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The beginning of the end of Merkelism
Prediction: Angela Merkel won't be Chancellor of Germany this time next year and the shambolic coalition government she leads will be history. And how will history regard Angela Merkel? Very critically, very harshly, in fact. Her decision in 2015 to demand that Germany and, by default, its neighbours, absorb a vast migration on an unprecedented scale of cultural difference was based on the illusion that Germany's past sins could be forgiven with a reckless modern humanitarianism. The damage done has been immense. Germany is polarized as never before in its post-War phase and brittle members of the European Union, such as Italy and Poland, are riven by divisions that they claim have been sharpened by Merkelism.
But the Merkel miasma was not confined to Germany. Shortly after 9 November 2016 and the election of Donald Trump as US President, the deranged elites crowned her "Leader of the Free World". Not content with naming her "Chancellor of the Free World" earlier, they upped the ante and beclowned themselves even further. Still, an upside of the Merkel era will be the introduction of urgently-needed term limits in Germany. Two terms should be the maximum. The 12 years of Merkelism were much too much.Tweet
Day of reckoning in Sweden
The polls have opened in Sweden's general election and pundits predict that neither the governing Social Democrats nor the Moderate Party is likely to win a majority. The big story, of course, is the rise of the Sweden Democrats (SD), who may end up taking second place, which would be a huge shock for the Swedish and European establishments. SD leader Jimmie Åkesson says that Sweden had become "an extreme country in many ways, not least when it comes to immigration" and that his plan to take in fewer migrants should be regarded as "normal politics in the rest of Europe". From Brussels to Berlin, from Rome to Madrid, all eyes will be on Stockholm tonight.
"Everything I read about the Swedish Social Democratic government of the last century suggested an organization that was driven by one single, overarching goal: to sever the traditional, some would say natural, ties between its citizens, be they those that bound children to their parents, workers to their employers, wives to their husbands, or the elderly to their families." — Michael Booth, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
UPDATE: The Swedish election has left the two main political blocs almost tied. With all ballots counted, the governing centre-left coalition is marginally ahead of its centre-right Alliance rivals, with around 40% each. The Sweden Democrats (SD) won about 18% of the vote, up from 12.9% in the previous election. A lengthy battle to form a working coalition now looks certain.Tweet
The excuses we told ourselves
That's the title of the third chapter of that The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray. Snippet:
"Throughout the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, European governments pursued policies of mass immigration without public approval. Yet such vast societal change cannot be forced up a society against its will without a series of arguments being brought along to help ease the case. The arguments that Europeans have been given during this period range across the moral and the technocratic. They also shift according to need and the political winds. So, for instance, it has often been claimed that immigration on this scale is an economic benefit for our countries; that in an 'ageing society' increased immigration is necessary; that in any case immigration makes our countries more cultured and interesting; and that even if none of these were the case, globalisation makes mass immigration unstoppable.
Such justifications have a tendency to become intertwined and mutually replaceable, so that if one fails the others are always there to fall back on. They often start with economic arguments, but they can just as well start with moral arguments. If mass immigration doesn't make you a richer person, then it will make you a better person. And if it doesn't make your country a better country, then it will at least make it a richer country. Over time each of these arguments has produced sub-industries of people devoted to proving their truth. In each case the rationale comes after the events, so as to give the final impression of justification being sought for events that would have happened anyway."
Tonight, chapter four. Murray's writing is passionate and his arguments are intense so it is best to read the book in a series of sittings. This is an important work and it has arrived at a critical time. Europe's leaders should not ignore the message.Tweet
The Strange Death of Europe
Background: More than 90,000 migrants have arrived in Italy from Libya so far this year and the country is now riven by deep political and civil divisions because of the strains the influx is putting on the country's infrastructure. Meanwhile, it is thought that at least 300,000 Africans from Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Chad and Sudan are en route to Libya in hopes of getting across the Mediterranean to Europe.
Long-term demographic trends mean millions of Africans could be driven to Europe by hunger, poverty and repression. How many millions? No one knows for sure but Niger, a huge, mostly desert country to the north of Nigeria, offers some indicators. According to Reuters, "With an average of 7.6 children born to each woman, its population is projected to more than triple to 72 million by 2050, from about 20 million now, according to the latest U.N. figures. By then, Africa will have more than doubled its population to 2.4 billion, the United Nations says."
As the poet wrote, the centre cannot hold.
How very timely, then, that The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam has arrived on the bookshelves. According to the blurb, this is Douglas Murray's "highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth rates, mass immigration, and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive alteration as a society and an eventual end."
The Strange Death of Europe is our reading here this week.Tweet
#Brexit: History is in the making
History will be made today in Great Britain. Regardless of result of the referendum, we will witness the slow-motion crumbling of two Unions: the UK and the EU. If the British vote to leave, the EU will begin to crumble because the audacious act of departure will mortally wound the "project" and will encourage others to hold similar referendums. If the British vote to remain and England's desire for independence is defeated by an alliance of multicultural Londoners and Irish, Scottish and Welsh nationalists, the Union will be gravely damaged.
A European Union without Great Britain would be forced to confront its founding fallacy of Germany pretending to be weak and France pretending to be strong. Neither Paris nor Berlin wants to face this embarrassing reality, but the absence of London as a diversion will lead to sobriety. Then, there's the fragility of the eurozone. It may be possible to keep Greece on life support indefinitely, but not so Italy. Its debts are alarming, the unemployment rate is frightening and there's no growth. As well, Italy straddles that other great EU fault line: immigration. Italy is the country of choice for African migrants and their numbers will keep on growing for the rest of this century.
"History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake." So says a character in that great Anglo-Irish-European novel Ulysses, by James Joyce, and the nightmare of history will return with a vengeance if the "Leave" side wins. Ireland's borders, internally and externally, will take on new significance and the country may have to rethink its political relationships. The same goes for the Scots, whose nationalists would demand another referendum that might take them out of a non-European Britain. And the Welsh? They play Northern Ireland in Parc des Princes in Paris on Saturday, with a quarter-final place in Euro 2016 at stake.
History is in the making.Tweet
Angela Merkel: idiot or fool?
