BALTIMORE The next big thing is here, all girders and concrete pads, glass roofing and gravelly dirt. Viraj Puri, co-founder of one of the nations largest indoor farm companies, walks through the construction site, and even without the luminous frills of thousands of butter lettuces, its easy to see that the building going up where Bethlehem Steel once stood is something ambitious in the world of food.

The Sparrows Point steelworks in Baltimore, once the largest steel-producing facility in the world, was shuttered in 2012, leaving no trace of what once supported 30,000 families with Bethlehem Steel wages. Now the vacated land is dominated by a FedEx distribution center, an Amazon fulfillment center, an Under Armour warehouse.

And by the beginning of December, Puris Gotham Greens farm will join them, part of a global craze for decentralized indoor food production.

Food and agriculture innovation have sucked up remarkable amounts of investor capital in recent years and could become a $700 billion market by 2030, according to a Union Bank of Switzerland report.

Millions are being invested globally in indoor urban farms because of their promise to produce more food with less impact, with two dozen large-scale projects launching in Dubai, Israel, the Netherlands and other countries.

Still, the next big thing may be stymied in the United States by high start-up costs, high urban rents and lack of a safety net in a food system that is highly dependent on subsidies and bailouts for a few commodity crops. (An American Farm Bureau Federation report last month found that almost 40% of conventional farm income in 2019 will be provided by trade bailouts, disaster insurance, the farm bill and insurance indemnities.)

And for indoor urban farms, especially those that rely solely on artificial light, theres another concern: light bulbs.

In September, the Trump administration announced it would roll back Obama-era energy efficiency standards that would have effectively phased out the standard pear-shaped incandescent variety. The step is expected to slow the demand for LED bulbs, which last longer and use less electricity than many other types but are more expensive.

The rollback, slated to take effect in January, is being fought by 15 states and a coalition of environmental and consumer groups that claim the changes will speed climate change and raise consumers energy bills.

For indoor urban agriculture, especially indoor vertical farms, the reversal represents a threat to an already narrow path to scalability and profitability, according to Irving Fain, chief executive of Bowery Farming. The indoor vertical farming company has raised $122.5 million from celebrity chefs Tom Colicchio, Jos Andrs and Carla Hall, Amazon worldwide consumer chief executive Jeff Wilke, and Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi.

The Department of Energy recognized a lot of our energy was going to lights and that LEDs were a more efficient form of lighting, so they pushed from incandescent to LED in industrial spaces, Fain said in a phone interview. Those were the trends that got us here, and we were hoping cost could drop another 50% with more innovation and more volume.

Some indoor farms stack plants vertically nearly to the ceiling in repurposed shipping containers or enormous warehouses, all of the plants photosynthesis achieved via high-tech light emitting diode (LED) bulbs. Others, such as Gotham Greens, are vast, glass-topped greenhouses, pulling their plants needs from the sun and giving a lightbulb assist in low-light times.

In addition to Gotham Greens, the Washington-Baltimore area will become home to an outpost of Bowery Farming in November. In the second half of 2020, a $100 million greenhouse tomato-and-cucumber project with the worlds largest LED installation for a single building will debut in Morehead, Kentucky, funded in part by Hillbilly Elegy writer J.D. Vance. And around the same time, California-based Plenty, with investors such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, will debut a southern California indoor vertical farm about the size of a soccer field. (Bezos owns The Washington Post.)

But the U.S. Department of Energys proposed reversal of energy efficiency standards could hamper this emerging agricultural sector, according to Fain.

Indoor vertical farming became economically viable when LEDs became plentiful, cheap and efficient. Before that, indoor growing lights produced enormous amounts of heat heat mapping was frequently how police identified illegal marijuana growing houses and thus cooling costs and electricity bills were astronomical.

With the passage of energy legislation in 2007, the Department of Energy required that most general-service light bulbs emit at a minimum efficiency of 45 lumens per watt by the beginning of 2020. Halogen and incandescent bulbs dont generally meet that efficiency standard. LEDs, which use a semiconductor to convert electricity into light, do.

Within just a few years, LEDs doubled in efficiency and prices fell 85%. Widespread adoption caused energy companies to throw money at research and development. Indoor urban farmers, especially those farming vertically, have built their profitability models on projections that LEDs will continue to get exponentially brighter and less expensive, will run cooler and will become more efficient.

Chris Granda, senior researcher/advocate at the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, says rolling back the efficiency standards will hamper the expansion of LEDs and their continued march toward greater efficiency.

I think what the efficiency standards rollback will do is slow the rate of consumer uptake, Granda said. Theres a cohort of people who just dont like to try new things. The standards would have nudged them along into LEDs. Even if it delays the adoption of LEDs for five years, thats a huge loss of energy.

Efficient bulbs are not the only challenge to indoor urban agriculture, Fain says. To take a small indoor farm and make it a big one requires innovations in robotics and artificial intelligence. There, too, prices have come down substantially for sensors, processing and data storage. Altogether, these make indoor farming viable but not easy.

Fain talks about Bowerys operating system, the brains and central nervous system of our farm, with a plant-monitoring system and proprietary deep-learning algorithms that help predict what will happen to each crop. He says the operating system, one of the most expensive components of Bowery, runs everything at each farm, with real-time data to improve outcomes over a network of farms. The cost of that operating system has to be amortized over that network.

And because profitability is so elusive, some of the early promises of indoor agriculture are slow to be realized. Steep start-up costs mean farmers must grow crops that generate major cash: specialty items, such as flowers, or crops that have quick growth cycles, such as leafy greens. The five main indoor crops are leafy greens, microgreens, herbs, flowers and tomatoes, items that are a pull for those of high socioeconomic status but arent go-to products for low-income people.

Theres inherent elitism that is hard to avoid, even with school tours, food bank donations and other efforts toward democratizing access to good food.

Indoor urban farming is frequently touted as a mechanism for urban renewal and job creation in low-income neighborhoods. But farms kitted out with sensors and robots often require highly specialized and educated workers. They typically are not huge employers. Bethlehem Steel employed 30,000 at its peak; Gotham Greens largest farm yet will have only about 60 full-time employees.

For Puri, Fain and others, the necessity to succeed with indoor urban agriculture is self-evident. More than 95% of head lettuce in the United States comes from two drought-prone states, California and Arizona, and according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, traditional agriculture accounts for 80% of the countrys water consumption, as high as 90% in many Western states.

