Month: November 2009

BADEK’S NEWS 18

One. Jewish group calls to rally against hate crimes which is taking place at 5:30 p.m. on November 26, 2009 at the Boyce Theatre on the Stampede grounds.

Two. Calgarians are now facing a 4,79% property tax increase following council’s trim or increase the city budget.

Three. Hugang, China. Relatives of miners killed by a gas blast at a coal pit in northeast China demanded answers from the owners as the toll hit 104 and hopes faded away that any more survivors could be found.

Four. Falls cause 90 per cent of hip fractures among seniors and can lead to very serious health complications, says a public health nurse in Kingston, Ontario.

Five. Alberta’s oilsands operators are increasingly stressing the role of technology to make their operations more sustainable, especially from an environmental perspective.
BADEK’S NEWS 17

One. Patty Randall, a professional speaker for elderly people’s care years, was interviewing senior Aliya in Cappadocia, Turkey, in 2005, one of the last persons still living in cave dwelling. She received government assistance in order to stay in the home her husband brought her to as a young bride.

Two. Alexander Medvedev, deputy chief executive officer at Russian gas-export behemoth Gazprom, told a gas conference that the company expects its shipments to surge 13 per cent next year, as an accelerating post-recession economy fuels a rebound in European demand. He expects the resurgence will sop up the global gas surplus by 2011.

Three. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon-dioxide pollution jumped 2 per cent last year, most of the increase coming from China, according to a study published online yesterday.

Four. Transparency International has released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranks the world’s nations based on the impressions of business people and country analysts. Here are some findings: most improved – China, Poland, Russia and Bangladesh.

Five. James McAra, the chief executive officer of the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Society, sorts out food at the facility daily. His food bank saw an 80-per-cent spike in use over the previous year.
BADEK’S NEWS 16

One. Geisy Arruda, 20, a Brazilian student, expelled from university for wearing a miniskirt that sparkled national soul searching, in this staunchly Catholic but bikini-clad nation, was readmitted Monday. Geisy, backed by lawyers, said the expulsion violated her rights.

Two. The Canada’s first prime minister John A. Macdonald’s undocumented letters to his longtime Conservative ally Alexander Morris in July, 1877 were sold in Britain for $ 45,000.

Three. Almost two million Canadians had fought in wars since the beginning of the 20^th century.

Four. Parents wield as much influence with their adolescent children as their peers do, according to results of a study which defy the notion of parents fading into white noise while friends take centre stage.

Five. Obama faces potential mutiny on health-care bill because abortion add-on splits Democrats. “This is a health-care bill, not an abortion bill”, Obama told ABC’s Nightline, hoping to tamp down the controversy.
BADEK’S NEWS 15

One. Winnipeg, Canada. One hundred years after the birth of celebrated novelist Gabrielle Roy at 375 Deschambault Street in southeast Winnipeg, the 2and a half storey wood-frame house has been named a national historic site. She wrote in French “Street of Riches” under the title ” Rue Deschambault”.

Two. “The Rick Mercer Report” took best-comedy honours at the Gemini Awards last weekend.

Three. Amir Pnueli,68 died on November 2, 2009 in New York. He was famous for his philosophy of verifying the reliability of computers.

Four. Thousands of members lined up in the rain to elect Gursimran Kaur, 19, and her youth slate to manage one of the largest Sikh temples in North America. Her victory marks an important shift toward blending tradition with progressive ideas and recasting the Sikh image in B.C.

Five. Sarah Palin, aid in John Mc Cain campaign for the American President elections, and Oprah Winfrey are the two most popular talented populists in America today. Theirs was a talk-show marriage made in ratings heaven.
The Conversation About the Big Concert Hall “Oktjabrsky” on one of the November Evenings…
To attune your ear to the topic, listen to the Gazmanov’s song :

I was born in the USSR

Gleb’s Great Uncle Gennadiy whom he calls just “Grandpa”, has been working at the Big Concert Hall “Oktjabrsky” already for five years as a cabinet maker, fixing the furniture up and taking care of spectators’ chairs where people used to sit, annually more than one million visit there. On its stage there were and are performing brilliantly many a great pop and music stars, domestic artists and ones from all over the world. For example, let us have a glance at the November 2009 advertisement:

“Carmen” and “Bloody Wedding” by Antonio Gades, Concerts of Oleg Mityaev and Duet “Nepara”, V. Danilets and V. Moiseenko, Eugene Dyatlov, ballet “Todes” of Anna Dukhova, show of Japanese drummers “ASKA” etc. etc.

For more than 30 years has been managed this complex mechanism by Emma Vasiljevna Lavrinovich, who is highly respected and loved by everybody of the staff.

We will arrange a small interview with Great Uncle Gennadiy.
1. How are you doing at the “Oktjabrsky” on these November days?
2. Well, what to say, all right. Tired by the end of the day as everybody else is.
1. Is the staff good?

