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- wavy
- January 09, 2013 - 08:39
To Duh: Just as I suspected! I don't subscribe to Facebook and so that makes me out of the loop and not privy to or somehow worthy of all the gossip like the rest of you. The rest of you can whine about privacy and respect for the deceased yet chat it up all over social media, revealing and even celebrating the fact that you knew or were somehow connected to the family and deceased, identifying them both in the process. Hypocrits! While the rest of us see Facebook for what it really is (a huge invasion of privacy voluntarily offered by its users; something you self-righteous concerned with privacy issues might want to think about some more) and decline to participate, we are left scratching our heads at why there were so many special branches of police involved in this case. Obviously you know something the rest of us don't, thanks to your beloved Facebook. Pick your battles indeed.
- Jay
- January 09, 2013 - 07:50
Wavy, The police are not obliged to report to every gossip bag and rumour monger in the province. Get a life. By the way, I don't know the deceased, but I do have some manners.
- wavy
- January 08, 2013 - 17:21
Some of you are being quite self-righteous and overly-sensitive. Based on your comments and seemingly intimate knowledge of this situation, I'm guessing you personally knew the deceased, the details of the case and are therefore in no need of further updates or information unlike the rest of us, who have seen the RNC bungle situations like this before and are left to wonder if there is anything more we need to be aware of, especially when detectives, forensics and MCU are called in to investigate. I didn't inquire as to the identity of the deceased. I have no desire to bare witness to someone's heartache, only a need for pertinent information as it relates to the safety and well being of the general public. Sorry if that offends you. But I'm guessing you would feel the same were you not privy to insider information and "town gossip" the rest of us were not.
- January 09, 2013 - 09:27
I am not related to this woman or her family, but if the police say the cause of death is not suspicious then that's where it ends. There isn't any part of me that wants or needs to know anything more than what's been reported. You're just being nosy.
- Liz
- January 08, 2013 - 16:35
I am personally very pleased with the RNC's approach to this matter. There has to be an investigation and a detailed one when a person is found in such a maner. But they did not push the panic public button and now they are being discreet. I think most people can probably decipher the sad details of this story. The only thing the general public should now do is offer condolences to the family and let this woman RIP.
- Duh
- January 08, 2013 - 16:12
If anyone logged into their Facebook lately and saw te "RIP"s plastered all over it, you would have put it together. If her family was so concerned with the privacy they wouldn't have her plastered all over social networks. Pick your battles people!!
- Well Said
- January 08, 2013 - 14:18
@ Really. Very well said. If there is no foul play suspected, and no risk to public safety, Then obviously there is no need for the media to further probe into this. This may be a very sensitive issue to report and the nature of the information leads to believe they are not releasing it for a reason. As far as I'm concerned, the only reason to want any more information is just to satisfy someone's curiosity. RIP to the woman and my sympathies to her family and friends.
- Really?
- January 08, 2013 - 13:40
Someone lost a member of their family a daughter, wife, or mother! Have some respect if there was a safety concern, or any concern for that matter the RNC would obviously let the public know! They are going to let this woman rest in peace and let her family heal; with out plastering the media with the cause or circumstances of her death! Rest in peace, my heart goes out to your family
- Bob
- January 08, 2013 - 13:39
I think it's pretty obvious what happened here.No foul play suspected now move along folks says the RNC or Really Not Cops.
- January 08, 2013 - 13:31
There's always one person who thinks they have a right to know every last detail. No one deserves anything except the investigators and the victims family. That's it, that's all.
- wavy
- January 08, 2013 - 12:55
I know there maybe privacy concerns and sensitivity issues regarding information pertaining to this case, but am I the only one not satisfied with that very limited explanation from the RNC? It's the equivalent of the old "move along folks; nothing to see here" cliche. Surely there's more to it than that when top detectives, forensics and the MCU were all called to the scene.
- christine
- January 08, 2013 - 14:07
Yes,there is more to it and it's none of your business.The public is not in any way in danger...PERIOD.She was a daughter,wife and mother.Her family is devasted and needs privacy at this time,not public scrutiny.
- Cindy
- January 08, 2013 - 20:45
Well Wavy, if there is no breach of the Criminal Code or any other piece of legislation the death of this young woman is none of our business. It is standard procedure in such a sudden death for criminal investigators and a forensic team to be involved. Once the cause of death is determined and their is no foul play, then the the police are not required to provide any information to the public. Let this woman rest in peace and allow the family to grieve in private. My heart goes out to them!


