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The sound of nature from Inner Mongolian choir
The Monggol Nationality Youth Choir from Inner Mongolia will present two "Happiness and Joy" concerts in Hong Kong next month (January).
Under the baton of conductor Yalun Gerile, dubbed "a sculptor of vocal music", the choir will perform ethnic songs from its rich repertoire with their unique vocal styles known as "Khoomi" and "Long Tune", accompanied by the "horse-head fiddle", a bowed string instrument with a history of more than 1,300 years among the Mongolians.
The concerts will be held at 8pm on Thursday, January 31, at the Theatre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, and at 8pm on Friday, February 1, at the Auditorium, Sha Tin Town Hall.
"Khoomi" is a type of consummate polyphonic singing unique to the Mongolian, and belongs to the art of throat singing in which one singer emits two notes simultaneously.
Considered as the soul of Mongolian music, "Long Tune" is philosophical in style, and sung in long, drawn-out sounds evocative of vast, expansive spaces.
The "horse-head fiddle" (matouqin), also called a "chor", is so called because its scroll is invariably carved into the shape of a horse's head. The instrument is the tool for expressing the joys and sorrows, hopes and yearnings of the nomadic tribes living on the vast grasslands, and is considered an instrument that can recreate the harmonious rapport between the people and the land they call home.
Founded in 1987, the Monggol Nationality Youth Choir is the only choral group specialising in a cappella singing on the Mainland. The choir has performed throughout the world, including the Sydney Opera House, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Beijing Concert Hall, the National Concert Hall of Taipei, and the Kennedy Center in New York. It has also toured Spain, Sweden, Austria and Germany and represented China in various competitions and cultural activities, winning many accolades.
Former President Jiang Zemin, after hearing their singing, warmly congratulated the group. Critics have also described the group's choral voice as "ethereal sounds from the grasslands in the far north" who "were able to integrate seamlessly the choral art of the West and the musical style of the Mongolians, ... succeeding in establishing a unique style that reminds one of the expansive grasslands."
"Happiness and Joy" is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Tickets ranging from $100 to $220 are now available at URBTIX outlets. Senior citizens, people with disabilities, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients may have 50% off (limited quotas for students and CSSA recipients on a first-come, first-served basis). A 10% discount applies to Friends of LCSD performing venues, or combined purchase of tickets to the concert with tickets to another programme, "The Grassland, Our Heaven" A Showcase of Mongolian Folk Dance by the Inner Mongolia Nationality Music and Dance Opera Troupe in March.
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Peel potatoes; grate coarsely into large bowl. Mix in leek and cilantro.
Blend garbanzo beans, garlic, cumin, salt, pepper and baking powder in processor until almost smooth. Stir into potato mixture. Mix in 3 tablespoons flour. Using floured hands, shape 2 rounded tablespoons mixture into ball; flatten into 1/2-inch -thick disk, about 2 inches in diameter. Place on lightly floured baking sheet. Repeat with remaining mixture, forming about 24 fritters. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Sprinkle lightly with flour. Cover and refrigerate.)
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Question: What's one way you could have nearly doubled your money since last September with minimal drawdown?
Answer: XIV daily mean reversion! Well, a long only approach that is.
Daily mean reversion just means holding XIV if it declined in price the previous day. Daily follow through would be holding XIV if it increased in price the previous day.
Daily mean reversion was hardly a good strategy in recent years. In fact, since 2009 when VXX came into existence, this strategy performed relatively poorly while a daily follow through strategy did fantastic. That changed last September. I have no clue why.
Check out the chart below illustrating the recent performance of the two series.
One note, if one looks at simulated XIV before 2009 you can see this isn't the only time mean reversion would have dominated. The same thing would have happened in 2007/2008. Is there anything to be read into that? Possibly not. Could just be random changes in the market.
There's no telling how transitory this change will be. Just thought it was worth sharing.
Technical note: I just used inverse changes in VXX to create the series for the chart above. Good enough for illustrative purposes.
Posted on March 15, 2013, in Other, VXX, XIV. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Very interesting work, Mike.
