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AURORA, Colorado (CNN) -- The man accused of shooting into a packed movie theater made his first court appearance Monday, giving the public its first look at the 24-year-old former doctoral candidate since his arrest moments after the gunfire ended early Friday.
James E. Holmes, his hair dyed various shades of orange, looked downward, then straight ahead. He sat without blinking for long periods. At times, his eyes fluttered, then squeezed tight and reopened in a blank stare. Occasionally, his eyebrows arched over several days of stubble, giving his face a mournful mien.
But the dazed-looking man who identified himself to police as "The Joker," dressed in a maroon jumpsuit over a white T-shirt, gave little indication that he was paying attention to the courtroom procedure that ensured he will continue to be held without bond.
He was then led from the courtroom and back to the Arapahoe County Jail, where he is being held in isolation.
Inside the courtroom, victims and their relatives watched the proceeding. McKayla Hicks was among them. She was seated in the movie theater next door to the one where the killings occurred when a bullet struck her chin. Though she has largely recovered, she said Monday's court appearance was not easy to observe.
"Once he walked into the room, it just made everything a lot harder," she told CNN.
"He just looks like a pathetic freak," she said. "I just want him put away forever."
Jordan Ghawi, whose sister Jessica was among the 12 fatalities, was not in the courtroom.
"This guy's already had his 10 minutes of fame and I don't need to see the face of the man who's taken my sister's life," he said. "I was afraid that I may try to get my hands on that man."
He described Holmes as a coward and a genius. "I don't believe for a second that he's sitting there with his wide eyes and pretending to be incoherent," Ghawi said. "He knows what he's doing."
"The charges on which the court found cause included first-degree murder," Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers told reporters outside the courthouse. She said prosecutors have a lot of work to do. "I would say there's no such thing as a slam-dunk case," she said. "We're still looking at the enormous amount of evidence."
Deciding whether to pursue the death penalty is a long process that involves input from victims and their relatives, she said.
A capital case would require a finding of either extreme indifference or deliberation, she said.
Holmes is being held in connection with the shootings that also left 58 wounded, and the subsequent discovery of his booby-trapped apartment, which authorities believe he rigged before leaving for the Century Aurora 16 multiplex.
Authorities have been tight-lipped about a possible motive in the case, and police spokesman Frank Fania told CNN late Sunday that Holmes has been uncooperative with investigators and requested an attorney.
Arapahoe County public defender James O'Connor has been assigned to the case. The Colorado Judicial Department declined to say whether Holmes requested a public defender. A telephone call by CNN to O'Connor's office was not returned.
Lisa Damiani, an attorney representing the Holmes family but not the suspect himself, said the family members were keeping their location secret. "I don't think they would like the media to know where they are," she said, adding that she feared for their safety.
"They're doing as well as they can, under the circumstances," Damiani told reporters at her office in San Diego, California, where the family lives. "I think everyone can imagine how they're feeling -- anyone who's ever been a parent."
She added, "The family has elected not to discuss James or their relationship with James at this time."
The family issued a statement Friday saying, "Our hearts go out to those who were involved in this tragedy and to the families and friends of those involved." It added, "We are still trying to process this information."
Over the weekend, Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates told reporters that there was "evidence of, I think, some calculation and deliberation."
Holmes received deliveries over the past four months to his home and work addresses, which begins to explain how he may have obtained some of the materials used in the attack and those found at his apartment, Oates said.
As of late Sunday, at least 17 people remained hospitalized -- eight in critical condition -- in five area hospitals.
Aurora is bracing for another emotional week as families begin making funeral arrangements. It was not immediately known when the coroner would release the bodies.
More people may have been killed if the gunman's semiautomatic rifle had not jammed.
Josh Nowlan suffered gunshot wounds but said he is happy just to be alive. "If that gun did not jam, I am full certain that I probably would not be here," he said Saturday from his hospital bed.
A law enforcement source, who spoke Sunday with CNN on condition of anonymity, said the rifle jammed because of a problem with the 100-shot magazine feeding it.
The military-style AR-15 had a separately purchased drum magazine, which can have trouble feeding bullets into the firing chamber if the gun is fired rapidly, the source said.
Investigators say the rifle was one of three guns used Friday by the suspect, along with a shotgun and a .40-caliber pistol.
This story was written by CNN's Josh Levs in Aurora and Tom Watkins and Chelsea J. Carter in Atlanta. CNN's Dana Ford, Ed Lavandera, Nick Valencia, Don Lemon and Susan Candiotti contributed to this report.
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Lose weight faster with these fat-burning poses from yoga expert Kimberly Fowler
Twisted Chair Pose
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Twisted Chair pose helps increase circulation by not only using every muscle in your body but also twisting, which wakes up your internal organs and aids in digestion.
How to: Stand with your feet and legs together. Begin to bend your knees and sink your hips down and back as if you were sitting in a chair far behind you. Bring your palms together in front of your chest. Rotate your spine to bring your right elbow to your left knee. Try to keep your chest lifted the whole time. Hold for 30 to 45 seconds and then repeat on the other side.
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Locust Pose
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Locust pose strengthens the muscles in your legs and lower back while opening up your chest and elongating your spinal column. Like all back bends, Locust pose boosts energy and revs you up.
How to: Lie on your stomach with your arms alongside your body, palms facing up. Lift your head, upper body, arms, and legs up off the floor. Keep your arms and legs active and look forward or slightly up depending on your flexibility. Hold for 45 seconds before releasing everything to the floor and turning your head to one side. Repeat three times
Bow Pose
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Like Locust, Bow pose is a back bend that helps boost energy and keep your metabolism burning strong. Bow also opens up and stretches the front of your body while strengthening your back muscles.
How to: Lie face down on the floor and bring your hands alongside your body, palms facing up. Bend your knees and reach back with your hands to grab your ankles (Don't grab your feet). Keeping your legs hip-distance apart, lift your heels up and away from your body, which will pull your chest up off the floor. Keep your shoulder blades down, away from your ears the entire time. Hold for 30 to 45 seconds and then release, turning your head to the side.
Repeat two more times
Eagle Pose
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In addition to building strong, lean leg muscles, Eagle pose energizes the entire body and helps with digestion.
How to: Start in a standing position and bend your knees slightly. Lift your right leg up and around your standing leg and hook your foot and ankle behind your left calf. Sink your hips down and back as if you were going to sit on a chair. Cross your arms at your elbows and wrists in front of your chest and hold for 45 seconds to 1 minute. Come out of the pose, shake out your legs, and switch sides.
Crescent Lunge Pose
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Crescent Lunge gets your heart rate up, which helps speed up your metabolism. It also strengthens your legs and stretches your hips.
How to: Begin in downward dog pose. Step your right foot between your hands. Lower your hips into lunge position and shift your weight onto the ball of your back foot, bringing your hands to your hips. Stay up on the ball of your back foot and lift your upper body so that you're standing straight up. Keep your hips squared the entire time. Bring your arms above you and reach for the ceiling. Palms should be facing each other. Hold for 30 seconds to 1 minute and then switch sides.
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Bridge pose is a gentle inversion that works with gravity to open your entire chest and shoulder area. Because the chest is lifted up towards the chin, the thyroid gland is being massaged. (Your thyroid makes the hormones that regulate your metabolism.)
How to: Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet hip-distance apart and flat on the floor. Reach down with your fingertips to see if you can feel your heels. If not, walk your heels a little closer to your body.
