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Future of Shady Cove water board still murky
SHADY COVE — Incumbents in the Shady Cove Water District election were soundly trounced by challengers Tuesday, but whether a new board will take over July 1 remains in question.
Five candidates who ran on a platform of shutting down the district if elected, beat pro-district candidates with 85 percent or more of ballots cast.
But district board members last month — after the candidates had filed — changed the qualifications for serving on the board, effectively disqualifying their opponents from serving.
With the threat of potential court cases worrying some, district manager Jim Collier said he doesn't know whether the incumbent board will try to block the victorious candidates.
"I've called each board member Wednesday morning when I got the paper," said Collier. "I know that the board was anticipating this, but so far we haven't made any plans."
The district was formed in 2002 to develop a water system for the largest city in Oregon without one. It has been mired in conflict for years. Residents voted to dissolve the district in 2005, on a vote of 567-114, but that vote was overturned on appeal, and the district was back in business a year ago in March.
None of the incumbent board members was voted into office except board President Dee Hawkins and her husband, Bob.
(Note: This sentence was corrected) Others received appointments by Collier or his appointees after the 2005 election.
The current board has raised some concern by moving next month's regular meeting to June 30, three weeks later than normal and the day before the new board is scheduled to take over.
"That bylaw change that they put in, in the middle of April," said Roger Hays, winner of Position 2 on the board, "it says they are the ones who will decide who will sit on the board — I think they think they have a lock on keeping their seats."
Position 1 winner Gene Reitz said he thought the margin of victory in Tuesday's election will help get the new board members seated.
"With this high percentage of vote and our platform that said we wanted to dissolve the district, I think the incumbents are going to be hard pressed to try and hold on," Reitz said.
The district angered many residents last year when they began billing a $6 monthly water service fee, even though they were not providing any water.
"I'm happy about the results of this election and the obvious mandate from the people, but it's probably too soon to know how this will work out," said Phillip Keith, winner of Position 3. "Right now we're just waiting for the final results to be certified."
The district posted a notice on its office door Wednesday saying the office would be closed until further notice.
"We're not going to be open to the public," said Collier. "The judge said, among other things, that having an office open wasn't providing a service, so we don't need to do that."
Jackson County Circuit Judge G. Philip Arnold ruled April 29 that the district's monthly water service fee was a tax and therefore illegal under Oregon law. The district had argued it was providing a service by having an office and attempting to find water for the town.
"Once again," said Hays, "I think the people just decided that we might be able to help them. For the second time they've said they want this district dissolved. It's time we finally get rid of it."
Writer Bill Miller lives in Shady Cove. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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There are two celebrations in our family that occur back-to-back in September. My mother's birthday and our anniversary. I had been testing out some new art supplies - Brushos. They are powders that react with water. I spritzed a couple of sheets of watercolor paper with water and then sprinkled the powders on randomly. Then I spritzed some more. I kind of went crazy with the different colors. And so I wound up with two prospective backgrounds for cards.
I used one of them on these two cards. The first is the birthday card for my mom. She loves butterflies and I happened to have an assortment of die cut butterflies waiting in the wing in an assortment of colors that just happened to match the colors in the background. I first used a heart die to cut a heart shape into the the panel. Then I just kept adding butterflies in the open heart.
I saved the heart that I diecut and used it on my anniversary card for HWNSNBP. I die cut leaves out of matching papers, glued them to the card base and then added the heart popped up.
I'm really pleased with the way these came out. I just love the bright colors.
And speaking of bright colors - HWNSNBP sent me this beautiful floral arrangement in a pumpkin. It had some more beautiful sunflowers to match those in the vase that I had picked up over the weekend. The colors of the flowers were very similar to colors of the dresses that our bridesmaids wore 38 years ago. There were 4 of them in fall colors. (And see my new scarecrow boy and girl solar dancers too! The kids love them.)
The theme this week at Our Beautiful World is "Assorted" and I do have an assortment of butterflies, leaves, and flowers - all in beautiful colors to share over there this week. Won't you check out what other "assortments" have been shared from, really, all over the world? Click here.
I'll be back soon to share what I used the second background piece on.

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Hungary Veszprem Veszprém
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Imre Lakat ©, on December 5, 2011, said:
Many thanks dear Pembo !
Thank you, that you like my photos !
You have a nice day !
Best wishes from Hungary , Imre
Many thanks dear Janka !
Köszönöm Tibor !
Üdv , Imre
rober rsr, on December 5, 2011, said:
Szép kép. Robert
E. Rodríguez Prati, on December 7, 2011, said:
Very nice pictoric effect! Like 114!
Göran Sjöstrand, on December 21, 2011, said:
A very nice view and a good shot. Like! Greetings, Göran
Merz_René, on December 26, 2011, said:
Beautiful view and excellent framing: Like-116 + YS-19
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A very fine photo that I really like! LIKE
Isn't it great to be able to see the best photos of the whole world? Thanks for the visit.
kovi53, on January 15, 2012, said:
Szép kompozíció, Imre! Tetszik.
Raul.SG, on January 19, 2012, said:
Me gusta este punto de vista, hasta el humo respeta la claridad y la perspectiva del conjunto
Magnífica toma. Like. Mis mejores deseos. Raul
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Thank you very much for your visit and any kind of photographic colleagues comment.
I'm glad you like the photo of you.
I wish you a nice weekend.
Yours faithfully, Imre Lakat
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Una maravillosa toma ¡Felicitaciones! LIKE
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Mon. Apr 22nd, 2024
The President of the Camden County Republican Club says the organization’s planning to shine some light and find some answers on local issues in 2023…including about the status of casino plans for the Lake Area.
Les Larsen says THAT will be the focus of the club’s January meeting….”There’s a lot of issues with that. Probably a lot of unknowns. Everybody’s heard something about it, but they don’t really know a lot of the details about it. There’s some people that we shouldn’t have any casinos? Some. Well, we can have one. I guess there’s proposals to have two. So what is what’s really going on? So what we want to do is talk specifically about that.”
Larsen says a panel of local experts will speak and anyone who attends can ask questions or voice their opinions…“Well, it’s a real plus for taxes and all those type of things. And then you got to talk about the humanitarian issues and what’s going to happen to the community. I mean, it goes on and on. So there’s always two sides of this. And so we want to just get it out, put it out for people to hear some of the things that are going on with some of the legislation that’s being proposed, and then also for people to ask questions about it. So we’ve got a couple of speakers that are coming who will be open to answering questions. And then depending on how this goes, we may end up having a follow up casino discussion later on in the spring.”
That meeting of the Camden County Republican Club is set for Tuesday January 17th at 7 PM at the Camdenton Christian Church and is open to all members of the public.


