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Bruno Sialelli brings Italian comic book hero Corto Maltese to the 21st centuryand adds a little 70s skate culture to taste.

Inspired by Corto Maltese, an Italian comic by Hugo Pratt about a sailor, 70s skate culture, and a dance performance piece by Merce Cunningham called Beach Birds, Lanvins Fall/Winter 2020 menswear collection was a colorful maiden voyage. Creative director Bruno Sialelli refigured the comics titular character, placing him in 2020, imbuing the collection with the adventurous vision that leads one out to sea.

Here, thats represented through baggy pants especially flared out below the knee, which billow over skate sneakers with pufferfish laces and a bloated tongue. Theres a striped, tricolor sweater with a matching scarf, both given scales that indiscriminately reflect light. Some suits fit loosely, also featuring flared sleeves that expand from the elbow. Sweater vestsa hallmark of a nautical outfitare polka-dotted, with a deep olive piece spotted with patches of yellow and a citrine offering speckled with cerulean. A variety of coats feature throughout, with a raincoat that includes a painted scene straight from Corto Maltese itself.

The extravagant portions of the collection are whimsical, like the archetypical sprightly seafarer. Still, Sialellis work carries the gravity of being at natures mercy with more traditionally tailored pieces and Malteses pensive face plastered across jackets, sweaters, and shirts. In a comment to Wallpaper, Sialelli explained why he chose the cartoon sailor as muse, saying, He is a universal masculine figure that you would want to relate to. With certain constructions and covered buttons, we wanted to have an almost historical feeling but still very urban and real.

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Lanvin is on the high seas, at nature's mercy - Document Journal

In Greenwich, London, stands the Cutty Sark, a ship-turned-museum. Shes one of the last tea clippers from the 1860s, and her name comes from Robert Burns poem Tam oShanter. In her time, she sailed many a voyage between China and England and the only sorrow is that she didnt win a tea race. She could have, but the world was already changing by the time she was set down in the waters.

It was the Dutch who first took tea to Europe, as early as 1610, followed a few decades later by the British East India Company (EIC). By the 19th century, the latter had a monopoly over the tea trade. Also, tea had become Englands de facto national drink. Demand was high but supply took timeit took close to a year to cover the distance of over 20,000km from China to England.

As the EICs powers began to whittle, the trade monopoly too ended in 1834. This opened up the market, and with this came the age of the tea clippers, ships that promised speed (which became an important factor as others entered the market). Tea racescredited to Londons tea brokersbecame the craze. For 30 years, beginning 1856, tea clippers would race from Chinese ports with their precious cargo. The first ship whose tea cargo landed on English docks would win a prizegoing up to 500. Whats more, the winning ships could command a premium price, some by 1 per ton of tea (with the price of tea at 7). The race everyone remembers is the Great Race of 1866, when the Taeping and the Ariel sailed neck and neck, with the Taeping winning by 20 minutes. It had taken them 99 days.

In 1869, the Suez Canal opened, offering a sea route across the Mediterranean, connecting Asia to Europe without having to go around Africa. The Cutty Sark was launched around this time and though a beauty of a ship, she was no match for the steamships that now whizzed through the canal in 60 days.

By the 20th century, the Chinese monopoly as producer ended, with tea being grown in many of the old British colonies. This was also the century of air travel, reducing travel time to weeks. But it was expensive and didnt have the same impact on the tea trade as the clippers or the steamships did. Only the most prized Darjeelings justified the use of expensive air freight.

One of the silk routes out of China, which connected Yunnan and Sichuan with Tibet in the 10th century, is called the Ancient Tea Horse Road. This was the road that Chinese merchants once travelled on for months, with bricks of tea as currency to trade for war horses.

There are many strange tales told about teaabout great journeys and greater adventures.

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To get a whiff of the past, hike on the Ancient Tea Horse Road, stand on the deck of the Cutty Sark, or enjoy a cup of first flush from Chongtong.