Press your weight into your feet to lift your hips up towards the ceiling. Keep your thighs parallel. Bring your arms underneath you and try to clasp your hands together (Don't worry if you can't do it at first). Roll your shoulders blades toward each other and hold this pose for 45 seconds to 1 minute. Release and roll slowly back to the floor. Repeat two more times.
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Plow Pose
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Plow pose is an inversion so it increases circulation in your thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands. This helps send out feel-good endorphins and hormones throughout your body, balancing your metabolic system.
How to: Lie on your back and bring your legs straight up in the air towards the ceiling. Bring your arms alongside your body with your palms down. Press into your hands and lift your legs over your head.
If your legs do not touch the ground behind you, bring your hands to your back for support. If your feet do hit the ground, then do what you did in Bridge pose and clasp your hands together, trying to roll your shoulder blades towards one another.
Shoulder Stand
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Shoulder Stand is another inversion so it has similar benefits to Plow pose. Plus, it's a great stretch for your neck and upper back.
How to: Lie on the floor on your back with your arms alongside your body, palms down. Bring your legs in the air towards the ceiling. Press into your hands to lift your legs over your head, coming to Plow Pose.
Clasp your hands together and try to roll your shoulder blades towards each other. Bring your hands to your lower back for support, make sure your fingers are spread wide. Slowly lift your legs to the ceiling one leg at a time. Try to get as straight as possible by walking your hands close to your shoulders. Hold for 1 to 3 minutes
Fish Pose
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Fish is a counter pose to Shoulder Stand that stretches the front of your neck. It has a calming effect on your body. (You can see why—most of use hold a lot of stress in our neck and shoulders.)
How to: Lie down on your back. Bring your hands, palms down, under your butt. Bend your elbows and lean on them by pressing them into the floor. Lift your chest up toward the ceiling so your back is arched. Bring your elbows towards each other, as you did in Bridge and Shoulder stand. Finally, drop your head back towards the floor behind you.
Easy Spinal Twist
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Easy Spinal Twist Is a great pose to help stimulate you digestive system, which helps you lose weight.
How to: Lie on your back and bring both knees in toward your chest. Holding your left knee into your chest, let your right leg straighten out on the floor. Bring your bent left knee across your body, keeping your shoulder blades on the floor. Turn your head to look over your left shoulder to complete your twist. Hold for 45 seconds to 1 minute. Bring both knees into your chest and repeat on the other side.


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Staging the world premiere of the new musical Time After Time has been an incredible journey for the cast of students from the Conservatory of Performing Arts, filled with challenges and opportunities while working with a team of award-winning, noteworthy guest artists.
Under the direction of Gabriel Barre, the students are developing the show's songs and characters for the first time. Since the musical is making its debut, working on the show has been a great creative opportunity and challenge for the actors, encouraging them to grow as artists.
(Lead cast members John Wascavage and Taylor Chalker discuss their experiences in video interviews below).
Described by Barre as "a good, old-fashioned, contemporary, romantic, science-fiction thriller," Time After Time features book and lyrics by Stephen Cole and music by Jeffrey Saver; it based on the Karl Alexander novel of the same name.
The story follows John Leslie Stephenson, also known as the serial killer Jack the Ripper, who has escaped authorities using a time machine invented by his friend H.G. Wells. In an attempt to return Stephenson to his proper time, Wells follows him into the future, only to fall in love with the murderer's next victim. Filled with magnificent songs, magical time travel sequences and suspense, Time After Time probes the roots of good and evil and the dynamic of relationships.
Barre is no stranger to the stage as both an actor and international director. Most notably, he directed the off-Broadway production of The Wild Party which was nominated for numerous Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards; as an actor, he was nominated for a Tony for his performance in Starmites. He also directed the recent national tour of Pippin.
Saver has been the music director or pianist for 13 Broadway shows, in addition to appearing on several cast albums. He is currently a teaching artist-in-residence at the University where has been involved in the past productions of Can-Can and Assassins.
Cole has written several other musicals throughout his career, including After the Fair, Dodsworth, The Night of the Hunter, Saturday Night at Grossinger's and The Road to Qatar and worked with such artists as Chita Rivera, Christine Baranski, Michael Rupert, Marlo Thomas, and Christine Ebersole, among many others.
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The recent theft and disappearance of 63 AR-15 Colt riflesbeing shipped from Hartford, CT, to a gun dealer in Shreveport, LA, highlights one of the more worrisome aspects of cargo theft these days: the use of inside information -- and even employee cooperation -- to plan and carry out such heists.
While the four people arrested so far in the now two-week old disappearance of those high-powered rifles are not employees of Con-way Inc., which hauled this load, the ability of the thieves to pluck one pallet of AR-15s from a five-pallet shipment of the weapons while in transit is pretty striking.
Indeed, if a sharp-eyed Con-way employee hadn't taken the time to eyeball the shipment, rather than merely scan it and move it along, that missing pallet might have gone unreported even longer.
That's why clamping down on the ability to gain "inside intelligence" on freight shipments is becoming a bigger issue for trucking as the industry continues to battle cargo thieves.
Consulting firm FreightWatch, for example, recently addressed this issue in its third quarter cargo theft update, noting that thefts committed by drivers have been more or less on the rise in volume since 2009, with a sharp increase from 2011 to September 2013.
"Typically it is a crime of opportunity [as] thefts by drivers fluctuate in value year on year," the firm noted. "Already at an all-time high with 40 incidents logged in the first three quarters of 2013, 67% higher than all of 2012, these thefts are expected to continue to rise through the year, as the historically high-volume fourth quarter is upon us."
FreightWatch added that driver thefts typically occur on relatively low-security product types, with food and beverages being a particular favorite.
"As a matter of fact, food/drinks were the highest targeted product type in driver thefts in all years but 2011, when it tied for top spot," the firm said in its report. "Metals, also low-security products and notoriously difficult to trace, is another hot commodity among unscrupulous drivers."
Notably, however, several product types are missing from the driver theft repertoire in 2013, including two categories with typically higher-than-average security in place: pharmaceuticals and electronics.
"The lack of driver thefts in these high-value products is another indicator of the opportunistic nature of this type of incident," FreightWatch noted. "The absence of thefts in the clothing/shoes and home/garden categories, however, could be explained by a number of factors, including higher security on these higher-value loads, traceability of the cargo or the overall low volume of these shipments, making for a statistical improbability of these loads being paired up with an unscrupulous driver."
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Here are highlight videos and deleted scenes that follow Edie Falco as she learns more about her family's history on NBC's Who Do You Think You Are? last Friday.
A Tree of Falsehoods
Edie learns that the known genealogical facts about her family tree are actually all incorrect:
Criminal Intercourse
Edie leans about the bitter divorce of her ancestors and the mudslinging that occurred during their contentious court battle:
A Battle for Divorce in Edie's Family History
Edie learns about the troubling details of her ancestors' contentious divorce and the fight over the custody of their children:
You can catch up with Edie Falco as she traces her roots with Friday's episode here.


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The Bible and Homosexuality
Of the negative or critical e-mails I receive from critics of this magazine and its mission, I'd estimate 90% of them advise me to read my Bible. Specifically, I am urged to read at least one or all of the six passages we as GLBT Christians know as the "clobber passages". These are verses, we're told, where God condemns homosexuality in no uncertain terms.
