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Sarasota Players committed to community | Your Observer
It’s difficult to describe the affection and connection we have to this community. Not for lack of words, but because it’s unspoken. Like a family member that you share a knowing look with, or a friend you’ve been close with for decades, we are tied together regardless of the circumstances. We are beyond lucky to have this support. At The Sarasota Players this is where we find ourselves. In a unique space nestled somewhere between past, present and future.
Inventory Up Alongside Record-Breaking Prices
For the second month in a row, the inventory of active listings in the two-county area increased year-over-year in May 2022. According to data from Florida Realtors and compiled by the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee, the residential market also reports the highest-recorded prices for all property types in both counties, along with fewer closed sales and an increase in new listings.
The Players Centre Belongs in the Municipal Auditorium
Letters SRQ DAILY SATURDAY PERSPECTIVES EDITION SATURDAY MAY 28, 2022 | BY WILLIAM SKAGGS Since the May 16, 2022 City Commission meeting at which The Players Centre’s initial proposal for a lease agreement at the historic Sarasota Municipal Auditorium was discussed, my organization—the City’s first arts organization—is more energized than ever to seek a path forward in transforming the Auditorium into a world-class venue and community space.
Are You Afraid of Holes?
In the early 2000s many Internet users bonded over their common aversion to pictures that showed clustered arrays of small holes, such as a beehive or even the popped bubbles on the uncooked top of a pancake. For almost a decade “trypophobia,” literally “fear of holes,” was nothing more than an Internet phenomenon, but finally researchers have found evidence of its validity and investigated its possible cause.
Get Lost in Parking Lots? You Might Have Developmental Topographic Disorientation
They call him “Dr. WAI,” short for “Where Am I.” A well-educated 29-year-old man without any history of disease or trauma, it took him four tries to produce a semi-accurate map of the house he had lived in for 15 years.1 Another patient, Jennifer, from San Francisco, always feels like she is facing north, regardless of which direction she is actually facing. Judy Bentley had her memory of her physical surroundings suddenly vanish one day in high school.
Get Lost in Parking Lots? You Might Have Developmental Topographic Disorientation
They call him “Dr. WAI,” short for “Where Am I.” A well-educated 29-year-old man without any history of disease or trauma, it took him four tries to produce a semi-accurate map of the house he had lived in for 15 years.1 Another patient, Jennifer, from San Francisco, always feels like she is facing north, regardless of which direction she is actually facing. Judy Bentley had her memory of her physical surroundings suddenly vanish one day in high school.
Crossroads Comedy Festival
You'll get a full VIP pass to all three days (October 16th-18th) of the festival, entitling you to one headliner show, discounted admission to other headliner shows, and unlimited admission to all the other shows. Your badge will have an exclusive Early Bird design, letting everyone know you believed in us before we were cool. It means a lot to us, and if we see you, we'll probably hug you. Unless you don't want a hug, which is totally cool. But we give great hugs. Just sayin'. Plus above perks.
New Neurons Make Room for New Memories
New Neurons Make Room for New MemoriesHow does the brain form new memories without ever filling up? Scientists turn to the youngest neurons for answersAdvertisement | Report AdFor many years scientists believed that you were born with all the neurons you would ever get.
Wassup, Wikipedia? Oh … wow!
I’d like to examine the concept of freedom in a somewhat unusual way — from the viewpoint of motivational psychology. The starting point is to realize that there are basically four ways of influencing behavior: reward, punishment, restraint, and compulsion. Reward means offering the subject something good for performing an action. Punishment means threatening the subject with something bad for performing an action.
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