Schuster as Nurse and Emily Magee as the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Elena Pankratova as Barak's Wife and Emily Magee as the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Elena Pankratova as Barak's wife, Hubert Francis as Hunchback Brother, Adrian Clarke as One-Eyed Brother, Jeremy White as One-Armed Brother and Emily Magee as the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Hubert Francis as Hunchback Brother, Johan Reuter as Barak, Adrian Clarke as One-Eyed Brother and Jeremy White as One-Armed Brother in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Johan Reuter as Barak and Emily Magee as the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Johan Reuter as Barak and Elena Pankratova as Barak's wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Johan Botha as the Emperor and Emily Magee as the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Emily Magee as the Empress, Elena Pankratova as Barak's wife and Johan Reuter as Barak in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Emily Magee as the Empress and Johan Botha as the Emperor in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014
Die Frau ohne Schatten runs until 2 April. Tickets are still available.
The production is staged with generous philanthropic support from Sir Simon and Lady Robertson, Hamish and Sophie Forsyth, The Friends of Covent Garden and an anonymous donor.
'The music of Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) baffles verbal description...it has no relation to music at all as most of us understand the word'. So ran a 1913 review in the Musical Times of perhaps Igor Stravinsky's most iconic ballet score. Still, despite initial criticism and the much-discussed 'riot' at the premiere, Stravinsky's contribution to dance has proved to be a considerable one. With The Royal Ballet's Rite of Spring returning to Covent Garden this Season, we thought we'd take a look at a few of the composer's other wonderful ballet scores:
The Firebird
From its eerie opening with chromatic low strings to its glowing and exultant finale, The Firebird is a masterpiece of a ballet score. It was the first of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes productions to have a completely original score composed for it, and with its folktale-inspired narrative, the piece was originally intended as a Russian nationalist ballet. A number of different versions of the score exist, including at least three orchestral suites for concert performance – the first of which had its premiere in 1911 – which have led The Firebird to become a popular concert work as well as an acclaimed ballet. Stravinsky had been Diaghilev's second choice as composer for the score of The Firebird (he originally wanted Anatoly Lyadov) but the success of the premiere made Diaghilev realize that he was onto a good thing in working with the 28-year-old composer. 'Mark him well', Diaghilev told ballerina Tamara Karsavina, 'He is a man on the eve of celebrity'.
Les noces
This ballet about a peasant wedding had its premiere in 1923, but Stravinsky first conceived the idea of it in 1913, while working on The Rite of Spring, and he originally planned the work for a similar-sized expanded symphony orchestra. Stravinsky rewrote Les noces several times – one of his versions was scored for roll-operated instruments including pianolas, however this was abandoned when the Parisian piano firm constructing some of the instruments repeatedly delayed delivery. Les noces's score is written for four solo singers and chorus as well as instruments. Stravinsky writing the libretto himself, using lyrics from Russian folksongs. The ballet has an extraordinary sound world: in place of an orchestra, Stravinsky eventually scored the work for a vast battery of both tuned and untuned percussion and no less than four grand pianos.
The first of several collaborations between Stravinsky and Russian/American choreographer George Balanchine saw the composer inspired by 16th and 17th century French baroque music, in particular works by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The youthful 24-year-old Balanchine took visual cues from Stravinsky's music, later writing that when he heard the score, all he could see was pristine white. Such was his clout at the time of the 1928 premiere, that Stravinsky had a great influence on the ballet's choreography - wanting a classical style of dance to match the serenity of the music. 'Dancing is music made visible,' Balanchine later quipped, in one of his oft-quoted and trademark Balanchineisms.
'Rubies' from Jewels
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, the score used for 'Rubies' from Balanchine's Jewels, had previously featured as the score for a ballet by Léonide Massine twenty years prior to Balanchine's choosing it for his 1967 triptych. Still, the piece took on a new life as part of one of Balanchine's most acclaimed ballets. Stravinsky composed Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra from 1926 to 1929 while living in France – he had settled there after the Russian Revolution made it impossible for him to return to his homeland. It was intended as a 'breadwinning' piece, with a virtuosic piano part that (naturally) Stravinsky hoped to perform himself. Capriccio was influenced by the Romantic German composers Carl Maria von Weber (who Stravinsky termed 'a Prince of Music') and Felix Mendelssohn, and is a contrast to the composer's early Russian-infused works, and even his 1928 ballet Le Baiser de la fée (which was inspired by the music of Tchaikovsky). However, despite its neoclassical style Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra sounds distinctly modern, with almost jazz-like tinges to the music. Balanchine's joyous choreography provides plenty of visual sparkle and pizzazz, giving the piece, transformed into the ballet 'Rubies, an almost Broadway-esque appeal.