In 2018 alone, three food-borne illness outbreaks on traditional romaine farms killed six people, hospitalized 128 and infected 300, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The safety challenges of outdoor farming are becoming more acute with climate change and unexpected shifts in pests and bird migrations.

After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, news stories reported that local Gotham Greens lettuces were some of the only leafy greens available in grocery stores in New Jersey and New York. Indoor farming gives cities urban resiliency, something planners are increasingly concerned about.

Cities are where most of us live, says Sabine OHara, dean of the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia. The conversation now, she says, is how to shrink the food footprint of cities, how to make cities more sustainable and their food systems robust when disaster strikes.

By the end of the year, Gotham will operate 500,000 square feet of greenhouses across five states.

Gotham Greens first indoor greenhouse farm debuted in 2011 in Brooklyn on the rooftop of an old bowling alley. The second was on the roof of a Whole Foods, also in Brooklyn, and the third was in Queens atop what once housed the Ideal Toy Co., which made the Betsy Wetsy doll after World War II and had its last big hit with the Rubiks Cube. Another, in Chicago, sits on the second floor of an eco-friendly cleaning products company.

The fifth farm, in Baltimore, will be Gotham Greens biggest to date, and has raised $45 million in equity capital.

At Sparrows Point, Puri walks past what will be the packaging room, the break room and the computer control room. He lists off some stats. One indoor acre at Gotham is as productive as 40 acres of conventional soil. Gotham Greens Baltimore farm will require 95% less water and 97% less land than a traditional dirt farm, and only about an eighth of the energy consumption of an indoor vertical farm.

Almost nothing will go to the landfill, the majority of its waste being compostable or recyclable. Gotham Greens lettuce can go from seed to full head in 35 days, about half the time it takes outdoors.

The farms first stage is 100,000 square feet, but theres space to go up to 400,000. Puri talks about eliminating food waste, passing shelf life along to consumers, millennials desire to know where their food is from. He says Gothams first farm became profitable within the first year of operation.

As the largest urban agriculture company in North America, Puri said, weve demonstrated that urban greenhouse agriculture can be a viable agribusiness that addresses a real need in the commercial supply chain of fresh produce.

But with almost none of the agricultural subsidies and safety nets of traditional row crop agriculture, and with high operating costs and the trajectory of lightbulb research uncertain, some sectors of indoor urban agriculture may be on shaky ground.

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Dropping a frozen turkey in a large pot of hot oil while the burner is on below is a recipe for disaster. Thaw that turkey first and turn off the flame before lowering it in to avoid an explosion of hot oil and fire.

The State Fire Marshals Office put out a list of safety reminders this week to help avoid holiday mishaps that can happen in the kitchen and around the Christmas trees that will start appearing after Thanksgiving Day.

This is the time of year where we gather around dinner tables, fire places, Christmas trees, and candles. Its important to put safety first when celebrating the holiday traditions that are unique to your family in order to keep each other safe and well through the New Year, State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci said in a press release from his office.

Here are the tips Geraci passed on for Thanksgiving safety from the National Fire Protection Association:

Remain in the kitchen when cooking on the stove top and stay in the home when your oven is in use.

Keep children at least three feet away from the stove when you are cooking.

Keep the kitchen floor clear of obstructions that could cause someone to trip or fall while theyre carrying hot items.

Never deep fry a frozen turkey. Always be certain your turkey is 100% thawed and dry before frying.

Never leave a fryer unattended, and keep children and pets away from the area.

Never operate a fryer outdoors in rain or snow and be sure it is placed on a level, sturdy surface away from trees and combustible structures.

Let oil cool overnight before disposing.

Leave at least two-feet between tank and burner when using a propane-powered fryer.

Dont overfill the fryer, and be sure to turn the burner off just before lowering the turkey into the oil. Once the turkey is submerged, turn the burner back on.

Utilize protective equipment, such as eye protection and grill mitts, when frying.

Do not use deep fryers, knives, ovens, or stove tops while intoxicated.

And after the Thanksgiving table has cleared, keep these safety tips in mind:

Choose a Christmas tree with fresh, green needles that do not fall off when touched.

Cut two inches from the base of the trunk before placing the Christmas tree in a stand with water.

Place the tree three feet away from any heat source such as a fireplace, radiator, candles, heat vents or indoor lighting.

Do not place a tree in the way of an exit.

Add water daily to your tree.

Only use lights on your tree that have a label with a recognized testing laboratory on it.

Replace any string lights that have worn or broken cords and loose bulb connections.

Always turn off the Christmas tree lights before leaving the house or going to bed.

Dispose of the tree after Christmas before it gets dry and becomes a fire danger. Do not leave it in the home or garage, instead, place it outside and check your local community for any recycling programs specifically for trees.

When using candles, be sure they are placed in a sturdy holder away from anything flammable like curtains, lamp shades and furniture.

Always remain in the room with a lit candle. If it must burn continuously, be sure the candle is in an enclosed glass container and placed near a sink, on a metal tray or in a deep basin filled with water.

Consider using battery-operated candles, especially if there are children in the home.

December is the peak time of year for home candle fires. Three of every five home candle fires happen when a candle is placed too close to something that can burn.

Although Christmas tree fires are not common, when they do happen, they are more likely to be serious.

One out of every four home Christmas tree fires is caused by a heat source located too close to the tree.

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Signify updates its Philips brand office LED luminaire portfolio with high-CRI and high-R9 value products to meet the WELL Building standard lighting objectives for human wellbeing. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Signify.)

Color rendering index (CRI) is one of those lighting subjects that gets people breaking bottles over each others heads, but the worlds largest lighting company has made clear where it stands, as Signify announced it has redesigned its Philips office luminaires to produce a CRI of 90, up from 80, in Europe.

CRI is one way of measuring a light sources ability to show the true colors and skin tones of things and people it is illuminating. While some lighting scientists strongly believe in it as a metric, others do not. (Editors note: CRI is the most widely used metric to describe the ability of a light source to render color. There are newer and more effective metrics such as TM-30 evolving, although CRI remains the de facto standard for now.)

