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From "freak in a cage" to international renown, the Burlington deejay does it his way
You know Craig Mitchell. If you've been in Burlington for any length of time over the last two decades, the chances are good that you've at least heard the name. If you're a socialite, you've probably seen or heard him do his thing, whether as the dynamic front man for any number of fusion and hip-hop bands, as the producer behind a slew of international dance hits, as the ubiquitous club deejay holding down parties on an almost nightly basis, or simply as the charismatic man about town with the easy smile and a kind word. You know Craig Mitchell. Or at least you think you do.
Sunday, December 5, marks 20 years that Mitchell, 39, has been, well, Craig fucking Mitchell. Twenty years as a performer, globe-trotting deejay and internationally in-demand producer. In celebration, his friends and colleagues are throwing a no-holds-barred dance party in his honor at Club Metronome, with a retrospective spanning his career and featuring a slew of heavyweights of local (DJ Fattie B) and national (DJ John Creamer) renown.
Mitchell has traveled the globe, produced dance hits for a number of house- music and electronica stars — including Yoko Ono — and founded his own record labels. Along the way he's become a dominant figure in — and the most prolific curator of — Burlington's vibrant electronic-music scene. But those accolades only tell part of Mitchell's story, and not even the most important part.
Mitchell was born in Saginaw, Mich., and raised, along with his brother and sister, by a single mother in the blue-collar city just outside Detroit. He was also a total dork.
"I was a weird kid," Mitchell declares, seated behind the controls at Upsetta Sound, a recording and production studio he shares with a handful of local deejays and producers in Burlington.
Being a "weird kid" is difficult no matter where you grow up, but perhaps doubly so in a rough-and-tumble factory town. Especially when those factories close down, and desperate people turn to violence. As Mitchell describes it, he was too smart, too strange — an easy target.
"For lack of a better phrase, I wasn't black enough," he says. "And I got my ass handed to me."
Mitchell recalls regular beatings that increased in frequency as Saginaw decayed with the decline of the auto industry. Constant bullying drove him inward and, eventually, toward music. But even there, he never quite fit the expected molds.
"Because I was ostracized, it was easier for me to delve into different styles of music," Mitchell recalls. "I just didn't want to be associated with anyone in my neighborhood."
Mitchell immersed himself in a variety of unusual music — unusual, at least, considering his surroundings. He would listen to bands such as Tangerine Dream, Guns N' Roses and Pink Floyd alongside Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye.
"I heard the whole gamut, because I allowed myself to," he says.
That openness would serve him well later in life as a deejay and producer. But what Mitchell was looking for was not simply a new sound to set him apart. He was looking for a voice.
As if being a misfit in the 'hood wasn't challenging enough, Mitchell was confronted with the equally daunting realization that he was gay. But, rather than internalize his identity issues, he wore them quite literally on his sleeve. After seeing a Prince concert with his grandmother in 1981, he began dressing in flowing shirts and tight pants, growing his hair long and perming it — or straightening it, depending on his mood. Surprisingly, his increased flamboyance led to fewer neighborhood hassles.
"I think the thought was that if you were going to dress like that, in that neighborhood, you were either a total badass or completely crazy," Mitchell surmises. "Either way, they were, like, 'We're gonna leave him the fuck alone.'"
Still, Mitchell's identity crisis ran deeper than problems snazzy clothes could address, and answers were hard to come by. So he dived even deeper into music. Mitchell recalls making mix tapes by recording songs from the radio. He would pause the cassette on the last beat of a song and unpause it on the downbeat of the following one, creating a fluid, continuous playlist. Without knowing it, he was practicing a rudimentary version of a fundamental deejaying principle: matching beats.
"I hated it when songs faded out," he recalls. "They either needed to end with some kind of flourish, or needed to keep going."
Anyone who's seen Mitchell rock a club will most likely recognize that philosophy. "It just felt natural to me," he explains.
Soon Mitchell began experimenting with mixing using borrowed turntables. He didn't have headphones or a mixer, so he would cue each record by putting his ear to it and watching the grooves. It worked. Eventually, he was asked to deejay school dances.
"That was strange," Mitchell recalls. "It's like, I'm the weird kid, and you want me to entertain you?" But he soon discovered that the ironic isolation of the deejay — who's the life of the party yet necessarily removed from it — suited him.
"You're the freak in the cage," he suggests.
An exemplary student, Mitchell had his choice of colleges on graduating from high school. But those options were limited by financial constraints. He was offered a full ride at St. Michael's College for his freshman year through a scholarship program that brought gifted inner-city students to the Colchester-based Catholic school.
"It was kind of like a Fresh Air [Fund] for college students," Mitchell explains.
While the scholarship lightened his financial load, the culture shock Mitchell experienced when he moved to Vermont — then the whitest state in the country — meant he essentially traded one form of alienation for another.
"I was expected to be the authority on blackness," he says. "The problem was, before that I had never really been allowed to be black. So, I was not a good spokesperson."
Mitchell struggled with outside expectations, both from white students who thought he was too black and African American students who thought he wasn't black enough. All the while, he was trying to come to grips with his burgeoning sexual identity — still a secret to all but a few close friends. In his darkest, most confused moment, Mitchell attempted suicide.
"It seemed like the easiest thing to do. I didn't want to be hated anymore," he says. "But it was a cop out." Obviously, his attempt failed, but the desperate act seems to have been a turning point.
"I didn't want to live my life in a box, so I decided to lose the labels," Mitchell says. "There are white people that suck. There are black people that suck. There are gay people and straight people that suck. I said, Fuck it. I just want to be Craig."
And that meant, once again, seeking refuge in music.
"Music was his salvation," says Dave Landers, Mitchell's guidance counselor at St. Mike's and a person Mitchell describes as a father figure. "He used music, whether performing or listening to it, to soothe a very difficult time for him."
Mitchell parlayed a radio deejay gig at the St. Michael's student-run station into providing the beats for school dances. That in turn led to offers from clubs in downtown Burlington, and eventually to 135 Pearl, now defunct but then the city's only explicitly LGBTQ-friendly nightclub.
Mitchell pitched the club on an all-ages night aimed at college students, and the club owners hesitantly agreed. The first show drew 300 kids. After a few weeks and several increasingly successful all-ages nights, Mitchell snared a regular weekend slot. And he began to develop into a singularly creative deejay.
"Doing a set for live people is a dynamic experience," says Tod Warner, then a co-owner and fellow deejay at former Burlington dance club Border — now Club Metronome — where Mitchell also frequently spun. Mitchell credits Warner as a mentor and the person responsible for proving that dance music could thrive in Burlington. For his part, Warner says that Mitchell came along at precisely the right time, when clubgoers were finally acknowledging deejays as musicians, rather than people who "just played records."
"You're really creating a flow of music," Warner explains. "And Craig really seemed to have an ear for it. He's intelligent and creative. And he really understands how to connect with people who might not be as up on things as [he is]."
"I was using music to speak for me," says Mitchell of those early gigs. "And it still speaks for me."
But when he needs to, Mitchell can speak for himself, and forcefully — as he did from his pulpit at 135 Pearl on a now-famous night several years after those first residencies. By then a partner at the club, Mitchell addressed an antsy audience that was nervous about the bar becoming too inclusive as it attracted a larger and larger straight clientele. Mitchell found that concern both harmful and absurd.
"Within these walls, on this dance floor, there is no gay, no straight, no white, no black, no man, no woman," he recalls preaching, quoting from memory. "We are all one people united by rhythm."
The crowd went wild.
A version of that same speech ended up on a 2006 Kult Records single by Dirty German that became a global phenomenon, and added yet another feather to Mitchell's cap. But, more importantly, his minisermon embodied the philosophical cornerstone of his entire career, if not his adult life. That desire for a sense of connection and unity manifests itself in everything Mitchell does, whether as a resident deejay at clubs in New York City, Boston and Miami, as a cofounder of hit-making NYC dance-music label Orange Factory, or touring internationally with house legends such as Manny Ward.
Ward now partners with Mitchell on his latest venture, Slanted Black Records, which recently made worldwide waves with a single, "Don't Be Afraid," from UK disco-punk sensations Eddie the Gun.
Perhaps most notably, Mitchell's desire for harmony and inclusion is evident in the vibrant house-music culture that erupted in Burlington. He and Warner helped legitimize the genre in Queen City nightclubs, connecting aspiring deejays with new audiences, and creating not just a scene but a supportive and open community.
"The overriding thing for Craig is that, because of who he is and what he dealt with … he does not want the same things to happen to any other kid," says Landers. "That's why his music is so important to him, and why his music's connection to young people has been so important."
And it is why Craig Mitchell has been so important to Burlington.
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Feel free to check out all the screen caps here, or keep scrolling the posts for a couple favorites of mine, along with the GoPro Nerf War footage I captured.
I've had a couple of people ask me to use the Rampage in a game, so here it is!
Had problems with it jamming up on older Streamline darts for some reason. But when it was working, it reminded me a lot of the Raider.
Getting ready before the first game with everyone participating.
Keep reading for more video and photos!
Since my Stampede hasn't been working lately, I decided to switch back to my old primary, the Rayven.
I get out a bit early, and then proceed to cameraman an duties. A LOT of foam was being launched in the halls this game.
Game 4 of this indoor game session is Capture the Flag. It's played a little differently then TDM.
2 Hits and/or a headshot takes you out, not 3.
Once your out, go back to your base to respawn. Respawn timer is 15 seconds.
There are two flags on the field, capture both to give you team a point. First team to three points wins.
Our rules were a bit flawed, and as a result we had pretty long games.
These are highlights of flag captures 3 and 4, and early into the video both teams are tied 2-2, with the last point deciding the winning team.
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Fiesta Snack has been available in Italy for years. The chocolate covered cake with a little bit of alcohol that kids love. We always thought this to be an interesting way to get your child to calm down: "Here Junior why don't you have this treat and then go and take your nap".
Recently a new version of this has appeared on the store shelves – Fiesta Caffe'. Wow!
A little cake with coffee, a splash of liquor and covered in chocolate. These are my new snack of choice with all of my favorites in one small treat. The packages state that this is a limited edition but the way they keep disappearing from the store shelves I hope they become a regular offering.


