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Hoyt Hilsman: Placido Domingo Conducts World Premiere Opera

Placido Domingo's collaboration with composer Lee Holdridge and librettist Richard Sparks dates back several decades and includes a number of commissioned operas for young audiences. The collaboration continues with the premiere of Dulce Rosa.

Jay Weston: "Dulce Rosa" Opera at Broad is Magnificent!

Move over Verdi, Puccini, Bizet...(not you, Mozart)....make room for Lee Holdridge and Richard Sparks. Who? These are the guys who have created a new...

Losing a Bet Means Sir Richard Branson Dresses Like a Woman

Sir Richard Branson gives that little personal touch to Tony Fernandes from Air Asia – Photo: Adam Lee, Air Asia In 2010 two Formula 1 Race team owners made a bet between each other over who would finishing higher in the Constructors’ Championship.  The two owners were Sir Richard Branson, owner of the [...]

'Dulce Rosa': An Isabel Allende tale turns operatic

A short story about politics and survival becomes an opera by composer Lee Holdridge and librettist Richard Sparks. Placido Domingo conducts. Composer Lee Holdridge says his new opera, "Dulce Rosa," hits "very close to home" for him in several ways. First, as a native Latin American. Second, as the son of a passionate, indomitable woman.

Disease-In-A-Dish Models Show Promise For Treating Ataxia Telangiectasia

Led by Dr. Peiyee Lee and Dr. Richard Gatti, researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have used induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to advance disease-in-a-dish modeling of a rare genetic disorder, ataxia telangiectasia (A-T). Show More Summary

Awesome!… On Mother’s Day Twelve Heroes Return Home From Aghanistan (Video)

What a wonderful gift for Mother’s Day.   Lee Branson was at the St. Louis airport today to greet her son Lt. Richard Branson home from Afghanistan. Twelve heroes returned home with Lt. Branson. I just happened to capture the moment. … Continue reading ?

iPS cell research moves toward treatment for ataxia telangiectasia genetic nerve disease

Led by Dr. Peiyee Lee and Dr. Richard Gatti, researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have used induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to advance disease-in-a-dish modeling of a rare genetic disorder, ataxia telangiectasia (A-T). read more

Blumenthal blocks abortion resolution

Washington (CNN) - Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal blocked a non-binding abortion resolution on Wednesday offered by Republican Senator Mike Lee saying, "This problem is broader than the issue cited in Senator Lee's resolution." Introduced to the Senate on Monday, Lee said his resolution was in response to the trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, […]

Books: The San Diego School Board Fight That Started It All

This is a guest commentary from longtime journalist Richard Lee Colvin comparing the current debate over the leadership of LAUSD to a similar one that took place more than a decade ago -- in San Diego: School board elections typically are low-cost, low-turnout, low-visibility exercises in democracy. Show More Summary

Telenor Group's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Telenor Group (TELNY.PK) Q1 2013 Earnings Call April 26, 2013 3:00 AM ET Executives Meera Bhatia – Communication Manager Jon Fredrik Baksaas – President and CEO Richard Aa – EVP and CFO Analysts Espen Torgersen – Carnegie Andrew LeeShow More Summary

Equifax Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Equifax (EFX) Q1 2013 Earnings Call April 25, 2013 8:30 am ET Executives Jeffrey L. Dodge - Senior Vice President of Investor Relations Richard F. Smith - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lee Adrean - Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Vice President Analysts Molly R. Show More Summary

Unsolved Serial Killings: The Colonial Parkway Killer

Victims Cathleen Marian Thomas, 27 [October 1986] Rebecca Ann Dowski, 21 [October 1986] David Knobling, 20 [September 1987] Robin Margaret Edwards, 14 [September 1987] Cassandra Lee Hailey [4/8/1988] Richard Keith Call [4/8/1988] Annamaria...Show More Summary

The Politics Of Judges

by Stuart Shapiro Do judges make decisions based on their ideological preferences (the realist view) or do they merely interpret the law (the legalist view)?  In a new book, Richard Posner, Lee Epstein, and William Landes use data on thousands of court decisions to try and answer the question once and for all.  Cass Sunstein [...]

The Time is Now: A group exhibition opens at John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco

2 months agoArts : Artdaily

John Berggruen Gallery presents The Time is Now, a group exhibition featuring Doug Aitken, Darren Almond, Diane Arbus, Richard Artschwager, Michael Craig-Martin, Hans Peter-Feldmann, Lee Friedlander, Philip Guston, Jasper Johns, Karen...Show More Summary

How Slow Can You Go?

Richard Lee Colvin interviewed NEA president Dennis Van Roekel for the April 2013 issue of the Phi Delta Kappan. He focused on Van Roekel’s efforts on teacher performance and quality. “Some union insiders report that Van Roekel is meeting internal resistance in these efforts, which are moving more slowly than he’d hoped,” Colvin wrote, adding that Van Roekel recognizes [...]

One Year After Raid, Oaksterdam University Still Not Charged With Anything

A year ago today, Oakland's pioneering Oaksterdam University was raided by DEA agents. Its vocal founder, millionaire activist Richard Lee, also saw his home raided, and subsequently he stepped down as leader of the school, allowing ownership of it and the associate marijuana dispensary, Coffeeshop Blue Sky, to be split among several employees. Show More Summary

Watch! "Degrassi" Star Adamo Ruggeiro in the Trailer for "Boystown"

2 months agoLGBT / Gay : After Elton

Below you can see the trailer for the web comedy series Boystown, starring Adamo Ruggiero, his fellow Degrassi alum Ben Lewis, and Richard Lee. It follows three single twenty-something gay boys as they navigate a thriving out and proud community filled with its own tribes of twinks, bears, ricequeens and gymbunnies. Show More Summary

London Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 24-30 March

2 months agoEngland / London : Londonist

Where to find funny this week Sunday 24 March: Phill Jupitus joins the Comedy Store Players regular crew of Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey, Andy Smart, Lee Simpson and Richard Vranch at the piano (7.30pm, £17 / £12). Monday 25 March: Doctor...Show More Summary

"Get Married and Stay Married"

(March 20, 2013 03:47 PM, by David Henderson) I'm glad that co-blogger Bryan Caplan raised the issue of the marriage premium. When I was writing a review of Dwight Lee's and Richard McKenzie's excellent book, Getting Rich in America: 8 Simple Rules for Building a Fortune and a... (0 COMMENTS)

Search For Truth, Justice, American Way, 2013 Style

2 months agoGenres / Sci Fi : Airlock Alpha

Richard Lee Byers considers the campaign to prevent Orson Scott Card from writing Superman read more

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