Signify clearly does. In announcing the move up the index, it noted that a CRI of 90, with its truer rendering of colors, fulfills health and wellbeing specifications of the WELL Building standard defined by the New York City-based International WELL Building Institute. In its rating, Signify includes a minimum rendering of 50 for a red measurement called R9. (Editors note: R9 is a score that represents how accurately a light source will reproduce strong red colors, and it is often looked to very specifically for high-end lighting in hospitality and retail applications, for example. And higher CRI and R9 values have sometimes been traded off for better luminous efficacy values to meet certain qualifications for market transformation and/or energy regulations.)

With the step-up of Philips Office specification luminaires to CRI 90 with R9 of 50 or higher, we comply with the color quality parameter in the WELL Building standard, said Signifys Georgiana Nichifor, European product manager indoor general areas.

For a healthy appearance of skin tones, its important to have sufficient spectral power in the upper part of the visible wavelength range, added Signifys Kees Teunissen, scientist, optics light and vision. A red rendering index, R9 of 50 or higher, is one way of achieving this.

The higher CRI applies to Signifys FlexBlend, SmartBalance, PowerBalance, TrueLevel, and TrueLine luminaires all under the Philips brand. Signifys former corporate name was Philips Lighting and it has retained the Philips brand.

The company claims to be the first to offer a CRI of 90 with an R9 of 50 or higher.

It was not immediately clear whether Signify will apply the new CRI levels to other geographic markets.

MARK HALPERis a contributing editor for LEDs Magazine, and an energy, technology, and business journalist (markhalper@aol.com).

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Winter is cold and dark, it's true, but who needs sunlight when you can bask in the glow of holiday light displays? This year promises plenty of great options, whether you want to take part in a long-held local tradition at West Seattle's Hometown Holidays Night Market and Tree Lighting, celebrate the first night of Hanukkah at Volunteer Park's Grand Menorah Lighting, or skate through a mischievous elf-filled winter wonderland at Enchant Christmas. Find them all below and on our holiday lights calendar. NOVEMBER 22-DECEMBER 29

Enchant ChristmasFollowing a successful first year, Enchant Christmas will transform T-Mobile Park into a winter wonderland complete with an impressive light maze, light sculptures, a market curated by Urban Craft Uprising, and more. This year's theme is "Mischievous," so expect to see sly little elves roaming about. Sodo

Fantasy LightsSpanaway Park will be illuminated with dazzling light displays and scattered with food trucks for your strolling pleasure. Spanaway

Downtown Holiday Tree-Lighting and Macys Star-Lighting CelebrationIf you love holiday traditions and don't mind crowds, downtown is the place to be the day after Thanksgiving. Following the Macy's Holiday Parade, the longstanding department store will light up its gigantic star and fireworks will light up the sky after dark (weather permitting). In Westlake Park, where you'll likely be watching the show, there will also be a tree lighting and the reintroduction of the holiday carousel. Downtown

Christmas at the MansionPer holiday tradition, visitors can marvel at Puyallup's historic Meeker Mansion decked out inVictorian-style Christmas decorations (with 21st-century LED lights).Puyallup

Christmas Ship FestivalThe Puget Sound is filled with lights throughout the holiday season, but no vessel can compete with Argosy Cruises'Christmas Ship, which docks in 65 waterfront communities to serenade people onshore and onboard with its resident choir. Those who choose to board the ship will enjoy photos with Santa, a reading of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," and kids' activities. For a less family-oriented option, you can trail behind in a 21+ boat with rotating themes each week. It's also free to watch from the shore. Various locations

Snowflake LaneEvery year, downtown Bellevue turns into a winter wonderland not just for one night but for a whole dang month, with (fake) falling snow, jolly live music, and a nightly parade filled with dancers and toy drummers.Bellevue

The Lights of Christmas FestivalMeet Santa, have some snacks, hear stories and music, pay a visit to Baby J at the Nativity, shop, and pet friendly animals at "the largest holiday festival in the Northwest."Stanwood

WildLightsThe zoo will light up with thousands upon thousands of (energy-efficient) LED lights that recreate wild scenes and creatures. You can also throw fake snowballs at your friends, get up close with certain animal residents, and sip hot chocolate. Phinney

ZoolightsHoliday traditions don't get more classic than strolling through the zoo when it's transformed into a luminous wonderland of 3-D animal light installations. Displays from previous years have included hammerhead sharks and sea turtles, a majestic polar bear family, and a giant Pacific octopus. Tacoma

LumazeThis year, Santa is enlisting the help of young princes and princesses in helping him find six hidden presents. In addition to the prize-bearing hunt, this kid-oriented indoor festival will also have a gift market (complete with fresh produce and seasonal treats) and a light display. Interbay

24th Annual Magic in the MarketFor the 24th year, Magic in the Market brings a tree lighting, seasonal snacks and drinks, choirs, and photos with Santa to the already-magical Pike Place Market. You can even pick out a tree of your own to take home.Downtown

74th Annual Holiday Tree LightingThis annual traditionwhich has been going strong since World War IIkicks off the holiday season with carols, photos with Santa, and the lighting of a giant holiday tree in downtown Tacoma. Tacoma

Annual Bridge Lighting CeremonyEnjoy complimentary cookies, hot apple cider, and photos with Santa before marveling at areindeer and fireworks show and the annual lighting of the bridge. Sumner

The Bravern Winter Illumination Holiday Lighting CeremonySeahawks dancers and Santa Claus will make special appearances at the Shops at the Bravern's holiday lighting ceremony. Bellevue

Pyramid Brewing Keg Tree Lighting and Donation CelebrationAt this second annual family-friendly event, watch Pyramid illuminate their towering, 20-foot-tall keg tree made with 236 kegsthe tallest keg tree on the West Coastand be the first to try their Snow Cap and Gingerbread Ale beers on draft. Hot cocoa and apple cider will be available for kids.Sodo

Barn and Tree Lighting/Holiday Sing-A-LongThis popular down-home holiday tradition invites you to make s'mores by a bonfire, sip hot drinks, and sing carols withCharity Osborn as the barn's Christmas tree comes aglow. Duvall

Garden dLightsWhimsical flora and fauna, birds, animals, and cascading waterfalls get the holiday light treatment at Bellevue Botanical Garden's annual display. (To be clear, actual birds and animals will not be strung with lights.) Wander the grounds and take photos among the "half a million" bulbs. Bellevue