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The KIVA-NOLA study originated as an immigration study. Just weeks before Hurricane Katrina struck near New Orleans on August 29, 2005, we collected a wide range of health, social, economic, and demographic data for a population-based sample of first-generation working-age Vietnamese-Americans living in New Orleans. We were able to re-interview most of these same individuals in two follow-up rounds near the first and second anniversaries of the disaster. This results in rare and highly-valuable pre and post-disaster outcomes on a wide array of standard measures of well-being for a population-based sample of New Orleans' largest immigrant community.
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3. Norris, Fran, Mark VanLandingham, and Lung Vu. 2009. PTSD in Vietnamese Americans Following Hurricane Katrina: Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictors. Journal of Traumatic Stress 22-2: 91-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20389
4. Vu, Lung, Mark VanLandingham, Mai Do, and Carl L. Bankston III. 2009. Evacuation and Return of Vietnamese New Orleanians Affected by Hurricane Katrina. Organization and Environment 22: 422-436. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1086026609347184
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6. Carlin, Kathleen, Alexandra Priebe, Mai Do, Carl Bankston, and Mark VanLandingham. 2011. Culture and Resiliency within a Vietnamese-American Enclave post-Katrina. Global Horizons, Center for Policy and Resilience, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, Long Beach, MS.
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CNN — We remember Billie Joe Armstrong's iHeartRadio meltdown last fall pretty clearly, but the Green Day frontman only has a faint recollection of what happened.
"I remember tiny things," Armstrong tells Rolling Stone in its new issue, which chronicles the musician's years of substance abuse and recent rehabilitation efforts.
Last September, Armstrong gave an expletive-filled rant on stage during Green Day's performance at the iHeartRadio festival in Las Vegas. His outburst was prompted by a signal for Green Day to end their set earlier than expected.
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Armstrong did exactly that, causing Green Day to cancel the rest of its North American tour dates as he sought treatment.
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Marwadi Shares & Finance (MSFL) has maintained 'Sell' on GVK Power & Infrastructure with a price target of Rs 11.40 as compared to current market price (CMP) Rs 12.35 with downside potential of 9% in its report dated Nov. 16, 2012. The broking firm gave following investment rationale on the stock:
JI, JII & Gautami reported a PLF of 60%, 27% & 26% as against 73%, 68% & 63% in Q1FY13 respectively, indicating a deteriorating gas supply position. However to counter the same the management is synchronizing JII & Gautami on alternate fuel as the tariff for these plants is based on Plant Availability Factor & not on Plant Load Factor. In the airports division, the MIAL & BIAL domestic passenger traffic declined y-o-y by 12% & 13% respectively impacting the overall growth.
Both the Alaknanda & Goindwal Sahib project capex is on schedule and expect the 1st unit to achieve COD in Q4FY13 & Q1FY14 respectively. The Tokisud mine is also expected to start commercial operation in Q1FY14. However, uncertainty on the funding of airport capex still remains with the Ministry of Civil Aviation yet to take a stand on the abolishment of ADF & delays in real estate development.
GVK Power & Infrastructure's operating woes across power & airports division continued over Q2FY13 as well. Unavailability of gas resulted in the power PLF's declining from 66% in Q1FY13 to 35% in Q2FY13. Consequently, the power revenue was down 39% on a q-o-q basis & down 36% on a y-o-y basis. However, the net profit of power division was higher, supported by reversal of maintenance provisions done in Q1FY13. Airports too registered poor passenger volume nos with 8.3% & 9.9% y-o-y decline in the passenger traffic at MIAL & BIAL respectively. The operating profit for MIAL was lower than expectation primarily on account of higher operating expenses but registered a 80bps sequential improvement.
Although the traffic growth on the operational road project was lower at 1.8% the steady performance was supported by higher tariff. With no surprises on the operational front in the near term the market is expected to concentrate on the outcome of uncertainty related to abolishment of ADF as a source of funding the airport capex. Endorsement of AERA's stand on ADF by the Ministry of Civil Aviation shall be a positive outcome for GVKPIL. In addition, any development on fund infusion in the airport division & real estate development shall be the key events to look out for in the medium term, for stock price performance. We prefer to wait for the aforementioned events to materialize & continue to maintain sell with a price target of Rs 11.4.
