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Posts Categorized: Health & Humanity
Danbury Memorial Day 5K Benefits Wounded Veterans
Every year, the City of Danbury, Connecticut hosts an annual Memorial Day parade. This year the Danbury Police Department and CityCenter Danbury have planned a 5K road race on the parade course immediately before the start of the parade. This year’s 5K will benefit… Read more »
Opera, Pressure Treated Wood and “The Truth”
-fine arts architecture has left the building One son loves opera, studies Italian to better appreciate it, and has sung it at the highest collegiate level (in the chorus). This spring he sang in Verdi’s Falstaff, where at the end of the production… Read more »
This Week on the Information Super Highway: What the Internet Does to Jerks
As some of you may know, having a job where you are stationed in front of a computer all day awards you with plenty of time to surf the internet. Every week, great content becomes popular for a couple of days, only to be quickly replaced… Read more »
Documentary: White Men Who Love Asian Women
seeking asian female is an eccentric modern love story about Steven and Sandy—an aging white man with “yellow fever” who is obsessed with marrying any Asian woman, and the young Chinese bride he finds online. Debbie Lum, a Chinese American filmmaker, documents and narrates… Read more »
Vets At Risk Of Suicide Not Getting Adequate Post-Discharge Care
Nearly a third of veterans deemed at high risk for suicide don’t receive the recommended follow-up care after they’ve been discharged from Veterans Health Administration inpatient mental health facilities, according to a new report from the VA inspector general. The report — which… Read more »
Lyme Disease Conference at WCSU May 14
Prominent national figures engaged in Lyme disease diagnosis, treatment and advocacy will be featured speakers at a seminar to be held as part of the Lyme Awareness Month Health Fair on Tuesday, May 14 at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. The Ridgefield Lyme… Read more »
This Week on the Information Super Highway: Michael Jordan vs. the Sheens, Drinking Beer via Ear
As some of you may know, having a job where you are stationed in front of a computer all day awards you with plenty of time to surf the internet. Every week, great content becomes popular for a couple of days, only to be quickly replaced… Read more »
This Week on the Information Super Highway: Beautiful Balls & the World’s Smallest Movie
As some of you may know, having a job where you are stationed in front of a computer all day awards you with plenty of time to surf the internet. Every week, great content becomes popular for a couple of days, only to be quickly replaced… Read more »
Panel: Social Media’s Role In Breaking News Is A Mixed Bag
Reporters, professors, and Lt. Paul Vance gathered at the University of Connecticut two weeks ago to discuss the role of accuracy, respect, and social media in the coverage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The timing of the panel couldn’t have been… Read more »
This Week on the Information Super Highway: Michael Shannon, and Barbie, Read Insane Sorority Letter
As some of you may know, having a job where you are stationed in front of a computer all day awards you with plenty of time to surf the internet. Every week, great content becomes popular for a couple of days, only to be quickly replaced… Read more »
Last Week on the Information Super Highway: The Sea Pig, A Mad Ferrari Owner
As some of you may know, having a job where you are stationed in front of a computer all day awards you with plenty of time to surf the internet. Every week, great content becomes popular for a couple of days, only to be quickly replaced by… Read more »
Danbury Launches Underage Drinking Awareness Campaign
MCCA (Midwestern Connecticut Council of Alcoholism), and Stand Together Make a Difference (Danbury’s local substance abuse prevention coalition), have partnered to launch a media campaign and ask parents, students, community leaders and community members to “stand together to reduce underage drinking.” The key… Read more »
Grammy Nominated Trumpeter Sings of South African Wedding Traditions on New Album
Grammy nominated trumpeter and vocalist Hugh Masekela is touring the United States this month, and this Friday, he and his band are making a stop in Middletown, Connecticut at Wesleyan University in celebration of Masekala’s new album, Jabulani. Some of Masekela’s earliest memories are… Read more »
This Week on the Information Super Highway: Dogs in Pantyhose & The Gates Condom Challenge
As some of you may know, having a job where you are stationed in front of a computer all day awards you with plenty of time to surf the internet. Every week, great content becomes popular for a couple of days, only to be quickly replaced… Read more »
In Lawsuit, Psychiatrists Claim Anthem Discriminates Against Mental Illness
The American Psychiatric Association, the Connecticut Psychiatric Society, the Connecticut Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and two individuals filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that Anthem Health Plans discriminates against patients with mental illness. The complaint, filed in federal court, says Anthem and its… Read more »
A Visit to Salton Sea
I made a decision to go to Salton Sea in the middle of July last summer. Located 110 miles northeast of San Diego, California and 70 miles north of Mexicali, Mexico, Salton Sea is way out in the Sonoran Desert, 226 feet below sea… Read more »
The Umbilical Dilemma
Everyone of a certain age remembers “In Living Color” – the great 1990s weekly comedy TV show that helped launch the careers of the Wayans family – Kim, Shawn, Marlon, and Dwayne as well as Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, and David Alan Grier. In… Read more »
This Week on the Information Super Highway – April 5, 2013
As some of you may know, having a job where you are stationed in front of a computer all day awards you with plenty of time to surf the internet. Every week, great content becomes popular for a couple of days, only to be quickly replaced… Read more »
Mind, Body, Spirit & Juice at Chamomille Natural Foods
In this economy, it can be difficult to afford both trips to the doctor’s office and the medicine they prescribe. Though some remain skeptical of the healing powers of natural medicine, licensed nutritionist Barry Sherr, co-owner of Chamomille Natural Foods in Danbury, Connecticut, firmly… Read more »
To Lean In or Not to Lean In: That Is, Indeed, the Question
Throughout history, the quest to define what it means to be a woman has been no easy task. The guidelines of femininity have forever been as unpredictable and fleeting as a New England winter forecast. Not much has changed from this standpoint, a fact… Read more »
The Free Work Debate, or, Poll: Would You Pay for The Mercurial?
There’s been a great deal of reporting on what I’ll call the peanuts phenomenon within the past week – people working for very small amounts of money, or for free, in order to advance their careers or gain exposure. It’s more or less… Read more »
Facebook After Death
Is life on Facebook really eternal? Uploaded sonogram pictures and anticipatory status updates have made it commonplace for people to be on social networks before they are born, and several laws are now making it not only common, but legal to have an… Read more »
WestConn Students Spread “Esperanza” in Granada, Nicaragua
“Out of the midst of the beautiful Lake Nicaragua spring two magnificent pyramids, clad in the softest and richest green, all flecked with shadow and sunshine, whose summits pierce the billowy clouds.” -Mark Twain On the busy streets of Granada, Nicaragua, it is… Read more »