Which are your favourite of Stravinsky's ballet scores?
The Rite of Spring runs from 9 - 23 November 2013. Tickets are sold out, though returns may become available. Day tickets will be available on the day of performance.
Jewels runs from 17 December 2013 - 7 January 2014. Tickets are still available.]]>
Antonio Pappano is conducting Elijah Moshinsky's production of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra once more this summer, offering audiences another chance to experience his acclaimed interpretation of the dramatic opera.
'Simon Boccanegra is as Shakespearean an experience [as you can have] without it being Shakespeare!', says Antonio. 'It has a complex central character, the unknown identity of a lost daughter and a potential love triangle - there's so much in it but the music is so honest, direct, strong and lyrical - it's one of my favourite pieces.'
As well as discussing the opera's appeal, in this interview Antonio also explains the differences between the two versions of the piece and where it fits within Verdi's career as a composer.
'Musically it's a step towards the colours we'll see in Don Carlo - dark, sombre, majestic and full of pathos.'
Simon Boccanegra runs from 27 June – 16 July. Tickets are still available.
The production is staged with generous philanthropic support from Mrs Susan A Olde OBE, Afiya and Timur Kuanyshev and the Verdi Syndicate.
The young musicians of the Southbank Sinfonia recently had the chance to experience what it's like to perform alongside The Royal Opera and Royal Ballet.
Led by Royal Opera House conductors Barry Wordsworth and Paul Wynne Griffiths, the orchestra was coached through some of the best-known works in the opera and ballet repertory.
The Southbank Sinfonia is a leading orchestral academy, based in London, designed to give young musicians a springboard into the profession. Their visit to the Royal Opera House was part of Side by Side, a skills development programme that includes coaching sessions, mock auditions and a variety of performance opportunities. The orchestra is one of the Royal Opera House's partner organizations, alongside the BBC and the National Opera Studio.
'Everything about the ROH is grand,' said French Horn player Letty Stott. 'From the weird and wonderful sets to the view from the pit stretching way up to the balconies and the breadth of the musical repertory.'
The day concluded with a performance that featured members of The Royal Ballet and the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme.
'To perform with live musicians as well as witness the communication between conductor Barry Wordsworth and the dancers was very special,' continued Letty. 'A fusion of the finest singers, dancers and musicians is hard to come by, and I feel privileged to have been given a glimpse. For me, this is what is so unique about the ROH and why it deserves its grand reputation.'
Conductor Paul Wynne Griffiths emphasized the importance of the Side by Side programme in the development of young musicians:
'To be confined to a theatre pit for either opera or ballet is probably new for the players, and we at ROH enjoy introducing them to and guiding them through the experience.'
Forthcoming events at the Royal Opera House featuring the musicians of the Southbank Sinfonia include the Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award on Tuesday 14 May. Members of the orchestra also regularly take part in our free lunchtime recitals.]]>
If you're 11 to 16 years old and enjoy creating music there's still time to enter this year's Fanfare Competition Fanfare offers young composers the chance to create the music that calls our daily audience of thousands into Royal Opera House performances on the Main Stage.
We're looking for exciting ideas that will really grab attention and stand out from the crowd. All you need to do is record your idea and submit it as an MP3 before Monday 4 March. You can record your proposal any way you like;sing it, play it on an instrument or use music software – anything goes!
If you're after inspiration, watch Music Director of The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano on what makes a good fanfare.
Listen to one of last year's winners, Junaid Rehman, whose original submission was created using music software. We really liked how much drive and force was in his musical idea and knew it had real potential to be developed:
After he was selected as one of the 10 winners, Junaid worked closely with a composer and musicians from the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House to develop his initial ideas, working out how he wanted it to sound when played by an orchestra. Professional composer Duncan Chapman then wrote and orchestrated Junaid's ideas into the final fanfare, which is now played over the front of house tannoy to alert audiences to take their seats. Take a listen to the final version here:
If you want the chance to work with a professional composer and have your music heard by thousands, we'd love to hear your initial ideas. Good luck!
At the end of January, the Royal Opera House welcomed a group of blind and partially sighted people for a special open orchestra rehearsal. In partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) members and extra players from The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House played a 16-piece arrangement of Stravinsky's The Firebird, under the conductor David McCallum.
The orchestra was set up in the centre of the Clore Studio and the audience sat around the players in a large circle, moving around the room regularly so that they could listen up close to different instruments.