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Hippotizer V4 comes with lots of space to create your own layouts.
You can use the main layout but then in the space you can add your own.
Please note that layouts are local and do not transfer to a remote zookeeper or a different machine. So before creating your views make sure you are on the zookeeper you will be working on.
First choose an empty slot, and double click on it this will open up a view for you to work on. You can name it by going back to the home screen and right clicking on it.
You will be shown an empty area made up of squares.
Click both the padlock and the HippoNet overview icon.
Any thing on the HippoNet overview with a circle next to it can be dragged onto the area with the squares, if you want to build a layer type GUI then you will need to use the selectors in the bottom left corner.
I have chosen the layer (L) anything I place inside the square under the layers will relate to the layer selected.
So if I were to drag the geometry into the layer view and changed layer the geometry would refer to the layer.
When you have done creating your GUI then click the padlock again to lock it in place.
You can also click the HippoNet overview button to give you more space.


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For more than 10 years, the state of Florida has continued to struggle with heroin abuse, with the number of residents suffering from addiction each year remaining above 3,000. Over the last decade, the opioid has managed to aggressively work its way into nearly every Florida county.
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(CN) – The drawing of legislative maps across the country hung in the balance Tuesday as the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the division of 31 state senate districts in Texas.
When the Texas Legislature carved the state senate districts at issue after the 2010 U.S. census, it used total population, rather than the population of citizens of voting age.
The result put Sue Evenwel, of sparsely populated Titus County, into a district with a relatively large percentage of eligible voters.
Titus sits in the northeast part of the state, near Arkansas and Louisiana.
She complains that the map diluted the strength of her vote, as compared with voters in other districts.
Texas adopted the disputed map, Plan S172, in 2013 after a panel of federal judges enjoined the version passed in 2011.
This one survived the ensuing challenge by Evenwel and co-plaintiff Edward Pfenninger, however, setting the state for their appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the justices preceded today's hearing by ruling on a Maryland case in which a federal judge violated procedure by disposing of a gerrymandering challenge himself, rather than by convening a three-judge panel.
Evenwel's case aims to determine what exactly the Supreme Court under former chief Earl Warren meant in the 1960s when it found the 14th Amendment established the principle of one-person, one-vote, and how it applies to the ideal of equal representation.
In a brief to the high court, attorneys for Evenwel at Consovoy McCarthy Park and Parenti Law supplied data showing that, if the Texas senate districts established by Plan S172 were based on the population of citizens of voting age, or registered voters, then deviations from the ideal – an equal number of voters in each district – would range from 40 to 49 percent in Evenwel's district.
This greatly exceeds the benchmark 10 percent deviation that the Supreme Court has said establishes a voter-dilution case, the firms argued.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton countered in the state's brief that the population deviation of 8 percent in senate districts proves that S172 did not illegally dilute Evenwel's vote.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, known as one of the court's moderate justices, pressed Keller on why the state chose between voter population and total population.
"Why can't you have both?" he asked, according to a transcript of the hearing.
Although Evenwel cited a demographer in her briefs who said Texas could have carved its senate districts to bring both voter and total population within 20 percent of the ideal, Keller said she did not deliver a map that proved it.
Lead counsel William Consovoy noted first the case is at a stage where the court must accept the story from challengers as true.
Sotomayor and Justices Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who make up the court's liberal bloc, attacked Consovoy's claim that the one-person, one-vote, doctrine was meant to ensure equal representation by lawmakers of voters, not total population.
Ginsburg urged Consovoy to explain why the court should disregard its precedent dating back to the 1960s.
Kagan observed that the method for apportioning U.S. House of Representatives members among the states is based on total population, and that the framers of the 14th Amendment intended it that way.
"How you go from that being mandated to it being prohibited in the state context is something that I still can't quite work myself around," Kagan told Consovoy.
In an unlikely tag team, government attorney Ian Gershengorn argued as a friend of the court on behalf of Texas. Unlike Texas, however, Gershengorn said total population is the only legitimate measure.
"Redistricting on the basis of total population, as Texas did here, vindicates the principle of equal representation for equal numbers of people," Gershengorn argued.
Texas faced no requirement "to redistrict on the basis of some as-yet-undefined measure of voter population," he added.
Experts say a ruling in Evenwel's favor would shift political power from cities to rural areas, where voters tend to be whiter, older, richer and more likely to vote Republican.
Consovoy represented Evenwel on behalf of The Project on Fair Representation, a legal defense foundation based in Austin, Texas.
The nonprofit mounted a 2013 challenge before the Supreme Court that struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, and is representing Abigail Fisher in her challenge of the University of Texas' use of affirmative action in denying her admission.


Full and productive employment and decent work for all constitutes a primary source of resources for development by generating a virtuous cycle of income which boosts consumption, spurs demand and increases rates of savings to finance development. The side event aims to stimulate a discussion on how decent work can help achieve sustainable development as well as the type of global partnership needed to make this a reality. The event will further elaborate on how employment and decent work can help generate fiscal space as well as how investments may be targeted to help spur demand, generate decent work and build social cohesion.


