Podcasts about Villa Maria

Intrattenimento e informazione, musica e cultura: tutto questo è Radio Vaticana con Voi! Anche oggi 4 ore insieme per iniziare la giornata con numerosi ospiti! Protagonisti gli ascoltatori, come ogni giorno! Intervieni in diretta tramite WhatsApp al numero 335 1243 722 in questa puntata speciale in diretta dalla Terrazza del Pincio per le celebrazioni dell'Earth Day 2025 Gli ospiti di oggi in ordine di presenza: Marianna Balfour, responsabile comunicazione del Wwf Mediterraneo; Claudio Ceravolo, presidente di Coopi; Gianluca Dotti, giornalista; Elena Sini, direttore sistemi informativi gruppo Villa Maria - consigliere Himms; Francesco Gabbrielli, direttore scientifico di Mediteh Network; Cristiano Spada, Policlinico Gemelli di Roma; Claudio Gnessi, presidente Ecomuseo Casilino; Elena D'Agostino, insegnante dell'Istituto Lama Tsong Kapa; Mariam El Gardha, gruppo arte islamica Associazione Alnur. Conducono Andrea De Angelis e Silvia Giovanrosa A cura di Andrea De Angelis e Silvia Giovanrosa Hanno collaborato le colleghe ed i colleghi Marco Guerra, padre Felipe Herrera, Camilla Del Vecchio e Greta Giglio Tecnici del suono Gustavo Messina e Gabriele Di Domenico

Recorded 4/6/25. On this episode Coach V, Kodey, and Gino recap Week 7 (4.2 to 4.6) of the 2025 Women's college flag football season. Intro 0:00- 2:18Kansas Wesleyan vs Saint Mary 2:19- 3:46Bethel vs Southwestern 3:47- 5:01Pasco vs Daytona State 5:02- 5:43Thomas vs Webber 5:44- 6:16Life vs Saint Thomas 6:17- 7:10Point vs Warner 7:11- 7:35Graceland vs Campbellsville 7:36- 24:47 Milligan vs Rockford 24:48- 26:19Benedictine vs Graceland 26:20- 27:18Campbellsville vs Rockford 27:19- 28:26Milligan vs Villa Maria 28:27- 29:32Graceland vs Milligan 29:33- 31:38Point vs Webber 31:39- 32:00Benedictine vs Villa Maria 32:01- 32:23Thomas vs Warner 32:24- 39:48Reinhardt vs Saint Thomas 39:49- 40:22Midland vs Southwestern 40:23- 41:47Atlantis vs Florida Gateway 41:48- 42:10Keiser vs Florida Gateway 42:11- 45:16Campbellsville vs Benedictine 45:17- 46:20Campbellsville vs Siena Heights 46:21- 49:15Ottawa vs Baker 49:16- 1:04:51Atlantic East Conference Recap 1:04:52- 1:19:33Playmaker of the Week 1:19:34- 1:21:52NAIA Rankings 1:21:53- 1:45:08Outro 1:45:09- 1:46:16https://linktr.ee/PlaymakersCornerSocial Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlaymakerCornerTik Tok: Playmakers CornerInstagram: https:https://www.instagram.com/playmakerscorner/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlaymakerCornerYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUEcv0BIfXT78kNEtk1pbxQ/featured Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/playmakerscorner Website: https://playmakerscorner.com/ Listen to us on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4rkM8hKtf8eqDPy2xqOPqr Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cycle-365/id1484493484?uo=4 Breaker: https://www.breaker.audio/the-cycle-365Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9mODg4MWYwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz

Shoot us a Text.Episode #1010: Head Writer Chris Reeves joins the show to not talk about tariiffs. Instead, we talk about stage names and the impact that dealers are making in their communities.What started as a press release a year ago is now a tangible symbol of community investment. The Scott Bieler Center for Academic Excellence is officially open, offering Villa Maria College students a place to connect, learn, and succeed.Bieler's West Herr leadership mindset helped drive the project from vision to reality.The new center reflects a commitment to education and the broader Buffalo community.Behind-the-scenes collaboration and daily effort made it happen.It's a reminder that the skills we use in retail—planning, teamwork, and follow-through—can transform lives outside the showroom.Join hosts Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier as they connect the dots across car dealerships, retail trends, emerging tech like AI, and cultural shifts—bringing clarity, speed, and people-first insight to automotive leaders navigating a rapidly changing industry.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/

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Shuso Laura Trippi gives the sixth talk of the Villa Maria Del Mar 2025 Sesshin on "Already Forgiven." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sesshin-Villa-Maria-del-Mar-2025-Talk-6-Already-Forgiven-Shuso-Laura-Trippi.mp3

Norman gives the seventh and last talk of the Villa Maria del Mar 2025 Sesshin on "Dogen's Ocean Mudra Samadhi Part 2." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sesshin-Villa-Maria-Del-Mar-2025-Talk-7-Dogens-Ocean-Mudra-Samadhi-Part-2.mp3

Norman gives the fourth talk of the Villa Maria del Mar 2025 Sesshin  "On the Meal Chant Part 2." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sesshin-Villa-Maria-Del-Mar-2025-Talk-4-On-the-Meal-Chant-Part-2-Living-by-Vow-2025-Tallk-10.mp3

Shuso Laura Trippi gives the third talk of the Villa Maria Del Mar 2025 Sesshin on her "Way Seeking Mind" journey to entering the practice. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sesshin-Villa-Maria-Del-Mar-2025-Talk-3-Shuso-Way-Seeking-Mind-Laura-Trippi.mp3

Norman gives the second talk of the Villa Maria del Mar 2025 Sesshin  "On the Meal Chant." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sesshin-Villa-Maria-Del-Mar-2025-Talk-2-On-The-Meal-Chant.mp3

Norman gives the first talk of the Villa Maria del Mar 2025 Sesshin on "Dogen's Ocean Mudra Samadhi. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sesshin-Villa-Maria-Del-Mar-2025-Talk-1-Ocean-Mudra-Samadi.mp3  

This week, we speak with Harry Hertscheg, Executive Director of the Vancouver International Wine Festival, as tickets for the 2025 Festival go on sale November 13. The theme region is the West Coast U.S., with 50 wineries from California, Oregon, and Washington State in attendance. Justin Seidenfeld, Sr. Vice President of Winemaking & Winegrowing, Rodney Strong Vineyards in Sonoma County, California, joins us to discuss some of his top-tier reds and the differences between Sonoma and Napa Valley cabernet. From California, we head to the Loire Valley in France to talk with Isabelle Moreau, the Export Manager at Château de Sancerre. We discuss her iconic Sauvignon Blanc and the growing interest in Pinot Noir from Sancerre. And speaking of Sauvignon Blanc, then it's off to New Zealand with Villa Maria's Rod Hallam to talk about the reign of Sauvignon Blanc and the rise of Kiwi wines in the international wine world.

Villa Maria Cellar Selection Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Why I chose it: This wine was selected by Gimblett Gravels' winemakers as one of the top reds from 2022. A hearty red at a mouth-watering price. 2022 was an average vintage, but this is a well below average price Can be enjoyed now or stored in a cool place and enjoyed in 5 or 6 years time A versatile wine that appeals to a wide range of tastes What does it taste like? A fresh and fruity red with dark berry and plum flavours and a seasoning of spicy oak. Moderately intense. A delicious wine that makes me reach for a second glass. Why it's a bargain: Punches well above its weight Where can you buy it? Whiskeyonline, Auckland $16.99 Vitis Cellars, Auckland $113.64 (12 bottles) Blackmarket.co.nz $113.94 Check your supermarket shelves What's a good food match? Barbecued steak. Drink now or later? Now if you like bright, fresh and fruity flavours, in five years if you prefer more mellow and slightly savoury reds. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Academia e o cinema no Cine Darcy,Reforma e projetos da Villa Maria e Universidades no cenário cultural de Campos e região

À l'occasion de son rapport de la semaine, Nathalie Normandeau présente à Paul Arcand ses sujets les plus importants lors de la Commission Normandeau-Ferrandez. Les gros mots d'Éric Duhaime: la Passe Archipel de 30 dollars imposée aux touristes des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, c'est liberticide, selon le chef du Parti conservateur du Québec.L'essence atteindra bientôt deux dollars le litre.Le dogmatisme du ministre de la Santé, Christian Dubé, quant aux agences de placement va faire mal.Les dentistes du pays risquent de donner des maux de dents au gouvernement Trudeau.Jackie Smith, la cheffe de Transition Québec, propose une taxe de 1167 dollars aux automobilistes pour financer la gratuité du transport en commun à Québec. Autre sujet : À l'occasion de son rapport de la semaine, Luc Ferrandez présente à Paul Arcand ses sujets les plus importants lors de la Commission Normandeau-Ferrandez. Jackie Smith, la cheffe de Transition Québec, propose une taxe de 1167 dollars aux automobilistes pour financer la gratuité du transport en commun à Québec. C'est exactement le même prix qu'un forfait de téléphone cellulaire mensuel.Donald Trump ne s'engage pas à reconnaître le résultat de la prochaine élection présidentielle.La vente du domaine Villa-Maria sur les flancs du mont Royal.Les aînés utilisent plus les transports en commun depuis la gratuité, mais ça coûte 38 millions par année.Y a-t-il une place pour un parti de gauche au Québec? Voir https://www.cogecomedia.com/vie-privee/fr/ pour notre politique de vie privée

Il y a 47 ans aujourd'hui, Hubert Aquin s'enlevait la vie d'une balle dans la bouche dans le cimetière de l'école secondaire Villa-Maria. Pourquoi son œuvre est-elle encore importante aujourd'hui ? L'Université de Sudbury en Ontario vient de signer une entente avec l'Université d'Ottawa pour pouvoir offrir des programmes en français. Discussion avec Rémi Villemure, étudiant au doctorat en sociologiePour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

What's Next? welcomes CJ Banks, the Special Assistant to the President at Villa Maria College. Banks heads up community outreach and workforce development at the school, including through the recently announced Hip-Hop Creative Alliance. He's also the founder and president of the KORP Foundation, which focuses on professional advancement and skills training. Originally from The Bronx and after some time spent in the music industry, Banks came to Buffalo 20 years ago. Since then, he's kept busy in various entrepreneurial roles. He joins Jay Moran to discuss the latest of these, and future plans for workforce development in the community.

Join me, Jason LaChance host of the Knockin' Doorz Down podcast, certified addiction recovery coach, and mental health advocate for my sit down with special guest the beautiful Darlene Bernaola Mahoney. Darlene was born in L.A., but as a child, she moved around a lot living most of her life in the jungles of Peru, in a village called Villa Rica. Darlene wanted more, wanting to better herself, so she decided to move to the U.S. at fifteen with only $300 in her pocket. Along with having no education beyond elementary school, Darlene had to teach herself to write, speak, and read Spanish and English. Darlene is an accomplished author of the highly successful novel, El Simbolo, Peru. Where she also volunteers, as a representative of Centro de Madres Adolecentes de Villa Maria del Triunfo, in Lima, Peru.Where Darlene advocates for young girls that become mothers due to rape assisting them in healing and finding a purposeful life to provide for themselves. Also, Darlene has a passion for writing screenplays, and 5 films have been produced from her writings thus far. I am so grateful that Darlene opened up about the various traumas and life circumstances that led her to do the work that she does today as well as my guest cohost Mike Diamond who has been friends with Darlene for several decades. Intro 00:00 My mom had no idea how to raise a kid 6:30 reality hit hard when I came to the USA 12:30 How did you end up in Playboy? 29:30 The night before our wedding we were in a car crash. 31:30 How are you getting through your husband's passing? 43:30 This is Darlene Bernaola Mahoney Knockin' Doorz Down. For more on Darlene: https://www.instagram.com/darlene_aka_d/ Please subscribe and share and to get the YouTube visit https://www.KDDPodcast.com for more celebrities, change makers, and expert conversations on turning your greatest adversities into your most significant advantages. Get your copy of Carlos Vieira's Autobiography Knockin' Doorz Down. Hardcover, Paperback & Audio Book https://linktr.ee/kddbook For the KDD Inspired t-shirts brought to you by 51FIFTY. https://www.kddmediacompany.com/shop For more information on Carlos Vieira's autobiography Knockin' Doorz Down, the Carlos Vieira Foundation, the Race 2B Drug-Free, Race to End the Stigma, and Race For Autism programs visit: https://www.carlosvieirafoundation.org/ #sober #wedorecover #mentalhealth #sobriety Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Les Péruviens vivent une crise alimentaire qui s'est aggravée depuis la pandémie. C'est le pays le plus touché par l'insécurité alimentaire en Amérique du Sud en 2022, selon l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture. Les soupes populaires se sont multipliées. Rien qu'à Lima, il en existe 2.500, fournissant de la nourriture à environ 250.000 familles depuis 2020. Paradoxalement, la gastronomie péruvienne est en pleine croissance. En juin dernier, l'établissement “Central” a même été élu meilleur restaurant du monde. Sur Le Fil vous emmène à Lima dans le quartier populaire de Villa Maria del Triunfo, et à la rencontre du chef Virgilio Martinez, à la tête du “Central”.Sur le terrain : Christian Sierra, Hector Valesco, Carlos Mandujano Y et Luis Jaime Cisneros.Réalisation : Berfin Topal Sur le Fil est le podcast quotidien de l'AFP. Vous avez des commentaires ? Nous cherchons à nous améliorer tous les jours et avons préparé un sondage pour vous. Prenez trois minutes pour le remplir ici. Et bien sûr, écrivez-nous à podcast@afp.com. Vous pouvez aussi nous envoyer une note vocale par Whatsapp au + 33 6 79 77 38 45. Si vous aimez, abonnez-vous, parlez de nous autour de vous et laissez-nous plein d'étoiles sur votre plateforme de podcasts préférée pour mieux faire connaître notre programme ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Aotearoa loves to have a drink, but that doesn't mean all is well in the business of booze. We've seen major craft brewers and wine companies battle to make ends meet.   Brothers Beer, Villa Maria and Sacred Hill are just some of the biggest names to have fallen victim to these struggles.   So what's going on in the wine and beer industries? Does this mark the end of an era for Kiwi-made alcohol? And are there any new brands carrying the New Zealand story forward? Michael Donaldson (The Pursuit for Hoppiness) has the answers on whether the craft beer sector has lost the hop in its step, and BusinessDesk senior journalist Paul McBeth talks Damien through the wine industry's woes.  Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host: Damien VenutoProducer: Shaun D WilsonExecutive Producer: Ethan SillsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The saga of Villa Maria wines involves valuable land, an iconic brand, legal action and millions of dollars in dispute. 

Villa Maria's Māngere operations will start shutting down this October and will affect a total of 14 roles, owner Indevin announced today. Indevin Group, who acquired Villa Maria in 2021, said the decision follows a three-month review into its Māngere operations after the company announced it will move half of Villa Maria's bottling to the UK next February. The Māngere plant will start decommissioning in October and is expected to continue until next April, the company announced. BusinessDesk managing editor, Pattrick Smellie, joined Heather du Plessis-Allan to discuss the move. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 3: Villa Maria Women's Flag Football head coach joins the show on his program and the expectations for the season

Dr. Matthew Giordano, President, Villa Maria College, joins Brad Johnson. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/plexuss/message

Traemos este 124º programa de DATA UNIVERSITARIA RADIO, en la cuarta temporada del programa de universidades verdaderamente federal, independiente y objetivo. En esta edicion: Compartimos una entrevista con Silvia Paredes, Secretaria Académica del Instituto de Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad Nacional de Villa Maria, donde habla de las tres nuevas propuestas academicas a distancias que van a lanzar. Compartimos una entrevista con el ingeniero Francisco Ibáñez, investigador de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas de la Universidad de La Plata, sobre un trabajo en el que combinaron la nanotecnología, la inteligencia artificial, y la ciencia para monitorear la calidad del vino argentino. Hablamos de la Guía para incorporar ChatGPT e Inteligencia Artificial en la Educación Superior que presento UNESCO IESALC Todo lo que pasa en el mundo universitario en datauniversitaria.com.ar (Este programa fue emitido el fin de semana del 30/4))

Live, off-air, three-hour excerpt of a recording of the provincial Cuban station Radio Metropolitana, CMBL, Havana, Cuba, on 10 November 2022 beginning at about 20:00 UTC. The station operates on an frequency of 910 kHz from a transmitter in the Villa Maria area of the Distrito de Guanabacoa municipality of Havana with a power of 5 kW and an omnidirectional antenna. The station also transmits on 98.3 MHz in the FM band.The transmission was received on a Tecsun PL-880 portable receiver with its built-in ferrite-bar-loop antenna in Marathon, Florida, in AM mode with 2.3 kHz RF filtering. Reception was fairly good with some background noise due to the slightly weak signal associated with the over 200 km long-range reception.Radio Metropolitana is part of the group of stations that make up the Provincial Directorate of Radio in Havana with studios in the FOCSA building in Havana's Vedado district. It is on the air 24 hours a day and offers cultural programming with a strong presence of music aimed at families in the capital city. Its slogan is "La radio de casa" and its theme tune is a fragment of the familiar song "El Manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor") by Cuban composer Moisés Simons. Both can be heard frequently in this recording.The recording begins with a song by Puerto Rican singer Kany García followed by the program "De Buena Tinta" (literally "of good ink" but an idiomatic expression meaning "on good authority") beginning at 20:00 UTC. This is a news program for residents of Havana including events taking place, weather, and sports. At 20:30 UTC, there is the program "La Novela" (The Novel) with an instalment of "La Flor de los Sueños" (The Flower of Dreams). Next is "Un Amigo Cincero" (A Sincere Friend), a brief program on the literature of José Martí. The program "Por La Habana" (Around Havana) begins at 21:00 UTC. This program is mostly music with Cuban jazz, blues, and funk. Between every few musical items is a discussion of indigenous languages in Latin America and elsewhere and their impact on music. At 22:30 UTC, the program "Para Luego es Tarde" (meaning colloquially "no time like the present") begins. This edition features a discussion about corn (maize), its history and how it is grown, harvested, marketed, prepared for food and other uses. Midway through the program there is a musical interlude with a short discussion about the Bee Gees with excerpts of several of their songs. During some of the programs in the recording, mention is made of the 503rd anniversary of the founding of Havana on 16 November 1519. Public service announcements about health and other matters are also present throughout the recording.