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KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ugandan domestic worker Shahira begged her employer in Oman to let her go home, after he sexually harassed her and his wives spat at her and threw soiled nappies and water at her.
But her pleas only triggered further brutality.
“He was holding a knife ... He threw it,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, demonstrating how she ducked to avoid the blade as it flew towards her.
“It cut me here,” said the 23-year-old, who declined to give her real name, pointing to scars on her wrists.
Shahira is one of a growing number of Ugandans returning home from Oman with tales of abuse, such as employers confiscating their passports and phones, denying them food and working long hours without receiving their full salaries.
Uganda banned its nationals in 2016 from working in Oman.
But a parliamentary report documenting the deaths of 48 Ugandans in the Middle East since January - 34 by committing suicide - shows the ban is being flouted, sparking calls for more effective action.
“We’ve never seen a big number like this committing suicide,” David Abala, one of the parliamentarians who produced the report, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
“Suicide means you have been going through a very difficult time. Life has not been bearable, the only hope is to die.”
Labour minister Janat Mukwaya rejected the figure and said only five people had died, according to local media reports.
Oman’s foreign ministry was not immediately available for comment.
‘YOU’RE MY SLAVE’
Shahira’s experience illustrates the challenge of cracking down on international trafficking networks in Uganda, as increasing numbers of people are migrating to find employment.
Some 80,000 Ugandans work in the Middle East, according to the Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies, an umbrella body of licensed firms.
As Asia has increased domestic worker protections and salary requirements, recruiters are turning to East Africa, where rules are weaker and people will accept less pay, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
Shahira was recruited through a friend of her uncle, who introduced her to four men in an office in downtown Kampala.
They promised her a job in a restaurant in Oman, earning 1 million Uganda shillings ($275) a month. She believed the company was legitimate after they showed her some certificates and only realized she had been duped when she reached Oman.
Shahira said she slept on a tiny mattress on the floor and got up at 4am each day to work in two different wives’ houses.
Her skin peeled off from laying down paving stones in the searing heat, she said, and her employer threw a bucket of used sanitary pads and nappies at her when she complained.
Even the grandchildren, aged four and nine, were abusive.
“When you’re sleeping they would throw things at you and pour water on your body,” she said.
When Shahira asked her employer to release her before the end of the two-year contract she was forced to sign on arrival in Oman, he said she would have to refund him for her visa and fees paid to the recruitment agency.
“(He said:) ‘I gave them their money, they sold you to me. You’re my slave, you’re going to work here as my slave’,” she said, from her family home in a Kampala slum where she has lived since she was repatriated in July.
“I felt like: ‘I am going to die here’... I suffered so much,” she said, adding that her employer confiscated her phone so her family did not know where she was.
About half of Oman’s population of 4 million people are foreigners, with more than 100,000 migrant women working as domestics, mostly from Asian countries like Indonesia, the Philippines and India.
Visa-sponsorship rules in Oman, known as the kafala system - used in several Gulf Arab countries - mean migrant workers cannot change jobs without their employer’s consent and can be charged with absconding if they flee.
Campaigners want Uganda to follow Asia’s example and sign agreements with Gulf states, which would supercede existing labor laws, to better protect its nationals from exploitation.
“It should require the government to provide assistance to workers when they are facing abusive situations (and) ensure that there’s good oversight of recruitment agencies before they leave,” said HRW’s Rothna Begum, a women’s rights researcher.
Migrants should get information about their job and their contractual rights before they get on the plane, she said.
Labour ministry official Milton Turyasima said Uganda has drafted agreements with several Gulf countries.
“We wanted to start negotiations but we have not,” he said.
“We’ve been trying to engage them.”
Shahira was only able to return home after her employer’s daughter persuaded him to release her.
Although she needs medical treatment for back and chest injuries from working in Oman, she is looking for another job.
“I’m just praying so much that I get something good that I can do. Maybe a chance to go abroad - but not to the Middle East,” she said.
($1 = 3,630.0000 Ugandan shillings)

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In summary - recognizing a real skateboard isn’t rocket science, but it does take some amount of brand awareness and ultimately even trial and error. We tried to take the guesswork out of it by starting SkateXS and openly sharing and celebrating each and every component we use to build our skateboards. Hopefully we have been able to share the values and priorities we put into those design decisions.
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Moose boards are very solid in all categories. They are low priced, available in a variety of different shapes and sizes, and have been around for a while so they’ve built up a reputable brand name. You won’t go wrong buying a pack of Moose blanks if you’re the type of guy that goes through decks quickly or is looking to resell them at your local skatepark.
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Below are the most frequently asked questions of our guests and visitors of rafting on Tara and other tours, to which we provide answers.
For any additional questions, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org or by phone +38267017419 (Viber / WhatsApp).
What is the exact location of Rafting Camp Modra Rijeka?
Do we carry a passport for rafting?
No, you can leave all documents in your car, room or at the reception of our Camp. When going rafting, you do not formally cross the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, so you do not need documents on the river. The Tara River represents the natural border between Montenegro and Bosnia.
What to wear for a rafting adventure and what to take with you?
Just a swimsuit and a good mood! Camera/phone for making the most beautiful photos/records during the adventure!
Are children allowed to go rafting?
Of course, children are our favorite guests and they truly enjoy the most phenomenal rafting in Montenegro. In May and the first half of June, children do not go rafting, because the water level of the river is high, but during the summer months, it is the children who enjoy the most. All children of school age can enjoy rafting ☺
Can we bring our own drinks and play our own music in the Camp?
Any bringing of your own drinks into the Camp is prohibited and will be sanctioned. There is a restaurant in the camp with a wide range of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, hot drinks, etc., at extremely reasonable and fair prices. Therefore, any bringing of drinks into the Camp and camp facilities is prohibited and will not be tolerated.
Also, within the Camp there is a wonderful restaurant with the most beautiful terrace in the area above the river, where you can socialize, enjoy, listen to music and spend time. Live music is often organized on weekends. However, playing music in facilities intended for accommodation and sleeping is prohibited, bearing in mind that this disturbs the peace and rest of the other guests. Please respect the house rules, and we guarantee that we will find the best way to enable you to enjoy your stay with us the way you imagined it.
Do you offer transportation to the rafting camp?
There is the possibility of organizing transportation for larger groups! Contact us via e-mail, Viber, or WhatsApp, and we will arrange the arrangement according to your wishes.
Do you offer other tours?
Are non-swimmers allowed to go rafting?
OF COURSE! With all the professional equipment that is mandatory for rafting, as well as our licensed professional skippers, even non-swimmers can completely surrender to the charms of nature and enjoy an unforgettable rafting adventure!

