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Spooky season is here - check out Coven-19 through the Fine Arts Center, K and E's Whispers from the Wings, or She Kills Monsters from the Drama Studio. More details about each of those in the newsletter below.
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As artists and as human beings, we are called to work towards equity and diversity for people living in marginalized bodies, both onstage and backstage. Over the last months, we’ve seen an intensification of the calls to end systemic injustice in our theatrical institutions. The pandemic has provided an opportunity to reevaluate and rethink everything about the way we create theatre in America.
This work has to include fat people.
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When hard times hit, find your people and build a community to create joyful, resilient, magical art to share with the world.
That's what COVEN-19, Or, Magicks for Unprecedented Times aims to do, and its company of theater witches hopes community members join them in creating warmth and light in dark times. Led by dramaturgy MFA students Maegan Clearwood and Percival Hornak, and undergrad Helen Rahman, an online coven of 13 performers and creators are fusing witchcraft traditions, feminism, and theater into an online, immersive format.
"For me personally, magic is a source of healing and introspection," Clearwood says, and she wants to use it "to be with other like-minded people and figure out how to make the world a better place."
In keeping with that ethos, this will be a devised piece, meaning that rather than working from a script, the company builds the work by exploring questions and themes together. "It's a really nice opportunity just for us to experiment with ways of making theatre that are egalitarian and collaborative," says Hornak.
The finished piece will develop over the course of rehearsals, culminating in an interactive experience for the audience. After gathering to begin the performance, audience members will be led into separate break-out rooms via Zoom, where they'll find company members who will invite the audience to make magick with then, with experiences curated for the specific people present in the room with te performers.
While Clearwood reads tarot and has used her practice to help her puzzle out the answers to knotty problems on theater productions in the past, others in the coven/company are newer to witchcraft and theater and discovering how they interpret that connection. The coven is exploring a variety of types of magick, like sigil drawing, candle magic, kitchen witchcraft, and divination tools like tarot cards or rune stones.
Rahman expects skeptics in the audience, and welcomes people of all different belief systems. One of the things she's hoping to come out of this production is an opportunity to see where different religions and rituals intersect and to find commonality of belief. Developing confidence in one's own intuitions, for example, is an important life skill regardless of belief status, she points out.
COVEN-19 will perform around Samhain — the ancient holiday that predates and in some ways influenced our concept of Halloween — when the veil between our world and the other is at its thinnest. The time is ripe for magick-making: join us! Presented live online Oct. 29 and 31 at 7:30 pm and Oct. 30 at Midnight.
Kand E Theater Group
"Whispers From the Wings" Spooky Storytelling Series
K and E Theater Group's Facebook page, IGTV and YouTube Channel
Friday 10/30 at 8:00 PM
After a successful, all-virtual Local Spotlight Series featuring over fifty theater personalities this summer and an ongoing virtual class series School’s In Session, K and E Theater Group is excited to produce online programming with an October-long presentation of Whispers from the Wings, a series of short terrifying stories presented by fifteen local storytellers.
These horrifying tales premiere every Friday night this October to set the mood and get our audiences psyched for Halloween. K and E Theater Group will present five original short stories that have been written and performed by fifteen local storytellers. Every storyteller will perform their written part of an original scary story without knowing what the preceding or next storyteller wrote or performed.
The local storytellers that are featured in this series include Ryan Bird, Emily Bloch, Stephanie Carlson, Cate Damon, Joe Dulude II, Lindel Hart, Peter Kennedy, Josh Mason, Howard Odentz, Lisa Parker, Josh Prouser, Konrad Rogowski, Kevin Tracy, Seana Walsh, and Christine Zdebski.
Our scary stories can be found on the K and E Theater Group Facebook page, IGTV or their YouTube channel at 8:00 PM every Friday in October.
Our production is in part supported by Easthampton City Arts through the Easthampton Artist Grants Initiative. K and E Theater Group welcomes and appreciates any donations throughout the series and future programming that will help us fund our 2021 season, By Invitation Only. To learn how to help, please visit www.KETG.org.
The FEAR Project
Written and Directed by Jessica Litwak
Based on interviews conducted by the actors: Amir Levi, Fiona Rene, Mariana Čížková, Evangelos Lalos, Joan Lipkin, Zach Rothman-Hicks, Fiona Rene, Amir Levi, Elishka Soukupova and Jessica Litwak. www.theheatcollective.org/thefearproject
The FEAR Project is a theatrical action based on interviews about fear. The experience includes pre-show interviews, the viewing of a play, and a post- show discussion with the artists about the 14 FEAR questions. The FEAR Project aspires to create an atmosphere of restoration by giving people a chance to communicate about fear in a safe and creative space. It has been produced in The Czech Republic, India, and the U.S. This time it is being performed virtually and internationally.
THREE CHANCES TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE THE FEAR PROJECT:
OCTOBER 30th, 2020 California 07:00 PM Pacific Time (10:00 NY Time)
The Drama Studio
She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms
10/30 at 7:30 pm, 10/31 @ 7:30pm, 11/1 @6:30pm
She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms tells the story of Agnes Evans following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she stumbles into a virtual journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was Tilly’s refuge. In this new adaptation of his critically acclaimed, high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies and nasty ogres, writer Qui Nguyen embraces the idea of digital storytelling to further blur the lines between ghosts and memories, fantasy and reality, and chaos and stability.
Directed by Dan Morbyrne
Designed by Austin Yelinek
The Fever by Wallace Shawn
October 31-November 1, 2020 at 33 Hawley
Performed by Peter B. Schmitz & Directed by John Hellweg.
10/31 & 11/1, 2pm sharp—no late seating will be permitted.
This is an in-person, limited capacity, socially distant performance. Attendees are required to wear masks, though the performer will not be masked. Seating will be 6 feet apart and attendance will be capped at 15 people. Show run-time is 1 hour, 45 minutes, no intermission.
RSVP is required to attend! Please email email@example.com reserve your spot no later than Wednesday, 10/28, while space remains. $10-15 suggested donation. Payable online via PayPal in advance (preferred) or at the door.
The Fever was awarded an Obie for Best New American Play in 1991.
From The New York Times: “Mr. Shawn exposes the contradictions and compromises of the urban liberal mind with a mercilessness that is sly and at times hilarious.”
We hope you can attend this sharing of Schmitz's and Hellweg's most recent investigation of The Fever.
The First Annual Firehouse Fright Night Festival will boast virtual performances of six new shorts by New England playwrights, staged and presented to you in the comfort of your homes and sure to leave you chilled—and not just because of the weather. The evening's program includes:
by James Wilkinson
directed by Sally Nutt
by Robert J. LeBlanc
directed by Jim Manclark
by Deirdre Girard
directed by Abby Seabrook
Circus Train Wreck
by Andrea Fleck Cardy
directed by Tim Diering
Whispering to the Dead
by Deirdre Girard
directed by Steve Faria
by Lawrence Kessenich
directed by John Budzyna
Abingdon Theatre Company presents
a virtual reading of A Picture of Two Boys
by Nick Malakhow
directed by Justin Lucero
October 30 and after
Markey and Pete are unlikely friends, the studious Markey with dreams of college and a life beyond the Pennsylvania countryside, and the volatile Pete with drunkenly crafted fantasies about being the next Kurt Cobain. Brought together by their shared feelings of alienation in their mostly white and more than vaguely racist little town, the boys’ relationship fractures when Markey announces that he’s hoping to graduate early and get out of the styx ASAP. We see these two boys first at that critical juncture, and then almost ten years later after they are reunited in the wake of a startling event that dredges up a connected trauma from their past. Streaming here.
Fresh Ink Theatre Company presents Scriptpocalypse
by Marge Buckley, Francisca Da Silveira, Walt McGough, and Cecelia Raker
Fresh Ink is taking this year’s Scriptpocalypse digital. All month long, members of the Fresh Ink community have been bidding on auction items like character backstories, plot twists and more. Their selections will be mixed into a spooky potion—i.e., a new short play—that will be performed digitally on one night only. Tune in to support new-play development at Fresh Ink, and to see what what sort of Franken-script these whacky ingredients produces. Reserve tickets here.
If we are ever going to fully dismantle the institutions of systemic racism, we need to stop... and listen to those who continue to suffer simply because they are black. We can no longer afford to ignore what is happening to our fellow human beings, which is why we are creating a collection of monologues that will give voice to those who can no longer remain silent. We have been overwhelmed by the strong voices and stories we have received, and while we are accepting submissions until the end of the year, we wanted to take this moment to share some of the incredible works we have received so far. The link to stream will be live the day of streaming here.
Huntington Theatre Company presents Dream Boston
Dream Boston is a series of short audio plays that asks local playwrights to imagine favorite locations, landmarks, and their friends in a future Boston, when we can once again meet and connect in our city. New performances are released each Wednesday.
The Moment Before the Lights Went Out on the Rothkos
by John Kuntz
directed by Rebecca Bradshaw
Museum visitors encounter two Rothko paintings and discover the mystery of each other at the Harvard Art Museums. Streaming from October 28.