As I inform those letter writers, I have read my Bible, and I've paid close attention to those "clobber passages." So have many Bible scholars. We all agree that nowhere in the Bible are same-sex committed and loving relationships condemned. It's just not there. Instead, the Bible holds much joy, comfort and love for GLBT Christians willing to wade into its pages and hear the loving voice of God.
In this section of Whosoever we explore the 6 "clobber passages" and several other verses used as "prooftexts" of homosexuality's condemnation.
Before we begin we must clarify the concept of "prooftexts" or isogesis. To defend their assertion that God condemns homosexuals, people always use small passages from the Bible to prove their point. Using the Bible in this manner is destructive. Instead of "exegesis" which involves examining the history of scripture to find out what it means and how it applies to us, "eisegesis" approaches scripture with a preconceived idea of what you will find there. It is abuse of scripture.
In eisegesis you search the Book until you find a passage you think applies and use it as your "proof" that God backs you up. You isolate that phrase or passage, take it out of context and improperly use it to back up your argument. It's like a friend taking a sentence or phrase out of a letter you wrote and using it to represent what you believe as a whole. It's easy to be taken out of context. You wouldn't want your views represented that way, but that's how the ideas and beliefs of the Bible's authors are presented everyday!
It is my sincere hope that GLBT Christians and our critics alike will approach this material with open hearts and minds. Not everyone will come away convinced, but I've discovered it takes time to unlearn all the misinterpretations of scripture we've been taught through the years. I invite you to sit with this information, pray and meditate on it, and let God speak to your heart. I hope that when your journey is complete you'll see God's word with new eyes and realize GLBT Christians are welcomed in Jesus' one word, "Whosoever."
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Kaileena (Prince of Persia: Warrior Within) – Cosplay of the Day
The Prince of Persia series may revolve around the titular Prince and his temporal escapades, but that doesn't mean the games are devoid of leading ladies. Kaileena, the Empress of Time, is the focus of today's Cosplay of the Day thanks to her large role in the series and her gorgeous looks.
Kaileena was formerly an enemy to the Prince in Warrior Within, but became his lover and a protagonist in The Two Thrones. She is voiced by Monica Belluci, who also provided the basis for her character model, making her a beauty both in-game and out.
Jemma Funge is model and cosplayer based in Southeast London. She looks absolutely stunning as Kaileena, almost recreating her look from the promotional art perfectly. It's easy to see why Warrior Within got an M-rating, but Jemma wears the outfit with a fiery grace that's very alluring.
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Michelle Martin, who is now 52, received a 30-year prison term in 2004 for not freeing girls her then-husband Marc Dutroux held captive behind a secret door in their decrepit, dirty basement in Marcinelle, 40 miles south of Brussels.
Dutroux, 55, is serving a life term for kidnapping, torturing and abusing six girls in 1995 and 1996, and murdering four of them.
During those years, Dutroux also spent four months in jail for theft, leaving it to his wife to feed Julie Lejeune and Melissa Russo, a pair of friends imprisoned in the basement. Martin let the girls starve to death. They were 8 years old.
The case is one of the most sensational in recent Belgian history. Police failed to find the girls when they went to the house to investigate, even though they heard voices. And when the Supreme Court removed the investigating magistrate from the case for compromising his impartiality by attending a dinner organized by victims' parents, public anger exploded.
Some 300,000 people took to the streets in protest. The government teetered on the brink of collapse, prompting King Albert to call on it to reform the judiciary.
Even now, 16 years after the couple were arrested and eight years after their trial and sentencing, feelings in Belgium remain raw. Last year, when the court granted Martin early release on condition she work in a nunnery in France, the French government, cognizant of Belgian outrage, vetoed the arrangement.
Martin and Dutroux have been behind bars since they were arrested Aug. 12, 1996. But early release is common in Belgium. Under Belgian law, release is possible after one-third of a sentence is served, including credit for time spent in pre-trial detention. And, in Martin's case, a Belgian convent has now said it would take her in as part of the conditions of her release.
Parents of the couple's victims said they were shocked by the decision to release Martin early and accused the court of ignoring their feelings.
The ruling "came out of the blue," said Paul Marchal, whose 17-year-old daughter An, was killed by Dutroux. "I believed this would not happen. If Martin gets an early release, then who will they keep in prison?"
Jean Lambrecks, whose 19-year-old daughter, Eefje, also was killed by Dutroux, said he "was sure she would remain in prison, for she is as bad as Dutroux."
"She starved children to death," Lambrecks said. "She knew they were in the cellar."
Both An Marchal and Eefje Lambrecks, who were kidnapped on a camping trip to the Belgian seaside, are believed to have been drugged by Dutroux and buried alive.
A court in the city of Mons granted Martin's request for early release – her fifth in eight years – after her lawyers found a place for her at the Belgian convent and convinced the court she would not become a repeat offender. She will likely not be released for another two weeks, leaving the prosecution time to appeal the ruling.
Martin is no longer "the woman who was incarcerated in 1996," said her lawyer, Thierry Moreau. "She says her guilt will follow her to the grave."
Dutroux was a repeat offender whose first abuse conviction dated to 1986. For that initial conviction – for the rape of five girls – he was sentenced to almost 14 years in prison. But he served only three.
The girls held captive in his basement after his release ranged from 8 to 19 years old. The case revealed shocking lapses in law enforcement, notably two visits in 1995 by suspicious police who saw nothing awry in the basement, even though they heard voices, and ignored a letter from Dutroux's mother, who worried that her son was abusing young girls.
Under the terms of her release, Martin will have to remain at the convent and be assigned a task daily. Moreau, Martin's lawyer, said it took some time for the convent to agree to have her live there. But in the end they realized that no one else would take her in, he said.
"They accepted because their vocation is to welcome people nobody wants," he said.
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- The body is a self-healing, self-regulating system: health comes from within.
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To be a chiropractor takes seven years of university. After an average of three years of university pre-requisites, students then attend a specialized chiropractic institution for four years where they receive the same amount or more education as one would in a medical school program. The courses of study for a Doctor of Chiropractic focus on anatomy, physiology, radiology, neurology, orthopedics, and various other health and biological sciences. In addition, chiropractic training includes an internship in which the student doctor assists in caring for patients in a clinical setting under the direct supervision of professionals. After graduating from Chiropractic College, a new Doctor must pass national board exams and provincial license exams before he or she is allowed to practice in that province.
Who is Chiropractic For?
Chiropractic is for everyone! With today's growing health awareness toward prevention and wellness, chiropractic is playing an integral role in maintaining and improving one's health and vitality. From birth to seniors, the importance of maintaining a healthy nervous system is imperative to creating 100% health within the body. In addition, research has shown that anyone who suffers from recurring symptoms, such as ear infections, neck or back pain, headaches, stomach upset, menstrual cramps, asthma, insomnia, ADHD, colic, high blood pressure or any number of similar problems can benefit from specific chiropractic adjustments. Chiropractic is a health care profession dedicated to the maintenance and restoration of a healthy, aligned, and uncompromised nervous system, which produces a healthy body. Just as you would visit a dentist for a check-up to keep a small problem from growing into a serious problem, regular visits to the chiropractor can maintain proper health and prevent problems before they progress.
Your health depends on a properly functioning nervous system! Chiropractic is a science, art and philosophy which concerns itself with the relationship between the nervous system/spinal column and the function of the body's organs, tissues and cells. Science understands that the nervous system is the master control system for your whole body, and therefore the healthier the nervous system, the healthier your body will be. When there is a misalignment to one or more of the vertebrae in your spinal column, known as a vertebral subluxation, pressure and/or inflammation can disrupt the normal flow of information within the nervous system, thus causing degradation of health and vitality. These subluxations are caused by physical, chemical and mental stress. Research shows that such subluxations are commonly caused as early as birth and can continue throughout one's lifetime. Only Doctors of Chiropractic are trained to locate and correct vertebral subluxations.