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TAXATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that there is a great need for Hawaii to develop and support manufacturing in the State. At the same time, there is a great demand outside the State for products that are made in Hawaii.
The purpose of this Act is to promote manufacturing in Hawaii by establishing a temporary income tax credit for taxpayers who incur expenses for manufacturing products in Hawaii.
SECTION 2. Chapter 235, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§235- Manufacturing tax credit. (a) There shall be allowed to each taxpayer subject to the tax imposed by this chapter, an income tax credit, which shall be deductible from the taxpayer's net income tax liability, if any, imposed by this chapter for the taxable year in which the credit is properly claimed.
(b) The amount of the credit shall be per cent of the qualified manufacturing costs incurred during the taxable year; provided that the total credit claimed per taxpayer shall not exceed $ .
In the case of a partnership, S corporation, estate, or trust, the tax credit allowable is for qualified manufacturing costs incurred by the entity for the taxable year. The cost upon which the tax credit is computed shall be determined at the entity level. Distribution and share of credit shall be determined by section 704 of the Internal Revenue Code.
If a deduction is taken under section 179 (with respect to election to expense certain depreciable business assets) of the Internal Revenue Code, no tax credit shall be allowed for those costs for which the deduction is taken.
The basis of eligible property for depreciation or accelerated cost recovery system purposes for state income taxes shall be reduced by the amount of credit allowable and claimed.
(c) If the tax credit under this section exceeds the taxpayer's income tax liability, the excess of the tax credit over liability may be used as a credit against the taxpayer's income tax liability in subsequent years until exhausted. Every claim, including amended claims, for a tax credit under this section shall be filed on or before the end of the twelfth month following the close of the taxable year for which the credit may be claimed. Failure to comply with the foregoing provision shall constitute a waiver of the right to claim the credit.
(d) The director of taxation:
(1) Shall prepare any forms that may be necessary to claim a credit under this section;
(2) May require the taxpayer to furnish information to ascertain the validity of the claim for credit made under this section; and
(3) May adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to effectuate the purposes of this section.
(e) The department of business, economic development, and tourism shall:
(1) Maintain records of the total amount of qualified manufacturing costs for each taxpayer claiming a credit;
(2) Verify the amount of the qualified manufacturing costs claimed;
(3) Total all qualified manufacturing costs claimed; and
(4) Certify the total amount of the tax credit for each taxable year.
Upon each determination, the department of business, economic development, and tourism shall issue a certificate to the taxpayer verifying the qualified manufacturing costs and the credit amount certified for each taxable year.
The taxpayer shall file the certificate with the taxpayer's tax return with the department of taxation. Notwithstanding the department of business, economic development, and tourism's certification authority under this section, the director of taxation may audit and adjust certification to conform to the facts.
(f) As used in this section:
"Net income tax liability" means income tax liability reduced by all other credits allowed under this chapter.
"Qualified manufacturing costs" means expenditures for:
(1) Costs incurred to purchase equipment to be used by the taxpayer in manufacturing tangible personal property in the State and which is placed in service within one year after the date of purchase; provided that the credit under this section has not been previously claimed by any taxpayer in the State on the equipment; and
(2) Costs incurred to train employees to manufacture tangible personal property in the State;
provided that "qualified manufacturing costs" does not include any costs related to the production of electricity or for which another credit is claimed under this chapter."
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 for certification of claims for the tax credit established by this Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050; provided that:
(1) Section 2 shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014;
(2) Section 3 shall take effect on July 1, 2015; and
(3) This Act shall be repealed on January 1, 2023.
Manufacturing Tax Credit; Appropriation
Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who incur certain expenses for manufacturing products in Hawaii. Appropriates funds for DBEDT to certify claims for the tax credit. Effective 7/1/2050. Repeals 1/1/2023. (SD2)
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.


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There's more to this band than a clever play on words. A Simple Complex has forged a distinct heavy sound that makes them "Heavy enough for the mosh pit... Rock enough for the radio."
The band was nominated by the New England Music Awards committee (made up of Program Directors, DJs, Music Writers, etc) for Best NH Band in 2012. Their debut album Undo the Damage delivered in its promise to "bring back the days of heavy-laden guitar riffs and thought-inspiring lyrics." (source: Hippo Press) Their latest release, Fill The Void, made the top 40 on eight charts at Amazon MP3, topping 2 of them.
A Simple Complex has been featured on 27 FM stations across America as well as several internet radio stations and podcasts including Keith and the Girl, and has shared stages with national touring acts Korn, Shinedown, Puddle Of Mudd, Sevendust, Drowning Pool, Nonpoint, Halestorm, Candlebox, 10 Years, Chevelle, Taproot, Ra, Powerman 5000, Prong, and several more, in addition to local New England heavyweights Dead Season, Prospect Hill, Craving Lucy, Vegas Temper and many others.


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Key Findings from the State of Tasmania’s Industry Report
TasWater released the State of the Industry Report 2020-21 for the state water and sewer industry.
The independent report provided insight and highlighted key priorities for the state’s water and sanitation sector, as well as the company’s overall improvement in performance despite the impacts of COVID-19.
TasWater CEO George Theo said the highlights of the State of the Industry Report include 100% microbiological compliance of their drinking water for the third consecutive year and improved compliance of treated wastewater.
“During the 2020-2021 period, no water systems operated under a long-term boil alert or a do not drink advisory,” Mr. Theo said.
“We are proud of this because just four years ago there were 25 permanent public health alerts across Tasmania. These were removed through the 24glasses Regional Towns Water Program and we still see these great benefits statewide today.
“During the same reporting period, we also achieved over 90% compliance with water discharge limits for the third consecutive year.”
The report also noted that there had been a price freeze during the 2020-21 period, to support customers through the impacts of COVID-19.
“The economic regulator has also highlighted areas where we still have work to do, for example, unaccounted for water remains an issue,” Mr Theo said.
“We are investing more in renewing our infrastructure such as water mains and pipelines across the state, including the recently completed 1.3 km Fenton Lake pipeline in New Norfolk delivered by the Capital Delivery Office ( CDO) of TasWater.
“We have also implemented active leak management, with technology that listens for leaks that may not be visible.
“Overall, the results of the report are satisfactory, although we recognize that much remains to be done and we are committed to improving services to our communities.


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Amid its own nationwide lockdown, India has launched a major push to lure wind and solar manufacturers from China, claiming “many companies” are looking to move operations away from the latter in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) said it was taking action “in a big way” to encourage new renewable energy hubs in various states and ports across India, able to serve its own domestic market and export abroad.
MNRE secretary Anand Kumar held meetings with manufacturers over potential investments last week, with trade commissioners targeting the US and other nations to encourage inwards investment, said a statement from the ministry.
“In a time when many companies are planning to shift their manufacturing base from China, it is opportune time for India to bring policy changes for facilitating and catalysing manufacturing,” the statement said. Initiatives include reduced borrowing costs and project-specific funding linked to local manufacturing.
With its 10GW wind manufacturing base, India was identified as a potential backup for the supply chain early in the global Covid-19 pandemic, when Chinese production was a standstill and with it one of the world’s key production hubs. Siemens Gamesa said in mid-February “ it had started to develop India as a global hub to reduce our dependency from China”.
While fairly self-sufficient in wind, India is heavily reliant on China for solar supplies, importing about 85% of the cells and modules used.
MNRE cited a wish-list of suppliers including “silicon ingots & wafers, solar cells & modules, wind equipment and ancillary items like back sheet, glass, steel frames, inverters, batteries etc”.
However, since February the focus of coronavirus-related supply chain issues has shifted decisively beyond China, where renewables-related manufacturing activity is returning to normal.
India by contrast is like other markets in the midst of a government lockdown that has brought production to a virtual halt, with global giants including Siemens Gamesa, Vestas and LM Wind Power having to idle factories.
Analysts at Wood Mackenzie said earlier in April that one-fifth of India’s wind and solar installations could be delayed this year because of the lockdown.
The country has also suffered high-profile challenges in its development sector as it chases ambitious renewable energy installation goals, with issues including land availability, undersubscribed auctions and financially-fragile state offtakers.