Holiday MonkeysCheck out over 200 LED-lit monkeys (Phinney's definitive mascot) atWildLightsand around neighborhood businesses throughout the holiday season. On opening night, enjoy free refreshments and a performance fromOK Chorale at the Phinney Neighborhood Association. Phinney

Bothells Tree Lighting Festival and Holiday MarketImagine an old-timey community Christmas gathering, but replace goose vendors with local food trucksthat's what you can expect at this Bothell family affair, which also promises a visit from Santa, a tree lighting, and a holiday market. Bothell

Light up the NightLight up your own body like a living, breathing holiday tree by wrapping yourself in battery-operated LED lights, twinkling ugly sweaters, and so on. You'll be an integral lumen of this annual parade on the beach. Issaquah

Salish Lodge & Spa Holiday Tree Lighting EventThe elegant Twin Peaks landmark's holiday tree lighting ceremony will include hot drinks and cookies, photos with Santa, carolers, and Country Store discounts.Snoqualmie

Evergreen Lights 2019Over half a million lights will dance around to live music every night of December. Watch the show from a heated viewing area and keep extra warm with cocoa and cookies. Bothell

Seattle's Best Holiday Lights Tour!A festively decorated mini-bus will cart you across the most twinkly-lit neighborhoods in town. Bring your own (non-alcoholic) beverages and sing along to holiday tunes.Downtown

Maple Leaf LightsTake some time to appreciate the lengths to which people have gone to illuminate their houses with impressive Christmas light displays. Maple Leaf

SAM LightsFight the gloom of night in the illuminated sculpture park, featuring luminarias, art-making activities, hot drinks and sweet treats for sale, and more.Downtown

Destination Des Moines Holiday Tree LightingKick off the holiday season with hot cocoa, cookies, face painting, holiday music, and Santa photos at this annual community celebration.Des Moines

Twinkle TwinkleForget the chestnutsinstead, roast some marshmallows on an open fire to make s'mores and sip on a cup of hot cocoa, while enjoying the beautifully illuminated Freeway Park and the sweet sounds of the Dickens Carolers. Downtown

Christmas Lighting FestivalHoliday cheer abounds in Washington's own Bavarian-style village of Leavenworth, which celebrates the season with live Christmas music, visits from both St. Nickolaus and Santa Claus, sledding, and moreall culminating in glorious lighting ceremonies every Saturday and Sunday.Leavenworth

Clam LightsEvery night, Ivar's powers up the park with thousands of Christmas lights depicting various clammy characters. Is this where clams go to heaven after you eat them at Ivar's?Renton

Snow Day SLUDenny Park's winter light display will provide a magical, twinkly respite with a light display, food trucks, a beer garden, live entertainment, and a winter market. Check out theGrand Opening Partyfor some extra fun. South Lake Union

Celebrate Woodinville Winterfest Tree Lighting 2019Run or walk a 5 or 10K course before settling atDeYoung Park for holiday wreath-making, hot cocoa-sipping, cookie-decorating, and other festive activities culminating in a Santa procession and tree lighting. Woodinville

Hometown Holidays Night Market and Tree LightingKick off West Seattle's Hometown Holidays with a tree lighting ceremony. You can also look forward to Santa pictures, ornament-making, and an artisan night market. West Seattle

Lighted Santa ParadeSanta will make his grand entrance on one of Puyallup's oldest fire engines at this annual parade, which also features a holiday market and tree lighting. Puyallup

Lakewood Parade of LightsStand on the sidelines as all manner of luminous holiday floats go by in a cheery procession. The parade will culminate in a Christmas tree lighting. Lakewood

Snoqualmie Winter LightsSanta will pay a visit to his favorite logging town, Snoqualmie, to welcome the holiday season with a tree lighting in the park. Attendees can also enjoy cocoa and cider, horse-drawn wagon rides, and an heirloom winter market. Snoqualmie

Redmond LightsGet in the holiday spirit at Redmond City Hall with a tree lighting, crafts, and live entertainment. Then, keep the merriment going with a light-filled stroll down theRedmond Central Connector to theRedmond Town Center, where you'll be met with a live ice sculptor, a carousel, and more live performances.Redmond

Candy Cane Lane Holiday Lights Festival1920s-era Tudor homes in Ravenna have been boasting impressive light displays every holiday season since 1949. Stroll along Northeast Park Road taking in Nutcracker-themed havens complete with sleighs, reindeer, sugar plum fairies, and blow-up candy canes galore. Ravenna

Google LightsThe Google Kirkland campus will turn on their 25,000-light display for a holiday light show synchronized to music. There will also be free hot chocolate and cookies for the first 2,000 people. Kirkland

Green Lake Pathway of LightsEvery year, the Green Lake Park circuit illuminates its pathway with thousands of candles. You can walk through it, hear holiday music, and warm up with treats.Green Lake

Giant Menorah lighting & Gelt Drop in BallardThe first night of Hanukkah will be met with a menorah lighting, traditional treats like latkes, jelly doughnuts, and chocolate coins (which will rain down from an extended fire ladder in a "Great Gelt Drop"), and kids' activities.Ballard

Grand Menorah Lighting at Kirkland Marina ParkA human dreidel on stilts will shower you with Gelt on the first night of Hanukkahcan't get more festive than that. Also on the docket: a giant menorah lighting and live music.Kirkland

Grand Menorah Lighting at Volunteer ParkJoin Chabad of Capitol Hill for a menorah lighting on the first night of Hanukkah.Capitol Hill

Light up the Night - Burger FestSpend the night before Hanukkah witnessing Westlake Park's giant menorah lighting, eating gourmet burgers, latkes, and doughnuts, sipping hot beverages, and learning about Judaism from a Mitzvah tank.Downtown

Holiday Parade of Lights Dinner CruiseStay warm with hot cider and winter cocktails aboard a ship adorned with holiday lights. The cruise liner will be one of many decked-out vessels on the water.Fremont

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TOLEDO (WTVG) - It's that time of the year, when you can't throw a candy cane without hitting a different holiday event.

From family friendly get-togethers to after hours fun for adults, the Toledo area has plenty to offer to help you have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny Kaye.

And while that list is longer than Santa's naughty list -- we hope so, at least -- here's a selection of some highlights.

Holiday Lights Parade, MaumeeNov. 30Maumee gets the holiday season started with its 16th annual Holiday Parade and Holiday Hustle 5K.

