Composers Datebook for January 2, 2010

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Saturday, January 2 Play today's show | How to listen Dvorak -- The Morning After In 1885, a 20-year old violinist named Franz Kneisel came to America to become concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. That same year he formed the Kneisel Quartet, the first professional string quartet in America. For the next 30 years, their concerts were major musical events. For example, on today's date in 1894, this review of a Kneisel Quartet performance appeared in The Boston Globe: "It was one of the most interesting concerts ever given in Chickering Hall. First on the program was the Dvorak Quartet in F Major, which has never before been played in public. It was given a private performance in New York recently, and the composer was so pleased with the playing of the Kneisels that he gave them the manuscript which they used last night." "This composition," the reviewer continued, "is the result of the coming of Dvorak to this country. It was written last summer, and is supposed to be distinctly American. There is certainly in it much that is strikingly original, and the melodious parts strongly recall the type of southern Negro music that the composer says he had in mind when he wrote the quartet. The whole is tuneful and taking. Last night the playing of the performers was exceptionally good, and the listeners were stirred to a high pitch of enthusiasm. It is safe to say that the Dvorak quartet is a success." Not a bad "morning after" review for the premiere of Dvorak's famous "American" Quartet, Op. 96.		Music Played on Today's Program: Anton�n Dvorak (1841 - 1904): String Quartet, Op 96 (American) Keller Quartet Warner 44355 Additional Information: On Dvorak About the Program Composers Datebook is a daily program about composers of the past and present, hosted by John Zech. Support Composers Datebook Purchase music from Composers Datebook from Amazon. Or shop Public Radio Market. Your purchases help support the American Composers Forum and public radio. Your support makes our online services possible. Contribute Now. Fostering artistic and professional development
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The Writer's Almanac for January 2, 2010

View this message on the Web Saturday Jan. 2, 2010  LISTEN Imagining It by Kate Barnes At eighteen, in Paris, I just woke up out of a dream just before dawn, and stepped through the long window from my cold room with its red silk walls. Shivering a little in my dressing gown, I leaned on the balustrade and, look, overnight a light snow had fallen; no car had driven over it yet, it lay in the street as white, as innocent, as snow on the open fields. Then something approached with a calm rhythm of hoof-beats made softer by the snow, the sound of a quiet heart. It was a heaped-up wood cart pulled by a gray horse who walked along slowly, head down, while the driver sat at the back of one shaft and hunched over to light his cigarette.                                   From above, I saw clearly the lit match in the old man's cupped hands, its glow on his long jaw, the small well of flame between his living palms like the flare of the soul in his body. He went on down the street, and the sky went on growing lighter, and I saw how he left his dark tracks behind him on the whiteness of the snow, just the lines of the two wheels, slightly wavering, and the dints of the horse's hooves between them, a writing in an undiscovered language, something whose meaning we feel sure we know, and still can't quite translate.                        When I stepped inside again, I stopped thinking about love for a minute — I thought about it almost all the time then — and thought instead about being alive for a while in a world with cobblestones, new snow, and the unconscious poem printed by hooves on the maiden street. Of course I was not yet ready to be grateful. "Imagining It" by Kate Barnes, from Where the Deer Were. © David R. Goldine, Publisher, Inc., 1994. Reprinted with permission. (buy now) It's the birthday of novelist Robert Nathan, (books by this author) born in New York in 1894. He wrote Autumn (1921), a quiet romance about a retired teacher and his housekeeper, set in New England. It was so successful that he wrote about one a year for the rest of his career, more than 40 novels, including his most famous, Portrait of Jennie (1940). He said, "There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday." It's the birthday of André Aciman, (books by this author) born in Alexandria, Egypt (1951). He was Jewish, and during World War II his family had thought they would have to go to a concentration camp. They did not, but after the war there was a lot of anti-Semitism in Egypt. Young Aciman was forced to learn anti-Semitic songs in school, and the family's textile family started losing business. So they left for Europe and eventually America, where Aciman went to school and became a writer. And he wrote a memoir about his childhood, Out of Egypt (1995), which got great reviews and won the Whiting Writers' Award. It's the birthday of playwright Christopher Durang, (books by this author) born in Montclair, New Jersey (1949). He was raised Roman Catholic, went to a high school where he was taught by monks, and thought he might become a monk himself. Instead, he became a playwright, and when he was 28 years old, he had his first big success with the play Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You (1979), which The New York Times described as "a satire about a demonic Catholic school nun." He went on to write Beyond Therapy (1981), Baby with the Bathwater (1983), and most recently, Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them (2009). It's the birthday of historical novelist Leonard B. Scott, (books by this author) born in Bremerhaven, Germany (1948). He served in the Army for 27 years, was a full colonel, earned a Purple Heart and a Silver Star. And then he started writing novels about the Vietnam War, including Charlie Mike (1985), The Hill (1989), and Solemn Duty (1997). It's the birthday of science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, (books by this author) born in Petrovichi, Russia, in 1920. His parents moved to Brooklyn when he was three years old, and he helped out in the family candy shop. He was a good student, extremely good at science, and his father encouraged that. He went off to Columbia and studied chemistry, and when he was 18, he wrote his first science fiction story. He sent it to John Campbell, the editor of a science fiction magazine. Campbell rejected it, but as he said later: "He was lean and hungry and enthusiastic. He couldn't write, but he could tell a story. You can teach a guy how to write, but not how to tell a story." And so Asimov tried again and again, and he learned how to write and would write for 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He went on to write more than 400 books, many of them science fiction, including I, Robot (1950) and Foundation (1951). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® sponsor The Poetry Foundation National broadcasts of The Writer's Almanac are supported by The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine for over 90 years. The Writer's Almanac is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media. sponsor Contribute $75 or more today and we'll thank you with the official Writer's Almanac mug. The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems Cd Order your copy today. On the Radio Podcast Web Archive Title Author Date Read highlighted interviews of poets heard on the show. Visit the bookshelf now You received this free e-mail newsletter because you previously subscribed or because it was sent to you by a friend. This e-mail was sent to the following address: mybloghaytham@gmail.com Unsubscribe | Contact Us | Forward to a friend � 2009 American Public Media 480 Cedar Street, Saint Paul, MN USA 55101