Wine: Sacred Hill Chardonnay, Hawke's Bay $17.99  Why I chose it:   - I'm always on the lookout for good, inexpensive chardonnay and this is a standout. - Sacred Hill has a new owner and a new winemaker (Nick Picone was chief winemaker of Villa Maria, chardonnay is his signature wine)  - Chardonnay is the second most popular NZ white wine after SB  What does it taste like?   - “A triumph of winemaking in a challenging vintage. Fruit-focused chardonnay with bright, fresh flavours that include vanilla, green apple and lime blossom. Light-bodied white with a long, mouth-cleansing finish. Offers value at this price.  Why it's a bargain:  - If you shop around you can find it at prices as low as $12.99 which, given the quality, makes it a bargain.  Where can you buy it? I found it at my local New World for $12.99  Food match? I had it with a Marie Rose Prawn Cocktail (mayonnaise, tomato sauce, sweet chilli sauce and lemon juice) – terrific!  Will it keep? Good for two or three years from vintage.  Wine Tip: It is tempting to over-chill white wine to beat the muggy summer heat but be prepared to lose flavour if you overdo it. My advice is to experiment with temperature until you get it just right for your taste and whatever mother nature gives us.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We tell the WWII story behind Whisky Galore before linking a classic gin cocktail to a tale of someone knocking a vase over.You should listen. The Ola Dubh range is available from The Whiskey ExchangeSainsbury has its Villa Maria on at £8.75, down from a tenner,  Jameson is £19 down from £22.50,   Gin deal of the week, Asda and Waitrose are going at it in their bid to bring you the best price on Tanqueray TenWaitrose, £27, Aviation Cocktail60ml gin15ml Maraschino Liqueur 10ml Créme De Violette 25ml Lemon Juice Lemon zest, to garnish Shake gin, lemon juice, maraschino liqueur and crème de violette over ice,  Taste, then add a splash of chilled water to dilute, if you like. Strain into four chilled cocktail glasses and garnish with blueberries and lemon zest.Buy yourself or someone else annual membership (and a signed copy of our award-winning Thinking Drinkers Almanac Book) for just £120 here.  3 x 60ml pouches containing 3 x world class spirits delivered direct through your door every month. Exclusive access to the TD online magazine A signed copy of Thinking Drinkers Almanac (named Drinks Book of the Year 2021 by The Sunday Times) Monthly Online Tastings with The Thinking Drinkers & Guests Check out dates and tickets for our "Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz" show, featuring lots of laughs and FIVE free drinks for evewry audience member, here:  Nottingham - 241 tickets use the word DRINKER London Leicester Square Harpenden Northallerton Alnwick Pendle Oldham Brighton Bedford Reading  Didcot Stroud Leicester Corby   

