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May 2012,
Strange. Is the one word I'd use to describe Moloka'i, the friendly island. People were certainly friendly and embracing, in the way that only island people can be. But there is something else, hard to put my finger on.
At first I thought it was because of how local the place is, with Native Hawaiians accounting for more than 60% of the population and so few visitors (barely 200 a day on average, while nearby Mau'i is 3 times bigger and gets 35 time the number of tourists). I was walking along a beach park in Kaunakakai when I came upon a hula group practicing to the tune of Wahine Ilikea. (I never saw any hula practice at the beach on other islands). People talked about when to go out for an outrigger paddling session and where to go for the best shells at the moment and what they had found recently – Every single person I met was excited to discuss shells! In island-style, locals identify strongly with the area they're from and live in (east/windward, west/leeward, north shore, south shore, and central). It's even more extreme in Moloka'i and borderline incomprehensible given how small the island is. This lady in Kaunakakai told me how generations of her family have lived in central Moloka'i and how much she loves it there and she couldn't remember the last time she went all the way to the east end. All the way to the east end! It's 25 miles and 40 minutes down the road. I didn't know how to respond.
I was picked up by: a local Hawaiian who works in the helicopter patrol (looking for marijuana farms) who drove me all the way to Halawa valley; a mixed Brazilian-American who works for the county TV station and has the most adorable 4-year-old boy, whose neighbor is a famous fishing spear maker; another local Hawaiian, this time a medical kahuna, who took me in his home and convinced me to change my flight back to Oahu to a few days later so that he could talk more traditional Hawaiian medicine stuff with me, who fed me delicious pink Moloka'i mangoes that grew thick in his garden and gave me lomi-lomi massage every morning and once drove me up in the middle of the mountain where I got another lomi-lomi. Maybe this is why Moloka'i was so strange to me.
It is worth noting here that world over, Moloka'i is famous for the leper colony founded by Father Damien. In Hawa'i, the island was (is?) renowned for its powerful kahunas, or priests, sought after by kings from other islands in matters of spirits and sorcery. Many believe this explains the distinct mana of the land.
The people that I remembered most fondly were the 2 brothers that let me camp near them for safety on a desolate west end beach. When I told the younger one, still a teenager, that I'm from Vietnam, he asked: "oh, there are lots of scooters there and you all go crazy on the road right?" I was taken aback; I didn't expect anyone on Moloka'i to know anything about contemporary Vietnam, let alone the traffic. Turned out he talked with a girl from Singapore on the internet who sent him youtube videos of southeast asian countries. Vive the internet! The older brother was living off the land; he caught some fish to grill and share with me. The teenager came to spend the summer with his brother, away from all the troubles at school where he had difficulty fitting in. There's lots of love on these islands, and lots of broken homes. Their hearts are right, and I hope they have found, or will find, their way and their place.
West End trail and beaches:
Early 2012 when my class went to Big Isle for a field project, Nancy organized a night manta ray snorkeling group and asked me to join. I reluctantly said no, opting to spend that weekend with Col. It didn't take long for them to report back on the trip with raving reviews, and Col said he'd take me to a better swim with the mantas than any of the commercial tours. That took 3 years to happen. And my first and only manta that night was a baby chilling right by the pier; we saw it before even setting foot on the outrigger canoe, and long before I tried to shoo away the disappointment that the crew only provided a wetsuit top instead of a full suit, took the deepest breath and dropped off into the cold water. Col and I were the first to wimp out after barely 10 minutes hanging onto the surfboard-as-floater looking down at plankton and blue needle fish, blaming our intolerance on our upbringing in the tropics.
But the ocean was still kind. As we sat shivering in our towels back in the canoe, thoroughly disappointed at the lack of warmth, manta rays, and hot chocolate that the crew had promised but then forgot to bring, we got unexpected guests. The best kind 🙂 Dolphins! My first time seeing them in real life actually. A playful pod of 7 bottlenose that didn't seem to get tired of circling us. For a moment I was tempted to go back down in the water and swim with them, 'cause they came so close, within 10 feet of the canoe, but staying dry won out. I was happy enough to just sit and watch them going round and around. Such elegance when they glide in the water, and such delight when they jump one after another (it's so hard to imagine that they're capable of some horrific acts). I would like to think that it was just as exciting and entertaining for them to check us out as it was for us to watch them. Later as we headed back to shore, the captain woman in an attempt to steer away from the failure of the night decided to chase the dolphins to give us a few more show minutes. I was abhorred at such harassment and any of my positive feeling for her promptly dissolved away. But I didn't say a thing.
Cold water in Hawai'i also brings another much loved group of immigrants: the humpback. Both dolphins and whales are considered manifestations of Kanaloa – god of the ocean, one of the four major gods in Hawaiian religion. I'd only heard their strangely soothing singing and seen their bumps far out in the water, usually a mom and her calf playing. Luck was on my side again during this trip. We went to pebble beach at the same time that a whale was patrolling along the coast. We saw her pump up a fountain as we drove down, and on the beach, while we were busy eating opi'hi freshly picked off the rocks, she came and flipped her tail up 100 feet at most from where we were standing. I was in awe.
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Not many places where one can witness the earth as it breathes, destroys, and creates. I love Hawai'i.
It's such a world apart: going from where you can't escape the human presence to where it is nil. I'm typing this after having got back to Vietnam, looking out to see a constant stream of traffic and activities, at the hardworking masses and imagine that this must be what it feels like to be inside an anthill or beehive. I still have that fresh image of sitting on Col's porch looking down at the ocean in the distance, with big ohi'a trees around, no sounds but the wind and the birds. Or of us walking on barren lava field, bristle crust breaking under each of our steps, Pu'u O'o steaming right ahead. Us walking in complete darkness except for the weak light from an old hand crank lamp, trying to locate rock cairns to bring us back to the trailhead. I love the Big Island, and there's no one but you that I'd want to be with on lava field in complete darkness.
July 2007: The first time I set foot on Waipi'o valley on the eastern Hamakua coast of the Big Island was during my short trip in the summer of 2007. It was my first time hitchhiking, and I was picked up in Hilo by a man called Frank. Frank was going back to his house in the cowboy Waimea and would drop me off in Honoka'a, a small town 10 miles before the valley. During our chat, Frank revealed that he was a Vietnam vet and had had some terrible nightmares. We connected, and the initial 40-mile ride turned into a 6 hour trip. He stopped to show me waterfalls, drove me down to the coast of Laupahoehoe wherethe waves are forever crushing down on shore, took me to his place in Waimea for lunch, drove me through the saddle road to go back to Hilo, and most memorable of all, he introduced me to Waipi'o. It was a typical misty day on the windward side; the whole valley was shrouded in a white mist. He drove his 4WD down to the valley and there we stood. It was verdant, moist, quiet. But you can't quantify feelings. I took in deep breaths, listening to the soothing Hi'ilawe in the distance. Since then, I have always been very partial to the windward side of the Big Island, and Waipi'o has a special place in my heart.
April 2011: A quick trip with H. to the Big Isle the weekend before Merrie Monarch for a special project that H. was working on. We weren't officially together at that time, but the tension was always there. We managed to squeeze in a quick trip to Waipi'o. Hiking down the valley and then to the waterfall in a late afternoon, we found the place empty, which was rare as it is a popular spot. Just the two of us. I went down to the pool, closed my eyes, kicked my feet gently and floated on my back. My body caressed, my soul lulled. The chute of the water, the sharp dropping into the pool, the leisurely widening of circles. My eyes softly opened again, and in that instant, part of me almost went up in the air to take a look down below, a look down at me, tiny in the giant arms of the mountains. We kissed, in a small nook under the stream, and again in the cave under Hi'ilawe. Intoxicated by beauty, by love's sweet taste.
December 2011: A month long trip on the Big Island, going around to all my favorites, including Waipi'o. I found a small farm that lets people stay in exchange for a helping hand, and there I pitched my tent. Every day, I dug my bare hands into the rich soft airy black soil as puffy fat worms wiggled their way around. I strolled past houses with no one there except for a couple of quiet cats. I sat by the river swollen up after months of rain. I walked back into the lush mountains with dozens of waterfalls trickling down the slopes. We'll be gone in no time. But this valley, this water, this energy will stay. Time is immortal.
Dec 24, 2011
Halape, Big Island, Hawai'i
This is the life and everything feels just right. How else could it be any better than this? Here I am immersed in the pure beauty of this land that I fell in love with the first time I was on it without even knowing why. Here I am by myself and just can't – I don't know what to say anymore. This is the life. To be with these beings and these elements, so old and so wise. To sit here and breath in. To realize how transient my life and everything that I possess is. The futility of superficial pursuit. The arrogance of those who are removed from the land and thus place themselves above her. The idiocy.
The beauty in simplicity, in this seeming eternality. Everything is just right. Here my soul is at peace. Here my soul is calmed, my heart lullabied, my feet at rest.
Uala ka lani
Uala ka honua
Uala ka uka
Uala ke kai
And here's my chant
To the sky
To the earth
To the mountain
To the sea
To all the beings that once were here
And to all that are here now
I humbly offer my soul to be one with thee
I don't ask for strength and clarity anymore, at least not here, not now.
I don't ask for healing
I only ask for acceptance, to be part of this beauty, this grace.
Dec 2011,
I left Volcano on Christmas day, heading to Waipio: 80 miles of winding roads away. I figured if it got late, I could just stop for the night in Puna. Rides were exceptionally fast that day (including one from my department's chair to get me out of Volcano!) and I definitely could have got to the valley before the sun started going down, but for some reason, the warm ponds of Puna beckoned. Or maybe I just wanted to take a break from back-country camping. No rush anyway, Waipio would still be there the next day.
Puna, my introduction to the Big Island, and one of the rare instances where I was reminded to not always go with first impression. During my trip in the summer of 2007, I spent the initial few days there with a CSer. To me it was the definition of local laid-back Hawaiian style. Drivers stop in the middle of the road to say hi to each other; and you should simply take your time waiting behind while they finish their quick catch-up – absolutely no honking. Roadside stands with veggies and fruits fresh from the owners' gardens. And of course it's beautiful; narrow drives weaving through lush gardens and forests. There are black sand beaches (including one with lots of hippies on Sundays), volcanically heated warm ponds, tide pools with great snorkeling and not a soul around. (I snorkeled for the first time and didn't even know how to swim then; the underwater marvel made me promise myself that I'd learn). Read the rest of this entry »


