(WHP) — A York man caused the evacuation of a medical center after he allegedly threatened workers who wouldn’t let him see his fiancé according to charges filed by Pennsylvania State Police is facing multiple felony charges following the incident Friday at the Wellspan Medical Center on 13515 Wolfe Road Pennsylvania State Police responded to the medical center around 1:30 p.m Friday after receiving reports of a man threatening to stab people Troopers arrived on scene to find that medical staff were evacuated and waiting for police in the parking lot The man allegedly arrived at the facility to get his fiancé He returned to the facility with a large knife and struck the reception glass several times he stabbed a hole in the reception waiting room wall Witnesses and staff told troopers that they were scared for their lives who allowed police to use her phone to call Mazzarino Troopers learned his location and arrested him without incident in a Walmart parking lot He is charged with two counts of aggravated assault two counts of attempted aggravated assault one count of terroristic threats cause evacuation of building He is being held at the York County Prison in lieu of a $75,000 bail This article originally appeared at TomDispatch In the early 1990s, doctors in Hiroshima discovered a stress-induced syndrome they called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or “broken heart syndrome” — a condition in which the heart’s left ventricle loses its capacity in response to extreme stressors like war natural disaster and the loss of loved ones that acute condition involves heart attack-like symptoms including in the country that launched such wars in often distant lands has long critiqued this country’s warfighting efforts and the culture that sustains them I find myself in an awkward position in this fragile democracy of ours I’m someone who has devoted unpaid labor to our military-industrial complex yet can’t resist the impulse to critique it for its impact How’s that for a conflict of interest or at the servicemen and veterans who helped lead the rampage to overturn the 2020 election certification The fact that we just voted back into the presidency someone who embodies a lack of restraint might be considered the climax of America’s decades-long War on Terror that began in response to the 9/11 attacks led to upsurges in extralegal violence even before the first official orders to kill were given And talking about wars of terror if ever conditions were ripe for civilian bloodshed at home it’s now — a time when there exists no shared sense of what it means to be an American or even any way to talk about it together refreshments and paraphernalia for those kids to take home My own children experience a version of that: toy battleships and fighter jets as well as coffee-table books displaying every class of armored vehicle ever made and old uniforms and memorabilia from various military bases Teachers at local elementary schools ask younger grades to draw pictures of those they know who serve in the military and write essays about why they’re proud of them A local gathering in honor of loved ones in the military during which community leaders extol the bravery and resolve of those who serve is among the best-attended events in my small rural town If only that many people attended PTA meetings to discuss the curriculum and school safety In our kids’ local Cub Scout troop during Veterans Day week parents who served in the military were invited to talk to the scouts about what they did while in uniform Adults and children peppered them with questions about the weaponry they used and who they fought when was the last time you heard of doctors teachers or federal employees being asked to describe their work we’ve already given our military and law enforcement our implicit trust How else to interpret the results of the 2024 election voters decided that leadership means not standing up to autocratic leaders abroad but promising to hurt those who would speak out against you at home Trump pardoned two of those convicted men and reversed the demotion of the third who had posed with the dead body of a teenage prisoner after allegedly murdering him with a knife Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter Not just Hegseth’s actions but his stated goals speak to his disdain for restraint. He’s already made explicit his intention to fire any of the military’s top brass who have participated in diversity involve badly needed education to prevent sexual assault and hate speech demonizing religious and racial minorities or LGBTQ+ service members Hegseth’s appointment dovetails with the incoming administration’s revulsion against law and order within its own ranks, effectively ensuring, in the years to come, that the military will rot from the inside. Trump’s governance blueprint, the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is direct in stating that weeding out “manufactured extremism” will be nonnegotiable this time around The authors of that plan have urged the incoming administration to place national law enforcement agencies like Homeland Security and the federal police directly under the leadership of the secretary of defense and the president Milley ought to have been executed for attempting to directly reassure a Chinese general about this country’s stability while the president was trying to remain in office after his election loss in 2020 That last example should be a reminder that instability and violence within our government present an existential safety risk not just to ordinary Americans but to the entire world as foreign governments worry about what an unhinged Trump administration might mean for them I doubt