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ScienceDaily (Mar. 30, 2012) ? A team of international scientists working in the central Pacific has discovered that coral which has survived heat stress in the past is more likely to survive it in the future.
The study, published March 30 in the journal PLoS ONE, paves the way towards an important road map on the impacts of ocean warming, and will help scientists identify the habitats and locations where coral reefs are more likely to adapt to climate change.
"We're starting to identify the types of reef environments where corals are more likely to persist in the future," says study co-author Simon Donner, an assistant professor in UBC's Department of Geography and organizer of the field expedition. "The new data is critical for predicting the future for coral reefs, and for planning how society will cope in that future."
When water temperatures get too hot, the tiny algae that provides coral with its colour and major food source is expelled. This phenomenon, called coral bleaching, can lead to the death of corals.
With sea temperatures in the tropics forecast to rise by 1-3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, the researchers say coral reefs may be better able to withstand the expected rise in temperature in locations where heat stress is naturally more common. This will benefit the millions of people worldwide who rely on coral reefs for sustenance and livelihoods, they say.
"Until recently, it was widely assumed that coral would bleach and die off worldwide as the oceans warm due to climate change," says lead author Jessica Carilli, a post-doctoral fellow in Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation's (ANSTO) Institute for Environmental Research. "This would have very serious consequences, as loss of live coral -- already observed in parts of the world -- directly reduces fish habitats and the shoreline protection reefs provide from storms."
Caralli and Donner conducted the study in May 2010 in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, near the equator. Kiribati's climate is useful for testing theories about past climate experience because its corals are pounded by El Ni?o-driven heat waves, while corals on the islands farther from the equator are less affected.
The researchers analyzed coral skeletal growth rates and tissue fat stores to compare how corals from different regions responded to two recent coral bleaching events in 2004 and 2009.
Donner has conducted field research in Kiribati since 2005 and will return this year to conduct follow-up research with the local government. He says the findings suggest that Marine Protected Areas -- conservation areas designed to protect marine life from stressors like fishing -- may be more effective in areas with naturally variable water temperatures.
The research delivers mixed news for Australia's Great Barrier Reef, because the reef stretches over such massive distances; some areas have stable temperatures and some do not. The findings support previous laboratory and observational studies from other regions, suggesting they can be widely applied.
Planning is now underway for potential future studies of coral in areas of the world that have not experienced significant historical changes in water temperatures.
"Even through the warming of our oceans is already occurring, these findings give hope that coral that has previously withstood anomalously warm water events may do so again," says Carilli. "While more research is needed, this appears to be good news for the future of coral reefs in a warming climate."
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Kansas forward Thomas Robinson talks to reporters during a news conference in New Orleans, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Kansas is scheduled to play Ohio State in an NCAA tournament Final Four semifinal college basketball game on Saturday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Kansas forward Thomas Robinson talks to reporters during a news conference in New Orleans, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Kansas is scheduled to play Ohio State in an NCAA tournament Final Four semifinal college basketball game on Saturday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Kansas forward Thomas Robinson, center, and center Jeff Withey, right, leave the locker room for a news conference in New Orleans, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Kansas is scheduled to play Ohio State in an NCAA tournament Final Four semifinal college basketball game on Saturday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger talks to reporters during a news conference in New Orleans, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Ohio State is scheduled to play Kansas in an NCAA tournament Final Four semifinal college basketball game on Saturday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Jeff Withey has had plenty of bloody noses. The big guy from Kansas has been whacked by flying elbows too many times to count. He's had bruises the size and color plums.
That's just what he's gotten courtesy of teammate Thomas Robinson.
The Jayhawks' inside tandem has pushed each other to get better all season, and all those rough-and-tumble practices are finally paying off. Robinson and Withey have Kansas in the Final Four, ready for Jared Sullinger and Ohio State on Saturday night.
"It's going to be a fun matchup. Throughout the year we've played against some really good big men," Robinson said Thursday. "It's definitely going to be a challenge."
Hardly bigger than the one they give each other in practice, though.