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Visit the Showground for Countryside Lincs, a fun packed family day out about food, farming and the countryside...
Back for its fifth year, Countryside Lincs returns to the Lincolnshire Showground on Sunday 14 April with a fun-filled and interactive day all about food, farming and the countryside. Meet producers, crafters, farmers and lots of farmyard animals all in one place to inspire young minds all about Lincolnshire's heritage.
With a huge variety of activities in both our indoor and outdoor zones, Countryside Lincs is the perfect day out whatever the weather. We have eight different zones for children to explore including learning how to make and bake tasty local foods, getting hands-on with creative activities, meeting farmyard animals big and small and even having a ride around the Showground on our big tractor and trailer.
In addition to all of this, we also have a ring timetables packed full of displays for you to enjoy.

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Jenn and I were honored that our friend, Katie, invited us to visit her hometown of Lexington, Kentucky. April is an ideal time to visit—if you consider hanging on fences watching foals wobble their way across rolling bluegrass hills to be a good time. (We do!)
Our first stop on a Friday night: Willie's Locally Known—famous for barbecue and live Bluegrass music. We debated going to Cheapside Bar & Grill, a Lexingtonian favorite with historic charm, but we were eager to sway our shoulders and tap our feet the energetic strums of Holy Ghost Tent Revival. Their show did not disappoint!
[Note: given the small venue size, Willie's tabletops and stadium seats at fill up quickly. Definitely arrive well before show time if you want seats, attentive service and a full menu.]
The next morning, Katie's friend, Tess, took us to the adorable Windy Corner Market—an appropriate spot for gals visiting from the Windy City. We enjoyed our morning meal al fresco…in view of a nearby horse farm!
Sometimes referred to as the Horse Capital of the World, the horse farms in Lexington are plentiful and easy to visit. For those desiring a next level experience, take a drive through Kentucky Horse Park. After paying a small admission, you can see draft horses being groomed and harnessed at the historic barn in the mornings; watch The Parade of Breeds Show; take a Horse Drawn Trolley Tour; visit the International Museum of the Horse; or watch the Horses of the World Show as we did. Afterwards, we somehow managed to coax a Clydesdale to come hang out with us!
After our leisurely morning, we braced ourselves to push through the throngs of seersucker suited gents with their dolled up dates at Keeneland Racecourse. Here, the fashion and people watching are as good as it gets. [Note: if you wear a Derby hat to Keeneland, everyone will know you are a tourist!]
Afterward, Katie's friend Natanya Nieman showed us around Winstar Farm where she is the resident veterinarian. She introduced us to a few foals and mares—and even a past Kentucky Derby winner.
The next day, we explored the Bourbon Trail, starting with a tour at the most renown distillery, Woodford Reserve.
The water used in bourbon making passes through an ancient limestone shelf, a natural filter just below the ground surface. The taste produced by this natural processing is what makes Kentucky bourbons world famous.
After touring the distillery, we had a tasting in the showroom. I liked the bourbon balls even better than the bourbon.
Our second stop was a well-respected craft distillery: Buffalo Trace. Apparently some of their best Bourbon of all time was from barrels that survived a tornado in 2006. Juxtaposed with the grandeur of Woodford Reserve, Buffalo Trace is the distillery I'd choose to visit again. I'm planning to try out Four Roses and Wild Turkey on my next trip.
We could have filled a week with fun in Lexington, especially given how well the Lexington Visitors Center provides information to tourists. In addition to the world famous bourbon trail, Lexington has a brewery trail. But again—I'll save that for next time.


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The Wisconsin School for the Blind and Visually Impaired had students write letters to their hometown and regional newspapers in advance of White Cane Day 2018. Everett Alms of Hudson shared with RiverTown Multimedia what his white cane means to him. "I have gotten used to bringing it whenever I travel or go out to dark places," Alms wrote in the Oct. 13 edition. The 12-year-old's simple, effective letter caught the attention of the Republican Eagle REaders' Board, which met early this month and awarded him a Golden Quill.
"Editing a paper is a nice business," Charles K. Blandin once wrote. He was being sarcastic. Still, he believed in the free press and made it his life, leading both small weeklies and a successful metropolitan daily. The son of a Wisconsin farmer, he also was a teacher at one point and eventually a paper company magnate who took his earnings and created the Blandin Foundation based in Grand Rapids, Minn., so his company would contribute to "the community advantage" long after his death in 1958.
The sewage coming down the Cannon River has dissipated to the point people may again swim in Lake Byllesby. Goodhue County temporarily closed the beach Tuesday, July 3, following the discharge of up to 1 million gallons of sewage that day from the Northfield wastewater treatment facility. The ban was lifted at noon on Friday, July 6. The closure was systematic from the moment Northfield alerted authorities downstream that day and involved Goodhue County Sheriff's Office, Public Works and Land-use Management as well as Dakota County officials.
Frankly, our opinion pages have been used and some would say abused by campaigns to promote candidates and political events. Many of the letters read like advertisements because they are advertisements. That is why, effective today, RiverTown will charge for letters endorsing candidates. This is something a few of our sister newspapers in Forum Communications Co. have done for years. We decided to join them for several reasons, including.
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Three area wineries have been named to Minnesota's top 10 by the Best of Minnesota website. Alexis Bailly Vineyards of Hastings leads the way at No. 1. Founded in the late 1970s, "the granddaddy of Minnesota wineries" as the website calls it, Alexis Bailly stakes claim to being the first commercial winery to grow and use grapes grown in the state. "Although it's been best known for its dessert wines, Bailly's maturing vineyards are now producing grapes that make smooth and complex reds," the judges note.


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Dorothy "Dinny" Bradford Riegel
Dorothy "Dinny" Bradford Riegel died on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007 in Cedarburg, at the age of 71.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Mueller Funeral Home, W63 N527 Hanover Ave., in Cedarburg.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Dec. 15 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1700 Crescent Ave., Champaign, Ill. 61821.
Dinny was born on March 26, 1936 in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Middlebury College, she worked as a horse-trainer and a nurse. She loved nature, animals and sacred music.
Dinny is survived by her children Dorey (Terry Plampin) Riegel of Alexandria, Va., Paul (Mary Jane) Riegel of Cedarburg, John (Dawn) Riegel of Savoy, Ill. and Katie (Ira Sukrungruang) Riegel of Oswego, N.Y.; and her grandchildren Jenny, Paul, Cindy, Grant and Trent.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial gifts be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church in Champaign, Ill.
For online condolences, please visit www.muellerfuneralhome.com.