Donald Trump would have such a reputation for being a "strong leader" without having egged on his most ardent followers with intimations of violence had a power far greater than the Hiroshima bomb — a preview of the human destruction our elected leaders are willing to allow even without giving direct orders to do so Since the only enemies Donald Trump now refers to live in this country it falls within the realm of possibility that our arsenal of weaponry could place American cities in danger we can only imagine what will happen in the Trumpian immigration crackdown that awaits us Independent journalism and truth-telling will make this possible not cynical mistrust of the news or of Americans who try to call out what is likely to be Trump’s violent abuse of power Keeping our republic will be harder than ever this time around but Americans who care about their fellow citizens need to prepare themselves to bear witness to the human costs of what could be a new kind of war right here on our own soil we’ll find all too many hearts broken from Andrea Mazzarino on the true costs of war Andrea Mazzarino co-founded Brown University's Costs of War Project. She has held various clinical, research and advocacy positions, including at a Veterans Affairs PTSD outpatient clinic, with Human Rights Watch and at a community mental health agency. She is the co-editor of "War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan." Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com Associated Press articles: Copyright © 2016 The Associated Press Andrea Mazzarino is a social worker and activist who advocates for the rights of vulnerable children including children and young people living with disabilities she was a research fellow in Human Rights Watch's Europe & Central Asia division where she authored three reports on the situation of children and adults with disabilities living in Russia Andrea is currently a therapist working directly with children and their families in the Washington while collaborating with Human Rights Watch on its children's and disability rights work in Russia Andrea has a Ph.D in cultural anthropology from Brown University and an MSW in Social Work from the University of Washington Human Rights Watch is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 13-2875808 Receive emails when new obituariesare published to our website you can trust the funeral directors at Lewin Funeral Home to help you celebrate your loved one’s life Our staff has experience planning a variety of funeral services and can assist your family in honoring your loved one no matter your personal preference We pride ourselves on serving the Fremont community and surrounding areas with compassion Lewin Funeral Home is dedicated to providing personalized Our goal is to lessen the burden on your family so that you can focus on celebrating your loved one's life and beginning your grief journey.Hear what other families have said about our services and get to know our experienced staff We're here to help you create a service thats unique to you or your loved one Making arrangements beforehand gives you time to consider all of your options it can be difficult to know how to cope with the loss See what families have to say about our services Lewin Funeral HomePhone: (920) 446-2288210 W © Lewin Funeral HomeSupported by SRS Computing and TA Your browser may not work with certain site. 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National Technical Information Centre and Library (OMIKK) BME Centre for Innovation Management and Cooperation (FIEK) Innovation and knowledge centres at the university Department of International Relations (NKI) Associate lecturer at BME Bálint Kádár told us what it was like to recreate a centuries-old Baroque city core The national press also covered the story of the Hungarian design firm selected by the Italian city of Mazzarino to design the renovation of its historical centre Director of Architecture and Urban Planning at DANU Design and Engineering Bálint Kádár is also the Vice Dean for Science and Innovation of BME’s Faculty of Mechanical Engineering We asked him how a Hungarian company can win a design competition in Sicily but winning is not as easy as reaching the above conclusion No wonder only relatively few Hungarian companies take advantage of these opportunities abroad: you need good connections it was important that Bálint Kádár knew Italy well studied architecture in Milan under an Erasmus scholarship and currently runs some joint projects between his department and the Sapientia University in Rome it is of course a big deal that the design of a Hungarian firm emerged as the winner as the rivals were all culturally embedded locals Bálint Kádár also noted that he shares this recognition with the Department of Urbanism of the ÉPK as the knowledge accumulated here is competitive in all countries In response to our question he confirmed that the firm’s connection to the university matters a lot both in and outside Hungary as “the BME name carries weight” The help of the Italian Erasmus students studying at the BME was also a great advantage A small town of eleven or so thousand people even in Italy could not afford to hold an international design competition but the municipalities there receive state support to do so Mazzarino is “a surprisingly vibrant place with self-conscious citizens and local intellectuals for whom preserving the historical image of the city is important” The experts at DANU also learned from the city’s history and focused on its heyday in the period when people were still walking on foot The task was to rethink the Baroque axis of the city bordered by 7 churches and their concept was to