VIDEO: Morocco Part 2

Posted on by Marty Luster

The second of three videos of our recent  tour of Morocco.

This is a little longer than usual, but there is much material, including our exciting two days in the Sahara tent camp.

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First Parish Burial Ground 1644

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

This sacred burial ground has so much history.    When we clean in there you cannot help but to stop and look at the grave sites.

 

November 14, 2014 First Burial Parish

Isabel Babson was a Midwife

October 10, 2015 Isabel Babson headstone

Revolutionary War

October 10, 2015 Revolutionary war

Sarah and William Coas

October 10, 2015 Coas

Join us! There will be magical chicken and waffles! — Jazz Brunch wih Henry Allen & Adria Smith @ Katrina’s Sunday Nov. 1st

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Happy Halloween From Sista’s Kitchen!

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Who doesn’t love Old Fashion Dot Penny Candy? Last night while decorting Halloween Cookies I discoverd how crazy easy they are to make at home! As I cleaned up my work space I noticed perfectly shaped droplets of icing that broght me right back to my childhood days of shopping at Berthas Candy Store located on Gloucester’s Rocky Neck! As a child  Sugar Dot Candy were one of my most favorite penny candies sold!   

   At midnight After peeling off  and eating each and every dried dot shaped Royal Icing from my work space,  I decide to pip my left over Royal Icing onto a clean sheets of Parchment paper, in the same fashioned pattern I remebered buying at Berths On Rocky Neck! This morning I searched the internet for a clip art  shaped Corn Corn, and confected these adorable Candy Corn Shaped Sugar Treats!

  
 I can’t wait to  gift them tonight to a few Special Gobblins in my life during tonights Halloween Festivities! 

  
Fun, easy, and yummy  way to use up leftover Royal Icing! 

   
    
    
 

Isaac Asimov Quote of the Week from Greg Bover

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

“Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
Isaac Asimov (1920?-1992)

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Born in Russia, Isaak Yudovich Ozimov immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of three. A voracious reader of science fiction, he began writing as a pre-teen, selling his first piece in 1939 to Amazing Stories Magazine. He would go on to become one of the most prolific of sci-fi and hard science writers, publishing an astonishing 500 books in nine of the ten categories of the Dewey Decimal System, while simultaneously holding a tenured position as Professor of Biochemistry at Boston University. Recognized as one of the most brilliant men of his age, he was Vice President of Mensa, and opined that Carl Sagan and Marvin Minsky were the only two people he knew who were smarter than he. In his science fiction work he is perhaps best known for his Foundation Series and for I, Robot which propounds the Three Laws of Robotics, incorporated by an entire generation of writers from Roddenberry and Clarke to Ellison and Silverberg. He was a six-time winner of the Hugo Award and has a crater on Mars and an asteroid named in his honor.

Greg Bover

Rusty & Ingrid Handmade Fine Art Screen Prints

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Rusty and Ingrid have opened a new studio on Lexington Avenue in Magnolia. Rusty and Ingrid live in Gloucester and design and make limited edition fine art screen prints.  On Sunday, November 1, 2015, they are having a Grand Opening at 31 Lexington Avenue from 3-9.  There will be a demonstration of screen printing during that time.  Come by and visit.  For more information please follow the link below.

http://rustyandingrid.com/events/2015/11/1/grand-opening-rusty-and-ingrid-studio-gallery
October 30, 2015 Rusty and Ingrid

From The New york Times- “Cod’s Continuing Decline Linked to Warming Gulf of Maine Waters”

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Cod’s Continuing Decline Linked to Warming Gulf of Maine Waters

By ERICA GOODEOCT. 29, 2015

Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine contributed to the collapse of cod fishing in New England, and might help explain why the cod population has failed to recover, even though fishing has largely ceased, according to a new study.

But the quotas, the study’s authors say, were based on population estimates that did not take into account the temperature changes and therefore were set too high. Even when fishermen stayed within the quotas, they were in effect overfishing, the researchers write in their report, which appears in the Oct. 30 issue of the journal Science.

“The failure to consider temperature impacts on Gulf of Maine cod recruitment created unrealistic expectations for how large this stock can be and how quickly it can rebuild,” the researchers write.

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thoughts For halloween From Steven Winslow- Children’s graves At The Calvary Cemetery

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Children's area..

Steven writes-

Thought of you when I saw this.. held it until Halloween..

October flowers: On a recent October Day, I rode into the Calvary Cemetery to find a spot to have lunch.. Tried to find a place somewhat away from people visiting grave markers. As soon as I sat down, a man pulled up in a pick-up truck to water the grave of his brother (?) who had died in January. I commented that it was nice to see the flowers growing. To give him a quiet moment, I focused on the graves immediately in front of me and noticed that the grave stones were shaped like hearts or were topped with angel statues. When the man drove away, I went down and observed that those hearts and angels marked the graves of 30+ children who had died ~ prior to WW II (1940’s). Some had just lived weeks, other a few years.. Despite the short duration of their lives and the long passage of time, there were many that still had fresh flowers.. One was even decorated for Halloween.. I thought how part of grieving reflects back on the living, the need to remember is also to remember parts of ourselves that has been lost.. and that Halloween helps our children face the darkness of death so they can better learn to live..

Have a great Halloween all.. and remember it takes 1 minutes to burn of each M&M.. so go easy on the candy!!