Mara Elissa Palma's Octavia and Kleopatra imagines what would have happened if these two legendary women had clashed. Stream the podcast.
SHELBURNE FALLS PITI THEATRE AND THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM PRESENT HINDSIGHT IS PODCAST SERIES
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and Piti Theatre Company are pleased to announce Hindsight is a three-episode podcast series created on the occasion of the exhibition Twenty Twenty, a group show of drawings in which seven artists respond to the lived experience of this historic year, on view October 12, 2020, to March 14, 2021. Podcast episodes will be released weekly on October 19, October 26, and November 2 and will be available to stream for free on the Museum’s website, www.aldrichart.org.
The podcast, created in the radio play genre, will focus on vignette scenes with a range of local and regional historical figures in Connecticut. Actors from Piti Theatre Company will portray these historical figures dramatizing social and political issues intensified this year such as
voting rights, racism, and fascism through their unique perspectives as citizens from the past.
In the October 19 episode, suffragist Alice Paul and Woodrow Wilson will debate women’s right to vote and whether the Equal Rights Amendment should have been passed with the clarity afforded by looking back from the year 2020. In the episode released on October 26, William Webb, an African-American Civil War soldier from Connecticut, will have a conversation with Ridgefield’s William Webb, who started the Ridgefield Chapter of the NAACP and later became the Connecticut president of the organization, discussing questions about civil rights, racism, and the voice of African-Americans from two distinct worldviews and historical moments. The November 2 episode will recreate Ridgefield High School’s 1934 mock trial of Adolf Hitler, which echoed a similar event organized at Madison Square Garden by the World Jewish Congress, offering a snapshot of teenage and educational life in Ridgefield in the 1930s, lending itself to questions about how we respond to emerging fascism and our responsibility today.
The Hindsight is podcast episodes will be accompanied by two virtual public programs, a talk on October 22 with writer Tina Cassidy and Jonathan Mirin of Piti Theatre Company which will delve into the themes and history behind the first episode featuring Alice Paul and Woodrow Wilson, and an anti-racism workshop which will take place on October 29 with Kristen Ivey-Colson and Lynn Turner of The AntiRacist Table, sharing core principles they have developed to fight racism working on themes from the second episode featuring the Webbs. To register for these events, visit www.aldrichart.org/events.
The Hindsight is podcast series is produced by Piti Theatre Company. Their mission is to create original performances and community-building events that accelerate local transformation towards joy, sustainability, and justice. Additionally, the Piti Theatre Company will work with the Aldrich Teen Fellows, the Museum’s teen engagement program, and collaborate with Aldrich educators on developing digital resources for youth and family engagement with the topics presented in this podcast series.
Visionary Futures: Science Fiction Theater for Social Justice Movements
Performances (live on Zoom):
Play 1, by Phaedra Scott, on Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Play 2, by Jaymes Sanchez, on Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Play 3, by M. Sloth Levine, on Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Building a better world: UMass Theater presents Visionary Futures
What kind of future are you hoping to see? Coming to UMass Theater in November, Visionary Futures: Science Fiction Theater for Social Justice Movements invites you to join us in envisioning the intersection of science fiction and activism. Creator Josh Glenn-Kayden, a third-year MFA directing candidate, encourages his audience's predictions of the future with this new form of collaboration.
Inspired by “Octavia’s Brood,” a short story anthology named for writer Octavia Butler that explores the connection between radical speculative fiction and movements for social change, this project sits at the intersection of theater and activism. Three professional playwrights — Phaedra Scott (Good Hair), M. Sloth Levine (whose Interrobangers was a popular Play Lab entry last spring), and Jaymes Sanchez (The Cucuy Will Find You), — have been commissioned to write a 30-minute play and will each be paired with activists (TreaAndrea Russworm, Finn Lefevre, and a third to be announced) whose work intersects with the content of the play. These teams will meet regularly throughout the writing process to create plays that speculate on how societies may reimagine concepts like gender, justice, and identity in the future.
“I think there's something inherently hopeful about Visionary Futures,” says Tatiana Godfrey, dramaturg for the project. “Both the activist and the playwright are asking the same question, 'What does a more just world look like?'”
Glenn-Kayden and Godfrey are also asking these questions, building a new, inclusive process of play creation. This integrative experience allows the activists to be involved in the writing process and trajectory of the play, rather than being brought in to consult afterward.
“We're creating a new model of collaboration that includes more voices in the generative process and are excited to develop plays that are imaginative and forward thinking while still having roots in the activism work of our present moment,” says Glenn-Kayden.
Each performance in November will consist of a virtual reading of an in-process draft of the play, along with a post-show discussion where the playwright and activist will talk about their collaborative process. Full digital productions of each play are planned for the spring.
Visionary Futures: Science Fiction Theater for Social Justice Movements will be performed over Zoom. Join us as we embark on this imaginative journey into envisioning a new world.
This event is free. Visit the Fine Arts Center Box Office to claim your spot in the virtual audience now.
Silverthorne Theater Company
The Tattooed Man Tells All
November 13 at 7:30, and November 14, 2020 @ 7:30 p.m.
Silverthorne Theater is honored to once again bring to audiences an important piece of dramatic writing, The Tattooed Man Tells All - a vital voice in the telling of the stories of the Holocaust. Peter Wortsman's gripping solo piece, was woven from a series of interviews conducted, on a fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, in Vienna in 1975 with witnesses to and survivors of the Holocaust, the scene of Western Civilization's worst excesses. By condensing these accounts into that of a survivor who is committed to a no-holds-barred retelling, Wortsman gives us a fully fleshed out dramatic character, the Old Man, warts and all, for the audience to come to know.
Silverthorne's filmed version of the play will be broadcast online on November 13-14, 2020 at 7:30 pm.
This production is a fundraiser for Silverthorne Theater Company. There will be a free live Zoom discussion with the playwright immediately following the viewing on Friday, November 13th. The Zoom link will be made available closer to the show.
Silverthorne’s original live world premiere performance of this play in 2018, starring Keith Langsdale, was directed by Ellen Kaplan. The play will be performed in Germany at the Deutsches Theater in Göttingen this coming December.
Register for a ticket for one or all six Naked I productions and you will have access to view the filmed performance on each weekend specified below for the entire weekend - from Friday night through Sunday! You can experience the show on your own schedule, any time you like, pausing as needed to refill the popcorn! We will also provide a link to a PDF playbill so that you can follow along and learn titles of the pieces and the artists involved.
Closed captions have been created by 20% Theatre are available and recommended for all to use. Additionally, our brand new production screening in mid-December, The Naked I: Revitalized, will offer ASL virtually as well.
Registration for each production is pay-what-you-can, and no one will be turned away. Our plays & events have been $5-$25 Sliding Scale for many years, and we ask you to contribute what you can for yourself and any household viewers joining you.
Stay tuned for information about live panel discussions with some of the artists involved in these productions over the years - hosted by Artistic Director, Marcela Michelle.
The Naked I
2014 Performance on Film
NOVEMBER 13-15, 2020
A world premiere production by 20% Theatre Company
Originally produced in February 2014 at Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis
Filmed by Ben McGinley
The 3rd in a series of Naked I plays, The Naked I: Insides Out explores queer and trans experiences through monologues, short scenes, and spoken word poems. This production features the work of nearly 100 LGBTQ artists and allies - including contributing writers, directors, performers, designers, technicians, and more!
Original 2014 production postcard artwork by Archie Bongiovanni.
The Naked I
2016 Performance on Film
NOVEMBER 20-22, 2020
A world premiere production by 20% Theatre Company
Originally produced in February 2016 at Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis
Filmed by Ben McGinley
Building community both locally and nationally, The Naked I: Self-Defined aims to highlight the voices and experiences of trans/queer/otherwise non-cisgender and/or non-heterosexual people through the production of brand new, never before seen monologues, short scenes, movement pieces, spoken word poems, short film, and more - featuring the contributions of over 50 artists.
Original 2016 production postcard artwork designed by an amazing artist in the Mpls trans community who wishes to remain anonymous.
The Naked I
2018 Performance on Film
DECEMBER 4-6, 2020
A world premiere production by 20% Theatre Company
Originally produced in February 2018 at Minnsky Theatre, Minneapolis
Filmed by Ben McGinley
The Naked I: Recognize/d is the 5th in a series of Naked I plays produced by 20% Theatre Company. Building community both locally and nationally, this production aims to highlight the voices and experiences of trans/queer/otherwise non-cisgender and/or non-heterosexual folks. Written, performed, and directed by LGBTQIAP+ people, this is a show for us, by us, and about us. The Naked I: Recognize/d features 20 brand new staged pieces including monologues, scenes, movement/performance pieces, music performance, and more, and includes the contributions of over 60 LGBTQIAP+ artists.
Original 2018 production postcard artwork by Joy Spika.
The Naked I
2020 World Premiere Production
DECEMBER 11-13, 2020
An original, virtual production by 20% Theatre Company
The Naked I: Revitalized explores queer and trans experience through brand new monologues, scenes, song, dance and movement, featuring the contributions of over a dozen local and national artists on topics including gender identity/ies, relationships, transgender/gender non-conforming experiences and all-around self-defined queerness.
