Podcasts about Housatonic

Rob Parkins is a seasoned outdoorsman and conservation advocate with over 25 years of experience in the fly-fishing and outdoor industries. As a guide, dog handler, and industry professional, Rob has dedicated his career to fostering connections between people and nature. His journey began in 1997, attending fly-fishing shows, and evolved into guiding on iconic rivers like the Housatonic and Delaware, as well as managing fly shops, including West Bank Anglers in Jackson, Wyoming. Rob's passion shines through his storytelling, whether he's recounting the technical challenges of guiding & highlighting the unique ecology of Henry's Fork. Thanks to our incredible sponsors: www.naturesspiritflytying.netwww.nor-vise.comcrosscurrentinsurance.comflyfishingshow.com Episode Highlights [02.25] Rob explains how he got into the fly fishing industry as a professional for the first time.  [05.00] The challenge and satisfaction of guiding.  [06.36] The importance of building a business with a focus on relationships and personal fulfillment.  [12.50] Westbank Anglers.  [18.16] Westbank Anglers' diverse and memorable guiding experiences. [24.33] Jackson Hole One Fly tournament.  [31.44] Rob's favorite style of fishing.  [35.05] Fishing in Yellowstone.  [36.15] What makes Henry's Fork a world-class fishing destination.  [40.38] What you need to know about fishing in Henry's Fork. [47.11] Living the outdoor life with labradors.  [50.36] Fly tying as an artistic and creative craft. [55.37] Rob's role as the show coordinator.

This segment is focusing on a small but important group of Connecticut's hungry - students attending our community college network. In the few years since it opened, the Food Pantry at CT State Housatonic has gone from feeding a few hundred to thousands of students, so we'll speak to a pair of representatives from that operation to bring you up to speed on how things are going so far this year, and how you might be able to help support the cause.

We're opening with a focus on a small but important group of Connecticut's hungry - students attending our community college network. In the few years since it opened, the Food Pantry at CT State Housatonic has gone from feeding a few hundred to thousands of students, so we'll speak to a pair of representatives from that operation to bring you up to speed on how things are going so far this year, and how you might be able to help support the cause. Then we'll be catching the buzz with the Back Yard Beekeepers Association, which is inviting anyone who cares about these critical pollinators to learn from their monthly meeting info session, and from their next "Bee School," which is signing up its next class right now. And we're closing with important updates about the upcoming election and how easy Connecticut is making it for you to still get registered and vote - whether at the polls on November 4, by Absentee Ballot, or as part of the state's very first year providing Early Voting opportunities.

We reached out to the Director of the Housatonic Museum of Art to hear about her dream to bring together dozens of two-year college art gallery professionals, and how she is poised to host the nation's first ever gathering of these colleagues with the aim of taking academic art institutions to new heights across the country.

Send us a Text Message.Traveling both takes moxie and builds moxie. Just ask the Housatonic Valley Regional High School International Travel Club. Reinvigorated by Club faculty advisor Social Studies teacher John Lizzi, the club has taken students, faculty, staff, and parents to destinations such as the Galapagos, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, and the Mediterranean coast. In this Moxie episode, John and students Ellie Wolgemuth and Madison Melino describe their adventures, growth and moxie that have resulted from their journeys. In fact, Madison joined the podcast from the Rekyvik Airport after a glacier flood impacted her travels.For those in need of financial assistance, the Club's new model allows families to participate in fundraising to subsidize the cost of the trip, making travel affordable for anyone who wants to go. The club's fundraising arm, NWC: Students Without Borders, facilitates student fundraising activities and donations.John, Ellie, and Madison have all seen the impact of these trips crossover into their academic pursuits at HVRHS and in their personal lives. They are more confident, resilient, curious, and open to new experiences–the hallmarks of moxie!This episode of Main Street Moxie is proudly sponsored by Main Street Magazine.To support the HVRHS International Travel Club, consider donating an auction item, sponsoring the event, and/or attending their annual fundraiser at The White Hart Inn in Salisbury, CT, on September 13, 2024. The event is planned and staffed by students. For any questions, please email the club at nwcstudentswithoutborders@gmail.com or view their website NWC: Students Without Borders.ResourcesHousatonic Valley Regional High School EF Educational ToursSocial Media HVRHS International Travel Club InstagramSupport the Show.

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 Find out about The Housatonic Museum of Art and a new exhibit opening in March that will excite anyone who loves sports and photography! We spoke with Jennifer Kay-Reynolds, Director of the museum. 

On this episode of Our American Stories, the CSS Hunley's sinking of the Housatonic was only a partial success, but represents the first time a submarine managed to sink an enemy vessel...and it happened in Charleston Harbor during the Civil War. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Loftus was there as a businessman through the past decade as tennis grew in the Northeast, and in New England, in particular. He's been building pickleball courts throughout the region and has seen that sport rise almost as fast as slam of a whiffle ball. Now, he is hoping to be there for the boom that will be the new sport invading our shores from Europe: Padel. He believes the sun is only just rising over the future growth of padel. With his high school mate, Loftus built an empire through tennis court construction. Working with country and tennis clubs and private residences, Loftus has crisscrossed New England and the northeast in search of new spaces for tennis, and running tracks, provided for the other segment of his clientele: educational institutions and public facilities. He knows the market for courts and tracks, from the clay courts of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, to the tracks and concrete of Providence and Springfield. Padel Is Far Different From Pickleball But now, he's looking at Padel. Loftus believes that, long term, padel rather than pickleball may be the sport to usurp the grip that tennis has on its racquet competitors. He even sees a possibility of padel joining forces with tennis, say, at the US Open in Flushing Meadows. What's interesting about his view is that, unlike how many regard pickleball, he doesn't view padel as an opponent trying to take replace tennis courts and kill off his main business of building tennis courts. He sees padel as an addition. Country clubs are going in circles, says Loftus. He calls it the "wild wild west" is the current state of play with padel court construction. Clubs are watching what investors are doing with the sport and promotion. While private equity team up with racquet sport enthusiasts to join forces and investigate various ways to house and build padel courts, Loftus is left holding the figurative shovel until the nod is given. Once he receives the "ok" he can import the structures from Spain and start to add to the 350 courts already here in the States. Finally, it might be time to invest in those old red-brick mercantile and textile factory buildings in New England from New Bedford to New London and inland along the rivers like the Housatonic and the Connecticut. Loftus is always looking up, as he has to find ceilings over 24 feet. Come and have a listen and maybe you'll be raising the roof!

Welcome everyone to another episode featuring Head Coaches around the world, where this week we get an opportunity to hear from, Mr. John Graves, current Head Coach of Dartmouth Women's Rowing and former Associate Head Coach of the Men's Heavyweight team. An avid rower from a well-known family in crew, John (the youngest of three) reflects on his time rowing in college at Trinity, following up on the legacy left by his relatives and the impact his brother Peter made on the program (Olympian & Head Coach of Trinity Women's Rowing) & Tom (Current Head Coach of Long Beach Junior Men's Crew).On this episode, we speak on the “meat and potatoes” of the rowing stroke, move from coaching the men at Dartmouth to the women & the recent changes in recruitment through the NCAA, 2023 Under-23 Selection Camp, along with the amazing facilities available to the athletes on the team and how sculling is still a valued art of rowing, filtered within the program. Dartmouth's fall season starts off this weekend at the Head of the Housatonic, leading into the infamous Head of the Charles Regatta the 20th-22nd of October this year. Be sure to be on the lookout of the Big Green as they embark on the 2023-2024 season together as one!Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify I Said What I SaidJoin your hosts Brad and Tyson on the unapologetic I Said What I Said Sports Podcast!Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyXeno Müller - Elite Rowing Coach Make your rowing dreams real! Use Code “FORSTARS” for $200 OFF on your desired training package!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/494  Presented by: Stonefly Nets, Yellowstone Teton Territory, Daiichi Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors       Get ready for some dry fly tips for the Farmington River as we dive into our latest podcast episode with Antoine Bissieux. In this episode, we'll be focusing on dry fly fishing. But that's not all! We'll also talk about the top rivers to fish in Connecticut, a hidden gem for fly fishing enthusiasts. Antoine will also share some gear recommendations to enhance your dry fly fishing experience. So kick back, grab your favorite beverage, and get ready for a laidback and informative conversation that will have you itching to hit the water with your dry flies at the ready! Farmington River Show Notes with Antoine Bissieux 1:34 - Antoine gives us an update since he guested on our podcast in episode 424. He talks about that time when he spent two weeks in the Farmington River with his old friend, Yannick Riviere, and some other anglers. When they were there, a tremendous storm came in. 8:20 - His season comes to an end after Christmas. He doesn't start fishing until mid-March. It varies from year to year depending on the weather. In his spare time, he usually ties flies and creates watches, which he finds relaxing. 11:07 - Antoine teaches us about Connecticut's best rivers. The Housatonic River is a beautiful river that offers excellent fishing in the fall and spring. Summer pike and bass fishing in Housatonic are fantastic. It's double the size of the Farmington. The Farmington is Connecticut's most well-known river. Click here for a list of the top 15 fly fishing locations in Connecticut. 15:14 - He explains why Farmington is the number one river to visit in Connecticut. To fish the Farmington, he advises starting from the section between New Hartford and Riverton. He mentions a guidebook to fishing the Farmington by the Farmington River Anglers Association. 20:02 - If you're going to hit dry flies in the Farmington River, the best month would be from the end of May to July. He also mentions the bugs present at this time. 22:53 - His off-season patterns are typically some form of crippled or handicapped bug. He mentions a fly that looks identical to it. A fly created by Yannick that he claims is hard to sink also works well for him. 29:00 - He gives more dry fly tips and tricks. He says that a good fly is nothing else but a good cast. 33:20 - We talk about his leader setup and other gear in detail. 40:44 - Antoine highly recommends Bestard boots for wading. 44:47 - He discusses the Magic CDC, a new CDC on the market that is not yet accessible in the United States. 46:37 - He uses a semi-automatic reel from Peux Fly Fishing, notably the Fulgor 01 which is also available at the Tactical Fly Fisher. He explains the difference between an automatic and semi-automatic reel. 51:40 - I ask him questions from our listeners about the rod and reel combo for fresh and saltwater and streamer fishing. 53:51 - He provides additional useful dry fly fishing tips and tricks. He recounts using a CDC fly called berzilleuse, which Yannick named for himself. 57:05 - He tells the secret of a good dry fly cast. 59:50 - He does fishing sessions with Orvis.   Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/494 

Native Americans in western and eastern Connecticut had decidedly different experiences when white European settlers arrived. This episode focuses on the Native Americans of western Connecticut, who avoided direct involvement in the brutal Indian Wars #1 and #2 (Pequot War and King Phillip's War). Two reservations exist in western CT, and they are quite small, when compared to those found elsewhere throughout the U.S. Learn about the history and the myths of past Native American activities along the Housatonic and Still Rivers from Western Connecticut State University Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Dr. Laurie Weinstein.

On this episode of Our American Stories, the CSS Hunley's sinking of the Housatonic was only a partial success, but represents the first time a submarine managed to sink an enemy vessel... and it happened in Charleston Harbor during the Civil War. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Annea Lockwood thinks of rivers as “live phenomena” that are constantly changing and shifting. She's been drawn to the energy that rivers create, and the sound that energy makes, since she first started working with environmental recordings in the 1960s.One of her projects has been to create detailed “river maps” of the Hudson, Danube, and Housatonic rivers. Using stereo microphones and underwater hydrophones, she captures the gentle, powerful sounds of the water, along with the noises of insects, birds, and occasional humans she finds along the way.Lockwood's 2010 composition, “A Sound Map of the Housatonic River”, takes listeners on a 150-mile tour, from the headwaters in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, past sites of toxic PCB contamination, to the Connecticut Audubon sanctuary, where the river spills into Long Island Sound. You can also hear an excerpt of the full composition at Annea Lockwood's music portfolio.Universe of Art is hosted and produced by D Peterschmidt, who also wrote the theme music. Charles Bergquist and John Dankosky provided production assistance. The original segment was produced by John Dankosky, and hosted by Ira Flatow. Our show art was illustrated by Abelle Hayford. Support for Science Friday's science and arts coverage comes from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Do you have an idea for a future episode of Universe of Art? Send us an email or a voice memo to universe@sciencefriday.com.You can read the transcript for this episode here.

On today's show data analyst Mark Kulacz shares his unique insight on a handful of important world events from recent history including 9/11, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the connection between the two. GUEST OVERVIEW: Mark Kulacz and Housatonic Information Technology Services (Housatonic ITS) produce Housatonic Live; a tech/political/history research channel. Housatonic is a Managed Services Provider of computer and data protection services for non-profits, startups, and citizen journalists and researchers. Housatonic's ultimate goal is to be able to offer low-cost to no-cost professional services and support for citizen journalists under extreme financial distress (because doing the right thing never pays!)

We're circling back to the Wheeler Health network to help celebrate the recent CT Community Foundation grant supporting Wheeler's Walk With Me program -  creating a safe, affirming, and inclusive array of outpatient services for LGBTQ+ people and their loved ones. Then head back up the mighty Housatonic to catch up with the Housatonic River Commission - the decades-long driving force behind a recent federal 'Wild & Scenic' designation that was provided for one of the most pristine stretches of that western Connecticut waterway. Finally, we'll lead you from the river to the forest, to catch up with the Aspetuck Land Trust and invite you to explore the 2100-plus acres they manage in southwestern Connecticut — while learning more about their Green Corridor initiative and other cool activities for the spring and summer.

GM Host: Steve di Costanzo Dr. Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye the director of the Housatonic Museum of Art will talk about their Spring series lecture. Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye most recently served as a consultant at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and as an Art History lecturer at Manchester Community College in Manchester, Connecticut. She held previous positions at a variety of museums and organizations, including the Yale Center for British Art and the Yale University Art Gallery. She received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Southern California, and participated in the Getty Leadership Institute NextGen program, among others.

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We've got exciting news for farmers, gardeners and those who love our land resources - The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut (NOFA-CT) is with us previewing the 41st Winter Conference coming up in March and culminating with an in-person gathering and celebration at Wesleyan University. Then, we'll tell you about CONNIE - the CT Health Exchange that's required to implement by May. There are more than a few serious concerns about it and a lot that consumers aren't aware of — so we'll call on the President of the CT Psychological Association to help unpack some of the key details you need to know. And we'll close with more good environmental news - a 41-mile section of the Housatonic River just received federal Wild and Scenic designation, which should lead to better protections for the waterway. So we'll chat up a leader from the Housatonic Valley Association - one of the two organizations that helped Connecticut earn this high profile national designation to learn more.

