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On Friday's St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed the local ramifications of a news story that continues to rock the nation: the treatment of migrant parents and children along the U.S.'s southern border.
Joining him to talk about President Donald Trump's evolving immigration policies were three St. Louis-area residents whose areas of expertise shed light on the real-life impacts of those policies.
Kristine Walentik, a staff attorney with St. Francis Community Services, was one of them. Over the past five years, she's represented hundreds of unaccompanied migrant minors seeking asylum in the bi-state region.
The stricter and rapidly changing federal immigration policies make those efforts more difficult.
"The announcement last week [by Attorney General Jeff Sessions] has made it harder for us, for the immigration attorneys and the clients themselves … but we are not stopping the fight," Walentik said. "We are going to continue to try to challenge this and to fight it and find ways to also fight for our clients to be able to stay."
The stress and trauma that members of the local undocumented community experience is palpable, she said.
"The uncertainty is where the stress really comes in," explained Walentik, who also recently visited a Texas detention center where she assisted migrants seeking asylum. "They're not sure what is going to happen to them and how long they're going to be able to stay in the U.S. if they're going to be able to stay. They have that fear that they will be killed if they're returning to their home country. And yet sometimes under our laws, it doesn't qualify [for asylum]."
Her colleague Meredith Rataj, an SFCC site director and bilingual therapist who provides support to St. Louis-area immigrants and their families, emphasized the adversity these clients have faced even without the recently revealed practice of separating parents and children at the border.
"What we see is children who have experienced an intense amount of trauma in their home country and then significant trauma also in crossing the border, and now you're adding more trauma being separated from parents for that subset of children," Rataj said. "And then just the acculturation stress of coming to a new country, learning a new language, being united with family members who maybe you knew before, maybe you didn't, and adjusting to what those relationships look like."
The experiences of the most recent children to cross the southern border will likely stay with them long into adulthood, noted Dr. Joan Luby, the Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Child Psychiatry at Washington University's School of Medicine. She studies early childhood emotional development.
"My objective as a child psychiatrist is to promote health and to make children well," Luby said. "I think if your objective was to make children sick both physically and emotionally, what we're seeing happening at the border would be the formula to do that.
"Basically you're seeing families where children are in transition – they've been taken from their home, and they're traveling with their parent in dangerous circumstances – they reach the border, they're frightened, they're stressed. And then, as a young child, to be separated from your caregiver abruptly – not know where your caregiver is – that is just an incredibly intense stress, and basically it's child abuse. Full stop."
Luby described the Trump administration as "the most hostile to the interests of children that I can think of in modern history."
"We have a lot of research now, both in animal models [and] looking at humans," she added, "looking at children who have been in facilities like institutional settings where we've looked at the effect on their cognition, on their emotions, on their brain development – and these forms of early adversity have enduring effects."
St. Louis Public Radio listeners joined the on-air conversation as well, and several callers focused their questions and comments on conditions in the home countries that migrants are fleeing.
"I think that we can all agree that whatever policy we put into place on our border, it's really a Band-Aid, as a lot of your callers are saying," Rataj said in response to one of them. "And I think they're right, that we need to look at what's happening in the home country and maybe even take a hard look at what our country's interactions, our history with those countries, and what we've done to create the situation."
She added that many immigrants and refugees would echo such sentiments.
"This is not their first choice," Rataj said. "It would take a lot, probably, for a lot of us to leave the United States. So you can imagine what it takes for these clients, or these immigrant families, to decide that they need to leave. What we hear from children every day is that they miss, terribly, their own countries."
Another listener asked about how the sheer processes surrounding immigration court impact what is going on.
"There aren't a lot of resources, and processing people while detained is one of the issues with this latest executive order," Walentik noted. "If they're going to indefinitely detain the families while they're processing through the asylum process, it's going to be months, and we don't have enough judges, we don't have enough resources on the border."
The conversation also touched on several ways that local residents can get involved and help. Rataj pointed listeners to a page on the SFCS website with information about donating, volunteering and advocating. The organization also has a fundraiser on Facebook to help cover costs to help serve unaccompanied minors who come to St. Louis from the border.
St. Louis on the Air brings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region. St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh and producers Mary Edwards, Alex Heuer, Evie Hemphill, Lara Hamdan and Caitlin Lally give you the information you need to make informed decisions and stay in touch with our diverse and vibrant St. Louis region.


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Cable, D and Carson, J (2013) Do interviewers sell themselves short? The effect of selling orientation on interviewers' judgments. Academy of Management Journal, 57 (3). pp. 624-651. ISSN 0001-4273
Drawing on alternative perspectives about the automaticity of dispositional judgments, we examine whether the motivation to attract the other (i.e., selling orientation) in interpersonal first meetings (e.g., job interviews) helps or hinders the accuracy and validity of dispositional judgments. In a laboratory study (Study 1) we found that selling orientation reduced the accuracy of interviewers' judgments about applicants' core self-evaluations. Then, we investigated the real-world implications of selling orientation in a field study (Study 2) with two different samples (Samples A and B) and found that a selling orientation negatively influenced the predictive validity of interviewers' judgments. Specifically, when selling orientation was low, interviewers' judgments accurately predicted which applicants would be most (and least) successful as newcomers in the organization (in terms of citizenship, performance and fit). However, when selling orientation was high, interviewers' judgments no longer predicted applicant outcomes. Together, these results suggest that making dispositional judgments in interpersonal first meetings is an effortful process that is hindered by focusing on other goals (e.g., selling). We discuss the practical and theoretical implications of these findings.
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It is with great sadness and love to announce Fred passed away peacefully on Oct. 20, 2006 after a long battle with leukemia.
Born in Insinger, Sask. on March 29, 1928. He was predeceased by his father: Nicholas, mother: Mary, brothers: Bill and John, sister: Olga, and his first wife Molly.
