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Re: Aloha Please support this amendment Michael Lee Feb 14 (1 day ago) On Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 9:13:46 PM HST, Michael Lee <keakuaskahu777@yahoo.com> wrote: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Aloha Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz; Our pueo in Honouliuli Ewa Oahu belong to the creator Ke Akua and the present and future generations to come. However what looms on the horizon is the destruction of a key nest, feeding and breeding ground on the property of the UHWO campus of 150 acres of life and security for the last of the endangered pueo on the Leeward coast of Oahu addressed by House Bill 2629 to protect this key endangered pueo habitat. We are asking for your support Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz to ammend Sen. Mike Gabbard's Senate Bill 2028 for the study of the pueo on the campus of UHWO in Honouliuli Ewa Oahu to reflect the complete language in House Bill 2629 to save the endangered pueo's habitat of 150 acres. It would be a tragic and heavy burden for present and future generations to see the Leeward coast of Oahu missing a old friend swept-ed from our sky the pueo. This would be a grave ERROR and Crime to deprive present and future generations of this most valuable Hawaiian Cultural treasure and resource to extinguish its light for ever on Oahu. We must make a firm stand to do what is truly right and good in the public interest by protecting this valuable pueo habitat for the stability and balance of our existing Honouliuli pueo population and it unique genetic diversity. We implore you Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz as a brother Hawaiian and a personal eye witness to your own experience seeing the magic of a pueo in flight to keep this vision alive by supporting a amendment in your Senate Committee to amend Senate Bill 2078 to reflect the entire language of House Bill 2629 to save our beloved treasure our pueo in Honouliuli. Aloha Ke Akua Pono Nui; Kumu Michael Kumukauoha Lee Native Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner 91-1200 Keaunui Drive Unit 614 Ewa Beach Hawaii   96706 phone:  808- 683-1954 Reply Reply to all Forward Michael Lee Feb 14 (1 day ago) to Tom, Lucienne, Owana, Ikaika, Gary, Lucy, Lee, Lei, Robert, John, Hui, Kahu, Ed, USA, Leiohu, Andy, Mahealani, Michele, John, Hanalei, Michael, Mililani, Kai, Donna, Michael On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 10:42:46 AM HST, Michael Lee <keakuaskahu777@yahoo.com> wrote: On Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 9:13:46 PM HST, Michael Lee <keakuaskahu777@yahoo.com> wrote: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Aloha Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz; Our pueo in Honouliuli Ewa Oahu belong to the creator Ke Akua and the present and future generations to come. However what looms on the horizon is the destruction of a key nest, feeding and breeding ground on the property of the UHWO campus of 150 acres of life and security for the last of the endangered pueo on the Leeward coast of Oahu addressed by House Bill 2629 to protect this key endangered pueo habitat. We are asking for your support Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz to ammend Sen. Mike Gabbard's Senate Bill 2078 for the study of the pueo on the campus of UHWO in Honouliuli Ewa Oahu to reflect the complete language in House Bill 2629 to save the endangered pueo's habitat of 150 acres.

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The developer of Kauai's famed Coco Palms resort has hired a Native Hawaiian researcher to fact-chec k claims made by the activists occupying the land.