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. Here are a few stories from the Edge this week: 1. The Mass DEP is getting impatient with Housatonic Water Works, the private company that supplies drinking water (such as it is) to the village of Housatonic: 2. Meanwhile, in West Stockbridge, the town's Planning Board approved a controversial special permit for The Foundry to continue to host special events and concerts in spite of complaints from neighbors — in particular, Truc's Orient Express Restaurant: 3. This week we have a profile of Eve Schatz, an attorney who founded the Berkshire Center for Justice, providing, among other services, weekly free legal clinics at the Guthrie Center: 4. And on the bright side, Berkshire Bach will be presenting a New Year's Baroque Concerto Showcase: 5. Greylock Glen project — a development of this area near the base of Mt. Greylock — receives preliminary approval from the Adams Selectboard… this is an unusual, perhaps unprecedented permit for a development on the mountain that has heretofore been fiercely protected from any development; 6. Finally, we should mention that Christine Gevert's Crescendo's “Story of Hope” concert in Lakeville and Great Barrington January 7 and 8. It had to be rescheduled for these dates:

On this episode of Our American Stories, the CSS Hunley's sinking of the Housatonic was only a partial success, but represents the first time a submarine managed to sink an enemy vessel...and it happened in Charleston Harbor during the Civil War. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. Here are a few stories from the Edge this week: 1. Here's a story that will put a chill in the hearts of administrators of the region's cultural organizations: Are employees of the region's vaunted cultural organizations getting paid equitably? 2. Meanwhile, the Great Barrington Selectboard is reviewing a second proposal to redevelop the Housatonic School building in the hamlet of Housatonic. 3. Ben Doren, the very popular principal of the W.E.B. DuBois Middle School in Great Barrington, has announced that he is leaving. He introduced the concept of “radical inclusion” into the Middle School classrooms: 4. Well, radio fans, we have some dire news about our low power FM station in Great Barrington, WBCR, that's run by a corps of volunteers — it may have to shut down for lack of funds: 5. Finally, if you like jazz, you won't want to miss the Berkshire Jazz Sprawl featuring pianist Brandon Golberg:

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. Here are a few stories from the Edge this week: 1. We have a huge fight going on in West Stockbridge between a performing arts venue called The Foundry and a restaurant called Truc's Oriental Express. https://theberkshireedge.com/trucs-vs-foundry-soap-opera-continues-at-contentious-public-hearing/ 2. There's an informal group in Housatonic fighting the Housatonic Water Works. It's called the Housatonic Clean Water Alliance. This week a member of the alliance hired an attorney from Boston, upping the ante in this fight. 3.We had two interesting stories this week as part of our Business Monday line-up: One was the announcement that a store on Railroad Street in Great Barrington is closing after 43 years. And the owner has born witness to the changes in the town. https://theberkshireedge.com/business-monday-byzantium-set-to-close-in-january/ The second comes from our “Personal shopper” Harriet Ziefert who admits to being a scarf-aholic and talks about the scarves she has found at Karen Allen Fiber Arts on Railroad Street in Great Barrington. https://theberkshireedge.com/personal-shopper-finding-scarves-at-karen-allen-fiber-arts/ 4. Our weather guru Nick Diller puts the recent warm weather into historical perspective. 5. We have the second in an ongoing series by Sheela Clary called “Where We Are”, in which she talks to local community people who live and work in the Berkshires about how they feel about their lives here. This installment focuses on three local voices ranging in age from eighteen to forty-one. They were all born and raised in South County. The first installment was published on October 30, and includes conversations with six local people onhow they are doing, what troubles them, and what gives them hope.

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. Here are a few stories from the Edge this week: 1. It's the Housatonic Water Works — again. The town of Great Barrington — Housatonic is a village within the town — is considering its next steps to acquire the privately owned — and troubled — water system tht serves the village of Housatonic and environs: 2. What's Halloween without visual mischief…. in this case, area students set about to decorate Great Barrington storefront windows with ghoulish art… and the merchants are all for it… and to go along with this bit of mischief, we have our historian Gary Levieille recall Halloweens past in Great Barrington: 3. We continue with another chapter in Bill Shein's examination of the development projects under way and envisioned by entrepreneur Ian Rasch. This installment (Part 6) examines Rasch's plans for Prospect Lake in Egremont: 4. Our political and cultural observer Mickey Friedman has been writing a series of essays analyzing the immediate and long-term effects of what he calls “Trumphobia” on the vitality of American democracy: 5. One of our writers, Sheela Clary, has been writing a fascinating series of interviews with various South Berkshire County residents to "ask local people how they are doing, what troubles them, and what gives them hope.” In this installment she talks with the Rev. Jill Graham of First Congregational Church of Sheffield: https://theberkshireedge.com/where-we-are-south-county-voices-from-late-october-2022/ 6. And finally, Sarah Wright, in her Woman on the Verge feature, has an essay on how voting is a sign of civic health — Vot-ER's Civic Health Fellowship — imagine, she asks, health care providers asking their patients if they're prepared to vote:

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. Here are a few stories from the Edge this week: 1. There's a revolt stewing among the members of the 8-town planning committee in southern Berkshire County trying to come up with strategy for consolidating educational facilities and spending: 2. Concurrently, this same 8-town committee is complaining about a lack of input from staff at the school districts and from the public: 3. The restoration of the historic A.M.E. Zion church in Great Barrington, where W.E.B. Du Bois worshipped, is moving ahead, with the goal of creating a Du Bois Freedom Center: 4. The residents of Housatonic are really getting up in arms about the troubled water system their village depends on. Now the owner of the system is saying there has to be an “alternative” plan to address the water quality issues. At the top of his list, merging his failing system with the town of Great Barrington's: 5. Pulling for the Pantry. The Great Barrington Food Pantry, where those in need can get food, held a successful Pulling for the Pantry fundraiser, with performances by local musicians:

This week, we welcome Licensed Connecticut fishing guide Tristan Wilgan @t_wilgan to the @tide_chasers Podcast. CT is a special state. You can be trout fishing world famous rivers in the morning and then an hour later be in Long Island sound chasing stripers and albies! Tristan gives us the lowdown on all these special fisheries including trout, smallies, stripers, albies and even Atlantic salmon.  Tristan fishes all over CT and guides for @housatonicriveroutfitters. He specializes on the Housatonic and Farmington river. He fills us in on current conditions for fall fishing for the many species, what to expect and how to succeed in each season.  Tide Chasers is a weekly podcast featuring local fishermen, charter captains, tackle shop owners and party boat captains among others.  We discuss our local fisheries as well as opportunities to the north and south of our home waters of PA/NJ.  If you or someone you know would like to be a guest, send us a message!  Otherwise, we appreciate all the likes, shares, follows and subscribers as it helps us grow!  Help us get the word out, hit that share button!  Where to find Tide Chasers on Social media: Instagram: @tide_chasers Facebook: www.Facebook.com/tidechaserspodcast Hosts: Khoa @thatasianangler Dan @dmancari18 Bobby @fishingwithaphd Lee @ljssurfing Guest: Tristan Wilgan @t_wilgan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. Here are a few stories from the Edge this week: 1. We have a new director of Great Barrington libraries… Samara Klein, daughter of the well-known writer Daniel Klein: 2. The Great Barrington selectboard spent a scant 15 minutes on the issue of the Housatonic Water Works water system for the village of Housatonic, despite hundreds of Housatonic residents demonstrating outside Town Hall: 3. Finally, after a long and weary effort, the village of Sandisfield has been designate a national historic district: 4. On August 31 a candlelight vigil was held in front of the South County Recovery Center in Great Barrington to remember those lost to drug overdoses and to call attention to the scourge of drug addiction.. This coming Saturday, a “Smash the Stigma” event will take place at Town Hall, sponsored by the South County Rural Recovery Center: 5. OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at Berkshire Community College is sponsoring a program on the indigenous peoples of the Berkshires. Hint: they still live here: 6. Finally, our columnist Carole Owens, who lives in Stockbridge, has touched a live wire with her column supporting a residential tax exemption that would place more tax burden on the second-home owners:

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. Here are a few stories from the Edge this week: 1. We have the primary election results from Berkshire County: In a closely watch race, Tim Shugrue easily defeated Andrea Harrington for the post of District Attorney, and Tom Bowler was elected sheriff. 2. Housatonic residents are continuing their protest against the rusty water emanating from the Housatonic Water Work. There are new developments in the frustration that Housatonic residents feel against Housatonic Water Works On Thursday, September 1, the company's owner issued a press release that its water quality now meets compliance with some of the state's DEP standards, and to address the problems of manganese in the system, they would be raising rates. This led to an angry protest in front of Town Hall last Saturday. s: 3. Our regular columnist Carole Owens discussed the proposed Residential Tax Exemption (RTE) that has been proposed for Stockbridge.This would lead to second home owners paying taxes at a higher rate than full-time resident. In response to a terrible fight looming in Stockbridge over this, Carole advocates civility and truthfulness, and she has attracted several spirited comments. This is a very interesting issue. 4. Just as most of us think we can lower our guard against Covid, our commentator Mickey Friedman offers a warning that we're not out of the woods yet titled “Covid: What, me worry?" 5. The inaugural authors guild WIT (words, ideas and thinkers) festival is coming to Shakespeare & Company. The theme: Reimagining America:

Marylee Hardenbergh has created over 50 outdoor site-specific dances at such sites as Sarajevo, the city of Acre on the Mediterranean, the Aerial High Lift Bridge in Duluth, the Housatonic and Anacostia Rivers, and a 7-site simultaneous performance the length of the Mississippi River. Her first outdoor site dance, Solstice Falls on Friday, was on the yellow mooring cells in the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis in 1985, where nine mooring cells each held one dancer, with the music played over the radio so that all dancers and audience members could hear the same beat at the exact same moment. The audience brought portable radios and became the sound system.  Hardenbergh's performances on the Mississippi River became the springboard for the Global Water Dances, of which she was the Artistic Director for many years. She was also an Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Global Environmental Education at Hamline University in Minnesota. Currently, she is the Artistic Director of Global Site Performance and has received numerous fellowships for dance including a Fulbright Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and various other awards and commissions. Website: GlobalSitePerformance.org

Ed Kirby Tribute June 4, 2022 at Housatonic Valley Regional High School 10:00am: Guests may participate in a HVRHS school tour with Principal, Ian Strever, or in a fun-filled batting practice for players of all ages on the newly dedicated Ed Kirby Baseball Field. 11:00am: A Tribute to Edward M. Kirby: Richard Gustafson, '59, Vice Chairman, HVRHS Alumni Association. Welcome and update on the results of the Kirby Campaign and field improvements. Patricia Allyn Mechare, '64, Chairman, HVRHS Alumni Association, and Chairman, Region One Board of Education. Ian Strever, Principal, Housatonic Valley Regional High School. Steve Blass, '60, Baseball, 1971 World Series winner, player, and announcer for Pittsburgh Pirates for over 50 years. Wendy Gerstel, ‘76, Geology and Earth Sciences, engineering geologist/hydrogeologist for 40-some years – mostly west of Butch Cassidy Country. Richard ‘Dick' Paddock, Historian with the Beckley Iron Furnace State Park in East Canaan, CT. Anne Kirby, '71, Family Reflections Picture video: “A Tribute to Edward M. Kirby” Richard Gustafson. '59, Vice Chairman, HVRHS Alumni Association. Closing Remarks. 12:00 Noon: All are invited to enjoy “Lunch at the Ballpark”, and continue to visit with friends and family.

Ed Kirby TributeJune 4, 2022at Housatonic Valley Regional High School 10:00am: Guests may participate in a HVRHS school tour with Principal, Ian Strever, or in a fun-filledbatting practice for players of all ages on the newly dedicated Ed Kirby Baseball... Read More ›

