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KEYNOTES: Rotarians adapt to online setting Rosemary Rimkus The confines of COVID-19 have forced the Hudson Rotary Club to adapt its meetings and its aims. Organized in 1923, almost one hundred years later the Hudson service organization has swapped its weekly meetings at the Hudson Portuguese Club for bi-weekly “Zoom” meetings, and in recent years dropped its mandatory weekly attendance rules. Hudson Town Moderator Richard Harrity, current club president, said when Covid restrictions were announced in March 2020, the club attempted outdoor meetings for a few months, “but in the Fall th...

Listen 51 min MORE What’s the obsession with the end of times, and do America’s historical roots inspire survivalism? Image by Zastolskiy Victor/Shutterstock. Throughout history, there have always been a small group of people who prepare for doomsday.  Today, according to a YouGov poll conducted in 2020, roughly one in five Americans feel that an apocalypse is coming. So what’s the obsession with the end of times, and do America’s historical roots inspire survivalism?  KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian learns about the l...

Listen 32 min Why American individualism is perfectly suited to the doomsday prepper movement Photo by Shutterstock. When the pandemic hit last year, it didn’t take long for grocery stores to have their shelves wiped clean. Long lines sprung up as shoppers scrambled to stock up on canned goods, water, and toilet paper. For some, however, preparing for the apocalypse is a serious business. Doomsday preppers are more than just fringe survivalists. High-end luxury apocalypse shelters are increasingly popular among the mega-rich, and, fuel...

Published: April 27th, 2021 Toronto-based diversity & inclusion data and consulting company Diversio announced the inaugural cohort of over 80 Diversio-certified Canadian companies at a press conference co-hosted by City of Toronto Mayor John Tory this week.  The certification is the first AI-powered certification program that helps participating organizations “set the Canadian Standard for Diversity & Inclusion,” Diversio noted April 27. “Diversio Certification is a signal that an organization has made a meaningful commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. It is not a check-box ...

“We knew it was going to be a defining moment in the life of the band”: Taking Back Sunday relive the dramatic impact of Louder Now Taking Back Sunday’s Adam Lazzara and Mark O’Connell remember their game-changing album Louder Now as it celebrates its 15 th anniversary… Photos: Derrick Santini There’s one precise moment that sums up the surreal impact that Louder Now had on Taking Back Sunday. The band’s third album – their first on a major label – had been released at the end of April 2006, and singer Adam Lazzara was back in Los Angeles, where they’d recorded it the...