Chiropractic does not use drugs, medicine, or invasive tools and procedures. Chiropractic is the largest, drugless, natural healing profession in the world. Chiropractic is a health care profession which emphasizes the inherent recuperative power of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs or surgery.
We offer our services to individuals who want to overcome pain or specific health challenges, or simply want to reach optimal health and performance. We welcome babies, children, students, adults, seniors... Chiropractic is for the whole family! Call to inquire about children, student and seniors' fees!
For almost 20 years we have been supporting families in the Lethbridge/Coaldale Area! From pregnant mothers, to newborns, teens to parents, grandma and grandpa, we can assist with health issues and wellness at every stage of life.
In 2011 we started reaching out to the business community by offering Workplace Wellness Talks. We share information that empowers employees and employers with respect to health in the workplace, including Stress Management, Nutrition, Weight loss, Proper lifting techniques, Injury prevention and Fitness. Please call if you would like us to help with your business.
Workplace Wellness Talks
Our Doctors have designed a series of four talks on Wellness for Businesses in the Lethbridge area as part of our corporate outreach initiative. We would like you to consider us as a potential stakeholder in the wellness of your business and the wellness of our community as a whole. Studies show that more and more workplaces are aware of the benefits of providing staff with Health and Wellness information.
"Canadian research into cost-effectiveness of worksite health promotion and disease prevention programs shows a return of $1.75 to $6.85 for every corporate dollar invested based on reduced employee turnover, greater productivity and decreased medical claims by participating employees."
While some businesses offer talks, others go on to set up Health and Wellness Programs. If you would like to get a conversation started in your workplace around the issues of stress, nutrition and back care we offer a series of ongoing engaging talks. Contact us for more details.
Three Secrets of Stress Management
Major corporations have recognized that stress management training can be extremely cost effective. It reduces employee absenteeism, work injuries, health costs, worker turnover and lawsuits. Plus it improves quality and productivity. In fact, 40% of employee turnover is due to job stress and the average costs for replacing a skilled worker are between $2,000 to $13,000 for each worker. Dr. Gaulin presents a compelling 45 minute talk that focuses on the essential elements that create stress and how your employees can start to identify sources of stress, reduce and manage it more efficiently!
Safe Back Care in the Workplace
A new talk was designed by Dr. Gaulin after a request from a local business in Lethbridge last fall. Based on observation of workers doing manual labour Dr. Gaulin has combined his knowledge of the optimal state of the spine and nervous system with his insight as to how to keep the active back safe in the workplace. In his 45 minute talk he also addresses the ways in which to keep the back safe if you are sitting at the desk all day doing paper work or computer work as sedentary mis-alignment of the spine can also create long term problems. Includes a simple, proven fitness program, nutrition and weight loss tips, and an introduction to stress management.
Nutrition for Health in the Workplace
Dr. Harper gives a 45 minute talk designed to empower your employees with knowledge of how what one eats effects one's state of health. Good nutrition is key to remaining healthy and happy in our personal lives and at work. A healthy corporate philosophy is one that believes that employee health is an integral part of the business and that people are an organization's most important resource. Concern and care for the health of people is essential to achieve business success as healthy employees enhance an organization's competitive position. In fact, a change in individual employee health metrics can be an early indicator of changes in other aspects of business performance. Since people are motivated to adopt values that are emphasized by their organizational leaders why not take a leadership role and have Dr. Harper speak on the role of a good diet in avoiding illness and stress. For more details or to book your talk contact us today!
Workplace Nutrition for Weight Loss
Many office jobs these days have employees spending most of their time staring at a computer monitor seldom leaving their desks. This combined with the stress of deadlines, workloads, and overtime can lead to weight gain unless one is aware of good dietary practices and nutrition. Dr. Harper presents a 45 minute talk designed to empower your employees about how the maintenance of a healthy weight, acceptable blood cholesterol and blood pressure levels are all affected by eating habits.


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This Single Family Residence is located at 61 Hell Hollow Rd, Plainfield, NH. The estimated value of this home is currently priced at $191,900, approximately $164 per square foot. This property was originally built in 1978. 61 Hell Hollow Rd is within the school district Lebanon School District with nearby schools including Plainfield Elementary School, Plainfield Elementary School, and Lebanon High School.
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Among the truths we hold to be self-evident are these: Canadian bands can play their asses off, and they can also bring the funny. No outfit hailing from north of the border embodies these paired virtues more engagingly than the Barenaked Ladies, whose fusion of hooks and yuks has resulted in more than 14 million albums sold, as well as putting myriad fannies in the seats of concert halls and amphitheaters around the world.
On the occasion of the band's 25th anniversary, BNLEd Robertson (guitar/vocals), Jim Creeggan (bass/vocals), Kevin Hearn (keyboard/guitar/vocals) and Tyler Stewart (drums/vocals)are celebrating with new album GRINNING STREAK. The album, the band's twelfth, is their first in partnership with Vanguard Records after self-releasing their last four efforts.
According to the affable and articulate Robertson, the decision was a no-brainer. "We've done the major label thing, we've done the other extreme, and it was gratifying that Vanguard was interested in working with the band," he says. "We like to go with enthusiasmit's that simple. We know what we're capable of, but to have someone working for you and excited about it is really cool."
The album picks up steam via its hyper-hooky 1st single "Boomerang," produced by Gavin Brown (The Tragically Hip, Metric), who handled 11 of GRINNING STREAK's 15 tracks. Another session with Toronto's Howie Beck (Feist, Walk of The Earth) yielded four album tracks: the buoyant "Who Knew," the wistful "Smile," the swirling "Off His Head" and the chugging "Best Damn Friend." Rounding out the sessions is a Mark Endert (Maroon 5, Train) super-pop re-mix of "Boomerang."
Returning to Toronto in mid-March, the band banged out remainder of the songs with Brown. These remarkably productive final sessions yielded several stone-cold killers, paced by the quintessentially catchy "Odds Are," which marries a wicked-clever mathematical premise to a chorus hook that elevates with such thrust that it practically leaves a vapor trail. BNL go EDM, so to speak, on "Limits," as Robertson climbs atop an earth-shaking electro-groove to deliver a cautionary tale about the risks inherent in impulsively exceeding the metaphorical speed limit, while "Did I Say That Out Loud?" is a blast of romantic ardor fueled by "alcohol or alchemy" that clocks in at a pulse-racing 2:27. All three are worthy additions to a canon already bursting at the seams with brainy, big-hearted classics.
Indeed, the whole of GRINNING STREAK unfolds with the signature blend of immediacy, tunefulness and witty sophistication that made such BNL hits as "Pinch Me, "Brian Wilson," "If I Had $1,000,000" and the chart-topping "One Week" modern-day classics.
"Pop is a form that I loveit can be high-energy and intricate," says Robertson of the genre the band has championed throughout the last quarter century. "When I think of pop music, I think of the Cars and Squeezeinteresting melodic rock is what I gravitate to and what I'm always striving for. I want guitar-heavy pop/rock that's intelligent, evocative and thought-provoking. I want it to be singable and relatable, and I want there to be other layers in there for the people who want to go deeperbecause not everybody does. I've heard so many times, 'I love you guys 'cause your songs are just fun and easygoing.' And I'm like, 'I'm glad you enjoy them, but there's a dark underbelly that you haven't mined.'"