Le premier navire coulé par un sous-marin ne l'a pas été durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, ni même durant la guerre de 1914-1918. C'est en 1864, au cours de la guerre de Sécession, qu'il fut envoyé par le fond.Un sous-marin à propulsion humaineLe premier sous-marin à avoir coulé un navire est le H.L. Hunley. Il fut construit, au début de la guerre de Sécession, sur les conseils d'un homme d'affaires sudiste.Ce petit submersible mesurait un peu plus de 12 mètres de long et pesait environ 8 tonnes. Il ne pouvait accueillir qu'un modeste équipage de 8 hommes, qui actionnait le sous-marin à la main, au moyen d'une simple manivelle. Le submersible était équipé d'une charge explosive placée au bout d'une sorte de harpon.Après quelques essais réussis, le sous-marin coule à deux reprises, entraînant la mort de plusieurs marins. Après de tels échecs, un officier sudiste s'exclame que le Hunley sera sans doute plus dangereux pour ceux qui l'utilisent que pour leurs adversaires.Un double naufrageMalgré ses évidents défauts, les Sudistes décident d'utiliser le sous-marin pour briser le blocus de Charleston, dans le sud des États-Unis.Le 17 février 1864, le Hunley repère donc sa cible, le Housatonic, ancré dans le port de Charleston. À la force du poignet, le sous-marin fonce vers le navire et le heurte de son bélier.La charge explose comme prévu. Le navire sombre, entraînant 5 hommes d'équipage dans la mort. Le Housatonic est donc le premier bateau à être coulé par un sous-marin. Mais le même sort attendait le submersible.En effet, celui-ci se met à dériver, puis sombre à son tour. Tous les marins périssent dans le naufrage. Dans l'épave du Hunley, repérée dès 1995 et remontée à la surface en 2000, on a retrouvé les squelettes des membres d'équipage. Ils n'avaient donc pas eu le temps de quitter leurs postes.D'après les spécialistes, qui se sont livrés à une série d'essais, avec un sous-marin miniature, l'explosion aurait produit une onde de choc assez puissante pour détruire les poumons des sous-mariniers. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Le premier navire coulé par un sous-marin ne l'a pas été durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, ni même durant la guerre de 1914-1918. C'est en 1864, au cours de la guerre de Sécession, qu'il fut envoyé par le fond. Un sous-marin à propulsion humaine Le premier sous-marin à avoir coulé un navire est le H.L. Hunley. Il fut construit, au début de la guerre de Sécession, sur les conseils d'un homme d'affaires sudiste. Ce petit submersible mesurait un peu plus de 12 mètres de long et pesait environ 8 tonnes. Il ne pouvait accueillir qu'un modeste équipage de 8 hommes, qui actionnait le sous-marin à la main, au moyen d'une simple manivelle. Le submersible était équipé d'une charge explosive placée au bout d'une sorte de harpon. Après quelques essais réussis, le sous-marin coule à deux reprises, entraînant la mort de plusieurs marins. Après de tels échecs, un officier sudiste s'exclame que le Hunley sera sans doute plus dangereux pour ceux qui l'utilisent que pour leurs adversaires. Un double naufrage Malgré ses évidents défauts, les Sudistes décident d'utiliser le sous-marin pour briser le blocus de Charleston, dans le sud des États-Unis. Le 17 février 1864, le Hunley repère donc sa cible, le Housatonic, ancré dans le port de Charleston. À la force du poignet, le sous-marin fonce vers le navire et le heurte de son bélier. La charge explose comme prévu. Le navire sombre, entraînant 5 hommes d'équipage dans la mort. Le Housatonic est donc le premier bateau à être coulé par un sous-marin. Mais le même sort attendait le submersible. En effet, celui-ci se met à dériver, puis sombre à son tour. Tous les marins périssent dans le naufrage. Dans l'épave du Hunley, repérée dès 1995 et remontée à la surface en 2000, on a retrouvé les squelettes des membres d'équipage. Ils n'avaient donc pas eu le temps de quitter leurs postes. D'après les spécialistes, qui se sont livrés à une série d'essais, avec un sous-marin miniature, l'explosion aurait produit une onde de choc assez puissante pour détruire les poumons des sous-mariniers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. 1. It's town election time in Sheffield, and we have a contest for a seat on the Selectboard between two political veterans, Nadine Hawver and George Oleen. The candidates disagree on the merger of school districts :https://theberkshireedge.com/challenged-by-veteran-planner-former-sheffield-selectboard-member-seeks-to-retake-her-seat/ 2. Our cultural writer Peter Bergman has reviewed a fascinating autobiography by Kevin O'Hara, a Pittsfield writer who has spent 30 years as a psychiatric nurse on a locked ward at Berkshire Medical Center… and since Kevin is Irish, he tells a fascinating story: https://theberkshireedge.com/book-review-kevin-oharas-ins-and-outs-of-a-locked-ward-my-30-years-as-a-psychiatric-nurse/ 3. Bob Gray, a writer who grew up in the village of Housatonic, has written a charming tale out of his youth about yo-yo's …. https://theberkshireedge.com/bob-gray-yo-yo-man/ 4. The pandemic may be subduing the customarily lively Berkshire cultural scene but there are bright spots here and there, and one of them, write Eli and Carolyn Newberger, was the Pittsfield City Jazz Festival (and of course their reviews come with the Newbergers' marvelous illustrations: https://theberkshireedge.com/a-brilliant-opening-concert-for-the-2022-pittsfield-cityjazz-festival/ 5. We have a fascinating business story profiling Lyon Aviation, which for 42 years has operated a flight school and a jet charter service out of the Great Barrington Airport: https://theberkshireedge.com/business-monday-spotlight-on-mike-lyon-ceo-of-lyon-aviation/ 6. And finally, Carole Owens, our Stockbridge columnist and teller of Berkshire tales, short and tall, has summoned up the Berkshire Gilded Age, when the Nouveau Riche, and the just the plain old riche, sought refuge in the Berkshires: https://theberkshireedge.com/connections-the-berkshires-and-new-york-city-gilded-and-beyond/

Celebrating Earth Day With Sustainable Action Today is Earth Day, when many people around the world are taking time to think about their relationship with the planet and to focus on activities helping to mitigate the existential problems our environment faces. And we will be doing the same: devoting our program to Earth Day stories, ideas, and issues. Sara Kiley Watson, assistant editor at Popular Science in charge of their sustainability coverage, joins Ira to talk about some challenges facing our planet—from air pollution in megacities to the tension between ethanol biofuels and food supplies. She also offers some tips for actions individuals can take to make a small difference on their own, such as improving home energy efficiency even if you're a renter, reducing the impact of your takeout order, or considering a neighborhood microgrid.   Can The Latest IPCC Report Pave The Way To Better Climate Policy? One of the best resources to understand the state of our climate crisis is the report developed by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), every six to seven years. The most recent installment of the IPCC report, compiled by Working Group III, was released earlier this month. It outlined ambitious steps needed to mitigate some of the worst possible climate futures. It's increasingly unlikely that we'll be able to keep the planet from warming by an average of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Yet, the report optimistically focuses on achieving that 1.5 degree benchmark. The report's recommendations include things like phasing out coal entirely, slashing methane emissions by a third, reducing our carbon output among all sectors of the global economy, and developing new technologies to help us do it. But how do governments make laws to reach these goals? That's not addressed in the IPCC report. Ira is joined by David Victor, professor of innovation and public policy in the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego to discuss the difficulty in developing climate policy solutions and some that seem promising.   Can Carbon Removal Actually Make A Difference In Reducing Emissions? One of the technologies highlighted in the latest IPCC report is carbon removal. Not to be confused with carbon capture, CO2 removal is a process that absorbs CO2 already in the atmosphere and stores it elsewhere. Carbon capture, on the other hand, is removing CO2 from smokestacks, for example, before it gets into the air. CO2 removal technology has some climate scientists worried about pouring money into this new technology, in lieu of cutting back on our reliance on fossil fuels. Joining Ira is Amar Bhardwaj, energy technology policy fellow at the International Energy Agency, to talk about the pros and cons of carbon removal.   Composing A Sound Map Of An Ever-Changing River Annea Lockwood thinks of rivers as “live phenomena” that are constantly changing and shifting. She's been drawn to the energy that rivers create, and the sound that energy makes, since she first started working with environmental recordings in the 1960s. One of her projects has been to create detailed “river maps” of the Hudson, Danube, and Housatonic rivers. Using stereo microphones and underwater hydrophones, she captures the gentle, powerful sounds of the water, along with the noises of insects, birds, and occasional humans she finds along the way. Lockwood's composition, “A Sound Map of the Housatonic River”—a decade old, this year—takes listeners on a 150-mile tour, from the headwaters in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, past sites of toxic PCB contamination, to the Connecticut Audubon sanctuary, where the river spills into Long Island Sound.   Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.      

Informativo de primera hora del miercoles 6 de Abril de 2022 en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio. Hoy se cumplen 42 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Fin de semana en el Hotel Coral Cotillo Beach en Fuerteventura. Buenos días Ucrania. Día Internacional del Deporte para el Desarrollo y la Paz. Cada 6 de abril se celebra el Día Internacional del Deporte para el Desarrollo y la Paz, con la finalidad de concienciar a la población mundial acerca del papel fundamental del deporte en la promoción de los derechos humanos y el desarrollo económico y social de las naciones. Por otra parte, se pretende destacar la contribución del deporte en el logro de los objetivos de desarrollo y paz, contemplados en la Declaración de la Agenda 2030 para un desarrollo sostenible, de las Naciones Unidas. Tal día cómo hoy 6 de abril de 1896, los Juegos Olímpicos, renacen en Atenas tras ser prohibidos por el emperador romano Teodosio, 1.500 años antes. Años más tarde, 6 de abril de 1917, tras el hundimiento del transatlántico estadounidense Housatonic por un submarino alemán y otros cuatro buques mercantes estadounidenses, el presidente Wilson compareció ante el Congreso y pidió una declaración de guerra de contra Alemania y en este día Estados Unidos declaró formalmente la guerra a Alemania y entró en la Primera Guerra Mundial. 1943: se publica El principito, del escritor francés Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. 1992: en Bosnia-Herzegovina comienza la guerra civil. Tal día como hoy, un 6 de abril de 2016, la policía suiza registra la casa de Gianni Infantino, presidente de la FIFA, porque su nombre apareció en los 'Papeles de Panamá'. Los agentes registraron el domicilio del abogado suizo con una orden judicial para conseguir los contratos firmados entre la UEFA y la empresa Teleamazonas, por los cuales Infantino habría cedido los derechos de la Champions League a la empresa Cross Trending. Por otro lado, el 6 de abril de 2018, Carles Puigdemont sale de la cárcel alemana de Neumünster tras pagar una fianza de 75.000 euros. Los jueces del Tribunal Regional Superior (OLG, por sus siglas en alemán) de Schleswig-Holstein, situado en el norte de Alemania, consideraron que Puigdemont no cometía un delito de rebelión pero sí malversación de fondos públicos. San Guillermo, Diógenes, Timoteo y Celestino. Tropas rusas preparan un ataque masivo a Donbás. Alemania nacionaliza la filial alemana de Gazprom para garantizar el suministro de gas. Sánchez reitera su apoyo a Zelenski e insta a Putin a sentarse a negociar. Zelenski pide más armas y sanciones en el Congreso: "Estamos en abril de 2022, pero parece 1937 en Gernika" El presidente ha pedido a las compañías españolas que dejen de hacer negocios con Rusia A la Cámara Baja han acudido diputados, senadores, el embajador ucraniano y refugiados. Así será el nuevo currículo del Bachillerato: más flexible y con nuevas modalidades. Torres cree que la próxima semana se podría quitar la mascarilla en interiores. El alza de los precios de alimentación supondría un incremento de más de 500 euros al año en productos de la cesta de la compra en una familia media, según los datos del observatorio de precios de alimentación realizado por la Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU), que advierte de una subida media del 9,4%. El presidente regional, Ángel Víctor Torres, afirma en la sesión de control en el Parlamento que ha conversado con la ministra de Transición Ecológica, Teresa Ribera, para insistir en que el gas solo se debe usar para suministro de barcos y autoconsumo de las centrales. Sociedades científicas piden al Gobierno canario mantener la prohibición de fumar en terrazas. 1968: en Londres (Reino Unido), Massiel gana el Festival de Eurovisión de la Canción 1968 con el tema La, la, la.

Programa de actualidad informativa en la Diez Capital Radio presentado y dirigido por Miguel angel González Suárez. www.ladiez.es - Informativo de primera hora del miercoles 6 de Abril de 2022 en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio. Hoy se cumplen 42 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Fin de semana en el Hotel Coral Cotillo Beach en Fuerteventura. Buenos días Ucrania. Día Internacional del Deporte para el Desarrollo y la Paz. Cada 6 de abril se celebra el Día Internacional del Deporte para el Desarrollo y la Paz, con la finalidad de concienciar a la población mundial acerca del papel fundamental del deporte en la promoción de los derechos humanos y el desarrollo económico y social de las naciones. Por otra parte, se pretende destacar la contribución del deporte en el logro de los objetivos de desarrollo y paz, contemplados en la Declaración de la Agenda 2030 para un desarrollo sostenible, de las Naciones Unidas. Tal día cómo hoy 6 de abril de 1896, los Juegos Olímpicos, renacen en Atenas tras ser prohibidos por el emperador romano Teodosio, 1.500 años antes. Años más tarde, 6 de abril de 1917, tras el hundimiento del transatlántico estadounidense Housatonic por un submarino alemán y otros cuatro buques mercantes estadounidenses, el presidente Wilson compareció ante el Congreso y pidió una declaración de guerra de contra Alemania y en este día Estados Unidos declaró formalmente la guerra a Alemania y entró en la Primera Guerra Mundial. 1943: se publica El principito, del escritor francés Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. 1992: en Bosnia-Herzegovina comienza la guerra civil. Tal día como hoy, un 6 de abril de 2016, la policía suiza registra la casa de Gianni Infantino, presidente de la FIFA, porque su nombre apareció en los 'Papeles de Panamá'. Los agentes registraron el domicilio del abogado suizo con una orden judicial para conseguir los contratos firmados entre la UEFA y la empresa Teleamazonas, por los cuales Infantino habría cedido los derechos de la Champions League a la empresa Cross Trending. Por otro lado, el 6 de abril de 2018, Carles Puigdemont sale de la cárcel alemana de Neumünster tras pagar una fianza de 75.000 euros. Los jueces del Tribunal Regional Superior (OLG, por sus siglas en alemán) de Schleswig-Holstein, situado en el norte de Alemania, consideraron que Puigdemont no cometía un delito de rebelión pero sí malversación de fondos públicos. San Guillermo, Diógenes, Timoteo y Celestino. Tropas rusas preparan un ataque masivo a Donbás. Alemania nacionaliza la filial alemana de Gazprom para garantizar el suministro de gas. Sánchez reitera su apoyo a Zelenski e insta a Putin a sentarse a negociar. Zelenski pide más armas y sanciones en el Congreso: "Estamos en abril de 2022, pero parece 1937 en Gernika" El presidente ha pedido a las compañías españolas que dejen de hacer negocios con Rusia. A la Cámara Baja han acudido diputados, senadores, el embajador ucraniano y refugiados. Así será el nuevo currículo del Bachillerato: más flexible y con nuevas modalidades. Torres cree que la próxima semana se podría quitar la mascarilla en interiores. El alza de los precios de alimentación supondría un incremento de más de 500 euros al año en productos de la cesta de la compra en una familia media, según los datos del observatorio de precios de alimentación realizado por la Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU), que advierte de una subida media del 9,4%. El presidente regional, Ángel Víctor Torres, afirma en la sesión de control en el Parlamento que ha conversado con la ministra de Transición Ecológica, Teresa Ribera, para insistir en que el gas solo se debe usar para suministro de barcos y autoconsumo de las centrales. Sociedades científicas piden al Gobierno canario mantener la prohibición de fumar en terrazas. 1968: en Londres (Reino Unido), Massiel gana el Festival de Eurovisión de la Canción 1968 con el tema La, la, la. - Sección en el programa El Remate de Miguel Angel González Suárez con el colaborador y director de programas en La Diez Capital Radio, Vicente Rodríguez. - Sección en el programa El Remate de Miguel Angel González Suárez con el periodista, colaborador y director de programas en La Diez capital Radio, Francisco Pallero, donde repasamos la información desde otro punto de vista. - Sección de actualidad en el programa El Remate de Miguel Angel González Suárez, en La Diez Capital Radio con el periodista José Juan Pérez Capote. El Número Uno. Analizamos la actualidad informativa bajo el prisma del humor inteligente.