This production was originally intended to be performed live back in April 2020 with many more actors and directors involved. Due to Covid-19, we postponed once, and then again, and then decided to go virtual, which meant shifting gears a bit. Some artists created and filmed their own solo work, and some were able to safely involve other artists. We took what was given to us and edited it all together to create this incredible virtual world premiere performance.
Featured writers/creators include Connie Chang, Sami Pfeffer, Forrest Mainville, Tobias K. Davis, Sea Thomas, Ayesha Adu, Hannah Stein, Rubin Hardin, Kitty Sipple, Nick Malakhow, and Johanna Keller Flores.
The Naked I: Revitalized is the 6th and final Naked I production to be produced by 20% Theatre Company.
Original production postcard artwork by Ethan O'Brien.
AUDITIONS & OPPORTUNITIES
The Northampton Arts Council is calling for funding proposals from artists, residents, organizations, and schools. Council grants support arts activities in Northampton, Florence, and Leeds -- including exhibits, festivals, short-term artist residencies, virtual presentations, or performances, workshops, and lectures. Applications will be available online beginning October 1st and are due by November 16th. For local priorities and complete information on Northampton Arts Council grants including information about previously funded projects, visit http://www.northamptonartscouncil.org/p/grants.html
The Northampton Arts Council (NAC) will hold a virtual Grant Writing Workshop to support potential applicants considering submitting proposals for community-oriented arts programs due on November 16th. Anyone interested in learning more about the proposal process and application is invited to attend, including residents supported by other Local Cultural Councils (LCC). The workshop will include information about the Northampton Arts Council’s funding priorities. To help applicants prepare an effective funding proposal, the Council will hold a grant writing workshop on Wednesday October 14th, 7:00PM on the Northampton Arts Council’s Facebook Live Stream. The session is open to artists, schools, non-profit cultural organizations, and residents interested in applying for funding through the Local Cultural Council Program. To RSVP for this workshop please visit our online signup form.
LCC Grant Round & Online Workshop
Keep these details in mind:
We begin accepting applications on Thursday, October 1st.
Our grant workshop is Wednesday October 14th at 7:00pm. RSVP above.
The deadline for applications is Friday, November 16th.
A recording of our workshop will be available after the workshop on our Facebook Page.
On September 18, 2020, TCG received a message from a group of production managers that organized around two requests: make ARTSEARCH free for all job-seekers, and require job-posters to include salary ranges. Even before the pandemic, many theatre-workers faced constant economic uncertainty and precarity. And as explained in Vu Le’s essential writing in Nonprofit AF, when organizations aren’t transparent about salary ranges, it perpetuates the gender wage-gap; discriminates against BIPOC theatre-makers, and drives away potential candidates.
Now with the devastating economic impact of COVID-19, we are making ARTSEARCH free for all job-seekers as of today, October 19, 2020, and requiring job-posters to list salary ranges. We know the pandemic’s impact has fallen especially hard on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) theatre-workers, and so making ARTSEARCH freely accessible aligns with TCG’s strategic commitment to center BIPOC in our programs and services.
Harry Ransom Center is launching the Theatre 2020 Project, an international effort to document the impact the events of this year have had on the theatre profession - the pandemic, theatre closures, furloughs, online performances, reckoning with longstanding racial injustices in the industry, national politics and protests, and so much more.
We are inviting theatre artists and organizations to register and submit digital files - journals, emails, performance recordings, interviews, zoom meetings, press releases, photographs, written reflections, canceled contracts, revised mission statements, original works, etc. - that might reflect their experiences of this moment.
Please share this news with anyone you think might be interested in participating.
Survivors’ Voices: Works of Resilience Written and Read by Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
A live zoom event on January 22, 23, & 24, 2021
Survivors’ Voices: Works of Resilience Written and Read by Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse was inspired by the courageous and eloquent, yet often silenced, voice of a Survivor poet whom Jackie is blessed to know. This project offers Survivors an opportunity to share their original writing regarding their experiences of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and their paths of healing in a creative, community supported and survivor-led, virtual, weekend event. The audience will be community and family members as well as professionals who work with CSA Survivors. To support Survivors' writing, Donna and Jackie will hold a series of workshops including two for teens. To learn more see below.
The main event will take place over the weekend of January 22nd, 23rd, and 24th 2021, and will consist of one hour, virtual readings on each day. After each performance there will be a facilitated dialogue between the audience and Survivors.
Each participant selected will have the option of attending a (virtual) workshop with a coach from Silverthorne Theater, to receive guidance and theatrical support for the performance of their piece/s.
The submission deadline is November 11, 2020, 8:00 p.m. All submissions will be curated to reflect the above stated goals of Survivors’ Voices---giving voice to the courage and resilience of survivors of childhood sexual abuse. This will be a difficult task since every submission is an important voice to be heard! However, given our limited performance time we are not able to choose every submission. Three survivors (Jackie Humphreys, Donna Jenson and Strong Oak Lefebvre) and one ally (Lucinda Kidder) will conduct a blind review of the submissions and curate the final pieces to be read.
This project is made possible by a generous grant from The Art Angels, a group of donors supporting the arts and social change in Western Massachusetts.
School's In Session with K and E Theater Group
Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, September 8 - November 19, 2020
SCHOOL'S IN SESSION this fall with K and E Theater Group! Sign up for some drop-in classes or for an introduction to stage management class series!
You can drop-in to Melissa Dupont's Musical Theater Dance for Beginners starting at 7 PM on Tuesday for $10 to learn some fun choreography to your favorite musical numbers! We've already had some fun with numbers from "Guys and Dolls", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Footloose", among others. Sign up for every Tuesday class by 2 PM Tuesday day of to ensure entrance and to check out the weekly offering! And... 5, 6, 7, 8!
You can sign up for Carly DellaPenna's Stage Management 101 class that will take place Wednesday nights later this fall, November 4th, 11th and 18th at 7:00 PM! The class series is $45. Hone in and refresh your skills for the important behind the scenes work that our stage managers do for every production!
Every Thursday evening, Eddie will provide his Musical Theater Individual Workshops for $30. Get one-on-one time with K and E Theater Group Artistic Director Eddie Zitka to work on your audition material and your book getting prepared for that next audition!
With small class sizes, our professional teaching artists will not only strive to provide one-on-one attention, there will be opportunities to share work and achievements with other participants who register for each individual class session or series. All of our classes take place on Zoom and are held Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays this fall through November 19, 2020.
For more information and to register for your class sessions, visit KETG.org!
Explore the theme of gender while delving into the fun of mask performance. In a supportive environment, unleash movement as the underlying expression for masks. Create simple scenes addressing restriction and liberation and end with your your own personal mask of empowerment. Masks and works from participants will be shown at an informal online recorded event. Come to enjoy, learn and express yourself!
Winter Session registration is open for the Arts Extension Service's six-week 100% online course, Creative Economy and Placemaking. Ph.D. candidate, tourism expert, and Arts Extension Service instructor, John Delconte, brings insight and innovation into building social capital and reinvigorating our economies through the arts.
If you are ready to take the next step in understanding the making of vibrant places, sign-up for AES’ Creative Economy and Placemaking course today!
P.S. To register for a class online, learn more on the Courses page, and click on “class details” below the course’s description to register. For help with registration, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Double Edge Theatre
Winter Session 1:
Winter Session 2:
The Winter Intensive is an explosive dive into Double Edge's training process. We’ll work daily from morning until night, layering our physical training practice with music, design, dramaturgy, large object work, and individual and group research. Intensives are a full-body experience of our multidisciplinary creative process.
Due to COVID-19, we have created two small sessions, so please get your limited space early. Please contact us if you have any questions about our protocols and procedures.
Phantom Sheep Productions, in partnership with Unity House Players
Meets every Monday online
Join us for our weekly jam to play short form improv games together! Keep your brains in shape, meet new people, laugh, and stay connected!
Recommended for adults and teens 15+ All levels welcome!


The following is an update as of November 14, 2019 on the status of remediation at seven sites as well as a status update on the supplemental sites that have been sampled.
Site Specific Updates
Gould Manor Park: The majority of the areas designated in the Remediation Action Plan (RAP) have been excavated and backfilled with new clean materials. There were two spots along the fencing between the sidewalk and baseball field where clearance samples indicated higher levels of arsenic than permissible. Those small areas will be spot excavated and additional clearance samples will be collected within the next week.
The clearance samples in one area next to the pond also indicated concentrations of arsenic higher than permissible. Additional delineation samples collected adjacent to this area also indicated elevated levels of arsenic. This one area, between the pond and the sidewalk, will remain inaccessible until further excavation and clearance sampling is completed. We are being advised that work will be done in the next few weeks.
Burroughs Park: Excavation in the impacted area should be completed this week. The clearance samples will be collected and analyzed. The area should be backfilled and completed by the end of next week.