create a more liveable and usable city by keeping cars out from one part of that area the DANU team were not shy to design modern tools a green wall and a comprehensive rainfall collection system They did all this practically completely from home without ever travelling to see the local space on site at that stage of the project “Thirty years ago this would have been unthinkable and even ten years ago it would have been hard but today it can be easily solved using Google Street View.” Danu have also applied for further assignments abroad he is now interested in four design tenders of which they have reached the final round in two We rely on your support for our independence Andrea Mazzarino co-founded Brown University’s Costs of War Project. She has held various clinical, research, and advocacy positions, including at a Veterans Affairs PTSD Outpatient Clinic, with Human Rights Watch, and at a community mental health agency. She is the co-editor of War and Health: The Medical Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan We have sent a link to your registered email address to reset your password Unique Insights from 2,500+ Contributors in 90+ Countries This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSlide 1 of 7,Kerry Butler is a star of the Broadway musical spoof “Disaster!” She lives in a duplex on the Upper West Side with her husband the former head writer on “Sesame Street,” and the couple’s two daughters Share full articleWhat I Love | Kerry ButlerMs a star of the Broadway spoof “Disaster!,” lives in a duplex on the Upper West Side with her husband — Hard to believe it has been 45 years of Sunny Days and Everything’s A-OKs but PBS stalwart “Sesame Street” indeed turned 45 this month and expanded to include a second The 26 new one-hour episodes air weekday mornings on many PBS stations and half-hour episodes Not that it has always been smooth sailing for the iconic children’s show which has found itself caught up in politics (remember presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s decree that he’d cut funding to PBS despite his love of Big Bird?) and scandals of child sexual abuse by puppeteer Kevin Clash He resigned from “Sesame Street” parent company Sesame Workshop in 2012 after the allegations were made public an amazing man,” said “Sesame Street” puppeteer and head writer Joey Mazzarino at a January PBS press conference and we know it’s bigger than any one of us who are most memorable to the show’s target audience and even Kermit the Frog no longer appears on “Sesame Street” after Disney bought the Muppets is that they are still relevant today,” said “Sesame Street” executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente knowing that Elmo and Cookie Monster and Murray can look at you and they are alive We think of the show as a play date for the audience.” The show’s producers make an effort to engage parents especially through its parody segments that spoof pop culture or with celebrity cameos This season look for first lady Michelle Obama Mazzarino said producers look for something coming out or trending that seems like it will have a shelf life and also travels well when “Sesame Street” airs internationally Producers also try to film the spoofs late in the production schedule to maximize their freshness when they air “Every one of those very funny parodies has some lesson we are teaching and we take the stuff out and test it with the children,” Parente said Sometimes you don’t even realize that there was a curriculum to the piece because you get lost in the humor.” not every new segment or character introduced works over the long haul including a bear who’s a writer named Flo Bear (get it the street story was broken up over the hour and then we made it into an 11-minute segment Let’s develop something for Cookie Monster.’ It becomes a great challenge and actually refreshing because you go If you buy something from an Eater link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics policy Another Valley dining legend has bitten the dust with the sudden announcement that Mazzarino's in Sherman Oaks has closed for good The place never seemed to get back on its feet following a fire a while back though the shutter notice wasn't posted until this past Friday The restaurant was celebrating its 70th year in business There's a high-heat, quickfire pizza truck roaming around the Arts District and Little Tokyo these days turning out fast and cheap(ish) Neapolitan pies the truck has been popping up around Downtown for a little while now You know Bricia; she's the smiling face behind her family's Guelaguetza restaurant in Koreatown, as well as being an all-around badass. Case in point: this interview with Remezcla where she talks about co-hosting a bilingual parenting podcast and being the city planning commissioner in addition to her work at the restaurant and with the family's wholesale mole and michelada mix businesses She also dishes along the way about her favorite places to eat and drink in L.A Sure it's a friendly morning TV battle, but here's Alimento's Zach Pollack and Ludo Lefebvre going dish-for-dish over on KTLA while Pollack does some meatballs on focaccia Morning news with airtime (and stomachs) to fill Here's a new one: there's an all-kosher food festival coming to The Majestic Downtown on Sunday, March 20. Dubbed the Taste of Israel the $125 general admission party includes unlimited drinks from 19 Israel-based wineries and food from local chefs like Alex Reznik and a handful of chef direct from Israel Brooklyn chef Dale Talde is bringing his talents to the Ace Hotel as part of a new dinner series called One Night Only. The $75 mezzanine party on March 21 includes three courses