Tea Nanny is a weekly series steeped in the world of tea. Aravinda Anantharaman is a Bengaluru-based tea blogger and writer who reports on the tea industry.

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Federal investigators say a decision to forge ahead through bad weather led to a mishap off the coast of Scituate that resulted in the sinking of a $2 million construction barge and push boat in late 2018.In a report released last month, the National Transportation Safety Board faulted tug-boat owner Edward Safer Jr. and Capt. Philip Murray Porteus for their decision to travel despite a forecast of high seas above the limit for their flotilla. The report also detailed a string of mishaps that left a barge loaded with fuel, oil and an excavator on the 100-foot-deep ocean floor off Revere.Investigators using a remotely-operated submersible determined that the large excavator and the main deck of the barge were "embedded into the sea floor" at the bottom of Broad Sound just south of Nahant. The sunken barge was initially discovered just north of a major shipping lane into Boston Harbor by a Quincy police marine unit, which was assisting the U.S. Coast Guard.On board the sunken barge were 500 gallons of diesel fuel and 400 gallons of hydraulic oil, but no leaking oil was spotted. The barge and excavator were valued at $1.8 million.A push boat, the R.E. Pierson, was also assumed to have sunk, but it has never been found, according to the report.The crash and sinking came as the the tugboat was bringing a flotilla of five barges and two workboats from Riverside, Connecticut, to Hingham Bay for a dredging project at the Hingham Shipyard Marinas. Safer was contracted to move the flotilla, through his company, Safer Tug and Barge LLC.According to the report, the plan Porteus and Safer wrote had them only traveling when waves would be lower than four feet. Everything was fine until the flotilla reached the Cape Cod Canal, which required the flotilla to wait until the tide was moving in its direction because of its size.Safer told investigators that waiting on passage through the Cape Cod Canal on the night of Dec. 1, 2018, "caused a major problem," according to a transcript of the interview.The forecast for Dec. 2 predicted waves of four to six feet, above the limit the two men had planned, according to the report. When talking to investigators about the accident, and his decision to sail in high seas, Safer said that in the past he had used the R.E. Pierson to push a barge in six- to seven-foot seas."We encountered something different," he said. "And it came so fast and so furious that it caught us off-guard. It really did."At 6 a.m., rough seas woke Safer and a deckhand and by 6:30 a.m., waves were four to six feet. Around 7:30 a.m., Safer boarded the tugboat Pierson to tighten winches when a crank handle released, breaking his nose and cutting him, making it hard to see, according to the report.An hour later, one of the barge cables snapped and the captain ordered the crew to release the second cable. While trying to retrieve the barge, the steering system failed, around 8:30 a.m., according to the report.One of the crew members went to help figure out what happened to the steering when he fell down the stairs, injuring himself.The engineer and Safer found one of the steering system hoses ruptured and was spraying a fine mist of fluid onto the ship's batteries, at least one of which exploded. The ship was left with few working electronics because of the destroyed batteries, according to the report.The crew then realized the radio antenna was damaged, requiring the captain to call for help on a hand-held radio. The barge with the excavator started to rock back and forth against the tug boat, which likely pierced the side of the barge, which started to take on water.The captain maneuvered the tug boat so the crew could attach lines to two of the other barges, which increased the rolling and pitching on the tug, which then caused the navigational computer to slide across the wheelhouse, disabling the GPS system, according to the report.After trying to keep the flotilla together, the crew deemed it unsafe and allowed all but one barge to drift away."One of the captains told me we were so (expletive) close they said we were like four miles from home, when this happened," Safer said, according to the transcript.At 9:30, the captain called for help from the U.S. Coast Guard, which responded along with three privately-owned tug boats, which retrieved one tug boat and two of the barges.Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co. LLC, owner of the tug boats that retrieved the wayward ships, is suing to recover a reward for salvaging them, according to federal court documents. That case is pending in Federal District Court.Porteus and Safer could not be reached for comment.