The "open borders" migration policy instigated by Chancellor Angela Merkel's could create a Germany with half its under-40 population consisting of Middle Eastern and North African immigrants and their children. The impact of such a demographic disruption would be explosive writes New York Times columnist Ross Douthat in "Germany on the Brink." He calls on Merkel to close her borders to new arrivals, asks Berlin to give up "the fond illusion that Germany's past sins can be absolved with a reckless humanitarianism in the present," and declares:
"If you believe that an aging, secularized, heretofore-mostly-homogeneous society is likely to peacefully absorb a migration of that size and scale of cultural difference, then you have a bright future as a spokesman for the current German government.
You're also a fool."
Douthat's fulmination has shocked Germany's chattering classes, who regard the New York Times with a kind of childlike awe as if it were a composite of Das Kapital, the Koran and the Bible. The main prints have rushed to translate the column and reader reaction has been enthusiastic, in part because the politically-correct mainstream German media dare not utter or think such thoughts. In the case of the highbrow weekly Die Zeit, the comment sections is filled with endorsements of Douthat's positon, but part of the discussion is given over to the issue of how to translate that key word "fool". In the original, "Idiot" was used, but this was later erased and replaced with "Narr."
Most commentators, by the way, agree with Douthat's conclusion: "It means that Angela Merkel must go — so that her country, and the continent it bestrides, can avoid paying too high a price for her high-minded folly." The Duden, the standard dictionary of the German language, translates "folly" as "Narrheit f, Torheit f Verrücktheit f". The "f" there, by the way, stands for "feminine". Interestingly, "folly" is preceded in that dictionary by "follow-the-leader". For many Germans, that's the dilemma now.Tweet
And where will the Tunisians go?
Back in June, a young Tunisian Islamist arrived at a tourist beach in Sousse, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean. "In the midday sun, Seifeddine Rezgui pulled a Kalashnikov from a parasol and opened fire on the beach, sending holidaymakers fleeing for their lives. He threw explosives at the pool area before continuing inside the Imperial Marhaba hotel," reported the BBC. By the time the police shot him, he had murdered 38 tourists. Three months earlier, Islamist terrorists killed 22 people in the Bardo National Museum in Tunis.
Michael J. Totten visited Sousse recently and his post, How to Destroy a City in Five Minutes, is chilling. It is especially relevant in light of the crises that are engulfing North Africa and their knock-on consequences for Europe. Snippet:
"Hotels are laying off workers. Shops are empty and many will have to be closed. The city is reeling with feelings of guilt and anxiety. Guilt because one of their own murdered guests, the gravest possible offense against the ancient Arab code of hospitality, and anxiety because — what now? How will the city survive? How will all the laid-off workers earn a living with their industry on its back? Sousse without tourists is like Hollywood without movies and Detroit without automobile manufacturing.
Even Tunisia's agriculture economy is crashing. Prices are down by 35 percent because the resorts don't need to feed tourists anymore."
What will become of the the unemployed Tunisian hotel workers? How will the country's agricultural labourers survive the winter? Despite the risks, crossing the Mediterranean may be their best option. The question then is how should they be classified: migrants in search of work or refugees fleeing the barbarism of ISIS?Tweet
Heading for the freedom train in Keleti
"Hungarian police cleared hundreds of migrants desperate to get to Germany from Budapest's main railway stations on Tuesday, prompting protests and confusion at a site that has become the latest focus of Europe's refugee crisis." So reports the Wall Street Journal in an article titled "Chaos Erupts in Budapest as Hungary Clears Migrants From Train Station".
The focus of the drama is Keleti, which was constructed in eclectic style between 1881 and 1884 and was considered one of the most modern railway stations in Europe at the time. In May, your blogger passed through Keleti and it was obvious then that it was a magnet for Middle East migrants making their way to northern Europe. Kelati will remain in the news until Europe agrees on anti-trafficking and nation-building policies for Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. In the meantime, terror, repression and dire economic circumstances will continue to convince young people that the only way to a better life is to emigrate and board those trains in Budapest.
This just in: "Hungary will register all migrants that come to the country and send economic migrants back to the state from which they first entered its borders."Tweet
Millions of migrants are on the march
"It is projected that sub-Saharan Africa will have 900 million more inhabitants in the next 20 years. Of these, at least 200 million will be young people looking for work. The chaos of their countries of origin will push them further north." So wrote Massimo Nava in Corriere della Sera a week ago.
The European Union is deeply divided about how to deal with the massive migration crisis that's unfolding on its shore, in its mountains and at its train stations. Border controls are being blatantly ignored and policy is being made up on the fly. The proverb becomes reality: "Every man for himself (and the devil take the hindmost)." Example: A law aimed at discouraging refugees from settling in Denmark comes into effect today.
The plight of millions of human beings, exploited by traffickers and terrorized by religious fanatics, is distressing and only a person with a heart of stone would deny refuge to the exhausted and the traumatized, but beyond the individual and group suffering there's a bigger challenge that demands an urgent, global response. The mass migration we are currently witnessing is a consequence of the real-time disintegration of states in the Middle East and North Africa. If this is not addressed, these endless waves of the displaced will erode the stability of the host countries. Such instability would turn Europe into a very disagreeable place, for both natives and migrants.
Those who find this kind of scenario apocalyptic, should note that countries and federations that wish to protect their sovereignty and citizens (the real purpose of government, after all) must control their borders. This does not exclude sympathy for those fleeing failed states, but the solution is to stabilize and rebuild failed states, not accept massive, unplanned shifts in population.
If the citizens of Syria, Libya, Eritrea, Bangladesh and all the other places that people are fleeing from cannot have decent lives at home, they'll try to find better ones abroad. Unless Brussels, Washington, the Arab League, the African Union and ASEAN co-operate on this emergency, the situation is going to get much more frightening and Raspail's fiction will become fact.Tweet


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I've used Crumb Cake for the base card and rounded off the corners. The cute 'lil cat is from the Every Little Bit stamp set - which it really is as you get 28 stamps!!! I've stamped her in Basic Gray on to white shimmer card, coloured her using the blender pen and inks and added some bling with basic rhinestones to her collar:
The sentiment is masked off from the cat in the Longfellows level two hostess set. Michelle did a great job of decorating the inside of her card so it would have been rude not to case that too!
I've used another hostess set for the inside sentiment, this time Afterthoughts, stamped in Basic Gray.