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Every city has a sound, and the city of Boston is no exception! Groups like Aerosmith and Godsmack got their start on the gritty streets of Boston back in the day, and would go on to gain national and international fame. But for every big name out there, there are scores of dedicated bands and musicians still working the bars and clubs and grinding away on the local scene.
Enter WaveRadio Boston, an internet based radio station dedicated to bringing music to the public that ordinarily gets overlooked by conventional FM radio stations. Started back in 2017 by friends Pete Hudson and John Anthony, WaveRadio Boston has grown from a small one-room operation with a staff of two to a team of DJs and announcers working out of a state-of-the-art broadcast studio that would rival any employed by major FM stations of the day.
“We like to set ourselves apart from the rest of the crowd out there,” says station co-founder and manager Pete Hudson. “We wanted to bring something different to the people, show them that there’s still good music out there.” The station whose motto is “Say F.U. to F.M.” plays a steady stream of local and independent alternative rock, blues and jazz. Some of the music is kind of a throwback to the days of vinyl and cassettes, classics from the 80s and 90s, but much of the music played on WaveRadio Boston is new music created by up and coming artists from the Boston area and beyond.
“A lot of bands like to call in and talk to our DJs about the music they release,” says Hudson, stating that the inability for bands to tour over the past year has made a station like WaveRadio Boston especially invaluable for music fans and the music industry alike. “It really makes the fans feel like they are connected to their favorite bands when they tune in and hear them on the air with us. It’s a great way for independent artists to stay connected to their fanbase.”
The station regularly encourages independent. unsigned bands and musicians to send their original music to the station for consideration by emailing them at .">. They also encourage listeners to “share the air” with them, offering up slots for would-be DJs who want to start their own show, prompting them to get in touch by emailing them at .
“That’s how I ended up with a show,” says veteran DJ Big Ben Hillman, who hosts a weekly funk and soul show on the station. “I hadn’t done radio in over ten years, but when I heard what they were doing at WaveRadio Boston, I knew I just had to be a part of it. It’s really something special.”
Some of the other programming heard on WaveRadio Boston includes slots hosted by area musicians Eddy Dyer and Hal Holiday, a Sunday morning jazz spot, and a Thursday evening show called “The First Wave” hosted by station founders Pete Hudson and John Anthony, a show that frequently hosts live in-studio performances.
WaveRadio Boston can be heard twenty four hours a day, seven days a week by logging onto www.waveradioboston.com. You can also find news, show schedules and on-demand podcast replays of all the great shows on the station. Join the real radio revolution and say “F.U. to F.M.” with WaveRadio Boston!
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The forward-looking approach adopted in the budget towards this sector has been in alignment with the government’s goals of promoting Aatmanirbhar Bharat and moving firmly towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, shares Saket Mehra in this insightful article in Financial Express.
"The April performance showed that the industry has shaken off the temporary dampening effect caused by demonetisation. I see the growth momentum picking up further as we move forward in the new financial year. The GST (goods and services tax) will improve efficiencies. This coupled with rapid infrastructure development should help the passenger vehicles industry post healthy double-digit growth numbers in FY18."
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And that\'s where Almost Sex comes in.
In the tradition of Technical Virgin, this book speaks frankly to guys about the common misconceptions even Christian youths have about sexual loopholes that allow them to experience sexual activity without marriage. Michael DiMarco pulls no punches as he confronts guys with the choice between what the world calls acceptable and what God requires of his followers.
Organized in such a way that youth groups can study both Almost Sex and Technical Virgin at the same time, this new book helps young men cope with all aspects of sexuality, including the difference between flirting and foreplay, what girls want from guys, emotional virginity, friends with benefits, and much more.
Michael DiMarco is the CEO of Hungry Planet, a company that creates cutting-edge books that connect with the multitasking mindset. Michael has also held positions as a Chief Marketing & Creative Strategist for Teen Mania, a university volleyball coach, a morning show DJ, and the host of a humor/advice radio program called Babble of the Sexes. Michael has cowritten a number of books on relationships including Marriable, The Art of Rejection, The Art of the First Date, and most recently the teen dating book B4UD8 with his wife Hayley.Hayley DiMarco is chief creative officer and founder of Hungry Planet, where she writes, cowrites, or edits all of the company's content for teens and former teens. She has written or cowritten numerous bestselling and award winning books, including Dateable, Mean Girls, Sexy Girls, Technical Virgin, and B4UD8.Michael and Hayley live in Nashville, Tennessee, with their daughter.
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On the blog post, the Tech Giant mentioned that they want every Android device to have a great messaging experience and they have been working closely with mobile industry to upgrade SMS so that its users around the globe can enjoy the services like group chats, read receipts or shirring high-resolution photos like WhatsApp.
Hangouts, which is the consumer messaging app you may have adopted years ago and is attached to your Google account, is going to die at some point down the road.
"We built Google Allo, a smart messaging app, to help you get more done in your chats and express yourself more easily", Google vice president Matt Klainer explains.
As for Hangouts, the venerable chat app that launched with Google+, the company basically confirmed it would go away at some point last week, with users being "upgraded" to the Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet services now available for businesses. After ending its life entirely, the company will focus its energy on building Messages, the RCS-capable app that adds modern functionality to SMS on Android - kinda like Apple's iMessage.
"Given Messages' continued momentum, we've made a decision to stop supporting Allo to focus on Messages". In January, for example, Google's Allo lead Amit Fulay jumped ship to Facebook. The service is shutting down in March 2019, giving people time to export their conversation histories. He admitted then that "The product as a whole has not achieved the level of traction that we'd hoped for", though Google would keep supporting the app. Should Google decide to change Hangouts' fate, Hangouts users should be able to make use of Hangouts Chat.
Meanwhile, Google will focus on Messages. According to 9to5Google, we can soon expect Google to announce the beginning of the end for the company's short-lived chat app.


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Janet Roach was born on the 16th August 1958 in Queensland, Australia, and is a reality television personality, who is probably best recognized for being a member of the cast in the hit reality TV series “The Real Housewives Of Melbourne”, on the Bravo channel. Besides that, she is also known for being a property developer and businesswoman.
So, have you ever wondered how rich Janet Roach is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Janet’s net worth is over $25 million; she has been accumulating this sum of money through her successful involvement in the business industry as a property developer, and entrepreneur. Another source is coming from her involvement in the entertainment industry as a part of a reality TV show.
Janet Roach Net Worth $25 Million
Speaking about Janet Roach’s early life and education, she has revealed nothing about that period of her life, even on TV.
And, speaking about her career, before Janet became a cast member of “The Real Housewives Of Melbourne”, Janet was involved in the property development industry in Australia, which over the years has seen her net worth increase by a large margin, thanks to her successful career. She has been recognized for several projects on her own, including the massive over-55 lifestyle village in Mildura, Victoria Australia. Also, she has been a regular at numerous auctions, and has launched her own business enterprise “Raw Essentials”, which is a medicinal tea, contributing to her net worth further.
However, Janet’s life changed twice for very different reasons, one happening in 2014, when because of her remarkable success, she was selected to become a cast member of the highly popular Bravo reality TV series “The Real Housewives Of Melbourne” (2014), which certainly increased her net worth by a large margin, but also boosted her popularity. The series follows the professional and personal lives of several successful women, and from its debut drew an Australian audience estimated to have been the comparative largest of any of the franchise. Janet has been a member of the main cast in all three series to 2016,
However, Janet has suffered from post-traumatic stress, after her son was seriously burnt in an accident in 2011, which has obviously effected her professional life. Fortunately the son has recovered well.
If to talk about the rest of her less-than-private personal life, Janet Roach was married twice – her first husband is the owner of the famous Chasers Nightclub, and they are the parents of two sons. Her second husband she divorced after he was unfaithful. At present she appears happy, apparently assited by cosmetic surgery of which she says she is ‘very proud’. Janet has established a charitable foundation with er family, which helps people in the treatment of burns.
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Camellias and azaleas are subject to a disease that occurs in the spring on new growth. If you grow these in your landscape, you might notice some unusual-looking foliage. Light green to pink, fleshy leaves are the symptom of a disease caused by a fungus called camellia leaf gall and a related species that causes azalea leaf gall. As the disease progresses and begins to produce spores, the lower leaf surface dries and peels back to reveal the white masses of spores. Eventually, the leaves will be dry, brown, and leathery and still hang in the plant. Secondary infections do not happen in the same year but can occur the following spring from spores surviving on the plant. The fall-blooming Camellia sasanqua is more susceptible to this disease than the Camellia japonica species.
As ugly as this disease appears, little damage is done to the plants, and it is never life-threatening. The best control is to hand-pick the galls before spores are produced. Put the galls in a bag and throw them away. Fungicides are not usually practical for controlling this disease. For more information, see HGIC, Camellia Leaf Gall video; HGIC 2053, Camellia Diseases and Insect Pests; and HGIC 2050, Azalea and Rhododendron Diseases.