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. 1. The Stockbridge Library was the site for a discussion with former Boston Globe editor Marty Baron of the future of journalism and the so-called “cancel culture” that calls for the banning of books — and ideas — that are controversial: https://theberkshireedge.com/newsman-marty-baron-on-book-banning-cancel-culture-and-the-future-of-journalism/ 2. The village of Housatonic — part of the town of Great Barrington — expressed its solidarity with the embattled residents of Ukraine by lighting the elementary school in yellow and blue, the Ukrainian colors: https://theberkshireedge.com/in-housatonic-solidarity-with-ukraine-a-little-bit-of-magic/ 3. Lisa Donovan, a professor at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, has created a method of integrating the arts into the traditional educational curriculum: https://theberkshireedge.com/mcla-professor-dr-lisa-donovan-aims-to-make-the-berkshires-an-integrative-arts-example/ 4. In solidarity with Ukraine, the windows of the elementary school building in the village of Housatonic (part of the town of Great Barrington) has been illuminated in the Ukrainian national colors, thanks to the effort of Great Barrington Selectboard member Eric Gabriel — who, by the way, is a licensed electrician: https://theberkshireedge.com/in-housatonic-solidarity-with-ukraine-a-little-bit-of-magic/ 5. Roger Kavanaugh, a selectman in West Stockbridge, has abruptly resigned, siting irreconcilable differences int he town: "“I've learned that the town is slowly and quietly splitting into factions: one that wants everything to be like it used to be, another that sees transformation as the only answer for the future,” https://theberkshireedge.com/selectmans-abrupt-resignation-over-divisions-fuels-uncertainty-as-caucus-approaches/ 6. On a musical note, a plug for our own Berkshire Opera: On Sunday March 27, at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, the Berkshire Opera will give an all-Mozart recital by Berkshire Opera singers who are preparing for a performance of “Don Giovanni” in August: https://theberkshireedge.com/concert-preview-berkshire-opera-festival-presents-mid-winter-mozart-recital-march-27/

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. 1. The debate in Great Barrington over short-term rentals — whereby homes in residential neighborhoods are rented out — has become roiled in what appears to be a conflict of interest since a member of the selectboard, it turns out, does rent property on a short-term basis: https://theberkshireedge.com/lively-debate-over-short-term-rental-regulations-in-great-barrington-stalls-again/ 2. And on that issue we have a thoughtful and provocative commentary by one of our writers, Sheela Clary: https://theberkshireedge.com/sheela-clary-what-we-are-starting-to-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-strs/ 3. Terry Cowgill has written a fascinating history of the Great Barrington fire department, and how it's evolved over time: https://theberkshireedge.com/great-barrington-fire-department-now-state-of-the-art-after-horse-drawn-beginnings/ 4. A group of organizations in Great Barrington is collaborating on the gathering of an oral history of the African-American community in the Berkshires: https://theberkshireedge.com/berkshire-oral-history-collaborative-forms-to-preserve-african-american-stories/ 5. Once again the Housatonic Water Works, the private water company in the village of Housatonic, has been threatened with criminal prosecution by the DEP for failing to remove carcinogenic ingredients from the water supply: https://theberkshireedge.com/housatonic-water-works-scolded-by-massdep-threatened-with-fines-criminal-prosecution/ 6. Finally, the stars may be aligning to the state to fund a long-sought upgrade to Monument Mountain Regional High School: https://theberkshireedge.com/are-the-stars-aligning-berkshire-hills-now-in-line-for-state-aid-to-rebuild-monument/

Sitting on a secure Bitcoin network is One and Only podcast version of 'Treasure Revealed' episode: 'Puerto Rico, Mona Island and Silver Shoals' https://tribes.sphinx.chat/t/treasurerevealed Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TreasureRevealed1 Mystic, Connecticut, the mystic river was called sikanemos by the native americans the name and river of the centur there are islands in the mystic river called mouse penny six penny masons meaning the largest abigail meaning where the pirate treasure lies buried it is also believed that the mason island might hold a buried treasure this island was called chipotrak by the native americans the island was given to captain john mason but it is thought that praveetus might have stash loot here before it was given away hurtleberries grew here once and arrow had stone axes black one palm beads and clay pipes have all be found been found here in 1912 two native american burial sites were uncovered on this island one south of wolf ledge and the other one south of cocon key point there was a piquate fort here during the era of the sachin mamoho it was destroyed by the british in 1637 during the pequot war the person who destroyed the fort was captain john mason who was given the island in the mystic river as a reward the fort was created on the western side of the river about three miles from the center of town and over 300 pequod were killed when the fort was burned by the british with the mohegan and narragansett tribes the fourth was a circular area of several acres surrounded by a 12-foot palisade and contained over 70 wigwams it was a surprise attack and everyone in the fort was killed or murdered in the swamp where survivors fled if you would like to view the videos before they are published on youtube sometimes even a week before because for treasure hunter the right information received ahead of time can mean a difference between success in the failure you can click on my patreon account in the description below in addition to some extras you will also receive a full transcript of the videos but most of all your support will allow me to continue to do research and post more videos for you and thank you for your support if you enjoy this program please like it subscribe it and share it new hartford new hartford also known as the daughter of berlin and grand dora of farmington is located on the west branch of the farmington river part of the river that runs through this area is called satan's kingdom though the name sounds spooky it is a recreation area with the class iii rapids there was a tungsten tribe village called indian head and an old abandoned asbestos mine in the area perhaps the name is correct as sulfur spraying exists and arrowheads have been found in the region the name actually comes from the 1700s when clergy reported that gorge was populated by criminals misfits and other evil type people there was a native american campsite on the west hill pond and a settler fort was built on town hill the apple trees in new fairfield to the west of wood creek were planted by the native americans who lived in the village here it is also the site of a burial ground the artifacts that have been found are of rare quality some can be seen at the smithsonian institution in washington dc now let's talk about new haven the east rock and west rock in this town are very colorful rocks that when seen by adrian black as he explored the connecticut river were called rodenberg meaning red mountain the area was settled in 1637. actually this town was where the puritans chose to bury their dead however only the healthy had stones on mower markers those who could not afford stones were buried whatever sometimes on top of another one another the town is said to have held over five thousand graves the gravestones that were around the area were moved to cemetery in 1812 but the bodies were not moved that could certainly give a place a dark feeling revolutionary war battles were fought here treasure hunter --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/treasure-revealed/support

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. 1. Good news/bad news from the regional school district: COVID cases down, but the pipes burst: https://theberkshireedge.com/good-news-and-bad-for-berkshire-hills-covid-cases-down-but-pipes-burst/ 2. The state DEP has found the privately owned Housatonic Water Works, providing water to the village of Housatonic, to have conducted an inadequate analysis of contamination in the water system: https://theberkshireedge.com/massdep-deems-housatonic-water-works-analysis-of-cancer-causing-contaminant-inadequate/ 3. The Great Barrington Community Preservation Committee has awarded a record $1.1 million to nine projects in the town:https://theberkshireedge.com/great-barrington-community-preservation-panel-awards-record-1-2-million/ 4. Vestiges of grandeur…. Artist Hunt Slonem to restore Searles Castle: https://theberkshireedge.com/vestiges-of-grandeur-artist-hunt-slonem-aims-to-restore-searles-castle-as-a-private-residence/ 5. Plans move forward to install a statue of Great Barrington native son W.E.B. Du Bois, the great civil rights leader, in front of the Mason Library in Great Barrington — a project that has been stalled for many years: https://theberkshireedge.com/plans-for-du-bois-statue-expand-to-include-gathering-place-for-the-community/

Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. 1. The Great Barrington Health Board declines to advocate COVID vaccine requirement for Berkshire Hills students and staff:https://theberkshireedge.com/great-barrington-health-board-wont-endorse-vaccine-mandate-for-berkshire-hills/ 2. Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington explains her efforts to upgrade and reform the county's justice system, to make sure there is no racial bias: https://theberkshireedge.com/action-toward-justice-reforming-berkshire-county-justice-system-in-the-spirit-of-martin-luther-king-jr/ 3. Of course, we can't go long without reporting on the COVID pandemic, and how it's affecting the Berkshires. We have an update n the epidemic and some recommendations from Berkshire Health Systems:https://theberkshireedgoe.com/berkshire-health-systems-community-update-testing-vaccination-and-treatment-during-omicron-covid-19-surge/ 4. Meanwhile, in Housatonic the state has found that the village's water system — the privately owned Housatonic Water Works, has exceeded the limits on a carcinogenic contaminant: https://theberkshireedge.com/housatonic-water-works-exceeds-limits-for-potentially-cancer-causing-contaminant/ 5. We have a new column — from an old friend —the brilliant wit Bill Shein. The title is “Reason Gone Mad” — and his inaugural entry is about living in an old house: https://theberkshireedge.com/reason-gone-mad-heres-what-ive-learned-living-for-many-years-in-an-old-house/ 6. Finally, Sheela Clary has written a profile of a student who found a new path through Greenagers — and a nudge from Yo-Yo Ma: https://theberkshireedge.com/finding-his-own-path-derick-turner/

Robert Malone has been all over the media spreading his message. Some say he is the inventor of MRNA tech. Some say otherwise. Mark from Housatonic gives us his view on the situation. It's a barn burner.  Find Kev Baker memorial go fund me here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/kev-baker-memorial?fbclid=IwAR3157pAcrMIQ2aIuF91DuTHXjkgx0bur8cj1rKRElj8dt3csQUKoEU5yi8 Find Spars document here; https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/publications/the-spars-pandemic-2025-2028-a-futuristic-scenario-to-facilitate-medical-countermeasure-communication        

The Berkshire Edge LLC is a locally owned, regional publication. Our goal is to provide – regularly and in depth – content that truly reflects the life, interests and aspirations of this unusually rich and vibrant community. Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. 1. Our lede story is that former state Senator Ben Downing, a Democrat who had announced he would run for governor next year, has called it quits: https://theberkshireedge.com/with-gubernatorial-campaign-running-low-on-funds-former-berkshires-state-senator-calls-it-quits/ 2. A worker co-op in Pittsfield, Rose & Cole's Transport, aims to provide transportation for the city's poorest neighborhoods in order to provide the city's poorest residents in the poorest and largely neglected neighborhoods a way of getting to work:https://theberkshireedge.com/rose-coles-transport-co-op-aims-to-drive-change-in-pittsfield/ 3. Our writer David Edwards interviews set designer Carl Sprague of Stockbridge about his work on the new Wes Anderson film, “The French Dispatch”: https://theberkshireedge.com/set-designer-carl-sprague-discusses-his-work-on-wes-andersons-the-french-dispatch/ 4. And now for an unusual holiday favorite: Gary Leveille's satirical “holiday house tour”: https://theberkshireedge.com/gary-leveille-sixth-annual-satirical-holiday-house-tour/ 5. So here's a holiday uplift. Two residents of the village of Housatonic are on a campaign to bring holiday cheer to the village, all in memory of the beloved Deb Koffman, whose gallery and support oof emerging artists is legendary in South Berkshire County:https://theberkshireedge.com/light-it-up-for-deb-koffman-illuminates-housatonic/ 6. Young local artists now have anew venue in Lee, the Off-Of-It Gallery, where customers can find intriguing collectibles — all run by a young entrepreneur:https://theberkshireedge.com/business-monday-off-of-it-gallery-for-modern-art-and-collectibles/ 7. Finally, part 1 of a two-part series on financial New Year's resolutions that will really work: https://theberkshireedge.com/personal-business-financial-resolutions-that-really-work-part-1/

Meet a key official as Connecticut moves ever closer to opening its legal adult cannabis marketplaces as we ring up the interim director of Connecticut's Social Equity Council to begin a series of conversations to help inform and educate both state residents and stakeholders. The we're off to the riverside to engage the Housatonic Valley Association, a tri-state nonprofit citizen's environmental group working to conserve the natural character, environmental health and the economies of our region by protecting and restoring its land and waters. And we'll close with our long-time resource at Assisted Living Services. As the New Year approaches, are you thinking that an older loved one might need some extra assistance to keep safe while they age in place? Then stay tuned.

The Berkshire Edge LLC is a locally owned, regional publication. Our goal is to provide – regularly and in depth – content that truly reflects the life, interests and aspirations of this unusually rich and vibrant community. Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. 1. Responding to a spike in COVID19 cases, Gov. Charlie Baker issued a new mask-wearing advisory and called up the National Guard to relieve the beleaguered staff at state hospitals: 2. Meantime, the Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee decided against a COVID19 vaccine mandate for students participating in extracurricular activities: 3. In their column, Pedro Pachano and Great Barrington Selectboard member Ed Abrahams discuss the possibility of restoring passenger rail service from the Berkshires to the metropolitan New York area, via the Housatonic RR line from Pittsfield through Canaan, CT… the old New Haven line. https://theberkshireedge.com/its-not-that-simple-passenger-rail-service-in-berkshire-county/ 4. Two residents of the hamlet of Housatonic are trying to bring cheer to their village by commemorating the memory of Deb Koffman, whose art gallery and artwork were such a delight to the village: https://theberkshireedge.com/light-it-up-for-deb-koffman-illuminates-housatonic/ 5. Finally, that icon of family entertainment, Cove Bowling, may have a new life: https://theberkshireedge.com/cove-bowling-lanes-remain-open-soon-to-be-new-owner-looking-for-business-to-be-upgraded/

S04-E27 We feature an interview with Sara who is a biology SI leader for the peer study group program at Housatonic Community College in Connecticut. She shares some of the learning activities that were used during the face-to-face and online SI sessions. Sara finishes the interview by sharing what she has learned personally and professionally from her experiences in the program and the friendships that she formed with the SI participants and other SI leaders. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast, Amazon Music/Audible, Castbox.fm, Deezer, Facebook, Gaana, Google Podcast, iHeartRadio, Player.fm, Radio Public, Samsung Listen, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Twitter, Vurbl, and YouTube. Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, and more. Please post comments to the podcast website, www.palgroups.org, iTunes and other apps, or email to me, arendale@umn.edu You can also check out my other four podcasts and other social media at www.davidmedia.org

(Bonus) Housatonic Community College (HCC) is a public community college in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is part of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities system. HCC grants associate degrees and also has certificate programs.

What's the purpose of Indigenous People's Day? Where did it come from? Why does it matter?The purpose of this panel, “Listening Deeply: Indigenous Voices Panel Discussion,” was to educate our community in preparation for Indigenous Peoples' Day. It happened on Friday, October 1st from 6:00-8:00pm at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire in Housatonic. Our panelists were Shawn Stevens, Jake Singer, Bonney Hartley, from the Mohican Cultural Affairs Office, and Carol Dana, a Penobscot Language MastWe also heard deep reflections from Lev Natan, founding director of Alliance for a Viable Future, and special honored guest, Gwendolyn VanSant, Chief Executive Officer and Founding Director of MultiCultural Bridge.