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Last week I asked a question about favorite beverages and the overwhelming favorite was coffee. If you drink coffee, how do you like it best? Hot, cold, iced, with cream, with sugar or black as black?
Hot coffee almost always, although every once in a while, I get a yen for iced, but not the commercial stuff with all that whipped cream and sugar.
Always with cream or half-and-half and fake sugar (Splenda). I don't use fake sugar for other things, but in hot drinks, I do because of the way my system works, sugar hits me hard and sometimes badly when in hot drinks.
Oddly, I drink tea with nothing in it at all, not milk or lemon or sugar. I also love green tea, especially with Asian food. Only real tea, not that new-age herbal stuff which isn't tea. It's something, just not TEA.
Computers and all of the things that go with them. Modern cameras and sound machines. I could probably live without cell phones, but I'm very good working with everything else.
I just don't like new cell phones. Oddly, I liked the less smart ones back in the 90s. When you could make actual phone calls and hear what the other guy was saying.
The other day, Garry and I were driving around looking for Manchaug and I pointed out that this is the end of September and there is no sign of fall.
Summer has gotten longer and so has winter. Spring was never a big contender around here, but now, there's really none at all. I have the pictures to prove it. This date even two or three years ago, half the trees were changing color and the nights were chilly while the days were crisp.
I have a closet full of cool weather jackets and coats that I don't wear because it is summer — three days of cool weather — then the snow begins. Spring is cold. Sometime in April it stops snowing (usually), but the flowers we always got in May don't show up until late June or even July. This year, we've had a re-blooming of daylilies (NEVER seen that before) and the rhododendrons re-bloomed, too.
When it finally got warm enough for the flowers, everything went into a hyper-growth mode. It was like summer in Alaska. Everything grew twice as fast as before, I suppose to make up for the missed months.
It has chilled down a lot in the past few days. I got up in the middle of the night and put on a flannel nightgown. I get cold more easily now than I used to. I think this is an aging thing. Garry gets cold too.
We used to get at least a month and on a good year six to eight weeks of Autumn in New England. Around the middle of September, a cold snap. The leaves would almost overnight change color. At least we HAD fall. Last year we had ONE week. Just one. Summer dragged on well into October and finally, we got one great week, then the leaves just fell down. Plunk.
Good thing I took pictures.
It's not the same every year, mind you. But the seasons have absolutely changed. Everyone notices. It's hotter where it was always warm, but now it is hotter and stays hot longer. The fires burn longer. The storms are more intense and, as good old Donzo says, "wetter." Never have I been gladder we moved from the coastline a bit inland. Not enough inland, though. These devastating rains will get to us, too. It's not an if, just a when.
I don't know what I expected from climate change. I didn't expect the explosions of rain and snow and storms and fires. The unevenness of it. There is no sequential flow to the seasons now. Stuff just happens and it happens big. There are no little storms. Everything is over the top. Superstorms with the kind of rain we've never seen in our lifetime.
Is that enough climate change for you? It works for me. There is no debate on this. We are in the midst of something scary and dangerous — and we are making it much worse.
But that's because we have a moron running our country.
Are you an explorer or more a homebody?
Both. I like to explore. Then I want to go home.
Love the roses and aren't those lily pads lovey too…..
Thank you. The lily pads were a really hard shot because I could only get pictures of them through a parting of the grasses along the shorline. I was surprised they came out. I was sure they'd be nothing but a blur.
They would make a nice painting….oops, somebody already did that…..could be done again….
Monet, Monet, your lily pads live on!
right on Marilyn, it's a lovely painting too….
Having recently moved and consequently am unsure regarding the weather here. I knew the weather having lived in Hardy for 30 plus years. I saw the changes there and they were astounding. You are right, it's all about money and it isn't necessarily us but big business that are causing the damage. I could sight many situations, but I won't.
And the thing is, the changes are erratic. I don't know why I didn't realize it was not going to be a smooth change, but it's not what I imagined. I'm not sure it's what anyone imagined.
I agree. When I lived in the Okanagan, I knew the weather and seeing what's happening, most of it happened 2x during my lifetime. Sometimes I wonder if it's not a case of repeat after so many years. I know climate change is a reality too but sometimes I really wonder if it's history repeating itself as it were. every so many years "this" happens type thing but on a grander scale.
Thanks for participating Marilyn! I know what typing that must have cost, so it's extra special. The photos are magnificent as per usual. It saddens me to hear of things like New England (parts of it anyway) doesn't have 'fall' any more. That was practically an institution once upon a time. Here I think the changes are only noticeable to those of us who knew a different type of climate…four distinct seasons, which is why I stuck it out for all these years. Now it's a summer/winter hybrid, much like you describe. Although this year we have had a decent Autumn. It came earlier than usual though, end of August saw chilly temperatures (well to old bones. I 'get' THAT). Used to be mid- September was the first slight hint of the colder weather, we sometimes (rarely) got snow in October, and by November there was definite snow on the ground, which didn't leave until March. But my mother told stories of her own youth and how a couple of times it snowed in June and ruined Memorial Day and such things. Maybe it's just new to 'us'…not those super storms, but the way Nature works. I don't think we put much effort into trying to understand her nor work with her.
I'm sure that the seasons also change without our help, but the superstorms of the past years are different. That never happened. Storms so large they encompass more of the planet and they just keep getting bigger. Massive changes to wind patterns, too.
I'm sitting in my yoga pants, hoodie over tank top with plush slippers on my feet. The 25th day of September. Autumn. I'm cold.
If it doesn't warm up, I'll have to bite the bullet and turn on the heat. It's early for heat. About a month early.


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[Culpeper Times] CURTAINS: "Pirates…" The Very Model of a Modern Operetta
They fancy themselves a dangerous lot, but the grim list of killed and captured by the Pirates of Penzance is…nonexistent. Their job is to be fierce and take hostages, but somehow - dash it all! – the hostages always turn out to be orphans! And being orphans themselves, they just can't take ungentlemanly advantage. That means our pirates are no more successful now in 2019 than they were back in 1879. That's when this Gilbert and Sullivan jewel first held audiences captive with its rapier wit, and it's been swashing its buckles ever since.
Three cannon shots of congratulation to Riverside for staging this gold nugget and doing it justice. In a whimsical modification, director Catherine Flye has renamed this the "Rascals of the Rappahannock" and brought the pirates to Fredericksburg in the time of George III, as opposed to the Victorian era Cornwall coast.
[CBS6's Virginia This Morning] Pirates of Penzance hits the Riverside Center for the Performing Arts
RICHMOND, Va. - Riverside Center for the Performing Arts has a new offering on stage and you're invited! Patrick A'Hearn, the Producing Artistic Director, along with Actress Claire Leyden and Musical Director Joe Walsh stopped by to share a preview of the event.
DC Metro Theater Arts Review: 'The Pirates of Penzance (or the Rascals of the Rappahannock)' at Riverside Center
Riverside Center of the Performing Arts reprises Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, a two-act comic operetta that was first produced in December of 1879, and remains in production to this day! Director and Adaptor Catherine Flye gives the show (originally set in Cornwall) a local spin by placing the action on the banks of the Rappahannock River and offering the revised title Rascals of the Rappahannock.
[The Free Lance-Star/Culpeper Star Exponent] Review: A shipshape 'Pirates of Penzance' is swashbuckling fun at Riverside
Brilliant wit, successfully delivered, is a rare delight—to experience such wit, joyously sustained and sprinkled steadily over several hours may occur only a handful of occasions in a lifetime.
"The Pirates of Penzance," onstage now at the Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Stafford County, qualifies as one of those occasions—an opportunity to be avidly sought and relished by any intelligent music lover with a sense of humor.
[The Zebra Press] Review: Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts, Fredericksburg, Va.
I have just seen/heard an absolutely first-rate production of "The Pirates of Penzance or The Rascals of the Rappahannock" at the Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Fredericksburg, Va. Honestly, I've attended many, many productions of this piece with all kinds of adaptations, and this is—hands down—the best. Boom. Period.
[The Free Lance-Star] Riverside's 'The Pirates of Penzance' gets a Fredericksburg-themed hook
Arrrrr, matey. Let's go on a pirate-filled adventure, shall we?
Don't worry, this one isn't dangerous or life-threatening like you'll find off the Somalian coast. Instead, it's a beloved comic operetta hitting a local stage and being customized with familiar places and people galore.
Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance—The Rascals of the Rappahannock" opened at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday and runs through July 7.
Catherine Flye and Claire Leyden preview "The Pirates of Penzance" with Town Talk's Ted Schubel!
Listen to Catherine Flye (Director) and Claire Leyden (Mabel Boshington) preview our upcoming production of The Pirates of Penzance or the Rascals of the Rappahannock at Riverside alongside director and Riverside Center's Producing Artistic Director, Patrick A'Hearn and Town Talk's Ted Schubel (NewsTalk 1230 WFVA).
Young Life: 'Steal Away Home' tells of two brothers' journey to freedom
With a cast of eight actors (including two who are 12 and under), the Riverside Children's Theatre production of "Steal Away Home" will take audiences on a powerful and unforgettable journey through history and into moments of introspection, humor, dangers and heartwarming joy.