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Bayer R&D Specialist Ahren Olson, addressing a program session at the ACS conference, reported that coatings based on the polyurethane technology can be effectively applied at up to 8 mils dry film thickness (DFT), with sag resistance at thicknesses of 10-12 mils. Olson said currently available aliphatic moisture-cure urethane topcoats are typically applied at 2-4 mils DFT.
Olson reviewed experimental design, resin development, and supporting field trials in an AC Conference technical presentation, "Developing and Field Testing High-Build Aliphatic Moisture-Cure Coatings." The coatings discussed were formulated with the use of a new aliphatic HDI/IPDI prepolymer developed for high-build moisture-cure urethane coatings used to protect structural steel in such corrosive environments as bridges, water and waste tanks, treatment plants, marine environments, chemical plants, offshore oil and gas piping, and others, the company said.
Olson said two separate field trials using the high-build technology have been successfully completed in two separate climates. In hot and humid conditions (97 F and 50% humidity), the high-build MCU topcoat was applied up to 5 mils DFT. In cooler, more typical MCU application conditions (55 F and 72% humidity), up to 7 mils DFT was successfully applied. The moisture-cure urethane is more tolerant of high temperature and high humidity conditions, providing opportunities for use in southern U.S. climates, said Ed Squiller, director—business development, coatings, adhesives and specialties, Bayer MaterialScience. Coatings based on the technology also are one-component materials, which simplifies application procedures, he added.
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The one-dimensional comments we make about teaching and learning–my students are shy, my classes are engaging–are not limited to teachers! Listening to commentators making comments about the tragic events in Japan we can hear many similar comments: the Japanese are stoic; the citizens of Tokyo are angry with the government because of its energy policy.
Why this seeming need to make the complexity of human feelings one-dimensional? A question we cannot answer but the question reminds us that we all have multiple feelings.
The catastrophes remind us also that much conventional thinking and many assumptions we make every day both about our teaching and about most events have to be constantly analyzed from many perspectives. It is tragic that we need such events to remind us of this need.
On a more positive note, I am printing below a poem Alan Maley composed during the TESOL affiliate meeting in Nagoya, Japan at the end of 2010. The theme of the Japanese Association of Language Teachers–JALT–was Thinking outside of the box, a rather trite expression we all overuse.
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Outside the Box
Being inside the box
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It's really easy to determine a correlation between two variables if you are given a graph but you can still do it even if you don't have a graph by using logic. Let's look at this what kind of correlation would you expect between age and hearing ability?
Well you guys know that in general, this isn't true for every person but in general as people get older their hearing gets worse. So as one variable gets larger right, as your age gets larger your hearing ability gets smaller it decreases. That's what we call a negative correlation. As one gets larger the other one get smaller.
Let's look at this one what kind of correlation would you expect between a person's GPA and height? Well GPA and height aren't really related. You might be able to urge that the taller you are the better you can see over people or maybe tall people maybe you're on the basketball team and so they don't spend enough time whatever doing their how work we don't know. In general this would be a no correlation.
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Axis is a Swedish-based company, operating worldwide with offices in more than 20 countries and cooperating with partners in more than 70 countries. Founded in 1984, Axis is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.
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Axis' overall goal is to further strengthen and develop the company's position as the market-leading supplier of network video solutions. Axis aims to drive the technology shift from analog to digital network-based security solutions and to continue to strengthen its position in this market. This is an area that is expected to continue growing rapidly, with excellent growth opportunities for Axis as a logical consequence.
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Axis specializes in professional network video solutions for surveillance and remote monitoring. Our range of products includes network cameras, video servers, video decoders, video management software, and a full range of accessories.
Since 1996, when Axis launched the world's first network camera for connection to an IP network, the company has been the leader in network video solutions. Axis currently offers a broad range of network cameras and video servers for a large number of applications, the most prominent solutions being in the areas of security and remote surveillance. Today, the portfolio comprises a broad range of video solutions and cameras for installations ranging from entry level to professional level.
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Today, Axis has partners in more than 70 countries. In order to optimize the use of channels in the network market, Axis has developed a Channel Partner Program. The goal of the program is to bring the customers to the right level of recognition and resources to ensure success in their business.
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You can measure the success of the Irish dance show "Riverdance," which opens on Broadway tonight, by how easy it is to laugh at and how many imitations it has spawned.
Virtually every comedian from John Leguizamo to Jackie Mason has a "Riverdance" parody. All any standup comic has to do is straighten his back, stiffen his legs and press his arms into his sides - and the audience will instantly recognize the reference.