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To qualify to be one of the oversize mascots, applicants must be between 5-foot-7 and 6-foot-6, age 18 or older and strong enough to wear a 45-pound costume for several hours. In addition, applicants must be fast, capable of running from center field to home plate in 40 seconds.
Racing presidents must also commit to work at least 35 games.
But hey, you don't have to participate in any debates.
The club receives about 200 to 300 applicants a year, according to Tom Davis, the club's entertainment manager. About 50 applicants will be selected for tryouts, based on responses to a questionnaire. The tryouts will be held, naturally, on Presidents Day weekend.
Winners of the job have included college students and government workers.
The part-time work comes with a salary, but club officials declined to reveal the amount.
While only George, Tom, Abe and Teddy -- the presidents depicted on Mount Rushmore -- race during games, the club selects about 15 to 20 people.
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Meeting 2: (Earning our Daisy Safety Pin)
pre-meeting: Journal: Rainbow of me
opening: Review pledge/promise/law
song: G for Generosity or Boom Chica Boom
circle: Vote on Journey, talk about who to go to to ask for help (police officer, teacher, firebox)
activity: Safety award: 1) fill out safety cards; 2) stop drop & roll; 3) what to do if someone is choking (choking symbol, etc) plus choking symptoms and prevention (http://www.keepyourchildsafe.org/child-safety-book/choking-prevention-safety-rules-for-kids.html) + choking prevention chart (causes, symptoms and prevention)
game: Handshake game (including the Girl Scout Handshake) and Tiger Cowgirl Princess
closing: Friendship squeeze; what are you most excited about for girl scout?
- Rainbow of me printout
- Journey book examples
- Emergency card for activity
- Safety Award Pins!
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pre-meeting: Journal: Heart Maps
opening: promise, law, pledge
song: Button factory or Father Abraham
circle: Journey intro!
activity: Monster bookmarks to hold their places in their Journey books
game: hula hoop game, hot lava game
closing: squeeze; favorite flower from Journey
- heart maps printout + example
- Journey books for all girls
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Our girls voted to do the Three Cheers for Animals journey. I've done this one in the past, so it should hopefully be a little bit easier to plan this year! I'll let you know what we do in our meetings to earn our Journey awards! What Journey are you doing this year?


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Long Realty's Foothills office continues to add to its already-deep talent pool with the arrival of Sheri Smith, an associate broker and native Tucsonan returning to her roots after a 15-year stint as a REALTOR® in southern New Jersey. Before adopting her married name, Smith was known as Sheri Munday.
Smith's résumé includes multiple credentials from the National Association of REALTORS® to denote advanced training and skills in specific professional areas. She holds the designations of Seller Representative Specialist (SRS); Accredited Buyer's Representative (ABR); Graduate, REALTOR® Institute member (GRI); Short Sales & Foreclosure Resource (SFR); e-PRO (online and digital representation); and Certified Residential Specialist (CRS). The CRS designation is the highest credential awarded to residential sales agents, managers, and brokers. Smith is also a National Association of REALTORS®-trained mediator.
With a focus on residential properties, Smith works with buyers and sellers and counts consulting and short sales among her specialties. In addition to her work as an associate broker, Smith is a real-estate photographer and business/life coach.
"We're delighted to welcome Sheri to the office," said Laura Mance, manager of the Foothills branch. "Her qualifications, experience and drive to provide excellent service make her a great fit. And as a Tucson native who's been away for a while, she brings a fresh perspective to the properties we represent."
Located at 4051 E. Sunrise Drive, Suite 101, Long Realty's Foothills office is Tucson's leading residential real estate office as measured by sales volume. The office was opened in 1979 to serve the Catalina Foothills and greater Tucson markets.
For more information, contact Sheri Smith by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at (856) 625-0160.
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110 Blake Road
Hopkins, MN 55343
|Driving Directions:
From 169, take Excelsior Boulevard east for .75 miles to Blake Road, turn right (south) and take the first right (west) into the Blake School campus.
|Fields at This Complex:
first field to the right of the driveway, essentially at the intersection of Blake and Excelsior.
To the left when entering the driveway
Proceed to the fork in the incoming driveway, turn right into a parking lot. Field is to the west, north of the tennis courts.
Field #5 is adjacent to the track. Turn right to go to field 4 and turn left to go to field 5.