"At the beginning of the year, it was tough for me to get into the zone," Withey said, "but as we have been playing more I've been able to get more aggressive."
The rise of Robinson, and to some extent Withey, mimics the rise of Kansas this season.
Neither played significant minutes last year ? Robinson had trouble cracking the lineup, Withey was an afterthought. Neither showed up on major early season watch lists, and neither had the kind of imposing post presence they've established over the past five months.
Meanwhile, Kansas was picked as co-favorite in the Big 12 almost by default, though whispers had grown louder that perhaps this would be the year the Jayhawks finally slipped. They had lost a bevy of talent to the NBA. When a trio of recruits failed to qualify academically, it left a team that was supposedly short on talent even shorter of depth.
Bill Self even recalled a visit by former NBA coaches Jeff Van Gundy and Larry Brown ? who, incidentally, won a title for the Jayhawks ? early in the year. Brown watched the team practice without Robinson and thought Kansas would be fortunate to win 15 games this season.
"I think he's amazed at how far this team has come," Self said.
The 6-foot-8 Robinson and 7-foot Withey are the biggest reasons why.
Robinson has evolved into the dominating post presence that Self hoped for when he chose the Jayhawks over overtures from Memphis a few years ago. In fact, Robinson has in many ways eclipsed the expectations of a coach who is rarely content shy of perfection.
"He only played 14 minutes a game (last season), but we still thought he could be an all-league-type guy," Self said. "He had to realize what he wanted. He saw basketball as a safe haven and an avenue to help his family more than anything else he could do."
Robinson's back story has become part of his very fabric: He lost both of his grandparents along with his mother during a devastating stretch late last season, leaving his younger sister as the only significant family member still in his life.
"Regardless of whether he plays well or not, I don't think anyone in our program ever questions how much admiration and respect we had for him," Self said. "If it was me, I would stay in bed and pull the covers over my head and hope time passed, and he's totally different.
"He had to attack life."
He's certainly attacked it on the court.
The first unanimous first-team All-American since Blake Griffin in 2009, Robinson already has set the single-season school record with 26 double-doubles. He's averaging nearly 18 points and 12 rebounds per game, and always seems to be at his best when the opponent demands it.
"I'm lucky I get to go against T-Rob every day in practice," said Withey, who has used every elbow he's taken from his bruising teammate to toughen up his own game.
It's not as though Withey was overlooked coming out of high school. The kid from California at one point committed to Rick Pitino and Louisville, which plays Kentucky in the other national semifinal Saturday night, before switching his allegiance to Arizona to be closer to home.
Wildcats coach Lute Olson soon retired, and Withey went looking yet again.
He settled on Kansas, even though he knew he'd be stuck behind a bunch of big men. He was willing to bide his time while Cole Aldrich and the Morris twins headed to the NBA, and has become one of the Jayhawks' most important pieces after rarely playing a season ago.
"Jeff is one of those kids that is kind of laid-back," Self said with a smile. "I don't think he realizes how important he is to us sometimes."
It's become evident in the NCAA tournament.
Withey nearly set the single-game record by swatting 10 shots against North Carolina State last weekend, and then came up with two critical blocks in the closing minutes to help Kansas slip by North Carolina and reach the Final Four for the first time since winning the 2008 title.
"This tournament is an awesome opportunity for a lot of people that didn't have a chance to show their skills during the regular season to have a chance," Withey said. "There are a lot of great guys playing and to be able to go against guys like that makes me more excited to play."
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| Posted on | 30th March 2012 |
|---|---|
| Job Title | Online Marketing Manager - EU |
| Employer | International Travel & Leisure Business |
| Salary | ?48-52k plus 10% bonus and excellent benefits |
| Contract type | Permanent |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Location Details | Middlesex |
| Application Deadline | None |
| Agency | Just Digital |
My client, a recognised name in international travel, operates in over 100 countries. With a portfolio of world renowned brands, they are able to offer an assortment of budget and premium services. To assist their ever-growing internet proposition, they now seek an experienced Online Marketing Manager to help grow and develop European-wide strategies.