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The United States is rich enough, industrialized enough, and far enough from the tropics that the rising temperatures of our changing climate aren't going to make any place uninhabitable. But a side effect of those rising temperaturesrising oceansmost certainly will. Already, an ever-growing list of places is facing what's called "nuisance flooding," in which even a high tide can leave streets underwater. Major storms just make matters worse. And, by the end of this century, the expected rise of the oceans may be over five times what we saw last century.

As a result of this, many areas of the country will simply become uninhabitable, lost to the sea. Well over a third of the United States' population lives in counties that are currently on the coast, and over 10 million currently live on land that will be lost to a sea-level rise of 1.8 meters. They'll have to go somewhereand people who might otherwise move to the coast will have to find some place else to relocate. All of which will change the dynamics of the typical relocation of people within the US.

A new study released in PLOS ONE tries to estimate what that will mean for the rest of the country. Their results suggest that coastal regions will be far from the only ones affected by sea-level rise. A huge number of counties far from the coastsome deep in the US interiorwill see dramatic changes in the number of people relocating there.

The new work was done by Caleb Robinson, Bistra Dilkina, and Juan Moreno-Cruz, who are all from different institutions in the US and Canada. The researchers took advantage of a new way of analyzing population movements they had developed earlier. Models of human migration typically evaluate a number of features: population at the source of migration, population at potential destinations, proximity of a destination, and the appeal of potential destinations in between. There are ways of estimating how much effect each of these has in order to create an equation that estimates future migration. But the researchers here decided to use a neural network trained on actual data from US population movements.

Of course, climate change will dramatically alter the dynamics of things compared to typical migrations. Part of this can be handled simply; the researchers could simply prevent their model from moving people into coastal counties that would end up underwater. But it's a bit more challenging to figure out how populations already living at the coast will respond to having the area where they're living end up underwater. To get an estimate of this, the researchers trained their neural network on the population changes that occurred following some major hurricanes that struck the US.

To an extent, that'll be accurate, as at least some of the people moving away from the coast will have been driven off by storm surges or damaged infrastructure. But others will almost certainly be leaving because the local government simply won't be able to maintain infrastructure in the face of ever-rising tides. So, that should be viewed as a limitation of this work.

The authors ran this model using data from NOAA that tracks the likely impacts of sea-level rise on coastal counties. They did evaluations using projected sea-level rise of 0.9 and 1.8 meters. The lower is about the same as the (conservative) IPCC estimate of one meter by century's end, and the higher one is closer to a more recent NOAA estimate of up to 2.5 meters if emissions continue to grow unchecked.

At 1.9 meters, the effects are dramatic but regional. Because the West Coast generally slopes upwards at a steeper angle than the East, there was less migration inland to the Mountain Westeverywhere between Colorado and California was largely unaffected. But that's about the only region that was.

Nearly every county from Denver east saw an increase in the population migrating into it. There were some general rules. Rising seas should dramatically accelerate the urbanization of the US, for example. Another trend is that places that are currently unpopular for migrationoff the coast but not necessarily urbansuddenly see their population rise simply because they're not far from the counties people are forced to leave.

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Beyond those general trends, the effects varied by region. Right now, for example, Austin is the fastest-growing city in Texas, with people largely drawn by economic opportunities. But, as the present Gulf Coast makes way for the future one, people with no choice but to leave their homes are more likely to wind up in the Houston or Dallas areas. Further east along the Gulf, many of the migrants will stay near the retreating coast, leading to rapid growth in areas that might ultimately be at risk as sea-level rise continues into the next century. This is most dramatic in Florida, where 1.8 meters of sea-level rise will lead to a rapidly shrinking core centered on Orlando. Yet the model also predicts that both Orlando's population and population density will expand dramatically, rather than seeing people give up on Florida.

By contrast, heading up the Eastern Seaboard sees more people moving further inland, often to much smaller cities than the ones they'll be vacating. And the entire Midwest sees a significant increase in population thanks to the rising oceans.