Jennings Elementary School: The Remediation Action Plan was submitted by the LEP to the Town and Fairfield Public Schools on November 13th. The plan will be reviewed by the Town and Fairfield Public Schools and we hope that work will begin within the next few weeks.
Mill Hill Elementary School: Except for the two initial samples with exceedances from the ADA sidewalk area, all samples from the field, playground and other areas along the sidewalk have come back with no exceedances. The area around those two samples has been restricted by a covering. Tighe & Bond has recommended to remove the impacted soil in those two areas and replace it with clean material. A plan for this work is being developed. Renovations already planned for the school will involve the removal of this sidewalk in 2020.
Jennings Beach Playground: Additional delineation samples in the area of the water line project have been collected to enable the development of a RAP. This site will involve the removal of some soils through excavation.
Old Dam Road – Behind Recreation Building: An RAP is being developed by Tighe & Bond to address the impacted soils present there and will involve removal of some soils through excavation.
McKinley School Former Playground: Additional delineation samples continue to be collected in the area of the former playground. These samples will enable the development of an RAP for the area.
Supplemental List Sampling Update
The results from the first six supplemental sites tested should be received next week. Additional testing dates for the remainder of the supplemental list are being determined.
As always, we encourage you to visit our Fill Use Issues webpage, and reach out to the Health Department with any questions: firstname.lastname@example.org.


What is H3 Rocket?
The H3 rocket recently experienced an engine failure during liftoff from the JAXA Tanegashima spaceport, prompting JAXA to send a self-destruct signal. JAXA is Japan Space Aerospace Exploration Agency. It was carrying the ALOS-3 satellite (Advanced Land Observation Satellite for disaster response and map making) that included an experimental infrared sensor for detecting North Korean ballistic missile launches.
What was the purpose of the H3 rocket?
The H3’s main objective is to lift government and commercial satellites into Earth orbit, provide supplies to the International Space Station, and eventually carry cargo to the Gateway lunar space station. Its lower cost per launch offers a competitive advantage in the global launch market, which is currently dominated by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Why did the H3 lift fail?
The second stage of the rocket did not ignite due to a power system failure. The rocket uses liquid propellants and strap-on solid rocket boosters.
H3 rocket: first to use Expander Bleed Cycle
H3 is a bipropellant rocket engine and uses the expander bleed cycle. Here, the fuel cools the combustion chamber of the engine. The fuel picks up heat in the combustion chamber while cooling it. The heated fuel is now used to power the engine.
Who developed the H3 rocket?
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries developed the H3 rocket along with JAXA. The rocket uses liquid fuel engines. The H3 rocket is cheaper than the Flacon 9 because it uses very few components as compared to the latter. The cost of the H3 rocket is 36 million USD. The cost of Falcon 9 is 67 million USD. As you can see, the cost of just half the cost of Falcon 9.
Future Plans for H3 rocket
Japan is planning on sending satellites to explore the moon with the H3 rocket. Also, Japan has big commercial plans with H3 rockets. JAXA has joined hands with Mitsubishi to launch the commercial wing of the H3 rocket series. The country is planning several projects with H-IIA, the predecessor of H3. The H-IIA has a big success rate. It has failed only once in 46 launches.
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Braised leeks with minced beef is a super easy comfy food for any cold day. Served with mashed potatoes and ready in 20 minutes. Recipe for 4 people.
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First we're going to create a lovely smooth mash to serve with the minced beef and leeks. You can follow our recipe here, or for a twist on regular mash you can follow our recipe with garlic here.
Meanwhile RINSE the leeks with cold running water and chop into large pieces.
HEAT butter in the large skillet and ADD the minced beef. COOK until it's beautifully browned and then ADD the cloves along with the pieces of leek. Place the lid on the skillet and let it cook for about 10 minutes, or until the leeks are softened enough.
My grandmother always used to cooked this dish until the leeks are very mushy, but we prefer the leeks to be a bit less mashed.
SEASON with pepper and salt, REMOVE the cloves and serve with the mashed potatoes. Enjoy!

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What do Ryan Adams, Trey Anastasio, Jeff Beck, Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths, Eric Clapton, Bootsy Collins, The Roots, Ben Harper, Terry Hall, The Skatalites, Willie Nelson, No Doubt, Bonnie Raitt, Keith Richards, Shaggy, Rahzel, U-Roy, Bunny Wailer and Rachael Yamagata have in common?
The all-star guests on "true love" range from legends Like Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, and Bonnie Raitt to younger stars including No Doubt, The Roots, and Trey Anastasio. The caliber of these collaborators reveals the impact that Toots has had on several generations of rockers and rappers, while appearances from reggae icons Bunny Wailer and Marcia Griffiths show the respect granted to the man who might be the musics greatest living vocalist. At the heart of it all is that voice - drenched in soul, rooted in gospel, and still breathtakingly powerful after almost four decades in the spotlight.
Celebrity guests don't always raise an album above the pack, but they do in this case. -- Boston Globe, March 26, 2004

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Genetec announced the launch of the AutoVu SharpX, what it calls the world’s smallest high-resolution license plate recognition (LPR) camera. The new AutoVu SharpX, designed specifically for mobile law enforcement applications, is just 1.65 in. tall. It achieves the industry’s highest plate capture rates by providing two to three times higher resolution than other solutions, Genetic claims. The AutoVu SharpX is capable of reading up to differential speeds over 200 MPH, across three lanes of traffic. The unit also offers a state-of-the-art Super HAD CCD II color context camera to provide the best images in a variety of environmental conditions.
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Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan activists protest outside the women's commission office in Bandra on Friday Shraddha Bhargava Chaturvedi DNA A large number of Muslim women on Friday protested outside the state women's commission office in ... DNA India, 5 days ago
The Maharashtra State Commission for Women has issued a suo moto show cause notice to Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi after his remarks that the rape victim too should be punished. He has been directed to issue an explanation and remain present ...The Hindu, 5 days ago
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
On the second day of Thanksgiving
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Alfredo Pasta with Lobster
I don't have the recipe because Tiffany and Marlene made it.
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Then we played a family favorite....
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Kendall does a phenomenal job with my 3 dogs... all high energy shepherds. The dogs quickly took to her and are excited when she comes. She walks the dogs 3 rimea a week and runs with them on some weekends. I would highly recommend Kendall as a dog walker and/or sitter. Always on time and professional.
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This scarf is certainly on the fuzzy side!I got the yarn from what was a local farm that raised Angora goats. It was a challenge to knit this scarf with this particular yarn. It was one of my earlier knits before I knew a lot but just fell love with the pattern and yarn. I really have not knitted with mohair since to be honest it had a tendency to fly up my nose, lol!
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The deadline to file to run for a seat on the School District 2 board of trustees closed Thursday evening; five candidates will be running.
The board has three open seats. Two of those seats — which represent the east side of the Heights with a portion of downtown, and the outlying areas that feed into SD2’s high schools — are contested. The final seat, representing the Billings South Side, has one candidate.
Susan Layton and Eric Olsen have filed to run in Zone B, which covers the areas south and west of Billings. That seat is currently held by Travis Smith, who chose not to run for re-election.
Zone B includes non-SD2 elementary schools, like Blue Creek, Elder Grove and Elysian. The Lockwood area is Zone A, and it's represented by Teresa Stroebe, whose term expires next year.
Layton is a mother and business owner in Billings. Her children attend Elder Grove School, and she and her husband own and operate Great Harvest Bread Co. on Poly Drive.
She's long been active in her children's education and earlier this month Bryan, her husband, suggested she run for a seat on the school board.
"He said, 'I think you should do this. I think you'd be good at it,' " she said.
For the past two years, SD2 has been in the process of evaluating its facilities and finding ways to house an ever-expanding student body as schools become more crowded.
The effort culminated with the passage of a $122 million bond last November, which will go to updating almost all of SD2's 22 elementary schools and building two new middle schools.
"There's a lot of positive momentum going on," Layton said.
She hopes to come in and keep that momentum moving forward. She believes she has the education and qualifications to work on the board. And she has the time and desire.
"I want to come in and be a part of the solution," she said.
Olsen, her opponent, sees it differently.
"I've fought that system," Olsen said of local public education. "The public system is not set up to teach kids to learn."
He said no focus has been paid to "kids and taxpayers" in the district and that if he's elected he'll make sure those two groups get the attention they deserve.
He hopes to put pressure on the other trustees to address those issues and plans to do it by asking his followers to attend school board meetings and speak up on the issues.
Olsen is one of the founders and leaders of the Tea Party group Montana Shrugged, which he helped form in 2008, following the election of Pres. Barack Obama.
He's not worried that putting pressure on the other eight trustees might affect his ability to work with them.
"There's nobody who could work with most of those people," he said.
Elsewhere in the district is the race for Zone 2, which encompasses the east side of the Heights and downtown Billings.
The incumbent, Janna Hafer, was appointed to the seat in July after Trustee Pam Ellis resigned earlier in the year. Because Ellis’ term expired this year, Hafer is required to run to keep the seat.
Running against her is Virgil Middendorf. Like Hafer, Middendorf had applied for Ellis’ seat last summer when the board sought a replacement. He and Hafer were the only two applicants.