And "Riverdance" clones are everywhere. The biggest, "Lord of the Dance," almost rivaled the original's success. The latest, "Dancing on Dangerous Ground," is packing them in at Radio City.
Usually, when a show is this well established, it's the result of a brilliantly orchestrated strategy. With half a billion dollars taken in at the box office on four continents, and with 6.5 million videos and 2 million CDs sold, you might think that "Riverdance" was a well-planned bid for world domination.
In fact, it all happened by accident. A collision of elements that should have resulted in a cultural car wreck instead created an indestructible entertainment juggernaut.
One element of "Riverdance," naturally, was traditional Irish step-dancing. But six years ago, in the show's earliest days, this was an exercise so staid and prim that any young Irish person asked to name the opposite of sex might well have said "step dancing."
The next part of the mix was even less promising. Moya Doherty, a young TV producer, was given the job of organizing the 1994 "Eurovision Song Contest" in Dublin. This is an event from TV hell in which every country in Europe submits a song, and every nation votes for the one it likes best - or against the song from the country it hates most.
Doherty's biggest job was to fill a 7-minute gap between the songs and the voting. Since the viewers speak many different languages, she thought of a dance act. Doherty looked up two Irish-American step-dancers, Michael Flatley and Jean Butler, who had taken the traditional forms and injected a touch of American show-business sex appeal.
The third element was composer Bill Whelan, who had the know-how to reinvent Irish dance music for the stage.
All these ingredients might have been a recipe for confusion and kitsch. Instead, the act was an explosive contrast to its bland surroundings. A week later, no one could remember who had won the song contest, but everyone was still talking about the dance act.
Doherty and husband John McColgan, also a TV producer, then decided to expand the act into a full-length stage show, with Flatley and Butler supplemented by a large company of Irish, Spanish, Russian and American dancers. But despite their success at the song contest, this was still a risky proposition. Turning a 7–minute dance piece into a two-hour show isn't easy.
But they made it all happen, and the first run, in Dublin in February 1995, was a huge success. The video topped the British charts even before the show opened in London the following October.
Then everything seemed to fall apart. Flatley, the star and choreographer, parted company with Doherty and McColgan in a row over money and control. Without him, it seemed, "Riverdance" would be like "Titanic" without Leonardo DiCaprio.
Instead, Flatley's departure turned out to be the real beginning of the "Riverdance" dynasty. Not only did the show prove to be bigger than its star, but without its most recognizable name, it could be cloned into three separate touring companies.
This week, with the main company opening a radically reworked show on Broadway, the standard "Riverdance" is also playing in Germany and in Peoria. The leading dancers aren't well-known and don't have to be; the show itself is the main attraction.
And so a happy accident has become a global enterprise. A strange collision of cultural influences has become practically a new art form. And so far, "Riverdance" has stayed light enough on its feet to keep moving on to new audiences.
The more some things change, the more they remain the same. Ireland's "Riverdance on Broadway," which opened at the Gershwin Theatre last night in neat time for St. Patrick's Day, is not only said to be, but probably is, very different from the dear old "Riverdance" we loved, and some of us loved, at Radio City Music Hall.
But curiously enough, it doesn't look it. Everything has been given a new coat of paint, so to speak: the cast is changed, and the show has been rejigged. But it all looks and sounds much the same.
Probably it was meant to. Why fiddle around with success, why fix the stolidly unbroken?
If you've seen "Riverdance" earlier, you'll know what to expect: a Celtic-looking rock-like setting (actually it seems more Druidically Stonehenge than anything else) with highly colored projections to vary the look, a load of Irish music and a lot of Irish dancing.
The Irish dancing is still varied by comparisons with the dance forms -- American tap dance and Spanish flamenco -- with which its basic tapping has much in common. In addition, there are still bits of theatricalized Russian folk dance thrown in for good measure.
It's a very slick show -- if anything, it has gotten slicker with time and success. The music and lyrics by Bill Whelan are less than memorable but modestly agreeable and strike an appropriately Irish note.
Yet the huge popular success of the piece surely derives from Moya Doherty's canny producing – she seems to have put all pieces together with breathtaking efficiency -- and John McColgan's swift, deft staging, which works like a computer but still manages to pervade a perhaps phony but not unpleasant impression of homespun charm.
