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Ballet in three acts by John Cranko after William Shakespeare | Music by Serge Prokofieff
|Choreography and directed by
|John Cranko
|Set and Costume design
|Thomas Mika
|Steen Bjarke
|Serge Prokofieff
|Georgette Tsinguirides
|Birgit Deharde
|Anton Grishanin
|Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
|Solisten und Corps de ballet des Staatsballetts Berlin
|Dinu Tamazlacaru
|Iana Salenko
|Alexej Orlenco
Almost no other material has been so often adapted to the dance stage as that of William Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET. One of the most often-performed dance adaptations is the one by John Cranko. His version, created in 1962 for the Stuttgart Ballet, has gone down in ballet history. And with good reason: with his dancers, John Cranko constantly sought to portray real emotions, something he was famous for. He did not fear emotions and did everything he could to directly include these in his choreographies.
The feuding Veronese families of Montague and Capulet, the love scene before Romeo's leave-taking, and Juliet's eventual death – these are the powerful motifs associated with William Shakespeare's drama. In interaction with Serge Prokofiev's famous ballet composition, Cranko's masterpiece contains the premonition of future suffering as well as the beauty of a love unfulfilled. The stage design and costumes are being newly designed for the Staatsballet Berlin by the Stuttgart-based stage designer Thomas Mika.
Accompanying Programme
Accompanying Programme
45 minutes before each performance (except premieres), there is an introduction in the opera house (in German). It is prepared and moderated by students of the institute of dance studies (Institut für Tanzwissenschaft) of Freie Universität Berlin.


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Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group
Home | Outreach | Documents | Demonstrations | Translational Medicine perspective | High-level Use Cases
This list of HCLSIG products serves as an index for the community and attests to the productivity and impact of the group. Presentations are on their own page.
Summary of Deliverables
We would like to acknowledge the health care and life sciences community for meeting the goals of the last charter. Over the course of the charter, the IG has developed a set of data and demonstrators enabling life science and health care practitioners to consume and reason over domain data. Here are some highlights:
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- SPARQL Federation and RDF to SQL through SWObjects
- Semantic integration of LODD, patient data via the Translational Medicine Ontology (TMO)
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- HCLS Knowledge Base
More follow in the sections below.
Recent/Upcoming Outreach Activities
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- Biohackathon 2011 Trish Whetzel, Michel Dumontier, Mark Wilkinson, M. Scott Marshall invited, Kyoto, Aug. 21-26, 2011
- Biomedical Informatics without Borders, Joint NCRI / NCI Conference Joanne Luciano, Charlie Mead, Vijay Bulusu, Eric Prud'hommeaux, Trish Whetzel, Michel Dumontier, M. Scott Marshall invited, London, June 13 -14, 2011
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- Japanese Semantic Web conference M. Scott Marshall gave HCLS Keynote, March 2011
- Best Practices in Personalized Medicine Workshop HCLS Presentation, March 2011
- Vancouver Bioinformatics Users Group M. Scott Marshall, HCLS presentation, March 2011
- C-SHALS 2011 HCLS members gave tutorials and presentations
- Semantic Web Applications and Tools for the Life Sciences (SWAT4LS) in Berlin Dec 2010
- Pharmaceutical Technology IT Summit M. Scott Marshall invited speaker, London, Sept 2010
- Semantic Technology Conference M. Scott Marshall co-organized HCLS session with Christine Golbreich June 2010
- The Future of the Web for Collaborative Science 2010
- HCLS Tutorial at CSHALS 2010
- Meeting Archive
HCLS Documents
- Health Care and Life Science (HCLS) Linked Data Guide W3C Note 2013
- Emerging practices for mapping and linking life sciences data using RDF — A case series, Journal of Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web, 2012, Preprint Draft
- Translating standards into practice - One Semantic Web API for Gene Expression, Journal of Biomedical Informatics 2012 Mar 24, Preprint Draft
- Semantically enabling pharmacogenomic data for the realization of personalized medicine, Pharmacogenomics (2012) 13(2):201-12
- Ontology of Rhetorical Blocks (ORB) W3C Note 2011
- The Translational Medicine Ontology and Knowledge Base: driving personalized medicine by bridging the gap between bench and bedside
- Linked open drug data for pharmaceutical research and development Journal of Cheminformatics Thematic Series around the "ACS RDF 2010" meeting 2011
- Tutorial: Query Federation with SWObjects at SWAT4LS 2010
- Provenance of Microarray Experiments for a Better Understanding of Experiment Results
- Integrating findings of traditional medicine with modern pharmaceutical research: the potential role of linked open data Chinese Medicine Journal 2010
- Semantic Web Applications in Neuromedicine (SWAN) Ontology - W3C Note 2009
- SIOC, SIOC Types and Health Care and Life Sciences - W3C Note 2009
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- A journey to Semantic Web query federation in the life sciences - BMC Bioinformatics Special Issue: "Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences" 2009
- Linking Open Drug Data - iTriplification Challenge 2009
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- Pharma Ontology: Creating a Patient-centric Ontology for Translational Medicine - Abstract for poster at ICBO 2009
- Enabling Tailored Therapeutics with Linked Data - LDOW Workshop, WWW 2009
- A Prototype Knowledge Base for the Life Sciences - W3C Note 2008
- Experiences with the Conversion of SenseLab Databases to RDF/OWL - W3C Note 2008
HCLS Demonstrations
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Rory McIlroy celebrated his final birdie with a smile and a slight pump of his first, knowing that 8-foot putt gave him the outright lead Saturday in the PGA Championship.