[iframe style="border:none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24802530/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/2148560/custom-color/61ce70" height="100" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] A Due Process Hearing is just one of the dispute resolution options available to parents of children with special education needs. But what is a Due Process Hearing? In special education, Due Process Hearings are not often fully adjudicated, because the issues are resolved through some form of settlement. In fact, I'm pretty sure special education is the only civil right we negotiate away. For those fully adjudicated, parents rarely win. The school has significantly more resources (from their administrative staff to their on call attorney). Parents simply don't have the same legal, financial, and emotional ability to pursue and complete a full due process hearing. And that is why it is so exciting when a parent wins!!   Today, we look at due process hearings through the lens of one specific case in Connecticut in which the Parents prevailed. Meredith Braxton is a special education attorney in private practice in Greenwich, CT (bio below), who recently prevailed in an interesting due process hearing right here in Connecticut. We discuss the process, the facts, and the final decision as we break down this special education due process hearing.   Meredith C. Braxton, Esq., has been practicing law for 32 years, with a primary focus on special education for 20 years. After spending time in general and business litigation in "big law" in New York City and two smaller Connecticut firms, Meredith started a solo practice and began representing students and parents in their efforts to enforce their civil rights by having their children identified, securing appropriate services, and enforcing their rights to appropriate placements, whether via PPT, negotiation, an administrative due process hearing, or appeal to the federal courts. Her office is in Greenwich. Meredith is also a partner in a companion practice with her colleague Liz Hook (Braxton Hook) to represent families in New York in special education matters and individuals in both Connecticut and New York in education-related civil rights and tort cases as well as employment matters.   The full decision can be found here.   You can find Meredith's contact info here.   FLASHBACK: If you are curious about other dispute resolution options, you can check out the episodes What's the Deal with Mediation, State Complaints, and Special Ed 101!   Check out this episode!   TRANSCRIPT (not proofread) SUMMARY KEYWORDSwitnesses, hearing, decision, officer, felt, parents, child, school district, case, board, argument, student, attorney, people, meredith, thought, footnotes, understand, works, remedy   SPEAKERS Meredith Braxton, Esq., Dana Jonson   Dana Jonson  00:08 All right. Welcome back to Special Ed on special ed. Thank you for coming back and joining me today. Today I am meeting with Meredith Braxton one of my favorite Special Ed attorneys from Connecticut. Hello, Meredith. Thank you for joining me.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  00:21 Good morning.   Dana Jonson  00:22 Good morning, we're going to discuss a case in which Meredith prevailed and discuss the components of a due process hearing, or decision, or pleading or all of that, through this one case, in which Meredith prevailed. But before we say one word, I'm gonna play my disclaimer for you all. The information in this podcast is provided for general informational and entertainment purposes only, and may not reflect the current law in your jurisdiction at the time you're listening. Nothing in this episode, create an attorney client relationship, nor is it legal advice, do not act or refrain from acting on the basis of any information included and accessible through this episode without seeking appropriate legal or other professional advice on particular facts and circumstances at issue from a lawyer or service provider licensed in your state country or other appropriate licensing jurisdiction. All right, Meredith. First of all, congratulations. This is awesome. You're welcome. This is a 54 page decision. There are four issues at the beginning that you raised 176 findings of fact, about 36 conclusions of law. And at the very end, there are nine orders. So that's a little overwhelming. And this is a final decision and order. And I'm a lawyer, and I was so excited when I got this when we all heard that you had prevailed, and we got to read it. And even I'm overwhelmed with 54 pages. So I want to start by, I want to read the actual issues that are listed in the decision. And then I want you to sort of tell us how we got here, if that works. Okay, so the first of the four issues in the final decision in order are, has the board denied the student a free appropriate education or a faith for the previous two years by habitually failing to record the PPT decision in prior written notice? We're going to come back to that one, too. Does the current IEP and placement deny the student faith? Three, should the hearing officer place the student in a residential therapeutic school for students with CP or cerebral palsy? And if necessary, order the board to hire an educational consultant to identify a placement for the student? And for is the student entitled to compensatory education, which would be education to make up for education missed? So those are some pretty loaded issues. Why don't you take us back to the beginning and tell us what happened.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  02:54 First of all, this client is an amazing kid. And I actually spoke to her recently, she's really happy at man's two right now. So great, really thrilled. So I'm really glad we got there, I was actually brought in after the kiss was pretty well set up. There was a lay advocate involved who did a really good job, got some amazing ies, you know, independent educational evaluations from I mean, some of the most qualified people I have ever run across, they were really, super, she also has a super medical team, you know, all of whom, even though some of them were out of state, they weren't totally willing to testify, you know, and give me not very much time, but some time to educate the hearing officer about the student's conditions.   Dana Jonson  03:46 And that's an important component is that there's a difference between what is a medical responsibility and an educational responsibility. And as you and I know, a lot of times those responsibilities overlap, correct, making it incredibly difficult to get anyone to provide.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  04:03 Yes, yes, but these medical providers were very well able to connect what was going on with her medically to what was going on with her educationally. So that's amazing. They were really, really helpful. But when this case first came to me, I wanted to file for due process, but I was always until the very end, I was always really concerned about the remedy, right? Because you don't know which hearing officer you're going to get. And if you're not able to put specific remedy out there you just don't know where that hearing officer is going to go with it. So we have not found a placement for this student yet. She's very difficult to place because she has you know, high cognition, but her physical disabilities are profound and urgent Communication Difficulties are profound. So there's just not a lot of places, you know, for that profile.   Dana Jonson  05:06 And that's an important piece to understanding what you want. Because we run into that problem a lot with families where they know something's wrong, they know it's not working, but they don't know what will work or what they do want. And that makes it really, really hard for us. Because and I explained this to clients a lot. You could go through a due process, hearing, and win on every single issue, and not get the remedy you wanted, right. And I think the example I use is, you could go into a hearing, asking for an out of district placement, go through the entire hearing, and have the hearing officer say, you are right, the school didn't do anything they should have done. But I think that school can create a program. So I'm going to order them to do that instead of residential, and now you've gone through the entire expense of winning a hearing. Right, and you're not getting any remedy. So that is a very concerning component that I don't think people   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  06:05 realize, and I really wasn't willing, you know, I advised my client that I just didn't feel comfortable filing until we had better direction there. So but as time went on, first of all, she was able to eke out a little money to find an ad consultant. And this ad consultant was really great. He was wonderful to work with. And I couldn't stand it anymore. I felt like Greenwich was torturing this, like literally torturing this kid, because, you know, I was on the back end of every email, and phone call, and what they were doing to I couldn't take it anymore. I really just I couldn't take it anymore. So I was like, Okay, we just have to file we have to get this hearing going. And hopefully, by the time we get to the end of the hearing, we will have a remedy in mind and we won't have a placement. We almost got there. Not quite but you know, it turned out okay. But that was a little bit of a, you know, risk that we took, but what was going on was so unacceptable, that that you know, as a moral proposition.   Dana Jonson  07:17 Right. Right. And I think that's where school districts don't realize they really messed up is when they one of us off? Yeah, is you know, when one of us is even in the grand scheme of everything we've seen and experienced if we get off, we're like a dog with a bone. Yeah.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  07:34 Yeah.   Dana Jonson  07:36 Don't do this. Don't get out of my way.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  07:37 Yeah, yeah. That's how we sort of got to filing the various issues that wound up being presented. Actually, we didn't even really address the faith based on not recording PVT decisions appropriately, even though they did not I was gonna ask   Dana Jonson  07:55 you about that. Because now in the in the new IEP, which I've yet to see, in case you're wondering, every school district I'm dealing with is like, yeah, we'll deal with that later. I gotta get back to school right now. So talk to me after Christmas.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  08:11 What I'm what I'm hearing from them is it's taking them six hours to fill out the new form exactly this new   Dana Jonson  08:17 convenient form that was going to take less time. But there's no prior written notice in it now.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  08:23 But I thought the prior written notice was supposed to be a separate document, but I have a separate one here.   Dana Jonson  08:27 But we haven't seen any documents yet. So I think that this is a really interesting point about the prior written notice. Because what that means in that issue, for those who don't understand is that decisions were made in the IEP meeting that need to be documented in the IEP, because they were either accepted or refused. And when a school does,   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  08:51 the more the even more important piece of that is they're supposed to record why they did right. Or important part and the data they relied on to get there, right, which is usually how you can point out how freakin absurd their decision was. Right? Exactly. Because   Dana Jonson  09:09 this is my favorite is on I had one where they made the decision based on grades and performance. And the child had modified work and modified grades. So it was like, Well, wait a second. understand all of this.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  09:26 My favorite is where they deny, like a residential placement. And they say it's based on the independent evaluation, you gave them that recommended residential place.   Dana Jonson  09:36 Fabulous. Yeah. So it's based on that because we read it. And that's how we read it. And we rejected all of it. Yeah. So actually, that leads me to my next question, which is, you know, after you read the issues, and the piece on why the hearing officer has jurisdiction, we get to your 176 findings of fact. And so the findings of fact, are sort of the meat and potatoes, is that right of the   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  10:03 of the you don't you don't get to conclusions of law without those findings of fact, they're the   Dana Jonson  10:08 evaluation of your due process demand, right? findings of fact are what you base everything else on. So how does the hearing officer determine what the findings of fact, are? Like? Do you provide those in your brief or your due process demand? Or how does the hearing officer come to determine which facts are actual facts?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  10:29 So the post hearing brief is, is always proposed findings and facts and conclusions of law. And, you know, I can track through this decision the places where he definitely adopted, you know, what I wrote in my brief, but there's a lot of it where he had his own thing going and this particular hearing officer, who unfortunately has been picked off by virtue Moses, since then, he listened so carefully works for birch and Moses now, yeah, they hired him right after his case.   Dana Jonson  11:00 Sorry, I can't help but laugh.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  11:01 I know. It's so upsetting. Speaking of absurd, yeah. Anyway, so he listened really carefully to all the witnesses and clearly was focusing on their credibility. And I could tell I was landing the punches, you know, as I was going on, and he was getting them. And the one that was really telling was, you know, there's a principle in examining witnesses for trial lawyers where, you know, if you've got a hospital, first of all, he did go with the school district employees who I called, on my case, were hostile witnesses who I was allowed to ask leading questions. Great. So a lot of our hearing officers won't go there. And it makes it harder, because you have to do direct examination with non leading questions, right, anyway.   Dana Jonson  11:52 Right, I mean, that's getting a little in the weeds. But for parents who don't understand that, as attorneys, when we examine a witness, we are bound by certain restrictions, we can't just ask them anything, we can't just suddenly blurt out stuff, right. Like, we have to have a foundation, we have to lead them to a certain place, we have to have demonstrated certain things and have specific items and evidence. And there's a process and if you don't go through the process, you don't get your information across. So one of the ways in which we ask questions is, we ask leading questions all the time in our day, across the day, and you're not allowed to do that, unless they're, especially with your children, especially with your children, right, we're trained to write to ask leading witness. And that's why children shouldn't be witnesses, because you can lead them. So we really have to be cautious about that. And so then it depends on the hearing officer as to what they will allow, and they have a significant amount of leeway in what they will allow or not allow. So it sounds like this hearing officer was really focused on understanding the issues   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  12:58 he really was. So one of the principles for examining witnesses from the other side, is, if you land your point, you don't go on to ask like the ultimate question, because then that clues them in that they just messed up, and they will go back and they'll fix it. You instead use that nugget in your argument later on. So that's how we roll I got one of the school district witnesses to say that she made all the decisions in the PPTs. And so I'm sliding away from that, because I'm like, hopefully, like guaranteed, and, of course, returning picked up on   Dana Jonson  13:35 that. But whatever. That's kind of a mess.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  13:38 I'm going on, going on to the next thing. And the hearing officer goes, whoa, whoa, whoa. And then he starts questioning her and she doesn't fix it. She doubles down on it. And then I'm cross her attorney tried to save her and she didn't go for it. So she basically got predetermination. That's amazing lack of parental participation. So the hearing officer in this case, he really listened. And he was sort of going through issues in his own head clearly the whole thing about you know, in his findings of fact, in his conclusions of law, he talked a lot about how the school district had the wrong primary disability for this child and that how it drove an inappropriate IEP. Now you and I know that's actually true. Most of the time, if you have the wrong primary disability, it does, to some extent derive. You know, services. Absolutely. Schools always say is no, we give whatever services are needed, no matter what the primary handicap is, blah, blah, blah. I felt like that was just a loser of an argument for me like when I didn't want to spend a lot of time on. I had so many other issues that I thought were really compelling and really important, and that would win the case. It was funny because he kept bringing it up. During the hearing, and I was like, Yeah, you know, and I didn't really press it with witnesses, but he did. You know, he would ask witnesses his own questions,   Dana Jonson  15:09 and I find that fascinating about hearings is that the hearing officer can and will just stop everything and be like, I have some follow ups. I need you to clarify that. Yeah. I love it when we hear a hearing officer ask questions, because all that says is, oh, they're listening. Yeah, do get it because not all hearing officers really do get it. Not all of them have been doing what we do our whole lives. And we have to not only explain to them the process, the law but the disability.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  15:35 Right, right. And this one is very low incidence. So it's particularly difficult to convey what it's like, like I said, we had a, especially her physiatrist was really great at describing what it was like to be, I'm allowed to use her name, she doesn't care. Okay. So you know what it was like to be Sydney. And that really got to the hearing officer. So did the videotapes of what was going on on the bus ride. Wow, I thought, did you get those? Well, they're an educational record. They're a four year record. And I was like a dog with a bone. And I did when I filed, I also served an Administrative Code document request. And so at the very beginning of the hearing, when you're sort of like, what housekeeping items do you have, I'm like, I'm asking for these documents. And these videos, they haven't given them to me, I can't do this hearing without it, and I got him to order them to be given to me. So I find   Dana Jonson  16:36 that I don't always get everything in a FERPA request. There's never I get everything. Shocking, really. It's shocking, really, but and in my FERPA request, I have a laundry list of things I would like included, and then I just hope I get most of it. You know, videos, and particularly bus videos, I think have to be the hardest things to obtain. That's just my experience. It's just a lot of red tape to get your hands on those videos. So that is huge. Yeah. So you provide your findings of fact, the board attorney is going to provide there's right. So what the hearing officer chooses is going to be based on the testimony. Right. Right. And so that's your point in your testimony is to demonstrate what actually happened, right, I presume you had good witnesses and parents for this? Because I know for me, anytime I contemplate whether this is something that would go to due process or not. The first thing I think of is Who are my witnesses? Yeah. And my first thought is can either parent be witness, and that sometimes makes the decision?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  17:49 You know? Yes, I had one due process where, I mean, the hearing officer literally hated my client. And he was difficult. He was a difficult person. He was a difficult person, like, I liked him. But you know, I'm weird. But she ruled for us anyway. And I was a little I mean, she even dropped a footnote about how she didn't believe that I love that. Yeah, yeah. So it's very important. The parent is very important. Sometimes, like, in this case, I had the parent, but as a backup, I also had her sister who had quit her job to help Sydney, you know, during COVID, and was, I mean, had basically been in her life the whole time. So it was very, sort of a corroborating witnesses if I needed it. Or it could be the primary witness about what was happening during remote instruction, and stuff like that. So yeah,   Dana Jonson  18:45 and I see you guys had 11 witnesses, and the board only called to it looks like,   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  18:50 Yeah, cuz I called all her witnesses on my case.   Dana Jonson  18:54 You called them all first, so that you could get that done with   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  18:56 in this, you know, in this particular school district, I find that the attorney, if you do this, if you if you call her witnesses on your case, and she often hasn't glommed on to what your their themes are, and doesn't really prepare her witnesses. Well got it. Well, I can tell my stories through them. And they're the people I had first, and the hearing officer had a little issue with it. He was like, aren't you gonna call them? And I'm like, Oh, get there?   Dana Jonson  19:27 Yeah, well, because mom's usually number one, right? Yeah, I don't like doing like that. Well, good. That's, that's great. You should talk to my lawyer about that, because she was working really, really hard to figure out how to not put me because for all of those parents out there who've heard you wouldn't be a good witness and make and took it personally and felt bad. I was informed I would be a horrible witness. So I'm an attorney who does this every day. So you know, don't feel bad about it. So you called everyone that you needed for your case and the hearing officer allowed you to treat the school personnel as if they were hostile. So that is huge. You know, it sounds like we got a really great hearing officer and then a board firm just snatched them up immediately.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  20:12 It did save money, how that works about that   Dana Jonson  20:16 money how that works. I wanted to touch on the timeframe to because you filed on October 12, in 2021. And your briefs were due in March 28 2022. And that is actually only five months, I was actually thinking for a hearing that went through so many witnesses that you would conclude this and only five months, I was kind of impressed. And to tell   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  20:43 you the truth, this included a month or two of me foot drag. Oh, wow. Because I was I was foot dragging. Because we didn't have that placement. Right. I was like, you know, Brenton, come on. So I delayed things a little bit. And then I decided I gotta go, Yeah, this has got to get going. Right, the hearing officer made it really clear that he was feeling pressure from the State Bureau of Special Education, to move these hearings along faster. You know, they're getting very concerned about their timeline issues as they should, as they can. Absolutely. He assured me and I felt with, you know, after we'd been going at this a little bit, I felt like I could believe him about this, that I could always just refer to an exhibit, and he would read it. And I felt like he would read. Okay, so some hearing officers, you really have to have every single bit like presented orally to them, or they focus on it. But in this case, I felt like I could rely on him to read the exhibits that were admitted. I sped through some of this stuff. Yeah, I mean, the medical people, I probably had a an average 30 to 45 minutes with them, half of which I seated to the other side. Right, wow. Yeah. And so I was like, bang, bang, but I had one day when I had like six witnesses, I blew through six witnesses, that's insane. I then laid down on the floor of my office and made it like an IV of vodka, but it was intense. But it made the hearing officer very happy, they do appreciate it. And I kind of liked it, because I was able to get all the really important stuff in and then the other side was kind of limited and what they could do with it. You know, they were also limited. The you know, in the end, I kind of liked it, even though I ordinarily would,   Dana Jonson  22:43 yes. Where are you for this matter? It worked for this matter for this hearing   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  22:47 officer, you know, so much depends on the hearing officer get and what their style   Dana Jonson  22:53 is. Yeah. And I hear that a lot from parents, do you have experience with this district? Do you have experience with this lawyer? And all of those things do matter. But I feel like the experience matters more in knowing how to shift because all those players change all the time. And I've had evaluators where I felt like I could just leave the room and they'd be fine. And then the next tvip meeting, I go to them, I'm like, Who is this pot person? Like what did they do to my evaluators? So you just never know, there's a lot up in the air,   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  23:26 you don't know. And that's what I try to convey to my clients about due process. It's a high risk situation, because you don't know which hearing officer you're gonna get. You don't know what pressures they have on them, because they are getting pressure from above, you don't really know how the evidence is going to come in. You don't know whether some of the board people who you think are charlatans are going to come across as believable. You don't know if you're going to be able to get in every document that you think you need to get in. I got a lot out of those board witnesses that have they been better prepared and probably would not have. Yeah, and that   Dana Jonson  24:03 preparation is big. I mean, the prep is big for your clients, too. I remember a colleague telling me I mean, when you're talking about how is someone going to present colleague was telling me they had a client and the school had really messed up. But this was an exceptionally wealthy client who came across as exceptionally wealthy when she walked in a room. And so she was asked to dial it down. So she walked in to the hearing and her kids dinner, blue jeans and a T shirt and no jewelry. And the board almost dropped dead. Really, because they were relying on this person to walk in and look like an extremely wealthy person and present the way she normally does and hoping that that in and of itself would sway the hearing officer. But then she walked in and they're their philosophy has gotten now a good attorney doesn't rely on just that. Right. But to your point, people can present as anything when they walk in that door. Yeah, and they can Say anything. So, like if you if you have someone on the line on the stand and they are flat out lying. What do you do?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  25:08 Well, I mean, it depends on whether I have documentary evidence that I can confront them with that shows they're flat out lying. If this is where a lot of times you do want to have at least partial transcripts of various meetings and recordings. So they can't claim they said something other than what they did. And it's a problem, because in my experience, almost I would say 95% of board, witnesses lie under oath. Yep. And have no problem with it. Yeah.   Dana Jonson  25:38 And it's shocking, sometimes to parents. Right.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  25:41 And absolutely, I mean, honestly, when I first started practicing law, many, many, many moons ago, I was shocked, I assumed that everyone who was put under oath would tell the truth. And then I learned that actually a minority and people put under oath will tell the truth. It's not just in special education. Yeah, just board witnesses. It's pretty rampant,   Dana Jonson  26:04 pretty rampant. And it's I do think that people take it have a different level of respect, being under oath. I do believe that, as a rule, and I do think that that anxiety is heightened in the person when they are lying under oath versus just in a school meeting, I, I absolutely can see that I can see the change in their body language from lying in the IEP meeting to lying on the stand. They're way more uncomfortable. But that's another reason why I like going to the IEP meetings, because they may be more comfortable there. But you do get a sense of who you can trip up and who you can't. And if the school has bad witness, you make sure they know that.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  26:43 Also, I prefer due process hearings to be in person, because if you've got that body language going on the other side, you can start drilling into it. And sort of push them. Yes. completely out of their comfort zone.   Dana Jonson  26:58 Yes. And that's more difficult on the screen. Oh, it's   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  27:01 impossible.   Dana Jonson  27:02 Have you done any hearings on the screen?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  27:04 Well, this one was completely virtual,   Dana Jonson  27:06 Oh, this one was virtual? I don't think I realized that maybe I must have I mean, maybe just because it's so normal now that I didn't think of it. So that must have been really hard, then I didn't even realize this was virtual.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  27:18 Yeah. It was very hard. That's really hard.   Dana Jonson  27:21 Amazing. Your experiences you would still prefer in person, right?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  27:26 Yeah, for that very reason. Just looking through the screen at someone, you can't hold their eyes, you can't sort of judge their expression. You can't figure out how to destroy them. You can't pick   Dana Jonson  27:42 them apart to the degree that you would like to.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  27:47 So bad, you know, so you're when you're a litigator, you just have to admit that you have a dysfunctional personality. Right? Yes. So that's why we do this, right? Yes, exactly. We got paid for being like completely not the social norm. So   Dana Jonson  28:01 I always say that I do that I'm a lawyer, because I think this way, I don't think this way, because I'm a lawyer isn't the only place that that I fit in. So let's talk a little bit about the remedies. Because from the remedy in the decision, it doesn't look like you ever found that one place, did you?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  28:20 Well, no, we found it afterwards. So may Institute was one of the ones that our ED consultant found that he thought was the leading candidate. Ironically, also, the neuropsychologist who did an independent evaluation had put that out as a recommendation as well. So I was able to direct the hearing officer to an email from him saying, you know, this would be a good place. And also ironically, that particular neuro psychologist, I just, you know, I wasn't in love with his evaluation. And I was very concerned about him as a witness, because I've actually seen him under oath before. And so I elected not to call him interesting. Yeah,   Dana Jonson  29:03 that's a risk. Huge risk, right? Like, because, I mean, at first thing you're gonna hear from any attorney is you want to go to a hearing, you need an expert.