It would be worth trying to figure out what changes in the market to favor mean reversion or follow through. The changes may be generated by random events, but they're not random in the traditional, short term sense of the word, since they seem to last for years.
Thanks for sharing this. Would you mind clarifying at what time you are buying or selling when you are following this strategy? At the close? (If the price increased on Tuesday, do you sell at the close on Tuesday? If you had previously sold and the price then decreased on Wednesday, you would buy at the close?) The holding part, I am clear on … : )


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KENYA has applied for a risk mitigation insurance with German development based bank KfW for its upcoming geothermal projects to cushion itself in case of less than expected energy output.
Under the arrangement, the insurance by the financial lender refunds an exploiting firm 80 per cent of its costs if the power obtained from drilling from an area is less than 5MW.
Geothermal Development Corporation's general manager Peter Omenda said yesterday that the insurance by KfW will help increase geothermal power exploitation in the country and continent in general by giving investors a fall back plan.
"When you get to new drilling areas you don't know what to expect...most of the money spent for geothermal projects in such areas is just risk money for setting up water facilities, opening up roads and others just to support the project," said Omenda.
"It can be a very expensive affair and yet it is not a guarantee that what your studies showed as energy potential of an area is what you will get."
This insurance facility, he said, has been there since 2008 but will be commissioned this year to boost exploitation of geothermal generated power in the continent.
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Example sentences for gang
Sometimes, riots are usually caused by one gang of people but responded by another gang.
Especially if the only tattoos one can have are blood-dripping, vile symbols of gang affiliation.
Gang members themselves do not keep a history or, if they do, do not share it with outsiders.
Our trip was fun because our gang gets along really well.
In modern western society it used to be sailors, or gang members, or groups of miscreants.
Gang disputes can flare from almost trivial incidents.
Reprisals from remaining members of the gang are possible.
Drug smugglers and gang members can come in right along side economic migrants.
In our inner cities the latter appears as the street gang and aggrandizes the members.
He started hanging out with a biker gang and doing drugs.
Gang violence and the divorce rate are well above the norm.
Crack caused gang members to drive around and shoot each other.
There are many violent and gang-related crimes, but not any more than one would expect from a large city.
There is a huge drug and gang culture here, but you can avoid that by choosing the right place to live.
Look well at him, and you will find him to be both the pretended oil-merchant and the captain of the gang of forty robbers.
High unemployment exacerbates the serious crime problem, including gang violence that is fueled by the drug trade.
My whole body was sore, as if a gang of boxers had punched me viciously.
But his first organized heist leaves him so miserable that he drops out of the gang.
The name of the gang is spoken softly, almost with veneration.
Which hasn't stopped the losing side from singing the chain-gang blues.
Soon afterwards-this is more unusual-the police arrested a gang of six.
In a chilling autobiography a former gang member portrays himself as the inevitable product of a hellish environment.
All were vile, hating groups other than their own, and they preyed on weaker members of their own gang as well.
If our future self and our past self could gang up on our present self, we'd behave differently.
Maybe they ventured unannounced into another gang's neighborhood.
Some gang members wear certain designer labels to show their gang affiliation.
Genuine bravery for a writer is not about jousting with a pyramid scam gang.
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My sister, while she was in college, used to tell me (usually right after being berated by our parents about her grades) "Luke, I just want to get married and have babies."
Well, as you call tell from my previous post, she got her wish. And as stressed, and overworked, and sleep deprived as she may be, she has Jillian there to bring her joy, a type of joy that I think may not be replicable.
Do you want to have kids? I've always imagined that I would, but seeing my niece grow up - and the way she has affected my sister and brother-in-law's lives - has cemented that idea even more. Obviously, in college, at 19, the last thing I'm thinking about is having kids (and getting married? Knock on wood.). But I am thinking about it.