While the details are likely to be rough estimates rather than solid predictions, the overall picture puts the lie to the idea that someone can live far enough inland that they'll be unaffected by climate change. While there are unaffected regions, they're generally sparsely populated already, so the vast majority of Americans will end up needing to get used to having new neighbors. And, while the changes may increase the economic activity, as businesses will need to relocate to where workers are, there are attendant issues of the need for new infrastructure and schools, as well as the risk of rising housing prices.

Our estimates of the areas affected and the magnitude of the effect will undoubtedly improve with time and as the first instances of climate-driven relocations are studied. But planning for housing and infrastructure may need decades of lead time, and the changes predicted by this model start becoming dramatic shortly after mid-century.

PLOS ONE, 2019. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227436 (About DOIs).

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As sea levels rise, little of the United States will be unaffected - Ars Technica

KINGSTON, R.I. The annual Open Juried Paint, Print and Drawing Exhibition is back at the South County Art Association, running Thursday through Feb. 15 at the gallery and featuring works from artists in nearly every 2D medium, except photography, which will have its own exhibition next month.

I personally believe that every exhibit is better every year, SCAA Executive Director Kathleen Carland said. I am always impressed with the quality and diversity of the art that comes through our doors.

Both member and non-member artists alike were invited to submit up to three original pieces created within the past two years that have not appeared in past SCAA exhibits.

The exhibit was juried by Newport-based printmaker and founding member of the Art League of Rhode Island Elizabeth Goddard, who has an extensive background in both printmaking and the Rhode Island art scene as a whole, as well as works that have been featured in galleries around the Northeast and even on the high seas aboard Royal Caribbean cruise liners.

I think its working very well (with Goddard), Carland said. Our assistant director (Jen Ferry) is a member of the Art League, which is in Providence, and they had had her as a juror and felt that she did an excellent job with their work.

The SCAA received over 160 individual pieces for the exhibit, with Goddard and Exhibitions Director Jason Fong going through and selecting roughly half to appear in the gallery.

Carland says that while those artists whose work wasnt selected may feel discouraged, a juried exhibit is based on the jurors own opinion and the specific piece may not have fit the theme the juror was going for.

Even if one person is juried or not juried in, it doesnt necessarily mean that the persons work is good or not good, it just means for that particular show at that particular moment, that was that persons opinion, Carland said. We often have people who dont get in one show, they might take their work to a different organization and theyre juried into their show, so its really just a moment in time... but we do encourage people to get their feet wet. Were a warm and welcoming organization.

The exhibit opens today with an opening reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., with wine and cheese being served and many of the featured artists in attendance. Following opening night, the gallery will be open during normal hours Wednesdays through Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. through Feb. 15. Sundays are Family Gallery Days at the SCAA, with children being invited to participate in an Art Scavenger Hunt with their parents while looking at the works.

Attendees also have a chance to have their say on what piece they like best through the Peoples Choice Award, with attendees voting on their favorites and the SCAA tallying up the votes and announcing a winner at the close of the gallery, with a prize to be announced at a later date.

Prizes will be announced through the SCAAs Facebook and Instagram accounts according to Carland.

The pieces on display will also be for sale, along with a variety of arts and crafts at the gallerys gift store, which Carland recommends for those looking for handcrafted local artwork as a Valentines Day gift.

For Carland, all art that comes through the SCAAs doors has value.

All of the work is valued because its so expressive of the person creating it, Carland said. We just enjoy meeting the artists, having them come in and participating in (exhibits) because its a wonderful thing. Its an expression of creativity at its finest.

Exhibiting artwork offers artists the opportunity to share their vision with others, it creates a moment of real connection, Carland added.

While photography may be excluded from this gallery, it will be front and center next month as the SCAA hosts its annual Open Juried Photography Exhibit from Feb. 20 through March 15 and is open to all photography-based media. Submissions for the gallery will be accepted through Feb. 16 and more information will be released as the show approaches.

The SCAA is located at 2587 Kingstown Road in Kingston and open Wednesdays through Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit their website, southcountyart.org, or call (401) 783-2195.