Both are now running for the seat.
Middendorf lives on the east side of the Heights, near the site of the new Heights middle school, and Hafer lives downtown. Both are eager to see the district continue its improvement and want to be involved in the process.
Running to represent the South Side is Tanya Ludwig. The race had one other candidate early on, but she dropped out in late February after starting a new job.
The current trustee, Travis Kemp, chose not to seek re-election.

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With all my Christmas excitement, I thought it would be nice to include a Hanukkah post. I grew up in a town that had a large Jewish population, so I often think of the Jewish holidays. Since I am scheduled to do my Christmas in Kenya post for the Christmas Around the World series Monday, I will have two Multicultural Monday posts, but this one will be on Sunday.
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A little history about Hanukkah. I'll be honest, I did not know the story behind Hanukkah though I am sure I must have heard it at some point. I took some books out of the library to help me with it.
A World of Holidays: Hanukkah by Anne Clark, David Rose, and Gill Rose gives much information on the holiday historically as well as currently. So the story is a long time ago (more than 2000 years ago), a Syrian ruler of Israel, King Antiochus, demanded that everyone in his land believe in the Greek gods instead of the one Jewish God. He actually made it a crime to teach about one God and the punishment was death. He also sent his soldiers into the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem on their horses and put a statue of Zeus in there. He also ordered the soldiers to make pig sacrifices to Zeus in the temple. These acts made the Temple unholy for the Jewish people. Well a priest named Mattathias and his sons refused to give up their own beliefs. They fled to the hills and took the small number of Jews with them to remain loyal to their religion and to fight the Syrians. After Mattathias died, his son, Judah, led the Jews. Even though the Jews were outnumbered they continued to win battles and eventually defeated Antiochus and his men. They returned to their homes in Jerusalem and began to cleanse the temple so they could rededicate it to God. While cleaning it they found a jar of oil that had been used to keep the menorah lit. Antiochus had his men distinguish the flame since the light of the candles represented God's presence to the Jews. This jar of oil was enough to keep the candles lit for a day, but it would take much longer to get more oil. However they lit the candle using the oil (which was made from olives) and the miracle occurred--the lamp stayed lit for eight days!
This is why Hanukkah lasts for eight days and is often called the Festival of Lights. Hanukkah means "rededication". The festival starts on the 25th day of the month of Kislev in the Jewish calendar. The candles are lit at sunset at each night of the eight nights. (The first night this year is/was Saturday the 8th.) The first candle is placed on the right side of the hanukiah (which many people refer to as the menorah), and each night after that a new candle is added to the left. An extra candle, the shamash or servant candle is used to light the other candles and then placed in the center of the hanukiah. Forty four candles are need in all to celebrate. The candles are lit left to right so the newest one is lit first.
Latkes or potato pancakes and doughnuts are traditional foods for Hanukkah. The reason being the oil required to cook them. An easy way to introduce children to Hanukkah would be to make some latkes. There are recipes all over the web as well in many books. I have not made them since I was young so I will not attempt to share one with you.
Other ideas for introducing Hanukkah to children:
- Make a dreidel and play dreidel game (for excellent history/meaning and rules) (How to make one out of clay) (How to make a paper one with free printable one with the symbols already on it)
- Make a Menorah (Clothespin Menorah pictured above) (Coloring Pages and more) (Paper one for ages 2+) (Block Menorah) (Handprint Menorah)
- Other crafts, lessons and activities (Enchanted Learning) (Akhlah) (DLTk's Kids)
- Read a Hanukkah book: Here are two I found at the library but also check out this great post at We Bloom Here with her favorites.
Hanukkah by Miriam Chaikin tells the story of Hanukkah in great detail and explains how to celebrate it.
It's Hanukkah! by Jeanne Modesitt tells how a mouse family celebrates the holiday. This is a great book for young children to understand how families actually celebrate. At the end of the book there is the history of Hanukkah, how to light the menorah including blessings, how to play dreidel, as well as a recipe for latkes and the words and music to O Hanukkah words by A. Evronin.

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Joseph Farah and many others are screaming “voter fraud!” based on some easily debunked numbers, though it’s clear they haven’t even tried to check them out. For example, they’re claiming that in St. Lucie County, Florida, there were more ballots cast than eligible voters:
Out of 175,554 registered voters, 247,713 vote cards were cast in St. Lucie County, Florida on Tuesday. Barack Obama won the county.
When faced with the astronomical figures, Gertrude Walker, Supervisor of Elections for St. Lucie County, said she had no idea why turnout was so incredibly high. She was flabbergasted, saying, “We’ve never seen that here.”
70.7% of the district’s 175,552 registered voters cast their ballots in the election. That’s a lower percentage than the 2008 election, which saw 77% of registered voters cast ballots. Walker had originally predicted 80% of voters would turn out.
And then look at the actual voting results for the county. The number for “cards cast” is not the same as the number of ballots turned in and votes recorded. That’s because the ballot was two pages long, so the number of cards cast is twice the number of ballots. If they’d just looked at those numbers they would see that 123,591 votes were cast for president out of 175,554 eligible voters. That’s 70.4%. Gee, that’s almost exactly half of 141%, isn’t it? Reading isn’t the only thing that’s fundamental; thinking is too.


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Chamber Corner: Chamber asks city for support with events
April continues to move right along in Middlesex County and the chamber calendar continues to be full of events and activities.
Last week featured two more chamber division meetings with Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, on Wednesday in Middlefield and on Thursday in Cromwell, and another with State Comptroller Kevin Lembo in Chester on Friday.
Wednesday’s meeting of the Durham & Middlefield Division at Cooper Atkins Corporation also gave us the opportunity to recognize Cooper Chairman and CEO Carol Wallace on being recognized by the Hartford Business Journal in its Women in Business feature. Our friend Kristen Roberts, vice president of public relations & community investment for Comcast, was also recognized in the feature.
Thursday’s Cromwell Division meeting with the lieutenant governor was held at the Coles Road Firehouse and was sponsored by Arborio Corporation. Friday’s meeting of the Chester, Deep River and Essex Division with Lembo was held at Chester Meeting House. As I noted last week, it is important that the business community in Middlesex County has a strong working relationship with our state officials, and these chamber division meetings are a big part of that.
Last Monday evening, chamber Membership Director and Downtown Events Coordinator Cathy Duncan attended the Middletown Common Council meeting where she officially requested the support of the city for the three major downtown events scheduled for the summer of 2015: Cruise Night on Main on June 10, Middletown Motorcycle Mania on Aug. 12 and the Citizens Bank 5K Summer Fun Run on July 22.
These events are major economic generators for downtown. They attract thousands of people from all over the state and New England. These visitors shop at our retail establishments, fill our restaurants, and always leave Middletown with great things to say about how they were treated, and the city itself.
Proceeds from these major events support Middletown youth programs that are doing important work in our community. These programs include the Middletown Summer Youth Employment Program, the Hal Kaplan Middletown Mentor Program and Middletown Recreation Department initiatives. These events would not be possible without the strong support of the city, and we appreciate the fact that the mayor and the Common Council voted to sign on again for 2015.
The Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce Culinary Training Program Graduation Dinner was held last Tuesday evening in the Vinal Technical High School Dining Room. Through funding from the Connecticut Department of Labor, the Culinary Training Program is designed to assist area restaurants by training their employees in the cook-chef occupation with the goal of upgrading their skills.
Participants receive 60 hours of classroom training followed by on the job training. I would like to thank all of the restaurants that participated in this year’s program: Pavilion Catering, Café 56, Ford News Diner, Lan Chi’s Vietnamese Restaurant, One MacDonough Place, Covenant Village, Perk on Main, and Esca Restaurant and Wine Bar. I also want to acknowledge our instructors, Chef Nicholas Follacchio, Chef Tom Messner, Chef Louis Marinelli and Chef Ryan Barnes.
We very much appreciate their support of this culinary training program. Finally, I want to thank Commissioner Sharon Palmer and the Department of Labor for supporting this important job retention initiative in Middlesex County.
I look forward to attending three exciting business grand opening celebrations this week. On Wednesday afternoon, Mobil Two Lube Express will hold an event at its 566 Washington Street location in Middletown. Mayor Drew and I look forward to visiting with John DeSena and his team.
Later that afternoon, I will join Cromwell Mayor Enzo Faienza and Town Planner Stuart Popper at the grand opening for Cromwell Pizza and Pasta at its 370 Main St. location in Cromwell. We look forward to celebrating with Fabio Lourenconi and his team. On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Dan Drew and I will visit with Graciela Russo and her team to celebrate the official grand opening of Mi Argentina Cuisine at 170 Main St. in Middletown.
Attending these grand opening celebrations is one of my favorite parts of chamber work. Joining with these entrepreneurs to celebrate their business is truly inspirational. Middlesex County continues to be a great place to live, work and play.