"It's a great position to be in," he said.
He's just not used to it being so crowded at the top.
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Now comes another major test for Boy Wonder -- a Sunday shootout.
More rain in the morning at Valhalla allowed for a deluge of birdies in the lowest scoring round in PGA Championship history. Six players had a share of the lead at some point. McIlroy could see it on the leader board. He could hear it on a golf course resounding with cheers from every corner.
The 25-year-old from Northern Ireland found an extra gear, closing with three birdies on the last four holes for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot lead over Bernd Wiesberger. Right behind were Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson. Still very much in the picture were Jason Day, Henrik Stenson and Louis Oosthuizen.
"Tomorrow standing on the first tee is going to feel different than how it felt a month ago at Hoylake (for the British Open) because you don't have that ... it is going to be a shootout," said McIlroy, who was at 13-under 200. "You know the conditions are soft. Guys are going to make birdies. And you know that you're going to have to make birdies, as well."
He did his part late in the round, rolling in a 20-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole, hitting 9-iron from 172 yards that landed with a splat next to the hole for an easy birdie on 16 and getting up-and-down from a bunker on the final hole.
"It's not the biggest lead I've ever had," McIlroy said. "But I'm still in control of this golf tournament."
McIlroy is coming off a wire-to-wire win at the British Open and rallied to win a World Golf Championship event at Firestone Country Club in his next start. He goes after a third straight victory from a familiar position -- in the lead.
"I'll take a win any way it comes," McIlroy said. "If that means having to scrap it out with a couple people coming down the stretch, or if I can give myself some sort of lead going down the back nine ... I don't think it would give me extra satisfaction winning by one or two or scrapping it out."
Sunday, though, is shaping up as a thriller, typical of the final major of the year.
Wiesberger closed with three straight birdies -- the three putts were a combined 3 feet, 6 inches -- for a 65. The 28-year-old Austrian now gets to play in the final group at a major with the No. 1 player in the world.
"I've not been in a contention in a major championship, so I don't know how it's going to turn out," Wiesberger said. "I'm just trying to enjoy it as I did today. ... From now on, it's just a bonus, really."
Fowler, a runner-up in the last two majors and the first player since Tiger Woods in 2005 to finish among the top five in all three of them, gets one last crack. He played bogey-free for a 67 and was two shots behind.
Fowler will be playing in the penultimate group with Mickelson, the five-time major champion who turned it on over the back nine. He made a long birdie putt on the 14th hole, two more birdies and then narrowly missed an eagle putt on the final hole. He had a 67 and was three shots behind.
"That birdie putt on 14 was really the one that got me going, because I needed to finish strong to get back in it," he said.
Mickelson was at 10-under 203 with Day, who played in the final group with McIlroy on Saturday and had to settle for a 69.
The PGA Championship assembles the best field of the four majors and lets them slug it out over four days. Add a super soft course from morning showers, and cheers rained down from every corner.
The average score was 69.57, though it felt easier to former Masters champion Adam Scott, who shot 66.
"Doesn't get any easier," said Scott, who was six strokes behind. "Seems like 4 or 5 under is about even par today."
After three rounds
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Rory McIlroy 66-67-67 -- -13
B. Wiesberger 68-68-65 -- -12
Rickie Fowler 69-66-67 -- -11
Phil Mickelson 69-67-67 -- -10
Jason Day 69-65-69 -- -10
Adam Scott 71-69-66 -- -7
Sergio Garcia 70-72-66 -- -5
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At long last, New York Times best-selling author Gena Showalter unveils the story of Paris, the darkest and most tormented Lord of the Underworld….
Possessed by the demon of Promiscuity, immortal warrior Paris is irresistibly seductive - but his potent allure comes at a terrible price. Every night he must bed someone new, or weaken and die. And the woman he craves above all others is the one woman he'd thought was forever beyond his reach… until now.
Newly possessed by the demon of Wrath, Sienna Blackstone is racked by a ruthless need to punish those around her. Yet in Paris's arms, the vulnerable beauty finds soul-searing passion and incredible peace. Until a blood feud between ancient enemies heats up.
Will the battle against gods, angels and creatures of the night bind them eternally - or tear them apart?