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Looking to experience Star Wars without a boarding group, at least not a challenging Rise of the Resistance one? Disney Cruise Line has you covered. In 2021 in a galaxy not so far away, the Disney Fantasy will again host Star Wars Day at Sea. Next year will also see the ocean fleet depart from New Orleans, Louisiana as well as California, Texas and Florida. And Adventures by Disney will continue its partnership with AmaWaterways to offer magical river cruises in Europe including a chance to see the Disney Wish being built in Germany.

For the sixth year in a row, Disney will bring Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, Stormtroopers, Bounty Hunters, Jawas and more to the Caribbean aboard its seven-night sailings on the Disney Fantasy embarking from Port Canaveral, Florida.

As before, one special day on each of nine themed sailings will feature character meet-and-greets, family-friendly activities like facing Darth Vader and Kylo Ren in Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple and dramatic live shows such as the sensational Summon the Force deck party and fireworks display.

Whats more, events extend to special dining and merchandise, costume celebrations, film screenings, trivia sessions and the Star Wars Drawing Academy, as well as a playful Porg-themed adventure.

From January through March, itineraries will head to the Star Wars universe and the Eastern and Western Caribbean including stops at Disneys signature private island of Castaway Cay.

Western Caribbean cruises will depart onJanuary 2, 16 and 30; and February 13 and 27 to Cozumel, Mexico; George Town, Grand Cayman; Falmouth, Jamaica and Castaway Cay. Eastern Caribbean sailings will leave onJanuary 9 and 23; and February 20 including Tortola, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay. And another Eastern itinerary onFebruary 6 will encompass St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay.

Continuing the narrative of New Orleans from the Big Easy itself will again be the Disney Wonder with its fan-favorite Tianas Place restaurant and newly added French Quarter Lounge, both inspired by the animated film The Princess and the Frog.

During late January through February, there will be a four-night and a five-night Western Caribbean voyage, with the longer calling on Progreso, Mexico for the lines first time. Another three seven-night cruises will head to the Bahamas showcasing Castaway Cay. As a bonus, a 14-night Panama Canal cruise will also take to the high seas.

The Disney Wonder will also depart from the popular ports of Galveston, Texas and San Diego, California in early 2021. Those from the Lone Star State will set sail towardsGrand Cayman and Cozumel on four- and six-night Western Caribbean cruises. A singular seven-night route will highlight Key West, Nassau and Castaway Cay.

From Americas Finest City, the Disney Wonder will additionally set a course for Baja and the Mexican Riviera, specifically Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada on three- to seven-night outings.

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With Walt Disney World in Port Canaverals backyard, departures will naturally continue to depart from Florida, with sailing stopping at Castaway Cay. Sister ship to the Disney Wonder, Disney Magic will embark on three-, four- and five-night Bahamian and Western Caribbean voyages from Miami. Meanwhile, the Disney Fantasy will head out on seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean voyages from Port Canaveral, and its sister Disney Dream will journey on three- and four-night Bahamian sailings from Port Canaveral as well.

Disney Cruise Line Adventures by Disney 2021

Not only is Adventures by Disney returning to offer more exciting river cruises, but it is also creatively doing so at the crossroads of oceanic Disney Cruise Line in 2021. Those guests sailing along the Rhine River will have the opportunity to visit the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany to witness the construction of the upcoming new Disney Wish. For an added fee, this very rare chance will be made even more magical thanks to aDisney Imagineer leading the exclusive tour.

Select shipyard sailings are part of 30 total cruises that Disney will offer on the rivers next year along the Rhine as well as Danube, Rhone and Seine all escorted by expert Adventure Guides. Family-friendly varieties will visit the likes of Austria,Switzerland, France, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and the Netherlands; and experiences will entail everything from a toboggan ride a la the Matterhorn Bobsleds and seeing the land ofThe Sound of Music to truffle hunting, Roman aqueduct kayaking and checking out Monets House and Gardens.