The chamber has a few important meetings coming up over the course of the next week which I would like to briefly mention. Our Board of Directors will hold its April meeting this Thursday, April 16, at The Middletown Elks Lodge. The board has recently welcomed a number of state commissioners to its monthly meetings, and this month we are happy to welcome Commissioner Rob Klee of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
We look forward to talking with Commissioner Klee about important issues facing the business community, and we appreciate his willingness to visit with our group. I also want to thank Seasons Federal Credit Union for sponsoring this important chamber Board of Directors meeting.
I will attend the 10th Annual Mayor’s Ball on Saturday evening at the Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate. This community event will benefit the Middlesex Historical Society, St. Luke’s Community Services, The Rockfall Foundation and Amazing Grace Food Pantry. Three deserving gentlemen will be honored at the event: former City Councilman Joseph Bibisi with the Humanitarian Award, Middletown Fire Marshal Al Santostefano with the Community Service Award and Liberty Bank President Chandler Howard with the Corporate Citizenship Award. I appreciate the Mayor’s invitation and look forward to spending the evening with many friends and colleagues.
The chamber’s third special legislative event of 2015 is scheduled for next Monday, April 20th when we welcome Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano and House Minority Leader Themis Klarides to the Courtyard by Marriott. This event is sponsored by Connecticut Water Company, and breakfast will be served.
At this special meeting, Senator Fasano and Rep. Klarides will visit with chamber members to discuss the 2015 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly. Meeting attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions about the session, and discuss some important issues on the chamber’s 2015 Public Policy Agenda. We value our relationship with legislative leadership and certainly look forward to this event.
The month of April is home to a number of important chamber events. Our April Member Breakfast Meeting is scheduled for April 27 and will feature UConn President Susan Herbst as guest speaker. At this important event, sponsored by Liberty Bank, the chamber will recognize Business & Education Partnership Programs in Middlesex County, the mentors of the Hal Kaplan Middletown Mentor Program, and the Business & Career Professionals who will be presenting their careers to over 1200 Middlesex County high school students at the 10th Annual High School Career Fair Expo at the Freeman Athletic Center at Wesleyan University on April 30.
This year’s Career Fair Expo, presented by the chamber’s Business & Education Partnership Advisory Council, The Middlesex Consortium of Schools and Wesleyan University’s Center for Community Partnerships, will feature students from Middletown, Cromwell, Durham, Middlefield, Portland, East Hampton, Chester, Deep River, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth and Vinal Technical High School.
The chamber does great work connecting the business community to the education community in our region, and the Member Breakfast on the 27th and the Career Expo on the 30th will highlight these successes.
Our April Business After Work networking reception will be held at Billy Tee’s in Cromwell on Wednesday, April 29, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. This event will feature, as all of our Business After Work events do, a great spread of free food, beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks, and of course, the best networking around.
On May 1, the 32nd Annual Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament will be held at Portland Golf Course. The 2015 tournament is sold out once again, and I want to offer a special thank you to our Golf Committee and to chamber Vice President Johanna Bond who has served as Tournament Coordinator for many years. Our players, volunteers and staff are looking forward to a terrific day at Portland Golf Course on May 1.
I am afraid I must once again end the chamber column on a sad note. Floyd Wallace III recently passed away at the age of 63. Floyd was a fine man who had an extensive career in business including at Cooper Instrument Corporation in Middlefield, where he was very active with our chamber, and Tera-Flex Technologies in Wallingford.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Christine, his children Matthew, Margaret, and Katherine, his sisters, including our friend and longtime chamber member Carol Wallace, and his entire family at this difficult time.
For more information on chamber events and activities, visit www.middlesexchamber.com.


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Blaze Pizza has signed an agreement with Sajha LLC to develop three franchise stores in Southern California.
Sajha, led by Sandeep Bhakta, along with Kamal Patel, will open three Blaze Pizza locations in the Los Angeles area, the first of which is set to open in Spring 2013.
As the first Blaze Pizza franchisees, Sajha's executives have more than 12 years of limited-service-sector experience operating nationwide franchises such as Cold Stone Creamery and Which Wich Sandwiches.
"Our team is very excited about the company's depth of experience and the quality of their execution," said CEO Bhakta "In addition to crafting great tasting pizzas, we are very impressed with the operational program, which is being developed by industry veterans from numerous successful franchise concepts."
Blaze Pizza's executive team has overseen the growth of concepts including Buffalo Wild Wings, Chipotle and Wetzel's Pretzels. The company plans to grow its corporate footprint to a total of 15 stores by the end of 2013 and is registered to franchise in 34 states. Priority markets for growth include Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Miami, Denver and Boston.
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VIDEO: Sounds of music replace sounds war for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon
From wars in their home cities to camps in Lebanon, a music association in Beirut hopes to rehabilitate Palestinian and Syrian refugees by tapping into their musical talents.
The program has had a significant shift in the lives of children and young adults, some of whom recently escaped from unspeakable crimes of war.
The “Action for Hope” Music School began two years ago to train refugees to sing and play musical instruments.
‘Country for Syria’ band uses music to highlight refugee woesThe band members have just returned from a tour of the US where they played in New York Entertainment
Syrian refugees put Arab twist on Oliver!The organizers of the musical hope to stage more performances in Azraq and the famous Jordanian refugee camp Zaatari Variety


We’ve got great news for all the binge watchers because Netflix just got cheaper. Last week, Netflix franchises reduced the cost of their first-tier subscription packages and this includes Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
The basic plan for Netflix Thailand was originally priced at 279 baht and has now been reduced to 169 baht. This base subscription is ad-free, allows users to watch from one device at a time with unlimited access to the media, gives users the option to watch in 720p HD, and can be downloaded for offline viewing as well.
The move comes after the streaming media giant notified users they would limit password sharing, which has been fore-warned several times. This has already been carried out in other countries, where subscribers have to register a primary location for their subscription. If accessed from outside the set location, users have to pay an extra fee. Having said that, the reason behind the reduction of subscription fees remains unclear, it could be done to attract new subscribers or it could be a hint for Thailand customers to stop password sharing.
In the meantime, if you don’t have a Netflix account yet, click here to register.


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Who are the best Grizzlies to wear each number in Memphis franchise history?
by: James Ham — NBC Sports Bay Area 12 Jun
With the NBA on shutdown, the Kings' Buddy Hield plays in exhibition game in Oklahoma.
by: James Ham — NBC Sports Bay Area 11 Jun
Five seasons in, Vlade Divac has reshaped the Sacramento Kings. Has it been for the better?
by: Paul Kasabian — Bleacher Report 10 Jun
Former NBA head coach George Karl discussed his 112-game Sacramento Kings tenure with Jason Jones of The Athletic and touched on a number of topics that included his relationship with All-Star big man DeMarcus Cousins ...
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The Kings were hitting their stride before the coronavirus stoppage, and they want to see where they are at.
by: Marcus White — NBC Sports Bay Area 30 May
The Kings would get a chance to end their 13-year postseason drought in the reported proposal.
Ranking top locations for producing NBA talent since 2000, from Kevin Durant's hometown to Los Angeles - CBSSports.com
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New York, Chicago and Philadelphia are traditionally considered the top basketball meccas, but is that still the case?
by: James Ham — NBC Sports Bay Area 30 May
George Karl still is not over time with Kings and DeMarcus Cousins.
by: Ashish Mathur — Clutchpoints 27 May
The Minnesota Timberwolves’ inaugural campaign was in 1989-90. The franchise has compiled a record of 980-1,496 in the regular season and made the playoffs nine times. Minnesota is one of the few teams in the NBA that doesn’t have any Finals...

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Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Activated from IL
Richards (neck) was activated from the 15-day injured list Sunday, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.
The right-hander served up two homers in one inning during his lone rehab appearance, but the Blue Jays have reinstated Richards back to the active roster regardless. Chances are, Richards will be limited to mop-up duty, at least until he shows he can string together a few effective appearances. Richards has a 6.59 ERA and 1.57 WHIP through 28.2 innings for Toronto this season.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Begins rehab assignment
Richards (neck) will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.
Richards faced live hitters Monday and has now been cleared to return to game action in the minors. The right-hander didn't face a lengthy shutdown after landing on the injured list June 18, so he expects to be ready to return when first eligible July 3.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Facing hitters again
Richards (neck) threw a live batting practice session Monday, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.
Facing live hitters is likely the final hurdle that Richards needs to clear before the Blue Jays send him out for a minor-league rehab assignment. The 29-year-old right-hander had supplied a 6.59 ERA and 1.57 WHIP across 28.2 innings out of the Toronto bullpen this season before landing on the 15-day injured list June 18 with a strained neck. According to Mitch Bannon of SI.com, Richards said he was shut down from throwing for only a few days due to the injury, and he expects to be ready to come off the IL when first eligible July 3.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Out with neck strain
Richards was placed on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain Saturday.
Richards hasn't been pitching well lately, allowing 12 runs in eight innings across his last eight appearances, though it's unclear exactly how much of that can be attributed to the injury. Matt Gage was recalled to take his place in the bullpen.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Inks $1 million deal with Toronto
Richards agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract with the Blue Jays on Tuesday, avoiding arbitration, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.com reports.