I'm having a fabby time with my Mum here, she is babysitting tonight and me and hubby are going out, either to the cinema to see Paul or just out for some drinkies - we haven't decided yet.
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Clippers Could Be Interested in Andre Iguodala
The Los Angeles Clippers may not be done building their roster following the additions of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
According to ESPN's Marc Spears, the Clippers have an interested in Memphis Grizzlies' Andre Iguodala.
Iguodala could be a valuable asset in a trade, and has already been linked to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets.
The Grizzlies appear intent on dealing Iguodala shortly after acquiring him from the Golden State Warriors earlier this offseason.
Houston Rockets
Rockets, Clippers Interested in Andre Iguodala
The Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers are two teams that are in strong pursuit of Memphis Grizzlies veteran forward Andre Iguodala, according to Stadium's Shams Charania.
According to the report, the Grizzlies have tried to find a suitable trade partner to ship out Iguodala in the hopes of getting some value back, and have engaged in talks with the Dallas Mavericks and the Denver Nuggets at different points.
In regards to the Rockets, they are still not comfortable with the idea of going deep in the luxury tax just to land Iguodala.
The Clippers appear to be resistant in giving up newly acquired forward Mo Harkless in landing Iguodala.
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Grizzlies' Tyus Jones Excited for New Team, Thankful for Time in Minnesota
Memphis Grizzlies guard Tyus Jones is excited for what will come next in his career with his new team, but he is also appreciative of his time with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who gave him the chance to play in his home state.
"I've just got a lot of emotions right now," Jones said, according to Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic.
"I don't really know how exactly to feel. I'm just excited. I'm just ready for my next chapter of my career and my life."
Jones showed his appreciation to the Wolves.
"I'm thankful. It's a situation where I was fortunate enough to be able to play in my home state, and for four years at that," Jones said. "A lot of people don't get the opportunity to do that. For me, it's a chance to play in my home state as my first taste of the NBA and to help me get acclimated to the NBA lifestyle.
"It was nothing but a blessing. I am very thankful for that and look at it as nothing but a positive. Now I get to take that next step in my journey and my career, and I'm excited for that."
Atlanta Hawks
Hawks Acquire Chandler Parsons from Grizzlies for Solomon Hill, Miles Plumlee
The Atlanta Hawks have acquired forward Chandler Parsons from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Soloman Hill and Miles Plumlee, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Memphis has been trying to unload Parsons following the ill-advised decision to give him a four-year, $94.4 million deal to take him away from the Dallas Mavericks.
Parsons is due $24.1 million during the last year of his contract.
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Following in the footsteps of her great grandfather, an Italian immigrant, Alison Breazeale Thomson produces small lot wines using locally grown Italian grape varietals.
Her label, Lepiane, ("Lay-Pee-on-ay"), translates to "the plain" in Italian, Thomson said.
Her winery honors her great grandfather, Luigi A. Lepiane, a native of Piane Crati in Calabria, Italy, who brought his family to California in search of a better life.
He put down roots in California's Central Valley town of Hollister, where he founded a grocery and, in 1935, a winery, L.A. Lepiane, Thomson notes on her website. During his years as a vintner, Luigi Lepiane produced as many as 1,000 cases of wine each year, Thomson said.
After his death, Thomson's relatives found blueprints for the construction of both grocery and winery, as well as letterhead for the winery, she said.
Thomson studied biology and Italian at UCSB, and spent a semester abroad in Siena, Italy, where "my love for Italian food and wines turned into a healthy obsession," she notes on her website, https://lepianewines.com
After graduating from UCSB, Thomson worked at Sunstone Winery, and up in Napa at a tasting room.
From 2004 to 2007, she attended UC Davis to pursue a master's degree in viticulture. During her studies, Thomson interned for a top winery in Barolo, Italy, further deepening her love of all things Italian.
In the ensuing years, back on the West Coast, Thomson married George, and in 2008 was hired as assistant winemaker at Palmina Wines in Lompoc, where she remained until 2011.
Thomson and her husband are parents to Julia and Mick.
Later in 2011, Thomson migrated to SAMsARA Wines for an assistant winemaking position, and honed her winemaking skills with owner/winemaker Chad Melville.
Italians endeavor to marry food and wine and conversation. It's obvious speaking with Thomson that the years she's spent focused on Italian varietals have influenced her winemaking style.
In 2013, using Barbera grapes purchased from Palmina owner Steve Clifton, Thomson launched Lepiane Wines. Today, she produces small amounts of the Italian grape varietals Barbera and Nebbiolo, as well as grenache.
"Barbera is a great grape because of its acidity and versatility," she noted.
She would like to pursue bottling an Italian white wine — with either Fiano or Greco grapes — as well, Thomson said.
"Santa Barbara County is great for growing these Italian varietals," she added.
Her Barbera grapes hail from Walker Vineyard, located on Alamo Pintado Road across from Honea Vineyard, Thomson said. The grenache she sources from Black Oak Vineyard, and Nebbiolo from Sisquoc Vineyard.
Thomson's 2013 Nebbiolo was bottled just last August; she plans to release it early this year. I found this wine to be an intriguing mix of rose and floral perfume notes, yet also very masculine on the palate.
With total production of less than 300 cases annually, Thomson can easily be considered the smallest of the small labels in Santa Barbara County.
She utilizes some whole cluster fermentation, neutral oak and only native yeasts in her production, she said.
Her wine barrels share the Lompoc Ghetto winery facility of Jalama Cañon Ranch Vineyard, where Thomson is also the vineyard manager and winemaker.
In addition, she oversees another vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley, and winemaking for a client in Montecito.
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"Give what you want, take what you need" is what the sign outside of Charlotte's Free Store reads. I recently found myself standing in front of the same colorful walls that have inspired me so many times before, but with totally new and different insights.
At the corner of Davidson and 15th St begins a block known to some as Optimist Park. If you frequent Davidson St then you might know this corner as the one with all the happily painted walls depicting the home of the bicycle recyclery. Just beyond the recyclery's fence lies a small business incubator called Area 15. The walls of this 23,000 square foot building are bursting with inspiration from evolving artists and entrepreneurs -- literally -- it is a challenge to find exterior walls that haven't been turned into an expression of a tenants' art. Some of those tenants are musicians, designers, writers…and just plain enthusiasts. Area 15 hosts a 24/7 Urban Prayer Room where spiritually hungry pedestrians are invited to begin a friendship with God and engage with fellow-Christians in the war for social justice. A little further down 15th street is the cornerstone of Area 15. An old house that has been clothed in teal paint and trimmed with orange and white accents. The sign out front simply says Free Store.
