1838 - Max Bruch, Cologne, Germany; composer and conductor Wikipedia Gil Shahan plays Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, 1st mvt. (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Dan Ettinger conducting; Tel Aviv 2002) Jascha Heifetz plays and conducts Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, 2nd mvt. “Nachtgesang” from Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano (Brise Soleil Trio, Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts, 2006)

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G-Map U.S. East 1.0 Category: Navigation Price: $19.99 (iTunes) Description: Traveling somewhere you’ve never been? Or need directions right away? If so, run G-Map on the iPhone 3G in your hand. G-Map can show you the way wherever you go, even with no Wi-Fi connection. G-Map is an on-board electronic map. Once it’s downloaded, you can freely search your location and get directions without an internet connection, anytime, anywhere, even when you’re on the move. G-Map’s massive data will help yo

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Greg Kleffner and John Andrus of greater Milwaukee, WI proudly sport their Clayphonic RecordsTM t-shirts. Kleff styles in his long-sleeve blue version and Big J models his classic black short-sleeve model. Pick up on your own Clayphonic RecordsTM short- or long-sleeve t-shirt in our swag store and you can look this cool, too!

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Arizona Tempe Cinemas  1825 E Elliot Rd Tempe, AZ 85284-1700 Phone: (480) 345-6461 California Chirag Entertainers (For Kannada movies)   7354 Stagecoach Road Dublin,CA 94568-1765  Telephone:(925) 479-9604  Email: ksp@chirag-entertainers.com Indian Movie Center 6 (IMC6)  Telephone: (408) 830-9999 Laemmle’s One Colorado Cinemas 42 Miller Alley Old Pasadena, CA 91103 Ph: 626-744-1224 Naz Cinema, San Francisco 37411 Fremont Blvd Fremont, CA 94536 Phone: 510-79

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While some are concerned the New York and Milwaukee schools segregate LGBT students without addressing the bullying itself, some educators say the schools act as a stopgap to prevent harassed students from dropping out or developing …

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I’ve seen several articles listing the best concerts of 2008 in the Isthmus and Wisconsin Journal but none that focused exclusively on jazz. This article is about my favorite. What were yours? Send in your favorites using the comment section and let’s see if we can get a list going. I saw many jazz concerts last year: Kurt Elling at the Overture Center, the Isthmus Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, Jazz at Five, Chicago Jazz Festival, Chris Potter at the Pabst in Milwaukee and at the Ja

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At Matthew’s request, here’s a quick summary of my major goals and mini goals for 2009,  I will also list my mini-goals for January. School: Transfer to UIC by Fall 2009 Take 17 credit hours at Harper College in the Spring semester and earn at least a 3.5GPA. Attend UIC Summer sessions and take 12 credit hours. Transfer to UIC in the Fall and take 15 credit hours IF I’m not doing an internship.  (12 credit hours with an internship.) Health: Be Physically Healthy Shed 25lbs by the Chicago

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1492 - Reconquista: the emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. 1890 - Record 19′2″ alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny. 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China. “The Japanese mis-read the reasons for this event and get cocky. In forty years their perspective will be corrected. 1974 - President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPE

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T-minus 9 hours before Viacom decides to pull the plug on up to 20 networks from being aired on Time Warner Cable. The networks include: Comedy Central CMT: Pure Country Logo MTV MTV 2 MTV Hits MTV Jams MTV Tr3s Nickelodeon Noggin Nick 2 Nicktoons Palladia Spike The N TV Land VH1 VH1 Classic VH1 Soul If I’m not mistaken, Time Warner in SE Wisconsin carries all the networks but MTV Jams and VH1 Soul. If all those networks are shut off, that’s going to suck for many Milwaukee-area customers at

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ABC News Wis. court: Nude people still have privacy rights The Associated Press - 17 hours ago The ruling upholds the felony guilty plea of Mark Jahnke, who videotaped his girlfriend while she was naked and while they were having sex. … Court Rules that Naked People are Not Stripped of Rights OpEdNews Naked people have rights, too Kansas City Star Court rules against man who taped nude girlfriend Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wisconsin State Journal - Capital Times all 135 news articles

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