He is survived by his loving and devoted wife: Bev, stepsons: Scott and Tray Neilson, brothers: Mat and Mel, sisters: Anne, Irene, Isabel, Kay, Jean, Marion, Sylvia, and his beloved dog and companion Lucy who misses him dearly. Fred lived in Hope for 25 years. His kindness & generosity was felt by everyone he knew and met. He was a true gentleman and a gentle man. Fred had a passion for golf and loved to win at blackjack.
He came back out of retirement to work for his friend Bud at Gardner Chev Olds for 20 years.
In lieu of flowers, you are encouraged to pick up where Fred has left off. He understood the power in simple acts of kindness. Gestures, courtesies and kind words were shared with those close to him and with strangers. To honour him tomorrow and in the weeks and months ahead, simply make someone's day a little easier. The lasting impact of these "random acts of kindness" will be Fred's legacy.
Out of respect for Fred's wishes there will be no service.
Family extends thanks to Dr. Botha and the awesome nurses and staff for the outstanding care and compassion Fred received in Fraser Canyon Hospital.
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This week we asked ourselves a critical container question. What is the command that's used to make containers completely?
We've covered the many aspects of Container Security in previous shows, but over the last couple of weeks it seemed like the community was starting to believe that many VMs were the silver bullet for container security. We spend most of the show talking about defense-in-depth and the pros and cons of using VMs as for isolation and security. Sometimes the show gets a little ranty, so bear with us.
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April 17 at 7:00pm
A high-spirited and compelling on-air retelling of the somewhat historical events of the Dancing Plague
Sasparella Trauffea is dancing! And she won't stop! In this loose adaptation of the somewhat historical events of the Dancing Plague of 1518, the residents of a small town must deal with the consequences of a runaway father, an ostentatious mayor, and, of course, the brazen dancing of the Trauffea girl. Add to the mix a lovesick confectioner and a hasty engagement, and you've got the recipe for a rollicking adventure of a radio show that the whole family will love!
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Thanks to all who auditioned for this radio production! We wish we were able to offer roles to everyone, and we sincerely hope to see all who tried out at future auditions.
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Egg – Merit Burgett
Ferdinand – Micah Alm
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Maude – Megan Myers
Gertrudina – Katelyn Holstad
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Edmund/Man #1 – Jay Ramos
Ferdinand's Father – Steve Gottwalt
Priest/Man #2 – Kaleb Fischer
Sasparella Trauffea is Dancing! is the winning script from the 20/21 KVSC & GREAT Scriptwriting Competition. Local playwright Meg Mechelke is a second year student at the University of Iowa. Far from her hometown of Sartell, MN, she is studying English and theatre and is heavily involved in the campus's theatre and publication scenes. Her work has appeared both on stage and in print at the university and beyond, and she is excited to be going back to her "GREAT" roots with this project.
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Semiconductor stocks enjoyed a strong day after Micron (MU) reported better-than-expected earnings and provided an optimistic outlook. This helped boost sentiment for the sector after the group suffered due to trade tariffs concerns about oversupply and a global slowdown.
But, given the semiconductor/chip sector's past being littered with booms and busts due to vicious cyclicality in memory prices, a drill down into the numbers suggests it may not be all clear.
For its part, Micron shares surged 14% after the chipmaker's CEO continued to predict a second-half rebound in the memory chip market, and more importantly, said it had found a workaround for the sanctions against Huawei, resuming shipments to the world's largest maker of cell phones.
As you can see on the Semiconductor ETF (SMH) chart, after a weak end to 2018 the group went on a huge run to new highs through the first 5 months of 2019. This was on the belief that there would be a pick-up in demand and pricing power in the second half.
Then the trade talks with China fell apart, coupled with the US forcing boycott of Huawei, bringing chip shipments came to a near standstill.
Today's Micron-induced rally brings SMH right back to a key level at the $107 area.
I think the response to the Micron report is overly optimistic and the sector is still in a cyclical slowdown as trends at the end of 2018 not only remained in place, but may have gotten worse.
The entire tech industry, a highly-integrated, global supply-chain with China as a cornerstone froze in disbelief, and business virtually halted. This resulted in a steep fall in ASPs (average selling price) in DRAM/NAND, prompting a wave of downgrades of the memory players.
Trade talks have not improved and the notion that Micron or other companies can circumvent Trump's order to ban doing business with Huawei seems suspect.
Also, a drill down into Micron's numbers reveals that they were not strong as they seemed and the CEO', who has a history being overly optimistic, isn't grounded in the fundamentals.
Micron's CEO acknowledged on the conference call that "DRAM&NAND markets remain oversupplied," but expects to see a "restore of demand & supply balance over the next few quarters." That's fairly vague and very hopeful considering most expect a steep cut in cap-ex spending for the reminder of the year and central banks are acting like a global recession is coming.
While the company "beat" estimates the fact is that earnings, both top and bottom, are expected to continuing contracting sequentially for the next two quarters and be down by over 50% year-over-year.
More concerning is that MU's inventories jumped another $500 million and now stand at $4.9 billion, representing over 150 days of inventory. Bloated inventory is especially problematic in the semi space as Moore's law is still in effect. As next generation chips come along, it renders the old ones obsolete.
Micron can't keep accumulating inventories as demand and prices sink without eventually forcing it to take a huge "non-GAAP" write-off. A precursor is having inflated all the prior quarters' margins when inventory piled up MU's stock buybacks collapsed to nearly nothing last quarter.
In fact, just today, Intel (INTC) plans to cut desktop processor prices by up to 15% in response to news that Advanced Micro (AMD) is expected to release their 3rd generation Ryzen processors.
The semiconductor cycle has not yet troughed and I expect the shares of chip makers will head back down.
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There are tons of websites about making websites: a Google search turned up 800,000. There's even one with the name Making Websites that looks like this:
Hmmm... ? Let's skip past that one.