I know that to say kids are a lot of work is an understatement. Raising kids is a lifestyle. It's a thankless job (at least until their mature enough to realize what you do for them, as I am slowly starting to realize about my own parents). But ya know what? I think bringing a life into this world, and nurturing it, and making it into a person is the most beautiful thing a person can do (need proof? Angelina and Brad. Case closed.). Straight, gay, somewhere in between, parenthood is unparalleled. I can only hope that one day I can do something so great.
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Many letters have been written about our presidential liar and his administration, many much worse than this one, so I will not repeat his lies. But I do need advice regarding a T-shirt I have.
The shirt shows an American eagle and says, "Proud to be an American." My problem is, should I burn it or save it?
If I save it, I would wear it only if the president resigns or is impeached.
To rephrase one of his wife's comments: For the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm not really proud of my country.
I have many good friends and relatives — all very smart — who still believe that this guy is telling the truth in these current scandals. I am baffled by their defense of this guy. I could excuse this behavior only if they were getting freebies from Big Daddy Government. After all, you don't bite the hand that feeds you.
We now see that the liberal press and TV news shows are turning against him. Even the late-night comedians are. They are now realizing what I knew all along — you can take the politician out of Chicago but you can't take Chicago out of the politician.
The average citizen is clueless as to what's going on. Is the president worried? No, he's still playing golf. He's counting on the ignorance of the voting public. He's probably right! The takers don't care as long as the freebies keep coming.
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This lovely wooden toy pram with painted details is perfect for taking your little Maileg bunnies and/or mice for an outing. A toy that can be enjoyed for a long time.
Dimension: 6"W x 7"H to handle x 3.25"D
Dimension: 6"W x 7"H to handle x 3.25"D
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This article explains how to redirect stdout to a file from a C program, then restore the original stdout at a later point in the same program. The C function typically used to redirect stdout or stdin is freopen(). To redirect stdout to a file called FILE.TXT, use the following call:
This statement causes all subsequent output, which is typically directed towards stdout, to go to the file FILE.TXT.
freopen( "file.txt", "w", stdout );
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The Healthy Mental Health program kicked off with assistance from the Tennessee Titans cheerleaders.
Hope and help are available for some of the city's most vulnerable entrants into the criminal justice system. Since 2001, the Davidson County Mental Health Court has worked with hundreds of clients to try to make sure they don't become repeat offenders.
A four-year federal grant allowed the General Sessions Court to establish a Mental Health Court in Davidson County. The grant, which was requested by the Public Defender's Office with the full support of the District Attorney General, was approved in July 2000 and became operational in January 2001, making Nashville the fifth city in the nation to have such a program. Metro Council ensured continued funding when the federal grant expired in 2004.
Today, Judge Daniel Eisenstein, General Sessions Court Division II, oversees the program with help from a staff of five.
"We are responsible for supervising the probations or diversions for people involved in the criminal justice system with serious and persistent mental illness," Eisenstein explained of the very specific population served.
His court, he continued, oversees those arrested and found guilty of a misdemeanor or those who have been placed in a criminal diversion program, in addition to more than two dozen offenders who have been sent to his staff for supervised probation from the criminal court for more serious offenses.
"We supervise them for the period of probation," he continued, noting that can range from 11 months and 29 days for a charge such as trespassing to much longer supervisory periods for those with multiple misdemeanor or criminal charges. "We've grown dramatically in the last three years so we're running about 160 people at any given time."
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When it comes to addiction and recovery, there are vast differences between treatment needs of men and women, according to Barbara Larew-Adams, director of clinical services for Cumberland Heights.
"Women progress more quickly into addiction than do men, and the physical consequences are greater faster," explained Larew-Adams.
Based on national statistics, more than 150,000 women in Tennessee are substance dependent or substance abusers, yet 90 percent never receive treatment.
Last month, The Women's Center of Cumberland Heights was dedicated to provide gender-specific therapy and treatment in an effort to more effectively reach women in need of help. The 16-bed women's-only inpatient facility is located on Cumberland Heights' flagship River Road Campus in Nashville.
Studies show women are more likely than men to develop serious health problems from addiction — problems such as liver damage, brain damage, heart disease and cancer. Other harmful consequences of addiction among women include suicide, automobile accidents and sexual assault.