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The Wolverine: Famke Janssen Confirms She Only Appears In Flashbacks
Crazay|3556d ago |News|5|
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Bringing up Bobby marks the directorial debut of former X-Men star Famke Janssen. What Culture had a chat with the beautiful Dutch actress recently ahead of the film's DVD release next week – we'll have the full interview up for you in a little while – and inevitably talk turned to the X-Men franchise.
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StarWarsFan3556d ago
I'm glad. Otherwise it would be too much like all the X-Men movies.
TheHergulaX3556d ago
Yup, the way Wolverine acts with her is honestly... too much...
Crazay3556d ago
I'd be all flustered around her too....just saying.
i like to see famke back but im kind of sad that the film confirms x men 3...a film that should be forgotten. they should have started fresh.
Root3555d ago
I really hope she comes back, she comes back from the dead all the time in comics.
I was thinking that her power allowed her to create a duplicate of herself and the real Jean is still at the bottom of the lake.
They could of written X men 3 off as a what if....but I don't think that will happen. I hate it when you have some alright films but that single one films ruins the flow of the series.


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* PAN Model-D: Equipped with a Directional antenna. Radio available in specifies direction so to have longer range. Range: ~1km in Open Area.
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Guide: Milwaukee music at Saturday's Rock the Green 2017
By Lauren Keene, OnMilwaukee.com
Milwaukee's environmentally-conscious music festival Rock the Green returns this Saturday for its fourth year. The festival has a reputation for curating an impressive lineup of big-name indie acts, including past headliners Third Eye Blind, Lord Huron and a pre-celebrity status Imagine Dragons.But Rock the Green's third installment last year – after a three-year hiatus – was especially Milwaukee-centric, and 2017's lineup is continuing the Milwaukee music tradition. The bill is roughly half local bands, and for good reason. Milwaukee's music scene is currently exploding with talent across multiple genres, and Rock the Green is doing its part to showcase a variety of the city's most unique performers.With a name like Rock the Green, there's naturally going to be a rock band or two thrown into the mix.>> Read more at OnMilwaukee.com | RockTheGreen.comGet breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 mobile app or with our email newsletters.
MILWAUKEE —
Milwaukee's environmentally-conscious music festival Rock the Green returns this Saturday for its fourth year. The festival has a reputation for curating an impressive lineup of big-name indie acts, including past headliners Third Eye Blind, Lord Huron and a pre-celebrity status Imagine Dragons.
But Rock the Green's third installment last year – after a three-year hiatus – was especially Milwaukee-centric, and 2017's lineup is continuing the Milwaukee music tradition. The bill is roughly half local bands, and for good reason. Milwaukee's music scene is currently exploding with talent across multiple genres, and Rock the Green is doing its part to showcase a variety of the city's most unique performers.
With a name like Rock the Green, there's naturally going to be a rock band or two thrown into the mix.
>> Read more at OnMilwaukee.com | RockTheGreen.com
Get breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 mobile app or with our email newsletters.


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Sacramento men sentenced to 10 and 15 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced two Sacramento men for methamphetamine trafficking, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and DEA Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced.
Roland Adrian Jufiar, 44, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, and David Garcia Romero, 44, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine for distribution.
Both men pleaded guilty on Aug. 13. According to court records, federal agents began investigating co-defendant Andre Ramon Washington based on reports that Washington was distributing narcotics from his home in Sacramento. In 2017 and 2018, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration identified Jufiar and Romero as two of Washington's suppliers. In March 2018, federal agents executed search warrants at Washington's, Jufiar's and Romero's homes. At Jufiar's home, agents found approximately 160 grams of cocaine. When the agents searched Romero's car, they found over 17 kilograms of methamphetamine, 2.7 kilograms of powder cocaine, over one pound of cocaine base (crack cocaine), over $19,000 in cash and three firearms.
In October 2019, co-defendant Andre Washington was sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine for distribution.
This case was the product of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department; the Sacramento Police Department; the Citrus Heights Police Department and the Folsom Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy H. Delgado prosecuted the case.


The Finder on your Mac is the place to be. This extremely handy spot lets you access all of your stuff. So, making it work for you is key to its purpose.
The Finder Sidebar gives you a quick view of your folders, drives, and tags so that you can navigate easily. For this reason, customizing the Sidebar just makes sense. Put items there you use often, remove those you never use, and arrange it to fit your needs.
Here's how to customize the Finder Sidebar on your Mac.
To get started, open a new finder window. Click the Finder icon in your Dock or File > New Finder Window from your menu bar. Then, do the following.
1) With Finder open, select Finder > Preferences from your menu bar.
2) Click the Sidebar tab.
For each section; Favorites, iCloud, Locations, and Tags, check those items that you want to see in the Sidebar.
Then, close the Finder Preferences window and you'll see your updated Sidebar immediately.
If you marked the checkbox to see Tags in your Sidebar, you can arrange them in the order you want them.
2) Click the Tags tab.
Check those Tags that you want to see in the Sidebar. To rearrange them, just click, drag, move, and release where you want them in the list.
Next, you can rearrange all items that you checked to display in the Sidebar. Click one of them, drag it to its new spot in the list, and release.
Along with those items you checked in the Finder Preferences window to display in your Sidebar, you can add more.
For instance, if you frequently access a folder, you can move it to the Sidebar as well. Select the item from its location like a new finder window or your desktop. Drag it to the spot you want it in the Finder Sidebar and release.
With a few tweaks here and there, you can make sure that the items you use the most are in your Finder Sidebar for quick access. Are you going to make some changes to your Finder Sidebar?
And for similar tutorials, check out how to customize the Finder toolbar or the "About This Mac" area of your computer.