Turns out there are many better choices, including A List Apart, Evolt, W3Schools, and one I hadn't seen before, Smashing Magazine.
As often happens, in the same day's email a couple of web links pointed to Smashing, so I thought I'd better take a look. The site describes itself as a resource for web designers and developers created by Sven Lennartz and Vitaly Friedman. Their tagline puts it more colorfully: We smash you with the information that will make your life easier, really.
The titles of other popular articles give you a sense of the site's slightly over-hyped approach: 25 Useful WYSIWYG Web Editors, 53 CSS Techniques You Couldn't Live Without, 50 Beautiful Designs, 40+ Free Fonts for Professional Design, and so on.
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Persistence is certainly a virtue, but to get there, we have to be on guard against weariness. It's so easy to become weary—weary in our prayer, in our work, in our daily lives, in the sad and sometimes scary stories that come to us in the news. Today, God gives us three stories about protecting ourselves from becoming weary.
Your faith has saved you • Breaking open the word
This Sunday features stories of God's healing power being spent on people who would have been resented by Israelite society (or us), thus demonstrating God's expansive generosity.
Increase our faith • Breaking open the word
It can be pretty tempting, in these difficult times, to be anxious or even to despair. God assures us that the promise God made to us of his care and protection will come to us as we need it. We are encouraged to be brave, to believe, and have faith—to keep on keeping on.
A great chasm • Breaking open the word
Worldly wealth is fleeting, this Sunday's readings remind us, so it is wise to use it to invest in true wealth—the kind you can take to heaven.
God gets political • Breaking open the word
What does a good political or business leader do? Sunday's readings give us God's perspective.


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In 2014, while working on a project in Zimbabwe, over a few weeks, an incident occurred that would be my first (and hopefully only ever) tense encounter with the security apparatus that has been the eyes and ears of the Zanu-PF elite for decades – and which over the last few weeks has been the "darling of the people", or at least parts of it.
We left the Rainbow Hotel, on a warm and sunny Saturday at noon. The security men dressed in those brown, familiar, colonial-inspired uniforms that shout "authority", friendly waved us away, as they lifted the boom gate. We'd left a prize ceremony early. The streets were a usual weekend affair, people milling about, attending to their day-to-day business. Buying uniforms, selling newspapers, withdrawing whatever cash, scarcely held, had passed through many hands. Before long, our driver brought to our attention, in an uncharacteristic whisper, a tall building with a simple, yet elegant shape. A rectangle approaching the sky, with a triangle, emblazoned with a black rooster. The letters written on the side of the triangle, where it meets the rectangle, made me realize that our driver, was correct. These were indeed, the headquarters of Zanu-PF; one of the most revered, admired (and feared) liberation movements-cum-governments in Africa. It looked rather different from Shell House or Luthuli House. My excitement at the thought of being able to visually share the moment on Instagram, and my generosity, to offer to take a picture of the "Zanu HQ" for my colleague in the front-seat, was however short-lived.
As we approached the red traffic light, a man carrying a wireless land-line, that looked like it came straight out of the Verimark early 2000s catalogue, approached the driver's door. He spoke to our driver in Shona, and our companion's fear was palpable. At that point, my mind recalled the many stories my Zimbabwean friends on campus had recounted, of encounters with the Zimbabwean Secret Police, the CIO.
Our driver had taken us through the routine many times in the villages we had visited to gather data for the Zimbabwean Foundation we were working for. We would first stop over at the "President's Office", where we would report our arrival, much like to a chief in a village, to the local CIO officials. The officials in the rural areas, would check our documentation, and in some instances, chatter away in a mix of isiZulu and IsiNdebele, and we'd be on our way. Nothing untoward or discomforting. However, in the city, on a warm Saturday morning, our dressing down would be much colder.
He asked me where I was from, and why I was taking pictures of a "security key point" (or something of that sort), and whether I would have been "allowed" to do the same in South Africa. He ventured to use Eskom as an example. He then asked my colleague in the front seat, a white South African, where she was from, and what we were doing in the country, capturing images of the ruling party's headquarters to boot. After a few reassurances, that we were excited, in a tourist-like fashion, at the sight of the "revolutionary house" we had often heard about. He took our details, and promised to call us later.
Our driver and colleagues, would later inform us that the man may have been a "poser". However, the imprint remained. For many of us as outsiders, the stories were numerous and plenty, of folk who had spoken too loud and asked to many questions. Folks who had ended up in Chikurubi Prison. We thought nothing of the incident after reassurances from our Zimbabwean colleagues. Clearly it wasn't uncommon.
I was reminded of this when the events of the last weeks unfolded in Harare. One would've been forgiven, for thinking Vladimir Lenin was referring to Zimbabwe when he spoke of decades where nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen. Many in the South African media referred to this quotation frequently on the many Zimbabwean "crossings" we saw over the last week. A week that had even veteran journalist, Peter Ndoro, moving from excited interest, to over-informed boredom, and back, as the coup that wasn't a coup unfolded. As we were all glued to our TV screens and the glass screens covering our Twitter timelines for more information, we asked, "would the old man take the hints, and say goodbye?" On a Sunday evening, he sat us all through a Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) feed, to tell us he'd "officiate" at the upcoming congress of the party. It would take a lot more negotiation in secret, "spiritual counsel" and public outrage than that to get rid of him.
The army generals, whose gentlemanly palace coup delivered Emmerson Mnangagwa to State House, understood the currency of information. Give the world, trickles of it and you'll have them, and the people, salivating for more. The stuff of Cold War spy literature of the John le Carre archive. The play is simple; keep as much out of the scrutiny of the public, and the reliance on the army as a purveyor of information on not only Mugabe's future, but that of the 16-million Zimbabweans. Do that, and you can control the outcome. For the Zimbabweans who've seen many uprisings and the subsequent suppression that follows, the army may have started as a group secretly moving tanks into the capital, who later became the "content producers" on the ZBC, they would later become more. They became the 21st century hero in a political moment that meant different things to many people.