As the Online Marketing Manager, you will be tasked with driving qualified demand to the company?s direct channels globally, through primary ?pay-for-performance channels? i.e. Paid Search, Affiliates and Online Media integration (both across desktop and mobile devices). The role would set the regional strategy in line with global strategic direction and be responsible for hitting regional revenue (as well as contributing towards global) targets within closely managed COS parameters. The role would manage a team of specialists who are responsible in turn for a sub-set of accounts, split by market and media type, so the role would be to set clear KPIs for team members in terms of their contribution to hitting these overall revenue targets, monitor performance and make any strategic or tactical adjustments as required to ensure they remain on track and equally exploit any new opportunities that may arise.
The successful candidate will need to have a broad understanding across Paid Search, Affiliates and Display Media, ideally within the travel industry. Prior team management is vital as is experience of managing European/Global strategies. Ideally you will have a good understanding of broader digital channels e.g. mobile, SEO and social media and have experience with managing large budgets. The role may require international travel multiple times a year, so you must have the flexibility to be able to do this.
Position: Online Marketing Manager ? Europe
Salary: ?48k-?52k + 10% Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Location: Middlesex
Contract: Permanent
Contact: Zumar Dean
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Just Digital is a specialist Digital Marketing & E-commerce Recruiter. If you?re a digital marketing or e-commerce professional interested in advancing your career, we can help. Our core sectors include Retail, Leisure & Travel, Technology, Financial Services and E-Commerce Vendors.
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First, Kim Kardashian. Now, Khloe Kardashian.
Following her sister shooting down a tabloid's claim that she stole Eduardo Cruz from Eva Longoria, Khloe has now come out and defended the health and happiness of her marriage, following a Star Magazine story that screams she and Lamar Odom are nearing THE END.
The publication quotes an unnamed source that says the "strain" on Khloe and Lamar's marriage is due to the couple actually spending a lot of time together in Dallas.
"They have no absence from each other to make the heart grow fonder," this insider alleges. "When they were in L.A. and did the show, it was a reward because that is when they would see each other - but now it's too much."
What say you, Khloe, to this charge? The reality star's latest Tweets include:
Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/03/khloe-kardashian-shoots-down-divorce-chatter/
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57 percent will alter travel plans if gas prices increase by at least $0.26-$1.25
Rising gas prices concern for travelers, travel industry this summer
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
With the price of crude oil continuing to rise, travelers could alter vacation plans to control summer vacation costs and business travelers will travel less, according to a new survey by the U.S. Travel Association.
"If travelers are spending more on gas, they are spending less on hotels, attractions, shopping and restaurants, which could have a negative impact on our overall economy," said Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association. "We need to find solutions that reduce the burden which rising gas prices are placing on everyday travelers."
For vacationers planning to travel by car this summer, more than half (54 percent) said that an increase in gas prices would affect their summer leisure travel plans, and an even higher percentage (57 percent) indicated altering travel plans if gas prices increased by at least $0.26 - $1.25. Roughly one-quarter (26.8 percent) of business travelers said that an increase in gas prices would affect summer business plans.
Almost half (44 percent) of vacationers traveling by car said that an increase in gas prices would cause them to take fewer trips this summer. Almost one-fifth (19 percent) of business travelers using a car would take fewer trips.
Forty-three percent of leisure travelers planning to fly this summer said that an increase in airfare due to higher oil prices would affect their summer plans, with one-quarter (25 percent) of business travelers planning to fly saying the same.
"It's important to remember that, along with the housing crisis, a surge in gasoline prices was one of the leading factors that pushed the economy into recession in 2008," said David Huether, senior vice president of economics and research at U.S. Travel. "There is a very real probability that if gas prices continue to climb, Americans will change and reduce their travel plans, which would work against the positive economic momentum that had been building in recent quarters."
Finally, almost half of all travelers (43 percent) said their vote for a presidential or congressional candidate this fall would be influenced by higher gas/oil prices.
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Overweight, diabetic patients who underwent bariatric surgery achieved significant improvement or remission of their diabetes, according to new research from Cleveland Clinic.