The Parade will feature lighted floats and walking groups, starting at the Maumee Indoor Theater and proceeding southbound along Conant Street to Broadway.

OWE Tours de NoelDec. 1Take a tour of five beautifully decorated historic homes from 12 p.m.-7 p.m. in the Old West End. Free buses will be available to transport visitors to each tour location.

A holiday gift boutique will set up at First Congregational Church, along with tours of their sanctuary and their Tiffany stained Glass windows.

Glenwood Lutheran Church will have children's activities with crafts, music, and holiday treats.

Miracle on Main StreetDec. 6 & 7The festive weekend in downtown Sylvania gets started with the First Friday Art Walk at 5 p.m. Friday, along with the Mistletoe Market, and the tree lighting at 6 p.m.

Holiday shopping continues Saturday, along with kids activities at the Historical Village, and the Miracle on Main Street 5K and Santa's Little Helpers Kids Dash at 4 p.m.

A holiday parade wraps up the weekend's festivities at 5:45 p.m.

Toledo Walleye gamesDec. 6 & 7The Walleye host Brampton at 7:15 p.m. Friday, and the first 1,500 fans through the door will receive a Walleye Nutcracker.

The team doesn't stop there, though. The next night, they host their annual Teddy Bear Toss; fans are asked to bring a teddy bear to toss onto the Huntington Center ice after the Walleye score their first goal. All teddy bears will be donated to local children's charities.

And on Dec. 27 and 29, ticket holders will receive a Love Your Melon knit hat, which supports the fight against pediatric cancer.

Holidays at The Manor HouseDec. 7-15While Metroparks Toledo has a schedule full of fun holiday events, the focus is the 44th annual event at Wildwood Preserve Metropark.

Starting Dec. 7, the free events run through Dec. 15 and is open each day from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Visitors are allowed to stroll through the Manor House, taking in holiday displays. You can also take a carriage ride, make s'mores, take a walk along the Holiday Lighted Trail, and leave a letter to Santa at a special deliver box in the basement of the Manor House.

Christmas at the PeristyleDec. 7Join the Toledo Symphony for this annual kickoff for the holiday season in the Peristyle at the Toledo Museum of Art.

The concert, which starts at 3 p.m., features the talents of the Toledo Opera Chorus, the University of Toledo Children's Choir, and Toledo Symphony School of Music students.

Handel's MessiahDec. 8The Toledo Symphony Orchestra joins up with the Toledo Choral Society, Terra State Choral Society, and other talented soloists again to perform Handel's Messiah at the Rosary Cathedral.

The concert starts at 4 p.m.

NutcrackerDec. 14 & 15What holiday season is complete without the Nutcracker?

The Toledo Ballet performs the famous show along with the score performed live by the Toledo Symphony at the Stranahan Theater.

Showtimes for the 79th annual show are 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

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New York City, NY: November 25, 2019 Published via (Wired Release)The Smart Lighting Market 2019 gives significant data on premium appraisals, promotes designs and smaller scale and full-scale pointers. The report shows the factors that are driving and controlling the excitement for the Smart Lighting market. Also, the investigation highlights current market slopes and gives a conjecture. Our report on Smart Lighting Market additionally studies about future examples in the business that will influence the enthusiasm during the gauge time span. [Smart Lighting Markets Free Sample Report]

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Gone are the days of lifeless, stale business meetings. Through design, hotels are bringing the outdoors inside with nature-inspired decor. Kimpton Hotel Born in Denver is just one of these properties, taking cues from Mother Nature.Tom Gallagher, principal, Semple Brown, gave InspireDesign some insight into how to liven up indoor meeting spaces:

Bring the outdoors in through your decor: Warm lighting, earth tones and textured materials make a space feel like a home. Think string lights, plants, grass walls, hand-woven rugs and warm-coloredfurniture pieces.

We dont see it as a trend, we see it continuing; it is fundamentally the right thing to do, Gallagher said. I think it comes down to finding specific, judiciously placed, precise opportunities to engage the outdoors. It doesnt have to be a 50-ft. long opening glass wall.

Highlight spaces with natural light: Because the connection between the indoors and outdoors is so integral to the Colorado experience, each room at Hotel Born has large floor-to-ceilingwindows. The ballroom has floor-to-ceilingdoors to let in the crisp Rocky Mountain air. Utilize natural light from windows to highlight seating and dining areas where you can.

It is a well-documented fact that natural light increases productivity and well-being. In the case of group and event spaces, the presence of natural light, with the ability to control it when necessary, expands the opportunities in those spaces, Gallagher said.

Offer spaces to actually get outside:Utilize terraces and patios for cocktail receptions or for break areas during meetings. Action stations around the hotel or meeting space offer a progressive way to maximize space and let people move around. Hotel Born has aporte cochere and aterrace overlooking Union Station.

From a groups/events perspective, early on we realized the fact that being a ground-up project, not a retrofit, and having underground parking, afforded us the opportunity to place the meeting spaces above ground and capture natural light, and perhaps even the ability to literally access the outdoors from ballrooms and meeting spaces, Gallagher said.

Use natural design materials: Use hardwood, pine and metals to create a warm and natural surrounding. Hotel Borns locally relevant, natural and handcrafted materials create a balance of wood, concrete and metal, which together capture Denvers sophisticated locale while referencing the pine-filled mountains visible from the Hotels west-facing windows.

This, at the time, was a rare opportunity, as meeting/event/group spaces are often buried in basements. Kimpton appreciated that approach, and agreed that this move created added value to the meeting spaces, he said.

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Baby, its cold outside, and since your indoor plants cant exactly slip on a sweateror strip down to their skivvies if you cant control the heat in your apartmentthe change in season means attending to them with a little extra care. This is somewhat counterintuitive, at least to me, as I feel most dedicated to my plants when sweltering temps are dehydrating them; however, all sorts of seasonal factors could be making your plants sad right now.

To get some intel into what needs to be done to make them happy againaside from tuning in to this Spotify Music for Plants playlistI tapped Erin Marino of plant shop The Sill. Below, Marino offers her best advice for how to keep your indoor plants alive and healthy through the chilly seasons most brutal days, so they can thrive again come spring.

