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Trinidad-Style Carnival Costumes At Institute For Community Research
Every summer, the Institute for Community Research has a six-week program that teaches teenage girls in the city to tap into their Caribbean background and create costumes such as those work in Trinidadian carnivals. This year’s session just ended,...
Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Arts
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Much of Florida now in Isaac's cone of error
Sun SentinelMuch of Florida woke up in the cone of error, as Tropical Storm Isaac is projected to approach the state from the south on Monday – as a hurricane. At 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the system was in the Atlantic about 210 miles east of Guadeloupe, sprinting...Tags: Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Weather Reports, Natural Disasters, Antilles
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After early start, hurricane season quiet in July
As the peak of the hurricane season approaches in August and September, the tropics remain quiet in July. If history is any indication, it could stay that way. On average, one Atlantic tropical storm forms in July seven years out of every decade, with...
Tags: Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Doin' the Jerk: Hartford's Taste of the Caribbean and Jerk Festival returns to the Riverfront
Once a year, Hartford’s riverfront reimagines itself. It shape-shifts into a sunny slice of Boston Bay on Jamaica’s east coast, where jerk chefs man stall after stall, allspice wood smoke billows from huge charcoal drums, and the smell of...
Tags: Trinidad and Tobago, Culture, Customs and Tradition, Reggae (genre), Music
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Tropical Depression #5 forms in the Atlantic
Tropical Depression #5 formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday. It must gain tropical storm status before it gets a name. It would become "Ernesto," the fifth storm of the season. Forecasters and the National Hurricane Center in Florida are...
Tags: Tropical Weather, Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Atlantic Ocean
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Tropical Depression 5 forms; forecast to become hurricane
Sun SentinelTropical Depression 5 formed in the Central Atlantic on Wednesday afternoon, and it's forecast to strengthen into a hurricane within five days. Early Thursday the weather system was moving toward the west at a faster clip but had not become any better...Tags: Tropical Weather, Broward County, Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters
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Ernesto could soon stir quiet hurricane season
The Atlantic hurricane season could be in for a jolt in the next few weeks, at least according to AccuWeather. It has been more than a month since Tropical Storm Debby dissipated after drenching Florida and moving out to sea. The lull could soon end --...
Tags: Tropical Weather, Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Antilles
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Tropical Storm Ernesto may spare Jamaica its worst
Sun SentinelTropical Storm Ernesto, forecast to intensify into a hurricane as it trots west across the Caribbean, may spare Jamaica from its most nasty weather on Sunday. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Florence, which emerged in the far Eastern Atlantic on Saturday...Tags: Tropical Weather, Mexico, Tropical Storms, Jamaica, Weather Reports
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Botetourt County students take part in sports-based ministry in the Dominican Republic
WDBJ7 Sports DirectorSummer break again takes on a different meaning for a team of students from Botetourt County. A trip to the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti in the Caribbean, forced the students to get out of their comfort zone on a...Tags: College Baseball, Students, Hispaniola, Teaching and Learning, Travel
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Lessons from the storm: We're lost without power and coffee
HealthLessons from the storm: We're lost without power and coffee.... -
First Brit jailed for film, TV piracy: Trade org. Fact won private prosecution against Vickerman
VarietyLONDON -- A British man who operated a website linking to pirated films and TV shows has been sentenced to four years in prison, following a private prosecution brought by the U.K.'s Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact). Anton Vickerman, 38, whose...Tags: Piracy, Punishment, United Kingdom, Entertainment, Criminals
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Zumba instructor becomes center of attention in Pioneer Playhouse comedy
jbrummett@amnews.comHappy-go-lucky Zumba instructor June (Kimberly Shepherd) gets a number of surprises while on holiday in the Caribbean in Pioneer Playhouse’s upcoming production of “Bottoms Up!” Director Robby Henson said “Bottoms Up!” is...Tags: Cancer, Services and Shopping, Entertainment
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