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  29:12 Yeah. Well, so but we had all these other experts. And but that's usually the one that we want, right? It's the neuro Psych. Fortunately, he had spoken to that entire medical team, and incorporated what they said in evaluation itself. And then all of those medical experts wrote follow up letters saying we agree with that neuro psychologist, this is what she means. So I called every one of those medical experts got it. And that's how I got it. I mean, and this is what happens in a due process hearing like, I had him on my witness list, in case I had to I had to put them on. As things develop, you have to make decisions about what you're going to do and what's the whole in your case, you know, then I was like one of the holes My case is, what's the remedy? And I don't usually call Educational Consultants, but I did with this one. Also, because he's got lots of bonus CDs, right? He's, he's run a therapeutic school. He's been, you know, he's   Dana Jonson  30:15 got credentials that you can defend. Yeah, I love that. When I get stuff from parents who say, you know, this is the expert. And I'm like, well, they don't have any credentials. No one's ever heard of them. They're in a different country. I don't know that I'm going to get anyone on board.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  30:32 He worked really hard for this placement. I mean, yeah. Beyond what he ever has to do with anyone. I was on a low fee. On this case, he did a low fee on this case. So we've sort of felt like, Okay,   Dana Jonson  30:45 we're gonna do we're in it together. Yeah.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  30:47 And, and one of the things we got as a remedy was that he got paid his full fee.   Dana Jonson  30:54 Oh, good. Yeah. So that's what I was going to ask you about was the remedies, because one of the remedies is when you win a hearing is that you're entitled to your legal fees? Right. So what I'm curious about is when you submit that legal fees Bill, what is that going to look like after 11 witnesses and five months? It was   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  31:15 close to 100,000. It was like 98,000.   Dana Jonson  31:19 There were a few things in terms of parents listening to this just passed out. Yeah. But   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  31:26 that's what I tell my my clients, it's between 50 and 100,000, for average due process. Yeah. And on top of that, you may have to be paying experts. And that's not reimbursable.   Dana Jonson  31:37 Right. So you're not going to get back and that I can't risk, you know, but right, we can always risk our fees, right? Because we can try and get them back. So that does put give you more skin in the game, I guess.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  31:49 I mean, they pushed back on a couple of things. One of them is definitely legitimate. I put it in there and hope it would just slip by but it didn't, you know? And then there were a couple that were like, arguable. Right? Right. So I just rolled over on that, because I'd rather get it paid. Right. So I want to be reimbursed 92,000?   Dana Jonson  32:11 Well, and I mean, you know, say it's the only civil rights that we negotiate. So parents are always negotiating way their rights. And we as attorneys are always negotiating away our fees. Yeah, we do nothing on the parents side, but negotiate against ourselves from from the beginning. I don't know of very many of any attorneys who have gone through a full hearing and actually received their full BS, they just don't I also find it when when sometimes I hear people say, Oh, well, litigation fees are so much more than, like, we're never seen. No calm down. Take it down a notch. Uh, yeah, I found the remedies really interesting because one remedy said to find the placement and a consultant is ordered. If you can't find a placement, so the the hearing officer did order that consultant as well, correct?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  33:02 Absolutely. But and the thing with may Institute is they are not going to accept anyone unless they're fully funded, right? Because it's a very expensive place. Yes. So the day this decision came out, the ad consultant got on the phone with them with two words fully funded. And within a week, we had an acceptance, but they had to do a little bit of hiring to bring her on, started right after labor.   Dana Jonson  33:27 Right. And I think that's important too, for parents to understand that not a replacement is ready to take your child that day. There usually an acceptance usually means that they can prepare to do that. So if you come, they will then start preparing. They're not going to staff for a student who's not there yet. That's very typical, then that's great. So now is this child going to be there for too long this is placed there   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  33:53 now. Yeah. So as their stereo slave foot and everything else? I don't see them after that horrendous decision. Yes, coming back and saying no, you're ready to come back to Greenwich, right.   Dana Jonson  34:04 And school districts have done that they have a year after a hearing decision said, Well, we gave it a year, and now they're all ready and everything's back together. But you have that hearing decision under your belt. And that is something you can pull out and use. And it would be foolish to do that, at this stage. And particularly given given how many fights are going on between parents and school districts at you know, there was a time where fighting every hearing decision was worth their time and energy. I don't think it is anymore.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  34:34 But then so there was a significant amount of time between when the decision came out and when she was able to go, you know, in the meantime, he ordered remedies for while she was still in the British school system. And I actually had to get down this state's throat to get them to enforce this decision. Really, I did what happened. They were ordered to have an aide in the home for 30 minutes before the ride to school to help the mom get her ready, and they just didn't do it. And I had to go to the state. And they eventually got to st Greenwich Get your act together, you know, and do it and they finally did. And it made a huge difference. Then she was supposed to have a medical taxi instead of the bus that was so torturous for her never got that I was on the state's case, like every two days. And Greenwich kept giving them a spreadsheet showing all the contacts they made to try to arrange a medical taxi. And I was like, this is just baloney. I mean, I'm literally there was one point where they were like, Okay, well, the legal director Mike McCann and Mary Jean Shugborough, who, unfortunately, was the person assigned to the enforcement part of this. The retired. She's retired, isn't she? Yeah, except she's still a part time consultant for some things. I'm like, Why did you assign us to a part time retired consultant? You know, it's   Dana Jonson  36:04 pretty significant. Yeah.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  36:05 So at one point, they were like, well, we're gonna be on the phone with graduates about this on Monday. And we'll let you know. And I'm like, I want to be on that phone call. But I'm on vacation. And they're like, I'm like, do it on Friday, when I'm not on vacation. Oh, well, we can talk to Friday, and then we'll talk to them on Monday. I'm like, No, I will just be on this call during my vacation. So I'm hiking in Maine and losing a signal every three seconds, and I am yelling my butt off. And my husband's like, Oh, my God. And I like I keep losing the signal dialing back in angrily, and on top. So because anyway, never got the medical text, even though I'm, I'm busting a gut. Then on top of that in between, yeah, when I started getting down on their case, and this phone call, they had finally posted this decision, you know, I got it by email. But then they post all of their decisions, right? And the decisions are written. So there's no identifying information the student has called student parents called parents, etc. But it identifies the witnesses, aside from the parent, and the school district and all that, while they put this one on, and they've blacked out everything that would identify the school district or the school district witnesses. And I was like, Okay, so while I'm on the phone screaming, I'm like, who did this? Which one of you did this? You know, what are you doing? They're like, Oh, we thought it might be too specific. And you know, have identifying information. I'm like, you know, if that was your concern, you would have called me or the parent to ask if we had a problem with it, but you didn't. So it seems to me that you were just trying to not embarrass Greenwich, which should be completely embarrassed about how they treat   Dana Jonson  37:54 my dogs going nuts. No, that's exactly what I was gonna say. Which is that, you know, that seems like protecting the district. Were?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  38:03 Absolutely, yeah. In the meantime, I had gotten a written consent from my clients saying you can put it up on redacted and I was like, I have that. And they put it up on redacted after that. But, you know,   Dana Jonson  38:14 I've seen that before, though, that the school district personnel and school are redacted. Is that a thing? No.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  38:20 If you look on every single other decision, there's not a single redaction. Not one. So who decided to do that? Mary Jean Chabot, she admitted? Did she say why? Because she was afraid it would identify the child's that's a lie. I think so.   Dana Jonson  38:43 I feel like that's a lie. But that sounds interesting. Well, you know, and it really is frustrating, because I always feel like when people say, Oh, but these poor teachers, and you know, it's not really there. I feel like I'm with you on that. And I feel as a former teacher and a former administrator, admittedly, I spent about 10 minutes in each role, but I didn't have a problem being honest in the meeting. Now, that was me. Perhaps I didn't have as much at risk as some people by doing that. And I respect and understand that. But I go nuts. When parents say, well, the teacher told me this, but they won't say it in the meeting. And I always say, well, then I don't trust that teacher. No, I just don't, it's great. You're getting inside Intel. But how do you know? They aren't turning around and saying the same thing to the district about you? Exactly. You know, and they're protecting their butts.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  39:39 Yeah. If they're not willing to say it in the meeting, it's useless. It's absolutely   Dana Jonson  39:42 useless. You can see it when people are scripted. In the meetings, you can tell. And I you know, look, it's not my intention to embarrass anyone. But if you have made a conscious decision to toe the party line, then you are making a conscious decision to take the consequences of that action,   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  40:06 this child's speech and language pathologist basically said that she agreed to include oral motor goals to help Sydney learn how to talk, which she could do, right. Basically, as a favor.   Dana Jonson  40:22 Oh, it's an accommodation to the parent.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  40:24 Yeah, cuz she wanted to talk. But you know, she didn't really need it for accessing the general education. Oh,   Dana Jonson  40:29 why do you need language for that narrative? I know, I'm sorry, I just get flip. I can't stop myself. I love that when it's an act as an accommodation. I'm   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  40:38 gonna call out that I'm gonna call it call that speech pathologist out on that? Yep. You know,   Dana Jonson  40:44 accommodation is what the child needs. And you know if that I found that frustrating during the pandemic, too, when people were like, well, I don't want to be on tape or on screen or what have you. And I do understand that there is something to being under a micro microscope and people taking things out of context. We've all had that happen to us at some point on the internet, right? Or in a text, something has been taken in the wrong tone. And I just feel like, Haven't we all been using the internet long enough that we should know that. And you know, that tone gets lost and things get lost in translation. But knowing what happens, and being able to reflect on that and make changes that that's important if we're not willing to do that. And that's where I feel like we are right now in schools. I feel like no one's willing to reflect. Yeah, because everyone's so afraid, even more so than before, to look back and say, Yeah, we messed up. And I understand because there are legal ramifications to saying that, so I get why they're not announcing it to the world. Yeah. But maybe their inside voice like in the back of their head, maybe could say, We screwed up, and we gotta fix this. You know,   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  41:58 honestly, I find that the better board attorneys manage that, right? Yes, by having a good relationship with you giving you a call saying, can we talk about some solutions? Right? It doesn't have to be an explicit, we messed up, it can be willing to make it better. Right? Right. Good board attorneys. manage that.   Dana Jonson  42:19 Right. And some board attorneys, you know, when when the parent calls you, I'll say, you know, what, I know, we can get X, Y and Z, which will help bring everyone back to the table and and start the conversation over. And then there are some board attorneys where I have to say, look, I hate to tell you this, but we're going to start off fighting, because that's where you are. And that's unfair to it depends on who represents your district as to what kind of what access you will have to that due process, and whether you will be able to fight them or not. And not every parent has access to us. No, you know, and I was just talking to Christine Lai on my last episode about self in the special legal fund and how they've allowed for so much access for parents afforded us I've you know, regardless, look at this, this is a like I said, it's, you had 11 witnesses, it took five months, this took up a significant amount of your time, most of which you were not paid for at the time. Like that's something else people have to realize we get paid when we work, right. Like I'm not on a salary over here with fabulous benefits.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  43:26 What we eat what we kill, as they say, exactly, we   Dana Jonson  43:29 eat what we kill. Yes. I   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  43:30 mean, I had restricted cash flow for a few months there because it took time,   Dana Jonson  43:35 it takes a tremendous amount of time for us to have even one full blown.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  43:40 If I win, I'll be fine. If I know, I'm gonna be second run for a little bit, you know?   Dana Jonson  43:45 Exactly. So I mean, yeah, I mean, it's tough all the way around, and you have to have the bandwidth to do it. And you have to not be afraid of creating bad law because you have to look at if I lose this. Yeah, the way that I have asked this question, if I lose it, what will that do to other families? Exactly.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  44:04 And this decision, I felt like I got more good law out of this, than expected. So tell   Dana Jonson  44:10 us what you think the main takeaways are that you got from this this decision that you think are solidified that are helpful for parents?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  44:18 Well, the blasting of how the school district treated COVID and learning during COVID? Yes, and the failure to implement the IEP at all, really during COVID. And he runs through that was he on the legal side, the support for you were supposed to do what you needed to do and you didn't do it that leads to combat. So I thought that was good. I thought the way he treated the requirement for residential placement when there were mixed issues of because here we had mental health issues, but also medical issues. But those medical issues were very much intertwined with ability to be educated. Yeah, right. So the way he merged those things In talking about the requirement for a residential placement and the board's duty for that residential placement, I thought that was very helpful. Yeah. So those, those were the two takeaways that I really enjoy.   Dana Jonson  45:15 Now, those are great. And those were great for the rest of us. Thank you. Here. I say, the combat peace to the combat peace is great.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  45:24 Yeah. So that was good, because he talked about how you don't need to have gross violation to get combat if you're not in a aged out situation. Right. And he kind of blasted the whole equities argument, which I was like, I didn't even understand the board's argument. I'm like, this isn't the unilateral placement case. Right. That's third prong about the equities. Right. Yes. So but he turned that around to Well, maybe it's, you know, relevant to combat? Well, and   Dana Jonson  45:56 that's I mean, to explain to parents who don't understand really what we're talking about. No, no, it's good. It's good. Because what what that means is there are specific arguments we have to meet. So the first question I have to ask is, did the school district provide an appropriate program? And if the answer to that is yes, then nothing else matters, right? So there are different prongs of these different arguments. And some of them get to the point of equity. And this one doesn't. So it was unclear where he was going when he went down that road. But what he was doing was taking that equity argument and, and putting it towards compensatory education and saying that, for these reasons, this child does require compensatory education, which is meant to bring the child back up to where they would have been had they had that service. So that's an that's a big win, especially post COVID. Where that's a lot of the arguments is whether it's compensatory or not. So that's, that's a tough argument. And so that was a great win for parents. Yeah. And the last thing I want to ask you about, though, is the quotes throughout the decision, because I started reading and I thought was this a quote from the transcript? So at the beginning of every section, the hearing officer wrote a little quote, and the chapter and pages that it was from so I put that into my trusty Google search, and discovered that he was quoting Helen Keller throughout the whole thing. Can you talk a little about   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  47:24 could have looked at the footnotes, or I could   Dana Jonson  47:27 have looked at the footnotes that would have required this dense dyslexic woman to look at every footnote in this 54 Page decision.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  47:37 Okay. We won't do that to you. He basically took the I guess it was the autobiography of Helen Keller, and took various clubs, this kid touched his heart. And she's touched mine as well. She wants to start a school for kids with disabilities. She's she's just, she's an amazing kid, right? Before she went to me. I went and had dinner with her. And she finally had the new communication device that had actually been recommended and like managed never did. Wow. And we sat and had a really long, pretty fluent conversation about how do we get to the point where she gets to go to May? What was the hearing? Like? Who did I call? What did they say? You know, do I have to go back to Greenwich public schools for like three days to the school they have before I go to make? No you don't, I can see her really doing something in the world. Her physiatrist testified very clearly that he expects big things from her. And the hearing officer clearly felt that this child had a lot of potential and could make some change in the world. I think putting in those quotes helped bring it to like, we need to liberate this kid from her, the confines of her body, right? And let her be the person she can be. So I just about cried when I was reading through the decision with those quotes sprinkled throughout. I talked to a board lawyer afterwards. And she was like, Oh, that was quite a decision, like, I guess was just like, you know, the quotes from having Helen Keller were a little bit of overkill on like, this is run through your veins,   Dana Jonson  49:22 right? And by the way, not if you were there, if you were there. These fit in perfectly. And I did I mean I did read a couple of footnotes narrative, but I liked how he he did talk about while this student is not deaf and blind, they are bound by these disabilities in a way that we can't comprehend. And that it wasn't until, you know Helen Keller, somebody taught her how to communicate that she was able to share herself with the world and that those comparisons he felt applied to this student as well. And I think that just added to the impact of those quotes. And you're right, you could tell that this was a very emotional matter. And this is one of those matters where you read through it and you think, well, it's a slam dunk, right? You read this and you're like, of course, you're gonna win. But that just simply isn't how special education works, you know,   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  50:31 and back to what we were talking about at the beginning, you can win, and the remedy can wind up being useless.   Dana Jonson  50:39 Exactly. So there's a lot of risks, but it's decisions like this, that are the reason why we continue to do it, and move forward. And also, make sure that your attorney moving forward and a hearing has the experience and background necessary to and resources. You know, if you don't have experience, you can get experience, right, you can learn, you can get experience, you can get mentored, you can do all those things. But you can't pretend you know what you don't know. Right. And it's important to make sure that your attorney does practice special education law, that is their primary, that they are not doing something else, and are not distracted by other laws that may conflict with the ID EA, which people don't realize there are a lot of educational rules and laws that actually conflict with the ID EA. So if you're more familiar with those than the IDA, then you may not be giving the right advice.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  51:44 It's ironic that a lot of that was passed in order to be parent friendly, and increase parental participation in the education of disabled kids is so non parent friendly.   Dana Jonson  51:56 It's not parent friendly. It's not free to access. No. Because if you want to access it, you need an attorney or an advocate. And those are not free. Just think about the professional development that parents do just to understand how to talk to their attorneys. I mean, to their sorry, to their school districts, you know, like, just to get the vocabulary to advocate for their child, they spend a tremendous amount of money on professional development and all of those pieces.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  52:24 So back up for a second. The other thing I thought this decision was Brown was LRE least restrictive environment.   Dana Jonson  52:31 Oh, yes. Talk about LRE for a second. So   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  52:34 least restrictive environment means that your disabled children are supposed to be educated to the maximum extent possible with non disabled kids. My argument here was because they were screwing up so much. And they really did not include her appropriately in general education things. She was isolated from her peers. And it's even as much as like the chair they were using, they were having her in a wheelchair in her classroom, which separated her and put her on a different level than her peers. And the physical therapist, do   Dana Jonson  53:07 you mean physically, like height wise?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  53:10 Yeah, so she's not even at the table, right. And they were like, you know, the IES were like, You need to get this kind of chair and play her here. So that she's with her peers. And they never did any of that. It was stuff like that. And then she would have total meltdowns, especially Shan Maxon, or whatever, and be removed from the classroom because of her meltdowns, and then be removed to go to the bathroom and spend all sorts of time on there. The general education setting for her was more restrictive than one that was designed for kids with similar disabilities. And he went for that argument, which I really appreciate it.   Dana Jonson  53:51 And that's an amazing argument. And I I make it all the time. It's, like all my philosophical, yeah, argument of what's least restrictive, right. And I had a student once who were arguing over Villa Maria. And in the public school, the student had to be in the sub substantially separate room all day, including lunch, including everything, but at Villa Maria, they could roam the halls, they could have lunch with   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  54:16 their peers. And from my perspective, that is absolutely and Hillary argument in favor of Bill Murray. Yeah,   Dana Jonson  54:22 exactly. Exactly. You know, and so, you know, fortunately, that didn't have to go to a hearing at that point in time, because I don't know where that would have landed. But I do think we are getting closer to understanding that that may be a more a less restrictive environment for that student. It looks restrictive to us,   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  54:41 but if they have no peers to relate to, right, exactly, and they're not being educated with the same materials, you know, if they're sitting in the general education classroom, everyone else is working on, you know, XYZ, but they're working on a different on a different level on a different skill on their own little worksheet. with their pero right here, that's not the least restrictive environment for that child. Now, they're being they're other, they're separated.   Dana Jonson  55:08 Right? They're substantially separate from everybody else, even if you physically sit them in the room and kids do not learn independence through osmosis. No, it's not by sitting near typically developing children that you become typically developing. The goal is to become independent. Right? And what does this child need to become independent? And sometimes what a child needs to become independent is more children like them?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  55:36 Right. Right. So I thought that his ruling on that issue was helpful for this argument.   Dana Jonson  55:43 Yes, yes. That's very helpful for this argument, because it gives us a little something with some meat on it. Yeah, too.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  55:51 When I when I was bringing it up, you could see him going like, that's an interesting point.   Dana Jonson  55:57 Yeah. And now I really hate for to Moses for taking him out of the hearing officer, Bill. I'm hotline.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  56:07 He was he was previously I think he was in a judge advocate corps. Okay. He was a Jag. Um, you could tell you know, he have plenty of litigation experience. Right. Okay. So he was it was sort of easy that way for me, because my litigation arguments like right in a place where he understood them.   Dana Jonson  56:28 Right. That was good, good. Friend, now he's gone. And so this is the this is his swan song, which we will have framed up in many offices around Connecticut. This was incredibly helpful narrative. And thank you so much for coming on. And talking to me about it. I really, I don't think parents really understand everything that goes into due process. They just here fight the school district, I will put the link to your decision in my show notes. So anyone who wants to geek out like the one right? Yes, the unredacted one, so you can see everybody's name and all the footnotes. And she could just click on them and they pop up. So I'll put the link to that there. But if someone's listening, and they're like, Wow, I need to hire Meredith clearly, because she's the only attorney who who can understand me and my child. How do they reach you? How do they find you?   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  57:25 Well, it would be great if I had a website, but I just haven't over the last 20 years have the time to put Yeah, really   Dana Jonson  57:30 had a need. Hmm.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  57:33 Really? I'm gonna do it soon. No, I swear.   Dana Jonson  57:36 Okay, I got I have a good name for you.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  57:40 I've had it in process for a long time. You can look me up on the internet, probably. I don't know some I'll put a link to how you can find this. Sometimes when you put in Meredith Braxton. There's some Meredith Braxton some like soap opera or something.   Dana Jonson  57:54 Awesome. So you show up in the soap opera star? Yeah, I think that's great.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  57:58 No, it's the name of a character.   Dana Jonson  58:03 Even better. All right, I will put a link to Meredith in the in the show notes as well. If you feel you must reach out to Meredith and find her. And thank you so much, Meredith, for coming on and talking to us and talking about your case. And thank you for taking it all the way. Because I think that that is not easy for any of us to do. And   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  58:22 you know, I had not had a case go all the way in like two years. So I was also sort of chomping at the bit. Yeah, because I am a litigator at heart. And I like to go to hearing occasionally. And I was like it was sort of killing me. So I was happy to bring it all the way and I got a few more going into the can this week, then. I think at least one will my gold way.   Dana Jonson  58:49 That will be amazing. Yeah. Well, thank you. And that, that it makes a huge difference for the rest of us. And it definitely helps. helps all of us. You know, when   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  58:58 we talk he's, I was about as pleased as one could be with that decision. It's amazing, even better than I had hoped.   Dana Jonson  59:05 And that's amazing. And the family must've just been beside themselves.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  59:10 You know, and Sydney. She's, she's happy as a clam of May.   Dana Jonson  59:14 I'm so happy and validation. Yeah, it wasn't her right that.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  59:20 Yeah. Oh, but she always knew that.   Dana Jonson  59:22 Yeah, she she's smarter than they are.   Meredith Braxton, Esq.  59:24 She is. She really is.   Dana Jonson  59:27   That's often the problem. Well, thank you so much. Meredith. Thank you so much for joining me today. Please don't forget to follow this podcast so you don't miss any new episodes and leave a review and you have a chance. If there's anything you want to hear about or comment on. Please go to my Facebook page special ed on special ed and find me there. I'll see you next time here on special ed on special ed. Have a fabulous day. 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“What's the common thread that brings all the families together? And it's, we're worried, we are afraid for our kids, we know that we've got smart capable kids, but they can't read.” Host and Special Education Law Attorney Tracey Spencer Walsh speaks with Bill DeHaven, Head of School at Villa Maria School in Stamford, Connecticut, about the importance of a small student to teacher ratio for students with learning challenges and language impairment. Tracey's entire career has led up to this moment. Bringing her over twenty-five years of expertise in the legal industry to the air waves, Tracey dives deeper into the world of special needs and civil rights law to give parents the relevant and supportive information they crave and need, without having to sift through a mountain of articles or paperwork. It's about cutting through the constant noise, pulling the most important tidbits out, and absorbing key advice and anecdotes that help you and your child excel on their journey. For more information about Villa Maria School, visit http://villamariaschool.org/. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tracey-spencer-walsh/message