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Although this not my favorite - I think mostly due to how high in the sky my expectations were, this was still a tremendous listen and I highly recommend it (as part of a series- for complete enjoyment) to any fan of a hot ( yes, strong sexual content) paranormal romance genre.
Thank God Ms. Showalter hasn???t lost her ability to take me away now that I???m finding more and more difficult to surrender my mind and heart to a Paranormal Romance novel.
I love the lords and I???ve not grown tired of their world, I still want to hear William???s story (my favorite) I still want to go all the way to end, and if you???re a fan of the series I wouldn???t skip this one, it still contains all the elements that made you love it in the first place.
Well developed characters???
A good love story???
Updates on the rest the lords ???
It was great to get Galen???s point of view which has ignited my interest in him and Legion. I really enjoyed their story, I???m dying to see where it goes and where it will end.
New characters are introduced, secrets are revealed and don???t you want to know if the end is getting near?
LOTU continues to be one of favorite Paranormal Romance series.
All in all, this is a solid entry to the Lords of the Underworld and a highly enjoyable listen.
I can???t believe that I have to start my review of the narration with ??? how can???t anyone not love Max Bellmore???????
I love the way he narrates these books, and The Darkest Seduction is not the exception.
Again he???s approach and pace are flawless, and the mood of the novel, the characters personality, and sensuality are perfectly conveyed.
Another fantastic job by very talented narrator.
"Slow Start Great Finish Horrible Narrator"
I have listen to Max Bellmore on all of these audio books and in this book he is awful about half way through I finaly just stopped listening and bought the book on Kindle!! Yes it is that bad! He is making noises like swallowing maybe all the time? and it is just gross to have a headphone in your ear and listen to someone constently swallowing their spit!!
I dont want to spoil anything but the last 20% of the book was the best part.
Already touched on this... I have listen to Max Bellmore on all of these audio books and in this book he is awful about half way through I finaly just stopped listening and bought the book on Kindle!! Yes it is that bad! He is making noises like swallowing maybe all the time? and it is just gross to have a headphone in your ear and listen to someone constently swallowing their spit!!
I was very disappointed with the begining of book just seam to get off to a slow start but about 40% in got a lot better and by the end I was wanting more! Loved the end!
Overall I think this is one of her best books in the series, but I would buy this book rather than audio because of the horrible noises he makes during the narraration.
"Best one yet!!!!"
All I can say is WOW!! Through all the books I have been excited to see how things worked out with Paris and it has been very hard not to skip forward and listen out of order but don't it is worth the wait. So many things happen in the book. It is truly an awesome story that will change everything. Gena Showalter is so good at weaving a story which is why this is probably one of my favorite series. I can't wait for the next edition.
"Great Story"
This book lived up to the same high standards as the other LOTUW. I have waited along time for Paris to get his story. It was nice to meet new characters as well.
There were way to many "wet" noises....spit, candy...I don't know what was making the noise but it took away from the performance.
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I have listened to all of the LOTU series and this is my favorite book by far. At this point in the series you know all of the characters present in the story line and understand their sense of humor. This novel actually had me laughing out loud at a few points (which looked rather strange with earphones in my ears at the checkout line in the grocery store). I think Gena did a perfect job of telling Parris's story and includes some continuing story lines that have me ready for those books as well. I would not recommend purchasing if you are not familiar with this series. Please read in order as all of these novels are fantastic!
Best book in series so far, don't want to ruin it for other fans but the end.... didn't see that coming! Great job, Gena, can't wait for the next book to come out.
liked them all, he has been the voice of all the Lords of the Underworld books and he's fantastic
Busy mom who loves to read but doesn't always have the time. I enjoy YA, Romance and the occasional Best Seller.
"Good book but narration was off (and I love Max)"
Book was good, very slow in the beginning but the ending was GREAT! I loved the narrator in previous LOTU books but this time around he was annoying. Lots of "wet" noises. It was gross and distracting from the story.
Hello, my name is Teresa and I'm an addict.
"There is pleasure in reading this book."
This is a good book, but it is not my favorite of the series. I know that many fans have been anxiously awaiting Paris's story, but I have a hard time liking him as well as the others. He always gave me a poor me vibe that I don't like. This was still a good addition to the series. I always hate when I'm enjoying a series and the last book out is finished. Then I have to wait for the author to hurry their butts up writing, but still have quality stuff. Of course I want Torin to have his own book soon. I will also try the new spin off with Zacharial in Wicked Nights. Normally I like this narrator but I will agree with a previous review that he does occasionally have a wet sound, and try as I might it was hard to ignore when it happens.
hey :-) My name is Camilla
"The darkest seduction :-)"
Yet another masterpiece from Gena Showalter.
I love this story about Paris.
All I can say is I can't wait for the rest of the books in this series to come out.