The sun (depressingly, IMO) sets earlier in the winter, and Marino points out that its also lower in the sky and can often be covered by clouds. To make sure your indoor plants are getting enough light during this time of year, you might want to move them closer to their natural light source, the window, or give them some supplemental lighting, she says. To this end, The Sill sells a grow light so stylish you dont have to hide it, or you could try making this DIY grow light instead. If you find your plants are leaning towards the window, you can gradually rotate them every few days to make sure theyre receiving natural light on all sides.

Plants dont like extreme changes in temperature, says Marino, so its important to move them away from open windows and doors, heating units and radiators, and even ovens (assuming you use yours). Keep their surroundings as temperature stable as possibledont let them get cold and drafty, or hot and dry, she says.

Thanks to shorter days and less sunshine, plants feel sleepy in the winter just like us, Marino says. Some tropical plants will go into a state of dormancy or semi-dormancy from October to February. (Who knew/how cute!) Plus, since plants only take up water based on the amount of light they receive, she explains, you probably wont have to water your plants as often this time of year as you do in sunnier seasons. Wait longer between waterings , or reduce the amount youre watering each time, she advises. Allow the potting soil to dry out completely between waterings to avoid root rot.

One of the worst things about winter, IMO, is that spaces get stuffy due to the battening down of the hatches. Apparently, plants arent fond of this phenomenon either. Closed windows during the winter months can increase dust in your space, says Marino. And that dust build-upwhether on your plants or on your windowcan reduce the amount of light getting to your plants. Since theyre getting such little sunshine this time of year as it is, this obscuration can be deadly. Gently dust off leaves every week or two. For extreme build-up, try some mildly soapy water and a soft cloth.

As Marino mentioned earlier, plants get pretty sleepy this time of year, which means that in at least one respect, you get to be lazier, too. Your plant is doing everything at a slower pace during the winterincluding growing, she says. It generally wont benefit from any added nutrients at this time, so give it a break from fertilizer.

This final tip comes not a moment too soon for me, as I was about to leave one of my houseplantsnewly nakedfor dead. Marino, however, says not to count it out just because its lost its leaves. Come winter, you might find your houseplants dropping more leaves than they usually do, she explains. Dont fretplants drop their leaves to compensate for the lack of light, and in turn, the lack of food. Its normal, in other words, for your plant to look a little less flamboyant now than it did in the summer months. Feel free to help it with some very slight trimming if youd like, she says, noting that doing so can help prevent further leaf loss.

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With the ever-increasing interest in musical theatre performance comes increased competition. Our triple (and quadruple!) threats are under significant pressure to stand out and aim to do so by doubling down on training.

Broadway hopefuls are spending many hours and dollars taking classes with the top instructors to build their singing, acting, and dancing chops. But there's another, often overlooked path to maximizing performance.

I recently interviewed a physician who works in the emerging field of health and performance optimization. He is a best-selling author, the head of cognitive enhancement for Nourish Balance Thrive, which works with elite athletes from around the world. He is also the chief medical officer for humanOS, the president-elect for the Physicians for Ancestral Health, and the medical editor for the Journal of Evolution and Health.

This physician happens to be my husband, Dr. Josh Turknett, and he details a holistic health approach for performers to help them develop healthy habits as they push the limits of their bodies and minds.

Here is an excerpt from that interview:

Can you tell us a little about your background in this emerging field of health and performance optimization?

One of my roles is as the head of cognitive enhancement for Nourish Balance Thrive, a company that helps elite athletes around the world optimize their performance and their health.

These are people who are pushing their bodies to the limits, so they need their bodies to be in top form. In recent years people have really begun to recognize that this goes far beyond just training for sports and that they can get greater results than what training alone would yield by attending to factors like nutrition and lifestyle. That translates to improved performance, reduced injuries, improved recovery, and ultimately allows them to perform at a much higher level for a longer period of time.

I also do cognitive performance consulting for people who are using their brains for a living. These are people who are knowledge workers, pushing their brains to the limit and looking for ways to improve focus, and concentration, memory, creativity, productivity, and learning.

The same is true here, too - people are realizing you can get a lot more from your brain by attending to relevant nutrition and lifestyle factors. Theatre performers fall into both of these categories! They are trying to get the most out of their bodies and brains. So a lot of the strategies that we recommend for folks who are elite athletes or knowledge workers, we would also recommend for theatre performers.

Right, because our performers have to combine both. Can you give some more specific examples of the ways in which people benefit from taking the holistic approach you suggest?

For those who are doing things that are physically demanding, they will see improvements in their performance and in the prevention of injuries. And then with regard to long-term health, they will see prevention of chronic disease, both that result from just normal everyday life but also anything that would come specifically from the activities that they're doing.

In particular, wear and tear on the musculoskeletal system and the joints is probably much more likely related to the accumulated effects of diet and lifestyle rather than the activities themselves.

We know that joint injuries are really common in sports. Yet, in cultures where people don't follow the standard Western diet and lifestyle but are just as hard on their bodies, we don't see the same level of joint problems. The relative increase in joint and tissue injuries we see in the West is likely due to the high demands on the musculoskeletal system PLUS a weakening of the connective tissue structures by systemic inflammation and nutrient deficiencies. So in most cases, you would need both of those things for the joints to break down, not just the wear and tear.

That also makes me think of migraines, which I know you work a lot with, and that can be treated with the diet and lifestyle piece. I've always thought about performers who can't go on stage and perform with a migraine. So if you can prevent those as well through diet and lifestyle change, that would be another bonus.

Can you give us an overview of the different aspects of diet and lifestyle that need to be addressed in order to maximize performance?

Sure, so what are the things that we can do? How can we help our bodies to thrive and flourish right now today and what can we do to protect them over the long run?

If we look at the biggest levers that we have, the biggest broad categories that are going to help improve physical and mental performance and impact our long-term health, those will be:

Maybe we can talk a little bit about each of these areas and perhaps tailor them a little bit towards parents, or teenagers, trying to work within their constraints. I know that because we homeschool, we have a lot more flexibility to address some of these issues, but maybe we can think about some strategies that people can implement to work within the current framework.

Yes, and obviously each of these categories we could spend many, many hours on. I'm going to try to hit the highlights and also try to hit the kind of the low-hanging fruit -- the things that you can do that will give you the most return on your initial efforts.

Beginning with sleep, I think the best place to start is always to think about what our body expects, and that's why understanding our evolutionary history is so important. We were hunter-gatherers for about two-and-a-half million years and then we became modern humans living in this very foreign world only very, very, very recently. So our body, and our genes, still mostly expect that we're going to be living in the wild, in nature.