To the Zanu-PF faithful; a resolution to the ongoing succession debate that may have started in the late '70s and early '80s, and a rebranding of the "legitimacy" of the party as a responsive and responsible "liberator". For the opposition and other new-age movements emerging, it presented a breakthrough, to a new era, which by no means was a victory or an "arrival" at the envisaged destination; but a realignment of "political" opportunities.
The army, neatly (and some naively say, neutrally) intervened in a fight between two contending elite factions, represented in both state and party. It was similar to what Antonio Gramsci in his Prison Notebooks, referred as to as the role of the army in containing a more dangerous movement of a fed-up peasantry and urban working people during crisis. In so doing, militaries often make allies with the most unexpected erstwhile adversaries, such as students, traders, civil servants and other social activist groups.
"…...it (the security apparatus) finds a certain political and ideological unification; it finds allies in the urban middle classes – reinforced by students of rural origin now living in the towns and it imposes its methods on the upper classes, which are compelled to make numerous concessions to it…"
The main concession and "ideological unification" uniting all these erstwhile adversaries was the exit of Robert Mugabe. Very little else brought them together last week, nor today; aside from the constitutional commitment to elections next year, and the exit of "Mdala", little else. Zimbabwe is certainly different now that Mugabe no longer, occupies the prized seat of the ZANU Central Committee or the armed men with eyes on every corner who look over the street that is home to State House, no longer answer to him. However, much remains. The shadowy securostate and its political economy of patronage, extraction and its interest in reproducing itself, remains. Old habits and alliances (even in the face of seemingly new ones) die hard.
They however, exist in a different milieu now. Anyone hearing the rapturous applause received by youth leader Acie Lumumba in a large rally in Harare two weeks ago, would testify that the youthful crowd lived in a moment different from 1980. The hero had not only turned unwanted villain, but the well of hope ran much drier than in 1980. Rightfully so, the celebrations now, carry a different aura. It is one of 'let's celebrate now'. However tomorrow morning presents a moment to defend even the smallest gains. It is no longer a naïve hope, but a determined hope. It is the hope of a generation of black market forex peddlers, tired and anxious migrant waitresses in Johannesburg watching from afar, bitcoin miners and dealers, hairdressers and over-qualified con-men with many certificates in oversized suits.
It is a story with many lessons, even for us here in South Africa. The commonly understood form of exit of the first generation post-liberation elites is often characterised by violent seizure of power and delegitimising of the ruling party or coalition. Zimbabwe shows us that this is not always the case. Aside from the violent intimidation of the G-40 faction (with a few fatalities, we are told), in a show of force the coup/handover was peaceful. Moreover, Zanu-PF emerged from the entire exercise, with a new layer of legitimacy as a vehicle willing to change its directions after enough cajoling from its drivers, the people. This is the Kool-Aid we've been sold, and many of us have thirstily drunk it up.
Such a narrative is on offer, because the path to an Mnangagwa presidency for the army wasn't lined with a considerable and threatening opposition. Were this the case, the peaceful approach may have been less desirable for General Chiwenga and company. The fragmented opposition has done a shoddy ideological and political job, in presenting a way out of the socio-economic crisis that faces Zimbabwe. This may also account for why the liberatory sentiments surrounding brand Zanu-PF and its legitimacy, are not in question.
The opposition has not proposed a genuine, pro-poor and liberatory programme, out of product shortages, rising costs of a dollarised economy short on dollars, unemployment, rapid de-industrialisation and re-integration (or better yet "de-linking") from the global markets. Moreover, in the post-2008 global environment and Donald Trump world order, the opposition as Leo Zeilig notes, "has failed to wrestle the language of anti-imperialism and radical Pan-Africanism away from the government".
One certainly hopes, naively so, that this moment presents an opportunity for the Zimbabwean people to find a common programme to resolve the socio-economic crisis the country faces and reorganize how its affairs and democratic expression is governed. Without external interference and jockeying. Its geopolitical alliances will be crucial, and these will influence its re-integration into the political economy of trade, finance and industry.
Christmas may have come early this year, but dollars and rand don't magically appear in Harare's Mbare township. Much more thorough-going change will be needed for that to happen, and that will need less palace politics and more change from below. Ironically, it may happen sooner, if the alliance between the people, the opposition and those who watch over the tall building in the Harare skyline with an emblazoned black rooster, is sustained around a clear national programme. Maybe when I next visit, the CIO "posers" might have smartphones, and we can take a "selfie" at the HQ, just like the people did with the army on the streets when Mdala left. One can only hope. DM


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Timeless Love and Timeless Wine
On August 20th, Fred and Sally Schweiger will be celebrating their 55th Anniversary. 55 years of timeless, selfless, dedicated love for each other, their family, and Schweiger Vineyards, which they spent the early part of those 55 years building from the ground up. If you've ever visited us for a tasting, you've probably met Fred or Sally, and you know just how great they are "" funny, kind, hardworking, and fantastic storytellers. To celebrate Fred and Sally's big day, we'll be releasing a wine that's velvety, classic, extremely small production, and our first Cabernet released from this vintage "" the 2016 Montaire. Read about the meaning and making of this incredible Cabernet and its upcoming limited release on the 20th. You don't want to miss it.
Montaire's magical 8-acre section of the vineyard is the original property purchased by Fred and is located just outside his and Sally's home. The soil in this part of the vineyard is heaven for grapevines. The ancient white volcanic ash is a loose soil type, which means roots have the freedom to penetrate very deeply. Our entire estate is dry-farmed, but the Montaire section thrives even in the hottest and driest of years. The fruit boasts our most gentle and subtle velvety textures, a quality very important to Andy when he's creating our finished Cabernet blends and Dedication.