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Featured Acquisitions - May and June 2017
Courts Under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina by Gretchen Helmke
This study offers a new theoretical framework for understanding how institutional instability affects judicial behavior under dictatorship and democracy. In stark contrast to conventional wisdom, the central findings of the book contradict the longstanding assumption that only independent judges rule against the government of the day. Set in the context of Argentina, the study uses the tools of positive political theory to explore the conditions under which courts rule against the government. In addition to shedding new light on the dynamics of court-executive relations in Argentina, the study provides general lessons about institutions, instability, and the rule of law. In the process, the study builds a new set of connections among diverse bodies of scholarship, including US judicial politics, comparative institutional analysis, positive political theory, and Latin American politics.
Managed Speech: The Roberts Court's First Amendment by Gregory P. Magarian
This book comprehensively explores and critiques how the current U.S. Supreme Court, under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, has reshaped First Amendment free speech law. The book argues that the Roberts Court's First Amendment decisions consistently conform to a version of expressive freedom that the author calls "managed speech," providing limited protection for expressive autonomy while bolstering social and political stability. The book critiques managed speech and advocates a contrasting vision of constitutional speech protection called "dynamic diversity," which aims to broaden the range of ideas and participants in public discussion. The book examines every one of the more than forty decisions about expressive freedom that the Supreme Court handed down between Chief Justice Roberts' ascent in September 2005 and Justice Scalia's death in February 2016. These decisions comprise one of the most important, controversial parts of the Roberts Court's record and legacy. The author explores key recurring debates in First Amendment law across three categories of free speech problems: regulations of private speech; restrictions on speech that involves government institutional subjects, government property, or government funding, which the author calls "government preserves"; and regulations of speech in the electoral process.
Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System by Jerome F. Buting
Interweaving his account of the Steven Avery trial, the trial at the heart of Making a Murderer, with other high profile cases from his criminal defense career, attorney Jerome F. Buting explains the flaws in America's criminal justice system and lays out a provocative, persuasive blueprint for reform. Over his career, Jerome F. Buting has spent hundreds of hours in courtrooms representing defendants in criminal trials. When he agreed to join Dean Strang as co-counsel for the defense in Steven A. Avery vs. State of Wisconsin, he knew a tough fight was ahead. But, as he reveals in Illusion of Justice, no-one could have predicted just how tough and twisted that fight would be--or that it would become the center of the documentary Making a Murderer, which made Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey household names, and thrust Buting into the spotlight. Buting's powerful, riveting boots-on-the-ground narrative of Avery's and Dassey's cases becomes a springboard to examine the shaky integrity of law enforcement and justice in the United States, which Buting has witnessed firsthand for more than 35 years. From his early career as a public defender to his success overturning wrongful convictions working with the Innocence Project, his story provides a compelling expert view into the high-stakes arena of criminal defense law; the difficulties of forensic science; and a horrifying reality of biased interrogations, coerced or false confessions, faulty eyewitness testimony, official misconduct, and more. Combining narrative reportage with critical commentary and personal reflection, Buting explores his professional and personal motivations, career-defining cases--including his shocking fifteen-year-long fight to clear the name of another man wrongly accused and convicted of murder--and what must happen if our broken system is to be saved. Taking a place beside Just Mercy and The New Jim Crow, Illusion of Justice is a tour de force from a relentless and eloquent advocate for justice who is determined to fulfill his professional responsibility and, in the face of overwhelming odds, make America's judicial system work as it is designed to.
Diminishing the Bill of Rights: Barron v. Baltimore and the Foundations of American Liberty by William Davenport Mercer
The modern effort to locate American liberties, it turns out, began in the mud at the bottom of Baltimore harbor. John Barron Jr. and John Craig sued the city for damages after Baltimore's rebuilt drainage system diverted water and sediment into the harbor, preventing large ships from tying up at Barron and Craig's wharf. By the time the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 1833, the issue had become whether the city's actions constituted a taking of property by the state without just compensation, a violation of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The high court's decision in Barron v. Baltimore marked a critical step in the rapid evolution of law and constitutional rights during the first half of the nineteenth century. Diminishing the Bill of Rights examines the backstory and context of this decision as a turning point in the development of our current conception of individual rights. Since the colonial period, Americans had viewed their rights as springing from multiple sources, including the common law, natural right, and English legal tradition. Despite this rich heritage and a prohibition grounded in the Magna Carta against uncompensated state takings of property, the Court ruled against Barron's claim. The Bill of Rights, Chief Justice John Marshall declared in his opinion for the majority, restrained only the federal government, not the states. The Fifth Amendment, accordingly, did not apply to Maryland or any of the cities it chartered.
In explaining how the Court came to reject a multisourced view of human liberties-a position seemingly inconsistent with its previous decisions-William Davenport Mercer helps explain why we now envision the Constitution as essential to guaranteeing our rights. Marshall's view of rights in Barron, Mercer argues, helped him navigate the Court through the precarious political currents of the time. While the chief justice may have effected a shrewd political maneuver, the decision helped hasten a reconceptualization of rights as located in documents. Its legacy, as Mercer's work makes clear, is among the Jacksonian era's significant democratic reforms and marks the emergence of a distinctly American constitutionalism.
The Long Reach of the Sixties: LBJ, Nixon, and the Making of the Contemporary Supreme Court by Laura Kalman
The Warren Court of the 1950s and 1960s was the most liberal in American history. Yet within a few short years, new appointments redirected the Court in a more conservative direction, a trend that continued for decades. However, even after Warren retired and the makeup of the court changed, his Court cast a shadow that extends to our own era. In The Long Reach of the Sixties, Laura Kalman focuses on the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Presidents Johnson and Nixon attempted to dominate the Court and alter its course. Using newly released--and consistently entertaining--recordings of Lyndon Johnson's and Richard Nixon's telephone conversations, she roots their efforts to mold the Court in their desire to protect their Presidencies. The fierce ideological battles--between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches--that ensued transformed the meaning of the Warren Court in American memory.
Despite the fact that the Court's decisions generally reflected public opinion, the surrounding debate calcified the image of the Warren Court as activist and liberal. Abe Fortas's embarrassing fall and Nixon's campaign against liberal justices helped make the term "activist Warren Court" totemic for liberals and conservatives alike. The fear of a liberal court has changed the appointment process forever, Kalman argues. Drawing from sources in the Ford, Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton presidential libraries, as well as the justices' papers, she shows how the desire to avoid another Warren Court has politicized appointments by an order of magnitude. Among other things, presidents now almost never nominate politicians as Supreme Court justices (another response to Warren, who had been the governor of California). Sophisticated, lively, and attuned to the ironies of history, [this book] is essential reading for all students of the modern Court and U.S. political history.
The New Criminal Justice Thinking edited by Sharon Dolovich and Alexandra Natapoff
After five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system - (mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring racial disparity, the death penalty and more) - faces challenging questions. What exactly is criminal justice? How much of it is a system of law and how much is a collection of situational social practices? What roles do the Constitution and the Supreme Court play? How do race and gender shape outcomes? How does change happen, and what changes or adaptations should be pursued? The New Criminal Justice Thinking addresses the challenges of this historic moment by asking essential theoretical and practical questions about how the criminal system operates. In this thorough and thoughtful volume, scholars from across the disciplines of legal theory, sociology, criminology, critical race theory, and organizational theory offer crucial insights into how the criminal system works in both theory and practice. By engaging both classic issues and new understandings, this volume offers a comprehensive framework for thinking about the modern justice system.
George Washington: The Wonder of the Age by John Rhodehamel
As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Washington's writings and a curator of the great man's original papers, John Rhodehamel has established himself as an authority of our nation's preeminent founding father. Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arguing that the man--who first achieved fame in his early twenties--is inextricably bound to his mythic status. Solidly grounded in Washington's papers and exemplary in its brevity, this approachable biography is a superb introduction to the leader whose name has become synonymous with America.
The Most Noble Adventure by Greg Behrman
Traces America's four-year diplomatic efforts to help rebuild post-World War II Europe, an endeavor that involved a thirteen-billion-dollar plan and was heavily influenced by political factors. When World War II ended, Europe lay in ruins. Tens of millions had been killed. Ancient cities had been demolished. The economic, financial and commercial foundations of Europe were in shambles. Western Europe's Communist parties--feeding off want and despair--were flourishing as Stalin's Soviet Union emerged as the sole superpower on the continent. The Marshall Plan was a four-year, $13 billion (more than $100 billion in today's dollars) plan to provide assistance for Europe's economic recovery. More than an aid program, it sought to modernize Western Europe's economies and launch them on a path to prosperity and integration; to restore Western Europe's faith in democracy and capitalism; to enmesh the region firmly in a Western economic association and eventually a military alliance. It was the linchpin of America's strategy to meet the Soviet threat. It helped to trigger the Cold War and, eventually, to win it. Author Behrman brings this vital and dramatic epoch to life and animates the personalities that shaped it.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch
An unforgettable firsthand account of a people's response to genocide and what it tells us about humanity. This remarkable debut book chronicles what has happened in Rwanda and neighboring states since 1994, when the Rwandan government called on everyone in the Hutu majority to murder everyone in the Tutsi minority. Though the killing was low-tech--largely by machete--it was carried out at shocking speed: some 800,000 people were exterminated in a hundred days. A Tutsi pastor, in a letter to his church president, a Hutu, used the chilling phrase that gives Philip Gourevitch his title. With keen dramatic intensity, Gourevitch frames the genesis and horror of Rwanda's "genocidal logic" in the anguish of its aftermath: the mass displacements, the temptations of revenge and the quest for justice, the impossibly crowded prisons and refugee camps. Through intimate portraits of Rwandans in all walks of life, he focuses on the psychological and political challenges of survival and on how the new leaders of postcolonial Africa went to war in the Congo when resurgent genocidal forces threatened to overrun central Africa. Can a country composed largely of perpetrators and victims create a cohesive national society? This moving contribution to the literature of witness tells us much about the struggle everywhere to forge sane, habitable political orders, and about the stubbornness of the human spirit in a world of extremity.
"A Great Power of Attorney": Understanding the Fiduciary Constitution by Gary Lawson and Guy Seidman
What kind of document is the United States Constitution and how does that characterization affect its meaning? Those questions are seemingly foundational for the entire enterprise of constitutional theory, but they are strangely under-examined. The authors propose that the Constitution, for purposes of interpretation, is a kind of fiduciary, or agency, instrument. The founding generation often spoke of the Constitution as a fiduciary document-or as a "great power of attorney," in the words of founding-era legal giant James Iredell. Viewed against the background of fiduciary legal and political theory, which would have been familiar to the founding generation from both its education and its experience, the Constitution is best read as granting limited powers to the national government, as an agent, to manage some portion of the affairs of "We the People" and its "posterity."
What follows from this particular conception of the Constitution-and is of greater importance-is the question of whether, and how much and in what ways, the discretion of governmental agents in exercising those constitutionally granted powers is also limited by background norms of fiduciary obligation. Those norms, the authors remind us, include duties of loyalty, care, impartiality, and personal exercise. In the context of the Constitution, this has implications for everything from non-delegation to equal protection to so-called substantive due process, as well as for the scope of any implied powers claimed by the national government. In mapping out what these imperatives might mean-such as limited discretionary power, limited implied powers, a need to engage in fair dealing with all parties, and an obligation to serve at all times the interests of the Constitution's beneficiaries, the authors offer a clearer picture of the original design for a limited government.


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Amongst a global software marketplace seemingly dominated by corporate consolidation emerges a new launch this month in the shape of QASymphony, a software testing tool coming to market with a SaaS-based delivery approach. The company's debut product, qTrace, is a defect capture and reporting tool that captures steps, screens, and system information associated with a defect. It also comes with integration options so that developers can submit the defect trace to any bug-tracking system in use.
Company CEO Vu Lam says that developers and testers require testing tools that provide more than just basic level record-keeping and collaboration functions. Lam argues that programmers need cloud-based software development and testing processes along with extra agility in what is becoming an increasingly virtualized and hosted application world.
"In the past, software testers worked through an application to find bugs and the drudgery starts; retracing steps, doing screen captures, making notes, compiling a report, opening a defect tracking tool, and then finally submitting a ticket. With qTrace, testers simply turn on the tool as they start their testing session. qTrace runs in the background and captures every screen and every step performed during testing," said Lam.
qTrace generates a defect report from the captured information that includes data relating to how the application was being used along with associated environmental information. While in stealth mode the company had qTrace in beta testing; the company now claims that its customers found qTrace decreases defect capture time by 30-50% and decreases fix time by 10-30%.
QASymphony lists qTrace's key attributes as: ease of use with simple point-and-click commands to start recordings; automation of complete bug reports including the steps that precipitated the defect's occurrence; integration with leading bug-tracking tools; and defect reporting quality improvement, i.e., by eliminating a lot of manual, error-prone efforts, qTrace aims to improve the accuracy and specificity of defect descriptions.