Addicted women are nearly twice as likely to die from an illness related to their addiction than men in the same circumstances. Further driving the seriousness of the issue home, almost four times as many women die from illnesses related to addiction than from breast cancer.
The good news is that experience shows when women access treatment for their addiction, they progress more quickly toward recovery than do men, and they have a higher success rate than men.
"More than one in four households nationally experience the effects of addiction, a disease that has dramatic effects on the family," said Larew-Adams. "With this new inpatient capacity, we are hoping to initiate a community-wide dialogue on the challenges for women in addiction and recovery for themselves, their families and friends."
Mary Faulkner is the director of The Women's Center of Cumberland Heights, which is housed in the newly renovated 6,000 sq. ft. Templeton Hall.
Eisenstein said his office works with Centerstone, the Mental Health Cooperative and Park Center, in addition to other community resource providers, to help those under the court's supervision find better outlets for their time and energies.
"Our goal is to break the cycle of re-arrest and conviction and get them out of the revolving door," he said.
Numerous research studies have shown that those with developmental disabilities and serious or persistent mental illness typically do not respond well to the normal strictures of the traditional criminal justice system. As a result of this disconnect, these offenders often wind up facing longer periods of incarceration and/or higher rates of recidivism.
"About 70 percent of the people that enter our supervision — and it's a very structured supervision — are successful in graduating," Eisenstein continued of the Mental Health Court approach. "Our recidivism rate is very low. It's under 10 percent," he added of statistics showing new arrest and conviction among program graduates.
Eisenstein credits the court's success with taking a common sense, practical approach to the specific needs of this population.
"If you get somebody in treatment, give them a place to live and give them something to do, chances are they're not going to get into trouble," he noted.
While the general approach is based on common sense, Eisenstein doesn't downplay the complicated issues facing those who wind up in his court.
"Almost 100 percent of the people we work with are dual diagnosed meaning they also have addiction issues," he said. However, he added, having a year or more to work with those being supervised by the court does allow time to establish healthy patterns and behaviors, which have typically been carried forth.
The success seen by the Davidson County program and other early pioneers has now been replicated in similar courts across the nation. While pleased with the progress that has been made, Eisenstein and his staff are always looking for ways to expand their reach and improve outcomes.
A new program, which was launched at the end of October, looks to offer additional help to the most motivated of the court's supervised offenders. The Healthy Mental Health Program uses journaling and other creative outlets to help participants see themselves in a new light.
"You've got to think healthy first before you can
be healthy
," stressed Tonia Dixon-Gilbert, the Mental Health Court client specialist who has spearheaded this new effort. She said the population she and her colleagues serve face many issues including physical health complaints and competency issues that can make it difficult to adopt healthy actions and attitudes.
"With our clientele, it's hard for them to see themselves with any worth," she said. "And then when they're in the legal system, they're just so beaten down and so ashamed."
By offering them the opportunity to engage in activities they enjoy … whether it be exercise or writing music or journaling … the court hopes to turn those negative thoughts into positive energy. Participants keep a log of whatever activity they have chosen and bring their book to supervisory visits. Dixon-Gilbert said that the act of writing down what they have done can help show them who they are and all they have accomplished.
"For a person in our demographic to start to write or read is just huge," she said. "We try to catch them when we get them and have their interest peaked. We kind of circle around them and give them support," Dixon-Gilbert continued of the team effort.
She added that it truly is a team effort. Not only do those that work with the Mental Health Court participate, but the new program is sponsored by the Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders. Dixon-Gilbert said the support is active, hands-on participation with the program, and she credited the cheerleaders with seeing this need in the community and being willing to step up to help fill the void. In addition, to the staff and cheerleaders, Dixon-Gilbert said participants work with numerous support providers who help provide everything from counseling to potential employment.
Right now less than 5 percent of the court's offenders have been selected for the program, Dixon-Gilbert said. However, she noted, the program is evolving and changing every day in an effort to find the best ways to meet the needs of those with mental illness who truly want to make positive changes in their lives.