Optimist Park is a concrete jungle covered in color and creativity. Its' walls promote hope and love. It is truly an artists' haven…particularly this artist.
Myself, and many other local photographers have stood in front of these inspirational walls creating memories for engaged couples and happy families. But a few weeks ago I was on an assignment to go inside of these walls. And what I found was more than a word or two can describe.
I was recently introduced to Matt and Lana Shaw, the incredible couple behind Speak Up magazine. Haven't heard of it? That's because the first edition is about to published next month! Speak Up will be distributed exclusively by homeless vendors -- providing them with a job and a purpose. The mission behind the magazine is to "educate the public about homelessness, disparity and ways to help." Speak Up is entirely non-profit and the recipe for making the magazine looks something like this: blood, sweat, and tears and then repeat until you can't anymore. Lending my photography services to this cause was not even a question.
This new found partnership is what brought me to The Free Store to document all the love that is being shared on one little corner. Want to know more about it? Head downtown next month to buy a copy of Speak Up!
My adventures with Speak Up have also recently taken me to a pitch black alley behind a closed grocery store to meet a fearless dumpster-diving college student who has small pockets but a huge heart for feeding the homeless. The story will be in the magazine!
Speak Up has the power to change the streets of Charlotte. The lives of homeless people will be redeemed as they obtain job skills and learn to sell magazines on the streets that currently represent hopelessness to them. My prayer is that those streets will one day come to symbolize confidence and ambition.
You may remember that I had the opportunity to teach photography to homeless kids this summer with the help of Silent Images and a Child's Place. I couldn't help but think of those kids as I made connections with Speak Up. Maybe selling magazines in Uptown Charlotte is the way out for some of these families...and that, to me, makes it all worth it. Here are a few images from the final days of photography class. Most of these were taken while on our field trip to NODA where the students practiced their new skills.
Speak Up has printed the very first issue of the magazine (woohoo!) but their goal is to print 9,999 more copies for the initial print run. The printing costs and overhead total to $8,000. They are half way there. They need to raise $4,000 by August 31st. If you have a desire to make this thing happen head over to the Speak Up website and donate whatever you can!
If you made it this far...thanks for sticking with me. More Speak Up adventures to come...no doubt.


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A Vintage Wedding in Chicago, IL
One New Year's, Megan and her girlfriends branched out of Michigan (where they lived) and rand in the New Year at a bar in Chicago. Patrick and his friends happened to be at the same bar. After many stolen glances from across the room, the two finally started talking and planned a date. The first year and a half of their relationship was spent dating long-distance. Then Megan decided to pack up a U-Haul and move to Chicago. The Bride Megan O'Sullivan, 27, a marketing manager The Groom Patrick Whiston, 30, a consultant The Date September 19 Another year and a half later, Patrick and Megan were headed to Michigan to go camping with friends. While on the trip, Patrick reenacted his and Megan's first real date and proposed outside her old house.


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A 31-year-old man was today convicted of killing a Nuneaton toddler with cerebral palsy by shaking him and causing massive head injuries.
Karl Ison caused 14-month-old Jack Carding, who was born 10 weeks premature and had breathing difficulties, to suffer bleeding behind his left eye plus bruising to his left ear and both legs.
The youngster died in hospital after being admitted on April 21 last year, Birmingham Crown Court was told.
A post-mortem examination showed the head injuries were caused by a combination of shaking and an impact.
The jury of seven men and five women took just under five-and-a-half hours to acquit Ison of murder but found him guilty on an alternative charge of manslaughter.
Ison, formerly of Granville Gardens, Hinckley, had denied murdering the youngster, who was the son of his then-girlfriend, Eleanor Carding.
He had also denied causing the baby grievous bodily harm with intent on a previous occasion four months earlier.
The jury found him not guilty of this but were unable to reach a majority verdict on an alternative count of unlawfully inflicting grievous bodily harm.
The judge, Mr Justice Mackay, then formally discharged them from returning the alternative verdict.
He added that he would consider applications from the prosecution and defence at the same court on Friday about whether to retry Ison on the alternative GBH charge.
Ison was remanded in custody.


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Audrey Carlan: #1 New York Times, USA Today, & Wall Street Journal bestselling author./
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Audrey Carlan is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She writes wicked hot love stories that are designed to give the reader a romantic experience that's sexy, sweet, and so hot your ereader might melt. Some of her works include the wildly successful Calendar Girl Serial, Falling Series, and the Trinity Trilogy.
She lives in the California Valley where she enjoys her two children and the love of her life. When she's not writing, you can find her teaching yoga, sipping wine with her "soul sisters" or with her nose stuck in a wicked hot romance novel.
What do you do best?
At the core of my being, I'd like to say being a mom. My children and husband are my world. They are the reason I get up every day, work as hard as I do, and live life to the fullest.
What makes you the best?
I wouldn't say I'm truly the best at anything. I think everyone has a unique path in life and are the best at being themselves. There is only one you in the world.
Biggest success?
Besides my family, it would have to be hitting the number one spot on the New York Time bestsellers list with January Calendar Girl. Unless I hit it again with another future title, that moment was probably one of the most surreal I think I'll ever experience.
What are your aspirations?
Personal: I aspire to find balance. A true balance between being a wife, mother, author, friend, sister, daughter and everything in between.
Business: I aspire to be a better writer. I think every author does. We always want to outdo ourselves. Make the next book our life's greatest work.
Most challenging moment?
My most challenging moment would have to have been signing the 27 book deal with my publisher Waterhouse Press. Transitioning from being an indie author to a traditional publishing house is absolutely terrifying. Though, what's great for me is that I signed with an amazing publisher. They walk me through everything, hold my hand when I need it, support my stories as if they are the greatest thing you've ever read, but more than that, they believe in allowing their authors to write the books and stories they want to tell to the world. I find that priceless.
Favorite Motto:
Trust the journey. I wrote it in my book Calendar Girl and tattooed it on my foot the same way my character did. I think it's a good motto for anyone.