In a randomized, controlled trial, some weight loss surgery patients achieved normal blood sugar levels without use of any diabetes medications. In others, the need for insulin to control blood sugar was eliminated. Recent observational studies had demonstrated that bariatric surgical procedures reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes and lead to substantial improvement for many patients with pre-existing disease.
"After one year, patients who underwent gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy lost more weight and were significantly more successful at controlling their diabetes, compared to those who simply took medications," said lead investigator Philip Schauer, M.D., Director of the Cleveland Clinic Bariatric and Metabolic Institute. "We believe that bariatric surgery represents a potentially valuable strategy for control of diabetes that should be considered in more patients who do not respond to conventional treatment."
Results of the STAMPEDE (Surgical Therapy And Medications Potentially Eradicate Diabetes Efficiently) trial were published today in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented today at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology in Chicago.
The STAMPEDE trial involved 150 patients with obesity and poorly controlled diabetes. The patients were divided into three groups of 50: those who received intensive medical therapy of their diabetes, those who received intensive medical therapy plus gastric bypass surgery, and those who received intensive medical therapy plus sleeve gastrectomy.
"This trial demonstrates that bariatric surgery can eliminate the need for diabetes medications in many obese patients whose diabetes is poorly controlled," Schauer said. "Furthermore, the surgical patients showed major improvements in other measures of heart health, including reduced need for high blood pressure and cholesterol medications, while significantly boosting HDL ? the so-called 'good' ? cholesterol."
Effectiveness was gauged by the percentage of patients who achieved an average blood sugar within the normal range 12 months after treatment (measured using the hemoglobin A1c ? HbA1c ? a standard laboratory test that reflects average blood sugar over three months).
After 12 months, a normal HbA1c (less than 6.0) was achieved in 42.6 percent of patients who underwent gastric bypass and 36.7 percent of patients who underwent sleeve surgery, but just 12.2 percent of medically treated patients. The HbA1c of less than six is a more aggressive target than the American Diabetes Association guidelines.
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As expected, the patients who received bariatric surgery lost more weight during the 12-month study, averaging 64.7 pounds for patients who received gastric bypass, 55.2 pounds for patients who had stomach reduction surgery, and 11.9 pounds for patients treated with medications.
The study authors reported some complications of surgery, but most were not serious. However, four patients did require a second operation. The study authors caution that the favorable results were observed after a relatively short follow-up period (12 months) and that long-term studies are needed to determine the durability of the findings. The authors will continue to follow these patients for four years to attempt to answer these questions.
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Ever wish you had studied a little harder in your high school French or Spanish class? According to a recent New York Times article, being bilingual has benefits that extend well beyond language skills. Guest host Jacki Lyden explores this issue with Ellen Bialystock, professor of psychology at York University.
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JACKI LYDEN, HOST:
I'm Jacki Lyden and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Michel Martin is away this week. Coming up, springtime in Washington means warm weather, the beginning of a tourist boom and, of course, the blooming of the fabled cherry blossoms.
The trees came as a gift from Japan 100 years ago. What you may not know is that Japanese horticulture has had a strong impact on American gardens, and we'll talk about that in a minute.
First though, language has been a controversial subject for some time. There have been many pushes for English-only education and new stories about students getting in trouble for speaking a second language in school. And then there are parents who specifically seek out a school because they encourage fluency in multiple languages at very young ages.
So a recent New York Times article called "Why Bilinguals Are Smarter" caught our attention. It cited a number of studies that indicate that bilingualism can affect a person in many different ways. Joining us to talk about this is one of the researchers who's referenced in the article, Ellen Bialystok. She's a distinguished research professor in the department of psychology at York University in Toronto and she's done extensive research on the effects of bilingualism.
Thanks for being with us.
ELLEN BIALYSTOK: Thank you for having me.
LYDEN: Professor, can you explain the way that bilingualism affects the brain in anyone?