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There were only 9 of these mattresses which were hand-built by craftsmen at the Slumberland factory in Huntingdon UK. The mixture of kingsize and single mattresses had a limited edition cover along with a specially commissioned label to commemorate the last ever Big Brother event.
Gordon Mitchell, Managing Director of Horatio Myer & Co Ltd, UK manufacturer of Slumberland commented "We were absolutely thrilled that Slumberland was selected to provide the mattresses for this groundbreaking series. We wanted to produce a mattress that was both comfortable and was a celebration of the show. I know that the contestants are going to enjoy many restful days and nights on them throughout the series."
After the event the mattresses were auctioned off along with all of the furniture from the series. The proceeds from the Slumberland mattresses will go to the Pink Ribbon Foundation as the favoured charity partner for Slumberland.
"It's great news that there will be a donation to the Pink Ribbon Foundation" said Jonathan Prince, Chairman of the charity. "We are delighted to partner with Slumberland on this innovative project as it helps us to continue the fight against Breast Cancer which is the most common cancer in women worldwide."
"We are proud to work with the Pink Ribbon Foundation" concluded Gordon Mitchell.
We are absolutely thrilled that Slumberland has been selected to provide the mattresses for this groundbreaking series.
- Gordon Mitchell, MD, Horatio Myer & Co Ltd


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Drain your Flexible Spending Account
Why wait til Jan. 1 to start checking off your New Year's resolutions? If you have a Flexible Spending Account — the pretax benefit that can be used for a year's worth of health-care expenses — that you haven't maxed out for 2012 yet, get to it. Buy glasses and contact lenses, get your annual check-ups, stock up on prescription drugs (for the full list of eligible expenses, see Publication 502 at IRS.gov). Those who have cash remaining even after that — or who can't fit another single to-do on the list before year-end — may still have a chance to make the most of their benefit. Some companies offer a grace period for spending FSA money. Employees should check their plan details to see whether they're allowed a few weeks or even months to use the up the balance, says Tom Billet, a senior consultant at Towers Watson. Then act fast: The IRS limits such grace periods to two and a half months, meaning the right to claim those funds will expire before St. Patrick's Day. After that, the money in the account is forfeit.
Lose weight
It's the resolution that seems made to be broken each year. But many employers are betting that workers will be more committed to exercising and shedding those extra pounds if there's money on the line. According to Towers Watson, 80% of U.S. companies now offer health-care incentives in the form of premium reductions or cash rebates — say, for going to Weight Watchers meetings or for lowering your body mass index and cholesterol. And there's a bigger pot up for grabs than ever, as the new health law has increased the share of premiums employers can pay using such programs. More than half of companies rewarded participation in weight-management programs in 2011, and 64% incentivized biometric screenings that measure blood pressure and BMI. The prize criteria run the gamut, from $50 or so for filling out an online health-risk questionnaire (which companies use to appraise how much employees' habits will cost them) to hundreds of dollars for walking a certain amount of steps, as measured by a pedometer. While some companies allow employees to rack up points that can be redeemed for money or prizes by checking off a list of health-care tasks, others reduce premiums or deposit cash into a health savings account. Companies paid an average of $460 in health-improvement perks per employee in 2011, according to a survey by Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group on Health.
Quit smoking
Companies are also offering cash for quitting cigarettes. Just enrolling in a smoking-cessation program, which companies now offer online, could knock $100 off premiums, says Doug Ghertner, CEO of Change Healthcare, which makes a cost-comparison tool for health plans and their members. About a third of companies rewarded or penalized employees depending on whether they smoked in 2011, according to Towers Watson. Even if an employer doesn't offer an incentive to stop, quitting tobacco could remove premium penalties like smoking surcharges: According to some plans' policies, if an employee can go tobacco-free for six to 12 months, he or she could start saving on premiums by June, says Billet. The savings could add up to a few hundred dollars in rebates a year, he adds. Not to mention the hundreds — if not thousands — of dollars spent on cigarettes.