and full of Filipino favorites like lumpia and lechon seatings and you'll get a copy of his cookbook thrown in West Hollywood mega-hot dinner and drinks spot The Nice Guy is launching a new menu, as created under exec chef Rudy Lopez. You might have a hard time getting in to actually eat the food, given the strict door policy but here's what you can expect if you're able to squeeze through what you believe is more important for kids A new survey from the educational nonprofit behind "Sesame Street" finds most parents and teachers answer kindness to that question They're worried that today's children are growing up in an unkind world as Cory Turner of the NPR Ed Team reports.CORY TURNER BYLINE: Kindness is well-trod territory for "Sesame Street." Here's actor Mark Ruffalo pretending to stub his toe to teach a Muppet named Murray about one key to kindness Murray...JOEY MAZZARINO: (As Murray Monster) Oh that hurts...RUFFALO: It hurts so much...MAZZARINO: (As Murray Monster) I can imagine exactly how you feel Ow.RUFFALO: That's it.MAZZARINO: (As Murray Monster) What - what's it?RUFFALO: That's it That's empathy.MAZZARINO: (As Murray Monster) What's empathy?RUFFALO: You could imagine exactly how I feel That's empathy.TURNER: But the people at Sesame Workshop worry that too much of the world doesn't understand empathy or doesn't try hard enough to feel other people's pain The survey of some 2,000 parents and 500 teachers found lots of grownups in the U.S A whopping 86 percent of teachers admitted to worrying often that the world is an unkind place for children And they want to be sure they're helping raise kids into kind Jennifer Kotler Clarke is in charge of content research and evaluation at Sesame Workshop.JENNIFER KOTLER CLARKE: Both parents and educators overwhelmingly felt that being kind was more important than having high academic achievement.TURNER: But kindness can mean different things to different people And here's where the results get really interesting they used several different words to represent kindness thoughtful and manners.CLARKE: Parents generally felt that their children were kind but less so helpful and thoughtful.TURNER: How can a child be kind without being helpful or thoughtful valued a different kind of kindness.CLARKE: Teachers overwhelmingly chose empathy as being more important than manners where as parents we're more likely to choose manners over empathy.TURNER: Prioritizing manners over empathy might not be a big deal assuming there's research that says manners are a good way of building empathy But Kotler Clarke says...CLARKE: There's really no great evidence around that bullies are very good at having manners around adults.TURNER: As part of the survey's release Sesame Workshop also linked to a number of outside resources for parents and teachers looking for practical ways to help cultivate empathy in kids In one guide from Harvard's Making Caring Common project researchers recommend grownups really try to tune in to kids emotional and physical needs engage in community service and even hold regular family meetings we can have more moments like this.(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW "SESAME STREET")MAZZARINO: (As Murray Monster) Yes Yes...MAZZARINO: (As Murray Monster) I understand empathy.RUFFALO: You understand empathy Murray...MAZZARINO: (As Murray Monster) I'm so happy right now.RUFFALO: I'm happy too...MAZZARINO: (As Murray Monster) It makes me want to dance the dance of happiness.TURNER: Cory Turner Copyright © 2016 NPR. 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Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information Become an NPR sponsor Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission In August, PBS made a surprising announcement: It was handing over the reins of its iconic children’s show Sesame Street to HBO where new episodes will begin airing this month the idea of putting Big Bird and Elmo on the same shelf as Game of Thrones and Cathouse: The Series seemed odd — not least because Sesame Street’s mission at its founding in 1969 had been to serve underprivileged city kids HBO was seen as a kind of salvation: For the past several years and the new network promised not just financial security but creative independence And it wasn’t as if the underprivileged kids had been left totally behind — a deal had been worked out wherein But even before the Champagne dried on their Muppet snouts a second piece of news circulated through Muppet World that sent a chill down their furry spines “After almost a year of battling for what I believe is the heart and soul of the show,” wrote Joey Mazzarino in a Facebook post announcing his departure in ­September While people on the outside maybe knew the names of Kevin Clash — the “Muppeteer” who became famous for launching Elmo to stardom (and later infamous for facing allegations of sex abuse) — or Caroll Spinney for people on “the Street,” as it is colloquially known “Joey Mazzarino is the fucking man,” as one former employee put it after a chance encounter with a Muppeteer who performed a character named Meryl Sheep in which Mazzarino had introduced a trenchcoat-wearing side-talking sheep detective named Colambo Over the years he’d carved out a reputation for himself as a devoted Muppeteer a songwriter — his “I Love My Hair,” inspired by his adopted Ethiopian daughter’s curls went viral — and especially as a crafter of the pop-culture parodies the show has long made to entertain parents watching with their kids “I remember picking up one of his scripts after I started,” says a former employee “It was called ‘Bird Men,’ about pigeons who wore suits in New York the news-reporter Muppet whose show-opening “Word on the Street” segment involved interviews with real-life New Yorkers Mazzarino interacted regularly with the show’s fans the freelance producer who accompanied him “The reaction was always through the roof,” he tells me pretty much every living person on the street the conductor of the New York Philharmonic who played “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” for the Muppets why did you pick that piece?” says Slutskin “And he said that the first time he’d heard it was on ­Sesame Street.” Knowing how important Sesame Street is to viewers gives employees a sense of purpose doesn’t just license children’s television and fluffy toys; it also makes special programming for kids whose parents are incarcerated or in the military the mind-set of the people who work there is more closely aligned with the nonprofit world than the entertainment industry I just love what is happening here so much,’ ” the former employee said “It’s a very unique show in that it’s a family environment,” explains Carol-Lynn Parente the senior vice-president of Sesame Workshop the walls are decorated with drawings of Muppets “You aren’t allowed to take pictures of the Muppet suits without people inside of them,” says the former employee “Everyone’s so nice it’s almost disgusting,” says the former employee who claims that for his first few weeks of employment a higher-up went over each of the emails he sent out “To make sure my salutations were warm enough.” Sesame Street had operated more or less in this comfort zone the political will to support its mission eroded to the point that candidates have made Big Bird a symbol of bloated federal spending which had already steepened with the rise of cable networks like Nickelodeon and Disney Channel exploded with the advent of the internet and particularly the tablet which empowered even very young children to make their own programming decisions Sesame Street may still have been a ­sentimental favorite of adults but it was clear this loyalty was not inherited by their children Licensing revenue dropped from the “Tickle Me Elmo” era which had for so long been a paragon apart adrift on a leaking ship in a sea of cheap content “Sesame Street is the world’s most expensive show to produce,” says Sonia Manzano one of the show’s only flesh-and-blood characters The loving detail that goes into the program — the careful research behind each episode the set out in Queens — doesn’t come cheap “And now it’s competing with all of this 15-minute ­animated stuff,” she says we need to have Itzhak Perlman on …’ ” She sighs It was increasingly clear that it wasn’t going to be a vision PBS was able to keep to lead a reorganization of the network that involved splitting the philanthropic and the commercial organizations and streamlining its operations so they might better compete in this new era “We’re going to attack it all,” he told The Wall Street Journal in an interview Whatever feelings you might think people from PBS have about executives from a commercial network like Nickelodeon and vice versa it was as though a developer of luxury condos had arrived to raze and replace shabby but beloved walk-ups Dunn’s costume at the annual Halloween party said it all: He was the Count And if Dunn’s comments about sacred cows gave Gladys (“the most famous of ­Sesame Street’s many cows” — Muppet Wiki) pause One of Dunn’s first moves was to bring in Brown Johnson the powerhouse behind Blue’s Clues and Dora the Explorer One of her suggestions was paring down the number of Muppets the show featured This was something the writers had been told before who have traditionally drifted on and off the show and the sheer multitude can be confusing for very young children who over the years have emerged as the show’s core audience they all focus on a single character or a small group of characters,” says Carol-Lynn Parente you want to tune in and know you are going to see him.” In the past the writers had committed to making the show “more like Friends,” as Manzano put it with the main Muppets that testing told them children liked best the Muppets the writers liked best always  sneaked back in Mazzarino loved writing for Grover and Telly an endearingly neurotic red monster in the mode of George Costanza (“I don’t understand why kids don’t love Telly more,” he wondered on the Tough Pigs website one of several Muppet-obsessive sites for adults.) Now they no longer had the option. Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Elmo, Grover, and Oscar — the Muppets who test well — were getting the main story lines And the new team freshened up their environment While the original Street “was designed to be gritty in the early days,” says Parente with “gray and brown so that the color of the characters popped,” it had come to look a little “too gritty,” she says So: “We went to the same neighborhoods and looked at how they had evolved and we hired a new set designer.” They built a community garden for Abby Cadabby and a visible nest for Big Bird and moved Elmo into the brownstone previously occupied by humans Gordon and Susan bilingual character who resembles a living Dora the Explorer Where this audience was also experiencing “fatigue,” they found Mazzarino had elevated them to an art form: In addition to the Mad Men parody the show has produced “Game of Chairs,” a Game of Thrones redux in which Muppets played musical chairs and “House of Bricks,” a retelling of the Three Little Pigs in which Frank Underwolf threatens to blow down the White House they get a lot of attention,” says Parente “if you really are thinking kids first — and it’s very clear from all of our research that they are making the viewing choices — the kids never got the