Richards is in his first year of arbitration eligibility and will receive a modest raise. He spent most of last season with Toronto and was a solid bullpen piece with a 3.31 ERA, 0.80 WHIP and 37:10 K:BB across 32.2 innings.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Earns seventh win
Richards (7-2) fired a perfect sixth inning while striking out two, earning the win in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Orioles.
Richards entered the game with the Blue Jays down 1-0. However, after he fired a scoreless inning, Toronto put up 11 runs in the seventh inning to give Richards the win. He is 2-0 with nine strikeouts in seven scoreless innings over his last seven appearances.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Falls apart in 10th inning
Richards (5-2) took the loss Friday versus Detroit. He allowed three runs (two earned) on a hit and a walk with two strikeouts in two-thirds of an inning.
Richards got the ball for the top of the 10th inning, but he allowed the go-ahead run to score before Adam Cimber allowed two inherited runners to cross the dish. The 28-year-old Richards has allowed five runs (four earned) in two innings across his last three appearances, enduring a bit of a rough patch. For the year, he owns a 3.75 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and 64:18 K:BB through 48 innings for three teams.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Earns win in relief
Richards (5-1) earned the win in the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Angels after tossing two scoreless innings, walking one and fanning two.
Richards was charged with his first loss of the season July 26 against the Red Sox, but he has been excellent since then and has tossed five straight scoreless appearances, giving up just two hits across 6.1 innings in that span. In fact, Richards has allowed just three runs across 14 innings (12 appearances) since the beginning of July and owns a 1.93 ERA with a 19:5 K:BB in that span.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Charged with loss
Richards (4-1) allowed two runs on a hit and two walks with one strikeout in 1.1 innings, taking the loss Monday versus Boston.
Richards allowed a two-run home run to Alex Verdugo in the eighth inning, and Toronto was unable to pull even again. This was Richards' first loss in 27 appearances between three teams this year. The right-hander owns a 3.72 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 53:14 K:BB across 38.2 innings, and he's not expected to contend for saves in Toronto's bullpen.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Earns first win with Toronto
Richards (4-0) struck three batters out while allowing a hit over an inning, earning the win over the Mets on Saturday.
Richards entered the fifth inning in a tie game with one out and runners on first and second base. He earned his first win with the Blue in his fifth appearance with his new team. Since joining Toronto, he's allowed just one run in 5.2 innings while striking out 11 batters. The 28-year-old owns a 3.38 ERA in and 52 strikeouts in 37.1 innings.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Solid in Jays debut
Richards struck out one in a perfect inning of relief during Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Orioles.
The right-hander made short work of the O's in the sixth inning as the first man out of the bullpen after Hyun Jin Ryu. Richards is having a solid season in relief despite being traded twice, posting a 3.58 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 42:12 K:BB through 32.2 innings, and he could see more high-leverage work in Toronto than he did in Tampa Bay or Milwaukee.... See More ... See Less
Blue Jays' Trevor Richards: Dealt to Blue Jays
Richards and minor-leaguer Bowden Francis were traded to the Blue Jays from the Brewers on Tuesday in exchange for Rowdy Tellez, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.
Richards was traded to Milwaukee alongside Willy Adames on May 21, posting a 3.20 ERA and 25:9 K:BB in 19.2 innings with the Brewers. The righty primarily served as a bulk reliever, winning three games but also blowing two saves in his 15 appearances. Now, Richards joins a struggling bullpen that may find use for him in later, higher-leverage situations than the Brewers did.... See More ... See Less
Brewers' Trevor Richards: Collects second win
Richards (2-0) allowed a hit and two walks and struck out one in a scoreless inning to earn the win Saturday over Colorado.
Richards kept Milwaukee within a run despite the shaky eighth inning, and Willy Adames' two-run shot in the ninth put the right-hander in line for the win. Richards has been strong in June with no runs allowed in nine innings. For the year, he has a 3.51 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 32:8 K:BB across 25.2 innings, mainly in a middle-relief role.... See More ... See Less
Brewers' Trevor Richards: Picks up win
Richards (1-0) allowed a hit and a walk while striking out four over two scoreless innings to earn the win Saturday versus Pittsburgh.
Richards has now logged five scoreless innings across four appearances in June. He got off to a rocky start after he was traded from Tampa Bay to Milwaukee. The right-hander has a 4.15 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and 28:4 K:BB across 21.2 innings this season. He remains an option in the middle innings for Milwaukee.... See More ... See Less
Brewers' Trevor Richards: Sent to Brewers with Adames
Richards and Willy Adames were acquired by the Brewers from the Rays on Friday in exchange for J.P. Feyereisen and Drew Rasmussen, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
The right-hander has a 4.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and 16:3 K:BB through 12 innings this season and should join his new team sometime this weekend. Feyereisen and Rasmussen both saw significant work for the Brewers, so Richards should step into a sizable hole in the bullpen.... See More ... See Less
Rays' Trevor Richards: Back with big club
The Rays recalled Richards from Triple-A Durham on Wednesday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
The right-hander will move up to the big club for the second time this season after posting a 4.91 ERA and 1.09 WHIP over five appearances in his first stint with the Rays. After previously working as a swingman for the Rays in 2020, Richards appears to have transitioned into a full-time relief role. He worked no more than 1.1 innings in any of his five appearances with Durham prior to Wednesday's call-up.... See More ... See Less
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Therapeutic advantages of treatment of high-dose curcumin in the ovariectomized rat.
Although curcumin has a protective effect on bone remodeling, appropriate therapeutic concentrations of curcumin are not well known as therapeutic drugs for osteoporosis. The purpose of this study was to compare the bone sparing effect of treatment of low-dose and high-dose curcumin after ovariectomy in rats.
Forty female Sprague-Dawley rats underwent either a sham operation (the sham group) or bilateral ovariectomy (OVX). The ovariectomized animals were randomly distributed among three groups; untreated OVX group, low-dose (10 mg/kg) curcumin administered group, and high-dose (50 mg/kg) curcumin group. At 4 and 8 weeks after surgery, serum biochemical markers of bone turnover were analyzed. Bone histomorphometric parameters of the 4th lumbar vertebrae were determined by micro-computed tomography (CT). In addition, mechanical strength was determined by a three-point bending test.
High-dose curcumin group showed significantly lower osteocalcin, alkaline phosphatase, and the telopeptide fragment of type I collagen C-terminus concentration at 4 and 8 weeks compared with the untreated OVX group as well as low-dose curcumin group. In the analyses of micro-CT scans of 4th lumbar vertebrae, the high-dose curcumin treated group showed a significant increase in bone mineral densities (p=0.028) and cortical bone mineral densities (p=0.036) compared with the low-dose curcumin treated group. Only high-dose curcumin treated group had a significant increase of mechanical strength compared with the untreated OVX group (p=0.015).
The present study results demonstrat that a high-dose curcumin has therapeutic advantages over a low-dose curcumin of an antiresorptive effect on bone remodeling and improving bone mechanical strength.

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Purpose: This study explores social networkers' interest in and attitudes toward personal genome testing (PGT), focusing on expectations related to the clinical integration of PGT results.
Methods: An online survey of 1,087 social networking users was conducted to assess 1) use and interest in PGT; 2) attitudes toward PGT companies and test results; and 3) expectations for the clinical integration of PGT. Descriptive statistics were calculated to summarize respondents' characteristics and responses.
Results: Six percent of respondents have used PGT, 64% would consider using PGT, and 30% would not use PGT. Of those who would consider using PGT, 74% report they would use it to gain knowledge about disease in their family. 34% of all respondents consider the information obtained from PGT to be a medical diagnosis. 78% of those who would consider PGT would ask their physician for help interpreting test results, and 61% of all respondents believe physicians have a professional obligation to help individuals interpret PGT results.
Conclusion: Respondents express interest in using PGT services, primarily for purposes related to their medical care and expect physicians to help interpret PGT results. Physicians should therefore be prepared for patient demands for information and counsel on the basis of PGT results.

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Welcome to WOW! Embossing Powder!
Hello, and welcome back to the WOW! blog. Today I have a card featuring the new Summer Twilight Funky Fossil Trio. Have you seen this lovely new set of embossing powders? There’s a transparent lavender, chunky purple, and gold and green powder.
I began by die cutting the floral panel, and then alternated embossing the Blackberry and Verdant powders. I inked with WOW! Embossing Ink here and there around the die cut, covered with Blackberry, and then heat. Next, I covered the rest of the panel in the same process using Verdant powder.
After embossing the cover panel, I created a lavender panel by inking and embossing Lavender Fields for the background. I adhered to the card base, and then layered the die cut panel over it.
Then I inked and heat embossed the die cut sentiment in Metallic Brass Embossing Powder before adhering to the card. Finally, I added a few gold half-round beads.
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Some local well owners have found their wells unusable this summer due to drought conditions.
Ditches dried up early, too. River flows are down. Seasonal ponds had a very short life.
Fishing in the San Juan River through town is currently discouraged in the afternoon due to increased water temperatures and low water flows.
While the recent rains have been a blessing, it has not been enough to reverse the damage.