The program includes: 3 nights accommodation at Estancia Vik (Suite). Buffet breakfast. Non alcoholic beverages at Vik Retreats during the stay. All the above activities, including meals with non alcoholic beverages and a glass of VIK wine at Vik Retreats (adults only). Access to all services and facilities at Vik Retreats, including: access to the swimming pool, fitness area, ping pong, darts, horseback rides, bikes, canoeing, driving range, gym, tennis courts, bird watching, Wifi, Nintendo Wii, board games. For polo lessons, reflexology and massages extra charges apply. Arrival and departure transfer to Punta del Este airport. Contact us for more information.
Start your day with a walking tour to explore Estancia Vik, followed by a meeting with Executive Chef of Vik Retreats Marcelo Betancourt, who will discuss the dining concept at the properties, which celebrates traditional Uruguayan fare. Then enjoy an organic garden harvest and bike tour to the lake.
A picnic lunch, featuring fresh produce from the garden, will be arranged for you to enjoy in the open fields. Following, you will enjoy canoeing on the river and Laguna José Ignacio.
You will have the option to horseback ride or mountain bike along the farm roads at Estancia Vik to O33, where you will be immersed in the olive oil production process and enjoy an olive oil tasting.
A wine tasting, featuring our iconic VIK wine, will be hosted in the wine cellar. You will also enjoy additional tastings of Estancia Vik and a Uruguayan white wine.
You will indulge in a delicious dinner at La Huella restaurant, on La Brava Beach.
Relaxing beneath the night sky, you will enjoy star gazing of the southern hemisphere.
Following breakfast, a guided visit will be offered to visit the local fishermen for the catch of the day.
A stroll along the serene roads of José Ignacio will provide a relaxing start to your morning, while giving you a look into the bohemian-chic village and its vibrant culture.
A ceviches, tiraditos & cold soups class will be offered at La Susana, José Ignacio's chicest restaurant and beach club, where you can taste each of the delicious dishes made during the workshop.
After lunch, you will spend a soothing afternoon at Playa La Juanita, home to La Susana, while enjoying a one hour massage.
Playa Vik will host a cocktail workshop as the sun begins to set, allowing you to sip a delicious libation while taking in what is said to be the best sunset on the planet.
Following cocktails, you will enjoy a BBQ at Playa Vik with fish fresh from the ocean.
Breakfast will be enjoyed at your leisure.
You will participate in a bakery workshop lead by Vik Retreats' pastry chef, followed by a visit to Manantiales and La Barra to further immerse yourself in the culture of the area.
Lunch will be offered at the premier Fish Market, followed by a visit to the Atchugarry Foundation.
An afternoon yoga class will provide the ideal outlet to unwind. Reflexology and massages will also be available if they are of interest.
You will learn to make a traditional Uruguayan Asado, enjoying the delicious variety of Uruguayan grass fed meats and the freshest, seasonal produce. Following dinner, you will enjoy a farewell toast, raising your glass in celebration of the perfect getaway.
You will enjoy your last day as you desire, experiencing the endless opportunities for activities and relaxation at Vik Retreats. And, why not a visit to Garzon?


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Seminole Tribe of Florida Jobs
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Click here for a brief summary , or follow the links below for more complete details about the Tribe's history.
Seminole Tribe Timeline
Look at a graphic or text only version of a Seminole timeline spanning history as far back as the early 1500s.
The unique confluence of culture and circumstance which would become today's Seminole Tribe of Florida can be traced back at least 12,000 years, say researchers.
Indian Resistance and Removal
In the early days of its existence, the fledgling United States government carried out a policy of displacement and extermination against the American Indians in the eastern US, systematically removing them from the path of "white" settlement. Until 1821, Florida remained under the control of the government of Spain but the US Territories of Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana were its covetous next-door neighbors. It was clear that the US wanted the Spaniards out of Florida and was willing to consider any means, including warfare, to acquire the rich land.
Osceola and Abiaka
Though his exploits were not as well publicized, Seminole medicine man Abiaka may have been more important to the internal Seminole war machine than Osceola.
By May 10, 1842, when a frustrated President John Tyler ordered the end of military actions against the Seminoles,
over $20 million had been spent, 1500 American soldiers had died and still no formal peace treaty had been signed.
Survival In The Swamp
The Seminoles began the 20th century where they had been left at the conclusion of the Seminole Wars - in abject poverty, hiding out in remote
camps in the wet wilderness areas of South Florida.
The Council Oak
A special generation of Seminole leaders - children of that last generation to hide in the swamps - began to meet regularly beneath a huge oak tree on the Hollywood reservation.
Seminoles Today
The Seminole Tribe of Florida has matured both politically and financially.
The challenge of maintaining the unique Seminole culture while operating in the mainstream economy is the priority for today's Seminole Tribe of Florida.
For more information about the government of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, please see these articles in the Extracts of the 40th Anniversary edition of the Seminole Tribune:
The History of the Seminole People of Florida
Tribal Founders' Interview Series
Open Broward Jobs
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You can plug add-ons into the ports on Awesome Shield. Each Add-On is a separate piece of hardware that you can connect to Awesome Shield using a cable.
Each add-on includes all the hardware that is needed to do something specific. They can be inputs, like sensors, or outputs, like an LED String.
The Add-On components that we're using right now are Seeed Studio's Grove components.
You can write Awesome Shield code to control many of these add-ons.


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Section 31 CGST Act 2017 – Tax invoice.
(Last Updated On: May 4, 2019)
Section 31 CGST Act 2017
[ Section 31 CGST Act 2017 Notified w.e.f 01.07.2017 vide Notification No. 9/2017 – Central Tax Dated 28th June, 2017 ]
Section 31 CGST Act 2017 explains Tax invoice and is Covered in Chapter VII Tax Invoice, Credit and Debit Notes
[Note : CGST Act 2017 also known as CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 assented by the President of India on 12-4-2017 -An Act to make a provision for levy and collection of tax on intra-State supply of goods or services or both by the Central Government and the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. ]
Tax invoice.
31. (1) A registered person supplying taxable goods shall, before or at the time of,—
(a) removal of goods for supply to the recipient, where the supply involves movement of goods; or
(b) delivery of goods or making available thereof to the recipient, in any other case,
issue a tax invoice showing the description, quantity and value of goods, the tax charged thereon and such other particulars as may be prescribed:
Provided that the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, specify the categories of goods or supplies in respect of which a tax invoice shall be issued, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) A registered person supplying taxable services shall, before or after the provision of service but within a prescribed period, issue a tax invoice, showing the description, value, tax charged thereon and such other particulars as may be prescribed:
Provided that the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification and subject to such conditions as may be mentioned therein, specify the categories of services in respect of which—
(a) any other document issued in relation to the supply shall be deemed to be a tax invoice; or
(b) tax invoice may not be issued.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2)—
(a) a registered person may, within one month from the date of issuance of certificate of registration and in such manner as may be prescribed, issue a revised invoice against the invoice already issued during the period beginning with the effective date of registration till the date of issuance of certificate of registration to him;
(b) a registered person may not issue a tax invoice if the value of the goods or services or both supplied is less than two hundred rupees subject to such conditions and in such manner as may be prescribed;
(c) a registered person supplying exempted goods or services or both or paying tax under the provisions of section 10 shall issue, instead of a tax invoice, a bill of supply containing such particulars and in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided that the registered person may not issue a bill of supply if the value of the goods or services or both supplied is less than two hundred rupees subject to such conditions and in such manner as may be prescribed;
(d) a registered person shall, on receipt of advance payment with respect to any supply of goods or services or both, issue a receipt voucher or any other document, containing such particulars as may be prescribed, evidencing receipt of such payment;
(e) where, on receipt of advance payment with respect to any supply of goods or services or both the registered person issues a receipt voucher, but subsequently no supply is made and no tax invoice is issued in pursuance thereof, the said registered person may issue to the person who had made the payment, a refund voucher against such payment;
(f) a registered person who is liable to pay tax under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 9 shall issue an invoice in respect of goods or services or both received by him from the supplier who is not registered on the date of receipt of goods or services or both;
(g) a registered person who is liable to pay tax under sub-section (3) or sub- section (4) of section 9 shall issue a payment voucher at the time of making payment to the supplier.
(4) In case of continuous supply of goods, where successive statements of accounts or successive payments are involved, the invoice shall be issued before or at the time each such statement is issued or, as the case may be, each such payment is received.
(5) Subject to the provisions of clause (d) of sub-section (3), in case of continuous supply of services,—
(a) where the due date of payment is ascertainable from the contract, the invoice shall be issued on or before the due date of payment;
(b) where the due date of payment is not ascertainable from the contract, the invoice shall be issued before or at the time when the supplier of service receives the payment;
(c) where the payment is linked to the completion of an event, the invoice shall be issued on or before the date of completion of that event.
(6) In a case where the supply of services ceases under a contract before the completion of the supply, the invoice shall be issued at the time when the supply ceases and such invoice shall be issued to the extent of the supply made before such cessation.
(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where the goods being sent or taken on approval for sale or return are removed before the supply takes place, the invoice shall be issued before or at the time of supply or six months from the date of removal, whichever is earlier.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expression "tax invoice" shall include any revised invoice issued by the supplier in respect of a supply made earlier.
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Circular No 90/09/2019 GST Dated 18th February, 2019 Seeks to clarify situations of compliance of rule 46(n) of the CGST Rules, 2017 while issuing invoices in case of inter- State supply.
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Over the past decade, patient safety has become a topic of national concern and during this period, the health care industry has learned about improving patient safety from scientific study and from studying other industries as well. MSBH Physicians, Nurses, and all other staff have been at the forefront of efforts to identify and address the various threats to safety in a hospital setting. All staff and employees at MSBH are now, more than ever, focused on making our patients' hospital experiences free from harm.
MSBH fully supports the nation-wide effort to ensure that patients coming into the hospital with specific conditions receive recommended care. These recommendations are based on years of research on interventions that have been proven to improve outcomes for these conditions.
At MSBH, we understand that technical excellence at delivering care is only part of the picture. Patients and family members expect and deserve an equally high level of compassion, communication, respect, and comfort. Improving the patient experience is integral to the MSBH's commitment to being patient-centered, which is one of the six aims of health care quality. Communication with Doctors and Nurses, responsiveness of hospital staff, and hospital environment are some of our current areas of focus. We identify these areas for targeted improvement by listening closely to our patients, relying on survey results and patient comments. We will continue to work hard to justify the confidence our patients have placed in us.