Future Tense for January 1, 2010

December 28, 2009 Top tech stories of 2009 MP3 - iTunes Guest: Dwight Silverman December 29, 2009 Technology and airplane security MP3 - iTunes The Associated Press reports that some in-flight security rules imposed after last week's attempted terror attack aboard a Northwest Airlines flight have been eased. At the captain's discretion, passengers can once again fill their laps with laptops and other gadgetry, as well as books, blankets and other items, during the tail end of a flight. This news probably sounds like an uncommon bit of common sense to security expert Bruce Schneier. December 30, 2009 Most disruptive tech of 2009 MP3 - iTunes Guest: Ryan Singel, Epicenter Get the Podcast Listen to Future Tense at your convenience on your iPod or other MP3 player. Podcast Learn more about podcasting Follow Jon Gordon on Twitter, Facebook, and Posterous About the Show Future Tense can be heard daily on public radio stations across the United States on the CBC's As It Happens. E-mail the Show Give us your thoughts and suggestions about the show. Send an e-mail.	SPONSOR

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Their mascot may be woolly but Barrow's approach will not be as they
take 7,000 to the Stadium of LightShortly before kick-off at the
Stadium of Light on Saturday afternoon all 10 Barrow directors will
take turns to pat the head of a miniature model sheep named Shaun. It
is a familiar ritual which, back in south Cumbria, has come to be
regarded as a big reason why the Conference National side are in the
third round of the FA Cup for the second year running.Should any
sceptic dare query Shaun the Sheep's win-inducing powers Barrow
officials will quickly remind them just how radically the club has
been transformed by the financial windfall accrued during last
season's FA Cup run. The basic £250,000 earned from a campaign ended
by a gallant 2-1 defeat at Middlesbrough was used as a springboard
which literally changed the players' lives.From being a band of
part-timers training two nights a week and holding down an eclectic
assortment of often demanding day jobs, Barrow's squad are now
described as near professionals who train three days a week at a
well-equipped base in Salford, an area most first-teamers live within
easy reach of. It's all part of our plan to slowly build the club up
and hopefully get back into the Football League, the team are much
fitter now, explains Martin Lewis, the commercial manager at Holker
Street, who dreams of helping Barrow return to the big stage they
exited in 1972.Not that the Conference National is too shabby a league
these days. It is surely no coincidence that Forest Green Rovers,
narrow losers to Derby County in last year's third round, have also
once again reached the same point and visit Notts County on
Sunday.Recently recruited as part of a drive to boost off-field
earnings, Lewis has presided over the opening of the new club shop
while also helping attract corporate clients. The Cup runs have
created a tremendous buzz, he says. We quickly sold out our 7,200
tickets for Sunderland.It was after another trip to Wearside, three
years ago, that Shaun became Barrow's lucky mascot. Travelling to an
FA Cup qualifying round tie at Durham City the team coach ended up
trapped on a country road, its path blocked by hundreds of sheep.
That's when it all started, says Maurice Duffy, a club director.
People were tearing their hair out but we got there, won 1-0, were
given Shaun the Sheep â€Â" [a model of the BBC children's television
favourite] â€Â" and, ever since, all the directors have patted his head
before cup games. We've become very superstitious about our little
sheep. We feel that, as long as Shaun is there, we can do it.Barrow
fans extend similar sentiments towards Jason Walker, the team's star
striker and scorer of their goal at the Riverside. Walker, who along
with his colleagues limbered up at Middlesbrough's training base near
Darlington on Friday, is certainly in bullish mood. Sunderland are
missing three main defenders, he says. I'm quietly confident.Walker is
far from the only recognisable face from 12 months ago. Sensibly the
player-managers Darren Sheridan, still a regular substitute at 42 and
keen on revenge after being released by Steve Bruce at Wigan in 2001,
and Dave Bayliss have resisted the temptation to make wholesale
changes and seven of those who were in the squad to face Boro should
be involved on Saturday. Bayliss has declared: We're not going to
Sunderland to be cannon fodder, we're going to compete.If the joint