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Peru has long struggled with political, cultural, racial, and economic divides, a source of tension that propelled the leftist former schoolteacher Pedro Castillo to the Presidency last year. In the city of Lima, the complex social jigsaw puzzle manifests itself physically: the “Wall of Shame” is three meters high and ten kilometeres long, separating the affluent in La Molina from others in neighboring Villa Maria del Triunfo. Finnish journalist Kukka Maria Ahokas has little trouble crossing this and other barriers, and she introduces us to activist Carlos Hinostroza, who is trying to tear down the wall for all.

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In the Tejas center at the corner of Texas and Villa Maria is one of the best restaurants in town! Stop by Taqueria El Sol De Mexico today!What's in the episode:Do you know which national coffee chain features a mermaid on its logo?All day spot for incredible food!You don't know what value is on Taco Tuesday until you stop here $$$If you want to know what your food will look like before you order it, you will love this menuWhat's wrong with eating enchiladas with your hands?Eli is back to talk lengua! We need a bonus episode on soup, what should we make sure not to miss?For more on the Taco Trail: https://www.destinationbryan.com/eat-drink/tacos/Send your ideas, questions, and feedback to btxtacotrail@gmail.com!

Taco Tuesday means it's time for stop #2 on the Taco Trail! Today's episode features Don Chente. What's in the episode:Where is this place? Two locations, one on Villa Maria (check in here!), and one on Highway 21A reminder to always sample your salsas before committing fullyA quick announcement about a new voice who will be joining the guys soonAnd, just what the heck is a birria taco anyways?What else is on the menu? Did someone say Carne Asada Fries?William forgets some terminologyShane provides dating adviceAnd more!For more on the Taco Trail: https://www.destinationbryan.com/eat-drink/tacos/

Villa Maria is New Zealand's most awarded winery, producing wine from every appellation of the country. Winemaker Tom Dixon shares Villa Maria's 60-year (in 2021) history and legacy envisioned by its Founder, Sir George Fistonich, who was knighted for his contributions to the wine industry. Dixon discusses Villa Maria's different wine production regions, its Four Pillars of sustainability and its top selling Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc 2021 (Marlborough). www.villamariawines.comThe Connected Table SIPS! Podcast is brought to you by Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com/).The Connected Table Live Radio Show is broadcast live at 2pm ET Wednesdays on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Villa Maria is New Zealand's most awarded winery, producing wine from every appellation of the country. Winemaker Tom Dixon shares Villa Maria's 60-year (in 2021) history and legacy envisioned by its Founder, Sir George Fistonich, who was knighted for his contributions to the wine industry. Dixon discusses Villa Maria's different wine production regions, its Four Pillars of sustainability and its top selling Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc 2021 (Marlborough). www.villamariawines.comThe Connected Table SIPS! Podcast is brought to you by Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com/).The Connected Table Live Radio Show is broadcast live at 2pm ET Wednesdays on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Seit seiner Gründung 1981 hat der Therapieverbund Ludwigsmühle einiges an Suchthilfe-Geschichte angehäuft. In Interviews mit langjährigen Wegbegleiter_innen des Trägers gibt Dirk einige spannende Einblick in diese Geschichte und damit in Jahrzehnte, in denen sich die Suchthilfe in Deutschland mehrfach einschneidend weiterentwickelt hat.

Join young adult Sister Eilis McCulloh as she explores the influence of Franciscan values and life experiences in her journey to a life-long commitment of service in religious life. Eilis notes the impact, for example, of reverence for creation, simplicity, encounter, and hospitality. From Sister Eilis: “There was something about the Humility of Mary (HM) Community that was calling me to return. That was the place where my heart was, where I felt most at home and most authentically myself. And if I was going to explore religious life, that that was the community that I needed to really do that exploration with. It was the learnings and the experiences of being a Franciscan Community Volunteer that really opened me up to be able to live into the call of religious life and to take the parts of my time in St. Cloud that I loved and were foundational to me. And then to return home to where I knew that I was being called to live and to recognize that that it was back in Villa Maria, Pennsylvania in Northeast, Ohio. … Key values to explain Franciscans: The first is honor or reverence for all of creation. … Our HM community is on 740 acres of farmland. And so learning how to honor creation, how to honor the land and to walk gently on it from the Franciscans really was just a natural shift into the HM charism, into the HM community of reverencing the land and taking care of it and making sure that it's around for generations after me to continue and to learn more about it and to be active in protecting the land… And then, hand in hand with that is the idea of simplicity. Asking continually, what are my needs versus my wants? And how do you balance that as someone who's taking a vow of poverty and what does that mean?  How do I live that out? And really, I think returning to the idea of simplicity that we learned is as Volunteers, what can we live without and what are we abundantly blessed with that we share with others? And then how do we live that out as religious or as people, in general.  This came to me now, the real profound idea of encounter and meeting one another where each person is, and being able to use that in an encounter. Be able to reach across divides and to talk to one another and to honor the dignity of each person and the story of each person and religious traditions with each person that I meet, I think is a value that I learned in Minnesota and is a strong value of my community as well. The final thing for me is the idea of hospitality and of being able to welcome another person into your home and to really break bread together and share a meal with one another and get to know each other on a different level than one would, if you don't take the time to share each's stories and to become friends with them.”   References: Sisters of the Humility of Mary, the community to which Sister Eilis belongs: https://www.humilityofmary.org/.   Parker Palmer quote that Eilis referenced: “Vocation at its deepest level is, ‘This is something I can't not do, for reasons I'm unable to explain to anyone else and don't fully understand myself but that are nonetheless compelling.'” ― Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation,      San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000, page 25.   What is fracking? For general information: https://www.britannica.com/technology/fracking. There is information online from pro-industry and environmental perspectives as well.   From HM foundress Mother Madelaine Potier: “I have always said that I would appreciate the goodness of everyone who will come to our house to help me to do something for the Glory of God.”*      *Inside back cover:   Quotation on front cover is from page 39 of Recollections: a fragment, by the Rev. J. J. Begel, New Bedford, 1879. Originally translated by Sr. Mary Therese Berry, HM. October 13, 1979; Revised translation 2007. The recently revised wording is a more accurate translation of the peasant type expression in the original French. Fr. Begel is quoting Mother Madelaine when in September 1854 Julie Claudel had come to Dommartin as the teacher in the new schoolroom.

May 7th is Sauvignon Blanc day but we'll be celebrating all week! Join the Wine Thieves at ground zero for new world sauvignon blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand. John and Sara explore its rise to prominence from the first plantings in the 1970s, through to its explosion on the international scene in the 1990s, and now to the current ‘third wave' (a good third wave, that is) of producers that are breaking rules and leading the country in new stylistic directions.Joining the discussion is James Healy, co-founder with Ivan Sutherland, of Dog Point wines in Marlborough. James was chief winemaker at Cloudy Bay in the  1990s before striking out on his own, and thus really was at ground zero of the New Zealand and Marlborough sauvignon blanc international explosion that occurred in the mid-1990s.  He tells us about a new initiative called Appellation Marlborough Wine (AMW) and its importance and gaining prominence. We're also joined by Matt Deller, Master of Wine and Chief Global Sales & Marketing Officer for the Villa Maria group founded by Sir George Fistonich in the middle of last century in Auckland. 'Villa', as it's known,  has grown to be one of the larger and most admired players in the NZ wine industry, and Matt discusses the company's commitment to organics and sub-appellations. In the final segment of the show, the Thieves welcome Erica Crawford of Loveblock winery and the co-creator, with husband Kim, of the hugely successful Kim Crawford brand,  which they sold a decade and a half ago to Constellation Brands. Erica falls in love with sauvignon all over again making wines in the style she loves to drink,  shares insight into the rapid commercial success of New Zealand sauvignon blanc, praises Lord of the Rings, and reveals how high grade tea powder might just change winemaking for the better.  Grab a well chilled glass of crunchy sauvignon and settle in to a great discussion. This episode was produced in partnerships with New Zealand Winegrowers.

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Faith Koen has been in the procurement profession for over 20 years across multiple industries. She is currently the Procurement Manager for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and she is responsible for overseeing the procurement team and supporting the wineries and facilities that are located in Washington, California, and Oregon. Faith joined the Women of Wine (WoW) Employee Resource Group within Ste. Michelle in 2015 and she currently serves as the Chair of the organization. During her tenure with WoW, she has embraced the opportunity to collaborate and learn from other amazing women in the organization, which has allowed her to grow as a leader and more importantly, a supporter.  Christina Starr is a communications and public relations professional with 17 years of experience working with luxury brands from hospitality to tourism and wine. Currently, she's the Senior Communications Manager for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates' luxury and imported wine portfolio. She oversees the communications in the U.S. for Champagne and Villa Maria in New Zealand, along with several other domestic and important wine brands. She is also the Vice Chair of Ste. Michelle's Women of Wine (WoW), which supports events and programming to support professional development, collaboration and knowledge sharing within St. Michelle. Christina holds a level two certification from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust and is currently pursuing her level three certification. In this episode… Unlike men, most women avoid taking some actions because they feel that they do not know enough about certain subjects for them to make a move. They are unable to recognize themselves as leaders or experts in their fields and they often forget that even being a successful business owner is a continuous learning process that everyone goes through. This failure to see their own achievements and skills as enough puts a limit on them and the things that they can do, and these all stem from one thing: fear. Fear is a real thing but instead of embracing it and facing it head on, many women allow it to take over their lives. This reaction to fear prevents them from moving forward and learning from potential experiences that can elevate them and propel them towards success. So what can women do to help cope with their own fears and how can they get over their own limiting beliefs and imposter syndrome in order to unlock opportunities in their career and in their life? Join Andrea Heuston in this episode of the Lead Like a Woman Show as she interviews Faith Koen and Christina Starr of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates to talk about women in the wine industry and how they can assuage their own fears and realize that they are enough. They will also be discussing their company’s sustainability goals, what the Women of Wine Employee Resource Group in Ste. Michelle is all about, and how the wine industry has evolved through the years to be more inclusive of women. Stay tuned.

Film and TV Agent to the stars, Laurily Adams, chats to the the voice of Villa Maria, Natalie Walsh,  about upcoming production spoilers, career highlights and what to watch over Christmas. Grab a glass of wine, sit back, and enjoy.  

Founder and CEO of the MOBO Awards, Kanya King CBE, catches up with the voice of Villa Maria, Natalie Walsh, to talk about her dreams and determination to change the music industry. Grab a glass of wine, sit back, and enjoy.

'Touching the Void' mountaineer Simon Yates catches up with the voice of Villa Maria, Natalie Walsh to discuss his intrepid expeditions and the life-defining decisions that shaped his life.  Grab a glass of wine, sit back, and enjoy.

Desmond Randall, a 2010 graduate of the University of Maine, is the Villa Maria College Viking men's basketball coach. Coach Randall's experience goes back to 2011 when he started as a head coach for the Upstate Basketball AAU 12U and 13U teams. In 2012, he joined the West Seneca High Staff as an assistant coach for varsity football and assistant coach for the JV basketball team. In 2013 Randall became an assistant varsity coach at Canisius High School where he helped lead them to a Federation title in 2014.  In 2015, Randall was hired as the head coach for Bishop Timon Varsity basketball and after going 13-12 his first year, the team won the Monsignor Martin Title (12-1) and finished 18-7 in his second year. In 2017, he stepped down at Timon and took over at his Alma Mater, West Seneca High School. He coached them to a 24-0 record, 12-0 ECIC 1 Champs, Section 6 Class A1 Champs and Section 6 overall champs before becoming far west regional runner up and finishing 24-1 overall. In 2018, the West Seneca team repeated as section class A 1 Champs.  Coach Randall also coaches for the Corey Graham Elite AAU 16U-17U Elite Travel Team.  In addition to coaching, Randall has been a part of a variety of camps. He started with the University of Maine Youth Basketball camps in 2009 and 2010. He continued his work at the Medaille College Youth and University at Buffalo Youth basketball camps in 2013. From 2015-2018 Randall was a part of the Daemen College Youth basketball camps.   Coach Randall brought so much insight and wisdom to the podcast, as he discussed his journey to coaching basketball, adversity that shaped his perspective, and a passion that has fueled his pursuit to coach at the highest levels of the game. We appreciate you Coach! Enjoy the episode! Twitter https://twitter.com/CoachRandall5   (@CoachRandall5  ) https://twitter.com/VillaMariaMBB (@VillaMariaMBB)  

How can you visualize the taste of wine in a chart? How would those charts be different for Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling and Shiraz? What makes the wines from Australia's Clare Valley unique? What is bâtonnage and what flavours and aromas will result in the wine? How does acidity improve your tasting experience? Why is balance one of the most critical aspects of a great wine? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Justin Taylor and Neil Hadley of Australia's Wakefield Wines.   Highlights What was it about Wakefield Wines 2011 vintage that brought Justin to tears? Which stunning Wakefield Wine was born from the 2011 disaster? How did Neil end up tasting Wakefield Wine with a buyer at a motorway stop? What gives the vineyard at Clare its x-factor? Why does the cool break at night improve the integrity of the grapes? How does the unique Clare Valley terroir show up when you're tasting Wakefield Wines? What properties will you notice in Wakefield Wines as a result of their terroir? What inspired the creation of the Wakefield Wines flavour charts? How can you use the Wakefield charts when tasting Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling and Shiraz? What would you notice when tasting a warm-climate Chardonnay which has been oaked? Which French influences can you find in Wakefield Chardonnay? What is bâtonnage and what flavours and aromas will you notice in wine made using this technique? What foods should you pair with Wakefield Chardonnay? Are there certain foods you should avoid pairing with Chardonnay? How does acidity improve your tasting experience? What distinguishing characteristics should you pick up in a high-quality dry Riesling? How does the maturation of a Riesling impact it's tasting profile? What is meant by a "long finish"? How can you differentiate between a cool climate and a warm climate Shiraz? What tricky flavours can you pick up with Wakefield Shiraz? What makes Wakefield Shiraz feel more elegant and refined to you versus other Australian Shiraz? Why is balance one of the most critical aspects of a great wine? Can you zero in on the nuances of the different types of wine? What tasting experience can you expect with Wakefield Cabernet Sauvignon? Where do the notes of mint in Wakefield Cabernet Sauvignon come from? How does the ageing of Wakefield Cabernet Sauvignon impact it's tasting profile? What foods should you pair with Wakefield Cabernet Sauvignon? Will the 2020 Australian wildfires have an impact on wine regions? How can you support Australian winemakers during this difficult period?   About Justin Taylor and Neil Hadley Justin was one of six kids growing up in the Taylor household in Sydney’s Rose Bay under the watchful eye of their mother Loretta and father Bill Taylor Jr. – one of the original founding family members of Wakefield Wines. A natural salesman, Justin is noted as the loudest and jovial one of the bunch. He graduated from the prestigious Cranbrook boy’s school in 1988 and loved spending weekends on the rugby field. In 1997, the Taylor family welcomed third-generation family member Justin Taylor into the family business. Since then, Justin has been pivotal in introducing Wakefield Wines to wine drinkers all over the world. Justin started his professional career at Wakefield serving a three-year apprenticeship of types working as a sales representative in the Western Suburbs of Sydney. Justin has completed the Wine Society Advanced Wine Appreciation Certificate, Advanced Wine Marketing at TAFE and the Wine Executive Program through the Monash University of Melbourne. In 2000, Justin was promoted to the role of National Sales Manager in Australia. Over the following eight years the company’s domestic market share doubled, as did the size of the domestic sales team and the portfolio of wines that were being offered to the public in Australia, as Justin said “it was definitely a very fun time to be part of the Wakefield Wines team, we worked very hard and achieved very satisfying results.” After a visit to Australia in the late 80s, he decided Sydney would become home and pursued numerous roles in sales and marketing with prestigious brands like Rosemount Estate, Penfolds and Villa Maria in New Zealand. Today at Wakefield Wines, Neil manages the export portfolio of the 50-year wine company along with third-generation Export Manager and Company Director Justin Taylor. His main regions of responsibility include the United Kingdom and Europe, North America and South America. When not jet setting on behalf of Wakefield, Neil is an avid traveller himself. He cites trekking the foot of Mount Everest, dam-building for Masai tribes-people in Kenya and driving around Australia in a ‘Kingswood’ amongst his more memorable journeys around the world. Neil Hadley MW joined Wakefield Wines as General Manager, Export in early 2007. With more than 30 years of industry trade experience, Neil is key to developing and executing international sales and marketing strategies around the world for Wakefield Wines. His career in fine wine began in the early 80s as a wine retailer in England. Determined to understand the wine shelves of Lay & Wheeler, Neil dove straight into WSET training, later moving on to become one of the youngest members initiated as a prestigious Master of Wine in 1993.       To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the https://www.nataliemaclean.com/98.