Alternatively, adult-only itineraries will feature Oktoberfest, special food and wine experiences and Christmas Markets.

Plus, pre- and post-cruise extensions add extras such as a Paris Escape (dinner in the Eiffel Tower, culinary tour, Louvre Museum), Amsterdam Escape (canal cruise, Jordaan neighborhood, Van Gogh Museum) and Budapest Escape (Hungarian food, tuk-tuk ride, Budapest Opera House performance). Extensions can also be reserved as standalone getaways.

What do you think about these new ocean and river cruise options from Disney? Do you plan to hop aboard? Tell us in the comments section below

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Captain Lee Rosbach and Kate Chastain Look Back on Below Deck Hookups

Love is always in the air on Below Deck, whether it's a flirtmance, a hookup, or the start of a full-blown relationship. And while these romances may not have the best track record when it comes to longevity, the crew, as well as viewers at home, always love to see how it all plays out.

So now that we're seven seasons and more than 100 episodes into Below Deck, we thought it was high time we looked back at all the love, heartbreak, and laundry room rendezvous the yachties have had over the years. And who better to reminisce with than the crew members who have lived through it all: Captain Lee Rosbach and Kate Chastain?

Captain Lee and Kate reflected on all the romance aboard the Below Deck yacht when The Daily Dish caught up with them earlier this season (clip above). And let's just say that Captain Lee wasn't really shipping any of the couples we've seen in the past. "Can you think of anyone you wish was still together?" Captain Lee said to Kate in the video. "Some of them are best left forgotten."

One hookup no Below Deck fan will ever forget is Eddie Lucas and Rocky Dakota in Season 3. In fact, it changed the series forever. "We now have cameras in the laundry room," Captain Lee said with a laugh.

"They ruined it for everyone," Kate quipped. "This is why we can't have nice things, Eddie and Rocky."

Believe it or not, Eddie and Rocky got off easy when it came to Captain Lee and Kate's commentary. They really brought the sass when it came to reflecting on most of the past relationships on the yacht. "Laughable," "weird," and not being able to see this person "with anybody that has good hearing and more tastebuds in their mouth than anywhere else" are just a few choice descriptions from Captain Lee and Kate.

What a trip down memory lane this has been!

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Watch theValorcrew reflect on their latest high seas adventures in theBelow Deck Season 7 After Show, below.

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Audra McDonald, who won her fifth of six Tony Awards for playing Bess in the 2012 revival of Porgy and Bess, will return to the piece in a new capacity. The Broadway mainstay will host the Metropolitan Opera's upcoming Live in HD presentation of its new production of the American opera.

As previously announced, the February 1 matinee will be broadcast live in movie theatres around the world as part of the Met's ongoing series. The filmed version will also air on PBS in July to conclude the 14th season of Great Performances at the Met. McDonald will introduce the presentation and speak with performers and artists throughout the performance.

James Robinson's production, which opened the Met's 20192020 season, marks the first time the New York City house has presented the Gershwin and Heyward opera in 30 years. After consistently playing to full capacity in the fall, the production added three February performances to its run (a first in the company's modern history).

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Eric Owens and Angel Blue star in the title roles, along with Golda Schultz as Clara, Latonia Moore as Serena, Denyce Graves as Maria, Frederick Ballentine as Sportin' Life, Alfred Walker as Crown, and Donovan Singletary as Jake. David Robertson conducts.The staging also features the work of a handful of Broadway regulars, with costumes by Tony winner Catherine Zuber, sets by Tony winner Michael Yeargan, lighting design by Tony winner Donald Holder, and choreography by Tony nominee Camille A. Brown.

In addition to The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, McDonald earned Tonys for Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, A Raisin in the Sun, Ragtime, Master Class, and Carousel. She last appeared on Broadway in a revival of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. On screen, she can be seen on CBS All Access' The Good Fight, as well as the upcoming Aretha Franklin biopic Respect.