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At this point, Wildness was more of a studio project and originally founded by drummer and songwriter Erik Modin while the guitar players Pontus Sköld and Adam Holmström were in to share the lead guitar parts early on. The search for the right lead singer wasn't easy as pie, but after a few months their destiny crossed with the unbelivable vocal talent Gabriel Lindmark in early 2014. More songwritings and demos recording came along, and it didn't take long until it was clear that WILDNESS deserved to be a real band.
On September 1st 2015, WILDNESS independently released their self-produced debut single "Collide" which immediately gained a lot of spins at various digital platforms such as a number of online radio stations focused on AOR and Melodic Rock. Live performances that followed showed that the band was capable to deliver on stage as well.
The second single "Turning The Pages" was released on January 14th 2016, and shortly after that WILDNESS was approached by Georg Siegl by German record label AOR Heaven.
The contact resulted in a record deal which allowed the band to finally begin the launch of their first full-length album. The choice for the producer fell on the creative and productive mastermind Erik Wigelius (Wigelius, Care Of Night) and the pre-production and recordings took place between during 2016 and 2017. The main part of the record was recorded at Erik Wigelius' studio, besides additional parts recorded by drummer and co-producer Erik Modin.
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… breaking back! I have heard many courage stories, but this one about JAMES BLAKE who lost everything and succeeded to win back his life particularly touched me.
This great tennis player impressed me a lot during the US Open. His forehand, his quickness to run all over the court are some of the reasons why he has so many fans. At every match he played, there was a section in the stadium called the "J-Block", his fans were all wearing the same t-shirt and headbands. I was curious and wanted to know more about James Blake so a friend of mine lend me his book "Breaking Back, How I Lost Everything and Won Back my Life"
This People's Sexiest Male Athlete in 2002 was living a dream life: family, fame, fans,… Then, in 2004, a series of unfortunate events happened. He broke his neck on a tennis net pole, his father lost his battle against cancer and he contracted a virus that paralyzed half of his face. During that dark period, he could have just give up… but no! he fought back, he wanted to break back (allusion to tennis: when you loose your serve, you have to break your opponent serve in order to get back in the match)
He managed to slowly recover and returned in the professional tour. He was even ranked 4th in the world in 2006. James believes that his courage is due to his father's valuable lessons and the support of his family and friends. He considers himself lucky to not have attended those big tennis academies like most of young talents. The fact that his parents gave more importance to his studies over tennis brought him a "normal" life where he get to go to college and live near his dear family and friends.
I encourage you all to read his book (will only take you 1 day, 2 tops :) even if you are not a tennis fan, because there are great life lessons.
For those who won't have the time to read it, i will write down some of my favorite quotes. But before, I wanted to take a moment here to thank you. Life is not always easy, but your support, your smiles or just having you there make me feel that life is beautiful.
"I used to think this was ironic; now I realize that my success flows directly from having cleared those hurdles"
"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there"
"If most adolescent athletes have "sports parents," then I had "school parents" -a mother and father who revered education above everything else and treated it as a lifelong pursuit"
"Life is just what happens to you while you're busy making other plans"
"I I were to say 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life"
"5 minutes of hitting, 25 minutes of talking"
"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other"
"Don't worry about winning every match or about your regional ranking -just worry about getting better"
"I cannot help but think that childhood friends are the bedrock of all one's future relationships, and that you move away from them at your risk. There is an African proverb in which I believe: Hold on to your friends with both hands"
"If you can win 1 set, you can win 2"
"As is our confidence, so is our capacity"
"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies"
"We all encounter adversity in our lives. The real reflection of character is how we deal with it"
If you have been inspired by any other stories, feel free to suggest me your favorite books :)
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January 18, 2017
Hello! I hope all of you are starting to de-frost now that the weather has finally started to warm up, cause I know the team is sure enjoying the change.
The Alberta Ski Team has started off the new year in two groups, Meg, Georgia, Mike, Keegan, Liam and I started off in Vermont with some nor-ams and local FIS races in Mont Sainte-Anne, while the rest of the group stayed home and got some quality training in at Nakiska. The weather in Vermont during the Nor-Ams was definitely an experience none of us will forget, as we dealt with rain, hail, lightning, thunder, heavy snow and wind.
We really had every weather system go through in a 4 day series, but all the boys fought through it and ended up qualifying for some second runs. Unfortunately during the final slalom race Mike was unable to do his second run because they cancelled the race for the final 15 boys because of the weather. As we wrapped up Vermont we started our drive back to Mont Sainte-Anne, where the boys side of the team got smaller, as Liam and myself had to fly back home to Calgary.
Once back home in Calgary Liam got his nose back in the books to get ready for his diploma exams, and I got back into training with the rest of the crew. The training back home was awesome as we were able to get downhill training in at Nakiska with some jumps and rollers made up for the team.
We now have the full crew back together as the guys out east flew in a few days ago. Bringing us into a great couple days of GS training before we head to Lake Louise for a 4 day race series.
Thanks for the read!
Collin Taylor
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Back in mid-November, which now seems like a lifetime ago since it was before the time of turkey and pie, I spent the better part of a week in downtown Boston at Alfresco Summit 2013. Since I started working for Tribloom at the beginning of December 2012, this was my first time at an Alfresco conference. Before I went I was looking forward to matching some Alfresco names with faces, but beyond that I wasn't sure what to expect. I knew the conference had been renamed to Summit after being called DevCon in the past, but I didn't know whether that meant the focus would be non-technical or a mix. In the end most of the things I learned weren't technical but nearly all of them made me come home to Colorado excited to work with Alfresco in 2014.
Things I learned at Alfresco Summit 2013
- I want to spend more time hanging out with the people of Alfresco, from the CEO to the VPs to the engineering staff.
- I need to look up the Snowbound VirtualViewer, because the glimpse of it I got from from Kyle Adams during a Lightning Talk was pretty fantastic.
- My favorite session on Wednesday was the Digital Asset Management panel with panelists from the New York Philharmonic, UC Berkeley, and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. These organizations use Alfresco in widely divergent ways and it was a treat to get glimpses into their different content worlds.
- Other people at Tribloom were adamant that I shouldn't attend Summit alone, but it took me a while to figure out why it was so important for me to be there with my friend and colleague Chris Paul. It wasn't until I got there that I realized how great it was to attend with someone who had been to many Alfresco events before and could provide me with introductions to Alfresco staff. Chris was able to introduce me to people like Jeff Potts, Rich McKnight, Richard Esplin, Jared Ottley, and more. Meeting all of these Alfresco staff members made me feel like a real part of the Alfresco community for the first time.
- My colleague Amy Currans is popular with the Alfresco crowd. Very popular. Every time I met someone new at Summit, it went something like this: "Hi Laura, it's so nice to meet you! Where's Amy? I haven't seen her yet. She's not here?! Why isn't she here?" (Sadly, Amy couldn't be at Summit because she was manning the Tribloom booth at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas.)
- Andrew McAfee and Dries Buytaert were both inspiring and entertaining speakers, but on the whole I enjoyed the keynote sessions with Alfresco executives and staff most. I especially liked the session with the demo of Alfresco 4.2 including behind-the-scenes Records Management, because I've spent some quality time with Alfresco RM 2.0 and the new RM 2.1 is a big leap forward in terms of making a connection between living editable documents and records that are being managed with DoD 5015.02 compliance.
- I would have enjoyed more technical sessions on Wednesday, since I'm a programmer and a nerd, but it was also fun to look at the world from the business perspective in some of the sessions.
- It's hard to pick a favorite session from Thursday, because I attended several that were great. I think it comes down to a toss-up between Nathan McMinn's session on Inspecting Alfresco, where Nathan ran through several tools that can be used for debugging and inspection of Alfresco, and Pat Myers' session on using the document capture software Ephesoft directly with Alfresco through Share actions tied to Ephesoft RESTful APIs.
- On that note, Ephesoft has RESTful APIs that can be used to trigger classification, extraction, and more from inside Alfresco or other web applications. The only thing better than pushing classified and extracted content from Ephesoft into Alfresco is doing the classification and extraction in place on content that's already in Alfresco.
- I met several Alfresco executives over the course of the conference, and they were consistently energetic, thoughtful, and responsive to the needs to customers.
- Boston in November doesn't show off the city like October or May or July would, but I always love visiting the part of the country where I went to college. Plus I managed to get in two bowls of clam chowder and a lobster roll while I was there, and that more than made up for the fierce chill on the first day of the conference.
- I'm looking forward to Summit next year. I just hope it's not held the same week as AWS re:Invent again, because I hated seeing the disappointment on the faces of all those people who asked where Amy was.