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Ford and GM are planning to add new alternative fuel vehicles to their existing fleets. The GM fleet currently includes the Chevrolet Volt, shown here with a replica of its battery pack.
The Ford Motor Company and General Motors (GM) will pursue separate new initiatives to further develop their respective alternative vehicles. Ford announced on August 22 that it will collaborate equally with Toyota Motor Corporation on an advanced new hybrid system for light trucks and SUVs. Then, GM announced on August 25 that it will team with Korea-based industrial LG Group to jointly design and engineer future electric vehicles LG is a battery cell supplier for the extended-range electric vehicle (EV) Chevrolet Volt.
The Ford-Toyota partnership will focus on a hybrid powertrain for greater fuel efficiency to a new group of truck and SUV customers. The system could be ready for use later this decade on rear-wheel drive vehicles. The carmakers will independently integrate the new hybrid system in their future vehicles. See the Ford press release.
GM expects to expand the number and types of EVs it makes and sells by using LG's proven expertise in batteries and other systems. Teams of GM and LG engineers will work on key components, as well as vehicle structures and architectures. Vehicles resulting from the partnership will be sold in many countries. See the GM press release.


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A windfall for three Northshore mental health groups came Wednesday.
A local foundation, the Thomas L. Young Auxiliary, made substantial donations to the children's advocacy groups Hope House, the Youth Service Bureau and the National Alliance on Mental Health.
Each group received a check for $28,000 from Clint Romig, representing the Thomas L. Young Auxiliary.
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For folks who enjoy art or music, or just appreciate the talents of local students, the annual Marietta City Schools Fine Arts Festival is a one-stop destination.
"You can see the amazing artwork that people have done throughout the year, while also listening to the good music that people are performing," said Marietta High School sophomore Tim Kelsey.
Prior to performing in the high school auditorium Thursday as a member of choir ensembles Cantabile and Premiere, Kelsey and friends were perusing paintings, drawings, sculptures and more works of art crafted by students around the district in first through 12th grade. Joining them to look at the items on display in the high school gym were hundreds of students, relatives and community members.
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Phillips Elementary third-grader Emma Tucker, left, looks at a tin can she decorated in art glass, while her younger brother, Josiah Roberts, inspects other pieces on display at the Marietta City Schools Fine Arts Festival Thursday in the Marietta High School gym.
EVAN BEVINS The Marietta Times
Marietta High School senior Jordan Satterfield stands in as Vincent van Gogh in a reproduction of the artist's "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear." The technique, known as a reverse trompe l'oeil, is meant to make something three-dimensional seem two-dimensional.
Marietta resident Nancy Seyler, 73, had grandchildren performing in musical numbers, but she also took a walk through the gym.
"I took art in college, so I really like to look at the older kids' stuff too," she said. "I think it's great that they do this for the kids - make art a big thing instead of a nothing class."
MHS senior Jordan Satterfield said he enjoys the opportunity to display his work for the public, from a sculpture of his brother to a pencil-drawn self-portrait.
"I think it's a good way just to get people to express themselves ... show people what they like to do," he said.
Satterfield also served as an artistic display himself, with his clothes and face painted to resemble Vincent van Gogh in his "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear." He sat in front of a backdrop painted to resemble the rest of the portrait and virtually blended into the two-dimensional image in a technique known as a trompe l'oeil. High school art teacher Heath Rader first had a student inhabit a portrait in this way at the show in 2011.
Some youngsters in the crowd were asking their parents whether the man in the painting was a real person. Phillips third-grader Emma Tucker knew he was and pronounced the display "creepy."
Tucker and her family were searching for some of the pieces she's made over the last year. She figured a colorfully decorated tin can was included and thought there would be others as well.
"The reason why I probably have a lot of things in here is Miss Callendine knows I love art," she said, referring to Phillips art teacher Jann Callendine.
The art teachers at the district's schools chose the nearly 1,000 works being displayed, and they were selective, Rader said.
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Here's the top take-away from San Francisco Opera's "Moby-Dick": the power of tenor Jay Hunter Morris as Ahab, peg-legged commander of the good ship Pequod, spouting his words like water from the blowhole of a whale. At Wednesday's opening performance, in this adaptation of Herman Melville's epic novel, he sang with a pressurized fury that practically shook the seats of the War Memorial Opera House.
Think Old Testament. Think King Lear. Amazing Morris stepped on stage and announced Ahab's obsession, his will to capture and kill the great white whale: "Infinity! Infinity! We will harvest infinity!"
With music by Jake Heggie and libretto by Gene Scheer, this "Moby-Dick" boasts an ace cast and whiz-bang production values: digital projections that conjure the vast rolling seas; physical sets with mile-high masts and Brooklyn-Bridge grids of rigging. Directed by Leonard Foglia, "Moby" is awesome in a 21st century Broadway kind of way -- though not as awesome as Melville's epic, which is about a different kind of "awesome," the mystery of existence.
