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What's Going On?: What's Going On? 08/02/2016

Concerned Citizen Sandy Baird talks with Robin Lloyd and Judith Yarnell on Turkey and Hiroshima Day (August 8).

What's Going On? 07/13/2016

Concerned Citizen Sandy Baird talks with Genese Grill, from Coalition for a Livable City, about the current Mall project.

For more info: http://coalitionforalivablecity.blogspot.com/

Conversations with KMO 07/11/2016

Islam! Simplification without falsification. KMO talks to Dermot O'Connor about the misconceptions towards Islam.

Nuclear Free Future: Children Suffer Nuclear Impact Worldwide Part 2 06/24/2016

Children Suffer Nuclear Impact Worldwide Part 2

Burlington Welcomes Guests From Sister City Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua 06/21/2016

A delegation from the Mayor’s office in Puerto Cabezas, Burlington’s sister city on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast, visits Burlington on a fact finding mission to learn about Vermont’s extraordinary community garden and cooperative farm projects. The municipal administration in Puerto Cabezas is starting an incubator project giving vegetable seeds to women in the communities so they can produce vegetables both for sale and toward improving the nutritional value of family meals. While in Vermont, the group observes local food growing models, from urban cooperative farms to small neighborhood garden projects.

Bring It Back: Vermont Youth Baseball Goodwill Trip to Cuba 06/08/2016

Host Don MacDonald is joined by Coach Jim Carter, players Anna Jennemann and Carter Monks, and parent Dave Jennemann to discuss the trip of eleven local youth baseball players to Havana, Cuba. During the school vacation week in April they played a series of five baseball games against Cuban teams under the auspices of the Cuban American Friendship Society (CAFS), a Burlington-based organization founded in 1981 whose mission is to build community by fostering connections between the people of Cuba and the United States.

The Vermont team included players from five local teams – Burlington American, North Burlington, Essex Junction, Shelburne, and Mount Abraham. It was managed by former Winooski High School and University of Vermont coach Jim Carter, who was assisted by Essex High School athletic director Jeff Goodrich and baseball author.

More information at:

https://www.facebook.com/burlingtonamericanlittleleague/ | www.friendsofuvmbaseball.com

Congressman Peter Welch: Congressman Peter Welch Announces Convenient Opportunity to Expedite Border Crossing and Airport Screening 06/06/2016

At the request of Rep. Welch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will host enrollment events in Burlington on June 20 and 21 for Vermonters interested in enrolling in the NEXUS and TSA PreCheck programs. The regular process for enrolling in these programs requires applicants to travel to Derby or out of state for required in-person interviews.

Welch makes the announcement at Twincraft Skincare, where employees who frequently travel for work will benefit from this local enrollment location.

Nuclear Free Future: Obama in Hiroshima - Nuclear Waste Watchdog Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear Discusses Historic Visit 06/03/2016

Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog of Beyond Nuclear, discusses President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima 71 years after US atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city.

For more information about Kevin Kamps and Beyond Nuclear: www.beyondnuclear.org

True North Reports TV: A Continuation on The War on Terror 05/20/2016

Host Robert Maynard speaks about the War on Terror, Jihadism, Islam, the Nahdlatul Ulama Congress, and the difference between Shari'a and Fiqh.

For more info visit: www.truenorthreports.com

Immune Dysfunction (ME/CFS) Awareness Panel 2016 05/12/2016

May 12 is International Awareness Day for ME/CFS. Because of the overlap of ME/CFS with Fibromyalgia & Lyme Disease, ImmuneDysfunction.org, a 501(c)3 private foundation, hosts a panel discussion to explore the ramifications of these diseases in Vermont, the current specifics and trends in research, and clinical care.

Rik Carlson, Director ImmuneDysfunction.org

Chittenden County State Senator David Zuckerman, an outspoken advocate for Lyme Disease reforms and candidate for Lt. Governor.

Kenneth J. Friedman, Ph.D. Adjunct Instructor, Natural Sciences, Castleton State College.

David W. Maughan, Ph.D. Research Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Vermont.

Terry Naumann, M.D. Volunteer Physician at Open Door Clinic in Middlebury and Vergennes, and at The Peoples Health and Wellness Clinic in Barre, VT, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Family Practice, University of Vermont, College of Medicine.

Jeff Wulfman MD, ABFM, ABIHM. Dr. Jeff Wulfman is a Family Physician practicing primary care in Bristol Vermont. He is Board Certified both in Family Medicine and Integrative Holistic Medicine.

More information available at: www.ImmuneDysfunction.org

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