Category Archives: Santa Barbara

Football/Soccer or Tennis?

Posted on January 30, 2024 by babbityjean

Is it possible that tennis could eclipse football in the collective consciousness of Italy?  Maybe not for the long run, but for now, Jannik Sinner has captured the imagination of all Italian sport.  His come-from-behind victory at the Australian Open … Continue reading →

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La Search Dog Foundation

Posted on August 19, 2021 by babbityjean

Nel febbraio 2018, in seguito alle frane di Montecito, ho scritto un post sui cani da ricerca. Ho confrontato la struttura di addestramento italiana, che si chiama la Scuola Nazionale di Volpiano, vicino a Torino, con la National Disaster Search … Continue reading →

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Search Dog Foundation

Posted on August 19, 2021 by babbityjean

In February 2018, following the Montecito mudslides, I wrote a post on search dogs. In it, I compared the Italian training facility, called the National School of Volpiano, near Turin with the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) in Santa … Continue reading →

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