2. Yes, it is a wonderful staff. We have a good leadership here. Emma Vasiljevna Lavrinovich.

We all employees want her to stay longer with us.

1. Oh yes…It is happiness to work in such an environment. God bless and give health to Emma Vasiljevna and all the rest of your colleges. Be happy and healthy, Gennadiy, for many years to come!

To better finish this article, listen to the other performer Alla Pugacheva to be participating at the “Oktjabrsky” many times. Вот такую Аллу Пугачёву любил весь Советский Союз
An Interview with Two St. Petersburg Theatre Fans, Gleb and His Mom
1. How many theatres are all in all there in St. Petersburg, Russia?
2. We did not count. More than 30, we believe.
1. What is your favourite one?

2.The Academic Theatre named after Lensovet that is situated on Vladimirsky Prospect not far from our home.
1. 1.What did you see last time at the theatre?
2. 2.“An Inspector” by Gogol.
1. Did you like it?

2. Oh, definitely. S. Migitsko was playing the main character of an Inspector. And did you know the story behind the first performance in 1836 at the stage of the Alexandrine’s Theatre?
1. No, I did not. Very long ago I watched this play and forgot everything.
2. Tzar Nickolas I was present at the premiere and ordered all his Ministers of the Cabinet to watch that performance. “At whom are you laughing at?”, asked the Head of the City Government at the play’s end and answered to himself: “At yourselves”.
1. What is your general impression about the play?

2.We think that Gogol’s comedy was funny on the one hand, and sad, on the other one.

1. Thanks for your time, you visited the Lensovet Theatre during your school break, next time we can talk about some other performances and at some other time.
BADEK’S NEWS 14

One. On Nov. 11th, 2009 is celebrated in Canada the Remembrance Day. 3,000 crosses honor Calgarians who gave lives in war. The crosses are destined for Memorial Drive.

Two. Running to November 12, the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies hosts a multi-media exhibition of work of Canmore artist Jan Kabatoff, “Jan Kabatoff Glacier: A Journey.” Also partnering with the Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives, Parks Canada, the Town of Banff and the Wardens’ Alumni, the museum presents “A Way of Life, A Legacy to Protect: 100 Years of Warden Service”, running to November 15.

Three. Pat Borecky, owner of Sew Much More on MacLeod Trail, keeps her 500 students in creative stitches.

Four. At the U of C’s Schulich School of Engineering 24 per cent of undergraduate students are female, which is well above the national average of 17,5 per cent.

Five. At the Pumphouse Theaters (2140 Pumphouse Avenue, S.W.) the Front Row Centre serves up Sweeney Todd’s “The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”. It runs from November 6-14.
BADEK’S NEWS 13

One. On Nov. 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall was opened, it was a great event of the fall of the Iron Curtain, the 20-th anniversary of which will be celebrated.

The “Iron Curtain” of concrete walls, fortified fences and heavily armed borders marked a physical and ideological divide in Europe from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the end of the Cold War in 1991.

Two. Jessica Maciel, with son Anthony, 10 months, won $ 35,000 in damages from salon that fired her on her first shift after learning she was pregnant.

Three. Seguro Ndabene stands outside the Calgary Court Centre after being awarded the $ 17-million prize, he won jackpots several times.

“There is always a possibility, but the probability is absolutely almost next to nothing…so, so tiny, a fraction of a per cent,” explained a math instructor on this topic.

Four. Alberta Culture Minister Lindsay Blackett puts on his dancin’ shoes and joins the Youth Singers of Calgary in finally opening “The Performing Arts Youth Centre” in southeast Calgary.

Five. Master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett has won the 2009 Elinore & Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre – a distinction that comes with a welcome $ 75,000. He is a creator of shows such as “Tinka’s New Dress”, “Street of Blood” and “Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy”.
Dolls are so Important for Girls

From time immemorial I knew that a doll plays an important role in a girl’s development as well as a machine toy for a boy’s .

Playing with the doll the girl tried to make clothes for her, dress-undress, put her to bed, even dance with her, it’s her first close friend besides Mom. The girl talks to her and later when joins Day Care, her doll can be personified as a pupil of her class, her class mate. She sleeps with her and shares her dreams. Looking after her doll she learns the first steps of motherhood which is her major natural destiny. With those sincere movements a future woman learns how to care for people, many how dos, which can be very suitable for her in days to come.

My hobby is to paint wooden funny Russian Matryoshkas and make clothes for regular dolls in a creative way. Sewing mainly I am doing by hand and glue to my own design. At Christmas craft sales my dolls usually attract people’s attention because the national costumes they are dressed in are usually made of colorful fabrics, decorated with beads and head sets or kerchiefs as it fits an occasion.

Maybe you saw them in my slide show before.

Now I am organizing a little workshop for little dolls, try to challenge you in a nice family circle to create something beautiful with your own hands.

To entertain you just look at the “Canadian Living Show Crafts”.