Ultimately, this "Moby-Dick" exceeds the grasp of its creators, much like the great white, giving the slip to Captain Ahab.
Yet this high-tech production -- it debuted at Dallas Opera in 2010 and will be taped during its San Francisco run for broadcast on the PBS "Great Performances" series -- has much going for it: not only Morris/Ahab and the rest of the Pequod's crew, but portions of Heggie's ambitious score, which rolls through two hours and 25 minutes of whale hunts, behemoth storms, fist fights and moral debates. At his best, the composer floats gladdening melodies and generates complex and thrusting momentum, matching the potent word flow of the libretto, much of it drawn by Scheer from Melville's 800-page "Moby-Dick."
Honed to 60 pages, the libretto brims with poetry and erudition, setting hurdles for Heggie. He can turn the most unlikely verse -- i.e. "Human madness is a cunning and most feline thing" -- into a lament carrying more than a hint of Puccini in its melody, orchestral color and unbridled emotion. That aria is rapturously sung by tenor Stephen Costello, in the role of Greenhorn the newbie seaman. (Through his many trials, he evolves into the spitting image of Melville's able Ishmael.)
Other musical highlights include the sea-shanty infectiousness of several numbers for the chorus/crew, as well as a string of impressive duets in Act I. One sets a tender conversation between Greenhorn and Starbuck, the principled first mate, who becomes lost in a reverie, recalling his wife Mary and young son back in Nantucket. Baritone Morgan Smith, as Starbuck, has a strapping voice, sturdy as a mahogany beam, but here he sings with lovely, cooing sweetness.
Oh, and here's another highlight, literally: the aerial aria sung by soprano Talise Trevigne, in the role of Pip, the cabin boy.
It happens later in Act I, when Pip is thrown overboard: We see Trevigne, floating high above the stage, set against a digital ocean backdrop. Hanging from a wire, she is swimming/flying, weightless as an astronaut in space, yet fighting for life -- and going mad. And singing all the while: Trevigne's voice is pearly, lustrous and exactingly controlled, yet it also feels untethered, free. Long known to South Bay audiences -- she sang with Opera San Jose in the 2006-07 season -- this charismatic performer has arrived on the national stage and is making her San Francisco Opera debut.
So where does "Moby" fail to reach its mark? Despite these high points, Heggie's score often feels like a synthesis of influences: there's pulsing Philip Glass, with his minor-key arpeggios; there's the rhythmically reiterative speech-song of John Adams; the "Sweeney Todd" chord progressions of Stephen Sondheim; plus bits of Bernstein and dabs of Debussy (and Disney, too). One longs to hear a unique compositional voice: "Somewhere in the Heart of the Sea," Heggie's most lilting and lovely song, sounds an awful lot like "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now." And Act II bogs down in a grim grayness, as the composer keeps shuffling musical moves and Scheer puts a bowtie on too many plot twists. (He could pare that libretto to 50 pages.)
It's a well-oiled production, the fourth since its debut in Dallas, where four of the principals created their roles: Costello, Smith, Trevigne and bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu, as the seaman Queequeg, an eloquent singer who didn't project at War Memorial. Smartly conducted by Patrick Summers, the orchestra tamed the challenging score. Abetted by Robert Brill's inventive sets, Gavan Swift's impressionistic lighting and Elaine J. McCarthy's virtual-reality projections, this is a cool and at times effecting production.
But in the end, it's missing the myth. I'm afraid you'd need a Mahler or a Kubrick to catch Melville's whale.
Contact Richard Scheinin at 408-920-5069.
San Francisco Opera
Presenting "Moby-Dick" by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer
Through: Nov. 2
Where: War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
Tickets: $22 to $340, 415-864-3330, www.sfopera.com


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From Paulette Jiles, author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Enemy Women and Stormy Weather, comes a stirring work of fiction set on the untamed Texas frontier in the aftermath of the Civil War. One of only twelve books longlisted for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize—one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards—The Color of Lightning is a beautifully rendered and unforgettable re-examination of one of the darkest periods in U.S. history.
In 1863, as the War Between the States creeps inevitably toward its bloody conclusion, former Kentucky slave Britt Johnson ventures west into unknown territory with his wife, Mary, and their three children, searching for a life and a future. But their dreams are abruptly shattered by a brutal Indian raid upon the Johnsons' settlement while Britt is away establishing a business. Returning to find his friends and neighbors slain or captured, his eldest son dead, his beloved and severely damaged Mary enslaved, and his remaining children absorbed into an alien society that will never relinquish its hold on them, the heartsick freedman vows not to rest until his family is whole again.
A soaring work of the imagination based on oral histories of the post-Civil War years in North Texas, Paulette Jiles's The Color of Lightning is at once an intimate look into the hearts and hopes of tragically flawed human beings and a courageous reexamination of a dark American history.