Favorite People:
If you mean authors, I'd say: EL James, Meredith Wild, Kristen Ashley, Emily Hemmer, Sylvia Day, Christina Lauren, Katy Evans, and so many more! If you mean in my day to day life, my husband, children and my family.
Favorite Places:
My bedroom is my favorite place to hide…I mean, hang out. I'm a mother of two wild boys. If I could put myself in time out I would! Unfortunately, that's not an option for a parent, but as an adult, I'd say I love my home state of California. From Murphy's to Capitola and Berkeley and San Francisco. I'm pretty sure I'll never move out of the state or the Valley. Where I live I'm two hours' drive from everything, the beach, the mountains, the city, wine country. You name it, it's close. I imagine there isn't another place in the world like that.
Favorite Products:
Is this a trick question? Kindle Paperwhite is my favorite thing period. Not only am I a writer, I'm a voracious reader. Typically, I read three books a week. I take my Kindle with me almost everywhere. It's a bit obsessive but die hard readers get it.
Current Passions:
I'm in love with yoga. I actually went to school for it and became a Registered Yoga Instructor through the Art of Yoga. There is such a sense of unity through the practice of yoga, and sharing energy with those you meet can only make the world more harmonious. So in my free time, I do yoga, read, drink wine with my soul sisters, eat far too much pizza with my kiddos and just live life like anyone else.


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In today's society we are taught that emotions, feelings and thoughts are either negative or positive. But have you ever thought that feelings, emotions and thoughts are simply neutral and impartial - it's our attachment, perception and how we respond to them that gives them their power and significance.
Stress is created when we have a heavy workload, personal responsibilities, too much on our minds, other people placing unrealistic damands on us, or we feel out of control. Not exercising, or having enough to do can at work, or in your personal life can also create stress.
Each person stress tolerance varies, what one person tolerates can be highly stressful for another. What you feel is determined not just events and experiences in your outside external world but how you preceive and respond to them.
At times you may not have the ability to change your circumstances, but you do have the capability of changing how you respond to these events and situations. You can reduce the impact of stress by becoming more conscious, aware, and understanding of what causes you stress, learning how to handle stress and implementing relaxation exercises into your life
Remember that a little stress is actually healthy for us and good for the body and mind, it helps us to get out of bed and be organised. Healthy stress needs to be short term and then followed with some relaxation or rest.
The first step towards stress management
You can do all the relaxation exercises in the world but if you also don't change your inner world the exericses will purley be fire fighting the stress.
The first step is towards acceptance of your situation, acceptance of how you feel and acceptance of your thoughts. Once you stop purging our energy into ignoring or fighting thoughts, feelings and situations just imagine how much energy you will have to focus on developing your skills, inner recourses, and awareness.
Linda Connors
Linda Connors is a Stress Management Hypnotherapist and Counsellor specialising in helping people access and develop their inner resources and skills to help reduce the impact of stress in their lives. Appointments are available in London in Harley Street and Hampstead and via skype. To speak to Linda call +44 (0) 753 421 3557.
Childhood sexual abuse - victims, survivors or moving towards healing and growth?
In my practice I see people who have been abused as children, sexually, emotionally or physically. They engage with me because they want to be healed and want to truly experience life at their own unique great potential.
There is so much writing that tells people they should not be a "victim" but a survivor. I am currently reading a book about healing from childhood sexual abuse and the word survivor keeps popping up over and over again. In the writing it feels like being a survivor is the final step, the goal to aim towards.
For some reason this word makes me feel uncomfortable because it seems like we are transferring one label "victim" to another "survivor" and it takes away the humanity, the human potential for growth and healing.
We can't change what has happened in the past, but by being a victim or being a survivor feels like there is a part still living in past, attached and unable to move forward.
Healing from sexual abuse is a journey, I see it as moving from being a victim, to being a survivor towards healing and growth, where the abuse no longer defines you.
I was seeing one of my clients, Richard, for a few months, he came to me because he was experiencing emotional and physical pain associated with sexual abuse he experienced as a child. During our time together he went on a inspirational journey towards healing, letting go and forgiveness. Sometimes it was difficult, emotional and challenging for him, but slowly he started to reconnect with himself, to become embodied with himself where he found acceptance, self-love and forgiveness.
After we finished working together Richard wanted to share his own personal healing and inspirational journey with others. To show others it is possible to change, heal and transform the pain to reconnect with yourself, and to find peace and balance in your life.
We can't change what has happened to us in the past, but we can stop being attached to labels, to pain, and memories.
As Richard said "I am no longer a victim of abuse, nor am I a survivor, I'm not even my job title or my name, I just am, and I am happy to be".
You can read Richard's full journey here: A clients journey - healing sexual abuse.
Linda Connors
My name is Linda Connors and I am London Hypnotherapist and helping individuals heal in sexual abuse to transform pain into healing and personal growth.
Through hypnosis, mindfulness, EFT and coaching I provide a safe and inspirational space for you to come and heal to create the life you truly want.
I specialise in helping people to reconnect to themselves and bodies, to heal and create a healthy sexual relationships with intimacy and connection.
If you have experienced childhood abuse or rape in your adult life please contact me on +44 (0) 753 421 3557 to discover how you can start your own journey towards inner healing and balance.
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The best way to keep mice away is to seal up potential entry points of homes and structures. Entry points can easily be found by checking interior walls for light coming through small cracks and by feeling the interior air for movement. It is also a good idea to contact a professional exterminator for a full assessment of potential entry points for mice and other rodents.
Small cracks and holes can easily be sealed up with inexpensive caulking material. In addition to sealing up entry points, it is always a good idea to cover up all windows with screens, as well as cover drains with 1/4 inch of meshing material, as mice are too large to slip in through the mesh. Mice enter homes and structures in search of food, water and shelter.
Mice are also known to take up residence in outdoor garbage cans, sheds, wood piles and junk cars. It is always important to keep outdoor trash cans and wood piles tightly covered and sealed. Many people make the common mistake of leaving pet food in dishes outside. Pet food not only attracts mice, but it also attracts raccoons and possums. This can be easily avoided by clearing pet food dishes as soon as the animals are finished eating.