With numerous housing projects proposed in the area, the demand for water will only be increasing.
Will there be enough water to meet that need?
An analysis of current and future water supply and demand in the Upper San Juan River Basin through the year 2050 will be presented Aug. 9 from 6-8 p.m. at the Ross Aragon Community Center at 451 Hot Springs Blvd.
The San Juan Water Supply and Demand Analysis will be presented by Wilson Water Group. The study documents current and future demands for water from municipal, agricultural, and environmental and recreational users, and proposes solutions for meeting any potential shortages in water supply in the future.
The program will be hosted by the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD), which is responsible for commissioning the study.
The evening will also include a roundtable discussion on water issues facing our region.
The event description notes: “With changing climate conditions, drought, and an uptick in regional growth, the SJWCD is embarking on an outreach initiative to work collaboratively with our stakeholders to bring awareness to these issues. We can’t do this alone, join us and share your ideas, thoughts, and comments at our outreach event.”
The study considers the need for the highly debated Dry Gulch Reservoir.
“WWG did a water availability analysis to determine the potential range of reservoir sizes that would be needed to meet the range of projected shortages shown … The goals of the reservoir analysis were to meet municipal demands all years and to meet other shortages except in dry years,” reads the report.
A draft version of the water study will be posted at pagosasun.com under the opinion section. Take a look at the study and bring your concerns to this very important meeting. It is asked that you RSVP for planning purposes: email@example.com.
Snowball Water Treatment Plant
Another opportunity to give input on future water projects is planned for next month when the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) holds a public hearing concerning proposed upgrades to the Snowball Water Treatment Plant on Aug. 18.
This meeting was originally set for June 9; however, the cost of the project jumped from an estimated $25 million to a whopping approximately $40 million, causing the meeting to be rescheduled.
Due to an increase in the cost of the project, PAWSD had to reapply for a larger loan. The public hearing is a requirement of the Colorado State Revolving Fund loan that PAWSD is pursuing for the project.
It is currently unknown how that $40 million proposal will trickle down to our water bills. There is no doubt we will be paying more to fund this plant.
Proposed treatment plant alternative designs, preferred design, proposed rate increases due to the project and environmental impacts of the project will be presented at the meeting.
The meeting will include opportunities for public comment and the engineers for the project will be present to explain the designs.
The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. at the PAWSD administrative office at 100 Lyn Ave.
These public meetings will provide an opportunity to explore options.
Water projects come with a cost, but the price to pay for no water would be even greater.
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Energy stocks finished up 1.8% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2%, the Nasdaq was down 0.3% and the S&P 500 increased 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among energy stocks include:
- Sandridge Energy Inc (SD): SD stock is up 8.9% today.
- Pacific Drilling S.A. (PACD): PACD stock is up 7.7% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Baytex Energy Corp (BTE): BTE stock is up 5.4% today.
- Helmerich & Payne (HP): HP stock is up 5.1% today.
- Range Resources Corp (RRC): RRC stock is up 4.8% today.
- Wpx Energy Inc. Common Stock W (WPX): WPX stock is up 4.6% today and up 26.4% in the last month.
- Sm Energy Company (SM): SM stock is up 4.5% today.
- Precision Drilling Corp (PDS): PDS stock is up 4.2% today.
- Statoil ASA (STO): STO stock is up 4.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among energy stocks include:
- Ngl Energy Partners LP (NGL): NGL stock is down 1.4% today.
- Tesoro Logistics LP Common Unit (TLLP): TLLP stock is down 1.3% today.
- Ferrellgas Partners L.P. (FGP): FGP stock is down 0.8% today.
- Ypf Sociedad Anonima (YPF): YPF stock is down 0.6% today.
- Amerigas Partners L.P. (APU): APU stock is down 0.6% today.
- Alon USA Energy (ALJ): ALJ stock is down 0.4% today.
And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here.
Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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Ep. 33 Desegregating NJ Schools ft. Justice Gary Stein & Bishop John Schol
Although New Jersey is an extremely diverse State, segregation by race, ethnicity and class in New Jersey’s public schools is among the worst in the United States. At the upcoming Greater New Jersey Annual Conference, legislation will go before the voting body asking whether we as United Methodists want to sign on a lawsuit, produced by The Coalition for Diverse and Inclusive Schools, to desegregate schools in New Jersey. We sit down with former Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court the Honorable Gary Stein who helped coordinate this lawsuit and Bishop of the United Methodists of Greater New Jersey, John Schol to ask what the lawsuit is and why desegregation of NJ schools matters.
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST
1. GNJ Page on Segregation on New Jersey Schools
2. The Coalition for Diverse and Inclusive Schools
3. NJSpotlight Interactive Map on NJ School Diversity
4. This American Life Podcast: “The Problem We All Live With – Part One”

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Oh just look at Whimsie, he's so excited about BBQ season. He's all geared up and ready to grill!!
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Having a healthy living is a very powerful factor in our life. Most of us know that residing with a healthy body is one of the best path to live comfortable, to really feel higher, and to look better. Healthy residing will lead us to the purpose where we will enjoy life to the fullest till we develop old and will by no means expertise anything that may harm us or give us pain.
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Nevertheless, bear in mind that too much will not be good and will have a bad result. Eat only that is necessary and avoid eating food that is more in energy and less nutrients.
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Eating healthy is taking in contemporary fruits and vegetables. Instead of unhealthy snacks, replace them with contemporary vegetables and fruits. Nutrition is found most on the darker ones.
Protein is muscle builder. Good supply of protein are beans, fish, meat etc. Again, do not eat an excessive amount of of it because to the kidney will overwork to filter them.
Starch needs to be averted because they are sugar; among them are white bread, potatoes, French fries, and instantaneous oatmeal. Instead, strive the grains.
Practice an everyday exercise. Make a plan you can perform without missing even a single session because of laziness. This will enhance the metabolism of your body.
Fasting will not be an excellent idea. Instead of the three big meals, exchange them with 5 smaller meals in a day.
Fiber is sweet because it controls the rising rate of cholesterol within the body. You’ll find them in legumes, fibrous fruits like pineapple and whole grains.
Fatty acids are good to the body too. So, embrace them to your healthy residing diet. They will make good nails, skin, and hair.
There are some simple yet essential ways to have a healthy living. You can apply them anytime to improve the overall health of your body. If the body is in good condition, the nice metabolism will outcome to good digestion, will result to better flow of the blood, and will give us more energy to perform our each day tasks.
It is a chain of organs and system, and if all of them work completely, the brain will work properly too, to assist us think well of higher ideas. You possibly can look and really feel higher while you perform a healthy living.
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Artists and performers retell the story of Cambodia's dark period without music
When the Khmer Rouge regime took power in Cambodia, music was suddenly banned. Artists were targeted for their cultural influence, and a quarter of the country’s population was killed. Now, Cambodian artists are retelling this story through music.
KUOW’s Mike Davis reports.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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A range of garden structures in the unique Elegance style...
The Agriframes Elegance Structures have a rust resistant sage green coating, hand crafted wire-work and the signature solid steel finial that can be found on the Elegance Obelisks. This range of elegant garden structures comprises of Arches, Screens, Obelisks, Window Boxes, Plant Supports and Border Edging.
The Elegance range takes its styling from traditional garden structures of 19thCentury England. This stunning collection will bring style, structure and a touch of elegance to your garden for many years to come.
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'Split Screen' Dramatic Reading
A dramatic reading to workshop award winning author Jonathan Marcantoni’s new play, Split Screen, a tragicomic romance set in pre and post-pandemic Hollywood.
Split Screen is my first comedic play, a story set on two film sets, 25 years apart. In 2009, acclaimed filmmaker Raul Castellano has gone through a 4 year creative drought and is now mounting his comeback film. He invites his lost love, a film reporter who inspired his film, to the set, and when she surprisingly shows up, he sets out to win her back even as financial and cast problems throw the filming into chaos.
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Taking place at Central Park, the massive crowd enjoyed performances from Coldplay, Ariana Grande, Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran, and Beyonce.
What Does Pope Francis’ Visit To The U.S. Mean To African-Americans And Minorities?Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States was big news this week in the mainstream media. All week there was lots of talk about his overtly
Beyoncé and Jay Z have shelled out the big bucks for “La Casa de Castille,” according to Variety. The mansion, located in the heart of the Garden District in New Orleans, is also a former church
Kylie Jenner looked to be in some pain after a fan snatched her hair outside of Chris Brown’s concert.
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Posted: Oct 23, 2012 6:53 AM by Meteorologist Ryan Davidson
Source: WBRZ Weather Center
High pressure is eroding to the East the rest of this week, allowing moisture to flow back in from the Gulf of Mexico. Aside from the humidity increase, temperatures will stay fairly consistent with no significant changes in the forecast until this weekend when a front brings in some cooler, drier weather.
TODAY: Fog evaporates by 10:30am. High near 85 with plenty of sunshine. Moderately humid. Wind from the Southeast 5-10.
TONIGHT: A little damp by early morning again with dense fog. Low near 65. Wind from the East 3-5.