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Prisoner abuse sparks lawsuit against Souza-Baranowski prison
February 21, 2020 on Human Rights, News, Social Justice by Maeve Dolan
At a Suffolk Superior Court hearing on Feb. 10 on allegations of abuse against incarcerated individuals at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, criminal defense lawyers and the Department of Corrections painted starkly different pictures of the conditions at the maximum security prison. Judge Beverly Cannone scheduled an evidentiary hearing for Thursday, citing additional affidavits…
Refugees sleeping rough on outskirts of EU
January 14, 2020 on Human Rights, International, News by Birgit Muller
Usually, seeing homeless people is no reason for joy. But in Budapest it is – last year, head of state Viktor Orbán and his right-wing national government passed a law criminalising homeless people for sleeping rough. They are given three warnings and then imprisoned. Thankfully, the law is not enforced everywhere. The criminalisation of homeless…
A voice for the children of Gaza
December 2, 2019 on Human Rights, International, Local, News, Social Justice by Helen Hill
Yousef Aljamal. According to UNICEF, Israel is the first and only country in the world to establish a juvenile military court. Each year approximately 500-700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12, are tried and imprisoned by the court. Human rights organizations report that these children are beaten, tortured and placed in solitary confinement in…
For Some in Kashmir Marriage Equates to Sexual Slavery
October 29, 2019 on Gender and Sexuality, Human Rights, International, Local, News by Umar Manzoor Shah
In Kashmir there are thousands of young women who were sold in their teens by their parents to older men, and now living lives governed by restrictions which many equate to imprisonment. Photo by Stella Paul/IPS Haseena Akhtar was only 13 when an agent told her parents that they could earn a good amount of…
The hidden costs of fast fashion
October 29, 2019 on Human Rights, Local, News, Social Justice by Bojan Marjanovic
Photo by Yevgenia Belorusets In recent years, thanks to the global market, garment production has, to a great extent, moved from Asia to the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe. Liceulice discussed the realities of the working conditions in these countries, and Serbia in particular, with Bojana Tamindzija and Stefan Aleksic from the Serbian branch of…
Mass. political leaders hold roundtable on 'medical deferred action'
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Edward Markey hosted a roundtable discussion on immigration policies. Photo by Max Reyes Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Edward Markey on Monday questioned how the Trump administration was handling about 400 requests for medical deferred action that were reopened after the administration walked back an attempt to end the practice.…
Prison industry can't hide from human rights violations
August 9, 2019 on Human Rights, Local, National, News, Political, Social Justice by Zach Mobrice
Roughly 500 protesters — led by 19 different organizations — gathered in downtown Boston on Sunday, August 4, to take a stand against the American Correctional Association. The ACA, an accreditation agency for prisons and detention centers in the United States, held its annual Congress of Correction at Hynes Convention Center from Thursday, August 1,…
Needle Take Back Day launches in Boston
May 16, 2019 on Human Rights, Local, News by Mica Kanner-Mascolo
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Dreamers, TPS holders join Members of Congress to advocate for new Dream and Promise Act
April 1, 2019 on Human Rights, News by Yanxi Liu
On March 18, in front of the JFK Building at Boston City Hall Plaza, Massachusetts leaders, and immigrant advocates spoke out in support of legislation that would ensure that Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders can obtain permanent residency. The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), which represents a number of immigrant advocates…
Modern Exodus: Honduran Refugee Caravan Moves Northwards
November 1, 2018 on Human Rights, International, News, Social Justice by Daniela Pastrana
A line of more than five kilometres of migrants walked on Sunday, Oct 21, from Ciudad Hidalgo to Tapachula, 40 kilometers inside the state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. There are 2,000 kilometres left to the U.S.-Mexico border, along a route that is partly controlled by organised crime groups. Credit: Javier García/IPS. A long chain…
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The Pepper Kids makes these whimsical ceramic plaques to adorn your baby's nursery walls. They are hand-etched and my particular favorite are the set of 3 for baby boy or baby girl. I imagine these would look cute above the doorway entering baby's room.
Or select from their collection of ceramic gift tags. You really can't beat the price – $7 (less 10% with the coupon!), free shipping and one of these atop a baby shower gift would be impressive and cute-looking.
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Winning ideas in survey
A PADDOCK man has won a £25 shopping voucher in a Kirklees Council project on allotments.
Mr Bryan McArtney completed a questionnaire about allotments at Royds Hall in Paddock, which was entered into the prize draw run by the council.
More than 1,500 residents were polled for their ideas for the ground.
The land is designated for allotments but is available for transformation under the Allotments for Health and Wellbeing project.
Julian Faulkner, social forestry officer for Kirklees Council said: "This would mean some site clearance work to remove derelict sheds and greenhouses.
"Then there could be a planting scheme - possibly a community orchard or coppice - for the remaining allotment plots and Middle Wood next to the site."
The three-year project is funded by the government's Big Lottery Fund. It aims to promote the growing of produce and opportunities for open air activities, exercise and healthy eating.


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The 230-horsepower RP-195e tracked asphalt paver has the company's patented anti-segregation design of the feed tunnel, feed tunnel discharge, and rear augers. The Delta Plate prevents mix from rolling forward under the paver, and augers are close to the conveyor discharge so material is kept moving. Each rear auger and conveyor is driven by its own hydraulic motor, and electric flow gates allow precise control over the head of material.


New York loves Bioheat®, and Bioheat ® dealers love the New York Oil Heating Association (NYOHA) – the voice of the Oilheat/Bioheat® industry in New York City's five boroughs. The Association is a tireless advocate, constantly monitoring and steering the policies, regulations and issues that affect our members and their customers. We work closely with government officials and allied associations to address any business problems that arise. Through our efforts, New York City adopted the first Bioheat® mandate in the country. We believe that Bioheat®, a bend of heating oil and renewable biodiesel,is the best heating fuel for New York City. We stop at nothing to represent the industry's interests.
Whether it's fending off fierce competition from competing fuels or influencing the development of City Council policies, NYOHA represents and protects the interests of its members by working with other industry groups and the government to build effective solutions.


