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| - Youth Orchestra gets new director
The Missouri Symphony Society Youth Orchestra will be under new leadership beginning May 1. Maestro Kirk Trevor, the current music director and conductor of the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, will become the youth orchestra's music director, according to a release from the Missouri Theatre.
| - Where are the bees?
One-third of the human diet is dependent on insect-pollinated plants, with the majority of the pollination being done by honeybees. Beekeepers and experts suspect a puzzling disorder is the cause for a large decline in the number of hives in the U.S.
Honeybees are disappearing at alarming rates across the nation. Beekeepers and specialists have identified some causes, such as colony collapse disorder and a harsh winter.
| | | - Bee researchers say fungus may play role in disappearances
A fungus that caused widespread loss of bee colonies in Europe and Asia may be playing a crucial role in the mysterious phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder that is now wiping out bees across the U.S., University of California, San Francisco researchers said Wednesday.
| - i.e.: Chez chef
Their days are full of chopping, stirring, seasoning, saucing, but do professional cooks take their culinary standards home?
As a chef and co-owner of Sycamore in Columbia's District, Mike Odette spends a large portion of his day preparing meals for customers, making sure everyone leaves the restaurant happy and well-fed. Naturally, when he gets home, he opts for a change of pace: He cooks dinner.
| - Spill it: Larry G. Brown
{Storyteller, MU geography resident instructor}
I learned to tell stories ... growing up at home. My grandfather couldn't talk without telling a story or joke or illustration. I learned that is the way that communication works. Like a lot of guys, I started school early at age 4. Physically, I couldn't compete with the boys in my grade, so I had to use wit and humor and skills to survive. Little did I know that it's possible to use one's mouth like legs for speed.
| - Faith: Faithfully filling the shelves
Columbia congregations have been keeping food pantries stocked, but it's getting harder for them to bear the load.
In the book of Matthew, on the day of judgment, the king will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. Those on his right, who fed the hungry, clothed the needy and cared for the sick, will be given eternal life.
| | - Belief in brief: Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama, otherwise known as the Buddha, or "the awakened one," was born into royalty but chose to go out into the world to live a life of aestheticism as a monk. He sat under a Bodhi tree at Buddha Gaya in northern India for three days, and each night he had different realizations. These realizations resulted in his enlightenment on the third night, which allowed him to develop his philosophies. He taught all over India and eventually died after he ate a bad mushroom.
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