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For us at TechnoAlpin, protection of the environment is important. We have always strived to prevent or reduce to a minimum the production of waste in the production departments and in the warehouse, using and reusing ecological packaging as often as we could. This is not always possible, however, and so we decided to turn to a qualified and competent partner like Lamafer so that it could enhance to the utmost what for us was just scrap but for others could be a resource. Lamafer doesn’t just help us eliminate a ‘problem’, it also helps increase our expertise in this sector by providing us advice and service tailored to our needs.
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Holidays at Sunshine Cathedral
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Annual Teddy Bear Drive
Friday, November 26 - December 19 | 10am - 6:00pm
Pride Center at Equality Park (map)
Now in our 7th year of giving teddy bears to give to the children's hospital.
World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil
Wednesday, December 1 | 7:00pm
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The City of Wilton Manors will join Broward House and the Pride Center at Equality Park to host the World AIDS Day Vigil and Remembrance Walk in honor of the 27th World Aids Day. We invite our friends and neighbors to join the GMCSF as they sing at this annual event which pays tribute to those who have lost their lives to AIDS.
Wilton Manors Holiday Lighting Ceremony
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Kick-off the holiday season with this free family event featuring stories and musical performances representing a wide array of cultures, along with the lighting of the holiday Menorah, Kinara, and Christmas Tree. There will be musical performances by the GMCSF, local artists, vendors, and lots of holiday cheer.
South Beach Jazz Festival
Saturday, January 8 | 4:30-6pm
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The South Beach Jazz Festival takes place in multiple venues throughout South Beach over three days in January. The mission of disability awareness is projected through a festival that takes pride in presenting world-renowned musicians who have disabilities from the entire spectrum of jazz, including traditional, contemporary, and Latin American cutting edge acts.
Panthers Pride Night
Friday, March tbd | 7:00pm
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It's game day! Come out and support GMCSF when they are singing the National Anthem!
Florida AIDS Walk & Music Festival
Sunday, April 24 | 7:00pm
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The Florida AIDS Walk & Music Festival is a great way to give back to your community. Come together for a 5K walk and an epic concert! There will be a breathtaking performance from the GMCSF.
Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wednesday, April 27 | 7:00pm
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The Shoah is a memorial day for those who died, also known as the Holocaust, from a Greek word meaning "sacrifice by fire." GMCSF will sing to help ease the pain of this day.


The developer MyOffice has released a “free alternative” to Arial, Times New Roman and other fonts.
New Cloud Technologies has published a set of XO Fonts on its website. They are designed as an alternative to commercial fonts, vc.ru told the company.
The set consists of nine standard fonts and 24 styles. According to company representatives, the use of XO Fonts will replace common Microsoft and Monotype fonts on any platform – Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Tizen, Linux – without breaking the structure of documents.
“New cloud technologies” plan to replace with XO Fonts the most popular fonts among government departments and large companies: Arial, Times New Roman, Calibri, Courier New, Tahoma and others. There are no specific agreements now, but the XO Fonts are installed in the MyOffice products, which are used by the Ministry of Communications and other departments, company representatives explained in a conversation with vc.ru.
They noted that they opened access to fonts “not so much for the state as for other developers so that they can use them without problems with licenses” for fonts of other companies.
All the fonts we developed are cyrillic. In addition, we include in them the symbols of the republics of the Russian Federation and the CIS countries. We decided to share our development with the community and we hope that this will contribute to the development of flexibility in the use of fonts in Russia and abroad.
A set of fonts was developed with the support of type designer Vladimir Chufarovsky and the Moscow studio Head Letter. In the future, “New Cloud Technologies” plans to translate the license into English and put the kit on GitHub and the Open font library (Linux foundation).
In early December 2016, the NPO RusBITech company, which is developing an operating system for government agencies Astra Linux, announced that the American Monotype Imaging, due to anti-Russian sanctions, banned the use of its popular fonts Times New Roman, Arial, Courier New, Tahoma in the Russian OS and Verdana.


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The Ultimate Guide to Making Canned Refried Beans Better
If you’ve ever cracked open a can of refried beans, you know the disappointment of lackluster texture and flavor. But fear not! With a few simple additions and techniques, you can transform canned refried beans into a delicious and satisfying side dish or ingredient. In this article, we’ll explore six ways to make canned refried beans better. Get ready to experiment with herbs, spices, and toppings for a delicious final product!
Method 1: Sautéed Onions and Garlic
One of the simplest and most effective ways to enhance the flavor of canned refried beans is by sautéing onions and garlic. These aromatics add depth and complexity to the finished dish.
To begin, finely chop one small onion and 2-3 garlic cloves. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a pan over medium heat, and add the onions and garlic. Sauté until the onions are translucent and soft, about 5 minutes.
Next, add the canned refried beans to the pan and stir to incorporate the onions and garlic. Cook for an additional 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the beans are heated through and the flavors have melded together.
Tips: You can experiment with different types of onions, such as red or green onions, for additional flavor. For a smoky twist, add a teaspoon of smoked paprika to the pan while sautéing the onions and garlic.
Method 2: Shredded Cheese
Adding shredded cheese to canned refried beans is a great way to create a creamier texture and add a touch of richness to the dish. You can use any type of cheese you prefer, such as cheddar, Monterey jack, or a blend.
To add cheese to your refried beans, simply sprinkle a handful of shredded cheese over the beans while they cook. Use a spoon or spatula to stir the cheese into the beans until it is melted and incorporated throughout.
Tips: For an extra indulgent twist, try adding a dollop of cream cheese or sour cream to the beans along with the shredded cheese. This will create an even richer texture.
Method 3: Salsa
If you’re looking to add some spice and acidity to your refried beans, try adding a scoop of salsa. This will contribute depth of flavor and a tangy kick to the dish.
To add salsa to your canned refried beans, simply spoon a few tablespoons of your favorite store-bought or homemade salsa into the pan with the beans. Stir to incorporate and heat through for a few minutes.
Tips: You can experiment with different varieties of salsa, such as mild, medium, or hot. If you’re in a pinch, you can also use jarred salsa or pico de gallo.
Method 4: Diced Jalapeños
If you’re a fan of spicy food, adding diced jalapeños to your refried beans is a fantastic way to add some extra heat to the dish. The jalapeños can be fresh or canned, depending on your preference.
To add jalapeños to your canned refried beans, simply chop up 1-2 jalapeños and add them to the pan along with the beans. Stir to incorporate and cook for a few minutes until heated through.
Tips: Be sure to wear gloves when chopping fresh jalapeños, as the oils can irritate your skin. If you prefer a milder heat, remove the seeds and membranes from the jalapeños before chopping.
Method 5: Fresh Herbs
Topping your refried beans with fresh herbs is a great way to add freshness and color to the finished dish. Cilantro and green onions are both excellent choices, but you can experiment with any herbs you prefer.
To add fresh herbs to your canned refried beans, simply chop up a handful of herbs and sprinkle them over the top of the beans once they’re heated through.
Tips: If you’re not a fan of cilantro, try using parsley or basil instead. You can also add a squeeze of fresh lime juice to brighten up the flavors.
Method 6: Queso Fresco or Cotija Cheese
For a delicious finishing touch to your canned refried beans, try sprinkling crumbled queso fresco or cotija cheese on top. These salty, crumbly cheeses add a burst of flavor to the dish.
To add cheese to your refried beans, simply sprinkle a small handful of crumbled cheese over the top of the beans once they’re heated through.
Tips: You can usually find queso fresco and cotija cheese at most grocery stores. You can also try using feta cheese as a substitute if you can’t find the other varieties.
By using these six methods, you can easily transform canned refried beans into a delicious and satisfying side dish or ingredient. Whether you’re sautéing onions and garlic, adding shredded cheese, or topping with fresh herbs, there are endless possibilities for enhancing the beans.