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What will it take for agents protecting our borders to be taken seriously? Answer: the Obama administration's rear ends ripped of all authority. In August 2010, SEVEN THOUSAND ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) agents voted "No Confidence" in their leadership and specifically "Acting" Director John Morton and Phyllis Coven. Morton is still the "acting" Director. Suzanne Barr, a Chief of Staff at the agency is now accused of "lewd" conduct in the working environment.
Two more ICE employees came forward this week to complain about "lewd" conduct inside the agency, submitting sworn affidavits that depict graphic comments made by two top officials working under DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.
The affidavits were given as part of a discrimination and retaliation suit filed earlier this year by James T. Hayes Jr., the head of the New York office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The two new affidavits described separate incidents in 2009. Both accounts described the actions of Barr, who was also mentioned in Hayes' lawsuit.
ICE Public Affairs Director Brian Hale said in a written statement that the department would respond "directly and strongly" to the lawsuit in court, but noted internal measures were being taken over the claims against Barr.
In the newly emerging affidavits, one of the employees claimed that in October 2009, while in a discussion about Halloween plans, the individual witnessed Barr turn to a senior ICE employee and say: "You a sexy" (expletive deleted)…
"She then looked at his crotch and asked, 'How long is it anyway?'" according to the affidavit…
She has been accused of drinking heavily at agency conferences, and one affidavit says she offered "oral sex." Here's the "frat house" claim:
Barr is also mentioned in that lawsuit, which alleges Napolitano turned the Department of Homeland Security into a female-run 'frat house' where male staffers were routinely humiliated and on the receiving end of 'sexually charged games'.
Apparently the agency is being forced to take the matter seriously. Too bad 7,000 agents voting no confidence in their "acting" Director did not get the same serious consideration:
While Napolitano is named as the sole defendant, Hayes' suit focuses on Barr and Dora Schriro, who joined DHS in February 2009, five months after Hayes was promoted to director of ICE Detention and Removal Operations.
Hayes claims Schriro, who was brought on as a special adviser to Napolitano, was not qualified for the job because she lacked law enforcement experience. Hayes maintained Schriro enjoyed a "long-standing relationship" with Napolitano, and soon pushed him aside "because of this relationship (with Napolitano) and because he was not female," the suit says. Read it all at Fox News. There is a lot of detail.
Barr is on "leave" while the matter is being sorted out. Unfortunately, Janet Napolitano, who has never married and has no children, continues to undermine US security at the highest levels of our Government.
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Music to listen: Modern Tango
♥ ✔ Adriana Varela – Mas Tango ➜
March 2nd, 2013
Genre(s): Modern Tango
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Artist: Adriana Varela
Low, gritty, expressive voice of Adriana Varela is easy to recognize and hard to forget. She is an icon of tango cancion with many, many great albums to her name. This album consists of the classical tango songs.
✔ Ariel Ardit – Doble ➜
March 2nd, 2013
Genre(s): Modern Tango
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Artist: Ariel Ardit
I asked several tango musicians who are the most interesting and original modern tango singers. The responses had one name in common – Ariel Ardit. He also appeared on El Arranque's early recordings.
♥ ✔ El Arranque: "Clasicos" and "Cabulero" ➜
March 2nd, 2013
Genre(s): Modern Tango
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Artist: El Arranque, Ignacio Varchauski
El Arranque under the direction of Ignacio Varchauski were in the very beginning of tango revival in the 1990s. Ignacio Varchauski (bass) was originally a jazz musician, who took an active interest in his native tango when very few young Argentine musicians were interested in it or knew how to play it. Alfredo Gobbi (violinist, orchestra Read more…
♥ ✔ "Tango", original soundtrack ➜
February 28th, 2013
Genre(s): Modern Tango
Music to dance, to listen in listed albums
Artist: Horacio Salgan, Juanjo Dominguez, Lalo Schiffrin, Ubaldo De Lio
The soundtrack to Carlos Saura's famous Tango has traditional and experimental tango pieces by the orchestra under direction of Lalo Schiffrin. Two tracks with great guest artists – Horacio Salgan and Juanjo Dominguez (great recording of Nostalgias on guitar)
♥ ✔ Juanjo Dominguez & Cuarteto "Corazon Guitarrero", "Mis tangos preferidos" ➜
February 27th, 2013
Genre(s): Modern Tango
Music to listen in listed albums
Artist: Juanjo Dominguez
Juanjo Dominguez is the most revered Argentine guitarist alive. He recorded quite a few tango albums, as well as the album of Argentine and Latin American folk. Mi Tango Preferidos (here I featured only the 2nd volume) are tangos, some modern. Check out the last track Afiches.
♥ ✔ Luis Borda – soundtrack to "12 Tangos: Adios Buenos Aires" ➜
February 27th, 2013
Genre(s): Argentine Tango, Modern Tango
Music to listen in listed albums
Artist: Jorge Sobral, José Libertella, Julio Pane, Lidia Borda, Luis Borda, Maria de la Fuente
The first time I heard the soundtrack of 12 tangos: Adios Buenos Aires I started pining to have it for my collection. The tracks are super-cool – the tango of the 21st century at its best. Just listen to Milonga de mis amores with a horn section and percussion, Sur sung by Lidia Borda or Read more…
Joe Powers, chromatic harmonica: seduced by the tango ➜
February 25th, 2013
Genre(s): Modern Tango
Music to dance, to listen
Artist: Joe Powers Published as: notes about tango.
Joe Powers Joe Powers is very charismatic and very talented harmonica player (chromatic harmonica). He completed many tours in France, Germany and Japan. In 2008 Joe won a prestigious Crystal Harmonica Award (Classical division) in Belgium (2008). Joe plays a wide variety of music – blues, classical, Japanese folk. And, yes, Argentine tango. Joe is a Read more…