Though there's no story, there are poems beautifully enunciated by the recorded voice of Liam Neeson. Some songs are sung by a new Irish tenor with a high range, Brian Kennedy. Leading a new and folksy African contingent is the radiant Tsidii Le Loka, the original Rafiki in "The Lion King."
Though Irish dancing is very properly the show's specialty, there is not only the flamboyant flamenco dancer, Maria Pages, but the American tappers, led by a dazzlingly acrobatic Walter "Sundance" Freeman, and a good group of Moiseyev-style Russians who add their own caviar-zest to the proceedings.
But, yes, just as you once went to Nathan's for the hot dogs, you go to "Riverdance" primarily for the Irish dancing. And the Irish musicians – who indeed are splendid.
All Irish dance has a certain built-in problem it almost seems ungracious to mention. Seen one Irish dance and you've seen them all. Well, that's not quite fair, is it?
But no one has so far really solved the problem of transforming step-dancing from a folk-dance style into a creative form.
Michael Flatley, the original chief dancer and choreographer of "Riverdance," much of whose work still remains in the current version, came fairly close here, and perhaps even closer in his own show "Lord of the Dance."
But he never escaped from the limited range of steps, or the tendency towards Rockette-like ensembles.
A little goes rather a long way -- still it is a handsomely danced way which, with the interpolated stylistic variety of the Russians and the tappers, keeps monotony at bay.
The present leading dancers, and the stars of the show, are a new young couple, Pat Roddy and Eileen Martin, She's a fine dancer, but Roddy is the one with true brilliance.
At present, although he is technically a better dancer than both, he lacks the showmanship and presence of his predecessors in the show, Flatley and Colin Dunne. This could come -- he certainly already has peerless finesse and flash.
So "Riverdance" has made it to Broadway – and whether your mother came from Ireland or was actually the Queen of Romania, you should find a lot enjoy in this well-seasoned Irish stew of dance.
Admit to facing a first-time seeing of "Riverdance" and a reviewer is peppered with advice, "Be nice," fans plead, "Kill them," others hiss, "Keep an open mind," the peacemakers add.
Essentially there is only one thing to say about the Irish music and dance show, which has returned to New York for a limited run at the Gershwin Theater. The phenomenon rolls on, as inexorably as the sonorous voice of Liam Neeson summons up the pounding seas and dark nights of Ireland in the taped text that runs through "Riverdance on Broadway," as this installment is called.
The best of the show, seen in preview on Wednesday night, is the step dancing, Battalions of fast-moving men and women race about the stage in strict formation, bodies rigid except for their chattering feet and scissoring legs. Led by Pat Roddy and Eileen Martin, two young world Irish dance champions who look innocently pleased at this turn their lives have taken, the Riverdance Irish Dance Troupe surges along, moving in unison to exciting effect.
The musicians, ranged at the sides of the stage, have a charmingly impish look, and their playing is another plus when you can hear it over the overamplification. Robbie Harris, who plays a small drum called the bodhran, is a cheeky delight. Athena Tergis's dancing feet fly almost as fast as her hand bows her fiddle. And Kenneth Edge's haunting saxophone solo, in a duet with Ivan Goff on the uillean pipe, steals the heart in one of the show's few moments of genuine emotion.
As before, "Riverdance" incorporates dance and music from other nations. Walter "Sundance" Freeman nearly steals the show with his ebullient tap and street-dance solo, in a trio of fine tappers completed by Channing Cook Holmes and Karen Calloway Williams. The Moscow Folk Ballet Company injects some high-flying Moiseyev-style acrobatics into the proceedings, and the Amanzi Singers from South Africa get the house rocking with their vibrant music. Noel Heraty completes the cast of soloists.
The lead singers -- Tsidii Le Loka of "Lion King" fame, the Irish pop singer Brian Kennedy and Sara Clancy, a Charlotte Church sound-alike -- fail to do much with the soupy cliches of their songs. "Riverdance on Broadway" also includes some dreadful stuff billed as flamenco, performed by Maria Pages. And the show looks as if it is unfolding in an olde-Irish parking garage.
But there will always be, it seems, a "Riverdance." This one, directed by John McColgan with music and lyrics by Bill Whelan, is playing at the Gershwin (222 West 51st Street).
Although its opening was presumably timed to coincide with St. Patrick's Day, at this point in its astonishing career "Riverdance" is really about as Irish as, well, Tsidii Le Loka, the erstwhile "Lion King" star who has now, a bit incongruously, joined the show for its open-ended Broadway run.