Llegamos a los 20 programas de Data Universitaria Radio. Para esta ocasión hablamos con: el rector de la Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham, Walter Wallach; el rector de la Universidad Nacional de Villa Maria, Luis Negretti; y, el rector de la Universidad Fasta, Juan Carlos Mena. Con estas tres autoridades de instituciones de educación superior, respectivamente, hablamos de como lograron sobrellevar y adaptar toda la actividad, ya sea académica, administrativa, científica, de extensión, en el marco del aislamiento social obligatorio. Ademas, cada uno hizo un balance de lo hecho hasta el momento para enfrentar la pandemia. A su vez, tanto los rectores de las Universidades Nacionales de Hurlingham y de Villa Maria, como el de Fasta, coincidieron en que el cierre de este año sera de la misma manera en que comenzó, mediados por tecnología y cada quien desde su hogar, aislados, porque la situación epidemiologica continuara impidiendo el regreso a la presencialidad en su totalidad, y en el caso de que se pueda, se dará lugar para algunas actividades pendientes que son difíciles de reemplazar por lo virtual. (Este programa fue emitido el fin de semana del 04/10)

Empezamos la semana con ganas de viajar, conocer y proponer nuevas aventuras. El lunes 20 de julio viajamos a la milenaria ciudad de Leon, para conocer de cerca uno de sus joyas, San Isidoro. De la mano de Felipe Alonso, conoceremos su historia y los secretos que encierra. Seguidamente, mochila y botas de montaña y nos vamos, ya en Asturias, al Camin Real de la Mesa, de San Lorenzo en Teverga, atravesando el concejo de Somiedo y tocando Castilla hasta Torrestio. Teitos, calzadas romanas, tesoros y mitos se unen en esta preciosa senda de montaña, que nos contará Berto Alvarez con su maestría natural. Finalmente visitamos en Cangas de Onis el restaurante Villa Maria, Mara González, quien lo regenta, nos hablará de sus excelencias gastronómicas y de la historia del conjunto indiano que preside el restaurante y sus jardines. Para empezar la semana no está nada mal. Mañana de 9 a 10 de la mañana en RPA, “Un buen día para viajar”. Os esperamos!!

Empezamos la semana con ganas de viajar, conocer y proponer nuevas aventuras. El lunes 20 de julio viajamos a la milenaria ciudad de Leon, para conocer de cerca uno de sus joyas, San Isidoro. De la mano de Felipe Alonso, conoceremos su historia y los secretos que encierra. Seguidamente, mochila y botas de montaña y nos vamos, ya en Asturias, al Camin Real de la Mesa, de San Lorenzo en Teverga, atravesando el concejo de Somiedo y tocando Castilla hasta Torrestio. Teitos, calzadas romanas, tesoros y mitos se unen en esta preciosa senda de montaña, que nos contará Berto Alvarez con su maestría natural. Finalmente visitamos en Cangas de Onis el restaurante Villa Maria, Mara González, quien lo regenta, nos hablará de sus excelencias gastronómicas y de la historia del conjunto indiano que preside el restaurante y sus jardines. Para empezar la semana no está nada mal. Mañana de 9 a 10 de la mañana en RPA, “Un buen día para viajar”. Os esperamos!!

Empezamos la semana con ganas de viajar, conocer y proponer nuevas aventuras. El lunes 20 de julio viajamos a la milenaria ciudad de Leon, para conocer de cerca uno de sus joyas, San Isidoro. De la mano de Felipe Alonso, conoceremos su historia y los secretos que encierra. Seguidamente, mochila y botas de montaña y nos vamos, ya en Asturias, al Camin Real de la Mesa, de San Lorenzo en Teverga, atravesando el concejo de Somiedo y tocando Castilla hasta Torrestio. Teitos, calzadas romanas, tesoros y mitos se unen en esta preciosa senda de montaña, que nos contará Berto Alvarez con su maestría natural. Finalmente visitamos en Cangas de Onis el restaurante Villa Maria, Mara González, quien lo regenta, nos hablará de sus excelencias gastronómicas y de la historia del conjunto indiano que preside el restaurante y sus jardines. Para empezar la semana no está nada mal. Mañana de 9 a 10 de la mañana en RPA, “Un buen día para viajar”. Os esperamos!!

Empezamos la semana con ganas de viajar, conocer y proponer nuevas aventuras. El lunes 20 de julio viajamos a la milenaria ciudad de Leon, para conocer de cerca uno de sus joyas, San Isidoro. De la mano de Felipe Alonso, conoceremos su historia y los secretos que encierra. Seguidamente, mochila y botas de montaña y nos vamos, ya en Asturias, al Camin Real de la Mesa, de San Lorenzo en Teverga, atravesando el concejo de Somiedo y tocando Castilla hasta Torrestio. Teitos, calzadas romanas, tesoros y mitos se unen en esta preciosa senda de montaña, que nos contará Berto Alvarez con su maestría natural. Finalmente visitamos en Cangas de Onis el restaurante Villa Maria, Mara González, quien lo regenta, nos hablará de sus excelencias gastronómicas y de la historia del conjunto indiano que preside el restaurante y sus jardines. Para empezar la semana no está nada mal. Mañana de 9 a 10 de la mañana en RPA, “Un buen día para viajar”. Os esperamos!!

Summergate Fine Wines & Spirits co-founder Ian Ford is currently navigating the second disease outbreak of his career in the China drinks industry.SARS had very similar impacts on the Chinese economy to those of COVID-19. As such, Ian has a unique perspective on recent events, and what the next few months could look like for those of us who are in the process of emerging from lockdown.But this interview was also an opportunity to find out a bit more about the Chinese drinks market from Ian, who has an intimate understanding of the local consumption trends.Since selling Summergate to Australian retailer Woolworths in 2014, he founded a new company called Nimbility, which provides expertise to wine, spirits and beer producers seeking to export their products to Asia.And in fact, I know of at least one company previously featured on Drinks Adventures that has used Nimbility's services.First up though, you'll hear from Ian how he originally came to relocate from New York City to begin a career in the Chinese drinks industry in 1995.

Join Louis Latour email list for the chance to win a case of six wines from the series: www.interpretingwine.com/LLAprizedraw   Steve Smith MW holds one of the most prestigious wine qualifications in the world. A discussion that charts his early career and place at the forefront of some of the most iconic New Zealand wine brands in the world, including Villa Maria and Craggy Range. Before we go in depth into his current twin projects Smith & Sheth and Pyramid Valley. A timely reminder of the diversity of the region and a deep dive into how modern, high end New Zealand winemaking is inextricably linked to its past while creating its future.    Episode outline: Origin Story Mentorship and academia Villa Maria The MW journey and advice Craggy Range Smith and Sheth, Natural M.A.D.E   Wines tasted: Cru Wairau Sauvignon Blanc 2019 Tech sheet: https://www.louislatour.co.uk/producers/Smith+and+Sheth/Cru+Wairau+Sauvignon+Blanc/2019 Cru Omahu Cantera 2017 Tech sheet: https://www.louislatour.co.uk/producers/Smith+and+Sheth/Cru+Omahu+Cantera   Guest website: https://www.smithandsheth.com/ https://www.pyramidvalley.co.nz/ Louis Latour Agencies: www.louislatour.co.uk   Join Louis Latour email list for the chance to win a case of six wines from the series: www.interpretingwine.com/LLAprizedraw   Intro and outro musicThe New Investorshttp://newinvestors.dk/Contact: glenn@velournet.dk Guest: Steve Smith MW, Smith & Sheth, Pyramid Valley Date recorded: 16 April 2020   Contact: hello@interpretingwine.com   Linkedin: https://www.interpretingwine.com/linkedin Facebook: https://www.interpretingwine.com/facebook Instagram: https://www.interpretingwine.com/instagram Twitter: https://www.interpretingwine.com/twitter TikTok: https://www.interpretingwine.com/TikTok  

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Kirsty is a true serial entrepreneur. When I first worked with her 20 years ago she was moving from award-winning nurse to setting up her own photography business. She now runs not only an award winning photo studio (clients have included the Prince of Wales), but also owns and runs an award winning vineyard in New Zealand. Her latest venture sees her being the first person in the world to be licensed to grow hemp in vineyards.This interview will leave you inspired and encouraged - as you hear about her wins and mistakes as an entrepreneur. Here's a little bit more about Kirsty.... Kirsty is the first person to be licensed for growing hemp in vineyards, and has 2 more years of a 4 year research trial ahead of her. The aim: to prove that the hemp doesn’t take nutrients or vigour from the vines, doesn’t negatively affect wine quality, improves soil organic matter and increases beneficial insect life. Her vineyard produces equivalent to 1 million bottles of premium Sauvignon Blanc each year, so her trials are crucial to ensure their current high value crop isn’t negatively affected. Coming from the small town of Te Puke originally, Kirsty Harkness started her career as a Kidney Transplant speciality nurse. But being a natural entrepreneur, she has shifted and changed many times since. She launched herself into business in 2005 by founding a successful photography agency TIGERTIGER, followed closely in 2007 by co-founding Mount Base Vineyards, a 68ha vineyard in the beautiful Waihopai Valley where she is a proud grower for Villa Maria, Matua and Babich Wines. Over the years since she has grown both businesses, bought and sold a construction business, is now a 54 hectare licensed hemp grower and has recently co-founded Hark & Zander, a natural skin care company using hemp oils.In her spare time she is on the Board of NZ Hemp Industries, Board of Wine Marlborough, is Chair of the NZ Hemp Media working group, and Women in wine Marlborough for good measure. More details: merilyn.com

Andiamo a visitare il museo a lui dedicato ospitato all'ingresso del parco di Villa Maria, una bella costruzione ottocentesca che custodisce autografi, spartiti, foto e oggetti appartenuti al maestro donati dai suoi eredi. Si potranno capire le passioni del maestro, oltre alla musica ovviamente. Mascagni amava vestirsi elegantemente e faceva, come si direbbe oggi, ‘tendenza', tanto che il suo look era copiato da molti, in special modo il suo vezzo di non farsi crescere né barba né baffi. Al di là dell'immagine che dava di sé, Pietro amava giocare a biliardo – e nelle sue abitazioni non mancava mai il tavolo verde – in particolar modo con la figlia, con cui giocava quotidianamente. Non solo. Era famoso per la sua passione per lo scopone e per il non trovare un compagno degno di lui, neanche l'amata figlia. Tanto che la poverina raccontò che un giorno, accusata di aver giocato un due invece che un tre, il padre le gridò che ‘non era degna di essere sua figlia'. E ancora l'amore per i sigari, toscani chiaramente, che si vedono sia nei ritratti sia nelle fotografie, e il collezionismo, quasi maniacale, che oscillava tra le penne e i cerini, tra bacchette da direttore d'orchestra e assegni, tra bocchini per sigarette e cravatte, tra bastoni da passeggio e strumenti musicali, e ancora lettere dal contenuto o dagli indirizzi bizzarri. ©Editoriale Programma – Alessandra Artale

Hoy seguimos hablando de tecnologías en la educación, pero también la parte de instituciones y si tenemos que hablar de una de las personalidades que es considerado como protagonista de la educación Argentina y si hablamos de Robótica impresión 3D , Arduino, Ética Hacker porque es considerado un Hacker, pero también es Capacitador Docente , innovador, coordinador, toda una eminencia en la educación Argentina porque siempre está cambiando he innovando, las palabras TEcnoteca, Cordoba , Villa Maria, Hacen referencia a la personalidad que hoy toma un café un nosotros nos referimos a Gustavo Cierra

Before everything locked down we had the distinct honor of chatting to Villa Maria viticulturist Stuart Dudley. The occasion was the premier of the Villa Maria movie 'Vintage'. It was a suitably glittering launch held at the Stella in Rathmines and hosted by Irish agents Barry Fitzwilliam.    and yes, I managed to forget Stuart was the viticulturist and not the winemaker!! Blame the popcorn.  Stuart entertaining Tomas Clancy at the Stella event Vintage follows the major players as they take on the task of bringing grapes in for a vintage in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. This is a hands on movie best viewed with a glass of Villa Maria close by! It's a really great watch and highly recommended. Watch a trailer HERE.   We recorded this podcast on a make shift 'studio' at the stage in Rathmines just before the movie began. My photo doesn't do us justice. It was quite innovative and Stuart was brilliant. Villa Maria continues to make great wine. They can only do this by growing great grapes. That's Stuart's job spec and this is his podcast.  For more on Villa Maria listen to our Villa Maria podcast from last year with Villa Maria legend Angela Lewis.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ While all restaurants in Ireland are closed right now they WILL open again. We all hope that this is soon. We should remember that many of these, including the wonderful Monty's of Kathmandu, are family businesses. They are often small and brilliant and when they do reopen they will need our support more than ever. Keep Safe and Keep well.  Kevin Ecock's WinePod is brought to us with the assistance of the Santa Rita Wine Room at Monty's of Kathmandu - an excellent place to host your next event or celebration. Contact Shiva at 01 -6704911 or HERE at the Santa Rita Wine Room web page.   