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This all started back in March when we went over to Ashley's moving sale (yes, I got some awesome stuff!) at first was just us doing a little shopping, but one thing lead to another, we ended up talking about a collaboration of some sort!
This year, we REALLY REALLY want to make it out to NY for ICFF & NY Design week, since we've never been!! We firgured this would be the best time to collaborate & come up with something to submit.
We've always admired Ashley's warm & natural sensibility of using super natural materials. So we thought it would be great to merge both of our aesthetic to design & create furniture pieces for NY Design Week. We' were so excited to hear that Ashley was just as excited about it as we are!
Our first brainstorming session was at Elliot Bay books. Without shame, we sat down and just covered the whole table with bunch of vintage books, drawings, inspirations, and materials to look at together. We were like kids in a playground going from one idea to another getting more and more excited as we talked & sketched.
At the end of the meeting we decided to go with designing some sort of lounge chair or hanging chair...the concept & design was still a bit undefined, but we continued to explore...
We then looked at some random materials we had sitting around our house in hope to find something that can really compliment Ashley's rustic warm aesthetic and also utilizes her textile skills.
Below are some of Ashley's felting & weaving project she was working on another day when we went over to talk. If you follow her blog, you'll quickly get a sense of how everything she captures is beautifully simple, warm, and balanced....and something that we really want to embrace.
I held on to this little tiny ball of Navajo wool sample from Ashley for the longest time...not only to look at it as a sample, but also because it was so darn cute & fuzzy!
playing with some materials....but ended up looking like a robot!
Various cotton ropes to mock up a mini hanging chair concept
All this is still quite priliminary....but I think we've honed in on some good general direction and pallet focusing on a more natrual, simple, and warm feel. Good thing we live & work in the same place, so we can literally look at all this 24/7!!


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News Story of the Day
Lee Co. Sheriff Mike Scott connected to alleged victim in church lawsuit
By Jim Spiewak
September 24, 2014
LEE COUNTY, FL -The Diocese of Venice is backing away from claims about knowing nothing about a second child assaulted by Robert Little years before his conviction.
CBS 2 Exclusive: L.I. Girl, 6, Says She Was Molested By Suspended Sex Offender Priest
By CBS News Team
September 22, 2014
HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. (CBS New York) — A little girl was allegedly sexually abused by a suspended Catholic priest who was a close family friend, and who had been charged with similar a crime in the past.
Children 'chained like dogs', sexually assaulted
By Xavier La Canna
September 22, 2014
Children were "chained like dogs" and sexually assaulted at a government-run home for Aboriginal children in Darwin, a child sex abuse inquiry has heard.
Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Speak Out Against Hartford's Archbishop
By Mike Krafcik
September 18, 2014
HARTFORD– An organization made up of people who were abused by priests spoke out in the capital city today.
They gathered because of unrest over recent actions of Hartford's Catholic Archdiocese.
Priest closer to extradition: Accused Minnesota priest in India since 2005 abuse allegations
By Forum News Service
September 15, 2014
A Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls a decade ago at a Greenbush, Minn., parish is one step closer to being extradited from his home country of India to the U.S. to face charges in Roseau County.
Priest accused of sexually assaulting teenage girl in Minnesota likely to be extradited from India to face trial
By The American Bazaar Staff
September 10, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC: Roman Catholic priest Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, who has been incarcerated at the Tihar Jail in New Delhi for two years, is likely to be extradited soon by the Indian government to face trial in Minnesota, over allegations of sexual assault of a teenage girl during his time of service there nearly 10 years ago.
N Ireland children shipped to Australia painted black 'for entertainment'
By Henry McDonald
September 9, 2014
Children abused in Northern Ireland's children's homes and orphanages who were shipped to Australia were painted black in order to entertain passengers on their voyages, a victim told an inquiry on Tuesday.
Documents show Twin Cities archdiocese protected priest accused of sexual abuse
By Madeleine Baran
September 5, 2014
Leaders of the Twin Cities archdiocese kept a priest in ministry despite sexual contact with women under his pastoral care and didn't report allegations of child sex abuse to police, according to documents released today in a clergy abuse lawsuit.
Judge won't dismiss clergy sex abuse suit; Nov. 3 trial set
By Madeleine Baran
September 3, 2014
In a sharply worded ruling, a Ramsey County judge has rejected a request by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to dismiss a massive clergy sex abuse lawsuit.
Three common strategies sexual offenders use to discredit child witnesses
By Boz Tchividjian
August 22, 2014
A Texas high school student named Greg Kelley was recently convicted of sexually victimizing a four year old boy. Despite the jury verdict, a small vocal group of supporters have been working hard to convince the public that this sexual offender is innocent.. Marginalizing the powerful voice of the child victim is often at the heart of this disturbing and all too common objective. In my years as a child sexual abuse prosecutor, I discovered that offenders and their supporters use three common strategies to try and convince others to embrace their distorted definition of innocence:
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I got this email today, & told Barbara I would post this for her. Please contact me if you are interested in the job & I will give you each other's contact info :
Hi there, I have a pattern by McKenna Ryan that I want to have made into a 60"w x 68" long wall hanging.
It has a fair amount of detail, some of which I want removed, like the fisherman and the fish in the sky.
I would also like to trade the cotton flowers for pink fireweed.
Anyhow it does involve cutting and fusing.
I cannot find anyone willing to do it.
I went over to Seams Like Home and the person they recommended has never done fusing.
Quilt Tree recommended Linda P. but she does not do other folks' patterns.
Can you make any suggestions? I am willing to pay whatever it takes.


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Personal Data Protection Policy of lvmh.fr Website
This personal data protection policy is intended to provide to visitors and users ("You") of the www.lvmh.fr website (the "Website") information related to the processing by LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (hereinafter "LVMH" or "We/Us") of their personal data (hereinafter the "Personal Data").
LVMH bestows the greatest importance and takes the greatest care in protecting privacy and the Personal Data.
This policy describes the processing of Personal Data we implement (hereinafter the "Processing") within the framework of this Website as well as your rights related to the protection of your Personal Data.
1. Identity and contact details of data controller
1.1 The data controller is the entity which determines the means and purposes of the Personal Data Processing.
As regards the Processing of your Personal Data collected via the Website, the data controller is:
LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton,
A European company with its registered office at 22 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris,
Registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Registry under number 775 670 417
LVMH's Personal Data Protection Officer ("DPO"), who is available to answer your questions related to the protection of your Personal Data, may be contacted by using the contact form.