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'Cats' peformances paired with feline adoptions
Blue Ridge Humane Society partnering with Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown
Published: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 2:19 p.m.
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For the next few weeks, "Cats" will not only prowl the stage at the Flat Rock Playhouse, they'll be in the parking lot of the Playhouse Downtown.
The Broadway hit "Cats" premieres tonight at the Playhouse Downtown at 125 S. Main St., and for nine of the shows, Blue Ridge Humane Society will be holding cat adoptions in the parking lot adjacent to the venue.
The Humane Society will be offering adoptions from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the "Catinees" – matinee performances scheduled for this Thursday and Saturday, Sept. 12, 14, 19, 26 and 28, and Oct. 3 and 5.
"The Blue Ridge Humane Society is thrilled to have another opportunity to showcase our animals through the generosity of the Flat Rock Playhouse," Lutrelle O'Cain, director of the Blue Ridge Humane Society, stated in a news release. "We have many beautiful cats and kittens waiting to find their special someone. Flat Rock Playhouse has been extremely helpful to us in providing a venue at the Rock and now downtown with the production of 'Cats.' Like the cats in the musical, our shelter is full of animals looking for a second chance."
The partnership is a natural fit, said playhouse Managing Director Hillary Hart.
"We are so thrilled to have the opportunity to deepen our relationship with our fellow nonprofit, the Blue Ridge Humane Society," said Hillary Hart, managing director of Flat Rock Playhouse. "They are such wonderful community partners and we simply could not pass up this natural fit. We hope that our audiences will leave Playhouse Downtown uplifted by the story and music of 'Cats' and they will then take the opportunity to walk next door and consider adopting a real one."
Since "Cats" first opened on the West End stage in 1981, it has grossed more than $1 billion. The plot is based on T.S Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," and the award-winning music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. "Cats" is the second longest-running show in Broadway history.
Performances will be Wednesday-Saturday at 8 p.m. with matinees at 2 p.m. on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. All tickets are $40 and can be purchased by calling the Playhouse box office at 828-693-0731 or online at www.flatrockplayhouse.org.
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In the midst of daily tasks and disciplining the children, I often want to hide in a corner somewhere. I want to be an engaged attentive parent but dealing with temper-tantrums and bickering overwhelms me. Are there any inspiring prayers or practical advice to help me prevent mommy burn-out? Thanks in advance!
My 15-month-old boy thinks its funny when I say "no." He thinks its even funnier when I raise my voice to do it and frown at him! I don't know what to do. The little guy climbs/stands on everything, pulls his big sister's hair, will not lay still for a diaper change (and I am not strong enough to hold him down + change him one-handed so I have to wait - hours sometimes! - until he's "in the mood" for holding still), and he has recently started biting both me and his sister. When my husband says "no" he stops for awhile... but my husband works long hours and most of the time it is just me with the kids. I am completely at a loss about how to stop behavior that needs stopping! I tried a "flick" to his lips when he would bite, and that made him pout for a few minutes and deterred him for about an hour... but then he was back at it! I have never had such a mellow and happy-go-lucky child. His personality is so sweet and loveable & nothing fazes him... but the flip side is that when he does dangerous or hurtful things I can't induce him to stop!! Life is a party to him & ain't no one going to crash it! Help!!
How do you discern whether YOU (the parents) can handle having another child? Our worries are 1) can we homeschool kindergarden/1st grade while also having a toddler and newborn baby? and 2) will their be too much chaos / noise for my high-strung husband's nerve to handle? I do not feel there is a clear answer to these things. I would love to have a #3, esp. since time is running out (biologically) so it feels like "now or never." But I don't want to neglect schooling at a critcal time when my oldest will be learning to read / basic math (K/1st). She is really bright and I want to give her a good education, not a slap-dash one. ALSO, I want to honor my husband's emotional and psychological needs for peace and quiet. BUT... I'm also reminded (esp. since its Lent!) that its GOOD to stretch ourselves sometimes. We can often do more than we think we can! We often grow to fit the role that is thrust upon us. My husband, on the other hand, reminds me that bad things happen when people push themselves to the brink, emotionally. He, however, agrees that living a "boring" and "safe/fearful" existence is not happy, either. Does anyone have insights here? Especially anyone with a high-strung husband? Did it work okay to homeschool your kids?? How many kids do you have??
@ Jen. My number 6 is 2 . . . so I have felt your pain . . one more to go! I find that 15 months is a very hard age because they are right on the cusp of being old enough to really understand time out but sometimes aren't quite there. I would suggest a couple of things--first when you say "no" make sure you are down on his level and in his face. Then make sure that you say it in a low tone of voice (as mom's our voices tend to get higher when we raise our voices . . . babies seem to respond to lower voices better--part of the reason they respond to men better). Now when you say "no" you are right next to him so after saying "no" you pick him up and move him away from what he was doing that got him in trouble in the first place. As for the diapers--most of mine have done that too but what I have found is if I smack the side of their bare bottom (not even really hard--just enough to let them know I mean business) they tend to go a bit better. You have to be really consistent with this so that they know that if they try and go there is a consequence. As for the biting . . . you can try the "no" thing and then put him in his crib/playpen for 2-5 minutes every time he does it. Just some ideas-hope they help!