Throughout the rehearsal of The Firebird, David talked about the plot of the ballet, demonstrating how the score vividly tells the story through musical motifs and repeating themes. He flagged moments in the music that described the magical world and creatures of the Immortal Kastchei, as well as the point when the feather is plucked from the Firebird.
After listening to the closing scene, the audience and orchestra enjoyed chatting together about the demands of playing for an orchestra.
One of the blind or visually impaired participants said: "It was a rare privilege to sit amongst the orchestra while they played The Firebird. I have the CD, but now I listen to the music with a totally different ear after having sat close to the harp and then the drums and then the trombone on one side and the cello and double base on the other.
"It was truly a magical experience and I really enjoyed speaking to the members of the orchestra who were extremely accommodating in letting us feel and, in the case of the drums, play their instruments."
David McCallum added: "I think this Outlook day was the most successful RNIB collaboration to date and the members of the orchestra were exceptional in both their playing and their commitment to the project. It was also encouraging to see a substantial RNIB audience clearly enjoying and 'participating' in the event."
Following the success of this day, the RNIB and the Royal Opera House are exploring the possibility of doing similar workshops.
As well as events such as this Outlook day, the Royal Opera House offers audio description and touch tours for certain performances. For information on the free Royal Opera House Access Membership and to download an application form, visit the Access area of our website, email our Box Office or ring us on +44 (0)20 7304 4000.]]>
As Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur returns to the Royal Opera House, we asked conductor Ryan Wigglesworth how he is approaching a modern masterpiece.
Ryan spoke about the intoxicating sound world that the composer has created, as well as what it's like to follow in the footsteps of Antonio Pappano, who conducted the opera's 2008 premiere to such acclaim.
"The orchestra is huge but Harrison also has a wonderful way of holding back colours and presenting them when they are needed so that there's an evolution throughout the whole journey of the work". Ryan says of the piece's structure, "there's an endless melody that goes through the piece, but it's constantly changing shape and form. It's not something you're necessarily conscious of, it works somewhere in the back of your mind."
Watch footage of Ryan conducting The Minotaur's Sitzprobe
Read audience reaction to The Minotaur
The Minotaur runs until 28 January. Tickets are still available.]]>
Three years ago, I read about the Fanfare Competition in a national newspaper. Budding composers were being encouraged to write orchestral fanfares for the Royal Opera House and the prize was for the winning entries to be recorded by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, under the directorship of Antonio Pappano. Not only that, but the winning fanfares were to be played during the performance intervals over the course of the following Season. I knew that our pupils would be excited by this amazing competition, but I was not fully prepared for their energy and their highly creative musical compositions.
We are a relatively small state middle school, with just under 250 pupils. I encouraged pupils to work in pairs, and the teaching staff also provided workshops in lunchtimes.
Over the past three years, we've submitted well over a hundred entries, with a few winners along the way. What followed for them was something that few young composers will have ever experienced, with our pupils accorded red carpet treatment from the moment they were chosen. Fantastically, winning doesn't seem to be the sole motivation for pupils entering. Last year we didn't manage a winning entry but this hasn't put the current students off - I have already had a lot asking me when we are going to start writing them again. A key aspect of education is to motivate and inspire pupils and this is something that Fanfare does brilliantly!
Music is positive in our school – we sing in class and assemblies, provide orchestra, clarinet group, recorder groups, theory classes and instrumental lessons and there are numerous chances for our pupils to perform. And, thanks to Fanfare, some of our pupils can say that their music has been played to thousands of people and that they have worked with an internationally acclaimed orchestra and conductor. How inspiring is that?
Free Teacher Twilight Sessions
Sign up for a taster session to learn more about the competition and gain new approaches for creative composition ideas for the classroom.
The Clore Studio, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, WC2E 9DD
Tuesday 27 November, 17.30 – 19.30
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The Culver Centre, Daiglen Drive, South Ockendon; Essex, RM15 5RR
Wednesday 28 November, 17.00 – 19.00
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The Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA
Thursday 6 December, 17.00 – 19.00 followed by a free ticket to attend the Ensemble 360 concert afterwards.
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Audience members at a recent performance of the Birthday Offering triple were given a bonus premiere of new work - the ten fanfares to be played throughout the coming 2012/13 season.
The pieces were written by ten young composers aged 11-16 from all over the UK and were selected from hundreds of entries to be recorded with the orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Each young composer worked with Music Director Antonio Pappano to develop their piece.
As part of the recent premiere alongside their family, friends and teachers; the composers were welcomed with a celebratory reception before hearing their fanfares played in the busy front of house areas for the very first time.
I thought the whole experience was wonderful, especially when I found out that James May was watching the performance! It was an unforgettable experience that I will keep with me forever."
