Via Artsjournal.com is an interesting article on how actors deal with inflicting violence on one another. Even though it is simulated, the very personal, brutal actions the performers replicate can have a psychological impact on them. Acting Comes Between Us I have been involved with two productions of Extremities, a play in which a woman is attacked in her home by a man intent on raping her. She gains control of the situation and takes her revenge on him. The actors get physically close to

Nearer to home and leagues away from the financial crisis, I have been dealing with a crisis of my own. Between reports of melamine in food and lead in my lipstick, I had decided to completely cleanse our pantry and dressers of all possibly suspect goods.

The Finance Department agreed to lower the projected collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue next year amid the slowing economy but raised the target of the Bureau of Customs as the peso continued to weaken against the US dollar.

Another sinking. Rescuers line up dead passengers on the belly of the capsized boat ‘m/v Don Dexter,’ which overturned on Tuesday. BIR target in ’09 lowered By Lawrence Agcaoili The Finance Department agreed to lower the projected collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue next year amid the slowing economy but raised the target of the Bureau of Customs as the peso continued to weaken against ...

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