parodies.” Which meant the reorienting of the episodes to what Parente and Brown called “child-relevant topics” like boo-boos and the loss of parodies were things he could not bear this extra layer of sophisticated humor was what separated it from the Nickelodeons of the world “Joey believes that what makes Sesame Sesame are the pop-culture references all of the Muppets,” says a friend of Mazzarino’s (The show says the parodies will still be produced for online.) at the moment Sesame Street was closing on a deal to be acquired by the network whose work he had so charmingly parodied the chasm between the Muppeteer and his new masters grew too wide to bridge Sesame Street’s Culture of Kindness mandates mean that the parties involved won’t say much about what happened When you can’t get someone onboard for your vision who disagrees that the “heart and soul” of the show are at stake Sesame Street was meant to be an “experimental” show one that changed in response to its audience “The trick to evolution is making those changes but not changing the essence of who you are.” Not everyone is sure that this time they’ll be able to pull that off “I think that Sesame Street has always reflected the times that it existed,” says Manzano there’s always hope that the sun will come and sweep the clouds away the same week the remaining members of the Sesame Street family gathered to toast the launch of the new season and their new partnership with HBO at the Langham hotel in Pasadena Mazzarino emailed to say that he had “nothing but goodwill toward the Street.” “I think the people in charge right now are from a completely different culture and don’t fully understand what they’ve been put in charge of,” he said and by being surrounded by all that fur and all those googly eyes they will somehow have a Road to Sesame awakening where all the comical throwable rubber fish scales fall from their eyes and they can see clearly which way the Street runs.” Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Christine White | Special to The Republicannp 0218 knitters 1.jpg Sherry Mandell and Beth Kronlund chat while knitting at Novel Knitters at Storrs Library in Longmeadow It's Tuesday morning, and this is the weekly meeting of Novel Knitters, a drop-in knitting (and crocheting) group at Storrs Library that's been together for about three years Facilitated by library staff member Carole Mazzarino the women knit for themselves and for charities "This is a wonderful group," said Lorraine Gervais We make beautiful things here and the social part is wonderful she explained why she keeps coming back: "It's because of all my friends here A sign for Novel Knitters knitting group that meets weekly at Storrs Library in Longmeadow "We decided to do the exhibit to show the community what we're all about and the time and effort that goes into our work." "Every year we knit pink scarves for Rays of Hope," said Mazzarino "We turn them into Baystate (Medical Center) for distribution to cancer survivors in conjunction with the Springfield City Library was the 500 Hats project in honor of the 75th anniversary of Dr "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins." Participants knitted hats for disadvantaged adults and children in Springfield and the Longmeadow knitters contributed at least 150 hats One of the women knitting hats for that 2013 project was Marilynn Bailey "I saw it mentioned in the paper and thought I'd join in," she said she's still coming to the knitting group Their current charitable project is knitting blankets for premature babies at Baystate Children's Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit Although people of all abilities and experience are welcome is offering non-knitters a leg up with classes called Newbie Knitters I and II The first class is for those who've never knit before and what's needed in a knitter's toolkit," Manna said Joann Shupe was attending her very first meeting of Novel Knitters "I came to see the exhibit and liked what I saw She was working on a quilt of knitted hexagons deep in conversation with some of the other women who explained that no one is locked into any one project They can knit what they want while attending She pointed out an afghan she'd knitted with each square displaying a different stitch explained the draw for her: "It's the people here that make all the difference Carole has a lot to do with why this group works so well For more information about Novel Knitters or the Newbie Knitters classes or stop in at the library's Discovery Room and speak with Carole Mazzarino Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices Andrea Mazzarino: Many nonorphan kids with disabilities in Russian orphanages State orphanages are typically geographically isolated adequate nutrition make disabilities grow more pronounced '+n.escapeExpression("function"==typeof(o=null!=(o=r(e,"eyebrowText")||(null!=l?r(l,"eyebrowText"):l))?o:n.hooks.helperMissing)?o.call(null!=l?l:n.nullContext||{},{name:"eyebrowText",hash:{},data:t,loc:{start:{line:28,column:63},end:{line:28,column:78}}}):o)+" \n '+(null!=(o=c(e,"if").call(r,null!=l?c(l,"cta2PreText"):l,{name:"if",hash:{},fn:n.program(32,t,0),inverse:n.noop,data:t,loc:{start:{line:63,column:20},end:{line:63,column:61}}}))?o:"")+"\n"+(null!=(o=(c(e,"ifAll")||l&&c(l,"ifAll")||n.hooks.helperMissing).call(r,null!=l?c(l,"cta2Text"):l,null!