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The Lancet Commission on Obesity
Dr. Dietz is co-chair of the Lancet Commission on Obesity. In 2019, The Lancet released the Commission’s seminal report, The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition and Climate Change. The report is the first to critically link obesity to a broader context that includes the pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. The linkages between these three pandemics suggests double- or triple-duty actions that address the major systems of food and agriculture, transport, urban design and land use that drive the Global Syndemic.


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While there are the obvious tourist highlights to visit - Sumburgh Head, Jarlsholf, Scalloway Castle - it would be disappointing for visitors to miss out on some of the more niche, little-known attractions.
But here is a guide to some of the best:
At one time Fethaland, the most northerly point of the Shetland mainland, was the busiest fishing station in the islands with a summer population of 400 fishermen operating in 60 boats, known as “Sixareens” as they carried a crew of six oarsmen. They lived in drystone huts (the remains of which can still be seen) with wood and turf roofs which were removed at the end of the season, the whole boat’s crew living together in one hut. The boats would venture 50 miles out to the edge of the continental shelf, looking for cod & ling that would be brought back to be split, dried and salted.
The area was settled from prehistoric times, the 1m high walls of a large house situated on the lowest part of the peninsula, with cells within the walls. Vikings also mined a soapstone quarry nearby.
Ness of Burgi
An Iron Age stone blockhouse or promontory fort, built on a narrow peninsular with the sea on three sides and a defensive system of wall and two ditches on the land-side, giving amazing views including across to Sumburgh Head lighthouse. You are able to enter through a low entrance to the gatehouse area and the three surviving cells. Very atmospheric, especially with a strong wind coming from the south & whipping the waves up, it’s easy to imagine yourself transported back over 2,000 years to the fort’s heyday! A little effort is needed to get there, including clinging to a chain rail at one point, but well worth it.
Stanes of Stofast
The Stanes (stones) sit above the east cliffs of the stunning Lunna Ness peninsular. Originally a 2,000 tonne boulder, lifted by the massive power of an ice-age glacier (probably from Norway), and dumped where it now sits before being split in two by frost action. The rocks have been weathered over the years into curious shapes and have even been identified in Shetland folklore as Trowes (Trolls) who were caught out at daybreak and turned to stone!
The “temple” is estimated to be possibly as much as 4,500 years old, so perhaps the oldest surviving structure in Shetland. Built of massive stones with a large oval central room approximately 10m x 14m, with six recesses or alcoves off it, it was called a temple as it resembles similar structures found in Malta which were identified as such. It is in any case too large to be a single dwelling, and post-holes point to the previous existence of a great timber roof. There are also two ruined houses, built slightly later, nearby.
St Ninian’s Isle
St Ninian’s is one of the finest sand tombolos in Europe, and it is the largest active tombolo in the UK.
The chapel on St Ninian’s Isle is famous for the “treasure” found in the late 1950s - 28 Pictish silver objects and the jaw bone of a porpoise which were buried under a cross-marked slab close to the altar.
The chapel which is visible is not the earliest chapel on the site. There are traces of a wall beneath it. The dedication to Ninian is thought to be late and not contemporary with the founding of the chapel.
Haltadans Stone Circle
On the beautiful island of Fetlar, known as “the garden of Shetland”, is the Neolithic Haltadans stone circle consisting originally of 38 outer stones (22 are still fixed), an earthen inner ring and two rectangular stones in the middle. Local legend has it that the outer stones were trowes (trolls) dancing to the music of a fiddler and his wife (the two central stones), the whole group of them being so carried away that they failed to notice the rising sun and were turned to stone as dawn broke.