The celebration of Irish dance and culture that was famously born as an intermission spectacle at the Eurovision Song Contest is now a global goulash. That's apt enough, since it continues a lucrative march around the world, pulling in a million a week on the road in the U.S. alone. Gotham theater critics may be as impervious to this show's allures as it will be to their slings and arrows. They'll reach for the smelling salts, while it keeps running, giving the Nederlanders a rare viable tenant for the cavernous Gershwin, the biggest house on Broadway.
"Riverdance's" original raison d'etre, traditional Irish step-dancing, now vies with various other elements for supremacy, but it remains the most appealing aspect of the show. When the corps is arrayed lengthwiseshow. When the corps is arrayed lengthwise across the wide Gershwin stage, Rockettes-style, their torsos ramrod-stiff while their feet perform astonishing feats of agility, it's easy to be mesmerized by the dancing's visceral appeal. The precision alone is awe-inspiring, as two dozen dancers execute the same intricate steps to the speedy rhythms of the fiddle music.
Aside from the Irish Dance Troupe, led by the shiny, lively star couple Pat Roddy and Eileen Martin, the show also features the Moscow Folk Ballet Co., which performs a brisk and acrobatic number in the second act (the women's fouettes are fierce), and a quartet of black tappers in the vein of Savion Glover. The latter perform a sort of comic dancing duel with Roddy and a trio of his fellow Irish dancers, to the audience's delight. Also a crowd favorite is Maria Pages, a flamenco specialist who smolders spectacularly through two numbers. The appeal of rhythmically stomping feet, "Riverdance" makes clear, is a cross-cultural phenomenon, interpreted with various indigenous flavors in each country.
Brian Kennedy, an Irish tenor, has a prominent role, and his high-lying voice suits composer Bill Whelan's soaring Irish folk-pop songs, whose lyrics are not to be examined too closely ("I am living to nourish you, cherish you/I am pulsing the blood in your veins/Feel the magic and power of surrender to life..."). Le Loka and a troupe of African singers appealingly perform two high-energy numbers in the second act, but their inclusion - which can be seen as either admirable or cynical - is probably the show's most strained grasp at multicultural appeal.
One might wish for rather less of the pretentious and inane narration (does Liam Neeson know what his disembodied voice is getting up to?), not to mention the vague medieval theatrics, which uncomfortably resemble a New Age take on "Xena: Warrior Princess." Fortunately the air is regularly cleared by the nimble physical exuberance of the various dancers, which really needs no contextualizing.
The show's technical aspects are polished, with Rupert Murray's lighting making the most distinguished contribution. Best of Joan Bergin's innumerable costumes were the colorful full skirts for the "Oklahoma!" -esque square dance number at the top of the second act.
Hot on the flapping heels of "Riverdance" comes the second Irish-themed entry of the Broadway season, the new revival of Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten," opening three days later. The juxtaposition suggests an intriguing possibility, made only more plausible by "Riverdance's" strenuous use of sun and moon imagery. This show could use some highbrow credentials, O'Neill some audience-grabbing spectacle - how about a production of "Moon" performed entirely in stepdance? "A Moondance for the Misbegotten."


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Q: How did God change you through the course of writing your novel?
All four of my novels have explored in different ways the general theme of Proverbs 16:9: The mind of a man plans his way, but the Lord directs his path. Through the writing of Playing by Heart the Lord reminded me yet again that when there seems to be a huge wrench thrown into my plans my life is never out of His control. It might not be the situation I hoped for or dreamed of, but I'm coming to the place where I can trust God to change my expectations. We tend to hold our expectations tightly, feeling their fulfillment is owed to us in some way, and yet Jesus asks us to give everything to Him, even our most dearly loved aspirations. Lula and Chet reminded me that the Lord is faithful to see me through whatever unexpected change occurs in my life, and that He can also bring unexpected blessing in the course of those changes. I love when writing a book renews and bolsters my own faith in the Lord, for then I have hopes that it might do the same for a reader. .
Richard Mabry is a retired physician, past Vice President of the American Christian Fiction Writers, and author of "medical suspense with heart." His novels have been a semifinalist for International Thriller Writers' debut novel, finalists for the Carol Award and Romantic Times' Reader's Choice Award, and winner of the Selah Award. His latest, Critical Condition, is his seventh published novel, and will be followed this coming spring by Fatal Trauma. You can follow Richard on his blog, on Twitter, and his Facebook fan page.


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