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Medical News Today - It's often hard to motivate youngsters with physical disabilities. But a new approach from a Tel Aviv University researcher bridges the worlds of behavior and science to help kids with paralysis and motor dysfunction improve their physical skills and inner confidence - using a trick up her sleeve called "magic." Dr. Dido Green of Tel Aviv University's School of Health Professionals developed an ...

New York Times - On Thursday, Les Arts Florissants presents a double bill of baroque operas — Charpentier’s “Actéon” and Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.”

KVUE-TV Austin - The music department at the University of Texas made national headlines in the 1950s when student Barbara Smith Conrad was cast in the opera "Dido and Aeneas." The gifted mezzo-soprano appeared to be an obvious choice for the production, but her skin color brought a backlash against the black student. Conrad was removed from the cast as the university feared funding cuts from the Texas ...

EurekAlert! - ( American Friends of Tel Aviv University ) Dr. Dido Green of Tel Aviv University's School of Health Professionals has developed an innovative yet remarkably simple series of therapeutic exercises for children and young adults based on sleight-of-hand tricks used by professional magicians.

The Justice - The University Chorus abandoned its usual concert format in favor of a well-acted interpretation of 'Dido and Aeneas' on Sunday.

Pioneer Press - Theatre Pro Rata kicks off its 10th season in September with a lineup of theater classics. First up is William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," directed by Carin Bratlie (Sept. 11-26); followed by Christopher Marlowe's "Dido, Queen of Carthage," also directed by Bratlie (March 5-20, 2011); and wrapping up with Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," directed by Natalie Novacek (summer ...

In this enjoyable production, which put the music first and foremost, the overwhelming delight was soprano Sharin Apostolou as Belinda.

Carsurvey.org - What things have gone wrong with the car? DIDO to all the above problems. I've had enough parts replaced to make a new car. General comments?

Financial Times - Carphone Warehouse has hired the head of J Sainsbury's convenience stores to run its telecommunications business. Dido Harding will join the telecoms retailer and broadband supplier in the new year as chief executive of TalkTalk.

MOG - Here With Me :: Dido 5 Things this song reminds me of: 1. Long nights writing letters I would never send and flipping through the few pictures I had of you. There was music always playing, a collection of about 12 songs, that I kept repeating, over and over, like that echo of regret that pulsed just under my skin - the one that got away. 2. The ocean, and long drives with Julia in tow, music ...

[http://www.teenopera.org Opera: Peninsula Teen Opera] Tonight (Jan. 15) and Saturday (Jan. 16) at 7:30 p.m., Peninsula Teen Opera presents a production of Henry Purcell's "Dido & Aeneas" and other scenes from various operas and operettas, at Los Altos High School, 201 Almond Ave. [http://music.stanford.edu/Events/calendar.html#Fri1.15.2010 ...