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Elsie D. Hamby Living Room, 2017-08-25 10:47:54. Attempt to choose what you are interested in getting the room to feel like. If you don’t have the room in your house to begin hauling in sectional couches and outdoor dining tables, it’s ideal to clean and put away the accessories and after that cover the frames. Accessibility If you’re planning to entertain often in your dining space, it ought to be accessible to a bathroom and other gathering areas like a living room or house theatre. Besides a table and chairs, a dining room has rather little furniture requirements. If you intend to have a new dining room constructed for your house, it’s smart to have a fundamental comprehension of the design choices available to you.
Elsie D. Hamby Living Room, 2017-08-23 11:20:55. All rooms have various shapes and sizes, and one common problem that’s faced while you’re brainstorming layout ideas is when you are in possession of a lengthy living room. You want something which will liven this up, that is likely to make the room a place in which you WANT to devote time. So this room ought to be comfortable and it needs to have a warm and cozy atmosphere. In any case, it may be used to visually quieten a room, and it’s also functions as a connector that joins two spaces together. To avoid all these problems, it’s ideal to demarcate a room that is especially employed for playing. It’s the very first room that guests visit, so it’s obvious that decorating it ought to be taken seriously.
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For Immediate Release
June 02, 2008
Local Contact: Paul B. Stull
Arizona State Credit Union
Telephone (602) 467-4062
Arizona State Credit Union Donates Four Month Water Supply to Homeless Shelter
More Than 32,400 Bottles of Water Ready for Delivery
Phoenix, Ariz. - Arizona State Credit Union donated more than 1,350 cases of bottled water and cash contributions of more than $1,800 to the Phoenix Rescue Mission. The total donation will be enough water to support the needs of Phoenix Rescue Mission for at least four months.
The water drive began three weeks ago building team work and camaraderie within the Credit Union corporate headquarters located in North Phoenix. In the interest of good old fashioned fun, associates lined up in the hot afternoon to donate $5, or a case of water, for the chance to sink their favorite executive into a dunk tank.
Departmental teams competed against each other to build excitement about the cause, with the Credit Union's initial goal to raise 500 cases of water. The lobby's capacity was exceeded as cases of water continued to be donated, creating an ever growing "Pyramid of Life" at the Credit Union. The winning team brought in 450 cases alone.
"It was outstanding to see our associates get so involved in this water drive, directly impacting the community," said David E. Doss, President and CEO of Arizona State Credit Union. "We are excited to be a part of this important cause, helping the homeless get through the summer."
Phoenix Rescue Mission's top priority is to provide heat relief to homeless people throughout the Valley. With the temperatures in triple digits, those living on the streets are at high risk for dehydration and other heat-related exposure. The Credit Union selected the Phoenix Rescue Mission in order to provide immediate assistance to those in need.
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Steelheart – Steelheart (1990, MCA Records)
1. “Love Ain’t Easy” … 3:41
2. “Can’t Stop Me Lovin’ You” … 5:06
3. “Like Never Before” … 4:45
4. “I’ll Never Let You Go” … 6:21
5 .”Everybody Loves Eileen” … 6:20
6. “Sheila” … 7:40
7. “Gimme Gimme” … 5:23
8. “Rock’N Roll (I Just Wanna)” … 4:10
9. “She’s Gone” … 6:30
10. “Down n’ Dirty” … 6:42
Michael Matijevic – Vocals
Chris Risola – Guitar
Frank DiCostanzo – Guitar
James Ward – Bass
John Fowler – Drums
Jai Winding – Piano
Producer: Mark Opitz
I officially became a Steelheart fan with Good 2B Alive but previous to that, I had heard and liked Tangled In Reins. Two years after hearing Good 2B Alive, I finally picked up the band’s debut.
I’ve always been put off by the cover. It’s a a bit… prissy and misleading. You’d think maybe it was another female hard rock act like Vixen or something. I guess someone else thought so too because there was a reissue with a different cover released in 1991.
Getting to the music, it’s the typical early ’90s slick hair metal sound that all the labels by this time were putting out but with one exception: Michael Matijevic. This guy is easily one of the most gifted (if not *the* most gifted) singers in the subgenre but also is a powerhouse in his own right compared with some of rock & metal’s legendary singers. If Steelheart were a HEAVY METAL band, Matijevic would be a legend. No doubt about it. But because Steelheart came late to the pop-metal game and did not achieve the same success as they might’ve had if they came out earlier, Steelheart is remembered as nothing more than a second-tier (at best) hair band by most people.
The music isn’t bad at all though, in fact, it’s really good. “Love Ain’t Easy” is a great rocker, “Can’t Stop Me Lovin’ You” is probably the album’s catchiest song, “I’ll Never Let You Go” puts the POWER in power ballad and then there’s the epic ballad “She’s Gone”. Those last three songs are Michael’s best vocal performances, I think, for this album. Without Michael, this album would still be very good but with him? I think this is one of pop-metal’s all-time best albums.
Bruce Dickinson (yes, that Bruce Dickinson) is credited as the album’s executive producer. Pretty cool!
Highlights: “Love Ain’t Easy”, “Can’t Stop Me Lovin’ You”, “Like Never Before”, “I’ll Never Let You Go”, “Everybody Loves Eileen”, “She’s Gone”
2008 has been a phenomenal year in the rock & metal world. Legends returned with a vengeance and were met with praise and success (AC/DC, Metallica, Motley Crue) and other legends returned to be met with confusion and/or slower than expected sales (Judas Priest, Guns N’ Roses). There were a few surprises, and a few disappointment as well. Today, we take a look at #6-10, tomorrow #1-5.
6. Motley Crue – Saints of Los Angeles
The Crue really upped their game with this release. After hearing the new songs from Red, White and Crue, I was excited to hear a full new albums from these guys and they delivered. The title track is a killer Crue song and stands with all of the classics in their catalog. It also debuted with respectable sales and was supported by the fun and successful Crue Fest tour.
7. SteelHeart – Good 2B Alive
Out of nowhere, SteelHeart delivers in 2008! I was blown away by how good this album was. SteelHeart’s never been a bad band, so I didn’t expect anything horrible, but who knew modern hard rock and the 80s melodic hard rock sound could be fused together so perfectly? Milijenko Matijevic’s voice is STILL one of the most powerful in rock. Shame not many people seemed to notice this album when it came out. Many tracks were worthy of radio play.
8. Judas Priest – Nostradamus
I’ll admit, I was a bit disappointed by this album (though not as much as others) when it first came out. Concept albums don’t do much for me in general, but after giving the album a few closer listens, it’s really grown on me. It’s still bloated, overproduced and has way too much filler in the form of instrumentals, but underneath all of that, between those two discs, is a very good Priest album.
9. Buckcherry – Black Butterfly
Another album that took me by surprise. I’ve always been a fan of the idea and image of Buckcherry more than the music itself, but Black Butterfly has definitely proven the band’s worthiness to me. From top the bottom, the album is enjoyable and the band has begun to broaden their tastes a bit. This album seems to have failed to replicate the success of their last album, 15, which is a shame because it’s superior in nearly every way.
10. Various Artists – We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year
Seriously. Who woulda thunk an indie release full of heavy metal takes on Christmas songs would be good, let alone great? I absolutely love this album and I know I’ll be playing it for years to come. I almost feel a bit guilty for ranking it above some of the honorable mentions, but when I’m having this much fun listening to an album, I can’t worry about that!
Honorable Mentions. A couple of albums that were very good, but as whole, didn’t receive as many listens and weren’t as consistent. Not bad albums by any means, all are worth picking up, but they just lacked that extra something to warrant a Top 10 spot.
Tesla – Forever More
A solid effort, but just didn’t come close to Into the Now for me.
Journey – Revelation
This was actually another nice surprise, but as good as it was, I’m a hard rock guy at heart, not an AOR guy.
Avantasia – The Scarecrow
Avantasia started off 2008 in a great way, and it almost made the list, but I my interests wanes listening to nothing but an album full of power metal. That’s why Edguy made the list and this album didn’t.
Extreme – Saudades de Rock
Really strong record that featured one of my favorite songs of the year (“King of the Ladies”). A bit too slow at times to get into the Top 10 though.
Stop by tomorrow as I present numbers 1-5 of 2008! And be sure to check out these fine sites for even more best of ’08 lists:
All Metal Resource
Bring Back Glam
Hard Rock Hideout
Hair Metal Mansion
Heavy Metal Addiction
Heavy Metal Time Machine
Layla’s Classic Rock
The Metal Minute
The Ripple Effect
Rock And Roll and Meandering Nonsense
Rock Of Ages
