"A young playwright has a better chance of getting his work performed here, " says Roger Jenkins, artistic director of Dramaplus Arts, a group dedicated to educating students about theater.

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The training system, often called combat or battling rope, was first developed for combat sports such as mixed martial arts, as a means to work out at a higher level of intensity.

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He does an hour of martial arts two to three times a week before he starts work and he meditates for five minutes between clients to defuse the frustration of having to deal with the Sheffield traffic.

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In today's financially squeezed times, it is more important than ever to support charities, which do such vital work across such a broad spectrum for medical services to education, arts, and helping some of the most vulnerable people in society.

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In 1964, they moved to Iowa City, where Sam did graduate work in fine arts at the University of Iowa, painting during the day and working as a janitor at night.

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At a recent conference on the future of the arts in a digital world the opening night panel was asked to name a digital art work that had impressed them.

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