Our first vintage of Montaire was in 2009. At the time, it was called "Legacy." Another winery trademarked the name, so we changed it to Montaire, an obfuscation of the Latin root Montare, which roughly translates as either the highest mountain peak or the pinnacle of perfection. The inspiration behind Montaire (as well as our Gate Block) was our earliest bottlings of Cabernet Sauvignon from 1994.
But over time, Andy started to show his dad how they could introduce more layering and complexity to Cabernet with as little as 1-3% Merlot…and in some vintages, just a pinch of Malbec. Montaire is a throwback to an era when something labeled as Cabernet was 100% Cabernet. Montaire Cabernet Sauvignon is one of our smallest production wines. It's very special, but Andy will not make it if it means the quality of our other wines suffers. "I'll run trial blends to see if I can still create the same quality Cabernet or Dedication after removing one or two barrels to go to Montaire or Gate. If I can't pull it off, then we won't bottle a Montaire or Gate." We make the best of the best, or we don't make it at all.
This dedication to craft (no pun intended) is something Andy loves about his parents' relationship. "55 years is a long time together. Mom and Dad's faith in God, trust in each other, and stick-to-it-iveness have inspired me. I'm an 'in it for the long haul' kind of guy." The 2016 Montaire is the 7th of its kind and will be the first Cabernet released from Schweiger out of the 2016 vintage. Only 516 bottles and 30 magnums exist.
This special release will open to our Club Members on Fred & Sally's 55th Anniversary, August 20th, 2021. After a few hours, we will offer any remaining wine to our general mailing list. The last time we held a limited release was with our 2009 Iteration, and it sold out in 45 minutes. We're expecting the 2016 Montaire to sell out similarly, and once it's gone, it's gone forever. Join our newsletter to follow this release or become a Member for exclusive access.


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The magic of toys and candy has finally come to downtown Golden. Having opened in late April, Golden Goods is a relatively new addition to the Golden community. Owners Todd and Deanne Aichholz shared their thoughts and plans for their new store to The Oredigger.
Upon entering Golden Goods, the childhood feeling of wonder sets in. A wide selection of sweets and knick-knacks span every inch of wall and shelf space. Local radio compliments the colorful sight, further establishing a comforting mood. With a logical progression, one can see sections of goods, blended together yet clearly defined. Almost every interest is represented such as inner tubes, model planes, puzzles, and board games.
All kinds of stimulants for the imagination are available here, and that is one of the main reasons that Todd and Deanne Aichholz opened Golden Goods. They "have always liked toy stores", so this was an easy decision. The couple, along with their 12-year-old son, has lived in Golden for the past 5 years, with Deanne running the local consignment shop next door and Todd working full time in excavation. The two of them noticed that Golden lacked many kid-friendly options and decided to act. Now, after only five months, Golden Goods has become a hub of activity, attracting young and old to share in the delight of fancy.
Since they've been open the Aichholz's have made many plans to reach a larger audience. An array of programs are to be started in the near future, including a loyalty program, a birthday club, and periodic arts and crafts activities, all centered around the idea children having fun in a safe environment. In the spirit of supporting this younger audience, the Aichholz's are regular supporters of the Golden Backpack program, a charity run by the Hillside Church to help distribute food and school supplies.
Whether shopping for the holiday season, or just indulging in a little treat, Golden Goods is a must-visit in any downtown Golden adventure.


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Hard-fought local round keeps Garage 59 in class contention ahead of Sprint Cup finale next month
Monday, August 30, 2021
The penultimate round of the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup was a gruelling home affair for the Garage 59 Aston Martin Racing team, but another two podium finishes sets up a winner takes all event at Valencia in a month's time.
This weekend racing at Brands Hatch, events didn't start off on a positive note as the team's #159 AMR Vantage GT3 Silver Cup entry of Nicolai Kjaergaard and Tuomas Tujula needed a gear box replacement after an incident during Free Practice, and that would haunt that car's efforts during the remainder of the weekend.
With the team unfortunately not doing so well in Silver Cup, their Pro-Am entry of Alex West and Jonny Adam however was doing very well with a constant stream of podium finishes during the eight races so far this season keeping them within an arm's length of the Championship leading Barwell Lamborghini going into this round.
This time featuring the two one-hour races on a single day, any issue on track during Sunday morning's race would automatically put any team onto the back step for the second race later in the afternoon.
With the threat of rain lingering over the grid ahead of race one, twenty-eight cars featured on the grid as the thought of so many equally balanced GT3 car thundering into Paddock Hill Bend for the first time excited the large attending crowd around the entire Grand Prix loop. Tujula started the #159 from P19 overall whilst West's #188 car was down in P27.
Getting around the opening sequence of corners without too much incident, it quickly became apparent to the casual observer that overtaking was next to impossible without making contact or jeopardising your cars own integrity and that was pretty much the case for the two Garage 59 cars as the field approached the opening of the mandatory ten-minute pit window.
In this series, only tyres and drivers are allowed to be changed and by the end of the available pit window, AMR factory driver Adam emerged P26 overall whilst Kjaergaard came out ahead in P22. Compounding an already difficult season for the #159 crew, that position was also to diminish still further after they were deemed to have speeded in pit lane and that earned them a drive through penalty.
Approaching the final five minutes of the race, a move past the Tempesta Racing Ferrari by Adam for position also removed the #188 car from an area of danger as contact between the leading two cars and the Ferrari saw the race leading #38 Jota McLaren and the Ferrari spin off (and over the safety barrier for the #38 car) bringing out an immediate Full Course Yellow as Ollie Wilkinson thankfully extricated himself from what was left of his race car.
With the race effectively halted at that point, that meant that the #188 car had claimed the final step of the Pro-Am podium with an important P3 finish whilst the #159 would finish down in P10 in class.
Sunday afternoon's second race was much of the same in terms of congestion but that there was also a little more realisation that any move had to be done early whilst the track was together.