- Diego Pérez–Àlvarez, Age 15, St Mary's College, Hull
See our photo gallery for an insight into the workshops and recording session.
The fanfares will be played throughout the 2012/13 Season for opera and music and ballet and dance.
Listen to the final fanfare compositions:
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Georg Solti, one of the 20th century's most important and influential conductors, is to be celebrated worldwide in 2012/13 with a number of events, broadcasts and recordings.
Solti @ 100 will feature two centrepiece concerts in October, the month of Solti's birth: New York on 19 October and Chicago on 21 October. A number of special commemorative exhibitions will also open that month at venues including the Royal Opera House; Symphony Center, Chicago; Musikverein, Vienna; Carnegie Hall, New York and the Barbican, London.
An exhibition, focusing on the conductor's career will run from October 2012 at the Royal Opera House.
Sir Georg Solti was born in Budapest in 1912 before studying at Liszt Academy in Budapest. He began work as a repetiteur at Hungarian State Opera, making his conducting debut in a production of Le nozze di Figaro in 1938. After moving to Switzerland during the war, he became Director of Bavarian State Opera in 1946. His profile grew and he conducted Der Rosenkavalier on the occasion of Strauss's 85th birthday and subsequently at the composer's funeral in 1949. His British debut came in 1954 at Glyndebourne, followed by his Royal Opera debut in 1959 with Der Rosenkavalier. In 1961 Solti became Musical Director of the Royal Opera, a post he held for ten years. He was awarded an honorary CBE in 1968 and won awards for his performances and recordings with Decca throughout his career. His final performance at the Royal Opera House before his death in 1997 was at the Farewell gala on 14 July of the same year. He conducted 'Tutto nel mondo è burla' from Verdi's Falstaff.
In January 2012, Solti's performance of Der Ring des Nibelungen with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra was named the greatest recording of all time by BBC Music Magazine.
The Fanfare Competition is back for the new season, giving 11-16 year olds the chance to have their music played every night at the Royal Opera House to signal the start and intervals of performances.
After the competition closing date on Friday March 23, up to 10 fanfares will be selected and the winners invited to develop their initial idea with a professional composer. The fanfares are then arranged and recorded by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House under the baton of conductor Antonio Pappano. The young people work closely with Antonio during the recording session so that it is played just as they imagined.
Watch one of the winners from 2010 as he works with composer Duncan Chapman and Antonio Pappano:
Showcasing the young people's music each night, the final recorded fanfares are played to thousands of people at performances of ballet and opera to let them know it's time to take their seats. These fantastic fanfares are now an established part of a visit to the Royal Opera House.
Enter this year's competition and fill one of the world's great opera houses with your own sound.]]>


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Flavorful Crawfish Etouffee
This dish is a pleasure to serve because it's attractive as well as tasty.
8 Servings
Prep: 5 min. Cook: 1-1/2 hours
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup canola oil
1 large green pepper, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup chopped celery
1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
1 cup water
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon Creole seasoning
2 pounds frozen cooked crawfish tails, thawed
Hot cooked rice
In a Dutch oven, whisk flour and oil until smooth. Cook over
medium-high heat for 5 minutes, whisking constantly. Reduce heat to
medium; cook and stir 10 minutes longer or until mixture is
Add the green pepper, onion and celery; cook and stir for 5 minutes.
Add the tomato sauce, water, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder,
paprika, lemon juice and Creole seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce
heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
Stir in crawfish and heat through. Serve with rice. Yield: 8
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1 serving (calculated without hot cooked rice) equals 269 calories, 15 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 155 mg cholesterol, 451 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 22 g protein.
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Gardner-Webb Crosses $45 Million Goal in School's Largest EVer Capital Campaign
Written by Matt Walters
The Times Square Ball that dropped on 2013 signaled the official conclusion of Gardner-Webb University's Higher Ground Campaign, whose $45 million goal made it the most ambitious capital campaign in Gardner-Webb's 108-year history. Thanks to the immense generosity of the University's friends and supporters, the campaign can now be listed as Gardner-Webb's most successful.
Officially launched in July 2006, one year after the inauguration of Dr. Frank Bonner as president, the campaign to achieve higher ground in Christian higher education proceeded through a silent "leadership" phase during which an astounding $33 million was raised, matching the largest amount ever amassed by a single campaign at Gardner-Webb. Then after the campaign went public in 2010, new friends joined in with fervor and seasoned supporters redoubled their efforts to catapult the University to unprecedented heights. In total, $46,052,250 was contributed to the Higher Ground Campaign.