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Puppy Pricing:
Our puppies are priced at 850.00 each and are extremely nice quality. Our sires/dams are great representations of the breed and carry wonderful proven top champion bloodline pedigrees. All of our sires/dams are CERF tested yearly with an ACVO accredited veterinary ophthalmologist and have to pass in order to be in our breeding program. If we have puppies available for sale at this time, please refer to our Available puppies page. Please read all the the information on our Available puppies page because this will answer many questions on how our waiting list and puppy selection work. Our puppies are released as pets only to pet homes with AKC limited registration (meaning no breeding/show rights). If you are interested in showing your dog in conformation with the AKC, or if you are a owner of a reputable kennel and plan to have the puppy bred when age appropriate, than you will need full AKC registration to do so. AKC full registration is released on an individual as needed basis for an significantly higher price. You will need to contact me in order to go over pricing and be approved for this PRIOR to placing your puppy deposit
We reserve the right to refuse sale to anyone.
If I do not find you suitable for any of my own reasons, than I do not have to place a puppy with you. I do have the right to refuse to sell to you for any reason whatsoever. If at any time during the process of purchasing, I find that you have become an unsuitable client for one of my puppies, for any of my reasons whatsoever, than I do reserve the right to return your deposit to you and remove you from the waiting list. I am very particular as to where my puppies go. All of my decisions regarding where my puppies are placed are made with the puppies well being as the top priority.
Deposit on your puppy is due within one week (7 days) from the day that you select your puppy or let me know that you want to place your name on one of our upcoming litter waiting lists. Deposit is200.00 and NON REFUNDABLE. Please make sure that you are seriously wanting to purchase a puppy before you place your deposit. If I have not received your deposit within the seven day time frame, the puppy will go from "pending" status back to "available" and will be offered to someone else. I will accept a personal check, US POSTAL money order (must be purchased at the post office), western union, money gram through Wal-Mart, or cash for deposit. Personal checks, will need to have a minimum of 14 days to clear the bank before you pick up your puppy.
Final balance is due when puppy turns eight weeks of age. This includes puppies that are being picked up in person or puppies that are being flown to their destination. If you are unable to pick up your puppy when your puppy is ready to go home with you at eight weeks of age your unpaid balance is still considered due in full. You will need to get the balance due on your puppy to me by the time puppy turns eight weeks of age and also contact me in order to work out arrangements for me to hold your puppy longer. If I do not receive FULL payment by the time puppy turns eight weeks of age than you will forfeit your deposit and the puppy will be sold to someone else. I will not hold a puppy past the pickup date unless they are paid for in FULL...NO EXCEPTIONS!!!! I am sorry that I have to type this in obscene large letters and neon colors but it seems that there are always a few bad apples out there who think that they don't have to follow our policies. Also, if we hold puppy for you after the eight week pickup date than any additional costs such as unforeseen vet bills for puppy, cost of any additional medications, food and/or supplies needed during the extra time here with us will be paid for by you. I will no longer continue to hold puppies for longer than the eight weeks of age pickup date and pay for addition costs. Holding a puppy for you for extra time is considered a courtesy on our part and we will not incur any costs or expenses on your behalf. Puppies photos are also not updated to website if puppy is being held here as a courtesy for you after pickup date has passed. Again, holding a puppy for you after pickup date has passed is a courtesy. Any additional costs incurred by puppy while they are spending additional time here with us will be paid for by you when you pick your puppy up. Final balance payment can only be made in cash, US POSTAL money order, western union wire or money gram wire through Wal-Mart. I will not accept a personal check for final payment under any circumstances. If you show up at my home to pick up your puppy and want to write me a personal check, or pay with a money order that wasn't purchased from the postal service, I will not accept it, and you will have to reschedule your pick up appointment date when you have appropriate form of payment. There are to many fraudulent cashiers checks and money orders out there and that is why I will only accept certain forms of payment. Believe me, I have had more than my share of people trying to scam me and because of this I have had to become very strict on what type of payments I will accept. I have also had bad checks given to me for final payment in the past so that is why I will not accept them for the final balance due when you pick up your puppy. It is sad that there is always someone who has to ruin it for everyone else.
UPDATE: We no longer offer shipping on our puppies. You must arrive in person to pick your puppy up.
Your puppy will be released to you at eight weeks of age if you are coming in person to pick up the puppy. If for some reason I feel like the puppy is not eating well enough yet on his/her hard puppy kibble than I do have the right to hold the puppy longer than the eight weeks pickup date. If there is any other complication with the puppy that requires them to stay longer here with us than I do have the right to hold puppy longer until I feel that the puppy is ready to go to your home. My ultimate concern is the puppy and I will always do what is best for them. If this requires you to reschedule your pick up date appointment than I am sorry for any inconvenience. If your puppy is flying to his/her new destination than the puppy can not be released until the puppy is eight weeks of age or when whether permits. The entire purchase price of the puppy, plus the shipping cost, will need to be paid in full by the time the puppy is six weeks of age...NO EXCEPTIONS. If I have not received the full amount, including shipping charges, by the time the puppy is six weeks of age, then your deposit will be relinquished by you and the puppy will be offered to someone else. Your puppy will then be shipped when he/she turns eight weeks of age or when the weather accommodates. There are temperature guidelines in affect that are set and regulated by the airlines. Your puppy can not fly if the temperature is to be over 80 degrees or under 32 degrees during the hours that your puppies flight will be taking place, so keep in mind, that the flight may have to be rescheduled if the temperatures are predicted to be outside the acceptable guidelines. The flight may even need to be at night or early morning in order to fall within the temperature guidelines for having your puppy flown. You will need to be very open and flexible on the day and time that you will be picking your puppy up at the airport. We need to make the best trip for the puppy, which may or may not be convenient for you, but ultimately it is the puppies well being that needs to be placed first and foremost. Please understand that once I drop the puppy off at the airport that I am no longer considered responsible for the puppy. The airline is now the responsible party. I feel airline shipping is very safe or I would not ship your puppy to you this way. We have never encountered a problem with airline shipping but I want to make it clear that once the puppy leaves our possession that the airline is now the responsible party. If there is anything that occurs during the time the puppy is in the care of the airline than you will need to take this up with the airline and not us.
Puppy price does not include the cost of flying the puppy to an airport close to you. If your puppy will need to be flown to you, there is an additional shipping charge of 375.00. The 375.00 fee will cover the following:
1. Cost of the airline ticket for your puppy
2. The vet visit. The vet visit includes a fecal testing and thorough physical exam done by our vet. The puppy must pass his/her physical exam and pass the fecal test in order to obtain the health certificate which is needed for your puppy to fly on the plane.
3. The health certificate
4. The crate that your puppy will arrive in. You keep the crate.
5. A delivery charge for driving the puppy to the airport. This is about a 2 1/2 hour drive for me round trip, not to mention the additional hour at the airport waiting in line and filling out the paperwork.
6. Overnight delivery package fee. This is the paperwork for your puppy that will be sent next day delivery via the U.S Postal Service to you the on same day or the day after your puppy is flown to you on his/her flight. I always try my best to get this sent out the day of the puppies flight but if the flight is in the late afternoon or night than it will be sent the following day.
We have our puppies flown out of Tyler, TX. We use American Airlines or Continental Airlines. I will not have puppies flown on major holidays.
Alluga's Siberians currently has puppies in seventeen states across the U.S.A.:
New Mexico
New York
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Adamec Chiropractic News
As spring has made its official entrance, it's time to head outdoors again. After being sequestered inside during the winter months, people are eager to get out and enjoy the nice weather. Be it yard work, gardening, spring cleaning, or sports - our bodies get right to it. Unfortunately, our bodies are not always as ready as we are. All of these activities are a bit of a shock to our bodies as we are using muscles in a way we are not used to doing. Preventative and proactive Chiropractic care will help prepare and maintain your body for any activity you may enjoy.
Whatever the day's agenda, remember to stretch your muscles. Your body will be less likely to retaliate against you if you have given it fair warning of activities to come. Warm muscles are happy muscles. If you are working in your yard, remember that spring is a season, not a day. Spread your goals out over the course of a couple weeks to give your body steady activity, not a race-to-the-finish sprint. You may think it's silly to stretch before heading out to the yard, but a little stretching goes a long way, and - as you get older - you'll find it to be a more and more useful tool in preventative care, along with regular visits to your chiropractor, of course!
Spring cleaning can be very therapeutic. Taking a long look at that basement or garage and imagining yourself emptying it clean. As noble a goal as it is, it is not a realistic task for one person. Making your body bite off more that it can chew is a great way to do major, sometimes irreparable damage to your back, as well as innumerable other sites of the body. Going it alone can also lead to clumsy accidents. Whether it's a heavy item or an awkward item, ask for help to lighten the load. A second set of eyes could be the difference between injury and a job well done.
There is no question that Spring brings warmth and a motivation to get outside. It also renews the desire to get out and be active. It's so important to remember to stretch prior to any sporting activity. Muscles that are warmed up before being put under stress are more likely to handle that stress. Stretching before sports or exercise may help decrease injury to your muscles, ligaments and tendons. Stretching can help keep the body limber by releasing muscle tension and tightness. A tight muscle is not able to optimally function as it should. Warm muscles are happy muscles!
One of the biggest joys for people when the weather gets warmer is the ability to run outside. Along with all the euphoria runners feel, it is a very jarring activity for one's body. There are a few ways you can stand a better chance against the body pain that can be associated with running. Buy two of the same type of running shoes and switch between the pairs. Vary your running surfaces. Run on pavement, track, asphalt, grass, dirt, wood chips, etc. Do this a few times a week and you will naturally run on varied courses. If you live or run near the water, run as close to it as possible, as the sand tends to be more flat there.
With the combined effect of taking personal steps to prepare your body for activity, coupled with regular preventative and proactive chiropractic care, you'll be sure to keep your body in motion while maintaining the integrity of your spine, bones and joints.


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With wind chills in the upper 20s in Maine, Saturday afternoon's scheduled Eastern League game between Trenton and Portland has been postponed due to frozen field conditions. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday, July 2nd beginning at 6:00 pm. The season-opening series this weekend has been shortened to three games.
Also on Saturday, the Thunder announced that right-handed pitcher Graham Stoneburner has been promoted to Triple-A Scranton and is expected to start for the RailRiders on Saturday. LHP Josh Romanski, a member of the 2012 Thunder team, has been sent to the team from Scranton to replace Stoneburner.
The rubber match of the series is scheduled for Sunday afternoon with first pitch at 1:00 pm. Left-hander Francisco Rondon (NR) is expected to start for Trenton while Portland counters with righty Kyle Kaminska (NR). Radio coverage on 91.3 FM (WTSR) and also streaming online begins at 12:45 pm.


