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ArchivesAnita Diamant at The Music Hall Bestselling author Anita Diamant came to The Music Hall in Portsmouth for 2007's first installment of Writers on a New England Stage, January 18, 2007. (Cheryl Senter, NHPR) listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
Beauty and the BeastBy Liz Bulkley on Thursday, January 18, 2007.The first published version of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast came out of France in 1740, but it's origins can be traced all the way back to Greek mythology. We'll look at the ancient roots of the classic story, and how every society's version reflects something about its people. We'll also meet the author of a recent re-telling of the story from the Beast's point of view. Our guests are: Betsy Hearne, author of many books, including Beauty and the Beast: Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale. She's a professor in the Library and Information Sciences Department at the University of Illinois. She's also going to give the keynote address at a workshop examining Beauty and the Beast presented by the Educational Theater Collaborative on Saturday, January 27th at Plymouth State University's Silver Center for the Arts. Donna Jo Napoli, author of Beast, a version of Beauty and the Beast for young adults set in Persia and France and told through the eyes of a lion. She's a professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore College. * *** * The Educational Theater Collaborative is presenting a stage version of Beauty and the Beast at Plymouth State University's Silver Center for the Arts on January 24th through the 28th and at Concord's Capitol Center for the Arts on February 9th. listen:
  The Ashley EffectBy Laura Knoy on Thursday, January 18, 2007.The story of a severely mentally and physically disabled Seattle girl known only as Ashley has rippled through the public conscience in recent weeks. Ashley's parents had a group of procedures they call "The Ashley Treatment" performed on the child to stunt her growth and remove her breast tissue and uterus so that she could be at a small enough size to allow her to continue to be part of the family. They say it is for her good so that she can be loved and cuddled and cared for, but others say it is just a matter of convenience for the parents, who would have a hard time dealing with a larger disabled child. Either way, this particular case has raised the discussion on where the line is with genetic alteration, what is acceptable, what is not, when it is for convenience and when it is for the health of the child. Today on The Exchange, we discuss the many medical and ethical questions raised by this case and get your thoughts as well. Laura's guests are Dr. Sam Casella, Section Chief for Pediatric Endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School and Dr. Carl Cooley, Medical Director for Crotched Mountain, Developmental Pediatrician and Former Director of the Dartmouth Center for Genetics and Child Development. listen:
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