Looking back on the campaign and all it accomplished, Bonner emphasized friendships more than funding as the most significant aspect of the Higher Ground experience. "Even beyond the funding itself," he said, "the campaign enabled us to establish and strengthen relationships with people who choose to support us because they understand and identify with the mission of Gardner-Webb. That's been very gratifying - to see the way the University's core values emanate from everything our donors say and do in support of Christian higher education. Words cannot express our vast appreciation for them."
Bonner said it has also been a joy to watch the various campaign projects come to fruition. The campaign's flagship project was the Tucker Student Center, the 110,000 square-foot student development facility that symbolizes the University's enduring commitment to its students.
When it opened in the fall of 2012, the Tucker Student Center was hailed as the single most impressive and transformational building ever built at Gardner-Webb. Featuring glass walls and an architectural design to mirror the personality of the University community—open, relational, and unique—the Student Center bears the name of Robert and Carolyn Tucker, GWU trustees and owners of Shoe Show, Inc., whose $5 million naming gift constitutes the largest grant in Gardner-Webb's history. The family of Frank Stewart, president and founder of Ultra Machine and Fabrication, Inc., and trustee to the University, also contributed an outstanding $2 million to name Stewart Hall, the Tucker Student Center's "crown jewel" first-floor main hall.
En route to higher ground, Gardner-Webb also opened the long-anticipated Science Laboratory Center, more than doubling the laboratory, classroom and office space and greatly expanding the technological capacity of the University's burgeoning natural science programs. New classroom facilities were built, like Frank Nanney Hall, home to the Department of Social Sciences and the Noel Program for Students with Disabilities.
"I think of a campaign not as a 'start and stop' initiative but as a focused effort during a period of time, an effort that will continue in earnest as we move forward from Higher Ground."
The Campaign fueled construction of the new championship-class athletics facility John Henry Moss Baseball Stadium. The Dover Theatre is being renovated and expanded to include the new Loy Scene Shop, which is currently under construction. Plus, dozens of aesthetic and functional enhancements—including the new Bridges Gate at the Stadium Drive entrance, expanded parking, and new landscape design—have enriched the campus experience for students and visitors alike.
Other campaign achievements are less visible but certainly no less significant. Millions of dollars have been raised since 2006 to bolster student financial aid and endow dozens of new scholarships. Donors also gave in support of undergraduate research, faculty development, service-learning initiatives, international study opportunities, and to strengthen the University's Christian foundation.
"The Higher Ground Campaign was significantly different from any previous campaign at Gardner-Webb, both in its scope and in its purpose," said Scoot Dixon, senior vice president for University Relations. "I think the previous campaigns in our history were designed to help address critical basic needs for the school to succeed. This campaign, however, was launched during a time when, under Dr. Bonner's leadership, we were already thriving. So the Higher Ground Campaign was about realizing a dream, a vision for how to make an already thriving institution even stronger. Thanks to our wonderful donors, we are making great strides."
While pleased with the campaign's outstanding success, University officials insist that the close of the campaign shouldn't be considered an "ending," but rather an opportunity to transition toward new and exciting projects to strengthen Gardner-Webb.
"I think of a campaign not as a 'start and stop' initiative but as a focused effort during a period of time, an effort that will continue in earnest as we move forward from Higher Ground," added Monte Walker, vice president for University Advancement. "There is still more work to be done to propel the University forward." Noel T. Manning, II, the University's chief communications officer, added, "We're always interested in finding new and better ways to serve our students."
Looking ahead, Bonner says the top priorities include a continued effort to bolster faculty resources, a Fine Arts Center, a College of Health Sciences, and an enhanced Softball Complex. He also plans to explore several new undergraduate and graduate academic programs, a new residential hall built to house a learning community, new classroom space, and other aesthetic campus enhancements.
"I have never been more proud of Gardner-Webb, more hopeful for our students, more confident in our mission, and more grateful for those friends who have endorsed that mission through their prayers and generous support," Bonner said. "The view forward from Higher Ground is exciting, indeed."


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The quintet, whose music is an eclectic fusion of psychedelic, jazz-inflected pop and electronic, have partnered with Sony Electronics Inc. to use the world's first 35MM full-frame interchangeable lens camcorder, the NEX-VG900 Handycam camcorder. The camera was launched last fall and was on feature display for the first time at CES in Las Vegas last week.
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Copper load of this! Company digging mine in Afghanistan unearths 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery
By Daily Mail Reporter
A Chinese company digging an unexploited copper mine in Afghanistan has unearthed ancient statues of Buddha in a sprawling 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery.