Many train companies have operated in Connecticut since the 1800s. Most have gone out of business, leaving rusted rails or converted "rail-trail" hiking opportunities. The Housatonic Railroad is a rarity amongst the group. While their passenger service ended 50 years ago, you can still see the iconic yellow diesels hauling freight up and down western Connecticut a few times a day. The history of the line is magical -- from its "love-hate relationship" with farmers, to its unique passenger service, majestic former train stations, breathtaking scenery and its unfortunate share of tragic accidents. Four guests share their knowledge of the line: Susan DelBianco, a local historian and an expert on the Housatonic; Peter McLoughlin, a retired Housatonic train engineer with lots of captivating memories, Jeremy Ruman, Board President of the organization that's restoring the historic Merwinsville Hotel, which figured prominently in the railroad's past; and Bob Brown, President of the Brookfield Museum and Historical Society, where a major train station and key cog in the Housatonic's operations used to exist.

The Berkshire Edge LLC is a locally owned, regional publication. Our goal is to provide – regularly and in depth – content that truly reflects the life, interests and aspirations of this unusually rich and vibrant community. Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. 1. We've had several stories about the dispute in West Stockbridge between The Foundry and the owners of Truc Orient Express restaurant. The Foundry being an open air venue not far from the restaurant where concerts are held, leading to a glut of traffic and parked cars around the restaurant. We may finally get some resolution this week: https://theberkshireedge.com/a-solution-may-be-near-as-marathon-foundry-hearing-set-to-resume-on-thursday/ 2. Despite continued appeals from the public, and a history of accidents, the Mass DOT will not put a traffic light at the foot of the driveway to Monument Mountain Regional High School— instead, installing “safety measures":https://theberkshireedge.com/massdot-agrees-to-place-safety-measures-at-monument-driveway-but-no-red-light/ 3. Theory Wellness (sic), the pot dispensary (one of three in Great Barrington), has been forced by the attorney general Maura Healey to pay $300, 000 in unpaid wages and penalties:https://theberkshireedge.com/ag-maura-healey-theory-wellness-agrees-to-pay-300000-in-wages-and-penalties/ 4. An engineering firm has assessed the value of the Housatonic Water Works — the privately owned water system in Housatonic — at a value of negative $25 million — due to repairs necessary to keep the system functioning. That leaves the question of what will the town do.https://theberkshireedge.com/engineer-housatonic-water-works-has-negative-value-of-25-2-million/ 5. Book review: As if things on the national scene weren't unhinged enough, here come's Michael Wolff's account of the last days of the Trump presidency. Mickey Friedman reviews and reminds us to count our lucky stars: https://theberkshireedge.com/book-review-michael-wolffs-landslide-covers-the-last-days-of-trumps-presidency/ 6. Then & Now: Local historian Gary Levieille digs into Berkshire history to recall the crash of trolley cars in Lee — at a time when a “street railways” network criss-crossed the Berkshires, and even provided a link to trolley lines in eastern New York: https://theberkshireedge.com/then-now-trolley-car-number-30-crashes-twice-in-lee/

The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area's operational goal is to provide a management framework to foster a close working relationship with all levels of government, the private sector, and the local communities in the upper Housatonic Valley region to conserve the region's heritage while continuing to pursue compatible economic opportunities. To that end, we are to assist communities, organizations, and citizens in the State of Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in identifying, preserving, interpreting, and developing the historical, cultural, scenic, and natural resources of the region for the educational and inspirational benefit of current and future generations. The heritage area is the watershed of the upper Housatonic River, extending 60 miles from Kent, CT, to Lanesboro, MA. The heritage area footprint was originally proposed to comprise 848 square miles, including eight towns in Connecticut and eighteen in Massachusetts. Three more communities were later included (Becket & Hinsdale, MA and Colebrook, CT), adding 116 square miles for a new total of 964 square miles. Experience the rich history, culture and nature in the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area through hiking, biking, historic homes, river experiences and more. What's Happening The Latest News About the Housatonic Heritage Area. Plan Your Visit Find what you need to know when planning your visit. Support Your donation allows us to continue important work. Thank you for supporting our mission! Events Upcoming events in the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area.

The Berkshire Edge LLC is a locally owned, regional publication. Our goal is to provide – regularly and in depth – content that truly reflects the life, interests and aspirations of this unusually rich and vibrant community. Guided by respected journalistic standards, the principle of fairness, the quest for truth, a commitment to social, economic and environmental justice, and an abiding admiration for the independent spirit of the Berkshires, The Berkshire Edge offers in-depth local news reports and features, perspectives on the arts, wide-ranging commentary, and a comprehensive calendar of events – all written, illustrated, and, in some cases performed, with wit, intelligence, insight and humor. 1. It's official: The troubled Housatonic Water Works, the private water company that serves the village of Housatonic within Great Barrington, is less than worthless — to the tune of negative $25.2 million, an engineering firm determines. 2. After 50 years, the Snap Shop photo processing and photographic emporium on Railraod Street in Great Barrington is calling it quits: 3. Great Barrington Selectman Ed Abrahams and his fellow-columnist Pedro Pachano look at the issue of zoning, and whether it creates more problems and issues than it solves: https://theberkshireedge.com/its-not-that-simple-is-zoning-a-solution-to-a-problem-or-is-it-the-problem/ https://theberkshireedge.com/its-not-that-simple-is-zoning-a-solution-to-a-problem-or-is-it-the-problem/ 4. In this era of environmental and social anxiety environmentalist Bill McKibben and Ms Magazine editor Sue Halpern will be giving a talk at the New Marlborough Meeting House. The topic: The future you don't want; the future you can have: https://theberkshireedge.com/write-read-talk-bill-mckibben-sue-halpern-kick-off-new-marlborough-series/ 5. One business that seems to be thriving during the pandemic — and its stay-at-home regimen — is the musical instrument business.. several local outlets are thriving: https://theberkshireedge.com/business-monday-local-music-industry-finds-new-customer-base/ 6. Despite the pandemic, concert and performance venues, such as Tanglewood and Jacob's Pillow, have gotten creative. Jacob's Pillow, for instance, organized an “African fiesta” in Pittsfield; https://theberkshireedge.com/dance-review-jacobs-pillows-african-fiesta-sizzles-in-pittsfield/ And writer Sheela Clary was inspired by an afternoon at Tanglewood. In her amusing portrayal she likened the experience to that of the Olympics: https://theberkshireedge.com/top-10-olympic-results-roundup-tanglewood-sunday-afternoon-edition/

I 1800-tallet begyndte opfindere og ingeniører verden over for alvor at erobre verden under havet. De første ubåde så dagens lys og, ja, og flere af dem så faktisk ikke meget mere end det, før de under testsejladser sank til bunds. Vi fortæller de vilde historier om ubådenes tilblivelse og de skelsættende begivenheder – for eksempel da sydstatsubåden Hunley som den første gennemførte et angreb på nordstatsskibet Housatonic. Eller da den preussiske kavaleriofficer Bauer under den første slesvigske krig forsøgte at sejle ud af Kiel Havn for at jage danske krigsskibe – kun for at gå ned midt i havnebassinet. Vores gæst er – og kan ikke være andre end – marinehistoriker Søren Nørby.

Mark joins us to discuss infectious diseases and gain of function experiments. Find Mark here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClS31TvE8EdYCzHPitnh2zg Subscribe to Ickonic and watch America Unplugged here: https://www.ickonic.com/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F Remember who you are!!! Listen to the Fringe Live Sundays at 7pm eastern on Truth Frequency Radio: http://tfrlive.com/infinitefringe/ Download the podcast version on Itunes or podbean: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-infinite-fringe/id1208767895?mt=2 https://theinfinitefringe.podbean.com Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Obi1unome Email me: theinfinitefringe@gmail.com Subscribe to Ickonic and watch America Unplugged here: https://www.ickonic.com/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F Remember who you are!!! Listen to the Fringe Live Sundays at 7pm eastern on Truth Frequency Radio: http://tfrlive.com/infinitefringe/ Download the podcast version on Itunes or podbean: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-infinite-fringe/id1208767895?mt=2 https://theinfinitefringe.podbean.com Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Obi1unome IG here: https://www.instagram.com/brv3gs/ Email me: theinfinitefringe@gmail.com      

The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians today are based in Wisconsin. But their homeland spanned the Housatonic and Hudson river valleys, and stretched from Manhattan to northern Vermont. Over the decades, members of the tribe have come back to the Berkshires to protect cultural sites.

What Would Happen If You Fell Into A Black Hole? A new book, Black Hole Survival Guide, explores different theories of what would happen if you jumped into a black hole. Most of them are grizzly. As the reader traverses one of the great mysteries of the universe, they meet different fates. Author Janna Levin, a physics and astronomy professor at Barnard College at Columbia University in New York, makes a convincing argument that black holes are unfairly maligned—and are actually perfect in their creation. Levin joins Ira to talk black hole physics and theories, and answer some SciFri listener questions along the way. The Case Of The Vanishing Scallops Over the last two years, Long Island's Peconic Bay has lost more than 90% of its scallops—bad news for a community where harvesting shellfish has long been an important part of the economy. Researchers are scrambling to discover why this is happening. Is it predation, climate change, illness—or maybe a combination of everything? Joining Ira to talk about his research with the Peconic Bay’s scallops is Stephen Tomasetti, PhD candidate in marine science at Stony Brook University in Southampton, New York. They talk about what could be causing this devastation, and how a “scallop FitBit” could shed light into how these shellfish are feeling. Composing A Sound Map Of An Ever-Changing River Annea Lockwood thinks of rivers as “live phenomena” that are constantly changing and shifting. She’s been drawn to the energy that rivers create, and the sound that energy makes, since she first started working with environmental recordings in the 1960s. One of her projects has been to create detailed “river maps” of the Hudson, Danube, and Housatonic rivers. Using stereo microphones and underwater hydrophones, she captures the gentle, powerful sounds of the water, along with the noises of insects, birds, and occasional humans she finds along the way. Lockwood’s composition, “A Sound Map of the Housatonic River”—a decade old, this year—takes listeners on a 150-mile tour, from the headwaters in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, past sites of toxic PCB contamination, to the Connecticut Audubon sanctuary, where the river spills into Long Island Sound.

Housatonic Valley Regional High School is the secondary school for students in the Region 1 School District in Connecticut. Region 1 includes the towns of Kent, Sharon, Salisbury, North Canaan, Falls Village, and Cornwall. About Housatonic Valley Regional High School... Read More ›

HVRHS will shift to remote learning for all students on Friday, November 13 HVRHS COVID-19 UPDATE Dear Region One Families and Staff:Thursday we were informed that two HVRHS students have been in close contact with a family member who is... Read More ›

HVRHS will shift to remote learning for all students on Friday, November 13 HVRHS COVID-19 UPDATE Dear Region One Families and Staff:Thursday we were informed that two HVRHS students have been in close contact with a family member who is... Read More ›

Sharon Closius of The Valley Community Foundation talks about ValleyGivesBack.org, the foundation's "planned giving initiative." John Zseller talks about the 1920 Society Fund, a new way to support Scouting in the lower Naugatuck Valley. 

LANCE’S QUEST TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF A CIVIL WAR SUBMARINE In this episode, Ben Spohn interviews Dr. Rachel Lance, an Assistant Consulting Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Duke University School of Medicine on her new book, In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of A Civil War Submarine (Dutton, 2020). Lance is a biomedical engineer and blast-injury specialist by training. Before earning her Phd. at Duke University, she worked as an engineer for the United States Navy, building specialized underwater equipment. In In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine (Dutton, 2020) Lance documents how she developed and tested her own theory on the sinking of the HL Hunley, a Confederate submarine lost after sinking just one Union ship, the U.S.S. Housatonic. Lance’s research at Hagley provided her with background knowledge on the finer points of blackpowder manufacture and explosions. Lance’s historical research and experiments with black powder explosions and her own miniature version of the HL Hunley lend support to her theory: The HL Hunley and her crew were lost due to the explosive shockwave unleashed by the torpedo used to sink the USS Housatonic. For more Hagley History Hangouts, visit: www.hagley.org/hhh

Our Destination is Northwestern, Connecticut, and the upper Housatonic River.   And our guest is expert guide and speaker, Stephen Pogo-JEN-ski, or Pogo for short.  Pogo has a passion for fly angling for large predator fish such as Muskie and Pike and holds a world record for Walleye on the fly.   Listen while Pogo takes us into the mind of the Northern Pike and top techniques to take ‘em on the fly. Bonus:  Pogo's take on the perfect mix of water temps, barometric pressure and moon phases to maximize success.  With host, Steve Haigh. Pogo_Pike Pogo's picks: top flies for the Housatonic:  https://www.facebook.com/DestinationAnglerPodcast/ On Instagram:  @Pogo_Pike PogoPike YouTube Channel.  Here you will find a tremendous repository of teaching videos on Pike and Muskie fishing:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMEjhOWmC12aPJrKvylInfQ  I particularly like this video – For the Love of Fishing:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdLGhzA7AVI Contact info:  pogopike@gmail.com  (619) 518—8750 Destination Angler: The Destination Angler Website and Show Notes:   http://destinationangler.libsyn.com/ On Facebook Get updates and pictures of destinations covered on each podcast: https://www.facebook.com/DestinationAnglerPodcast Join in the conversation with the Destination Angler Connection group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/984515755300748/ On Instagram: @DestinationAnglerPodcast Comments, suggestions, and guides interested in being on the show, contact host, Steve Haigh, email shaigh50@gmail.com Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or where ever you get your podcasts Recorded Sep 24, 2020.  Episode 22. Music on the show by A Brother's Fountain, “Hitch Hike-Man”  on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/track/406xtacQIl0jIvWElyLRfC?si=KT8jSjpFTrSQORaJuvsGIA

Episode: 1911 In which we invent the submarine to create world peace.  Today, we invent the submarine to create world peace.