=l?c(l,"cta2Link"):l,{name:"ifAll",hash:{},fn:n.program(34,t,0),inverse:n.noop,data:t,loc:{start:{line:64,column:20},end:{line:70,column:30}}}))?o:"")+" When Russia enacted a ban barring Americans from adopting children from its orphanages in 2012 analysts pointed out that the country's disabled children in state institutions would suffer the most A report distributed by Human Rights Watch titled "Abandoned by the State: Violence and Isolation for Children with Disabilities in Russian Orphanages," documents how the worst-case scenario for disabled children is coming to pass About one-third of all kids with disabilities in Russia are living in so-called closed institutions where they endure neglect and harsh conditions Speaking at an event at the Open Society Foundations-New York on Jan stressed that while changes are happening concerning disability rights federal-level goals are being enacted slowly and unevenly throughout Russia many disabled children in orphanages continue to waste away with limited or virtually no contact with the outside world [Editor's note: EurasiaNet.org operates under the auspices of the OSF] The report comes with five pages of recommendations: Mazzarino emphasized that Russia should strive to abolish all forms of institutionalization for children "Our position is just that institutions should be closed," she stated Mazzarino detailed a variety of violations of institutionalized disabled children's rights as well as the very existence of "lying down rooms," in which those with severe disabilities are confined to cribs where they remain "almost their entire lives." Mazzarino also highlighted a need for support services that could enable parents to care for disabled children at home as well as measures discouraging medical staff from advising parents to give up children with disabilities at birth "I think there needs to be a top-down change at this point," Mazzarino said She pointed to the "National Action Strategy in the Interest of Children," adopted by the Russian government in 2012 but they're not happening everywhere." Administrators and doctors involved in the care system are proving a formidable obstacle to reform because some called-for changes would significantly reduce funding for orphanages and even entail the closure of some institutions Mazzarino emphasized that foreign donors could play a significant role in promoting reform despite the existence of the so-called "foreign agents law" that complicates the ability of local non-governmental organizations to receive funding from non-Russian sources The Russian federal government is interested in bettering conditions for disabled children charities and humanitarian organizations including most groups working on disability rights have tended not to face scrutiny under the foreign-agent legislation Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution This follows our earlier unjust labeling as a "foreign agent." These actions are direct attempts to silence independent journalism in Russia The authorities claim our work "discredits the decisions of the Russian leadership." We see things differently: we strive to provide accurate We, the journalists of The Moscow Times, refuse to be silenced. But to continue our work, we need your help please support us monthly starting from just $2 and every contribution makes a significant impact independent journalism in the face of repression In November's Italian food issue we dove deep into L.A.'s most notable pizza places, trying to find out what makes their pies tick ferments their dough for a full 24 hours for a funky tang and Sotto's pizzas are cooked at 900 degrees for less than a minute to get their signature leopard-spotted char Pizzaiolos bragged about what kind of wood they used to fire their pies and what hyperspecific regions of Italy they repped Prova corrected us that they were not doing Neapolitan pizzas where writer George Christy ranks the city's top three pizzas Dough is made daily and Mazzarino makes his own sausage." A Guy From Italy"Chewy crust particularly notable.. Perhaps oversimplified from the short descriptions but it seems like the biggest deciding factor in the decision was.. A Guy From Italy had generous cheese (is that more or less than ample?) but then La Barbera's won top honors with what was unequivocally the "cheese-iest" pizza in the city that it almost resembled a baby cheese pie Out of all three restaurants, Mazzarino's is the only one still standing though it was closed for several months due to a kitchen fire in 2009 Stop in for a slice of Angeleno pizza history Sherman Oaks 818-788-5050 or italianrestaurantshermanoaksca.com Thelma Golden will celebrate Lauren Halsey and U.K.-based singer Griff will take the stage featured A-list designers and Otis College standouts who earned scholarships for innovation in Fashion Design lawyers say Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe showed injuries consistent with a dog attack and plan to present a case against Chloe a German Shepherd who was re-homed by the owner's of the house where the cop's body was found in a snowbank Magazine’s takeaways on five notable topics from President Donald Trump’s first 100 days of his second term consumers are stocking up on household items and bites from THEBlvd and Hinoki & the Bird Download the summary and recommendations: photo feature research fellow in the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch Some of the research was conducted together with Maria Kunineva Natalia Estemirova Fellow with the Europe and Central Asia Division Production assistance was provided by Kaitlin Martin senior associates in the Europe and Central Asia Division Natalia Estemirova Fellow with the Europe and Central Asia Division; Kathy Mills publications specialist; and Fitzroy Hepkins directed and produced the multimedia components of the project intern in the Europe and Central Asia Division Jonny Dzhibladze provided research assistance as well End ‘Orphanage’ System; Support Family Care director for over 6 years of "Voci