Archaeologists are rushing to salvage what they can from a major 7th century B.C. religious site along the famed Silk Road connecting Asia and the Middle East.
The ruins, including the monastery and domed shrines known as 'stupas,' will likely be largely destroyed once work at the mine begins.
The ruins were discovered as labourers excavated the site on behalf of the Chinese government-backed China Metallurgical Group Corp, which wants to develop the world's second largest copper mine, lying beneath the ruins.
Hanging over the situation is the memory of the Buddhas of Bamiyan — statues towering up to 180 feet high in central Afghanistan that were dynamited to the ground in 2001 by the country's then-rulers, the Taliban, who considered them symbols of paganism.
No one wants to be blamed for similarly razing history at Mes Aynak, in the eastern province of Logar. MCC wanted to start building the mine by the end of 2011 but under an informal understanding with the Kabul government, it has given archaeologists three years for a salvage excavation.
Archaeologists working on the site since May say that won't be enough time for full preservation.
The monastery complex has been dug out, revealing hallways and rooms decorated with frescoes and filled with clay and stone statues of standing and reclining Buddhas, some as high as 10 feet.
An area that was once a courtyard is dotted with stupas standing four or 5ft high.
More than 150 statues have been found so far, though many remain in place. Large ones are too heavy to be moved, and the team lacks the chemicals needed to keep small ones from disintegrating when extracted.
'That site is so massive that it's easily a 10-year campaign of archaeology,' said Laura Tedesco, an archaeologist brought in by the US Embassy to work on sites in Afghanistan. 'Three years may be enough time just to document what's there.'
Philippe Marquis, a French archaeologist advising the Afghans, said the salvage effort is piecemeal and 'minimal', held back by lack of funds and personnel.
The team hopes to lift some of the larger statues and shrines out before winter sets in this month, but they still haven't procured the crane and other equipment needed.
Around 15 Afghan archaeologists, three French advisers and a few dozen labourers are working within the 0.77-square-mile area – a far smaller team than the two dozen archaeologists and 100 labourers normally needed for a site of such size and richness.
'This is probably one of the most important points along the Silk Road,' said Marquis. 'What we have at this site, already in excavation, should be enough to fill the (Afghan) national museum.'
Mes Aynak, 20 miles south of Kabul, lies in a province that is still considered a major transit route for insurgents coming from Pakistan.
In July, two US sailors were kidnapped and killed in Logar. Around 1,500 Afghan police guard the mine site and the road.
Mes Aynak's religious sites and copper deposits have been bound together for centuries — 'mes' means 'copper' in the local Dari language.
Throughout the site's history, artisanal miners have dug up copper to adorn statues and shrines.
Afghan archaeologists have known since the 1960s about the importance of Mes Aynak, but almost nothing had been excavated.
When the Chinese won the contract to exploit the mine in 2008, there was no discussion with Kabul about the ruins – only about money, security and building a railroad to transport the copper out of Logar's dusty hills.
But a small band of Afghan and French archaeologists raised a stir and put the antiquities on the agenda.
The mine could be a major boost for the Afghan economy. According to the Afghan Mining Ministry, it holds some 6 million tons of copper, worth tens of billions of dollars at today's prices. Developing the mine and related transport infrastructure will generate much needed jobs and economic activity.
Waheedullah Qaderi, a Mining Ministry official working on the antiquities issue, said MCC shares the government goal of protecting heritage while starting mining as soon as possible.
65th General Assembly Opens under Swiss Presidency
Today the 65th session of the General Assembly opened under the Presidency of Switzerland.
This year marks the sixty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, and the General Assembly will face a heavy agenda including a high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals, the ongoing review of the Human Rights Council, and a third year of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform.
The President of the General Assembly is H.E. Mr. Joseph Deiss of Switzerland, a career Swiss politician who has previously held high-level positions including President of the Swiss Confederation, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Economic Minister, in addition to a period as a Member of Parliament. In his first statement, officially opening the 65th session of the General Assembly, President Deiss emphasized his faith in the United Nations and the General Assembly, and stressed that the United Nations Charter gives the General Assembly a central role as "the pre-eminent forum for global debate.†He outlined an ambitious set of goals, including the achievement of the MDGs; returning the United Nations to its rightful place at the center of global governance; and the promotion of sustainable development (click here for the complete text of the opening statement).
Afghanistan, represented by Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will serve as a Vice President of the 65th GA. This is the second time that Ambassador Tanin will play this role; he previously served as Vice President of the 63rd GA from 2008-2009.