See your doctor
The Affordable Care Act requires complimentary coverage of preventive health-care services — everything from checkups to flu shots to birth control pills. While experts advise taking advantage of these health-care freebies, they also recommend looking up your particular plan's specifications. Medicare and some private insurance plans, for example, distinguish between an annual physical exam and a wellness exam; while wellness exams will be fully covered, physicals may have a copay, so patients should specify that they want a wellness exam when they book the appointment, says Cheryl Fish-Parcham, deputy director of Health Policy for Families USA, a consumer health advocacy group. While about 16 preventive services are fully covered for adults (plus 22 more for women and 27 for children) under the health-reform law, some employers reimburse 100% of the cost of other preventive procedures, so consumers should take a closer look at their plans to find potential hidden health-care treasure, says Ghertner. The U.S. Department for Health and Human Services expects that the free services could save Americans hundreds of millions of dollars — not just in copays, but on major expenses avoided through early disease detection and prevention. See 16 Covered Preventive Services for Adults
Commit to a primary care physician or "medical home"
Even healthy people who don't need to see a doctor very often could benefit from establishing a relationship with a dedicated care provider. "They're someone who can help you understand the treatment and coordinate the treatment," says Linda Adler, founder and CEO of Pathfinders Medical, a group of health advocates that negotiate on patients' behalf. Partnering with a health provider allows the doctor or nurse practitioner to follow up with patients about health issues and treatment plans, acting as a so-called medical home. People who have access to such coordinated care stay healthier, say experts, and save money in the long-term: One study found that patients in such a primary-care model in Seattle visited the E.R. 29% less and had 6% fewer hospitalizations than those who didn't, saving each about $10 a month. Another recent study by the Geisinger Center for Health Research found that patients who were treated in comprehensive primary-care clinics saved 4% to 7% in medical costs over four years (depending on whether prescription drug coverage was factored in).
Shop around
While Americans are used to shopping around for holiday presents, they're less accustomed to doing so for health care.That's because, historically, comparing the costs of various care providers and facilities was too difficult, experts say. But consumers now have more tools at their disposal than ever before. Common scans and procedures such as mammograms and diabetes tests can vary in price by hundreds or thousands of dollars, even in the same zip code, according to Change Healthcare. The firm found that a CT scan of the abdomen cost $532 at an outpatient clinic and $6,238 at a hospital within 20 miles of each other. Experts recommend asking doctors if the test they ordered would cost less at a facility other than the one the patient was referred to. The same goes for surgical procedures: Operations will be cheaper at an ambulatory center than at an in-patient hospital, say experts.
Treat your family and friends better
For adult children worried that 2013 may be the year they have to shell out for a nursing home or long-term-care facility for their aging parents — or provide another year of intense caregiving on their own — there may be affordable alternatives that won't put the health of their loved ones at risk. New technology and services can reduce the need for a full-time home assistant and allow adults to check in on their folks occasionally without sacrificing as much work and leisure time — a burden that can also take a toll on the health of the caregiving children, says Adler. Robotic assistants, for example, can aid retirees and sometimes even track their heart rate. There are also high-tech sensor systems that monitor seniors and send text, phone or email alerts to their children or caregiver for a fraction of the cost of a full-time facility; GrandCare Systems, for one, charges $100 a month after a $500 installation fee. And a few websites, like Carelinx.com, help consumers looking to hire a caregiver find vetted and trustworthy professionals within their budget. And for those who need to spend on soup-to-nuts care, Adler recommends hiring a medical money manager on retainer to negotiate caregiving costs, since good advocates will more than pay for themselves in the savings they provide.
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Hickory Creek Winery
750 Browntown Rd.
Buchanan Michigan 49107United States
(269) 422-1100
Editor's Review
This humble winery produces outstanding dry wines in southwest Michigan.