This time race one's finishing drivers started the race and that meant that Adam had a chance to chase down the #77 Barwell Lamborghini that was starting ahead of them again whilst Kjaergaard would see what he could salvage from his P26 starting position. That was all well and good until someone dumped out the guesting RAM Racing Mercedes into the gravel on the opening lap to bring out the Safety Car.
Ten minutes were lost behind that before the race eventually went back to green with Adam now just two cars behind the #77 whilst Kjaergaard had had to pit for grass to be removed from his cars radiator grille having had to take avoiding action at the RAM Racing spin. His re-emergence was soon helped by Race Control as two incident offending cars were soon given penalties that would see the #159 car gain two positions but again, their race was already run!
Staying out for as long as he could, Adam would hand over to West with just over twenty-five minutes remaining. Coming out of the pit lane blend line in the class lead, West was soon overtaken by the #77 as he went around Druids for the first time. Never with quite enough performance as those ahead, West quickly had to settle for protecting his P2 position to the end which he did despite the Mercedes behind gaining two seconds per lap.
Unfortunately, there was nothing that could have been done about the #77 Barwell crew achieving another double win to extend their lead over the #159 crew (despite their own double podium) by fourteen points going into the final meeting of the season at Valencia in a month's time but with some thirty-five points still available – there is still everything to race for!!
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There are times when a 'constant unwanted repetition' makes one feel like the world is the same, bitter dish, with no taste! And in the current time, the most exact scenario can be been seen in the relationships among teenagers, especially the ones who get promoted to the college stage!
And yes, today's Valentine's Day too, right? OK. Keeping quiet (for some), read further.
As I said above, many unwanted and similar experiences have made the teens, and most importantly the girls think of all the boys in the same manner (as a trend)-that they are all bad and disrespectful, and unworthy for them, in more than one way!
Yes, it's true that many cases have shown the girls getting heartbreaks and pain in a relationship where they've found themselves being cheated by 'the' boys.
The current conception of all the (teenage and adult) girls is that most of the boys they meet in their daily lives, turn out to be either cheaters or 'players' (Casanova, more specifically). They have made this un-clarified thinking in their minds that 'no boy is different from the other' and there's nothing good for which they can trust them-wholly and completely!
But there's always the other side of the coin too, and you have to look at it the way it is-with a clear and sorted vision.
There are also 'those' boys who always want to have a real, bonding female partner and continuously dream of having one! They are the ones who have all the qualities of being a trustworthy, bonding, caring and most importantly, a true friend! Though, their personalities may not correspond with what they are underneath!
But the same girls who get cheated or betrayed by a 'player', think of 'those other boys' as being 'not hot enough' or 'not hot at all' and 'unwanted'-or even negligible!
So, how can they be so sure of their 'own-created conception' that each boy they meet will always turn out to be a moron?
And on the other hand, those 'unwanted decent guys' who keep questioning themselves, "What's wrong in me?", get left out in their sad zones-really painful from their perspective.
So, all the girls, think before you ignore that 'unwanted boy' for a 'player'. May be, he's just there behind you! May be, he's your best friend!
Because, a friend with a bond, thousand times more stronger than 'a momentary love simulation' will never leave you. Remember this, for life.
Good things always come once.


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Raleigh, NC, September 4, 2014 – Spectrum Velocity, a Raleigh, NC-based technology company, announces the addition of Dr. Chris Horne, PhD as its new Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Horne will be charged with managing and directing all engineering activities at Spectrum Velocity in wireless infrastructure solutions including distributive antenna systems (DAS), Small Cells and Wi-Fi. In addition to in-building wireless solutions for enterprise and operators, Horne leads all RF engineering projects including RF Safety and FCC compliance as well as test and measurement activities. In addition, Dr. Horne will develop strategies for creating new business opportunities in the wireless industry.
Dr. Horne has over twenty years' experience in management and engineering of wireless networks and devices including LTE, cellular system designs and optimization as well as handset development. He has held several management positions where he was responsible for network design, planning and performance. Dr. Horne has performed numerous interference studies on wireless facilities within the transportation, telecommunications and medical industries. Horne provides system design for LTE networks, Multi-point Distribution Systems (MDS) and technical support and systems expertise including frequency coordination as well as point-to-point microwave studies. He has testified in numerous hearings on permit applications and radio frequency hazards and interference issues and developed and managed RF safety programs. Among his DAS experience is design and testing of public safety DAS for a major Southern University and the headquarters of a Fortune 500 global leader. "I look forward to continuing to partner with diverse firms to add value to their projects while solving unique and specialized wireless infrastructure problems," said Horne.
"Chris is the consummate professional. His experience and education combine to provide a unique problem solving ability", said Jerry Brown, President and COO. "He is a welcome addition, and our clients will benefit tremendously."
About Spectrum Velocity
Spectrum Velocity, LLC provides engineering and technical and engineering consulting in the fields of in-building wireless, broadcast, frequency coordination and database management, RF risk management, systems design and integration. The company caters to the domestic and international wireless industry, commercial real estate, broadcast, government and military. Spectrum Velocity, LLC is a subsidiary of Icon Media Holdings®, Inc. (OTC: ICNM)
About Dr. Horne
Dr. Horne holds a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering and a Master's of Science – Electrical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State and North Carolina State Universities, respectively, and a MBA from East Carolina University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in several states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Hawaii and Illinois. He is also iBwave certified. Dr. Horne is a renowned international speaker and named to the Top 100 Wireless Technology Experts by Wireless World in 2014
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Phone: 919.237.5700 ext. 203
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The information in this Press Release includes certain "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor provisions of Federal Securities Laws, as that term is defined in section 27a of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21e of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements in this document, which are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements and include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Investors are cautioned that such statements are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including the future financial performance of the Company. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date of this release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events, or circumstances after the date of this release except as required by law.