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John Hick, an influential theologian and philosopher who died earlier this year, was drawn to issues that transcend any particular tradition—the question of evil, the meaning of suffering, life after death, and religious diversity.read more
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I recently scanned Osteen's book, "Your Best Life Now," in search of any serious reflection or teaching on the life, teaching and death of Jesus and Jesus' call to discipleship presented in the Gospels.read more
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1. We embrace the urgent task of clarifying what it means to follow a "spiritual path" or a "faith" that is Christian in some manner. With this, we know we must increase dialog and exploration between two often-warring camps divided as "conservative" and "liberal."read more
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WASHINGTON -- In a back room of D.C.'s Union Kitchen, Andreas Schneider and his co-workers fill 12-ounce glass bottles with a citrus-colored beverage.
A few weeks ago, the drink in the bottle was merely sweetened tea in a large plastic barrel. That was before it spent time under a floating, gooey, rubbery patty in the shape of a thick pancake.
That patty is called a SCOBY, or symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast. The bacteria in the colony are living, similar to bacteria found in yogurts, and the yeast is similar to what brewers and distillers use to ferment their beers or their ingredients.
Over the course of several days, the SCOBY transforms the tea into a low-sugar, carbonated, probiotic-packed beverage, known as kombucha.
Capitalizing on Kombucha in the Nation's Capital
Capital Kombucha makes and bottles its kombucha, like mango chili, at Union Kitchen in D.C. (WTOP/Rachel Nania)
Schneider began experimenting with kombucha in 2011 when he started business school at George Washington University. He'd been interested in making kombucha for years, he says, but he never found the spare time.
"To really do it properly, you need to be around all the time and really monitor it, otherwise it gets sour fast and turns weird. Kombucha likes attention," he says.
Schneider brought his home-brewed batches to class, and in no time, classmates Daniel Lieberman and John Lee took an interest in the drink.
"They came to school to start their own business and so we started putting our heads together, seeing if this might be a good idea -- and it was."
It was a good idea for more reasons than the refreshing taste of Schneider's kombucha. For starters, no other company was making it in the D.C. area. And even though people have been drinking kombucha for thousands of years, consumer awareness of the beverage was low in the nation's capital, Schneider says.
"We're trying to make kombucha approachable. It's been around for a while; it has kind of a funky reputation because it's fermented," Schneider says. "You see people being less interested in soda people want healthier soft drinks; they're trying to cut sugar out of their diets and kombucha really is a perfect replacement for soda."
That year, the three business students founded Capital Kombucha and worked out of a commercial kitchen space in Petworth, turning out four flavors.
Since its launch, Capital Kombucha has expanded its space to Union Kitchen, in Northeast, where it makes 10 flavors that are sold at more than 100 stores from Northern Virginia to Philadelphia, including several Whole Foods locations.
Making Kombucha
Will Savitri, owner of Katalyst Kombucha fermented tea, holds up a culture of Kombucha at the Katalyst Kombucha company in Greenfield, Mass. The SCOBY is a mixture of yeast and bacteria used in the fermentation process. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
As with brewing beer, making kombucha boils down to science -- starting with the SCOBY.
"It's a living drink, and [the bacteria] are living organisms. What you're doing when you make a batch is, you're feeding [the bacteria], and they grow and they replicate," Schneider says.
The SCOBY grows to match the size of the vessel in which it lives. In fact, Schneider jokingly refers to his SCOBY as "a co-founder in the business."
"If you start at home, your one colony, you'll notice, will get thicker. It will get wider as you put it in a new jar, and very soon you'll have distinct layers in the patty for each batch you've brewed -- kind of like rings on a tree," he says.
As the SCOBY grows, it can be separated and used in different batches of kombucha.
Even though kombucha is a low-sugar beverage, it doesn't start out that way. Kombucha brewers begin with a sweetened tea because the sugar feeds the fermentation process.
The sugar is converted in two steps, Schneider says. First, the yeast converts the sugar into alcohol. Then, the bacteria convert the alcohol into acids and probiotics -- organisms that help promote gut and digestive health.
"You drink kombucha because it doesn't have sugar; it has very little sugar, so you need to figure out exactly how much to put in the first tea to make sure that it's all digested by the bacteria so there's not any residual sugar left," Schneider says. "If you put too much sugar into your starting tea, the symbiotic fermentation gets out of whack."
Too much sugar causes the yeast to produce too much alcohol for the bacteria to process, meaning the brewer can wind up with a kombucha that is 1, 2 or 3 percent alcohol, Schneider says.
Schneider says some kombucha brands are licensed as breweries so they can sell their drinks as a low-alcohol beverage. He, on the other hand, makes and markets his main kombucha as a non-alcoholic beverage, and thus is very mindful of the sugar levels.