Though she studied classical voice at Juilliard, McDonald made the decision to pursue musical theatre early in her career. She has since returned to the opera world sporadically, including in Michael John LaChiusa's Send with Houston Grand Opera and Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny with Los Angeles Opera.

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McDonald will be a special guest performer on one of Playbill Travels upcoming Broadway on the High Seas cruises. Cabins are now on sale for Broadway in the Great Northwest, Playbill Travels first domestic cruise featuring Kate Baldwin, Tedd Firth, Aaron Lazar, and Beth Leavel (April 26May 4, 2020), and for Broadway on the Mediterranean (August 31September 7, 2020), featuring McDonald, Will Swenson, Gavin Creel, Caissie Levy, and Lindsay Mendez, and for Broadway on the Nile (December 27, 2020January 7, 2021) and Broadway on the Caribbean (February 1522, 2021), with performers soon to be announced. To book a suite or stateroom, call Playbill Travel at 866-455-6789 or visit PlaybillTravel.com.

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(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Cold conditions are expected in the country Sunday along with poor visibility at times due to dust and strong winds in some places, the forecast shows.The Qatar Met department has also issued a marine warning for strong winds and high seas Sunday.Doha and other parts of the country experienced dusty and windy conditions Saturday evening, leading to a sharp drop in visibility at a number of places.Sunday's detailed forecast says it will be relatively cold during the day and dusty conditions are expected in some places occasionally. Also, scattered clouds are likely along with a chance of rain towards the north, and it will be cold by night, the weather report states.Dust, cloudy conditions and a possibility of scattered rain at times have been forecast in offshore areas Sunday.The wind speed may go up to 38 knots offshore and 34 knots inshore Sunday, with the sea level rising to 15ft at times.The minimum temperature Sunday is expected to be 8C in Abu Samra, 9C in Wakrah and Mesaieed, 10C in Dukhan, 11C in Al Khor, 12C in Doha and 13C in Ruwais. The maximum, on the other hand, will be 16C in Dukhan and Ruwais, 17C in Al Khor, 18C in Doha and Abu Samra, and 19C in Wakrah and Mesaieed.Saturday, a minimum temperature of 7C was recorded in Abu Samra, followed by 8C in Sheehaniya, Karana and Ghuwairiyah, 9C in Dukhan and Jumayliyah, and 10C in Mesaieed, Turayna, Mukaynis and Shehaimiya, while in Doha (airport area) it was 13C. The maximum ranged from 19C to 23C around the country.The weather office had earlier predicted a cold spell in the country from Sunday, which is expected to continue for several days.Saturday's 'dust block' started affecting the western regions before moving to other areas. The visibility fell to below 2km in many places due to the dust.The weather office advised people - especially those with health concerns - to exercise due caution in the prevailing conditions.Late in the night, the Met department tweeted about a significant improvement in the horizontal visibility as the 'dust block' moved eastward towards the sea. However, it also said the country was expected to be affected by another 'dust block' in the coming hours.Images showed the presence of the second 'dust block' in the Arabian Peninsula, which could gradually affect the country - especially the southern and central regions, leading to a low visibility of below 2km in some areas at times, the department tweeted, urging people to be careful.

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Reality shows have quickly become one of the most popular things we watch on television. For fans of fishing, "Wicked Tuna" is a must see.

The show is a series about commercial tuna fishermen based in Gloucester, MA and their quest for the lucrative Atlantic Bluefin tuna.

This season you may see someone you recognize!

Sam Law of Greenland will be making his debut this season on his boat FV/Kraken out of Seabrook, NH!

Law went to Portsmouth High School and has been a fisherman his whole life. He studied at Maine Maritime Academy. New Hampshire is already well represented with Tyler Mclaughlin of Rye a series regular.

National Geographic Channel says the new season will be full of drama on the high seas, as the show follows a group of salty fishermen from the nations oldest seaport, Gloucester, MA.

According to Premieredate.news, "Wicked Tuna" will debut sometime in March.

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