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...Othello is going to be premiering, ironically enough, in Chicago this fall at the Joffrey. It had its world premiere in New York years ago and then went to San Francisco and Paris. Lar Lubovitch is a wonderful choreographer, and we worked very closely together. The thing I had to learn was how dancers are athletes - only choreographers can really appreciate how long you can sustain a musical passage for a dancer onstage. Othello is a big challenge, one of the few if not the only commissioned American ballet to be in three acts. Given that it's a full...
...result - since expensive houses tend to sit next to other expensive houses - is certain neighborhoods practically become no-sale zones. Rich Toscano, a financial adviser at Pacific Capital Associates in San Diego, crunched listings data for his metro area and found that while sales for the 20 most-expensive zip codes were down 8% in May, compared to a year ago, sales in the 20 cheapest were up 37%. Try to sell a house in Chula Vista and you're good to go - but don't expect much luck in La Jolla. Of course, what houses are selling...
...avoid taking more than two acetaminophen-containing products at the same time. Nevertheless, in a study of adverse event reports submitted to the FDA since the 2002 label change, the number of liver problems has doubled, says Bill Soller, a professor of pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco, who conducted the survey. "People don't read labels, and physicians aren't doing the communication in the office," Soller says. "At some point, when you find the labels don't work, then you've got to bump it up to the next level...
...Sometimes, the city’s offerings become overwhelming, and it is at times like these that a distinct simplicity of statement affirms the worth of being surrounded by such artistic and historic treasures. Ezra Pound’s grave, lying in San Michele Cemetery, is one such visual relief from the abundance of ornamentation that sometimes overflows in Venice. The remarkable sense of contrast that it gives causes one to appreciate the city’s treasures even more...
...fail to provide a source of funding. Each proposal alone might have merit, but collectively these ballot measures have locked most of California's budget in place. "Gradually, the voters' piecemeal decisions have bound the legislature in a straightjacket," says Thad Kousser, a professor of political science at UC San Diego...