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By the way - Happy Easter everyone! I gave up sweets for Lent - can't wait to have a dish of ice cream in the school cafeteria tomorrow! DRAT! I have to work tomorrow but the school cafeteria will be closed because there are no classes on Easter Monday. The Coconut/Almond/Fudge ice cream will have to be on my Tuesday list of things to look forward to...
Sweet You
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~Layer of Bazzill purple cardstock
~Layer of Paper Pizzaz - Garden Scattered Flowers
~Oval emboss/die cut using Spellbinders and Cuttlebug
~Digital image from Phindy's Place colored with Copics, shoes highlighted with Stampin Up Crystal Effects
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Just Us Girls - sketch
Phindy's Challenge - anything goes
Pile It On - all about S
Crafty Catz - CAS
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Music startup Roli adds Pharrell Williams as Chief Creative Officer
October 26, 2017 03:06 pm
If you were trying to recruit a celebrity to give your ambitious young music tech company a higher profile, it is hard to imagine a much better choice than Pharrell Williams, best known for his hit song Happy.
So all credit to Roland Lamb - founder of Roli - for his coup in persuading the artist to appear with him on stage last night at the Hackney Empire and riff for 40 minutes about creativity.
I first came across Roli four years ago under a railway arch in east London, where a small team was working away on an innovative new musical instrument called the Seaboard, a sort of spongy-keyed piano.
Although it cost about £8,000, the Seaboard was a success, with endorsements from the likes of the great Stevie Wonder helping the marketing.
Since then, Roli has expanded into much more affordable music technology products such as Blocks, a modular system that combines a physical interface with an app to encourage you to get creative.
Roli has expanded over the years into the neighbouring railway arches, as well as offices in Los Angeles and New York, and now it has a new chief creative officer.
Yes, that was the point of last night's event - to break the news that Pharrell Williams is on the team.
The new hire has even invested in the company, though Roli said one report describing him as "co-owner" was wide of the mark.
Now cynics will point to the rather dismal track record of celebrities getting involved in tech businesses. It was not too long after Alicia Keys was made "global creative director" of BlackBerry that it became apparent that she was tweeting from an iPhone rather than one of her temporary employer's devices.
But Roland Lamb, a cerebral figure with a Harvard degree in classical Chinese, told me this would be different, with Pharrell having a real influence on the company's development. He said he'd met the star after "reaching out" to him during a trip to Los Angeles.
"When we met it felt like we were on the same page," he says, explaining that they had a common interest in making music more accessible, particularly to children.
And, indeed, on stage Pharrell talked eloquently about the waste of talent for many from a background similar to his, who had not been given the same opportunities.
Roland Lamb says his new chief creative officer is already coming up with ideas for new products. So let's hope that this is one celebrity endorser with sticking power - though I'm a bit disappointed that Pharrell left the stage without even caressing the keys of the Seaboard sitting there awaiting his attention.
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Now Taking Applications for Fall 2019: Application Deadline is August 30, 2019 at 3 pm.
The Emergency Medical Science Bridge Associate of Applied Science degree program is designed for individuals pursuing career enhancement in the emergency medical field.
The course of study provides the student an opportunity to enhance learning already achieved through continuing education for EMT-Paramedic. Students will acquire basic and advanced life support knowledge and skills by utilizing classroom instruction, and practical laboratory sessions.
Students progressing through the program may be eligible to apply for national certification exams. Employment opportunities include ambulance services, fire and rescue agencies, air medical services, specialty areas of hospitals, industry, educational institutions, and government agencies.
EMS Bridge Degree (A45340B)
Course work emphasizes:
Emergency Medical Care
Rescue Management
EMS System Management
Education Methodology Principals
For a complete listing of pre-requisites, admission requirements, class listing, and estimated program cost click EMS Bridge Admissions Booklet.
NOTE: Criteria is reviewed periodically and is subject to change.
Career Opportunities:
EMT Paramedic
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Physician Offices
Home Health Services
Government Agencies
Fire Departments
Clinics/ Urgent Care
Industrial Medicine
EMS Bridge program contacts:
Dr. Miriam Huntley
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The Wild Soccer Bunch was created by Joachim Masannek who coached his two sons' soccer teams and was inspired to write a book about his experience. His storytelling is fast paced and cinematic, and the stories are told from a child's point of view, as if the writer's voice morphed into the hero's in each book.
The series contains 14 books, and each book is narrated by another kid on the Wild Soccer Bunch team. The sensational international success of the books has translated into a full-fledged brand. Masanneks' simple yet unique writing style has captured the imagination of kids in 32 countries.
Wild Soccer USA owns the English rights to the Wild Soccer Bunch brand. In addition to the books, the brand includes five full length live action films, an animated series, and many merchandising items. The Wild Soccer Bunch started in Germany in 2001 with the publication of the first book in the series. In the North America the brand was launched in May 2010 prior the the World Cup.
Sole Books works closely with Wild Soccer USA which owns the brand's rights in North America, UK, Australia, NZ and South Africa.
Wild Soccer USA has TV and Film rights in English as well as merchandising and licensing rights.
The Wild Soccer Bunch brand is endorsed by U.S. Soccer star Landon Donovan.
Check out Wild Soccer website and watch the Wild Soccer Bunch TV ad.


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Police Detain DCB Vice-President
President of the East Bank Cricket Association (EBCA), Rohan Sarjoo was late Monday night arrested, in connection with the acid attack on the Treasurer of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB), Pretipaul Jaigobin several months ago./p>
Sarjoo was detained around 9:30 PM when the meeting ended and he was taken to the Brickdam Police Station, DCB spokesman, Rovin Stanley told demerarawaves.com. Police have not linked him to the crime but have detained him as part of a probe. Jaigobin was doused with acid on May 25, 2010 after he had raised concerns about alleged financial irregularities in the Guyana Cricket Board.
Vice President of the DCB, Anand Sanasie, however, charged that motive was aimed at forcing Sarjoo not to attend the meeting. Police, however, allowed the EBCA President to participate in the meeting at which several decisions were taken. The meeting was held at the Guyana Cricket Board's headquarters, Bourda.
In keeping with Chief Justice, Ian Chang's ruling, the DCB's executive met and took several decisions in accordance with its constitution. Those included that the DCB's Annual General Meeting must be held on January 22. There are conflicting accounts by the two factions of the DCB about where the AGM would be held and who would be the Returning Officer.
There are also two different versions about the number of delegates and which clubs they would be drawn from. The two factions are also at odds over whether or not the DCB President, Bissoodyal Singh used his casting vote. Sanassie said the AGM would be held at Wales Community Centre ground while Singh said two venues have been proposed- Lusignan Community Centre or Demerara Cricket Club.
The Sanassie faction says 14 delegates would be drawn each from the West Bank, East Bank, East Coast and Georgetown cricket associations. However, the Singh faction said it has documents and video-recordings to prove that the decision was taken that 16 delegates would come from the East Coast, 10 from the Georgetown Cricket Association, 10 from the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association and 11 from the West Demerara Cricket Association.
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Here are some select books you can see in our new display: "Technology In the Field." iPads, Kindles, and smartphones are some of the tech tools we rely on in the library, what is key technology in your field? Take a look at our display and be sure to pick up the bibliography which lists lots of great resources for all downtown disciplines.


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The new community service (Bus 90) will link Hungerford to Swindon and all points in-between with our nippy little low floor buses. Buses run on Mondays to Saturdays, (not bank holidays), from 07:30 in the morning until 17:45 in the evening, meaning you can use the bus to go to work, college, hospital or the shops. During the day the community bus runs through Lambourn, meaning that passengers can now go direct from Great Shefford to Swindon or Ashbury to Hungerford. It follows a timetable, however between Hungerford and Lambourn the bus can divert to any reasonable destination along the route, including the doctors surgery in Lambourn or Membury Service Station.
The fares are the same as present and you can buy your ticket on the bus ; we will even give you change! If you want to travel regularly, the 10 trip ticket will give you the best savings; it now has no expiry date. GO RIDE ,of course, will honour the concessionary pass after 09:00 in West Berkshire and Oxfordshire and 09:30 in Swindon. You can get a full timetable from your parish office, the GO RIDE website (www.goridebus.co.uk) or on Bus 90.
All your parish councils will be regularly involved in a review of the service and we are looking for passengers to be part of the review as well. If you might want to be on the review committee please drop us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will talk it over with you.
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