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The Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan is an organization that promotes collaborative divorce and helps individuals and families find resolutions to their family law matters. In the collaborative divorce approach, a professional team supports couples through the emotional aspects of divorce as they resolve the legal and financial issues. Both husband and wife retain an attorney who has had collaborative divorce training. The parties and lawyers all sign a commitment to reach a settlement without going to court.
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In the homepage of ulule, if I filter for language "Spanish", "German"... it works. If instead I filter for language "Italian", I simply get all the results. Maybe this is because there are no active Italian projects... still, that's unexpected.


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Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice
FBI Probe Won't Slow Scranton's Exit From Financial Distress Designation
BY JIM LOCKWOOD, STAFF WRITERFebruary 4, 2019
SCRANTON — An FBI investigation that included January raids of Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright's home and his City Hall office won't prevent the city from achieving a successful exit from state Act 47 financial oversight later this year, officials said.
Designated as financially distressed under state Act 47 since 1992, Scranton has made a financial turnaround with Courtright at the helm since 2014. The city's Act 47 recovery coordinator, Pennsylvania Economy League, has been planning since last summer to give a green light for the city to finally shed the distressed label at some point later this year.
On Jan. 9, the FBI executed search warrants at the mayor's office and his West Mountain home. Courtright's private attorney, Paul Walker, has said they believe the investigation relates to campaign finance and that the mayor denies any wrongdoing. Courtright previously said he's not resigning because of the FBI matter.
At city council's meeting last week, resident Joan Hodowanitz asked whether the FBI probe would derail the city's anticipated exit from Act 47 oversight.
"I can't believe that PEL could say with a straight face it has no impact" on the city's recovery, she said.
PEL Executive Director Gerald Cross said the FBI matter won't delay the city's Act 47 exit.
"No. Why would it?" Cross said in a phone interview Thursday. "The city's financial recovery is a series of actions that have been taken and as long as they are continued to maintain revenue and contain legacy costs, there's no reason the city can't continue on the path it's on."
Courtright referred a request for comment to city solicitor Jessica Eskra.
"Obviously, we can't predict the future. But absolutely our goal is to safeguard the financial stability we've built up over the last several years and continue our plan to exit distressed status," Eskra said.
The FBI matter also has come across the radar of credit ratings firm Standard & Poor's, which graded Scranton's creditworthiness in bond issuances in 2016-17, city Business Administrator David Bulzoni said in interviews last week.
Standard & Poor's has an annual conference call scheduled for today with Bulzoni and city financial consulting firm PFM Financial Advisors.
In advance of the conference call, S&P asked a few questions, including whether city recovery is on track, if more debt is on the horizon and whether city officials could provide any additional information about the FBI situation involving the mayor, Bulzoni said.
S&P asking about the FBI probe did not surprise Bulzoni, who noted he does not have any additional information to provide.
Credit ratings affect how much interest a municipality pays when it borrows money. A higher credit rating reflects financial stability and translates into lower interest rates. A lower credit rating — or worse, no rating at all — reflects distress or uncertainty and translates into higher interest rates.
The city lost an investment-grade rating several years ago, during a time of worsening fiscal distress. Debt incurred in a 2012-13 post-default environment did not have any credit rating and came with high interest rates.
In 2016, Standard & Poor's rated a city long-term bond issuance as "BB," two notches below the start of investment-grade ratings but better than not having any credit rating.
In 2017, S&P elevated the city's bond rating one notch to BB+, Bulzoni said.
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With time brings change. Our school was founded in 1876 and has gone through many changes during the period. Beverly School for the Deaf (BSD) has always educated deaf children and began accepting hearing students with developmental and language delays in the 1970's. Given recent technological advances and best practices, I continue to see the face of education evolve.
The Children's Center for Communication (CCC), more broadly defines our services to children, families, and the community. This organizational expansion distinguished the broad array of services and supports we offer. Our students may come to us with a diagnosis of Autism, Cerebral Palsy, developmental or physical challenges. Our students may have the commonality of a learning or communication disabilities – but he/she is seen as an individual learner, each with their own strengths and contributions.
Beverly School for the Deaf (BSD) continues to remain a strong academic and language-rich program open to all children, from preschool to high school, with any degree of hearing loss. Our students on campus and in the community are diverse and have individual needs. These needs are supported by various approaches and accommodations including: ASL, oral language, cochlear implants, FM systems, hearing aids, lip-reading, and additional systems, which assist with learning and development. We continue to focus on developing Deaf/HH children to become well rounded academically, socially, vocationally, and in all aspects of their communication and life.
CCCBSD parents entrust us with their child's development during the most important period of his or her life. We hold this responsibility with great humility and consequence knowing that what happens today impacts their child for a lifetime. We are all proud to say we are a part of something special both on our Beverly campus and throughout the state.
I invite you to join me in shaping our website as a resource that will continue to unite, support and empower our students, families, faculty and our community. Get involved through our giving center or volunteering, with our many services, our Alumni networks, ASL classes, or other on-campus events. I welcome your feedback as we enhance our external communication to our school community and beyond.
Students attend CCCBSD at no charge to their families.
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The Many Faces of Prayer
How the Human Family Meets Its Spiritual Needs
by Thomas W. Shepherd
Rev. Dr. Thomas Shepherd takes readers through a cross-cultural study of prayer in world religions. Prayers can be so varied—from spoken confessions to silent reflections—you may wonder if your method is correct, or if you're talking to the right source. Release these thoughts as you engage in Shepherd's thoughtful learning exercises. Inside this book is the prayer practice that's right for you.
Praying to God -- but which one? In his cross-cultural study of world religions, Rev. Dr. Thomas Shepherd uncovered two common themes: the need to make sense of life and the need to live it successfully. This dual quest flows through all cultures and unites us all, not by the answers, but by the questions. Central to the human spiritual journey is prayer. From spoken confessions to symbolic rituals and silent meditation, prayer takes many forms. You may have questioned whether your method is correct, or if you're talking to the right source. With logic and heart, dispel these thoughts as you engage in Shepherd's rich content and insightful learning exercises. Inside this multicultural study is the practice that's right for you.
Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Shepherd is an ordained Unity minister and retired U.S. Army Chaplain who teaches Historical and Theological Studies at Unity Institute and Seminary, Unity Village, Missouri. Although best known for his popular Q&A column "That's a Good Question" in Unity Magazine, "Dr. Tom" (as students call him) has authored several books, including Jesus 2.1: An Upgrade for the 21st Century, Glimpses of Truth, Good Questions, and Friends in High Places. Shepherd served in Vietnam with the U.S. Army as a medical evacuation helicopter pilot, where he was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses, Air Medal, Purple Heart, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. After Vietnam he left the Army, graduated college and seminary, and returned to duty as a military chaplain, completing 20 years' active service in 1988. Shepherd holds a B.S. Ed. from the University of Idaho, Master of Divinity from Lancaster Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City. Dr. Shepherd speaks conversational German, Japanese, and Spanish, and has studied the Greek, Latin, and Vietnamese languages. In addition to Unity, Dr. Tom holds ministerial credentials with the Unitarian Universalist Association and the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches, and worked as Assistant Executive director/Theologian in Residence for the Universal Foundation for Better Living. He served Unity Churches in Georgia, South Carolina, and California before accepting a post on the faculty of Unity Institute in 2005. Dr. Tom received the 2011 Charles Fillmore Award from Unity Worldwide Ministries.
Jesus 2.1 by Thomas W. Shepherd, D.Min.