A native Californian, growing up in St. Helena, Natalie came back to the Napa Valley after graduating college and fell back in love with the beauty of the Napa Valley. Growing up with a Master Sommelier father, she knew if she wanted to change career paths to the wine industry she would need to do something different. Natalie did a harvest at Etude in 2010, embracing the long hours, manual labor, and comradery that comes with cleaning. She was hooked! Natalie spent the first part of the 2011 vintage in the Southern Hemisphere at Villa Maria in New Zealand and the second part of 2011 at Littorai in Sebastopol, getting her first experience with biodynamics working under Ted Lemon. Not knowing where to go next, a conversation with her longtime friend, Samantha Rudd, turned into an opportunity to work harvest at Rudd Oakville Estate in 2012. “It was like finally coming home”, Natalie says. “I grew up playing in the vineyards and running around the property as a kid. Something just felt right.” When harvest finished, Natalie began hosting guests who were visiting the Estate, hoping to continue working at Rudd in any area she could. In 2014, Natalie joined the Winemaking team fulltime as a cellar hand and became the oenologist in 2016. An opportunity of a lifetime presented itself, allowing Natalie to travel overseas to work harvest at Château Pétrus in 2016. Coming back from her travels refreshed and rejuvenated, Natalie became the Assistant Winemaker in 2017 at Rudd Estate, and the following year the lead Winemaker for Crossroads. If you haven't already listened to the round table discussion on the Wine Business x COVID_19, listen to it here! READ THE SHOW NOTES https://crupodcast.com/show/exploring-the-crossroads-of-farming-winemaking-with-natalie-bath SUBSCRIBE TO CRU MAIL https://www.crupodcast.com/crumail FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/crupodcast

This week, Bob's reviewing Villa Maria 2018 Cellar Selection Merlot.LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE 

BLOOM RECORDS PODCAST 209 - BERNI TURLETTI https://soundcloud.com/berni_turletti Bernabe Turletti, better known as Berni Turletti, is an Argentinian DJ and producer hailing from Villa Maria, Cordoba. He is best known for his releases on Balkan Connection, Hope Recordings, 3rd Avenue, and The Soundgarden, typically featuring smooth melodic sounds and progressive basslines. Berni continues to release his own music and is gaining much deserved attention from world-renowed DJs. Artists such as Cid Inc, Hernán Cattaneo, Nick Warren, Marcelo Vasami, and Mariano Mellino are continuing to support Berni’s music, dropping them at festival and clubs around the globe. under various record labels, including 3rd Avenue, Agara Music, Balkan Connection, Hope Recordings, Movement Recordings, Massive Harmony Records, One of a Kind, Or Two Strangers and Soundteller Records. He is always striving to improve his music and is currently studying a Bachelor of Musical Composition and learning to play the piano. His most recent release is arguably his best, a two track EP with Dimuth K on Hope Recordings. This release truly highlights the typical elements that can be found throughout Berni’s music. tracklist Swann Decamme & Mark Howls - Myriad (Ambient Version) Tim Green - Sowa [All Day I Dream] SÈbastien LÈger - Ashes In The Wind Volen Sentir - The Great Escape [Lost & Found] Monojoke The Roots of All Evil Alex O'Rion - 'Alone' Anton Make & Hatewax - Wake Up, You Made It Up (Original mix) J Lauda - The Light (Noel Sanger Remix) Approaching Black - Revive (Forerunners Vocal Remix)

Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc In this episode, Rob, Scott, Becky, and The Superstar kick off Season 4 with a surprisingly lousy Sauvignon Blanc from Villa Maria.  Further, the show discusses merchandising opportunities for the show, and methods to monetize the likeness of The Unlicensed Taxi Driver.  Will this be a dull show with dragging economic discussions, or are Rob and Steve's vision of "monetizing" a likeness of Scott down a darker path that one may expect?  We shall see... on The Wine Vault.

As the CEO of BAFTA, who better to Talk Film with than Amanda Berry?We sat down with Amanda to learn a bit more about her and how she came to be where she is today, while exploring the value of conversation in her own life.Grab a glass of wine, sit back, and enjoy.

Entrepreneur and business leader, Griselda Togobo joined us for Talking Shop, to chat about the value of conversation in the workplace. Griselda gives some amazing advice on how to make those meaningful connections, and to make a positive impact at work.Grab a glass of wine, sit back, and enjoy.Check out how Griselda is championing equality in the workplace with her organization, Forward Ladies.

Judi James is a leading behavior and communications expert, and Britain’s body language guru.We sat down with the author and TV personality, as she gave her insight into the value of conversation, while exploring the various ways we communicate. From how to enter a room with panache, to how to avoid the awkward silences, Talking Life gives you the answers you crave.Grab a glass of wine, sit back, and enjoy.

Berni Turletti, better known to his friends & family as Bernabe Turletti, hosts our 6th edition of Juicebox Radio. Hailing from Villa Maria of Argentina's Córdoba province, Berni's entry into electronic music started in 2009, constantly inspired by influential tastemakers like John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo & Sasha. Now, with a decade of experience, he's played at some of the best clubs in the country, supporting colleagues as well as releasing his music on Nick Warren's "Hope Recordings" + "The Soundgarden", Paul Hazendonk's "Manual Music" & our very own "Juicebox Music" through his collaborative "Alumine" EP with Matias Chilano. Celebrating & showcasing his love & passion towards this sound, he's put together an exclusive mix for you to enjoy.  // Tracklist //  01. MUUI - Cinematic Structures 7 [Here Now.] 02. ID - ID03. Greenage - Esperanza [The Purr]04. ID - ID05. Berni Turletti & Matias Chilano - Forgettable [Juicebox Music]06. Stan Kolev & Matan Caspi - Empire (Subandrio Remix) [Outta Limits]07. Kastis Torrau - Route 88 (Dmitry Molosh Remix) [Proton]
08. Weird Sounding Dude - Dreamers [Stranger Beats]09. Michael A - Cyclus [Specific Music]10. ID - ID11. Luka Sambe - People, Be Nice (Eli Nissan Everlast Remix) [Balance] // Links //Follow Berni Turletti on Facebook, SoundCloud & TwitterFollow Juicebox Music on Facebook, SoundCloud, Twitter, Beatport & Spotify

Irish journalist Seamas O’Reilly first came to the attention of the masses by sending over 80 fake love letters into the Metro’s Rush Hour Crush page, and he's been putting his sense of humour and wit to use ever since. In this episode of Wine Down with Villa Maria, Seamas looks at both the funny side, and the more serious repercussions of technology on the way we communicate in the modern world.

Colin MacLachlan is a former SAS hostage negotiator and real-life action man, now using conversation to help people deal with life’s more difficult issues. Check out Wine Down with Villa Maria – Talking the Talk, as Colin explores the value of conversation in his life.

Altro Buongiorno Dedicato a Simone Bandecchi il Proprietario del B&B di Villa Maria, Vico Pisano

Está no ar o 39º episódio Climb Connect, o nosso convidado de hoje é o DJ argentino Agustin Lupidi. (@agustinlupidi) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's on air the 39th episode of Climb Connect, today's guest is the argentine dj Agustin Lupidi. Climb - Social media: ► Facebook: bit.ly/2wPRATk ► Instagram: bit.ly/2wTycVl ► YouTube: bit.ly/2NslNkC ► Soundcloud: bit.ly/2wwenmL ► Web: climb.art.br ♫ Agustin Lupidi Social media ♫ ► Facebook: bit.ly/agustinlupidi-fb ► Instagram: bit.ly/agustinlupidi-ig ► YouTube: bit.ly/agustinlupidi-youtube ► Spotify: bit.ly/agustinlupidi-spotify ► Beatport: bit.ly/agustinlupidi-beatport ► Soundcloud: bit.ly/agustinlupidi-soundcloud ► Mixcloud: bit.ly/agustinlupidi-mixcloud ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► Tracklist: 1. Erdi Irmak - Hope (Original Mix) 2. B.A.X - Starscape 3. Big Al, Bigz - Andalucia (Dave Pad Remix) 4. Hole Box - Sitadur (Original Mix) 5. Amonita - Secret of Happiness 6. Juan Deminicis - Life on the Moon (Lucas Rossi Remix) 7. Huminal - Macropsia (Matias Chilano Remix) 8. Nicholas Van Orton - Shelby (Greenage Remix) 9. Anton Ishutin, Shyam P - Different Life (Dmitry Molosh Remix) 10. Forerunners, Mir Omar - Time Interrupted (Subandrio Remix) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► BIO: Agustín Lupidi was born in Villa Maria, Córdoba, Argentina in 1997. He was a lover of electronic music since he was a child, as he grew up, his tastes were forged to explore the different genres within the electronic field and began to be increasingly interested in the process of creating music. This led him to explore the various production and mixing software, first as a game starting with Fruity Loops and Traktor, until over time he found his favorite place in Ableton Live. His first date at a local club was at age 18 and the following year he released his first track on the Balkan Connection South America label. Some of his main influences are artists like Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Gustavo Cerati, Henry Saiz, Guy J, Hernan Cattaneo, Khen, Fernando Ferreyra, Frangellico just to name a few. In his brief career he has had the honor of sharing a booth with Stas Drive, Interaxxis, Fernando Ferreyra, Santiago Teillagorry, Luis Bondio, Ezequiel Arias and others. Also released his music in labels like Balkan Connection, Genesis Music, Nube Music, Suffused Music and Astrowave

Villa Maria is on every wine shelf across Ireland. It's a staple for restaurant lists. It's a label that delivers on a promise of consistent quality, value and excitement. Angela Lewis has worked with Villa Maria for many years now and shared her story and that of Villa Maria itself with the WinePod. It's a great story!  Villa Maria is New Zealand's most awarded winery, is a member of New Zealand's 'Family of Twelve' and was this year voted the third Most Admired Wine Brand in the World.  Kevin Ecock's WinePod is brought to us with the assistance of the Santa Rita Wine Room at Monty's of Kathmandu - a really excellent place to host your next event or celebration. Contact Shiva on 01-6704911 or Here at the Santa Rita Wine Room web page.  

Tuesday we learned the mission, educational philosophy, and distinctives of several of Erie's faith-based private schools. On the program were administrators from the Cathedral Prep, Villa Maria, and Mother Teresa Academy group of schools: Will Pituch, Tim Dougherty, Christine Uht, and Jamie Brim. Then Jim Gallagher, the Superintendent of the Diocese of Erie Catholic Schools headed a panel with Lisa Panighetti, principal of Our Lady of Peace School, Paul Cancilla, Assistant Principal of Mercyhurst Prep, and Will Pituch, Vice-President for Academic Affairs for Cathedral Prep and Villa Maria Academy. Finally, Daniel Brooker, Head of School of Erie First Christian Academy, was joined by Jennifer Straub, Assistant Head of School, to round out our discussions.

Garrett Shea wants to bring poetry to pop. And if a song happens to save a life, that isn't too shabby either (stay tuned to hear THAT story and song at the end of the episode).As a proud Villa Maria student, Garrett majored in Music Industry. There he connected with Grammy nominated producer Anthony Casuccio who produced Garrett's first album with the band, Breckenwood. If you listen to their two albums you can not only hear loads of growth in his recording and song craft, but also a shift from pop-punk to just… pop. The pull of pop eventually led Garrett away from the band four years ago. He continues to write and record original songs, while having a blast in his cover band, The Red Letter Kings.Garrett talked about that “switch” that needs to go off in his mind and heart before he is able to release a new song to the public. It took him over a year before he was willing to put his song, Travel On up on Spotify.Garrett is also a music instructor who heads up the music lessons department at Guitar Center in Cheektowaga. They are putting together a Rock Show program where students get focused training for a week in a rock ensemble that makes immediate use of their skills and taste. You can keep up with Garrett's latest singles, announcements, vlog, and brisk gigging schedule on his web site, GarretSheaMusic.com.Show NotesGarrett mentioned a recent article by Buffalo music critic, Jeff Miers about the music scene in Buffalo. Garrett also mentioned his friend, Tim Britt who he thinks does a great job straddling the line between original and cover band vital to a band's success in Buffalo. Garrett also mentioned Matt Bannister whom he collaborates with as an acoustic duo. Garrett gave a shout out to his album art designer, Daniel Morris.Earlier in the show, Denis used the tool, Inner Authority by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels to help him bring some authenticity and creative energy to his upcoming job interview.Denis also mentioned that he is starting a therapeutic community in the form of a religion, which you can find out more about in the episode, We are Building a Religion. There is a very special first meeting coming up on Sunday March 31. If you want to take part, please contact Denis at Denis@TheLensPodcast.org.Denis mentioned Dennis McKenna's book, The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss.Garrett mentioned this fascinating Ted Talk on how lyrics in pop music have gotten measurably more repetitive over the years.

Sanne Witteveen is a student of Wine Science and Viticulture at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. She is a recent winner of both the student wine of the year and student scholarship at the Hawkes Bay Royal A&P Show. Haidee Johnson is a winemaker for Villa Maria and is the 2019 winner of the Hawkes Bay Young Winemaker of the Year Award. This episode is sponsored by the ‘Summer of Dove’ event at the Little Blackbird Eatery on Saturday December 15th at 5pm. Tickets can be purchased here http://bit.ly/summer-of-dove get them now!!!

The Bobcats head hoops man jumps back on with ML to recap a road game against Villa Maria, chat about the month of December, what the message is to his team at this point of the season and more! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mike-lindsley-ml-sports-platter/support This podcast is sponsored by Anchor

This week on the podcast Shane spoke to VMCH's CEO Sonya Smart about the amazing work being done in greater Melbourne. VMCH is a Catholic not-for-profit organisation providing services to 7600 people with disability support, retirement villages & aged care Melbourne.

Wine origin stories The business Tasting Private Bin Riesling 2015 Cellar Selection Sauvignon Blanc 2017 Cellar Selection Pinot Noir 2013 Contact details   www.villamaria.co.nz   www.facebook.com/villamariawine   www.instagram.com/villamariawines Intro and outro musicThe New Investorshttp://newinvestors.dk/Contact: glenn@velournet.dk Guest: Abe Salt, Paul Raper | Villa Maria Date interviewed: 15 August 2018   Contact: hello@interpretingwine.com www.instagram.com/interpretingwine www.facebook.com/interpretingwine www.twitter.com/winepodcast

Linda Velarde, Executive Director of Villa Maria, discusses how women who are homeless and without children can transition from crisis to self-sufficiency with the help of the organization. This interview was produced in collaboration with KCOSTV.

Richard Painter is the cheif winemaker at TeAwa Estate Winery, whose vineyards stretch over the Gimblett Gravels and the Bridge Pa Triangle appellations. As the parent company Villa Maria is building their brand new Hawkes Bay Winery on the same site, Richard has found himself in the centre of the Hawkes Bay Wine scene. This episode is sponsored by the Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing Region. Please visit www.gimblettgravels.com and check out their Annual Vintage Selection. We're also sponsored by www.decibelwines.com Use the promocode 'DBPODCAST' and receive 10% off your first order.

It's no surprise Gordon Russell is my first guest to appear on the podcast twice. Not only is he one of NZ's most respected and unique winemakers, he's also a unique person. His wines reflect his interest in music, travel and culture. We had a great conversation about the latest moves within Villa Maria and Esk Valley wineries and his history working with the Gimblett Gravels fruit. This episode is sponsored by the Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing District. Please visit www.gimblettgravels.com and check out their Annual Vintage Selection. We're also sponsored by www.decibelwines.com use the promo code 'DBPODCAST' to receive 10% off your first order