Indeed, there's much more to the Barenaked Ladies than initially meets the ear. Suck on the candy-coated surfaces of Robertson's songs long enough and you never know what you'll encounter in their "emotional centers," as Robertson puts it.
He wrestled with the songs for the new album over an extended period as he plumbed the depths of his psyche in search of just those emotional centers. As the ideas steeped in his mind, Robertson experienced periods of stress, though not to the degree he'd endured while writing the material for the band's previous studio album, 2010's All in Good Time. That one was their first project following the departure of Steven Page, who'd founded the band with Robertson in 1988, reconfiguring the BNL as a four-piece.
"This is the second record since all of that turmoil," Robertson notes, "but it's still a part of what we're going through and informs who we are. On the last record, there were some songs that were directly about the band split, but this record is much more about the emotional rebuilding after that process. Looking back on the maelstrom of all that upheaval, I wanted to convey a sense of hope, reconciliation and healing with these songs. 'Off His Head,' for example, is about pushing through difficulty. There's a double chorus at the end that I flipped, because I didn't want it to end with, 'Wishing you were dead.' That's part of being exasperated and at your wit's end. But what I like about this song is that it says you just do it. You think it's hopeless, but there's a reason you're pushing through it. The song says you can let all these things ruin you, or you can take it on the chin and stand up again."
"Boomerang" metaphorically examines the aftermath of a breakup, but on a deeper level it recounts an impassioned interior dialogue."It's a really personal song that says, 'You can be done with me, but I'm not done with you,'" Robertson explains. "For me, it's about feeling relevantbecause, as I started to approach this record, there was a period where I felt like I didn't know what to say and I didn't know who cared. But then I realized, y'know, I care. I like what I do, I'm a good songwriter and I'm gonna writeI'm gonna express things. So that song is about getting your confidence backor, as one of my colleagues would say, getting your swagger back."
On the heels of the album's release, the Barenaked Ladies will embark on the latest iteration of the summer tours that formed such a big part of their enduring appeal. For this year's trek, which they've dubbed "Last Summer on Earth 2013," BNL are bringing along their pals and fellow pop/rock mainstays Guster and the Ben Folds Five. The tour, which hits 30 amphitheaters and arenas, kicks off June17 at the Verizon Theatre in Dallas and concludes July 30 at Celebrate Brooklyn in the borough's Prospect Park. It includes dates at such picturesque venues as Denver's Red Rocks (6/19), the Santa Barbara Bowl (6/22), L.A.'s Greek Theatre (6/23), the Bangor (Maine) Waterfront (7/21) and Lennox, Mass.' Tanglewood (7/23).
"We built our career playing summer outdoor shows," Robertson points out. "To be out there with a couple of other great bands bringing a lot of music to peoplehey, it's a nice way to spend the summer. After we put together the 'Last Summer on Earth" tour last year, tongue firmly in cheek referencing the Mayan calendar, we thought it would be funny to just keep the 'Last Summer on Earth' thing going. Let's enjoy ourselves. Let's live like it is the last summer on earth. [Insert requisite rim shot here.] Let's party like it's 1999."


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When it's cold and you're freezing, there is nothing better than to wrap a scarf around you. It's one of the most useful accessories when it's cold and the temperature is close to 0 or below. The different fabrics can help you to keep warm, so you don't freeze. A wool scarf gives more heat and warmth than a cotton scarf, which works better in the summer.
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When you're wearing a wool scarf in the winter, you can choose a scarf made from cashmere wool. Cashmere wool comes from changing climates, which makes the wool soft and warm, and it's more comfortable to touch than regular wool.
A scarf isn't only for keeping warm, but can also add color or patterns to your outfit. If the scarf doesn't have to isolate against the cold, you can choose a thin scarf which doesn't give as much isolation and heat, but still looks cool.


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The State Department Friday morning designated three groups that call themselves Ansar al Shariah as foreign terrorist organizations and tied all three to violence at U.S. diplomatic facilities in northern Africa in September 2012.
But the designations of Ansar al Shariah branches in Derna and Benghazi, Libya, and the branch in Tunisia are likely to do little to enlighten the debate that surrounds the attacks on the U.S. compunds in Benghazi.
For one, while the three groups are designated together, the designation gives no hint of whether or how they work together. It pointedly says the three groups were created separately: the two Libyan branches independently of one another after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi and the Tunisian branch "in early 2011" -- meaning months before the Libyan branches. But how they might have cooperated subsequently is unstated. The details of the evidence against them are classified, State Department officials tell McClatchy correspondent Hannah Allam.
And while leaders in each group also are designated global terrorists, their roles in the Sept. 11-12, 2012, attacks in Bengahzi and the Sept. 14, 2012, assault on the U.S. embassy and American school in Tunisia aren't described.
The designation also won't do much to quiet the debate about whether al Qaida played any role in the Benghazi attacks. While the designation draws connections between al Qaida and the Tunisian group, calling it "ideologically aligned with al-Qaida and tied to its affiliates," including Al Qaida in the Islamic Mahgreb, no such ties are noted with the Benghazi or Derna branches.
The assertion that al Qaida was behind the Benghazi attack, without any explanation, was one of the underlying problems with the flawed "60 Minutes" report that earned CBS News correspondent Lara Logan a suspension from the show.
One thing the report does do is bolster the assertion made in a lengthy New York Times recreation that the assailants in Benghazi were some of the very people who benefited from the U.S.-backed NATO intervention that led to the collapse of the Gadhafi regime. The head of the Derna Ansar al Shariah branch, Sufian bin Qumu, was a well known jihadi and former Guantanamo detainee who served on the frontlines of the NATO-backed anti-Gadhafi revolt, as noted in Paragraphs 21 and 22 of this story, which McClatchy's Nancy A. Youssef filed in 2011 from Derna. He is now a global terrorist, under the State Department designation.
In fact, the designation of the two Libyan Ansar al Shariah branches as foreign terrorist groups raises questions about why it was a good idea to topple Gadhafi in the first place. It's worth re-reading some previous reports, such as this one based on leaked State Department cables, to appreciate how the United States had come to see Gadhafi as an ally in the fight against al Qaida by the time the NATO campaign kicked in.
Here's the State Department's release on the designations. As usual, U.S. government spellings and journalistic style differ on some names.
"The Department of State has announced the designations of Ansar al-Shari'a in Benghazi, Ansar al-Shari'a in Darnah, and Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia as separate Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and as Specially Designated Global Terrorist entities under section 1(b) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13224.
"In addition to these group designations, the Department of State has also designated Ahmed Abu Khattalah, Sufian bin Qumu, and Seifallah Ben Hassine, commonly known as "Abou Iyadh," as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under E.O. 13224.
"The consequences of the FTO and E.O. 13224 designations include a prohibition against knowingly providing, or attempting or conspiring to provide, material support or resources to, or engaging in transactions with these organizations, and the freezing of all property and interests in property of the organization and individuals that are in the United States, or come within the United States or the control of U.S. persons. The Department of State took these actions in consultation with the Departments of Justice and Treasury.