If you think about that, and about what the life of a typical hunter-gatherer was like, it means you go to sleep at sunset or not long thereafter, partly depending on your age, and then wake when the sun comes up.

So a typical good night of sleep for an adult will usually be about seven to eight hours, and for a child about nine to 12, and for teenagers more like 10 to 12 hours.

Sleep is the time for our bodies and brains to repair and recover. That's when you build muscles, that's when you repair connective tissue. So it's crucial for anybody putting any type of physical demands on their body -- like our dancers. If you don't get the repair and recovery during sleep, then you end up with this cycle of inflammation that's hard to stop.

There's also a lot of evidence that it's how we regulate our mood, and it's been recognized to be a factor in just about every chronic health problem. So insufficient sleep, quality or quantity, raises the risk of inflammation and autoimmune disorders, learning and memory problems, mood and anxiety disorders, as well as attentional disorders.

Also, the reason sleep is so important for kids is because that's when the brain is developing, and the time they're asleep is the time when their brains are changing, developing, and growing. So the more sleep they get, the bigger their brains are going to become. It's as simple as that.

It's hard to argue that there is anything more important than getting good sleep, especially given that for most people right now it's compromised, both quality and quantity. It's not just how many hours you get but also whether or not you're cycling through all stages of sleep each time.

Obviously, the demands of our lifestyle have made things challenging. We're waking people up before they should be woken. We also have indoor lighting that allows us to detach ourselves from the rhythms of nature, but there are certain things that we could do to help mitigate that.

For example, just keeping a consistent schedule is helpful in improving our sleep quality and quantity. People who sleep on a consistent schedule fall asleep faster, have better sleep architecture (stages of sleep) and also maintain their circadian alignment better.

For teens, the biggest issue is the amount of time they get to sleep. Most teens are going to be relatively good sleepers, but their biggest issue likely will be giving them enough time in bed to get all the sleep that they need.

Teenagers need more sleep than they ever will at any other point in their lives, and they also shift their sleep to where they will naturally go to bed later. They want to go to bed later and they want to wake up later, which is tricky for school, of course. So oftentimes in order for a teen to get the sleep that they need and still wake on school hours, they're going to have to go to sleep before they're really ready to.

For a teen, 10 hours of sleep really is the bare minimum and anything less that can cause problems. If waking up early, the sleep lost will be mostly REM sleep, and there's good evidence that REM sleep has a lot to do with regulating our mood. So we see anxiety disorders much worse in folks who are not getting REM sleep, and we're also seeing anxiety disorders are worsening amongst teens.

There's a great book that came out recently called "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker. I would encourage everyone to read that book, especially everyone with children. One of the greatest public health challenges we face right now is helping our kids sleep more, given how we've set up school. We're going to look back at this era with horror, I think, in terms of sleep, but hopefully, we can change things.

So thinking in terms of our teenagers, kind of naturally shifting to wanting to stay up later, but really within the confines of the school schedule really needing to go to bed earlier. Any quick tips or strategies for helping them to be able to go to bed a little bit earlier?

One of the best things that has been shown to help is maintaining a consistent schedule and having a set routine. You can take advantage of conditioning. We have our own natural rhythms, but we also have learned rhythms. You can teach yourself to adopt a different schedule with a consistent bedtime every night and having a consistent routine that you follow beforehand that tells your body and brain, "Hey, it's time to get sleepy."

Take a shower, have tea, read, have a ritual with your family, whatever works for your family as a bedtime routine. All these little things cue our body to say, "Hey, it's about time to sleep." Sleep is really a complex process that starts unfolding before you actually get to sleep.

Another important thing that's very relevant these days is blue light. So for any child that's having any difficulty sleeping whatsoever, that's going to be probably prime issue number one to address.

The sun contains the whole spectrum of light, with all the colors of the rainbow, but it turns out that only light in a blue spectrum can suppress our melatonin secretion. Melatonin is a hormone that the brain makes when it's time to get sleepy, and blue light tells the brain the sun is still up so it's not time to sleep. Where do you find blue light? In our devices, and iPhones, and screens, and all sorts of things.

That's why the iPhone developed night mode. There are also TVs now that can change the lighting so that it shifts to the red spectrum, or you can wear glasses that filter out the blue light. There's an app called F.lux that you can install on your computer to shift the light also.

Filtering out blue light after sunset can significantly impact when you feel sleepy. So people who do that will start to feel sleepy about an hour earlier than the people who don't.

I think it's also important to note that the science shows that there's no such thing as catching up on sleep. This idea that you can sort of cheat it during the week and then catch up on the weekend is not true. You don't get the benefits back from the brain's standpoint.

Let's move on to nutrition.

The easiest way to think about nutrition is first to consider what your body needs to operate and maintain our structure, and then second to avoid things that are harmful. The typical modern Western diet is insufficient on both of those counts, but probably worse when it comes to eating things that cause harm. We probably do a little bit better in providing the essential nutrients but and worse on eating things that cause harm.

Again, so if we think about what the diet of a human is supposed to be, it's pretty simple, and from one standpoint we are omnivores, so we eat animals and the edible plants that are in nature. So it should come as no surprise that most of the things that we eat that cause harm and that are linked to disease are not available in nature but require either farms or factories to produce. So that's what your low-hanging fruit is going to be.

The simplest approach of all is really just to eat whole foods -- to just eat meats of all kinds and then vegetables and fruits when they're in season. Shop at the perimeter of the grocery store, avoid the middle, avoid things in boxes and bags and you're pretty much good to go. But if you want to talk about the specific ingredients and things to avoid, I think you have to probably put refined sugar at the top of the list.

The average American's sugar consumption has risen about 3,000-4,000% over what it would've been for our ancestors. I think we'll probably view sugar much like tobacco in the next few decades. It's linked to virtually every chronic disease that we see. Almost every single processed food is going to list sugar as the first ingredient.

Avoiding foods with added sugar or at least minimizing them, and relegating them to being a treat would go a long way. The problem is that sugar has become the primary source of calories in many people's diets.

The next foods to avoid would be those that are cooked in vegetable and seed oils -- including soybean oil, canola oil, corn oil, all of those require factory processing. Again, they would not be something our ancestors ever would've eaten, not something that was part of the human diet. These oils likely are a driver of chronic low-level inflammation that we find with almost virtually every chronic disease.