Hickory Creek's winery and tasting room are located inside a modern building that resembles a red barn. Lush flowerbeds and a cute little black-and-white spotted dog named Cow greet visitors. Inside, the tasting room is pretty humble, with stacks of empty wine boxes doubling as display tables for Hickory Creek's wines, glasses and other wine-related gifts. Behind the wine bar, glass windows reveal the fermenting tanks. It's a small operation, one where winemaker, Mike de Schaaf, is more interested in quality than quantity. The tasting-bar staff pours free samples of about a dozen wines (you can choose five). Hickory Creek is best described as a boutique winery, emphasizing almost exclusively dry wines, including Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and a couple of red blends. They'll soon be adding a zero-oak Chardonnay. The two semidry options are a white blend called Gentil and an ice wine.


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Upcoming Fall Program Open House August 19, 2015
- Who
- All Trackers families and kids
- What
- Fall Program Open House
- When
- August 19, 2015, 6 PM - 8 PM
- Where
- Trackers Earth Portland | 4617 SE Milwaukie Avenue, Portland, Oregon
- Why
- Learn more about our fall and year-round programs
Bring the family, have fun and learn more about Trackers fall and year-round courses. This open house offers hands-on activities found in our after school, homeschool, preschool and weekend apprenticeship programs.
Parents and kids get to meet Trackers instructors and coordinators while our community outreach staff answers any questions about payment plans, financial aid and enrollment. Finally, Trackers founders Molly and Tony Deis discuss their vision for long-term mentoring and outdoor leadership.
Optional activities include:
- Fire with no matches (bow drill, flint & steel) with Rangers (All Ages)
- Knife and woodcarving safety with Rangers (Grade 1 & up)
- Spinning wool and fiber arts with the Wilders (All Ages)
- Archery at our indoor range with the Rangers (Grade 1 & up)
- Blacksmithing at the forge with the Artisans (Grade 4 & up)
Many returning students and families may attend, giving you a chance to meet the greater Trackers community. You also get a sneak peek at our new location in preparation for its grand opening September 27. From our family to yours, we look forward to seeing you there!
Come learn more and get hands-on demonstrations for the following programs:
1 weekend a month, Fall to Spring - Apprenticeships feature long-term training in outdoor skills, leadership and craft with experienced mentors.
- Ages 4-Grade K
- Rovers Apprenticeship Outdoor skills for our youngest campers.
- Grade 1-4 & 5-12
- Rangers Apprenticeship Wilderness survival, stealth, archery, tracking and more.
- Grade 1-4 & 5-12
- Wilders Apprenticeship Wild plants, homesteading, animal care and restoration gardening.
- Grade 2-4 & 5-12
- Archery Apprenticeship Join an archery team. Train in private indoor and outdoor ranges.
- Grade 5-12
- Blacksmithing Apprenticeship Learn the craft of blacksmithing with experienced instructors.
- Grade 5-12
- Mariners Apprenticeship Fishing, kayaking and boat building. Ocean and river harvest.
Weekly Programs
Every week, 1-5 days a week - Our weekly programs take place on school days and include after school options, homeschool and preschool.
- Grade 1-5 & 6-8
- Transported After School from Abernathy, Richmond, Hayhurst, Winterhaven & Woodstock.
- Grade 2-5 & 6-12
- Archery After School Drop off for 4-week sessions (one afternoon a week).
- Grade 4-5 & 6-12
- Blacksmithing Afer School Drop off for 4-week sessions (one afternoon a week).
- Grade PK-K
- Rovers Forest Preschool Weekly adventures for preschool age kids. Fall, winter and spring.
- Ages 6-5 & 6-17
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As this report demonstrates, Latinos in the South find themselves caught in a crossfire of hostility, discrimination and exploitation even as new Latino immigrants provide the low-wage labor craved by businesses and homeowners in the region.
Many are subjected to routine hardships and cruelties stemming from their lack of legal status. Others who have legal status are victimized by racial profiling, wage theft and other forms of abuse simply because of their ethnicity or vulnerability. And a vast number of immigrant families face great uncertainty and fear because of their mixed status, with both undocumented and documented persons living together.