Stephen Winslow

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LINKS TO CAPE ANN TV COMPLETE ELECTION DEBATE COVERAGE

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Lisa Smith from Cape Ann TV submits:

Links to Access Gloucester Election Debates Online and Other Election Information
Cape Ann TV has Gloucester Election Debates Online. They are on Cape Ann TV’s website, on the video page, go to: www.capeanntv.org/video then go to: Playlist: ‘Gloucester Election 2015’. The most recents debates are at the top of the list and we are continually updating and adding debates, and more will be added later this week.
Here are links to the most recent debates:
Mayoral Debate hosted by Glosterity,Oct. 21, 2015:
Mayoral Debate hosted by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Oct., 20, 2015:
Gloucester City Council Debate (At-Large & Ward Councilors) on Arts & Culture Oct. 14, 2015:
School Committee & Mayoral Debate in Lanesville;
Mayoral Debate on Arts & Culture II, Oct. 2, 2015:
We also have online the presentation from the Gloucester Board of Health about the Ballot Question on Water Fluoridation. This presentation wants to keep adding fluoride to the Gloucester City Water Supply. The opposing side, which wants to stop the addition of fluoride to Gloucester City Water, is presenting their side tonight at the Sawyer Free Library, and Cape Ann TV will have that presentation online on Saturday.
Here is the link to the Gloucester Board of Health’s presentation “The Science Behind Water Fluoridation” on Oct., 19, 2015:
Cape Ann TV has covered three other debates held this week: two Debates by the Gloucester Daily Times(Mayoral, At-Large and Ward 3, 4  and 5 Councilor) and last night’s Lanesville Debates (At-Large and Ward 4 Councilor), these debates will go online later this week.
 
Cape Ann TV’s Gloucester Candidate Forum with statements from the Mayoral, city council and school candidates will go online tomorrow.
Cape Ann TV will also cover the election live from Gloucester City Hall on Nov. 3. The Election Coverage begins at 8pm on all three of our Channels: 12, 20 & 67.

VIDEO: Morocco Part 1

Posted on by Marty Luster

This is the first of 3 videos of our recent 2 week visit to Morocco through Overseas Adventure Travel.

We wanted to immerse ourselves deeply in a Muslim culture, in a place that was safe and where foreigners are welcome. We found Morocco to be just that.  The people are warm and friendly (except, perhaps, the guy in a Marrakech square who insisted on draping live snakes around our necks) and the culture is deep, interesting and open.

Although a monarchy, the everyday Moroccans we spoke with had enormous pride in their country, which under the current King, Mohammed VI, has seen dramatic advances in education, health care, gender equality and public improvements.The second-ever parliamentary elections were recently held and although Parliament’s role is more advisory than final, Moroccans are proud of this event.

Depending on location, French, Arabic and Berber are the usual languages and often all three can be heard simultaneously. The population is nearly entirely Muslim and practice an Islam which emphasizes peace, non-violence and respect.  The population rejects fundamentalist “islamic ” extremists and declares that those movements have nothing to do with Islam, but are driven by political factors and greed.

Muslims in Morocco recognize and embrace Christians and Jews as brothers and sisters, having common roots in the Abrahamic belief of one God. We heard more than one Moroccan declare that he “believes” in all three religions.  Even practitioners of polytheistic religions such as Hinduism are respected.

All in all, it was a busy and eye-opening two weeks. I hope that these videos give you a taste of our experience.

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Willow Rest and Local art Go Hand In Hand

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Cat Ryan submits-

I love how businesses help local artists and vice versa. From Willow Rest and other local fairs and shops to their own gallery, too! wonderful news

The Pearl Mist

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

The Pearl Mist was docked at Cruise Port for a couple days last week.  Here is some information from Wikipedia.

October 24, 2015 The Pearl Mist

 

From Wikipedia:

The Pearl Mist is a small Cruise ship, built in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1] After her completion, years of legal dispute delayed her being put into operation, and she didn’t finally leave on her inaugural voyage until June, 2014. She is currently operated by Pearl Seas Cruises.[2]

The Baltimore Sun, reported the vessel was ordered from Irving Shipyards in 2006, and that Pearl Seas and Irving began their dispute in 2007, just five months after construction of the vessel began.[3]

The vessel is 335 feet (102 m) long, and the small size is described as a virtue, allowing the vessel to visit small ports that have to be skipped by larger vessels.[1] The vessel is described as being outfitted as a “luxury”, with 105 double rooms, all equipped with an outside balcony. The vessel is equipped with wifi.

In the summer of 2014 and 2015 her passengers visited Great Lakes ports.[4]

Master Ice Sculptor Don Chapelle and The Gronk Ice Sculpture At Gillette

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Joey -A whole lot of planning, design, execution & assembly involved in getting from here to Gillette. Kudo’s to Master Sculptor Donald Chapelle – a real treat to work with & support him on this project!

Scott Memhard, President & General Manager

Cape Pond Ice Company, Inc.

   
    
 

Artist Reception for Sarah Wonson at Passports on Monday

Posted on by James Eves

Join us Monday November 2nd 6pm-9pm at Passports for a viewing of some of these special works.

Small bites will be available on us as well as a cash bar.

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Sarah Wonson was born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts.  She graduated in 2007 from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a BFA in Printmaking. Her main forms of expression are drawing and printmaking with a focus on landscape, still life, and repetitious patterns.  She has a love of nature and the world around her.  Trees, ocean, rocks, dirt, birds, animals in motion, plants, growth, driftwood, leaves, season transitions, repetition, craft, fabric design, woodgrain, New England architecture, windows, found objects, masonry, granite, shadows, night walks, graveyards, and maps drive her artistic practice.

Her art focuses on the act of observation, the importance of noticing and contemplating even the smallest moments in life.  “Observation is different from looking, to observe is to digest not just gaze.  Connection is lost when we do not observe, and when we lose connection we become detached from the world around us.”  Her most recent project, “Life Observed”, an installation that took place at the White-Ellery House, a historic home located at Grant Circle in Gloucester, presented a view of the human presence felt in the places we live and the objects we make.

View more at Sarahwonson.com