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August 29, 2008
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Folk Music
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9:48
The Belleville Outfit: Houston Town (Wanderin')


9:53
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra: Longing (6 against 4) (La Semana)


10:00
Mozaik: Reuben's Transatlantic Express (Changing Trains)


10:05
Adrienne Young & Little Sadie: Wedding Ring (The Art of Virtue)


10:08
Bruce Springsteen: The Ghost of Tom Joad (The Ghost of Tom Joad)


10:14
Peter Case: Let Me Fall (Who's Gonna Go Your Crooked Mile)



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Classical Music
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9:37
Felix Mendelssohn: Fair Melusina Overture (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)


9:50
Georg Phillip Telemann: Double Violin Concerto (Berlin Baroque Soloists)


10:01
Amy Beach: Dance of the Flowers (Joanne Polk, piano)


10:06
Nino Rota: Concerto for Strings (Philharmonic of La Scala)



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Classical Music with Gillian Martin



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Classical Music with Mindy Ratner



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Working together to cut the health care gap

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Cleveland's diabetes rate is almost twice the state's rate and far higher than the national rates. Health care providers are working with a national foundation to figure out which best practices will narrow the gap, and close other health care inequities nationwide.

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