BIALYSTOK: The way bilingualism works comes down to the idea that if you know two languages, every time you try to use one of them for speaking, for understanding, for reading - it doesn't matter - the other language is also active in your mind and brain. So that creates a problem because how can you keep your attention focused on the language you need and only speak - say English - when everything you know about Spanish is also alive in your brain?
The way we do that is by using this cognitive system called the executive control system to focus attention on the language we need and avoid interference from the other language that's also active. This executive control system turns out to be the most important cognitive system we have. Children develop it rather late. It continues to develop right into adolescence and, by around 30 or so years old, it starts to slow down a bit. So it's a very - if you will - expensive system. It takes a lot of brain resources. But using it to manage two languages gives it this boost and that fortifies it for other purposes.
LYDEN: So what sort of skills does being bilingual help you develop and maintain?
BIALYSTOK: Things like multitasking. Riding down the highway and paying attention to the exit sign you need and still monitoring the traffic all around you. Attending to what's cooking on the stove, what's in the oven and setting the table, switching between all of those different activities. Anything that requires very intense focus attention. That's all done by the executive control system.
LYDEN: So is it accurate to say that people who are bilingual are smarter or will be more successful?
BIALYSTOK: I don't like to say that because smart is kind of a popular word that doesn't have a technical definition. You can be smart in many different ways. But it's certainly the case that people who are bilingual have the basis for higher performance in certain cognitive tasks because it's been built up.
Bilingualism isn't the only way to improve your executive control system, but it's a very good one because it comes rather easily just from being able to speak two languages. So smarter implies knows more, can solve problems better and there's really no evidence for that.
LYDEN: If you're just joining us, this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. We're talking about the benefits of bilingualism with Professor Ellen Bialystok.
Let me ask you this. Many kids who are bilingual tend to come from areas of poverty. Has there been any effort to study how bilingualism could be turned to their advantage?
BIALYSTOK: There's a recent study that we just completed. The first thing we wanted to find out was whether the advantages in this executive control system that we found for children in ordinary middle-class environments also could be found in children who were more at risk, at risk from poverty or in a home environment that wasn't very enriching.
So we've just completed a study where we compared Portuguese immigrant children in Luxembourg who were quite poor - but bilingual, to Portuguese monolingual children in the same region in Portugal that they had come from on a number of tasks. And all children were matched on everything, but on executive control tasks, the bilingual children were significantly better. So that's one kind of evidence that, even in a context of risk where these developments are slower and more effortful, we find this bilingual advantage.
We're currently extending this research to a group in the United States, in California, where we're going to try to examine Spanish-English bilingual children in California schools and see if we can find some advantage that can be exploited to help these children produce better academic outcomes.
LYDEN: Well, thank you so very much, Professor Ellen Bialystok. She's a distinguished research professor in the department of psychology at York University and she joined us from the CBC studios in Toronto. Thank you.
BIALYSTOK: Thank you very much.
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In 2010, several retired military officers made the startling announcement that the school lunches being served in the American cafeterias were not only a blight on the face of good health but a threat to our very security. At the rate of childhood obesity right now, they said, we are all going to be in serious trouble by the year 2030. It will be in that year that the problem will become critical as the children of today will not be fit to fight if they are ever needed. Those military officers are worried that there will not enough recruits to keep the US military forces at their peak numbers.
Currently, the leading cause for a recruit to be rejected from service is their weight. If the recruit does not make weight, they can try to enlist again in the future. Each branch of the military has its own standards for height, weight and body fat percentage. In the Army and Army National Guard, for instance, women must be a minimum of 58 inches tall. Acceptable weight for a 17-20 year old of that height would be 112 pounds with a maximum body fat percentage of thirty. For boys, the height minimum is 60 inches and the weight is 139 pounds. He must have a maximum of twenty percent body fat. The weight changes by the age of the recruit/soldier as well. Over a quarter of the US population of teens and young adults 17-24 fail to meet those standards by a substantial margin.
What makes the proclamation of the military officers more ironic is how the school lunch program came to exist in the US in the first place. Right after the end of World War II, too many potential recruits were too thin, with stunted growth and small size. To get them healthy and back to "fighting" condition, the school lunch program was born.