The large number of undocumented persons living in the South and throughout the country reflects not just that our borders are porous but that our immigration policies have failed. Policies over the past 10 years, in particular, have made it virtually impossible for many immigrants — even those married to U.S. citizens — to regularize their status. And the employer sanctions program created by the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act has utterly failed. As a result, there are millions of people living in the U.S. with strong community ties, working hard and paying taxes, who have no hope of legalizing their status absent a change in the law.
In recent years, the federal government has embarked on a campaign of workplace raids to round up undocumented workers, while many cities and states have enacted harsh measures intended to make life as difficult as possible for them. Together, these activities are leading to racial profiling and other human rights abuses and are exacting a heavy toll on Latinos, regardless of their immigration status. At the same time, unscrupulous employers continue to exploit vulnerable Latino workers, eroding safeguards that protect all workers from abuse and protect honest businesses from unfair competition.
Unless we create a fair mechanism to allow undocumented immigrants to regularize their status, the exploitation and abuse of Latino immigrants will continue indefinitely — and our economy will not realize the full benefits of their participation.
Comprehensive immigration reform, which brings undocumented immigrants out of the shadows by providing a workable path to citizenship, is the only realistic, fair and humane solution.
This reform must be coupled with strong enforcement of labor and civil rights protections. This would make crime victims and communities safer, curb racial profiling and other abuses, and better protect the wages and working conditions of all workers.
The following are our specific recommendations:
I. The federal government must strengthen enforcement of wage and hour and other employment laws
* The U.S. Department of Labor should devote substantially more resources to enforcing worker protections — by increasing the staff of the Wage and Hour division and by increasing the number of cases being filed by the Solicitor of Labor's office. In addition, the Department must be much more aggressive in seeking substantial penalties against employers who willfully break the law.
* The Department of Labor should prioritize enforcement of labor laws in states with no functioning wage and hour enforcement operations.
* Congress should enact legislation to overturn Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB 535 U.S. 137 (2002). That decision has created a perverse incentive for employers to prefer undocumented workers, because they believe those exploited workers will not complain and will not have any legal remedy.
* Congress should remove restrictions on assistance funded by the Legal Services Corporation that prohibit Legal Services offices from representing undocumented immigrants and handling class action lawsuits.
* The EEOC should re-issue the guidance, rescinded in 2002, clarifying that, in most instances, undocumented immigrants are entitled to the same relief as other employees under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.1
* The EEOC should reinvigorate and dedicate adequate resources to its Systemic Task Force and engage in class action and other high-impact litigation aimed at combating systemic discrimination.2
* The Employment Litigation Section of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division should pursue more litigation to address systemic discrimination cases.
II. Congress and the president must act to end racial profiling
* Congress should enact a federal statute to effectively prohibit racial profiling, such as the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA), which was introduced in the House of Representatives in 2007.3
* The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department should strengthen its "pattern and practice" law enforcement misconduct docket by focusing on local law enforcement agencies that lack strong prohibitions against racial profiling and by bringing more lawsuits.
* The Obama administration should issue an executive order prohibiting racial profiling by federal officers and banning law enforcement practices, including those by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), that disproportionately target people based on race and ethnicity.
* The administration should create a civilian oversight body to review the actions of ICE. This review should examine the recent militarized enforcement, which has included raids that rely on racial profiling and systematic violations of the Fourth Amendment.
* The 287(g) program should be terminated, because it undermines trust in law enforcement and does not make communities safer. The administration has the authority to terminate this program and return all federal law enforcement powers to the Department of Homeland Security.
III. Congress must act to ensure language access
* Congress should provide the necessary funding and resources to allow federal agencies to fully enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
* The administration should increase the resources available to the Coordination and Review Section of the Department of Justice, which is responsible for enforcing Title VI obligations of federally funded state entities, including state courts.
* Congress should take action to correct the Supreme Court's decision in Alexander v. Sandoval.
1. Directive Transmittal 915.022, first issued in 1999.
2. The EEOC's Systemic Task Force was created in 2005 to recommend new strategies to combat systemic discrimination.
3. ERPA would prohibit any local, state or federal law enforcement agency or officer from engaging in racial profiling. It would make efforts to eliminate the practice a condition of law enforcement.
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