Fraterne" official magazine of the Italian Federation of Past Pupils – men and women - of Don Bosco held a journalism lesson for children in the fifth grade of the comprehensive institute of Mazzarino The aim of the lesson was to provide students with the basic knowledge of the world of the press ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements Maurice Formosa (The Cyclist) and Etienne Bonello (Team Greens) defied the odds at the Granfondo Ivan Siciliano 110km race in Mazzarino after finishing first and second in the final classification despite not starting among the favourites The Granfondo is part of the Sicilia Cup Championship Bonello and Formosa teamed up perfectly for the race that had an entry of over 170 riders from all parts of Sicily A timely move by the Maltese duo proved successful as they attacked with around 45km to the finish They were joined by four other riders in a six-man breakaway opening an advantage of over a minute on the chasing peloton any tactical moves by the front runners were halted with attempts to attack in the final hill The Maltese duo were not shaken though and it was Formosa who dashed strongly towards the line with Bonello right behind to seal the top two places in the race Formosa was named the ‘king of the mountain’ as he transited first at the top of the hill in the second lap getting into a break was the only way to gain success,” Formosa said “We never thought that we would manage to fend off the chasing peloton we had stronger legs and our tactics worked perfectly as we obtained the best result in this competition.” please register for free or log in to your account Hungarian architects have received significant recognition: a historic town far from Hungary has been redesigned a professor at the University of Technology shares with Impress Magazin his experience of reimagining the centuries-old Baroque town centre of Mazzarino The Italian town of Mazzarino has selected a Hungarian design firm to redesign its historic centre Director of Architecture and Urbanism at DANU Engineering and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at BME explains how the Hungarian architects managed to win a design competition in Sicily there have been very few major design competitions funded by public money in Hungary for years—perhaps two or three annually at most—so we have to look abroad,” Kádár explained it is quite an achievement for Hungarian architects to be selected given that the competitors were culturally embedded locals Kádár also noted that this recognition is a tribute to the Department of Urban Studies at ÉPK whose accumulated knowledge is competitive worldwide he mentioned that the Hungarian architects’ links with the academic world are crucial: “The name of BME carries weight.” The involvement of Italian Erasmus students studying in Hungary was also a significant advantage “this would not have happened.” a small Italian town of 11,000 inhabitants could not afford to launch an international design competition on its own; however municipalities there receive state support and a strong interest in preserving its historic character.” The Hungarian architects at DANU took inspiration from the town’s history believing it holds valuable lessons: the town’s golden age was when people primarily travelled on foot Their task was to rethink the town’s Baroque axis with a concept aimed at creating a more liveable and usable space by removing cars from parts of the area While showing respect for the built heritage they have not hesitated to incorporate modern elements and a comprehensive rainwater harvesting system all of this work was done almost entirely remotely without visiting the site in person at this stage this would have been unimaginable; even ten years ago it’s quite feasible,” Kádár remarked and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list SupportUs Newsletter © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved Sesame Street head writer and puppeteer Joey Mazzarino created an adorable uplifting new song to encourage his young daughter to love her natural hair The natural hair discussion has been taking over the Black community, launching much- needed efforts to encourage young Black women to embrace their natural hair. the discussion now has a catchy new tune to go along with it was finding it hard to love her natural hair Mazzarino and his wife adopted the Ethiopian girl when she was just a baby and as white parents they admitted that they weren’t really sure what to do with Segi’s hair “I didn’t know how to take care of [her hair],” he said “I don’t take care of my own hair very well…(founder of Carol’s Daughter) Lisa Price’s husband works for Sesame Street and he’s one of our crew members He would bring in stuff for me and Lisa would tell me He added that since his wife is an actress there were many times that he was left with the responsibility of taking care of Segi’s hair and without Lisa and her husband he isn’t sure how things would have played out they taught me how to use certain products,” he added Mazzarino felt it was time for Sesame Street to embrace the natural hair movement as well The song features a cute Black puppet singing on about loving her hair she shows examples of ways girls can wear their natural hair She demonstrates styles from cornrows to a gorgeous Afro while telling the audience that she is thankful for all the things her hair can do We publish narratives intentionally and specifically to enlighten and transform the world Sign up to receive The Atlanta Black Star Newsletter in your inbox Contribute to Atlanta Black Star today and help us share our narratives Contribute to Atlanta Black Star today and help us share our narratives.