managers' summer-time recruitment of Simon Spender, arguably the best
right-back in non-league football, from Wrexham, was inspired, Mike
Pearson's return at centre-half has also proved influential. The FA
Cup very nearly wrecked Pearson's career. The complicated double leg
break he suffered at Middlesbrough resulted in him leaving the pitch
wearing an oxygen mask en route to hospital before missing the
remainder of the season with his future clouded. Hopefully this time
I'll last 90 minutes and be able to shake hands with everyone at the
end, says Pearson, now finally fit again. We gave Middlesbrough a run
for their money and one or two scares, so why not Sunderland?For Brian
Keen, Barrow's chairman, and his son and co-director Tony, today's tie
is imbued with an uncanny sense of destiny. Brian's mother was from
Sunderland and he spent childhood summer holidays playing on Roker and
Seaburn beaches, hearing tales of Len Shackleton's exploits at Roker
Park and falling in love with the local team. As a child, Tony duly
slept in red and white striped pyjamas beneath a Sunderland AFC
bedspread.We've inherited the Sunderland supporting gene, Tony says.
So to sit with Niall Quinn in the directors' box will be surreal. It
will be the proudest day of my life.While the Keens, nonetheless,
intend cheering the non-leaguers' every touch, Vic Halom, part of the
Wearsiders' famous 1973 FA Cup-winning side and a former Barrow
manager, has slightly more divided loyalties. Sunderland need to
worry, Halom says. If Barrow are prepared to sweat their guts out and
give every ounce of energy, they can become heroes for the rest of
their lives.

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Marketplace Money Newsletter for Weekend of January 2-3, 2009

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January 2-3, 2010 Giving a big chunk of it away The Fifty Percent League is made up of people who believe it's their moral obligation to give away as much of their money as they can. Lisa Napoli looks at what inspires these folks to engage in "extreme giving." How to save $5,000 a year Kristin Van Ogtrop, managing editor of Real Simple Magazine, talks with Tess Vigeland about how to scale back and save up to $5,000 a year. OMG, you're still using AOL for e-mail? Like the brand of shirt you wear, your preferred e-mail address can send a message about who you are. Stacey Vanek-Smith explores why many of her friends and colleagues recently started switching e-mail accounts. Overwhelmed by check-out-line charity It's becoming more common for grocery store shoppers to be asked to contribute to charities while they're in the check-out line. Those small contributions can add up for worthy causes, but there are hidden costs involved. Michael May reports. Beware of charities' 'donor illusion' Donors to charities get satisfaction from thinking their money is going to a particular person or project with which they then have a special relationship. But those relationships sometimes aren't so special. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports. Cleveland restaurants serve up success Despite Cleveland's problems with foreclosures and poverty, restaurants keep opening up and prospering. Why? Dan Bobkoff reports. Finding value in corporate history Companies are often so focused on the present and future that they forget about their past. But now some companies are opening up showcases that highlight their products through history. Cash Peters takes us inside. Why we can all be philanthropists It's the season for giving. But given this economy, you might think that only those with big bucks can do philanthropy. Commentator Matthew Bishop urges us to think again. An update on 2009 financial resolutions Back in January 2009, we aired some listeners' money resolutions for the year. We check back in with a few to see just how well they kept those promises. ALL MARKETPLACE MONEY STORIES >> On our website >> Podcast >> On the radio >> Follow us on Twitter >> Follow us on Facebook   Spenders and savers frequently marry each other. That's the news from a recent academic study. Chris Farrell has some ideas about how to turn financial discord into marital harmony. Watch the video Economics editor Chris Farrell and Tess Vigeland revisit some of the most common questions that listeners asked in 2009, and check-in with a woman who has been putting her marriage on hold because of student loans. Submit your financial questions to GETTING PERSONAL.	SPONSOR
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