Kombucha has been around for thousands of years, but it just recently starting growing in popularity on the East Coast. Andreas Schneider attributes its growth to the drink's many health benefits. (WTOP/Rachel Nania)
Once the sweet tea is introduced to the SCOBY, the kombucha is left to ferment anywhere from one week to four, depending on how strong the brewer wants the beverage.
Schneider says tasting and testing the pH of the kombucha is the best way know when it's reached its optional peak. He says a pH of 3.3 is typical for homebrewers. Those who like kombucha sour may take it to 2.7 or 2.8. He keeps his perfect pH level a company secret.
Capital Kombucha flavors its kombucha with fresh spices, herbs and fruits, sourced from D.C. Central Kitchen's wholesale produce business, to make kombucha flavors such as Lemongrass Basil, Cucumber Melon, Mango Chili and Strawberry.
"Every company does it differently. Some will add juice and then ferment the juice again. Our approach to flavoring is all about the freshness of the ingredients."
A Growing Culture, A Growing Craze
Kombucha is continuing to establish a presence in the beverage industry. It's been popular in many West Coast cities for years, and it's starting to gain traction on the East Coast.
In the last year, a trade group for kombucha brewers was established.
"That's kind of a hint that this is becoming more mainstream," Schneider says.
He attributes the growing popularity to the beverage's health benefits. It's often a drink sought after yoga class or a tough workout, or gulped down for a rejuvenating boost of energy.
"It fits in line with the idea of getting away from the very sterile food culture to something that's living," Schneider says.
"We fully expect much more kombucha in the next few years -- locally, nationally -- there's no reason why this won't become a very mainstream drink. When you walk into a grocery store you see 30 beers; it would be great to see 30 kombuchas that all tasted differently and were all for a different part of your life and your taste."
Capital Kombucha is celebrating its second anniversary with two other local businesses: Glen's Garden Market and DC Brau, who are celebrating their first and third anniversaries, respectively. DC Brau will serve Capital Kombucha's limited kombucha beer at its April 15 Meridian Pint celebration, and Glen's will serve it in the Dupont Circle store's beer garden on April 20.
For those looking to brew kombucha at home, Schneider recommends the website kombuchakamp.com.
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Is there nothing that Obama can do that would rile the MSM? How many secrets, scandals and threats can there be? Do journalists believe in nothing other than hating the GOP? I still remember the American Library Association with their little posters at all libraries, warning patrons that their library records were not private under President Bush.
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It´s about time someone used the words, "public health" when they talk about this problem. I believe it is the first time I´ve heard someone mention the country´s public health when they talk about the invasion.What is happening to our country?
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Yes, but all out records can be checked out, just not the illegals. And of course, nothing, but nothing can be known about the first undocumented person occasionally stopping into the Oval, aka, the first clown amateur.
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obama should be impeached and jailed.
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And if they were arrested what would the charged with? It´s too bad the governors in the effected states didn´t try to resist by mobilizing the state police to stop the invasion
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It is only a violation of HIPAA when they give out identifying information. Patient information, such as race, disease statistics, and conditions, are shared daily, worldwide. If this were truly a violation, our own government would be guilty, hundreds of thousands of times per day, of violations.This is simply terror tactics being used against healthcare workers and those ignorant of the actual use and meaning of HIPAA, because the last thing a healthcare worker wants to be accused of is a violation if that law. It ruins their career.Anyone that simply reads the law can understand no violations are taking place by naming diseases, as long as you don´t name people.Shakes head...
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#6 is correct.
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There is no violation of HIPAA, Obama just wants to suppress news of his humanitarian crisis. If he is so worried about disclosing medical information then stop Obamacare and putting all the information on computer databases. Obamacare is a hacker dream come true. Likewise there should be lots of photos of the miserable conditions in these camps. People respond to photos more than reports. I would advise the normally charitable churchgoing american people to sit on their hands and not scramble to fix this humanitarian disaster. It is much easier to set a forrest fire than to put it out. Obama is like a firebug setting fires all over and then he will condemn others for the fires because they didn´t put them all out. The Alinsky spin will be: Obama is the charitable one who cares about hispanics and the american public is racist, and cruel for not helping the needy. As Our Lord said of the pharisees.. They tire up burdens impossible to bear but do not move a finger to help. Mt 23:4
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Now we are talking about chicken pox, MERSA and staph, plus TB and scabies.What about public safety ?Notice none of them are talking about vaccinations, but already bussing them across the country ?If you are illegal, you don´t have HIPPA rights and technically no rights, but that never stopped Zippy.
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