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But how do you find a reliable mechanic for car servicing?
Here's a basic guide to identifying reliable car services:
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This is our second last day in Iran. Today and tomorrow we have to travel around 200 km east to the Turkmen border at Sarakhs, which should be doable with reasonable wind and weather conditions. But first we needed to cross the whole city of Mashhad, because Aresh's home is on the western side of the city and the road to Sarakhs leaves on the East. This means around 20 km of cycling on highways and roads with heavy traffic.
Leaving on highways at noon
Last night we stayed up a bit longer to spend more time with our friendly hosts, so we delayed our departure until noon. At first we were afraid the heat would be too much at noon, but temperatures today were quite comfortable. From the small street we had to find our way to a boulevard, which then ended up in a highway with 3 to 4 lanes. Even though this is not so pleasant for cycling, it is still not the worst choice because if there are several lanes, trucks and cars have enough space to pass and hence we are not squeezed between the vehicles and the side of the road. After roughly 1 ½ hours we finally left Mashhad and reached the road towards Sarakhs.
Harassments to Lucie
So far there was only one incident since Shiraz when Lucie got harassed by some teenage men, but he got beaten up by some locals. Today was the second time. When cycling through the suburbs of Mashhad, some teenagers tried to make Lucie stop cycling and one of them kicked with his foot at her bike. Luckily nothing more serious happened, also thanks to some more grown-up locals who were ashamed of the behavior of their own youth (although, for me it is hard to say if those guys were immigrants from Afghanistan or Pakistan or actually Iranians). It's a pity that a small number of men need to take such actions which harm the reputation of a whole country. Because everywhere else where we have been, Lucie has been treated with respect and nobody even thought of harassing her.
Highway towards Sarakhs
The road towards Sarakhs is more or less the least desirable for a cyclist. No beautiful scenery, tons of transit traffic with lots of trucks on one narrow lane per direction, dust, sand, and exhaust gases accumulating on our faces. We had quite a few vehicles passing with around 30 cm distance to us at full speed. Not very exciting for us cyclists. In the end I started riding next to the road in the gravel whenever I saw that there is traffic from both sides as dangerous manoeuvers are quite likely.
Romantic stop at Gas Station?
After 4 hours of head wind we stopped at a gas station to get some rest. Not much later, an employee of the gas station started talking to us, offered us tea and even took a carpet out of the local mosque so that we don't have to sit on the stone at the gas station.
The employee seemed to like Lucie a lot. When I went to the bathroom for some minutes, he gently invited her in my absence to have an erotic adventure with him and his friends in the nearby mosque in the evening! Basically breaking all possible rules of Islam. It seems that despite all the repression here, some people are not that religious after all in Iran.
Another night at a local family in Abravan
Needless to say that Lucie kindly denied and we went on cycling until we reached a village named Abravan. There we found a family which lets us stay in their house overnight. 5 minutes after we arrived at their home and were shown around in the house, everybody left because they had some affairs to take care of in Mashhad. So basically we were alone in their home for a few hours. We could help ourselves with the food and drinks. I really admire how much the locals trust us.
Detailed Track
Max elevation: 1046 m
Min elevation: 937 m
Total climbing: 579 m
Total descent: -673 m
Total time: 06:20:59


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5 times Big Food tried to force-feed people toxic products but lost miserably
In a series on innovation in the food industry, Food Dive highlighted some of the industry's biggest failures, and Natural News celebrated the fact that the American public did not fall victim to these questionable products. Here are the top food industry fails:
New Coke
In a textbook example of marketing failure, Coca-Coca decided to replace its famed 99-year-old formula with an updated one called New Coke. When angry consumers made their voices heard through petitions and campaigns, the company brought back the original version in the form of Classic Coke. They now say that it was one of the best things that ever happened to them because it drew attention to how beloved their product was.
Of course, you'd have to love it quite a lot to continue drinking it once you realize that it puts you at risk of obesity and diabetes. In fact, a UCLA study found that drinking one soda each day raises your risk of being overweight by 27 percent. Pepsi isn't any better, with the caramel coloring in the drink, known as 4-Mel, found to cause cancer.
Colgate Beef Lasagna
There are lots of reasons you should avoid processed food and red meat, like their links to cancer, but sometimes a product doesn't sit well with consumers for other reasons. This was seen when toothpaste maker Colgate introduced a line of frozen meals, including lasagna, which now collects dust in Sweden's Museum of Failures rather than on grocery store shelves.
It's better off that way; one study found that eating just two ounces of processed meat products per day can raise a person's risk of diabetes by 19 percent and heart disease by 42 percent.
Life Savers Soda
America's sweet tooth is no secret, with Americans ingesting around 22 teaspoons of sugar each day on average. This rises to 34 teaspoons among teens and is largely attributed to soda consumption. However, it appears that even the American increasingly obese nation draws the line somewhere.
While Life Savers Soda, a carbonated beverage with a flavor inspired by the multicolored candy, did well in taste tests, consumers shunned the product when it was released in the '80s on the grounds that it would be "like drinking candy from a bottle." While plenty of other ways to give yourself diabetes still exist, we're glad that this brightly-colored product is no longer calling your children's names from store shelves.
Tropicana Orange Juice
When Tropicana scrapped the image of an orange with a straw poked into it on its orange juice cartons and replaced it with a design showing a big glass of orange juice overlaid with the words "100% Orange", consumers made it clear that the move was not a positive one. People complained that the packaging made it appear generic and that it was difficult to discern what was actually inside of it, prompting the brand to reverse its decision.
These days, you can still find the familiar package in the store, but you should keep walking when you come across it. While orange juice is beneficial – with the antioxidants in the fruit found to prevent cancers such as liver, colon, blood and breast and reduce stroke risk – you must juice organic oranges yourself at home to avoid the added sugars, preservatives and pesticides found in store-bought varieties.