So what oils should people be cooking with?

Starting with the animal fats, you have beef fat, tallow, pork fat, lard, and duck fat. There's also butter and ghee (clarified butter). And then there are fruit oils like olive oil, coconut oil, and avocado oil. Those are the best sources of fats to cook in.

If I go to the grocery store and every package I look at is using one of the oils you listed not to use.

I'm glad you made that point because the easiest way to avoid that is just to avoid packaged food. Like I said in the beginning, the simplest thing is if you stick to whole foods, you don't have these issues.

What other foods cause harm and should be avoided?

Third would be the gluten grains (wheat, barley, and rye). Gluten is a topic of great confusion. It was long known that about one to 3% of the population was gluten intolerant (celiac disease). Any amount of gluten in the diet for them causes inflammation in their gut, inflammation in the body, and it has to be avoided.

But more recently it's emerged that a much greater proportion of the population is gluten sensitive. People were discovering that a range of health issues would go away after gluten was removed from their diet. In addition to that, evidence came out that gluten disrupts the gut barrier in every human. So in all of us, if you expose the gut to gluten, there are tight junctions in our gut that keep the bad stuff out and the good stuff in, and with gluten exposure, they open up and let the bad stuff in.

So that's true even if I have no reaction to gluten?

That's true even if you have no reaction. That's true with every human's gut according to the research. So most likely this is a spectrum or a continuum, not an either-or thing. There's a range of how sensitive someone is to gluten, how much gut disruption it causes, and what the consequences of that are.

What is the most common mistake people make when they are eliminating gluten from their diet?

Right, so what often happens when people eliminate gluten from their diets is that they look for foods to substitute for the ones that have gluten in them. They will try gluten-free bread, and pasta, and things like that.

And with those you're still introducing all the issues with processed foods and so forth that come with that. So you may be eliminating the gluten component, but you're still getting a lot of bad stuff with it. So again, sticking to the perimeter of the grocery store.

I do sympathize because it does take changing habits since we've created our food culture around bread.

When we were trying to begin removing gluten from our diet, we started with the gluten-free flours like almond flour and coconut flour would make substitute treats and baked goods. That may not be a bad idea for a teenager when you're trying to stepstone them on the way to being gluten-free.

Then we began to realize that we were still doing a disservice to our bodies with these foods, and so then we continued to refine and eliminate those things, and I think that slow progression has been helpful.

Yes, you can start by choosing lesser evils and that's perfectly fine. I personally noticed that I still felt kind of lousy after I ate those things.

We would associate improvements in nutrition to improvements in physical performance, but you can also improve your cognitive performance by improving your diet, as well?

Absolutely. A lot of the work I do is for that particular purpose. Improving cognitive performance translates to improvements in your ability to focus for long periods of time, thinking clearly, sustaining energy levels, and improving creativity, problem-solving, and mood.

So let's move on to physical activity.

Again we'll start with what our bodies expect from what we know of the lifestyles of our ancestors. That was lots of low-level walking with much of the day spent walking, lifting heavy things periodically, so engaging all of your muscles fairly often. And that was punctuated by brief all-out activities like sprinting. Of course, most of it was done outdoors with sunlight on the skin.

The nice thing is, aside from the sunlight piece, athletes and performers are generally doing quite well in this particular area. In fact, if there are any issues it's often related to overtraining, so doing too much, too much activity, particularly high intensity, rather than too little. So stressing the body too much, especially if you're not attending to recovery.

This is an area where a lot of progress has been made recently, so you're seeing a lot of athletes now who are in the professional ranks performing at very high levels at much older ages than we're used to, and a lot of that has come from paying close attention to recovery and repair, in addition to all of these nutritional pieces that we've talked about. You can really extend a career and stay healthy and at top performance levels for a lot longer period of time by doing so.

And what about the social connection piece?

The effects of connection or lack thereof on health might be surprising, but the research is pretty profound. It affects us all the way down to DNA and how our genes are transcribed.

So again, what does our body expect? Our ancestors were usually part of a tribe of up to about 150 people. That was an extended family of people that you could depend on and who depended on you. So you were producing, you were part of the tribe, you were a valuable contributor, and you had people you knew you could depend on when you needed it.

That sounds a little bit like a theatre community.

I was about to say that!

So many people don't have the social connections anywhere near what's really needed for a human to thrive, and social media doesn't count. It's seen as a substitute, but the research shows that it's not. It can help facilitate connection when it's used wisely, but by itself, it's not a substitute. But like you say, performers are actually doing very well.

A theatre troupe is a tribe of sorts, and to me, that's one of the greatest values of it. But the culture of any particular theatre community matters a lot. If it's a culture of acceptance, and support, and community, then yes it's a great form of social connection.

I'll just take this as another opportunity to give yet another plug for the value of theatre. I've already said that in two areas where a lot of people have trouble meeting their basic human needs (physical activity and social connection) theatre addresses.

I've spent my career in neurology, and neuroscience, and in the optimization of health and performance, and I would say there's no better activity than musical theatre training for the development of the brain and the body. It's both physically and cognitively demanding, and performers have to push the limits of their capacity, of both their body and their brain. In the book "Range" by David Epstein, he cites the statistic that Nobel Prize winners are 22 times more likely than their peers to have been performers of some kind.

And I believe you also mentioned mindset as a key component to consider.

Yes, so the mind can powerfully influence our health in either direction, either for us or against us. This really gets to the impact that stress can have. If we consider the mismatch areas in modern human life compared to our ancestors, the amount of time we spend suffering in our own minds probably greatly exceeds theirs, and that has a lot to do with mindset.

In my work with clients, that's a huge piece. Not only mindset in terms of the way we look at the world, but also then understanding how to shape the impact of your mind in a favorable direction. It's all about understanding the ways in which the mind connects to our health, how it can undermine it or help us to be healthier and achieve the things that we want to achieve. Mindset and meditation are big topics that we'll cover in a separate episode.

We would love to see everyone addressing these five areas and building these habits early on because we know that the habits you build as a kid oftentimes last many years.

They do impact performance and they can be a way for young performers to maximize their potential and stand out in the rising tide of Broadway hopefuls.

To hear the full episode with additional information on each of these topics, check out the full interview with Dr. Turknett on the "From Atlanta to Broadway" podcast.

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