"Created separately after the fall of the Qadhafi regime, Ansar al-Shari'a in Benghazi and Ansar al-Shari'a in Darnah have been involved in terrorist attacks against civilian targets, frequent assassinations, and attempted assassinations of security officials and political actors in eastern Libya, and the September 11, 2012 attacks against the U.S. Special Mission and Annex in Benghazi, Libya. Members of both organizations continue to pose a threat to U.S. interests in Libya. Ahmed Abu Khattalah is a senior leader of Ansar al-Shari'a in Benghazi and Sufian bin Qumu is the leader of Ansar al-Shari'a in Darnah.
"Founded by Seifallah Ben Hassine in early 2011, Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia was involved in the September 14, 2012 attack against the U.S. Embassy and American school in Tunis, which put the lives of over one hundred United States employees in the Embassy at risk. The Tunisian government has declared Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia a terrorist organization, and the group has been implicated in attacks against Tunisian security forces, assassinations of Tunisian political figures, and attempted suicide bombings of locations that tourists frequent. Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia, which is ideologically aligned with al-Qa'ida and tied to its affiliates, including AQIM, represents the greatest threat to U.S. interests in Tunisia.
"The U.S. government is committed to taking all appropriate actions against the organizations and individuals responsible for the attacks against the U.S. diplomatic facilities in Libya and Tunisia. We remain committed to working with the Libyan government to bring the perpetrators of the September 11, 2012, Benghazi attacks to justice and to ensure the safety of our personnel serving overseas. Likewise, we continue to urge the Tunisian government to bring to justice those responsible for the September 14, 2012 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tunis.


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Commander Terry Wilcutt steered Space Shuttle Atlantis to a smooth link-up with the International Space Station at 12:51 a.m. CDT Sunday, setting the stage for six days of outfitting to make the orbiting outpost ready for its first residents in early November.
The approach and docking went almost exactly as planned, with Pilot Scott Altman and Mission Specialists Ed Lu, Rick Mastracchio, Dan Burbank, Yuri Malenchenko and Boris Morukov, helping Wilcutt close the final gap between the two spacecraft as they sped around the Earth at 17,500 miles an hour over Kazakhstan. The only change to the plan was a brief tilt of the shuttle to sight the station with Atlantis' only working star tracker at a distance of 50 miles from the station.
As soon as docking was complete, the crew activated hooks and latches to forge a hard bond between Atlantis and the station's Unity module. Soon after docking, the shuttle's cabin atmospheric pressure was lowered in preparation for tonight's six and a half hour space walk, or Extravehicular Activity (EVA), by Lu and Malenchenko. This significantly reduces the amount of time crewmembers must pre-breathe pure oxygen before exiting the airlock. This purges the body of nitrogen bubbles and prevents symptoms called "the bends," well known by divers.
The space walk is scheduled to begin about midnight and conclude at 6:30 a.m. Monday.
The two space walkers will integrate the recently docked Russian Zvezda module with the rest of the International Space Station, routing and connecting nine power, data and communications cables between Zvezda and the other Russian-built module, Zarya. They'll also assemble a magnetometer boom on the outside of Zvezda. All the while, the robot arm will be used to help move equipment from the payload bay to the station. Atlantis's STS-106 crew will turn in for the day at about 10:45 this morning and will be awakened for space walk preparations at 6:46 this evening.
The astronauts and cosmonauts will enter the station Monday night, by opening 12 hatches in preparation for delivering supplies for use by the first resident crew – Expedition One.
The next mission status report will be issued about 7 this evening or as mission events warrant.
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Send announcements, which are open to the public at no or minimal cost, to The Loudoun Connection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102 or e-mail to email@example.com. Deadline is Friday, two weeks before the event. Photos/artwork encouraged. For more information, call Matthew Razak at 703-917-6457. For additional entertainment listings, visit www.connectionnewspapers.com, E section.
The new edition of "Inside Loudoun County" features segments on the county's Storm-water Management and Master Gardener programs. "Inside Loudoun County" is a 30-minute cable television program airing Mondays and Fridays, at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., on Government Channel 2. The show is hosted by Nancy McCormick of the Loudoun County Office of Public Information and is produced by Comcast.
The Heirloom Vegetable Garden will be on exhibit through Oct. 31, at the Heritage Farm Museum, 21668 Heritage Farm Lane, Sterling. Take a journey through the history of garden vegetables. Hours: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sundays, noon-5 p.m. Cost: adults $5, children $3 and discounts for groups and seniors. Call 571-258-3800.
Leesburg First Fridays. Galleries and shops open their doors on the first Friday of each month with special events, refreshments and entertainment, from 6-9 p.m. There is no First Friday in January. Free. Call 800-752-6118. Visit www.leesburgfirstfriday.com.
Guided Nature or History Hikes for all ages at Claude Moore Park, 21544 Old Vestals Gap Road, Sterling. Nature hikes, Frogshackle Cabin Nature Center, history hikes and special request programs for school groups, scouts, community organizations, adults and families are available on a variety of topics throughout the year. Programs designed to foster an appreciation of Loudoun County's natural and cultural resources in a fun and informative way. Cost is $3.50 per person for a group tour, with a minimum charge of $35. Call 571-258-3700 for reservations.
Loudoun Bluegrass Association. Weekly acoustic jam session held every Tuesday night, 7-8:30 p.m., at the Morningside House Retirement Center, 316 Harrison St. in Leesburg. All bluegrass/country musicians, singers and spectators are welcome. Free. Call Randy Kenyon
703-777-9865, home.
Sterling Library, 120 Enterprise St., will have a story time, every second Saturday of the month, at 11 a.m. Includes stories, music and activities. The story time is recommended for ages 2-5. Visit www.lcpl.lib.va.us.
The Senior Center at Cascades Marketplace, 21060 Whitfield Place, holds a potluck/bingo every second Tuesday, at 5:30 p.m. Bring a dish to share and a small gift bag to give away as prizes. 703-430-2397.
The Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Road, offers toddle story hour, every Tuesday, 9:15-10 a.m., for ages 1.5-5 years old. For caregiver and child and includes lively stories, movement, music and more. $6. Preregister by calling 703-771-5281.
Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Sterling, will hold the following ongoing story times. Lapsits for 2s, Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays, 11:15 a.m.; Mother Goose Nursery Time, ages 18-24 months, Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.; Pajama Story Time, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Story Time for 3s, 4s and 5s, Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; After School Book Break, ages 5-8, Wednesdays, 4 p.m.; Terrific 3s, Thursdays, 11:15 a.m.; Saturday Family Story Time, ages 2-6, Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. Call 703-444-3228.
Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Road, Leesburg, will hold the following story times. Mother Goose Nursery Time, ages 18-24 months, Wednesdays, 11:15 a.m., one-on-one with your child; Lapsits for 2s, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m., caregivers are requested to stay with the child; Family Story Time for 3s, 4s & 5s, Thursdays, 7 p.m., sign interpreter present; Morning Story Time for 3s, 4s & 5s, Fridays, 10:15 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Saturday Family Story Time, ages 3-6 and their family, Saturdays, 11 a.m. Call 703-777-0323.
Sterling Library, 120 Enterprise St., will be holding the following ongoing story times. Preschool Story Times, ages 2-5, Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.; Saturday Family Story Times, ages 2-5, second Saturdays of each month, 11 a.m. Call 703-430-9500.
Ashburn Library, 43316 Hay Road, offers the following ongoing story times. Mother Goose Nursery Time, ages 18-24 months, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.; Terrific 2s: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:45 a.m.; Preschool Story Time, ages 3-5, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 a.m.; Wonderful Wednesday Stories, ages 3-5, Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m.; Pajama Story Time, ages 3-5, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; Saturday Family Story Time, ages 2-5, Saturdays, 10 a.m. Call 703-737-8100.
Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, 21668 Heritage Farm Lane, Sterling, is open Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; as well as Sundays, noon-5 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for children 2-12 and free for children under 2. On permanent display is "The Country People" where visitors travel through time and experience the past 300 years of agricultural history through 10 generations of Loudoun County residents. The Claude Moore children's Farm is an interactive exhibit area for children and their families. Visit www.loudounfarmmuseum.org or call 703-421-5322.


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Baseball Completes Sweep of Florida, 18-6
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- A four-run fifth inning and an eight-run sixth inning lifted No. 3 LSU (43-6, 19-5 SEC) to an 18-6 series-sweeping victory over No. 19 Florida (25-23, 12-12 SEC) Saturday at Alex Box Stadium.
Four of the sixth-inning runs came off of the bat of second baseman JaCoby Jones, who delivered a grand slam off of the scoreboard in left field. Jones has dingers on the year, a career-high for home runs in a season. He also finished with a career-high six RBIs in today's game.
Jones' grand slam was the first by an LSU hitter since Mason Katz launched one versus Georgia on April 28, 2012 in Alex Box Stadium.
The Tigers' 18 runs Saturday marked the most runs scored in a game by LSU this season and the 12-run difference was the third-largest margin of victory for the Tigers in a game against Florida. Saturday's win also capped the first sweep for LSU against Florida since 2001 in Alex Box Stadium.
The 18 runs represented the most for LSU against an SEC opponent since the Tigers scored 18 against Tennessee on April 17, 2009 in Alex Box Stadium. The 19 hits Saturday represented the most for LSU against a league foe since the Tigers had 19 hits against Florida in the first round of the SEC Tournament on May 26, 2010 in Hoover, Ala.
"I could sense when we got to the ball park today that our players were ready for this type of game," said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. "They seemed to have a fire in their eyes, and that was reflected in the final score this afternoon."
LSU fell behind early Saturday after an RBI triple from Florida catcher Taylor Gushue and a sacrifice fly from outfielder Jordan Shafer gave the Gators a 2-0 lead.
The Tigers rallied back in the second inning, taking the lead on a two-RBI double from Jones and an RBI groundout from catcher Ty Ross.
Designated hitter Sean McMullen led off the fifth inning with a double. McMullen later came home on an RBI double from shortstop Alex Bregman (3-for-5).
Third baseman Christian Ibarra (3-for-3) broke the game open later in the inning with a bases-loaded double, giving the Tigers a 7-2 lead.
Bregman added another double in the sixth frame, increasing the LSU lead to 9-2. After three straight singles from outfielder Raph Rhymes (2-for-3), Ibarra and Ross, Jones connected for the grand slam, putting the Tigers ahead 14-2.
Three more runs came in the seventh inning on a bases-loaded double from catcher Chris Chinea.
LSU junior right-hander Ryan Eades (8-1) earned the victory, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks while striking out six in six innings of work.
"Ryan got off to tough start by giving up two runs in the first," Mainieri said, "but he came back and threw five scoreless innings. He had to work his way out of a couple of jams, but he competed the way he always does and gave us another strong outing."
Florida starter Danny Young (3-4) suffered the loss, surrendering three runs on four hits in two innings.
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I still salivate when I recapture Matthew Bourne's interpretation of the Swan Lake ballet with the male swans. It is a sublime reincarnation of the original, with some humor and whimsicality thrown in for good measure. Even though its story diverges from the original, the music is faster and more authentic than in the traditional ballets. It would have made Tchaikovsky proud.
Bourne is a film buff, and brings his cinematic sensibilities to ballet, which makes it all the more appealing to me. In an interview, he shared that he was inspired by Hitchcock's The Birds, especially in Act 4 of the Swan Lake when the swans turn savage. Hitchcock is a very visual filmmaker. A lot of his storytelling is defined by the way he frames the shots, moves the camera, lights the scene, among other things. So it is interesting to see Bourne bring that sensibility to the staging of a ballet. His characters too take on Hitchcocky characteristics, such as, identity confusion, self-entrapment, paranoia, and some oedipal issues (although he says he was more influenced by Hamlet's jealousy of his mother's lover in this aspect); likewise, you see Hitchcockyness in the way he slowly reveals all the aspects of a character over the course of the ballet, and in the way he places the horror in everyday settings.
I have been meaning to read his conversation with Alastair Macaulay about his life, his various works and influences. I wonder if someone with his encyclopaedic knowledge about the arts works off of his subconscious memory, without even intending to draw from them. I might enjoy reading the conversation now, especially since I saw two of his three Tchaikovsky ballets.
Last week, I saw Bourne's Sleeping Beauty ballet at Kennedy Center, in which he spruced up the Disney version of the story with vampires and other gothic elements; all to Tchaikovsky's music. I expected it to be either old-school Gothic-like, with elements of the original grotesque Sleeping Beauty story, or with Tim Burton's eccentric style, since Bourne has adapted Edward Scissorhands to contemporary dance with great success in the past. But, it ended up being somewhat tame. With some imagination, it comes close to being as scarily vampiric as the True Blood or the Twilight series.
Perrault's original story and most early European versions of Sleeping Beauty* had a lot more gothic elements in them than this ballet. Here is my blend of some of the stories I have read:
After the Princess falls asleep, a strange Prince from the neighboring kingdom climbs a tower to find the Princess (assumed dead in some stories) lying in her coffin wearing seven white bridal skirts and silver bells. He is bewitched by her beauty and returns to the tower everyday. One day he kisses her on her lips, and is overwhelmed with an insuppressible urge to keep kissing, until he finally rapes her. Eventually, she gives birth to twins (a boy and a girl). One of her babies mistakes her finger for her breast. He suckles hard on it, and fortuitously pulls out the needle stuck in her finger that put her to sleep. She wakes up and learns that she has been asleep for a hundred years. Just then, the Prince too climbs over the tower and introduces himself as the father to her two children. She instantly falls in love with him and agrees to marry him. Unhappily, the Prince reveals that his stepmother, an Ogress, might not accept the Princess, and may even cause her and her children harm if she finds out about them. So they keep their marriage a secret until the Prince ascends the thrown. The Ogress, then lovingly invites the whole family to her house in the woods, and directs her cook to serve the Princess and the kids as dinner to the Prince. The kind-hearted cook tricks the Ogress and switches the daughter with a lamb, son with a goat, and Princess with hind, and hides the Princess and the kids from the Ogress' sight. But, when the Ogress learns that she has been tricked, she becomes wildly furious and takes matters into her own hands. When the Prince is resting, she orders the cook to summon the Princess, and prepares a fiery pit with noxious creatures to throw the Princess into it. As the Princess is undressed, the silver bells on her skirts ring loudly and alert the Prince. He runs to her rescue. The disgraced Ogress then throws herself into the pit and is fully consumed. The Prince, Princess and the kids live happily ever after.
In Matthew Bourne's ballet, the Princess falls in love with a gamekeeper, and not a Prince. When she goes to sleep, a fairy turns him into a vampire, so that he can live to see the Princess when she wakes up after 100 years. As the eras change, the Prince goes through enormous transformation. He is now only vestigially a human, and faced with absolute indigence (uncharacteristic of a vampire). He lives in a tent outside the decaying palace overgrown with vines, and woefully waits to wake the Princess up with a kiss. In the mean time, the evil fairy who cursed the Princess to sleep grows lonely and courts the Princess even though she is asleep. He too waits for her to wake up so that he can make her his bride. In the end, the fairy who turned the gamekeeper into a vampire makes quick work of the evil fairy, and the Princess and the gamekeeper live happily every after.