There have been some changes in the school lunch program in recent years, with a new overall just recently completed. Sodium is going to be reduced and certain food groups will get top billing. However, dieticians worry that the new guidelines did not go far enough. To appease protests, the schools have allowed certain foods to remain on the menu, stretching the guidelines to count the sauce on the pizza as a vegetable or instance. Adult obesity has tapered at this point, but childhood obesity's numbers continue to climb.
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?What the hell is a Family-owned Insurance Mandatory?
Life is not always as smooth as planned. In the middle of the lane family life, the chances of the occurrence of the risk-the risk of unwanted and no provision unexpected. The impact of the risk is not just a psychological but can also have an impact on family financial downturn in the long run. Not even a little the impact of risk into the base of the cliffs towards the poverty of a family.
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Initially you will want to analysis snakes generally. You?ve got your garden-variety snake which is pretty common and not risky. Then you will find pythons, kings, and boa constrictor snakes. Take into account if this really is for any child you in all probability need a harmless snake that may not grow to massive. The larger snakes pointed out above consider much more care and bigger aquariums and are not suited for smaller kids.
The species of snake you selected will possess a special diet plan. Most species have distinctive diets. You may have observed a pet snake within the pet store consuming mice when other snakes usually do not. It is significant to pick out a snake you could offer right meals for at all times. Additionally you usually do not desire to keep a wild snake, because they often carry diseases and strain with the change in atmosphere. It is greatest to shop in a reliable pet store or snake breeder.
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CHAPEL HILL ? The Tony Award-winning musical ?Cabaret? plus premieres of two specially commissioned works are some of the highlights of the 2012-2013 Season for PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theater company in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The season will also feature Lorraine Hansberry?s ?A Raisin in the Sun? playing in rotating repertory with 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winner ?Clybourne Park.?
On its Mainstage, PlayMakers will premiere ?Imaginary Invalid,? a newly-commissioned adaptation of the classic comedy by Moli?re. The Mainstage Season opens with the 2010 Tony Award-winner for best play, ?Red? by John Logan.
PlayMakers will also present three thought-provoking shows in its second stage season, the PRC2 series. The series will include Obie Award-winner ?And God Created Great Whales,? conceived and performed by Grammy Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Rinde Eckert, and a commissioned piece inspired by Igor Stravinsky?s ?The Rite of Spring? to be written and performed by innovative hip-hop theater troupe Universes.
A third play is yet to be announced. Each PRC 2 performance includes engaging post-show dialogue between the artists and the audience. These conversations have become the hallmark of the series.
?Our new season features plays that touch all the senses and explore the emotional landscape of the human experience,? said PlayMakers producing artistic director Joseph Haj. ?There are stories of artistic and racial struggles, heartwarming family drama, scathing social commentary, and dancing while the world burns. It?s an exciting lineup of plays, which we?re thrilled to bring to life for Triangle audiences.?
All performances will be presented in UNC?s Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road. Mainstage productions will be in the Paul Green Theatre; PRC2 shows, in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre.
Season ticket packages for 2012-2013 are available for purchase. To secure the theater?s lowest season ticket prices, new and renewing purchasers can take advantage of PlayMakers? Early Bird Discount rates through May 4. Call (919) 962-PLAY (7529) or visit http://www.playmakersrep.org for information.
As PlayMaker?s 2009 hit ?Opus? took audiences behind the music of a world famous string quartet, ?Red? goes into the studio of Mark Rothko, pioneer of abstract expressionism, and into the mind of an artist wrestling with the eternal struggle between art and commerce. Seen through the eyes of his young, increasingly challenging assistant, Rothko agonizes over a lucrative project painting murals for the new Four Seasons Restaurant. The Tony Award-winning play asks, has the artist sold out to fame and fortune or is he still pursuing genuine artistry?
Variety said ?Logan sends?Rothko into battle with his demons in this electrifying play of ideas, and the artist?s howls are pure music.? The Washington Post review said the play has a ?spiritual intensity and an almost sexual energy?the artist consumed by the physical demands of his work.?