Colored Ketchup
Even though tomatoes actually come in other shades besides red, people did not embrace Heinz's attempt to sell ketchup tinted with hues they referred to as "Funky Purple" and "Blastin Green." While kids showed some interest at first, sales quickly waned and the company retired the product.
The fewer artificially colored food products on store shelves, the better, especially after a report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest discovered that nine common food and beverage dyes are toxic, contributing to hyperactivity and allergies in kids and raising the risk of cancer.
As consumer tastes continue to shift in favor of healthy, organic options, one can only hope that many of the other toxic foods that are popular today will soon find themselves on the failure list.
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Long, deep controlled breaths slow down the breathing rate and help children to relax. Muscle relaxation involves practicing tensing and relaxing different muscles in the body. This helps children to recognise the difference between tense and relaxed muscles.
Relax like a cat is a colourful leaflet for younger children to practice controlled breathing and muscle relaxation. It is best to sit down and read it with your child at a quiet time of day when there are no worries or stresses. Or, your child can listen to the audio version. There is a female voice and a male voice to suit your child's preference.
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Relax Like a Cat female voice
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Children can close their eyes and listen to a voice guiding them through a soothing and calm imaginary scene.
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Ask your child for details (e.g. what they can see, hear or smell) so you create the image together.
Practising relaxation exercises daily helps children learn how to relax and calm themselves. To begin with, it is best to practise when there is no distress.
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- 4 Panel talks with experienced speakers
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A look back
Last April over 340 participants came along to enjoy practical workshops, panel talks and startup pitches.
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beefing up its presence
Longstanding Texas food charity grows presence with new San Antonio chapter
The Austin Food & Wine Alliance is expanding across Texas. Best known for events like Wine & Swine and the Official Drink of Austin, the organization announced the formation of the Texas Food & Wine Alliance with corresponding chapters in San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas.
A 501(c)3, the nonprofit uses its events to raise money for grants that are distributed to chefs, farmers, artisan producers, wine-, beer-, and spirit-makers, and food-focused nonprofits. To date, AFWA has issued grants totaling more than $330,000, including more than $14,000 this year for immediate aid and pandemic recovery.
"I have seen the strength they bring to the Austin food and beverage scene firsthand and know that they will be champions for good here in San Antonio," said Chef Steve McHugh, James Beard nominee and owner of Cured. "Now more than ever we need the alliance to shine a spotlight on our multi-diverse and burgeoning food scene."
Grant giving will begin in 2021. At a time when the coronavirus pandemic has forced restaurants, breweries, and other small businesses to close, the need for a statewide organization that provides financial support seems more urgent than ever.
"The pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the Texas hospitality industry, and it will take many years for full recovery," AFWA executive director Mariam Parker added. "There is no greater time than now to fortify, to showcase, and to support the breadth of Texas talent, culinary businesses, and nonprofits." (Parker, notes a release, will now serve as executive director of the TFWA.)
San Antonians will have to wait a bit for a proper introduction to the TFWA, as the organization will not hold any in-person events this year. Instead, it will launch the Alliance Academy, a series of online classes featuring some of the state's top chefs and beverage experts.
Instructors for season one, which starts September 17, include chef Edgar Rico and Sara Mardanbigi (Nixta Taqueria in Austin), chef Jackie Letelier (Casero in Austin), chef Tavel Bristol-Joseph (Emmer & Rye, Hestia, in Austin), and chef Rico Torres (Mixtli in San Antonio). Each class will feature ingredients shipped directly to participants via Austin's Assembly Kitchen. Afterwards, attendees will participate in a live Q&A with their instructor.
"Past, present and future, it all boils down to our communities and how we band together to keep the bond strong," said Jason Dady, owner of popular San Antonio concepts Alamo BBQ Co., B&D Ice House, Range, Tre Trattoria, and Two Bros. BBQ Market.
"From day one of the Austin Food & Wine Alliance, I have seen first-hand their community outreach and how it has helped keep the hospitality group together and help grow in positive and sustainable ways. I'm beyond excited to have them in San Antonio."


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War Room is a faith-based movie about a marriage in crisis and the power of fighting one's battles in prayer. Elizabeth (Priscilla Shirer) and Tony (T.C. Stallings) are going through terrible times; money squabbles, abandonment, mistrust and a very bad case of foot odor.
Tony, a charismatic sales representative for a pharmaceutical company, is having a tough time controlling his wandering affections which puts him on edge and distances him from his wife Elizabeth, a harried real estate agent.
The marriage looks like it is headed for the divorce courts until when Elizabeth meets her new client Miss Clara (Karen Abercrombie). Miss Clara is as unbelievably nosy as she is convinced of spiritual salvation. So she advises the younger woman to pray, pray and then pray some more, preferably in the seclusion of a closet converted into a spiritual "war room" where she can paste Bible verses, wish lists and other inspirational material on the wall for easy reference.
As Miss Clara sees it — and Elizabeth soon comes to agree — Elizabeth should not spend her time dwelling on Tony's many failings as a husband, or his neglectfulness as a father to their daughter, Danielle (Alena Pitts). Rather, she should be fighting alongside, not against, her errant husband, forging an alliance to battle the one responsible for their unhappiness: Satan.
Miracles start to happen just as soon as Elizabeth starts praying. When Tony dines out with a woman during a business trip, and considers her offer of herself as dessert, he suddenly is stricken with an upset stomach that requires a hasty rush to the men's room. But he doesn't start to see the light and share prayer time with his wife until he's fired from his job for cheating his employers and is shamed by Elizabeth's loyalty to him.
The movie's dialogue is packed heavy with such persuasive sincerity and divine potency that makes it possible for the viewer to imagine the existence of such faith and power. The all black cast also puts on an amazing performance especially the long suffering wife and neglected daughter. This is a great family movie but most importantly a movie every wife, woman should watch.