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Sunday, November 28, 2021

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Popcorn Foam Is a Renewable Alternative to Polystyrene

Nerdist: Every year the world produces 14 million tons of—non-biodegradable—polystyrene foam. The general-purpose plastic is hard, brittle, and cheap. And it forms everything from packing peanuts to disposable cutlery to insulation. Now, researchers at Georg August University in Germany say they may have a tasty, environmentally friendly alternative to consider: popcorn foam.

What is the history behind the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

www.usatoday.com: The classic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has been watched by millions of New York residents and millions more on television. After an audience-free parade in 2020, Will Coss parade executive said this years parade is returning as a celebration of "culture, love and spectacle."

When you paid top price for Broadway tour seats — and can't hear the dialogue

Datebook: Paul Bendix of San Francisco was looking forward to attending his second major in-person show since the pandemic hit. It was opening night for BroadwaySF’s “My Fair Lady” at the Orpheum Theatre on Nov. 3, and he and his wife had orchestra seats. He hadn’t seen the Lerner and Loewe musical since he was a kid. But after the curtain went up, he heard a horrible echo.

Stadium built with shipping containers reaches completion in Qatar

www.dezeen.com: Colourful shipping containers and a modular steel structure make up Stadium 974, which Fenwick Iribarren Architects has completed in Qatar ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup.

Should guns be banned from film sets? Professional armorers push back

www.msn.com: After news broke of the Oct. 21 shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the set of the western “Rust,” heartbreak rippled through an industry that has long established safeguards designed to prevent this kind of tragedy.

 

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