“Housatonic in the 70s: Examining the Culture” Oral History Podcast HVRHS 1970s Alumni Voices Explore Cultural Themes and Create a Bridge to Today The hills are alive with oral history and HVRHS student intern Valerie has mined current student interviews... Read More ›

“Housatonic in the 70s: Examining the Culture” Oral History Podcast HVRHS 1970s Alumni Voices Explore Cultural Themes and Create a Bridge to Today The hills are alive with oral history and HVRHS student intern Valerie has mined current student interviews... Read More ›

In this episode, scientist and author Rachel Lance, joins Russell Hillier to share the story of how she solved the mystery of the H.L Hunley, the world’s first successful submarine that sank over 130 years ago during the height of the American Civil War. Historical BackgroundFebruary 1864, Charleston Harbour:There were rumours of course.Men on board Union warships blockading Charleston Harbour had heard about this new contraption of war. This enemy ship that sailed unseen and under the waves. This submarine.When the Hunley submarine launched its attack on the night of February 17, 1864, some onboard the USS Housatonic thought it was a log carried out on the tide. Others guessed right and tried to lower the angle of the ship’s cannons and when that failed, they began using musket fire to drive off the partially submerged enemy ship. All to no avail.The blast from the first ever successful submarine attack sunk the Housatonic in less than five minutes. Men clutching to Housatonic’s rigging thought they saw the enemy submarine go down as well.Thus began the mystery of just what exactly happened to Hunley submarine.Was the submarine destroyed in the blast?Did a “lucky shot” from a sailor’s musket punch a hole through the iron body?Or was it something else entirely.Rachel Lance, scientist and author of “In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine,” has answered the question: why did the Hunley submarine sink. Listen in to find out about the research that went into solving the mystery of the Hunley submarine. 

There are thousands of folks in the region eager to learn to read and speak English. So we'll explain how you can help with the leader of the Literacy Volunteers of Southern CT and invite you to chill out and support the cause at next Saturday's 16th annual Leprechaun Leap Then we'll have a transparent conversation about glass, the role it plays driving up your local property tax bill, and what one of Connecticut's waste and recycling agencies is doing about it. with the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority. And we'll close inviting you to be part of the 2020 Connecticut Masters Games - either as an athlete or one of the hundreds of volunteers the games will depend on as they showcase some of the state's best amateur athletes this spring and early summer.

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The Nerds are back, proving that 107 episodes just isn't too much for the human body to handle.This week, the Professor has a complaint about that saintly game developer, Valve. What's his problem with Gabe and the multi award winning game studio? They're sold out of VR headsets with only a month to go before the release of Half Life: Alyx.The Masters of the Universe are coming back as well. The Professor has another complaint, this time about the casting of Skeletor. He thinks it's ridiculous to bring back Skeletor's original voice in a different role and cast a new actor for Skeletor. Even if that actor is the esteemed Mark Hamill. DJ thinks this sacrilege is 100% ok. The star studded cast list has the Nerds highly excited for this revival.Now that Dragon has been human rated, SpaceX have moved the capsule to the launch pad, and the crew are a pair of former Shuttle pilots. This will be the first manned space mission from the US since the Shuttle program was shut down. America Can Into Space? Soon, hopefully.Professor and DJ have some trouble pronouncing American Indian and Finnish words in the Remembrances and Shoutouts, and laugh at the Boomers who couldn't believe Bill and Ted actually speak like that.Stay hydrated and come hang out with us again next week.Valve Index all sold out…while Half Life : Alyx is a month away-https://www.roadtovr.com/valve-index-sold-out-stock-check-2-13-2020/Masters of the Universe:Revelations cast revealed….and its star studded-https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/02/14/mark-hamill-lena-heady-sarah-michelle-gellar-part-of-all-star-voice-cast-for-netflixs-masters-of-the-universe-revelation-series/Crew Dragon capsule now at the launch site…-https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/15/spacex-crew-dragon-capsule-delivery/Games PlayedProfessor– Particle Fleet Emergence - https://store.steampowered.com/app/422900/Particle_Fleet_Emergence/Rating – 4/5DJ- Warzone 2100 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1241950/Warzone_2100/Rating – 3.5/5Other topics discussedMagic smoke ((also factory smoke, blue smoke, angry pixies, or the genie) is a humorous name for the caustic smoke produced by severe electrical over-stress of electronic circuits or components, causing overheating and accompanying release of smoke.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_smokeSamsung Gear VR (The Samsung Gear VR is a virtual reality headset developed by Samsung Electronics, in collaboration with Oculus VR, and manufactured by Samsung.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Gear_VRFacebook’s Oculus Quest VR Headset Shipments Delayed As Industry Grapples With Coronavirus Complications-https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/02/19/facebooks-oculus-quest-vr-headset-shipments-delayed-as-industry-grapples-with-coronavirus-complications/#51e1cb152c8dPlaystation VR ( (officially abbreviated as PS VR), known by the codename Project Morpheus during development, is a virtual reality headset developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, which was released in October 2016)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_VRVirtual Boy (The Virtual Boy is a 32-bit table-top portable video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_BoyWarcraft III : Reforged (Warcraft III: Reforged is a remastered edition of the 2002real-time strategy video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion The Frozen Throne.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_III:_ReforgedMossman (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer in the new Masters of the Universe series)-https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/heman/images/5/58/Mossman_myp_%281%29.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20111105161316Justice league Action : Missing the Mark (When famous actor Mark Hamill is kidnapped by master villain The Joker it will take all his voice acting skills to escape.)-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL-VHe_4GmEHe-Man singing What’s Going On by Four Non Blondes-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32FB-gYr49YSpaceX Rocket Engines (Since the founding of SpaceX in 2002, the company has developed four families of rocket engines — Merlin,Kestrel,Draco and SuperDraco — and is currently (since 2016) developing another rocket engine: Raptor.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_rocket_enginesKennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 (Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39Space shuttle (The Space Shuttle is a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system that was operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_ShuttleSpace Shuttle Challenger Disaster (The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was a fatal incident in the United States space program that occurred on Tuesday, January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disasterSpace Shuttle Columbia disaster (The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the United States space program that occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disasterAsteroids (Asteroids is a space-themed multidirectional shooter arcade game designed by Lyle Rains, Ed Logg, and Dominic Walsh and released in November 1979 by Atari, Inc. )-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)Roundabout (Roundabout is an open-world indie driving video game developed and published by American indie studio No Goblin LLC)-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_(video_game)Eiffel 65 - I'm Blue (da ba dee)-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yV3R0fj988Christopher Eccleston reveals he was ‘very ill’ with anorexia while filming ‘Doctor Who’-https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/doctor-who-christopher-eccleston-anorexia-depression-1203338303/Epigraphy (TNC podcast)-https://thatsnotcanon.com/epigraphypodcastShout Outs16 February 2020 – Sonic the Hedgehog earns $100 million at the global box - https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sonic-box-office-global-little-women-milestone-1203505417/Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” dominated global box office charts after debuting to $100 million worldwide. “Sonic,” based on the popular Sega video game, pulled in $43 million when it launched in 43 international territories, representing 60% of its foreign footprint. Among overseas markets, Mexico saw the biggest start with $6.7 million, followed by the United Kingdom with $6.2 million, France with $4.3 million and Germany with $3.3 million. “Sonic” easily took the No. 1 spot on both international and domestic box office charts, knocking last weekend’s victor, Warner Bros.’ “Birds of Prey” to second place. The R-rated comic-book adventure — starring Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn — pocketed $23 million from 78 foreign markets, dipping 46% from its inaugural outing. To date, “Birds of Prey” has made $83 million abroad and $142 million worldwide.17 February 2020 – Saskia Beer daughter of food icon Maggie beer dies unexpectedly – https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-17/saskia-beer-daughter-of-maggie-beer-dies-suddenly-in-her-sleep/11970996Saskia Beer, the daughter of South Australian cooking legend Maggie Beer has died "unexpectedly" yet "peacefully" in her sleep at the weekend. Saskia was the eldest daughter of Barossa Valley food icon Maggie Beer, who shared a statement on social media on Sunday saying her family had "broken hearts". "It is with broken hearts we need to let you all know that our beautiful, extraordinary daughter Saskia died unexpectedly yet peacefully in her sleep on Friday night," the post said. She died at the age of 46.17 February 2020 – Holden is shutting down at the end of the year. - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-17/holden-car-brand-axed-after-160-years-in-australia/11972092About 600 Holden employees will lose their jobs after parent company General Motors announced it would axe the iconic Australian car brand by the end of the year. GM said the brand was no longer competitive in the current market and would be "retired" from sales, design and engineering across Australia and New Zealand by 2021. The announcement coincides with GM's decision to withdraw Chevrolet from the domestic market in Thailand by the end of the year.Remembrances17 February 1909 – Geronimo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeronimoProminent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache tribe. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands — the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi — to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Geronimo's raids and related combat actions were a part of the prolonged period of the Apache–United States conflict, which started with American settlement in Apache lands following the end of the war with Mexico in 1848. During Geronimo's final period of conflict from 1876 to 1886, he "surrendered" three times and accepted life on the Apache reservations in Arizona. Reservation life was confining to the free-moving Apache people, and they resented restrictions on their customary way of life. He was a superb leader in raiding and warfare, he frequently led large numbers of men beyond his own following. At any one time, he would be in command of about 30 to 50 Apaches. He died from pneumonia at the age of 79 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.17 February 2017 – Alan Aldridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_AldridgeBritish artist, graphic designer and illustrator. He is best known for his psychedelic artwork made for books and record covers by The Beatles and The Who. He designed a series of science fiction book covers for Penguin Books. He made a big impression with his illustrations for The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics book. He also provided illustrations for The Penguin Book of Comics, a history of British and American comic art. His work was characterised by a flowing, cartoony style and soft airbrushing – very much in step with the psychedelic styles of the times. His work includes the 1971 anti-war poster entitled A great place for hamburgers but who'd want to live there! Aldridge also created the artwork for Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John in 1975. He also the creator of the Hard Rock Café logo. He died at the age of 78 in Los Angeles, California.18 February 2019 – Toni Myers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_MyersCanadian film editor, writer, director, and producer, best known for her 3D IMAX work. Ms. Myers’s half-century in filmmaking included credits as writer, producer, narrator and editor as well as director. Much of that work involved documentaries that made use of Imax technology, which, with a bigger screen and enhanced sound, creates a more vivid viewing experience than a conventional movie offers. Ms. Myers directed three feature-length Imax films: “Space Station 3D” (2002), about the construction and occupation of the International Space Station; “Hubble 3D” (2010), which documented a 2009 shuttle flight to repair the Hubble telescope; and “A Beautiful Planet” (2016), which concentrated on images of Earth shot from space. All had marquee narrators — Tom Cruise for the first, Leonardo DiCaprio for the second, Jennifer Lawrence for the last. She explained in a 2010 interview with The Gazette of Montreal, “The sun rises and sets every 90 minutes in space, which means there wasn’t much time to capture the shots we asked them to get,”. She also said “There was no time or room to say: ‘Could you move to the right? It would make a better shot,’”. She died from cancer at the age of 76 in Toronto.Famous Birthdays16 February 1964 – Christopher Eccleston – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_EcclestonEnglish actor. The recipient of an Emmy Award and two BAFTA Award nominations, Eccleston is best known for his work on television and in film – in particular for his collaborations with directors Danny Boyle and Michael Winterbottom and writers Peter Flannery, Jimmy McGovern and Russell T. Davies. Eccleston garnered attention for his film roles as Derek Bentley in Let Him Have It and David Stevens in Shallow Grave and for his television performances in Cracker and Hillsborough. His BAFTA-nominated performance as Nicky Hutchinson in the BBCminiseries Our Friends in the North (1996) established Eccleston as a household name in the UK; he followed the serial with film roles in Jude, eXistenZ, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, and 28 Days Later and television roles including the drama series Clocking Off and a second BAFTA-nominated performance as Messianic figure Stephen Baxter in the ITV drama serial The Second Coming. Eccleston garnered widespread attention and acclaim for portraying the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the 2005 revival of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, becoming the first to play the role since 1996. He departed the role after a single series, winning a National Television Award and receiving Broadcasting Press Guild Award and BAFTA Cymru Award nominations for his performance. Eccleston has since appeared in the television series Heroes among other tv series and films including G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Thor: The Dark World and Legend. He won an International Emmy Award for his performance in an episode of the anthology series Accused. Onstage, Eccleston has played the title roles in productions of Hamlet and Macbeth as well as starring in productions of Miss Julie, A Doll's House and Antigone. He was born in Langworthy, Salford.17 February 1864 – Banjo Paterson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_PatersonAndrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong,New South Wales, where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Clancy of the Overflow" (1889), "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) and "Waltzing Matilda" (1895), regarded widely as Australia's unofficial national anthem. He was born in "Narrambla", near Orange, New South Wales.17 February 1934 – Barry Humphries - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_HumphriesAustralian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer, and an accomplished landscape painter. Humphries' characters have brought him international renown, and he also appeared in numerous stage productions, films, and television shows. Originally conceived as a dowdy Moonee Ponds housewife who caricatured Australian suburban complacency and insularity, Dame Edna Everage has evolved over four decades to become a satire of stardom – a gaudily dressed, acid-tongued, egomaniacal, internationally fêted Housewife "Gigastar". He was born in Kew, Melbourne, Victoria.Events of Interest17 February 1864 – H.L Hunley sunk a ship- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_USS_Housatonic- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley_(submarine)#Attack_on_HousatonicH.L. Hunley or Hunley made her only attack against an enemy target on the night of February 17, 1864. The target was the USS Housatonic, a 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) wooden-hulled steam-powered sloop-of-war with 12 large cannons, which was stationed at the entrance to Charleston, about 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) offshore. Desperate to break the naval blockade of the city, Lieutenant George E. Dixon and a crew of seven volunteers successfully attacked Housatonic, ramming Hunley's only spar torpedo against the enemy's hull. The torpedo was detonated, sending Housatonic to the bottom in five minutes, along with five of her crewmen. Hunley did not survive the attack and sank, taking with her all eight members of her third crew, and was lost. The Sinking of USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864 during the American Civil War was an important turning point in naval warfare. H.L. Hunley became renowned as the first submarine to successfully sink an enemy vessel in combat, and was the direct progenitor of what would eventually become international submarine warfare, although the victory was Pyrrhic and short-lived, since the submarine did not survive the attack and was lost with all eight Confederate crewmen.17 February 1984 – Krull makes its way into theatres in Finland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krull_(film)The film was released under Krull ja näkymätön vihollinen or Krull and the invisible enemy. Directed by Peter Yates, the feature starred Ken Marshall and Lysette Anthony, and here's the plot summary as provided by IMDB.com: "A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet." Krull underwent a very expensive, harsh, and dangerous production process. The film's huge budget ballooned, mainly due to the designers having to make numerous alterations to the sets corresponding to the heavily evolving script. The film was a commercial failure upon release, and critical opinion has been mixed, both upon release and in retrospect. Numerous reviewers have highlighted its visual effects and soundtrack, while several critics have criticized its plot as being derivative and nonsensical. The film has gone on to achieve cult film status.17 February 1989 – Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure came into theatres. -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Excellent_Adventure#ReleaseThe flick premiered on this day in 1989, and it still enjoys a cult audience today ... so much so that a third installment is said to be in-the-works. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure received generally positive reviews, and was a success at the box office, grossing $40.5 million against a $6.5 million budget. The picture had been planned for a 1988 release, and filming and production had completed on schedule. However, the original film distributor, DEG, fell into significant debt in late 1987, and by 1988 had filed for bankruptcy. At this point, the film was in post-production, and the director Stephen Henek attempted to show around the rough cut to other distributors. Henek said many of these companies were confused, asking him "Are there kids that really speak like this?" on seeing the film. However, the cut had an extremely popular reaction from a test audience of volunteers pulled from local malls, which led to a small bidding war from production companies to get the title.IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/General EnquiriesEmail - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comRate & Review us on Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/nerds-amalgamated-623195