The most common signs of unbalanced tires are vibration and noise problems. When driving with an out-of-balance wheel, the wheel literally bounces down the road rather than spinning smoothly. This can affect the speed, handling and mileage of your car. Many of today's cars have lightweight suspension systems and are therefore, more sensitive to imbalance than older cars. It is a good idea to have your car's wheels balanced when rotating the tires, about every 10,000 kilometres. It is not uncommon for wheels to lose a wheel weight from time to time; so periodic balancing minimizes the impact of unbalanced wheels on your car.


Discussion in 'Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics' started by Moman, Dec 6, 2009.
My Sendero will be here at the end of the week and I'm trying to figure out what bullets to start my load development with. I have thought about the 210 Bergers, 200 Accubonds, even 208 A-Max. I have heard pros and cons on all of these but it's been hard to sort it all out. I even thought about trying 210 or 220 SMK's thinking they might give similiar performance to the 338 300 grain pill. My goal is to develop an accurate long range hunting round, deer and elk size game. I know a lot of you are using this round for the same type of hunting, can you give me some feedback on what is working for you?
If you dont mind the cost, the GS HV 177's will far out perform anything else in the 30 cal.
I developed loads for the 180 E-Tip, 200 AB, and 210 Berger. I've decided to go with the 180 E-Tips for now becuase they are as accurate as the others and I am getting 3400 fps with them. With that velocity they are very close to the 200's and 210's down range and I've read too many confliciting reports on the AB's and Bergers. A couple of E-Tips I pulled from the dirt were very impressive looking. No worries about terminal performance with them.
Well, Montana beat me to it. I agree the 177 GS is your bullet if they are accurate. I tried the ones you mentioned and got good velocity with good accuracy, but not good terminal performance. The A-max jackets are to thin, Bergers were not much better and the Accubonds were best. So far I have got good performance out of the 200 grain 30 cal accubonds. But on several elk hunts this year I saw the 225 grain 338 accubond completely dissentigrate every time. Last count I think was 7 for 7. Bullet completely spent with nothing but pieces of jacket remaining. That's the reason I am just giving up and hunting with nothing but solid controled expansion bullets like the etip, GS, barnes, etc. A friend borrowed my 300 wsm this year and had perfect terminal performance with the 150 grain etip starting at 3400 fps. Another friend on the caribou hunt shot a caribou at 400 yards with the 208 Amax out of my 300 ultramag at 3250 fps. At least a baseball size exit hole and dead in it's tracks.
I am running the 177 GS HV's this year. I harvested 2 antelope, 2 mule deer, and 1 elk. Ranges from 297 on a mulie to 762 on an antelope. Terminal performance is exceptional. Meat loss is nill. I took autopsy photos, but I have not developed them yet. I will do it this week and post them.
I ran the 180 E-tip last year. I have no complaints about them. I like the GS better for the bc's and the extra velocity. They will simply out run conventional lead core bullets for drop and drift. Plus they are a dedicated hunting bullet.
I have been holding off saying anything because I have not gotten the pics done. I'll get it done soon.
Get the pics! Thanks for posting. Do you have enough of those GS that I could buy a few from you for testing? I am in northern Wyoming and in Billings all the time. Especially since the new Cabelas opened there. Don't know if you are in that part of Montana or not. I know a good thing when I see it. If those bullets have that good a BC and shoot straight, knowing I can push them close to 3500 fps, my big 338's are going to get jealous.
...I took autopsy photos, but I have not developed them yet.
Are you still using one of those old antique cameras?
LTLR, I'll be giving RL17 a try with the 177 GS's in my RUM. I tried it for the 180 E-Tips and it matched the velocoites Retumbo and H1000 were giving me, so my guess is that it will do well with the GS bullets, probably better than Retumbo and H1000 at that pressure velocity ratio.
Thanks guys, so far some good info. Mark, I've read some of your other posts about the E-TIps and G7's. I did find a link to the G-7's and they have some great numbers but the price is pretty substantial, I'll have to wait a while until I give them a try. The E-Tips may hold some promise though, and it looks like they have a decent BC, much better than the Barnes offerings from what I can tell. It would be interesting to see what kind of numbers they would have in a 200 grain pill. I'll follow more of your posts to see how they perform on game for you.
LTLR, I see you've tried most of what would be considered the top offerings with pretty much the same results I have been reading about. What do you guys think though of the heavier SMK's. I know they're not advertised as a hunting bullet but get quite a bit of use in the 338's. Do you guys think there is a comparatable bullet in the 30 cal offering that has the potential to give those types of results?
I have used the 300 SMK in my 338-378 since there inception when Sierra graciously sent me some for testing. I have had good results with those. I think because it is so fat, long and heavy it just blows through stuff. It is the most accurate big game bullet for western hunting across windy canyons and the 338-378 gets the velocity up there over 3000 fps to buck that wind. That is why that is my go to rifle when I am dead serious. When people see me with that set up they pretty much know I am onto a pretty good animal. I have hunted with guys using the 240 SMK out of the big 30's and seen similar results but have not used them myself on game, only on targets. I know others use the lighter SMK's and some smaller caliber ones but I think that would be setting up for disaster on large big game with high velocity magnums. Bottom line though I have seen everything but the monometal quality big game bullets disentigrate in big game animals through the years. So to be 100% sure that is the only way to go. I have had the good fortune to see a lot of stuff shot through the years with guiding and such which gives me quite a bit of data to form an opinion. I started shooting the Etips when they came out because of the greater BC in a monometal bullet. The GS will beat them but look at the price. I am shooting a .469 BC 150 grain Etip in my 300 wsm at 3400 fps. Run the numbers on that and they look pretty good for what I consider a 600 yard rifle that is light and very accurate. I wouldn't shoot beyond 600 with the light 150 but they look mighty good out to there.
I have used the 300 SMK in my 338-378 since there inception when Sierra graciously sent me some for testing. I have had good results with those. I think because it is so fat, long and heavy it just blows through stuff.
At what ranges are the 300 SMK's just blowing through stuff? The phrase " just blows though stuff" does that mean the bullet exits?
Mark, I've read some of your other posts about the E-TIps and G7's. I did find a link to the G-7's and they have some great numbers but the price is pretty substantial, I'll have to wait a while until I give them a try. The E-Tips may hold some promise though, and it looks like they have a decent BC, much better than the Barnes offerings from what I can tell. It would be interesting to see what kind of numbers they would have in a 200 grain pill. I'll follow more of your posts to see how they perform on game for you.
I like the E-Tips and I used to think highly of the TSX's (other than BC) but have been reading a lot of reports of non-expansion pass throughs with those lately. The GMX looks good in some cals, but so far it looks like the heaviest available in the 308 cal is 165.
I talked with Nosler about a year ago, and the 180 E-Tip was as heavy as they planned to make due to stability issues because of the length of bullet needed for a monmetal. Barnes has a 200 gr, but their BC isn't great and the 180 E-Tip leaves way behind. I also like the expansion characteristics of the E-Tip. They have broad jagged petals that open up to form a very square/flat frontal area which causes a great deal of damage.
The GS's are the way to go though. Nothing touches them in any category.
Oh goodness. This all based upon Gerard's advertised BC of that bullet? You're going to get 400 yards more "effective range" with it than you will a 210 Berger? Good luck with that.
Montana, I luv ya man, but the phrase "hook, line and sinker" comes to mind. When you actually try the things at 1500, let us know how far off the drop charts were.
The advertised bc' for the current GS bullets that I have run out have been true. I shot the 177g 308's out to 1000yrds. And the 110g .264's out to 600yrds. I know that it is not 1500yrds. When I ran the older version of the bullet, it did not come close to the advertised bc's.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I have to say 168 BERGER VLD, H-1000 and Fed 215's. Load to max mag length and let the fun begin !