2. Description of Personal Data Processing implemented
2.1 Purpose and legal bases of Processing
The Processing implemented is carried out based on your consent only and is intended to enable us:
- to respond your questions or your orders of documents (the Group's and its Houses' current events, financial events, press releases, letters to shareholders) sent via the general "Contact" form, the "register for the newsletter" form or the "Manage your alerts" form of the "Shareholders" section;
- to produce, via the use of cookies (tracers), statistics related to the use of and visits on our Website in order to measure the general public's interest in it as well as the interest of persons searching for a job or internship;
- to reply to and manage your online applications made via the "Contact" form or in the applicants space in the Website's "Talent" section.
2.2 Personal Data processed
The Personal Data related to you and collected and processed for the purposes described above are, depending on the Website's services used, your choices and the settings of your terminal (notably as related to cookies and other tracers):
- To respond to your questions and requests for documents: your last name, first name, email address, information related to your profile (shareholder, journalist, applicant, student, individual, professional, etc.) and your place of residence (city, country)
- To produce statistics: your connection logs and IP addresses
- To manage your applications: last name, first name, email address, telephone number, professional experience and all the information you communicate to us by sending your application and/or your curriculum vitae: photo, skills, education level, languages spoken, salary expectations, personal address, leisure activities, family status, etc. These Data are collected and stored only within the framework of the management of your applications and are not used for any other purpose, including for commercial purposes.
The Data which are essential for LVMH to satisfy the purposes described above are pointed out with an asterisk on the Website's various pages. If you do not fill out these mandatory fields, LVMH will not be able to respond to your requests and/or to provide you the requested services.
2.3 Recipients of your Personal Data
Accessibility within the LVMH Group
Your Personal Data are processed by the various departments of LVMH and of the Houses of the LVMH Group:
- LVMH's Institutional Communication Department and Financial Communication Department as regards your requests and the production of statistics
- Human Resources Department of LVMH or of the relevant House
- Departments related to your application at LVMH or the Houses
As regards the Data related to your application, subject to your consent, they may be made accessible to the Group's other Houses in order to inform you and to allow you to directly benefit from all the job offers corresponding to your profile within the LVMH Group. The complete list of Houses belonging to the LVMH Group is available here.
Accessibility by third parties
Your Personal Data will also be accessible to third parties, namely: (i) to the recruitment agencies with which LVMH works and which may advise us in the management of our applicants databases and help us in selecting profiles in such databases; (ii) incidentally, for technical and logistical reasons, to LVMH's subcontractors (notably hosting and Website maintenance providers) and, lastly (iii) your connection logs and IP addresses are also processed via the Adobe Marketing Cloud and Google Analytics tools to produce statistics.
Your Personal Data may be transferred to a third party in case of a restructuring of LVMH or of the relevant Houses, including in case of a total or partial assignment of assets, merger, absorption-acquisition, demerger and, more generally, any reorganization transaction.
Lastly, LVMH may communicate your Data to third parties when such communication is required by law, a regulatory provisions or a judicial decision, or if such communication is necessary to provide for the protection and defense of its rights.
2.4 Transfers of your Personal Data abroad
The recipients of your Personal Data may be located abroad, including outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA") in countries where the legislation on protection of Personal Data differs from the legislation applicable within the EEA. Indeed, within the framework of your applications, subject to your consent, your Personal Data may be made accessible to different Houses of the Group, including outside of the EEA. The complete list of the Houses belonging to the LVMH Group is available here. LVMH's providers or their subcontractors may also be located outside of the EEA.
All transfers of your Data outside of the EEA are made with the appropriate safeguards, notably contractual, in accordance with the regulations applicable to personal data protection.
As regards the Data related to your application, LVMH has binding corporate rules ("BCRs") recognized by the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) as being compliant and which provide an adequate level of protection in case of transfers of Data within the Group, including outside of the European Economic Area.
A copy of these BCRs may be provided by using the contact form.
Lastly, within the framework of the contracts concluded by LVMH with providers such as listed above (recruitment agencies, technical providers and audience measurement providers), your Personal Data may be accessible by providers and/or their subcontractors located outside of the EEA. For example, the host of the Website's applicants space is located in Great Britain and in Poland. Moreover, Adobe and Google transfer your IP addresses and connection logs outside of the EEA. The safeguards implemented within the framework of such transfers are described in the contracts concluded with these providers and are accessible upon request.
2.5 Retention period of your Personal Data
– Questions and occasional requests for documents: The Personal Data collected and processed within the framework of your questions or occasional requests for documents will be retained only for the period for processing your request. They will then be destroyed.
– Registration for our current events and newsletters: The Personal Data collected within the framework of your request for registration for our newsletters and current events will be retained for a period of three (3) years as of their collection or your last contact with LVMH. After such period, LVMH may recontact you in order to know whether you wish to continue to receive our communications. In any event, you may change your mind at any time regarding your consent and ask to unsubscribe by clicking on the link contained in the messages sent to you or by using the contact form. In such case, your Personal Data will be destroyed within a maximum period of 1 month as of your request to unsubscribe.
– Connection data: your connection logs collected, subject to your consent and to the settings of your terminal, via use of cookies and other tracers placed on our Website, will be retained in accordance with applicable regulations for a period not to exceed thirteen (13) months. For more details regarding cookies, how they function and the possibility you have of deactivating them, see our section below dedicated to cookies.
– Application files: The Data related to you application will be retained for a period of two (2) years as of when they are provided or as of the last contact with you, then they will be destroyed or will be filed for the sole purpose of meeting our statutory obligations. At the end of this 2-year period, LVMH may recontact you to know whether you want LVMH to continue to retain your Personal Data, in view of being informed of an opportunity that may arise and which may correspond what you are seeking and to your skills.
In any event, your Personal Data will be destroyed upon a simple request by you transmitted via the contact form, within a maximum period of 1 month as of your request.