L’ospite di questo podcast è Alfredo Carlo, facilitatore grafico, designer dei processi creativi e fondatore di Housatonic. Attraverso un’intervista e alcuni audio estratti dal suo intervento al Fuckup Nights Torino ripercorriamo la storia di Alfredo che, partendo dalle sue passioni, è riuscito a crearsi un lavoro che ha dovuto interrompere dopo sette anni di attività. Lo stop forzato gli ha permesso di analizzare quanto fatto fino a quel momento e ripartire con uno spirito nuovo. Questo podcast che rientra nel ciclo FallisciMeglio è stato possibile grazie alla collaborazione con Fuckup Nights Torino, Impact Hub Torino e Marilù Sansone che ha messo a disposizione gli audio registrati grazie a Vocally.** Entra nel gruppo facebook (FREE) e ricevi notizie e offerte di lavoro in anteprima: ** https://www.facebook.com/groups/radiosmu/****Sostieni Start Me Up su> Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fabbruno> Satispay https://tag.satispay.com/radiosmue entra nella community degli innovatori al Sud Italia!****Lo hanno già fatto:- Thamara;- Riccardo di https://refacturing.it- Toti di https://www.muvapp.eu- Giacomo di https://strettoincarena.it- Giuseppe di www.ardeek.com- Francesco di https://francesco-rigoni.com/- Mattia di http://unevent.co/- Angela- Daniela di http://dasminierollado.it/- Francesco di https://idibgroup.com- Luca di www.facebook.com/bigdata4you- Francesco di https://ecofactory.eu/Continua a leggere su http://www.radiostartmeup.it/passioni-lavoro-impara-tuoi-fallimenti-housatonic-falliscimeglio/

L’ospite di questo podcast è Alfredo Carlo, facilitatore grafico, designer dei processi creativi e fondatore di Housatonic. Attraverso un’intervista e alcuni audio estratti dal suo intervento al Fuckup Nights Torino ripercorriamo la storia di Alfredo che, partendo dalle sue passioni, è riuscito a crearsi un lavoro che ha dovuto interrompere dopo sette anni di attività. Lo stop forzato gli ha permesso di analizzare quanto fatto fino a quel momento e ripartire con uno spirito nuovo. Questo podcast che rientra nel ciclo FallisciMeglio è stato possibile grazie alla collaborazione con Fuckup Nights Torino, Impact Hub Torino e Marilù Sansone che ha messo a disposizione gli audio registrati grazie a Vocally.** Entra nel gruppo facebook (FREE) e ricevi notizie e offerte di lavoro in anteprima: ** https://www.facebook.com/groups/radiosmu/****Sostieni Start Me Up su> Patreon https://www.patreon.com/fabbruno> Satispay https://tag.satispay.com/radiosmue entra nella community degli innovatori al Sud Italia!****Lo hanno già fatto:- Thamara;- Riccardo di https://refacturing.it- Toti di https://www.muvapp.eu- Giacomo di https://strettoincarena.it- Giuseppe di www.ardeek.com- Francesco di https://francesco-rigoni.com/- Mattia di http://unevent.co/- Angela- Daniela di http://dasminierollado.it/- Francesco di https://idibgroup.com- Luca di www.facebook.com/bigdata4you- Francesco di https://ecofactory.eu/Continua a leggere su http://www.radiostartmeup.it/passioni-lavoro-impara-tuoi-fallimenti-housatonic-falliscimeglio/

Inside the Box: Housatonic co-op coach Dean Diamond

Did you know that more than 400,000 Connecticut households can’t afford their energy bills? Tune in and learn how you can help Operation Fuel keep vulnerable neighbors and families warm and safe this winter. Then check out our chat with AARP CT and hear about the seven latest “Livable Communities” projects aiming to help neighborhoods, towns and cities become great places for people of all ages. Is your community on the list? Then we'll touch base with Boys and Girls Village - serving more than 800 youths from over 50 communities in at-risk situations. We'll meet the agency's new President & CEO, hear about their new Life Skills & Vocational Training Center, and expanding partnerships with Housatonic and Gateway Community Colleges.

It's a special episode of High and Tight. Pete Paguaga caught up with with former Housatonic star Willy Yahn, who currently plays for the Aberdeen IronBirds of the New York-Penn League.

Welcome back to The Emancipation Podcast Station - the place to hear about history researched and retold through the eyes of Middle school and HS students. Last time on the show…   Today we discuss The United States in World War I. Let’s dive in.   The presidency of Woodrow Wilson  - And Presidential podcast Gabe - Woodrow Wilson was the first southern president since James Polk He was in the KKK he segregated the federal government and in his 1st term the KKK had a revival he went for the democratic side and and went by the slogan he kept you out of the war which is ironic because we went into world war one in his second term.(g(h 2.-Ethan- He was the 28th president of the US. Wilson made the Federal Reserve System. Which allowed the government control over currency so that we didn’t experience a second great depression. He also tried to lower tariffs and improve worker protection. - Blake - Although Woodrow Wilson was very racist he shared a lot of the same views as Theodore Roosevelt in which he wanted to go after the big business’. 4.Ricky-As everyone here can agree, Woodrow Wilson was a racist. Skylar - Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia on December 28th, 1856. His family was extremely religious. President Woodrow Wilson was a progressive democrat. He served two terms in office from 1913 to 1921. Woodrow wanted to expose corruption, regulate economy, eliminate unethical business practice, and improve the conditions of society. Wilson campaigned for “new freedom”. He promised banking, tariff, and business reform. Elijah- President Woodrow Wilson was serving in office from 1913 to 1921. As a young boy he experienced the civil war and his mother treated the wounded Confederate soldiers. When he started to grow up he attended Princeton. As Blake said Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt shared views on big business but Teddy Roosevelt believed that some monopolies are good and Woodrow Wilson did not think this, he thought all monopolies are bad for a economy. Ben- Corrupt businessmen exist and eventually there would be a president that’s a bit fishy. But in his second term he went against child labor and liked the idea of establishing a minimum possible wage. His slogan was, “He kept us out of war.” even though world war 1 started during his presidency. Blockades, u-boats and sinking of the Lusitania Gabe - The germans had these things called u boats which were the submarines of that day. Germans also had  unrestricted submarine warfare starting with the sinking of the Lusitania which had many americans on board and started us joining the war mexicans trying to take land and a few others.(hunter) 2.-Ethan- The Lusitania was also known as the RMS or Royal Mail Ship since it carried some mail. It was set to sail from New York to Great Britain. This kind of allowed Germany to take the advantage and say that they were going into active war territory. This meant that Germany would attack this ship and everyone on it. - Blake - At this early point in the war the Germans had blood on their hands, innocent blood. This made the U.S. angry of course which is how we got into the war. 4.Ricky-they sunk the Lusitania in under 18mins, which I find insane. The Titanic sunk in 2hours and 40mins.` Skylar - The British declared the entire north sea a war zone in November of 1914. They said any ship that comes in here may or may not get blown up, sunk, shot up, ect. You could not bring any contraband and if you did you would for sure get blown up, contraband included food. This was basically started the Germany and Austria-Hungary. Elijah- The submarines of the time were U boats and the german people used these U boats. The main thing that brought us into WWI was germany using unrestricted submarine warfare sinking Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram. Ben- The Lusitania was the biggest ship in the world at the time, until being passed up by the Mauretania, then the Mauretania got passed up by the Olympic. Technology was advancing fast, and they used it for good and bad. Zimmermann Telegram Gabe -  mexicans sent the zimmerman Telegram asking the germans to help them straight after the germans started sinking our boats reclaim texas new mexico and arizona which was short lived when we entered the war Woodrow(hunter) - Blake - The Zimmermann Telegram was like Gabe said a telegram sent by the Germans asking Mexico for support in return for their lost territories. The telegram was intercepted and make public to the American people to make them angry and want war. 3.-Ethan- Mexico didn’t really think they could back Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, so this deal didn’t seem so sweet to them. All it really did was make America angry. The Zimmerman telegram was kind of what brought the US into the war along with the “unrestricted submarine warfare” and the Lusitania sinking. 4.Ricky-this was basically Germany asking support from Mexico, and when America got wind of it it boosted support to go to war with germany. Elijah-The Zimmerman Telegram was a telegram from the Germans asking Mexico to help them in the war and to take down the United States and if they do so they can reclaim all the territory that they lost. Skylar - Germany was getting desperate for help. Arthur Zimmerman is the man who sent the telegraph to the Mexicans in January of 1917. This was a cry for help. Germany needed the mexicans to help slow down the US from staying out of the war, obviously because the US had a strong army and the Germans knew they were going down. 7.Ben - The telegraph was encrypted, so that any postal services in america or england, but then it was caught and decoded, then sent to america, then published for all of america to see. I think America was scared of losing their land.   United States enters World War I The United States in World War I - Blake - Woodrow Wilson had originally planned to keep the U.S. out of the world war but unfortunately this changed with the Zimmermann Telegram and the use of “Unrestricted submarine warfare” was not taken lightly.  Gabe - once the germans started shooting down our ships starting with the Lusitania And the mexicans wanted to fight us with the germans we had to join cause we didn't want to get destroyed by everybody 3.-Ethan- When entering the war, Wilson tried to keep from the war as much as he could, but with Germany’s increasing aggression, he had no choice but to get involved. The US officially went to war on April 6th, 1917. 1.3 million men and 20 thousand women joined up. 4.Ricky-this is going to be fun since we can finally talk about GUNS. Like the Gewehr 98 which now that I think about it was a german weapon, and the Colt ACP.45 M119 pistol, Basically this was a time where as weapons changed war. As they usually say “war never changes” but experimental weapons like the first kind of handheld machine guns were used. This war was the first and the last to world war to include chemical weapons like Ammonia and chlorine, and mustard gas, there was a reason chemical weapons were banned. And what was so weird about WW1 was all the world leaders were connected by family or friendship. After Merica’ broke diplomatic relations with Germany, they immediately, using a U-Boat, sunk the American liner Housatonic. 5.Elijah- As tensions were building with Unrestricted submarine warfare, the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram The United States had no choice but to join in the war. Wilson planned to keep the United States out of the war but these factors caused the US to join. Skylar - like they said Woodrow tried to keep the United States out of the war. The germans messed with the States too much so they had to do what they had to do and joined the war on april 6th, 1917. World War I was the deadliest conflict in human history, claiming tens of millions of deaths on both sides.   Ben - Many different things made America decide to go to war, propaganda about Germany was going around and America just couldn’t handle it anymore. Many people thought it would be another painful but fairly short war, but it ended up being a long hard overall bad experience. Hunter- WW1 was the bloodiest war during that time period and also the shortest.   Can you name one point in the fourteen points? Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points Gabe - Woodrow had this thing called fourteen points it was what he wanted to happen instead of wars well he died and he never got to see it happen and some of his idea didn't happen but a lot of his fourteen points were used in the United Nations. - Blake - While President Wilson made several good points in his Fourteen Points not everyone supported them like the prime minister of france George Clemenceau who said: “Mr. Wilson bores me with his Fourteen Points; why, God almighty only has Ten!”. 3.-Ethan- The Fourteen Points were Wilson’s peace terms for ending the World War. The Europeans agreed with these terms but Wilson’s Allied didn’t really agree with the “Wilson Idealism”. He said to reduce military forces and he put it there twice for emphasis. 4.Ricky-this was basically Woodrow Wilson’s Gettysburg address, it was his famous speech. It was a speech about peace, about ending this war to end all wars. 5.Elijah-The Fourteen Points was Wilson's peace terms for ending the first World War And these were used in the United Nations but many other Countries did not join these terms. Wilson died before ever getting to see this happen and used. Skylar - Woodrow Wilson’s fourteen points are Abe Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation. They were basically just how Woodrow felt at peace with his words. 7.Hunter- The 14 points are all points of Woodrow Wilson's thought of peace to end WW1. Ben- With something as big as World War 1, there was something about it that didnt let it end, and the Fourteen Points understood that concept and addressed every single major problem. Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles More detail on the Treaty of Versailles and Germany The League of Nations The Treaty of Versailles - Blake - Although the League of Nations was mostly viewed as weak for failing to prevent the second world war they were able to come together to write the Treaty of Versailles which ended the first world war although this didn’t last long until Adolf Hitler came into power and broke the treaty. 2.-Ethan- The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of The Allied to make the Treaty of Versailles. During this conference they made the League of Nations which their goal was to maintain world peace. It consisted of Britain, Italy, France, US, and Japan. 3.Ricky-The Treaty of Versailles severely limited the military of Germany and made them pay a fine SOOO big it took 96 years to pay off. Of course in WW2 they disobeyed these rules. Elijah-The league of Nations were made to stop any world wars and was founded on January 10th 1920. The League was able to make the Treaty of Versailles and the peace conference which ended the First World War. Skylar - The Treaty Of Versailles was a little extreme in my opinion. The made a limit on how many soldiers Germany could have which was 100,000. As well as bullets, boats, and U-boats. Germany couldn’t form a Union with Austria either. The treaty also put all the “war guilt” on Germany which they deserved that. The rest of it was just really Extra. 6. Hunter- the paris peace conference was in 1919, also known as the Versailles peace conference, was the meeting of the allied powers after WW1 to set a peace treaty with the Axis powers.   Ben - This was kind of the time where everything started to eventually end. After all the fighting, different countries declared peace, and many things were sorted out. It was a big relief to people around the world. That’s all we have time for today. Thanks for joining us in this emancipation from the box, that is learning.