Jen - One of the few times I spanked my oldest son was when started biting at 15 months. Since nothing else worked I spanked him for the first time. He was surprised and stopped biting for a short time but then was at it again. So I gave him two swats this time and harder. This time he stopped biting completely. He got that the spanking wasn't a one time thing and it would increase in intensity if he continued. I know some moms wouldn't spank no matter what but I this was a last resort and he needed to know the boundaries.
Thanks, Lisa and Monica! I tried a "flick" (harder than usual) on his lower back when he tried (for the millionth time) standing on our dining room chairs just before lunch... he did it a few more times and each time got a hard-ish flick. Then he popped out his lip and looked at me with an, "I can't believe you just did that!" look... it was SO heartbreaking, but I'm hoping he will get the point if I'm consistent. I also flicked his lips at the park when he kept popping rocks in his mouth. Same "sad face" and he stopped. Let's hope this is progress!! As to the low voice... I tried that, too, this morning. My 3-year-old responded with, "Wow, you sound like Daddy!" and then both the 3-year-old and 15-month-old burst out in peals of laughter. I had to laugh, too. I sounded so ridiculous!! I'll have to work on my "low, mean, grouch voice," lol!
Unknown, I know there's no "right" answer (as you said) for number of kids. We have 3 right now, 6, 3, and 1, and are hoping for more (but time's running out for us too) - and I agree with the "Marley and Me" author: kids are "a brief brilliant flash in the midst of an otherwise ordinary lifetime." It's so much fun watching the three of ours interact and learn to be a community of siblings! So I'd say "have more!" as long as dh recognizes that being stretched is a good thing. :-) As for the homeschooling, K/1st isn't all that "academically" crucial. If you do things like read aloud and involve your kids in activities (like cooking or shopping or laundry or whatever), kids that age will truly pick up all they need to know academically (as well as socially). We have done no formal schooling, but my dd can write her letters, is learning to read, and is doing fine with basic math skills. Plus we get some history and social studies and such in by reading Little House books, biographies (we like the ones published by Troll Associates), and things like that. I've asked my mom how she taught us to read and she says she never did. I picked it up around age 3; the brother after me learned around 8.5 (he has a PhD now so reading "late" didn't hurt at all), and the others - she didn't pay much attention to when they learned, but they did and like reading now as adults. All of that just to say, don't be daunted by teaching K or any primary grades. You really don't need to do a lot of formal stuff until they're 10 or so, as long as you're willing to pay attention to what they do need (I liked having my mom make sentence diagramming worksheets in 1st grade or so; my youngest brother didn't, but was very good at multiplication very early b/c he loved playing darts) and build on that. Good luck!
@Jen, I change really squirmy ones on the floor so I can hold their arms with my feet, with my legs kind of keeping them from rolling over. Then I have both hands free to change the diaper. hth!
What do you think about this? I have always given the clothes my kids grew out of to my good Catholic friend nearby which she appreciates. However, when her kids grow out of things she goes through all kinds of mental gymnastics about who to give them to. On the one hand she says her neighbors (who have kids that her kids play with) probably could use the clothes but on the other hand she feels she has to save them for more needy kids so she saves all of it for the once a year St. Vincent de Paul drive. I, my friend, are her neighbors are all middle class, not upper middle class and not poor. Do good Catholics have to only give things to the most needy people or can we give things to anyone we think can use them? I told her it builds goodwill to have give and take between neighbors and friends - that's how strong communities work -- so you shouldn't feel guilty about only helping those in your immediate circles.
Unknown - I would never choose homeschooling over more kids. Hopefully you can do both but if you have another child and homeschooling becomes too difficult just put them in school. I say this as a homeschooling mom of two kids. For medical reasons I had to stop at two but I would gladly trade in homeschooling if it meant I could have more children. But just so you know it can be done there are plenty of families in our homeschool group with over 8 kids with husbands of all kinds of temperments.