2.6 Fight against fraud and infringement
It is of the utmost importance to LVMH to protect its trademarks, products, know-how and image. Within this framework LVMH, simultaneously and in collaboration with the public authorities, has implemented a number of fraud and infringement detection tools and it centralizes all the information related notably to infringement offences and parallel imports, which it may detect or which may be reported to it, regarding the LVMH Group's trademarks and products, or any other infringement of the rights of the Houses of the LVMH Group the list of which is accessible on the www.lvmh.com website. Within this framework, LVMH may collected and process a certain amount of personal data related to the persons suspected of having committed such offences or involved in such cases and the witnesses of such offences. Such information will be retained only for the needs and period necessary for verifying the acts detected or reported then, if applicable, for prosecution or implementing the means for putting an end to such offences until the case is settled on a final basis or, in case LVMH decides not to seek prosecution, for a period of five (5) years as of the last incident noted.
3. Your rights
In accordance with the regulations in force, you have a right of access and of correction of your Personal Data and the right to request the deletion (right to be forgotten), the right to oppose the processing of your Personal Data and the right to obtain the limitation or portability of your Personal Data to the extent that this is applicable, subject to urgent, legitimate grounds LVMH may show to retain your Data.
As regards the Data related to your application, we request that you keep up-to-date the information about your in your "Applicants Space".
Moreover, you may request at any time to no longer receive our communications about our offers, news and events by using the hypertext link provided for this purpose in each email we send to you.
Such rights may be exercised directly via the contact form. You may be asked to provide proof of identity.
Furthermore, you have the right to bring a claim with the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL), 3 Place de Fontenoy – TSA 80715 – 75334 PARIS CEDEX 07, Tel : 01 53 73 22 22, regarding the manner in which LVMH collects and processes your Data.
5. Modification of the Personal Data Protection Policy
LVMH may at any time modify this Policy. We will ensure that you are informed of such modifications either by specifically mentioning it on our Website or by a customized warning.


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Tingley Beach
Enjoy fishing, boating, picnics and hiking just minutes from downtown Albuquerque near the Rio Grande.
Located adjacent to the Rio Grande Bosque, Tingley Beach consists of three fishing ponds that are open to the public, free of charge. All anglers are required to have a New Mexico fishing license. You can purchase a fishing license here. Game and Fish representatives and/or ABQ BioPark Security will be monitoring for license compliance.
Tingley Beach also offers wildlife watching, paths for running and walking, and boating opportunities.
Please be respectful of other users, the environment and waterfowl by observing Tingley Beach rules and regulations.
Anglers ages 12+ need a valid NM fishing license. Admission to the ponds is free.
- Fish from dawn to dusk!
- Read the latest fishing report
- Central Pond
- Catch & Release Pond
- Children's Pond
Explore, Boat, Relax
Pack a picnic and enjoy the outdoors.
Upcoming Events
Visit the ABQ BioPark Calendar
Latest BioPark News
New Tasmanian Devils at the ABQ BioPark
Public can now see two new brothers at the Zoo.
Home Gardening Tips: Fall and Winter
Learn some tips from the ABQ BioPark's gardening pros.
Fall and Winter Busy for Gardeners
It may seem like the "off" season, but ABQ BioPark horticulture staff members are busy bees during the cooler months.
Zoo Welcomes 3 New Cheetahs
Year-Old Brothers arrive to Albuquerque from the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Texas.
Ghost Ranch Restoration Project
ABQ BioPark staff volunteer their time for conservation work at Ghost Ranch in northern New Mexico.
Animal Wellbeing is Our Number One Priority
ABQ BioPark prioritizes mental and physical health when caring for animals.
Shelldon Makes a Big Move
Rescue turtle can now be viewed in the Atlantic Coral Reef tank, and will return to the ocean in October.
Ivory Coast Zookeepers Visit ABQ BioPark
View some of the highlights of the two-week visit from our friends from West Africa.
Grand Opening of Butterflies and Bees Exhibit
Revamped Butterfly Pavilion at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden to include more than 40 species of native pollinators.
ABQ BioPark Hosts Four Zookeepers from the Ivory Coast
Two-week exchange is part of a multi-year international crocodile conservation partnership.
New Curator of Plants Brings Fresh Ideas
Maria Thomas wants to bring conservation, community to the forefront in her new position.
Zoo Welcomes Another Cute—But Gravely Endangered—Face
Albuquerque's new Guam kingfisher chick bolsters the genetic pool of the species, which is extinct in the wild.
Get to Know the ABQ BioPark's Lions
Learn fun facts about Kenya and Dixie for World Lion Day.
New Face on the Catwalk
Male snow leopard cub beginning to explore his habitat.
Spring Baby Boom at the BioPark
Learn about the ABQ BioPark's newest additions.
ABQ BioPark Predators
The ABQ BioPark is home to a variety of predators - some you'd expect, but others may surprise you!
Scientific Research at the ABQ BioPark
Zoos and aquariums are becoming increasingly important contributors to scientific knowledge about species and the ABQ BioPark is no exception.
Building on an International Partnership
ABQ BioPark staff return to Abidjan zoo, go to the field for the first time to work with wild crocodiles.
Unlikely Pollinators
Giraffes help pollinate trees on the African savanna.
It's a (big) BOY!
Rozie the elephant gives birth to healthy calf, mother and baby bonding behind the scenes before public debut
New Guided Tours at the Botanic Garden
Explore the plants and animals of the Japanese Garden, Heritage Farm and Curandera Garden during hour-long tours.
New Weedy Sea Dragons at the Aquarium
Come visit the ABQ BioPark's newest resident.
Fast Facts About Apes
It's the Great Ape-ril at the ABQ BioPark - join us for activities throughout the month. Here are some things you may not know about apes!
Penguins Feel the Heat
Penguin species exist in delicate balance within their ecosystems and climate change can disrupt their lives in complicated ways.
Wildlife Rescues in Costa Rica
The Jaguar Rescue Center Foundation and The Ara Project are gems along Costa Rica's Caribbean coast.
Green Initiatives at the ABQ BioPark
Elimination of plastic bags, eco-friendly straws among several ways the BioPark is greening up.
Zoo Partners With TriCore Reference Laboratories for Elephant Prenatal Care
Regular blood draws help ensure calf and mom are healthy.
"Hey, Why's the Water Green?"
Tingley Beach's ponds are carefully managed using biological processes.
Partnership to Fight Wildlife Trafficking
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums partners with U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance.
A Lotta Otter Fun
Chaos and Mayhem are getting ready for their new home.