In this commissioned adaptation of a timeless classic, a rich hypochondriac surrounds himself with a host of veritable quacks eager to take his money by promising cures to an array of suspect illnesses. This ?Invalid? is smart, in your face, and wickedly funny, taking the audience from a Parisian drawing room to Purgatory for an epic battle between the forces of good and evil.
?The passing of years has only heightened the absurd accuracy of this dead-on take on health care as a system where no one is blameless ? neither the doctors nor their patients,? Haj said.
Visionary director Dominique Serrand, artistic director/co-founder of Tony Award-winning Theatre de la Jeune Lune, helms this irreverent PlayMakers commission. His longtime collaborator, Steven Epp, will be featured as the ?Invalid.? Their celebrated production of ?The Miser? seared stages from Berkeley Repertory Theatre to Boston?s American Repertory Theatre.
The beloved holiday film comes to life right before the audience?s eyes, first as 1940s radio players perform a Christmas Eve broadcast with music and sound effects, and then, as the characters themselves, they step into the iconic scenes that have warmed hearts for generations. A story of redemption that resonates with all ages, ?It?s a Wonderful Life? has become the American ?Christmas Carol,? with George Bailey, Clarence the Angel, little Zuzu and all the citizens of Bedford Falls.
?Embodying the true spirit of the season, ?Wonderful Life? will be must-see holiday entertainment, a special gift for the entire family,? Haj said.
The Boston Globe called it ?magic?a ?wonderful? night at the theater.?
Debuting in 1959 and nominated for multiple Tony Awards, ?A Raisin in the Sun? was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. The New York Times proclaimed that it ?changed American theater forever.?
In the groundbreaking drama proceeds from a life insurance policy give the Younger family hope for a better life. Can their ?dreams deferred? be realized by moving into a home in an all-white neighborhood when they are confronted with conflicting desires within the family and racial prejudice outside their door?
Written 50 years later, ?Clybourne Park? takes up where ?Raisin? leaves off: in 1959 with a white couple selling their home to the Youngers and causing uproar among their middle-class neighbors. The second act fast forwards 50 years with neighborhood demographics radically shifted and the first family of gentrifying whites about to move into what is now a predominantly black community. Times have changed, but what about the no-holds-barred conversation about race and the politics of community?
New York Times critic Ben Brantley called ?Clybourne Park? ?the year?s slyest and bravest political comedy.? The San Francisco Chronicle said it ?articulates brilliantly, wittily and painfully our inability to talk about race.?
Enter the tantalizing world of The Kit Kat Klub in 1930s Berlin, where beguiling, self-destructive chanteuse Sally Bowles lives life with no thought for tomorrow. One of the defining musicals of all time, ?Cabaret? intertwines social history with dazzling entertainment. The decadence of a Weimar nightclub becomes a shattered mirror reflecting a society spiraling toward disaster with the rise of Hitler?s Nazis.
[?Cabaret? is] ?a daring and great musical that combines unforgettable songs with genuinely gripping and disturbing drama? said The Daily Telegraph of London.
PlayMakers? Joseph Haj will direct the musical, which will feature Obie Award-winning Taylor Mac as the lasciviously charming Emcee. Mac appeared in the PRC2 series in 2009 with his solo show ?The Young Ladies Of??
This frenzied, funny and moving play is a haunting musical adventure into the psyche of a composer trying to create an opera based on the classic novel ?Moby Dick.? Desperately fighting a degenerative disease eating away at his mind, each day the artist must rely on a tape recorder hung around his neck and a muse born of his imagination to instruct him on his work.
?Every element of Eckert?s play is masterly ? his performance?poignant, his music varied and lovely, his dancing divine, his musings profound,? raved The New Yorker. ?Dazzling? said The Los Angeles Times.
The New York Times has called Eckert ?an American loner ? eccentric with touches of Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett and Tom Waits.?