Friends helping Friends ~ I think it goes any way you want it to. Whatever feels "right" or "fine" to you, I think. And the same for your friends. HOWEVER... once you give it away to *whomever*, I think the only thing that really matters is that you let go of it. I have had people give me things & then express some dismay when they see that I turned the shirt into doll clothes, used the pretty plate for a plant, or got a stain on the jeans they worked so hard to keep fresh. We aren't rough with our stuff, but I feel that if its mine... its mine to choose what to do with it! However, I've also heard people express upsetness when donating clothes to charity, because they feel irritated when hearing the "needy" discuss TV shows when these people feel they should use their cable money on clothes (thus reducing the number of "needy" who are taking the reduced-price clothes they donated). Even when donating to super-poverty places in 3rd world countries, I have heard that children sometimes get beat up so their nice clothes can be stolen by thugs. After I heard that I decided there was no "perfect" place to give the things I don't need/use anymore!! I just pick someone/someplace, donate, and let it go. So that's all I can recommend. Sorry if that's not too helpful. :s
Jen- for the diaper change I did that with him standing up holding his body against my legs. If the diaper is really messy then I used the changing table but I kept a battery powered toy (something he didn't play with except for on the changing table) this at least keeps his hands busy so that he isn't pushing to roll over. (I used fuzzibunz so this may have made cleanup and getting the clean one on easier).
Jen- At this age, discipline is SO tough. Make sure that you only use NO for 1 or 2 behaviors. In our house, it was biting and standing on chairs. That way, they only heard the NO word when it was serious so they didn't just tune it out. Also we used a lot of redirection...As for the squirmy diaper changes, I'm still there with my 2.5 yr old twins! But I find that letting them hold some novel toy (ie something they never get to play with otherwise, esp ones with blinky lights or that makes noise holds their attention long enough that I can get in a quick change)
Mommyof5 - I know what you mean! The bickering drives me nuts....I try to say a quick prayer in the morning ....."God, please help me to be more patient today dealing with the tantrums". I leave the house every day - whether it's the grocery store, a park, or a walk around the neighborhood. I enforce quiet time for 1 hour after lunch to give myself a break. And my husband usually entertains the kids while I cook for 30 minutes every night.... Good luck!
I actually disagree with Monica. As long as your husband does not work at home I would choose to keep my kids home and homeschool during the day and then involve them in evening activities where your husband can get a little peace and quiet each night. That way you both are getting your needs met, you for time with the kids and him for rest. As others have said K/1 homeschooling is not a huge deal and can easily be completed during an infant's nap time. Where you need to look is 18 months down the road when you have a 2nd/3rd grade and a toddler, that is where things will get challenging but so much can change in that time. First of all you don't know that you will get pregnant or you could plan for 1 and get 2. Whatever decision you prayerfully discern you still have to be flexible for only God knows the plans He has for you! As for "Friends Helping Friends", you never know the good you are doing when you pass clothes on. Those middle class neighbors who seems to not need them may actually really need that financial break or they may pass them on to someone desperately in need at some point. If we were talking about giving money, that would be one thing, but any shelter worker can tell you, clothing is abundant, don't feel guilty.


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In our quest to overcome injury and run efficiently, Ray and I are always looking for more information when it comes to working on our stride, strike and technique. We are in luck in that there have been a couple of well written blog posts by fellow runners that help to shed light on our elusive target.
First, for those who wish to run barefoot, Clynton of Running Quest has a 12 step program from shoes to barefoot bodhisattva. He takes the guess-work out of how to take it slow, providing approximate time frames for each of his steps. That's a good thing, especially for a pig-headed guy like me. My idea of "starting slowly" was to run 1 mile barefoot one day, rest one day, then run 3 miles barefoot. Where did that get me? Two weeks off of running while nursing a strained calf muscle. You have to understand that it takes time to develop your lower leg muscles for this kind of activity. I mean, you wouldn't just go into the gym after not lifting weights for 20 years and try to squat 250 pounds? If you would, record it on video and send it to me.
The second blog post I want to point out comes from Pete. Pete's blog RunBlogger is a wonderful resource for running shoe reviews. I mean, the guy has a legitimate problem when it comes to buying shoes. He tests and reviews lots of models, so always check there before any upcoming purchases. Pete also just released his opus on Running Form. Pictures, videos, and a lot of research went into this post. Frankly, it has helped me with my posture during running already. Excellent read!
So there's your homework. Go do some quick, educational reading. Take care all!


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Monument honoring fallen Spartanburg County deputy to be moved
Published: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 9:34 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 9:34 a.m.
A monument to a fallen Spartanburg County sheriff's deputy is in a new location after the ground beneath it began to give way at the old site.
Sheriff's Lt. Tony Ivey says the monument honoring Deputy Kevin Carper will now stand at the sheriff's office.
The monument had stood alongside Interstate 85 at the Highway 129 overpass. Ivey said the ground beneath the monument was beginning to erode, making it necessary to move it before it toppled.
Carper was killed in the line of duty in 2007.
Last July, someone glued the name of a suspect killed by a Carper over a highway sign honoring him.
Sheriff Chuck Wright said Carper killed John J. Harris III in the early 1990s, and the State Law Enforcement Division ruled the shooting justified.
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This past Friday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed into law a measure that effectively shuts down two of the state's four abortion clinics and requires women to undergo an ultrasound before they get an abortion.
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