I start this telephone interview mentioning Waihopai the Secret US controlled Five Eyes - Echelon spy station as it only a few kilometres from Blenheim where Steffan lives in the South Island. Steffan held the Security and Intelligence portfolio for the Green Party for many years. Thus we both concur that there is a very good chance that our telephone interview was being recorded - as that is the nature of the beast. Stephen Browning - Retiring NZ Green Party - Member of Parliament. This is one of the more important interviews of the last year. I urge you to listen and or download and listen at will. (Tim) This interview exemplifies Steffan’s courage at talking truth to power as he exposes the sham of what neoliberal agricultural policies are doing to NZ, but he also speaks of some very good grass roots initiatives happening right across our country. Steffan’s days as an MP are engaged and occupied. Meeting with meat inspectors - beekeepers as well as the incursions of disease through our biosecurity such as myrtle rust - he says there is always something to do with regard to protecting our environment - Also, that as NZ is a primary producer of food being isolated from the rest of the world, away from many global diseases that the imperative for us is to have an alert and well funded bio security system. This has not been happening - especially over the previous years of the National Government administration. where today we are battling to deal with numerous incursions - due to these Governmental funding cuts. Though very recently there has been a little more funding - especially to respond to myrtle rust for example. He notes that the focussed staff at biosecurity are overworked and whilst there has been a 70% increase in foot traffic coming through airports and ports, there is not really a commensurate increase in funding. Myrtle rust is now a growing problem - and yet we still have no national plant control forbidding sending seedlings and plant material anywhere within NZ. At present we are now still on the back foot in dealing with these new diseases. It being imperative that we protect our country’s natural integrity and biodiversity. However the main two projects that are resting with Stephen is around glyphosate and the Country of Origin - the Food Labelling Bill. This is a carry over from the petition of 37,000 signatures that ex Green MP Sue Kedgley initiated in 2007 - that was not able to get the ‘cross party support' to make this law. Stephen has made some slight modifications to the bill she originally drafted back then and it is now moving forward. Steffan said that even the Labour Government in 2007 we’re not going to push it through - then not long after they were out of power they changed their mind (consumer pressure?) or just snatching some Green policy points? What Steffan finds is that the political acceptance to this has changed markedly because of consumers growing concerns - especially now with the ruling National party allowing it to pass its first reading and go to a select committee. He says that as all parties voted for it - it's a very good omen - with ACT the only party voting against it. Their reason being that they want to make a stand as being ‘always more right than that of National’ our so called centre right - Governing Party. He says that this Bill’s further progressing - will go through some due processes - but he said it has some interesting ’support’ behind it. Saying that it should go through, but the window is closing before this general election - however - no matter who is in power - it should pass into Law shortly - so this is a major blessing for food consumers here in NZ. Steffan mentioned that sometimes the universe does provide and that serendipity sometimes shows up …. listen for the rest of this. He is also following up on the Food Safety Law Reform Bill within Parliament to get GE Food as well as irradiated food monitored and  enforced as intended. Because it has not been! So it's a wait and see situation. Because this food component has not seen the labelling of GE or Irradiated being enforced since 2003. Steffan asks readers and listeners that of they see a product that has on its label ‘GE or Irradiated’ to contact him … C/- Green Party. It is a known that GE soy is coming into NZ - a lot of it for animal feed - some going into our bread as well as tofu. Being food for poultry and pigs. This is an ongoing story in itself and need investigating. Salmon Fish Farming: Presently salmon farming in the Marlborough Sounds is an increasing ecological problem. There are in some cases too many fish in too smaller confined net area and the fish are defecating to such a degree that it is laying waste to the seabed below. Plus fish are also suffering diseases as well as general production problems due to basically - unhealthy conditions.  Like intensive dairy farms they have far too many fish in the one space. So the fish mongers are now wanting to expand into outer lying areas of the Marlborough Sounds where tidal flushes are better, however these are areas that they previously agreed not to go into. (They are wanting to shift the goalposts.) Steffan notes that the industry is expansionist and every few years wants a bit more and a bit more … 50% of the world’s fish are consumed from fish farms especially in Asia. However the reason that salmon is being farmed is because we have over the years abused the wild salmon industry here in NZ and extracted too many fish that it has not been able to sustain itself. Here the King salmon farms feed on a mixture of anchovy caught off the South American coast - other fish waste and also animal waste from our freezing works and more and more vegetable protein as it’s cheaper. However this feed mix changes the omega 3 and omega 6 in the makeup off the fish and it is nowhere as good as they suggest it is. Steffan recommends that we look at other South Island salmon companies further south to source more healthier fish. He states this whole fish farming scenario has been a huge emotional and financial cost to NGO’s and the Marlborough Sounds residents as a result of  this particular salmon company. He says that even democracy has been compromised and that we need to be building up and restoring the wild fishery and being majorly conscious of focussing on strong sustainability, instead of saying ‘it’s stuffed’ now let’s move on to the next unsustainable practice … Organics In NZ organics is growing by 10 -11% a year, however we have no government champions - in that they in many ways come close to sneering at the word ‘organic’. Whereas in Denmark the Government has organic targets and is very supportive of the industry, that they are going to have 14% of their food growing production organic by 2020 - and this is what we need here in NZ.  Mandated targets and conscious government enthusiasm. Plus the Danes have included pesticide reduction strategies as well. Steffan also met with Dutch officials in the Hague and they have some very good initiatives happening in the Netherlands too. As does Germany - but these countries are still using many pesticides as well!  Austria is also pushing organics as a new way forward. The NZ wine industry is working towards 20% organic wine by 2020 - Steffan states that they may not get there, because there is such a proliferation of non organic grapes being produced that is diluting (no pun intended) the sector because of their increasing numbers. Villa Maria here in NZ, a large family owned business are doing very well in this organic sector and will be 50% organic by 2020. The so called Sustainable Wine Growing NZ group - Steffan gives them a slap - as dragging the chain and being more words than action. Having a low bar as their target - but Steffan ever the commensurate community activist says that they have done one good thing and that is they now have ‘integrated herbicide management’ - so instead of automatically spraying every 2 weeks they actually monitor and see the need for spraying - before they go about doing it. But when he recently checked, and they have been around since 2007 - that last year 70% of the whole Marlborough viticulture area - and it is huge - 70% of the surface area including just inside the gate and the headlands - not just under the vines and between the vines - was herbicided in spring as they try and get a little 1 degree or half a degree of frost protection by having bare ground warming up in the sun and that warmth would slightly emanate at night and thus reduce the frost a little more. But the organic guys don’t do that, yet they still succeed just as well. So there is an outrageous level of glyphosate being sprayed to the degree with have glyphosate resistant rye grass there because they have been spraying it so regularly. So sustainable wine growing is not what it says it is. But he says they are slowly lifting the bar and he applauds them as it is still only by voluntary means. In taking this further Steffan drops a bombshell in relation to the PR that is being pushed out and that it is profoundly unethical.  Listen to the interview. There is good organic growth in the horticulture sector and pipfruit and kiwifruit. Dairy Steffan talks about dairy and the huge price differential between ordinary conventional farming and intentional organic dairy farming. Fonterra’s last public price for organic milk solids was around $9 per kilo whilst the non organic farmers are starting to cheer because their price has crept up to $6 again after being around $4. But our Minister and successive Ministers (have lacked the vision and courage) to grab this opportunity and get in behind NZ farmers and make farming more profitable at the same time cleaning up the water and sequestering more Co2 out of the atmosphere.  Why? Because they are so market infatuated  - and market forces will rule. However in Parliament Steffan was able to get National MP Ian McKelvie   the Select Committee chairperson who was keen to look at the ONZ  Organic NZ market report that Brendan Hoare prepared and it was very well supported and received at that level of Parliament. https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ofa/pages/237/attachments/original/1460079394/OANZ_Market_Report_2016_EMBARGOED.pdf?1460079394 But even today - NZ has no government regulation around the word organic and there is nothing to stop anyone calling anything organic - So here we are 2017 and we still have no legislation - (so you can see why it’s been so difficult for organics to be accepted in the public consciousness because by far the majority of our politicians have no idea of what it signifies - what so ever. Glyphosate - Monsanto European Parliament: Green Members of Parliament tested for glyphosate in April 2016.      48 Green Members that took part in a symbolic urine test ahead of the European Parliament vote last month to oppose the EU Commission’s proposal to relicense the controversial toxic substance until 2031. The inspiration behind what was labelled the #MEPee test was the results of a recent study in Germany which found that 99.6% of people tested were found to have glyphosate residue in their urine. According to ELISA test results from the accredited Biocheck Laboratory in Germany: The results reveal that every MEP tested has been found to have glyphosate traces in their urine, with the average concentration being 1.73ng/ml. That level is more than 17 times the safe limit for drinking water. The lowest level found among the group was 0.17ng/ml, almost double the safe level. Now most Greens will be drinking the best quality water, eating organic food and yet this is what is happening. What will this do to our DNA, semen and ovaries over time and future generations and in our babies and infants? Are you asking this question? https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2016/05/13/green-party-meps-peed-off-with-glyphosate-test-results/ NZ Glyphosate Steffan says that Glyphosate is made up of many other chemicals called adjuvants and thickers and spreaders and emulsifiers that go into a formula  - some of these will penetrate the waxy cuticle the skin of a leaf - there are others that will make the spray spread evenly and there is a range of different compounds that go into a full formulation and come up with a brand name like ‘Roundup’  from Monsanto. There are also other surfactants and formulas that are part of this concoction. In this interview Tim mentioned that he knows of an agricultural professional in Waikato who told him that farmers wanting to clear away grass so as to sow a summer crop. So they will spray their grass with a glyphosate product and after 4 days cows and other animals are allowed to then eat this sprayed grass. In checking with this professional on 26/06/17 it was reaffirmed that some of these cows will be milked and that milk becomes a dairy production commodity - like milk, butter, cheese and milk powder. Hence Tim only sourcing organic milk products since he learnt about this a few years ago.  WeedMaster TS540 is one such product that is on the NZ market.  This is what the Directions State: After application of Weedmaster TS540 a withholding period for grazing stock is not required (except where ragwort is present). However, it is recommended that grazing or cultivating is delayed for 1 day after treatment of annual weeds or 3 days if perennial weeds are present to ensure absorption of Weedmaster TS540 There are 91 glyphosate based herbicide products registered in NZ but according to official information that Steffan has access to, it may only be about 80% of glyphosate products that are out there on the market within NZ. IARC the International Agency for Research on Cancer says that Glyphosate was probably carcinogenic in humans.  http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/iarcnews/pdf/MonographVolume112.pdf      or see Wiki Check POEA in Europe it is effectively banned - as one of the adjuvants was so highly toxic in its own regard - let alone as a mixture in the formulation of glyphosate. http://www.globalresearch.ca/monsantos-secret-formula-dangerous-chemicals-in-glyphosate-herbicide-slip-pass-eu-regulators-due-to-data-confidentiality/5403982 Also, Steffan mentions - it must not to be used as a desiccant that is sprayed on crops ahead of harvest.  See above 75% of Glyphosate products in NZ have this highly banned toxic POEA adjutant in their sprays and when Steffan asked Nick Smith the Governmental Minister in charge, what herbicide sprays in NZ have it? Nick Smith replied that he cannot allow this information into the public arena - due to commercial considerations! The EPA the NZ environmental protection authority is now an ‘economic protection authority.’  Listen to how the EPA sent a retired toxicologist to do a glyphosate report and pull apart the strengths and weakness of the IARC report (and because he was retired he had no need to worry about future tenure) - who with his credentials was able to basically fob the report and give Glyphosate a free pass - by stating ‘it fulfilled industry standards’ or words to this effect. Steffan mentioned that the Official Information Act showed that there was some kind of collusion between big business and Government Agencies including the Ministry for Primary Industries as to having edited this report as well. Yet Steffan stated that he knows scientists here in NZ who counter all the statements that this report uses to get glyphosate off the hook. He is calling for a thorough investigation of the EPA to the full extent of the Law. This interview goes on to include Methyl Bromide fumigation of export logs at ports. Steffan talks about the ongoing need for recapture of this gas instead of letting it blow away in the air stream. This information below gives you an understanding, however due to the scope of this I Tim, as a volunteer doing this by myself am copying off the web information that I trust will give you a greater understanding. Port’s decision a win for workers and environment.   From Scoop.co.nz The Green Party is applauding the decision by the Ports of Auckland to require total recapture of the toxic gas methyl bromide at the port by the end of the 2017, and says other ports must now follow suit. Exposure to a gas being used on an industrial scale at Port of Tauranga evidently doubles the risk of contracting motor neurone disease, new research has found. The revelation states that methyl bromide gas to fumigate logs at the port may pose a health hazard to people in surrounding areas. Mr Browning said the ports in Tauranga, Whangarei and Napier were "carrying the burden" of methyl bromide fumigation. Fumigators at other ports, including Wellington, recaptured the gas after use so that it could not escape into surrounding areas. Mr Browning of the Green Party called for a new facility to be built at the port that would allow safer fumigation. "If it's not methyl bromide it will be something else, so we need recapture," he said. "It can't go on like it is." Methyl bromide is used to fumigate logs for export. Exposure to the gas, when it’s not safely recaptured, can pose serious risks to people’s health and contributes to the depletion of the ozone layer. “We’re really pleased by this decision. The Green Party has been campaigning for years alongside workers, community groups and many others to end the exposure of people to this toxic gas," said Green Party pesticide spokesperson Steffan Browning. “Methyl bromide, if inhaled, can have long-term impacts on the brain, and increase the risk of cancers and neurological issues. Finally this interview finishes with Steffan telling us about the Security and Intelligence Bill that was pushed through NZ’s Parliament in 2013 under urgency - at the same time that Eric Holder the US Attorney General was in NZ, along with the Attorney General’s of Canada, the UK and Australia along with a contingent of FBI officials - all present in NZ whilst PM John Key railroaded this Law through Parliament without the deeper context of an informed parliamentary and nation wide debate. Watch this Eye Opening video that can also be also accessed on YouTube. http://www.ourplanet.org/perspectives/steffan-browning-security-intelligence-loss-of-sovereignty 23/August 2013 in Parliament you said: "I implore one of the 61 MPs who has previously supported this legislation to change at this vote and allow a full inquiry first. The Government has failed to provide a real justification for this fundamental attack on our democratic rights and freedoms, and the legislation facilitates the legal establishment of a surveillance State in New Zealand". http://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/steffan-browning-ge-organics-biosecurity-security-intelligence Steffan finally finishes with some of the highlights of his political career - his love for what he does in the organic world. He is drawn to hands on projects that people are doing … closing the environmental loop and being so close to the land, with passion and love. Meeting wonderful people and his love for his family and friends. This is an important interview to be able to understand the courage and measure of this man.  Download and listen, it shows that we as NZers have to be very alert to what is happening in this land of ours.

Ollie Powrie became Company Viticulturist for one of the world's premiere wineries, Villa Maria, after returning to Hawkes Bay in 2006.  His international work, travels and experience through France and Vietnam particularly, inspired him to return to New Zealand and be apart of an exciting time in the industry.  Ollie's passion for growing fine wine grapes has been met with open arms with Villa Maria where they specialise in single vineyard expressions of top quality NZ wine.  His work and experience in the Gimblett Gravels has been especially gratifying in watching one of the world's most unique appellations become one of the world's most highly regarded. Today's episode is sponsored by the Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing District.  Please visit www.gimblettgravels.com and click on the 'Shop' link to have access to the newly released 2015 Annual Vintage Selection, the best wines of the appellation from a fantastic vintage. We're also sponsored by www.decibelwines.com Click on the 'shop wines' and go to our store where we ship to the USA, UK, Australia and free throughout NZ.  Use the promo code 'DBPODCAST' to receive 10% off your first order.  #decibelwines #drinkdecibel

You know Marlborough and its tasty Sauvignon Blanc and you may know New Zealand makes Pinot Noir too, but Bordeaux blends and Syrah? YES! Hawke's Bay is New Zealand's second largest wine district and it rocks. Simone, our Australia and New Zealand correspondent, tells us all about it in this fabulous podcast!   First we give a Hawke's Bay Overview It's the 2nd largest industry after Marlborough with about 10% of NZ total production It's New Zealand's leading producer of full-bodied reds: 88% of New Zealand's red production of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah grapes in 2016.  The area makes rich, complex Chardonnays too Started in 1851, Hawke's Bay is one of New Zealand's oldest wine regions   Then we talk location and climate: The area is on the east coast of the North Island in and around the cities of Napier and Hastings  The climate is maritime climate at coast and more continental as you move inland Hawke's Bay is one of the most versatile wine-producing regions in New Zealand -- with multiple mesoclimates, solis, slopes, etc. Sub-regions -- Coast, hillsides, alluvial plains (Gimblett Gravels),  river valleys, and continental areas The grapes of the area: Reds: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Pinot Noir Whites: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris and other aromatic whites     And finally, the wineries Simone shared in the podcast: 1. Clearview Estate* 2. Greywacke*  3. Elephant Hill* 4. Craggy Range* 5. Stonecroft** 6. Vidal 7. Villa Maria* 8. Bilancia** 9. Trinity Hill**   *= available in the United States **=limited in the United States   Get on these wines! They are spectacular!     

Villa Maria Catholic Homes St Catherine’s aged care lifestyle coordinator Sue Sammartino on a new study into the television watching habits of people with dementia in aged care.

This Random Nun Clip is from our Motherhouse Road Trip with the Sisters of the Humility of Mary, in Villa Maria, PA. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: discernment, the "voices wheel"

I had the opportunity to ask great questions of George Geris, winemaker for the large New Zealand winery, Villa Maria. He has been all over the world learning his craft but has been a winemaker in New Zealand for 17 years, making Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. He's laid back, smart, cool and full of important info about New Zealand.  In Part 1 of 2, we discuss George's background, what makes New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc so special, and a ton of other topics about this dual island wine hit parade.  And unlike other interview we've done before, even though M.C. Ice wasn't there, he's a major part of this podcast...listen and see.    Thanks to our sponsor, audible.com. Get a FREE audiobook download at www.audibletrial.com/winefornormalpeople. There are more than 100,000 titles to choose from, including some great wine books, for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. And thanks for listening! We can’t wait to hear from you! If you’ve got a question you want us to answer, post it we’ll include it on the show! ____________________________________________________________________ Podcast music: “Café connection” by morgantj / CC BY 3.0, ©2009 – Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) Map: Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license

Alistair Maling MW is group winemaker for New Zealand winery Villa Maria. Alistair explains his role and discusses how the Villa Maria range is segmented.

Villa Maria is the largest privately owned wine company in New Zealand but was set up as a one-man band business in 1961 by George Fistonich. George tells us the story of Villa Maria and the highs and lows.