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Tags: AOR, Avantasia, Buckcherry, Classic Rock, Edguy, Extreme, Glam, Glam Metal, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Journey, Judas Priest, Melodic Hard Rock, Melodic Rock, Metal, Motley Crue, Music, Power Metal, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rock 'N' Roll, Steelheart, Tesla, Thrash, Thrash Metal
SteelHeart – Good 2B Alive (2008, SteelHeart Records)
1. “Samurai” … 5:33
2. “LOL” … 4:03
3. “Buried Unkind” … 4:56
4. “Twisted Future” … 5:11
5. “Shine a Light for Me” … 6:00
6. “I Breathe” … 4:22
7. “Underground” … 4:45
8. “You Showed Me How to Love” … 6:07
9. “Good 2B Alive” … 5:53
10. “G2BA” [acoustic] … 5:24
Miljenko Matijevic – Vocals, Guitar, String Composer
Chris Risola – Guitar (did not play on album)
Bill Lonero – Guitar (did not play on album)
Rev Jones – Bass
Michael Humbert – Drums
Uros Raskovski – Guitar
Sigve Sjursen – Bass
Edward Roth – Keyboard
Barbara Christman – Composer, Conductor
John Dirth – Trumpet
Bobby Reed – Flute, Clarinet
Joseph Edelberg, Anna Matijasic, Jenny Bifano, Alice Talbot, Karen Shinozaki, Cary Koh – Violin
Lind Ghidossi-Deluca, Don Erlich – Viola
Devon Malone, Joseph Hebert – Cello
Produced by: Miljenko Matijevic
I’ve always been aware of SteelHeart, but up until last year, outside of “Love Ain’t Easy”, I’ll Never Let You Go” and “Can’t Stop Me Lovin’ You”, I wasn’t too familiar with them. I was missing out on a lot!
I was able to track down their first two albums, SteelHeart and Tangled In Reins, and both albums are very good melodic hard rock with that late 80s sound (though they both were released in the early 90s). “Michael” Matijevic (he has since returned to his original first name of Miljenko) was one of the most powerful voices to come from the “hair” scene.
His voice is just as strong today. SteelHeart rebounded in 2006 with the excellent Just A Taste EP (featuring Tracks 2, 3, 4, plus “We All Die Young” from 1996’s Wait) and in 2008, their full-fledged studio album, Good 2B Alive shows Miljenko is back with a vengeance. Those who are maybe expecting a nostalgia release full of late 80s hard rock won’t find it here. Miljenko has worked long and hard on delivering a great modern melodic hard rock album.
I remember first hearing “LOL” on XM Radio’s Boneyard channel earlier this year and it blew me away. Why this song wasn’t all over mainstream rock radio, I don’t know. “Shine a Light for Me” and “Good 2B Alive” are definitely single worthy as well. Even my fiancee is enjoying these songs (especially “LOL”) and we have totally different tastes when it comes to rock (she’s into the newer, blander bands more than I am).
As mentioned earlier, Miljenko’s voice is still in fine form and he can hit those high notes whenever he wants, but he doesn’t spend the who album doing that.
There are two versions of “Good 2B Alive”. Track 9 is a full-on hard rock song with some orchestral arrangements and the Track 10 version (simply titled “G2BA” on my copy) is a more soulful, acoustic take featuring a choir. Both tracks are very cool, and sometimes when a band includes two versions of one song, it feels cheap and lazy, but the takes on them are so different, I appreciate the inclusion of both.
If I’m not mistaken, I believe this album was originally going to be called Samurai.
FUN FACT: This album was recorded in Charlottesville, Virginia, the home of SteelHeart Studios. I just think this is really cool seeing as how that’s just a little over an hour away from my birth city of Lynchburg. =) Hey, we’ve got Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters and now we have Miljenko Matijevic!
Highlights: All of it. Seriously, one of 2008’s best albums.
Well, it’s that time of year again, the time where all the bands are gearing up for a tour or they already are on tour. It’s also the time they start rolling out the new albums.
2008 kicked off in an awesome way with Avantasia’s The Scarecrow, but let’s take a look at other hopefuls and what’s out now, what will be out soon, and what will be out later in the year.
Jon Oliva’s Pain – Global Warning
Release Date: May 6?
I’m a fan of early Savatage (before they got all progressive), so I checked out Jon’s Tage Mahal hoping for a Savatage-worthy release. I didn’t get it. BUT… The songs I’ve heard on JOP’s MySpace page for this new album are pretty good and reviews are saying THIS album *is* worthy of Savatage. There’s some conflicting reports (at least to me) as to what day it has been/will be released. I’ve seen quite a few supposed release dates for March, April, and May. Amazon & CD Universe are listing May 6 though…
Whitesnake – Good to Be Bad
Release Date: April 15
While I don’t own it yet, I have been able to listen to this album numerous times in it’s entirety and it complete rocks. It stands right beside their 1987 self-titled and Slip of the Tongue. Great, great guitar work. I can already say this is one of the year’s best releases.
Def Leppard – Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
Release Date: April 29
A lot of places (such as Rolling Stone magazine) are giving the album so-so reviews. But I’m liking what I’ve heard so far and it seems like YEAH! really inspired Def Lep to rock again.
Dokken – Lightning Strikes Again
Release Date: May 13
Admittedly, I’ve never followed Dokken closely. I own Tooth and Nail, but I always found them a bit bland. They just didn’t stick out for me amongst other bands of the era. Again, thanks to MySpace, I’m able to hear the new stuff and I’m loving it. It definitely sounds like Dokken and I’m loving the song “Heart to Stone”.
Motley Crue – Saints of Los Angeles
Release Date: June 17
Crue Fest has been announced (I have my tickets for the 7/15 Detroit show) and the Crue has released their new single “Saints of Los Angeles” and it absolutely rocks. It has that old-school Motley sound, I can’t get enough of it. I can’t wait to get this album and to see them play it live.
Judas Priest – Nostradamus
Release Date: June 17
June 17th– the best day of the year in 2008! Priest AND Crue! The newly released song gives me hope.
Release Date: September
Okay, so St. Anger was a huge dud, but the band seems to realize and admit that now. They say they’re going old-school (somewhere between ...And Justice For All and the Black Album), but don’t all the veteran bands say that to keep the old-school fans coming back? Hopefully, they can pull it off. I’ll be buying it to find out.
Alice Cooper – Along Came A Spider
Release Date: July?
Alice really hasn’t disappointed over the years. He had a few missteps in the 80s, but everything from Trashed onward has been either solid or great. I wonder if they garage sound he went back to on The Eyes of Alice Cooper and Dirty Diamonds will continue here. It was originally scheduled for May ’08, that date was pushed back a long time ago. His official website says it’ll be released sometime in the summer to coincide with the tour that starts in July.
Steelheart – Samurai
Release Date: 2008?
The Just A Taste EP was released in 2006 and featured three tracks from Samurai plus the original version of “We All Die Young” (before it was re-recorded for Rock Star). I can’t find any release date other anymore specific than 2008. I’ve heard the songs off the EP, and they’re great. Especially “LOL (Laughing Out Loud)” very heavy, very modern. Not what I was expecting from Steelheart, but that’s okay because it still rocks.
Release Date: Fall/Winter
Again, I can’t anything definite on this release other than “2008”, but I’m assuming it’ll be released in the fall. I’m really looking forward to this. Much like YEAH! inspired Def Leppard to start rocking again, I’m hoping Honkin’ On Bobo did the same for Aerosmith. Please no more trash like Just Push Play! “Devil’s Got A New Diguise” was classic Aerosmith, so hopefully we’ll get more of the same. Although, I’m reading some rumors that the album will be a mix of new material, plus re-recordings of older stuff that didn’t make any previous albums. That’s kinda lame if it’s true, why do I want to listen to stuff that wasn’t good enough the first time around?
Heaven and Hell
Release Date: 2008
I’m really looking forward to this one. The new songs they recorded for the Black Sabbath: The Dio Years compilation were really good and I’m always game for Black Sabbath without Ozzy. No definite date set, I’m not even sure if they’re recording anything right now, but Dio says 2008 and that’s good enough for me.


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Dasuya result `last nail in the coffin` of Cong: Sukhbir
Jalandhar: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday termed the Dasuya by-poll result as the "last nail in the coffin" of Congress in the state.
Claiming that the result was an endorsement to the "pro-people" policies of SAD-BJP government, Sukhbir termed the bypoll as a "trailer" of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections when the SAD-BJP would clinch all 13 parliamentary seats in Punjab.
Thanking the voters for reinstating their faith in the alliance by electing its candidate with a record margin, Badal in a statement said the result showed that the Congress was decimated in Punjab.
"It was Captain Amarinder Singh, who declared Dasuya by-election as referendum on SAD-BJP policies and people of Dasuya have given a befitting reply to him," the Shiromani Akali Dal president asserted.
BJP`s Sukhjit Kaur Sahi, wife of late BJP MLA Amarjit Singh Sahi, defeated her nearest Congress rival Micky Dogra in the Dasuya by-election by a record margin of 47432 votes in the results declared today.
The election was necessitated due to the sudden demise of Amarjit Singh Sah.
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