This is the only version of Sleeping Beauty with both male and female fairies, and where time does not stand still, except for Sleeping Beauty. The scenery assumes many transitions, and we are treated to settings of the Late Victorian period, the Edwardian period and modern day; in Russia. But, even as time passes, the story is bound to the historic moment when the curse took effect and put the Princess to sleep. From then on, we deal with the past in the present, and some aspects of the story remain immutable. This is amplified by the fact that time has completely stopped for Sleeping Beauty. Even in the future, in her dreams, she remains in the past.
I love romance. It is the most veritable way to experience something unreal happening to us. In romance, we reach out to a fantasy that wasn't instinctually real for us until then. We embrace this irrepressible feeling, even though it contradicts our natural urge to shelter ourselves from the unattainable, albeit with eager hesitation. Love always brings with it a sweet pain. And Gothic, with its excesses, elevates this feeling to an epic stature. It turns reality on its head, so that the improbable is probable and the real is unreal. It drops us where opposing qualities mingle and bring forth a pleasing terror.
Over the years, Gothic has evolved into male and female genres (mostly a separate female genre), with the former being associated with horror and the latter with terror.
In the female Gothic, where women write for women, the stories mostly cater to women's suppressed desires. At the same time, they also play on their everyday fears of rape, abduction and violence; and remind them of their reality of being weaker, helpless and oppressed by men. The plot oscillates between reality and the supernatural, while often siding with one over the other. Many women authors favor "imagined evil" over the supernatural or "realistic evil"; the philosophy being that real terror arises from the voices in one's own mind.
Even in the earliest gothic stories ever written (and by men), women were mostly depicted as being fearfully trapped, either physically in labyrinths, or mentally, because of their own discrepant impulses.
In male Gothic (as in, general Gothic), pain is mixed with pleasure to form a pleasing horror. The horror is considered pleasurable because of our awareness that the perception of fear is fictional. The stories heighten uncertainty and celebrate the immeasurable. The contemplation of the immeasurability arouses awe, while our inability to fathom it gives rise to displeasure.
I find that Sleeping Beauty is among the rare exceptions that transcends this distinction. Each version of the story fleshes out either the terror or the horror in the story, or both!
Mathew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty begins in 1890, the year that the original Sleeping Beauty ballet premiered in Russia. Interestingly, this time period was also the beginning of the century of Gothic fiction (or Fin de siècle). This was also the period of degeneration, when cynicism and pessimism among the people led to decadence. Gothic was everywhere, in art, in plays and operas, novels and short stories, and even newspapers.
This was the era of Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Stoker's Dracula, Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde, and James' Turn of the Screw. The 1900s was also when cinema was introduced to the larger mainstream, followed by radio and television. People began their visual assault of the next 125 years of cinema with fiction that had strong gothic elements. The malleable and fantastic nature of Gothic added to the magic of moving images. And because Gothic is the genre of Borrowings, which cannot be circumscribed to any one period or style, it helped address many cultural concerns. It blends romanticism with idealism, and individualism with societal decadence, and anything else that you want to add to the mix.
But, the story arc is almost always one of subversion. Set in the gloom of a cursed castle or strange world, the good people are at the mercy of dark powers, whose origin is shrouded. They lurk in the shadows, waiting for a ripe time to threaten the people into physical and mental dissolution using diabolical means. But, in the end, through bravery or deception, the hero vanquishes the evil and good prevails. (Unless it is Grimm's Tales, in which case, the story may end with the children being eaten).
But, in Michel Bourne's Sleeping Beauty with vampires and a princess hijacked by dreams, it is not the hero who vanquishes evil, but a fairy, because the hero isn't even fully solid! His abhuman gothic body is as helpless as the Princess languishing in the unconscious world.
In a way, we relate to them, because we have at least in one point in our life experienced the state of being both alive and 'not'; be it in our mother's womb, or in our sleep or in some kind of unconsciousness. We have, through the use of hallucinogens or because of illness, experienced feeling out of control, and not feeling fully human. We have waited endlessly, and helplessly, for our loved one to be saved by a miracle. We viscerally remember this as we watch the plights of the Princess and the Gamekeeper.
There is something to say for the fact that these stories have eternal appeal. We keep readapting them with little changes to their basic features. This may be because they provide symbolic mechanisms to help us confront the anomalies and contradictions even in our modern times. And because they are set in haunting distance from us, they provide us with time-honored way to deal with our forbidden desires and deviant thoughts that we divorce ourselves from in real life.
Gothic allows us to transgress moral laws in a richly complex way. There is mental degeneration, spiritual corruption, selfish ambition and carnal desire, but they are all obscured of single meaning by a supernatural subtext. The supernatural allows us to take everything in without being troubled with moral judgment. But, when the story ends on a happy note, we are forced to assimilate the moral of the story; that transgression, even in its darkest form comes with dangers. Terror begins where the rules of social behavior are neglected. This helps restore moral lines. This story would have been entirely different if the king did not neglect to invite the evil witch who granted them a daughter, to her christening ceremony!
The ballet lends itself surprising well to this Gothic retelling of a fairytale. Gothic in many ways opposes the rigidity of classical ballet. Its aesthetic rules insist on unity and symmetry. But here, you see the dancers break rules, and embrace disarray, and play up the grandeur and magnificence of the gothic world.
While writing this post, I read that Bourne used About the Sleeping Beauty by PL Travers (a book that shares five versions of Sleeping Beauty) and Bruno Bettelheim's The Uses of Enchantment (a book that analyses children's fairytales), for his research! I wonder if he decided that the original Sleeping Beauty plots had very little love, and too much macabre weirdness even for a Gothic retelling. Moreover, what would you make of a story where a Prince looks at a sleeping Princess for the very first time, and kisses her, and she wakes up and immediately agrees to marry him? Bourne was not impressed. Is love at first sight, with a comatosed Princess, or with a strange Prince who kisses you in your sleep, your thing? The impossible love between a commoner and royalty in a supernatural world is still far more Gothicy and realistic!
*Here is a list of some popular Sleeping Beauty versions: The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault, Little Briar Rose and The Evil Mother-in-Law (split into two stories) by the Brothers Grimm, a story in Frayre de Joy e Sor de Placer (A14th century Catalan collection), 'Troylus and Zellandine' in the Perceforest, Sole, Luna e Talia in The Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile, Sleeping Beauty and her Children in Italo Calvino's Italian Folktales… and a gazillion other variants, not including adaptations in other non-literary mediums.


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The monks of Tibet's Drepung Loseling Monastery will be visiting Texas State University as part of their international tour, The Mystical Arts of Tibet, and the university's Common Experience event series, A Global Odyssey. During their week-long stay, the monks will share Tibetan Buddhist culture through music and art.
Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the tour has three basic purposes: to make a contribution to world peace and healing; to generate a greater awareness of the endangered Tibetan civilization; and to raise support for the Tibetan refugee community in India.
Famed multiphonic singers, whose sellout performances in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center received national acclaim, the highlight of the monks' visit to campus will be their concert, "Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing," on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at 7 p.m. in Evans Auditorium. Continue reading