Acclaimed international musical/spoken word ensemble Universes returns to PRC2 using Stravinsky?s ?The Rite of Spring? as a springboard to investigate rites of passage. They?ll bring their unique talents to an exploration of the groundbreaking composition and create a daring 21st century soundtrack on ritual and revolution, breaking cultural barriers anew. The performance is a world premiere commission by PlayMakers and Carolina Performing Arts as part of the ?Rite of Spring? project celebrating the classic ballet?s 2013 centennial.
The Los Angeles Times wrote of the New York-based Universes, ?These performers are fierce, funny and bitingly intelligent.? The Boston Globe called Universes ?a headlong explosion of poetry, percussion, and multi-culti musical exploration that absolutely demands to be seen.?
PlayMakers is finalizing plans to present another play in the PRC 2 series, to be staged Sept. 5-9, 2012. The title and additional information will be released and posted on www.playmakersrep.org when available.
Based in the College of Arts and Sciences, PlayMakers is the Carolinas? premiere resident professional theater company. New York?s Drama League has named PlayMakers one of the ?best regional theatres in America.?
PlayMakers contact: For more information on PlayMakers? 2012-2013 season and for a picture of Joseph Haj, contact Connie Mahan, (919) 962-5359, cmahan@email.unc.edu
Source: http://triangleartsandentertainment.org/2012/03/playmakers-announces-2012-2013-season/
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Do you use your phone to help keep track of your health? You wouldn't be alone.
According to the Pew Internet & American Life project, 15 percent of adults with cell phones use health applications on their devices. Meanwhile 17 percent of cell phone users look up health information while on the go. And while that might seem unimpressive at first glance, it is actually quite significant: in order to access most health information via mobile -- and certainly health-themed applications -- one needs a smartphone. And about 46 percent of American cell phone users have one of those. In other words, there?s an argument to be made that nearly a third of those who are able to access health information on their phones do so.
But are we talking about the sporadic symptom check on WebMD or something larger? About 27 percent of Internet users have tracked their weight and diet and fitness behaviors online. And with hundreds of apps devoted to helping customers meet their weight loss and fitness goals, there is clearly a market for mobile nutrition and fitness information as well.
There's also growing evidence that keeping track of weight loss, diet and fitness goals on an electronic device may benefit those who are trying to lose weight, especially if they are clinically overweight or obese. According to new research, presented at last week?s American Heart Association meeting, obese and overweight patients who used an electronic logging system that provided feedback and that was tailored to their needs, were more likely to stick to a five-point plan that was associated with sustained and successful weight loss. Compared to control groups that used a paper log or an electronic log without feedback, the participants who used an interactive electronic system were more able to maintain regular attendance at group sessions, meet daily calorie goals, meet daily fat goals; achieve weekly exercise goals; and keep track of their eating and exercise patterns. Over time, all three groups regained some of their lost weight, but the group with the interactive electronic logs regained the smallest amount.
Given those results, what are some of the best apps for weight loss? Below, our picks for noteworthy mobile nutrition and fitness helpers -- both the tried and true, like Lose It! and newcomers to the scene, like Fitbit:
Thin-cam is the food diary with no excuses. As any nutritionist can tell you, people are terribly unreliable at reporting the portion sizes of the meals they've eaten. So Thin-cam has you take a photo of your meal before you dig in. The photo is uploaded to Thin-site, the app's paid membership website, and analyzed by nutritionists. The app also has fitness, diet and weight loss related news and tips to keep users engaged and informed.
Thin-cam is the food diary with no excuses. As any nutritionist can tell you, people are terribly unreliable at reporting the portion sizes of the meals they've eaten. So Thin-cam has you take a photo of your meal before you dig in. The photo is uploaded to Thin-site, the app's paid membership website, and analyzed by nutritionists.The app also has fitness, diet and weight loss related news and tips to keep users engaged and informed.
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Thin-cam is the food diary with no excuses. As any nutritionist can tell you, people are terribly unreliable at reporting the portion sizes of the meals they've eaten. So Thin-cam has you take a photo of your meal before you dig in. The photo is uploaded to Thin-site, the app's paid membership website, and analyzed by nutritionists. The app also has fitness, diet and weight loss related news and tips to keep users engaged and informed.
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