Welcome back to The Emancipation Podcast Station - the place to hear about history researched and retold through the eyes of Middle school and HS students. Last time on the show…   Today we discuss The United States in World War I. Let’s dive in.   The presidency of Woodrow Wilson  - And Presidential podcast Gabe - Woodrow Wilson was the first southern president since James Polk He was in the KKK he segregated the federal government and in his 1st term the KKK had a revival he went for the democratic side and and went by the slogan he kept you out of the war which is ironic because we went into world war one in his second term.(g(h 2.-Ethan- He was the 28th president of the US. Wilson made the Federal Reserve System. Which allowed the government control over currency so that we didn’t experience a second great depression. He also tried to lower tariffs and improve worker protection. - Blake - Although Woodrow Wilson was very racist he shared a lot of the same views as Theodore Roosevelt in which he wanted to go after the big business’. 4.Ricky-As everyone here can agree, Woodrow Wilson was a racist. Skylar - Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia on December 28th, 1856. His family was extremely religious. President Woodrow Wilson was a progressive democrat. He served two terms in office from 1913 to 1921. Woodrow wanted to expose corruption, regulate economy, eliminate unethical business practice, and improve the conditions of society. Wilson campaigned for “new freedom”. He promised banking, tariff, and business reform. Elijah- President Woodrow Wilson was serving in office from 1913 to 1921. As a young boy he experienced the civil war and his mother treated the wounded Confederate soldiers. When he started to grow up he attended Princeton. As Blake said Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt shared views on big business but Teddy Roosevelt believed that some monopolies are good and Woodrow Wilson did not think this, he thought all monopolies are bad for a economy. Ben- Corrupt businessmen exist and eventually there would be a president that’s a bit fishy. But in his second term he went against child labor and liked the idea of establishing a minimum possible wage. His slogan was, “He kept us out of war.” even though world war 1 started during his presidency. Blockades, u-boats and sinking of the Lusitania Gabe - The germans had these things called u boats which were the submarines of that day. Germans also had  unrestricted submarine warfare starting with the sinking of the Lusitania which had many americans on board and started us joining the war mexicans trying to take land and a few others.(hunter) 2.-Ethan- The Lusitania was also known as the RMS or Royal Mail Ship since it carried some mail. It was set to sail from New York to Great Britain. This kind of allowed Germany to take the advantage and say that they were going into active war territory. This meant that Germany would attack this ship and everyone on it. - Blake - At this early point in the war the Germans had blood on their hands, innocent blood. This made the U.S. angry of course which is how we got into the war. 4.Ricky-they sunk the Lusitania in under 18mins, which I find insane. The Titanic sunk in 2hours and 40mins.` Skylar - The British declared the entire north sea a war zone in November of 1914. They said any ship that comes in here may or may not get blown up, sunk, shot up, ect. You could not bring any contraband and if you did you would for sure get blown up, contraband included food. This was basically started the Germany and Austria-Hungary. Elijah- The submarines of the time were U boats and the german people used these U boats. The main thing that brought us into WWI was germany using unrestricted submarine warfare sinking Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram. Ben- The Lusitania was the biggest ship in the world at the time, until being passed up by the Mauretania, then the Mauretania got passed up by the Olympic. Technology was advancing fast, and they used it for good and bad. Zimmermann Telegram Gabe -  mexicans sent the zimmerman Telegram asking the germans to help them straight after the germans started sinking our boats reclaim texas new mexico and arizona which was short lived when we entered the war Woodrow(hunter) - Blake - The Zimmermann Telegram was like Gabe said a telegram sent by the Germans asking Mexico for support in return for their lost territories. The telegram was intercepted and make public to the American people to make them angry and want war. 3.-Ethan- Mexico didn’t really think they could back Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, so this deal didn’t seem so sweet to them. All it really did was make America angry. The Zimmerman telegram was kind of what brought the US into the war along with the “unrestricted submarine warfare” and the Lusitania sinking. 4.Ricky-this was basically Germany asking support from Mexico, and when America got wind of it it boosted support to go to war with germany. Elijah-The Zimmerman Telegram was a telegram from the Germans asking Mexico to help them in the war and to take down the United States and if they do so they can reclaim all the territory that they lost. Skylar - Germany was getting desperate for help. Arthur Zimmerman is the man who sent the telegraph to the Mexicans in January of 1917. This was a cry for help. Germany needed the mexicans to help slow down the US from staying out of the war, obviously because the US had a strong army and the Germans knew they were going down. 7.Ben - The telegraph was encrypted, so that any postal services in america or england, but then it was caught and decoded, then sent to america, then published for all of america to see. I think America was scared of losing their land.   United States enters World War I The United States in World War I - Blake - Woodrow Wilson had originally planned to keep the U.S. out of the world war but unfortunately this changed with the Zimmermann Telegram and the use of “Unrestricted submarine warfare” was not taken lightly.  Gabe - once the germans started shooting down our ships starting with the Lusitania And the mexicans wanted to fight us with the germans we had to join cause we didn't want to get destroyed by everybody 3.-Ethan- When entering the war, Wilson tried to keep from the war as much as he could, but with Germany’s increasing aggression, he had no choice but to get involved. The US officially went to war on April 6th, 1917. 1.3 million men and 20 thousand women joined up. 4.Ricky-this is going to be fun since we can finally talk about GUNS. Like the Gewehr 98 which now that I think about it was a german weapon, and the Colt ACP.45 M119 pistol, Basically this was a time where as weapons changed war. As they usually say “war never changes” but experimental weapons like the first kind of handheld machine guns were used. This war was the first and the last to world war to include chemical weapons like Ammonia and chlorine, and mustard gas, there was a reason chemical weapons were banned. And what was so weird about WW1 was all the world leaders were connected by family or friendship. After Merica’ broke diplomatic relations with Germany, they immediately, using a U-Boat, sunk the American liner Housatonic. 5.Elijah- As tensions were building with Unrestricted submarine warfare, the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram The United States had no choice but to join in the war. Wilson planned to keep the United States out of the war but these factors caused the US to join. Skylar - like they said Woodrow tried to keep the United States out of the war. The germans messed with the States too much so they had to do what they had to do and joined the war on april 6th, 1917. World War I was the deadliest conflict in human history, claiming tens of millions of deaths on both sides.   Ben - Many different things made America decide to go to war, propaganda about Germany was going around and America just couldn’t handle it anymore. Many people thought it would be another painful but fairly short war, but it ended up being a long hard overall bad experience. Hunter- WW1 was the bloodiest war during that time period and also the shortest.   Can you name one point in the fourteen points? Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points Gabe - Woodrow had this thing called fourteen points it was what he wanted to happen instead of wars well he died and he never got to see it happen and some of his idea didn't happen but a lot of his fourteen points were used in the United Nations. - Blake - While President Wilson made several good points in his Fourteen Points not everyone supported them like the prime minister of france George Clemenceau who said: “Mr. Wilson bores me with his Fourteen Points; why, God almighty only has Ten!”. 3.-Ethan- The Fourteen Points were Wilson’s peace terms for ending the World War. The Europeans agreed with these terms but Wilson’s Allied didn’t really agree with the “Wilson Idealism”. He said to reduce military forces and he put it there twice for emphasis. 4.Ricky-this was basically Woodrow Wilson’s Gettysburg address, it was his famous speech. It was a speech about peace, about ending this war to end all wars. 5.Elijah-The Fourteen Points was Wilson's peace terms for ending the first World War And these were used in the United Nations but many other Countries did not join these terms. Wilson died before ever getting to see this happen and used. Skylar - Woodrow Wilson’s fourteen points are Abe Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation. They were basically just how Woodrow felt at peace with his words. 7.Hunter- The 14 points are all points of Woodrow Wilson's thought of peace to end WW1. Ben- With something as big as World War 1, there was something about it that didnt let it end, and the Fourteen Points understood that concept and addressed every single major problem. Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles More detail on the Treaty of Versailles and Germany The League of Nations The Treaty of Versailles - Blake - Although the League of Nations was mostly viewed as weak for failing to prevent the second world war they were able to come together to write the Treaty of Versailles which ended the first world war although this didn’t last long until Adolf Hitler came into power and broke the treaty. 2.-Ethan- The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of The Allied to make the Treaty of Versailles. During this conference they made the League of Nations which their goal was to maintain world peace. It consisted of Britain, Italy, France, US, and Japan. 3.Ricky-The Treaty of Versailles severely limited the military of Germany and made them pay a fine SOOO big it took 96 years to pay off. Of course in WW2 they disobeyed these rules. Elijah-The league of Nations were made to stop any world wars and was founded on January 10th 1920. The League was able to make the Treaty of Versailles and the peace conference which ended the First World War. Skylar - The Treaty Of Versailles was a little extreme in my opinion. The made a limit on how many soldiers Germany could have which was 100,000. As well as bullets, boats, and U-boats. Germany couldn’t form a Union with Austria either. The treaty also put all the “war guilt” on Germany which they deserved that. The rest of it was just really Extra. 6. Hunter- the paris peace conference was in 1919, also known as the Versailles peace conference, was the meeting of the allied powers after WW1 to set a peace treaty with the Axis powers.   Ben - This was kind of the time where everything started to eventually end. After all the fighting, different countries declared peace, and many things were sorted out. It was a big relief to people around the world. That’s all we have time for today. Thanks for joining us in this emancipation from the box, that is learning.

Heavily-trafficked Route 1 can be a headache for Connecticut drivers commuting to New York City, or turning into one of its many shopping plazas. But for pedestrians, it’s downright dangerous. WSHU reporter Cassandra Basler spoke with some who travel the highway by foot, sidewalk or no. We explore what it takes to transform a road system built for the car. This hour, we also finish our story about the Housatonic River: the battle between the company that polluted the river, and the people who live there, over how to clean it up. And finally, we hear about the New England accent that time forgot. Where the Sidewalk Ends According to preliminary data from the Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center at the University of Connecticut, there were 74 accidents involving pedestrians on Route 1, also called the Boston Post Road, from January 2015 until now. A heat map showing pedestrian-involved crashes on Route 1 in Connecticut 2015-present, created by the Connecticut Transportation Safety Research center at UCONN. Data is preliminary. That means more than one pedestrian was hit for every two miles of road, although most of the accidents happened in the western half of the state. Earlier this summer, activist Ray Rauth walked all 117 Connecticut miles to call attention to safety issues, like sidewalks that appear and disappear, and lack of pedestrian signals. In this episode, reporter Cassandra Basler introduces us to Rauth, and to Jaelin McKenzie, a young man who walks a busy part of the road nearly every day out of necessity. We speak with Tom Maziarz at the Connecticut Department of Transportation, who said the state and towns are working together in new ways to create “complete streets.” And we consider what happened in Boston when the city set a goal of zero fatalities on the road. Find Cassandra’s original report here. Jaelin McKenzie takes a bus from his home in Bridgeport to a mall in Milford, then walks about a mile on Route 1 to reach the Jos A. Bank clothing store where he works. Here, he’s standing on a particularly confusing patch of sidewalk on Route 1. (Cassandra Basler/WSHU) The Rest of the River The Unkamet Brook, an area contaminated by General Electric's former Pittsfield plant is currently being restored. (Joe Difazio/WBUR) In last week’s episode, we heard about General Electric's legacy in the Berkshires. For about 80 years, the company operated a huge transformer plant in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It was the biggest employer in the region, and when the jobs left in the 1990s — it left a big hole — and the Housatonic River contaminated with PCBs. GE remediated the two-mile stretch of the river that flows through downtown Pittsfield. But the company estimates that there could be up to 70,000 pounds of PCBs left in the Housatonic River today, and the EPA puts the number at 600,000 pounds. As WBUR's Meghna Chakrabarti from Radio Boston reports, there are a variety of deeply held opinions and disputes about how to clean up the mess downstream. And reporter Ryan Caron King takes us on a boat ride with a canoe builder who is working to bring people back to the Housatonic in Connecticut. The Green Mountain Accent  Brave Little State is the newest podcast from Vermont Public Radio Here at NEXT we’re big fans of the new podcast from Vermont Public Radio, Brave Little State. Producers Alex Keefe and Angela Evancie investigate questions that the people of that state want the answers to. One listener, a transplant from New Hampshire, was curious about why the Vermont accent sounds so different from the New England accents she was used to. We invited Alex Keefe on our show to learn more. Can’t get enough? Head over to vpr.net for the full story, and audio clips galore. About NEXT NEXT is produced at WNPR. Host: John Dankosky Producer: Andrea Muraskin Executive Producer: Catie Talarski Digital Content Manager/Editor: Heather Brandon Contributors to this episode: Cassandra Bassler, Meghna Chakrabarti, Ryan Caron King, Alex Keefe Music: Todd Merrell Get all the NEXT episodes. We appreciate your feedback! Send praise, critique, suggestions, questions, story leads, and pictures of your corner of New England to next@wnpr.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Craig Bisgeier has been part of the Jim and Ros Tour, he also provides updates on the Housatonic, Here-To-There and the Model Railcast Show. Anders needs an alternative to modeling clay and Jim Gore has such an alternative. Jim provides an update on his experiences at the National Convention in Indiana and trying to find a historical figure. Toni Ryan has been building a substantial module. Stuart Baker gives an OpenLCB National Convention update. Simon Hill has been varnishing a locomotive, gives a review of the Slo-Mo and talks with Tom about servos for live steam. Ken Jackson introduces his full-size narrow-gauge layout and building a steam locomotive. Martin Coombs has attended a show with Ken. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#123

Craig Bisgeier has been part of the Jim and Ros Tour, he also provides updates on the Housatonic, Here-To-There and the Model Railcast Show. Anders needs an alternative to modeling clay and Jim Gore has such an alternative. Jim provides an update on his experiences at the National Convention in Indiana and trying to find a historical figure. Toni Ryan has been building a substantial module. Stuart Baker gives an OpenLCB National Convention update. Simon Hill has been varnishing a locomotive, gives a review of the Slo-Mo and talks with Tom about servos for live steam. Ken Jackson introduces his full-size narrow-gauge layout and building a steam locomotive. Martin Coombs has attended a show with Ken. http://www.modelrailradio.com/archive.html#123

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