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii

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NOTICE OF HALEAKALA BURIALS

[Federal Register: October 15, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 199)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains in the Control of the National Park Service, Haleakala National Park, Makawao, HI
AGENCY: National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003(d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the National Park Service, Haleakala National Park, Makawao, HI.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by National Park Service professional staff in association with professional staff from the Bishop Museum and in consultation with representatives of the Hawai`i Island Burial Council, Hui Malama i na Kapuna o Hawai`i Nei, Kona Hawaiian Civic Club, Maui/Lana`i Island Burial Council, Moloka`I Island Burial Council, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs. All of the human remains have been curated by the Anthropology Department of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawai`i since their initial recovery.
Between 1920 and 1962, human remains representing at least 16 individuals were recovered from three sites, located within park boundaries in and around Haleakala crater, during legally authorized fieldwork and excavations. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects were present. The dates for the remains have not been established but they probably date from both before and after contact was established between Native Hawaiians and Europeans in A.D. 1778.
In 1920, human remains representing two individuals were recovered from Na Piko Haua, located within the boundaries of Haleakala crater, during legally authorized fieldwork by Kenneth Emory of the Bishop Museum. The human remains are two individual bundles, wrapped in blue cotton fabric, dark brown hair and paper and tied with white thread. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. On the basis of information provided by a local guide in 1920, the bundles' state of preservation, and the presence of imported cotton cloth, these navel string bundles probably date from the late 19th to early 20th century. These bundles were donated to the Bishop Museum in 1924 by the collector, who identified them as ``portions of two navel strings [umbilical cords] wrapped in hair and cloth.''
Aside from facilities clearly of 20th century origin, virtually all evidence of human use and occupation of the Haleakala crater area is of Native Hawaiian origin. Available evidence indicates that Native Hawaiians are the only group to bury their dead in the crater region. In addition, the manner of burial of the human remains (in or near Native Hawaiian structures, in a lava tube, etc.) is consistent with Native Hawaiian practices during both pre- and post-contact periods. Further, the Native Hawaiian practice of burying the dead in or near their home community suggests that all burials found in or near Haleakala crater on the island of Maui are of people from Maui communities.
With regard to the navel string bundles, one of the Native Hawaiian men who accompanied Emory in 1920 stated that his own umbilical cord had been hidden at Na Piko Haua. The practice of depositing umbilical cords in at least this one location in the Haleakala crater was a Native Hawaiian practice in effect until ca. 1920. As in the case of burials, it was customary for Native Hawaiians to deposit umbilical cords in the general vicinity of the community where the birth had taken place. This practice was confirmed by the Native Hawaiian guide. Based on this information, the navel string bundles in the collection are considered to be from infants born in communities on the slopes of Haleakala.
Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the National Park Service have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of at least 18 individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the National Park Service have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3003 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group identity which can reasonably be traced between these Native American human remains and the Maui/Lana`i Island Burial Council.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Hawai`i Island Burial Council, Hui Malama i na Kapuna o Hawai`i Nei, Kona Hawaiian Civic Club, Maui/Lana`i Island Burial Council, Moloka`i Island Burial Council, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Representatives of any other Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact Don Reeser, Superintendent, Haleakala National Park, PO Box 369, Makawao, Maui, HI, 96768; telephone: (808) 572-9306, before [thirty days after publication in the Federal Register]. Repatriation of the human remains to the Maui / Lana`i Island Burial Council will begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: October 6, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-27215 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]
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Johanna Kamaunu Who are the unnamed individuals that represented Hui Malama I na kupuna, the burial councils, and Civic club?

Why was notice sent?

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii Good Questions! I tried contacting the Bishop Museum to get more information. I never got a call back.

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii I already knew of the Haleakala burials that were reported in the Haleakala Archaeological Survey created by Dr. Emory?

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii This notice appears to have been posted by the National Park Service in 1997. I do not like the reference that the burials were "Native American" burials.

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Johanna Kamaunu All those NHOs, Hui malama, burial council, Civic clubs are after 1962.

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii Ae.

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii They need to be held accountable...

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Johanna Kamaunu Yes. pololei! Native American. that gave me reason to look closer. Seems only there.

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii Perhaps that is why they waited till 1997 to report.

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Johanna Kamaunu Is this another like missle alert?

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii They needed to change the term from Native Hawaiian to Native American?

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Johanna Kamaunu To do that they had to include and they

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Johanna Kamaunu Had to include NHOs a modern but recognized federal org.

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii It is another attempt to reclassify Kanaka Maoli, living or dead, from an indigenous reference, to a native American reference

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii Federal Recognition! BOOM! Therein lies the mischief

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Johanna Kamaunu Can Bishop Museum claim bundles that are Native Hawaiian, today?

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Johanna Kamaunu Bishop was not Hawaiian, therefore can the Museum legally claim or must they repatriate all goode too?

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii They better put those kupuna back!!!

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii How dare they desecrate those burials and remove the kupuna iwi from their final resting place!!!

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Johanna Kamaunu Repatriate to the Aina not museum.

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii The kupun were buried in the wao akua for good reason

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Johanna Kamaunu But these were done in 1920 through 1962 the thing is it's not just those it's every native Hawaiian thing in that museum.

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii They need to be returned to Haleakala!!!

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Johanna Kamaunu Hoolohe! Every single iwi and burial good! That would be a sizable portion of the museums collection.

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii The kupuna that were removed from Haleakala , without the agreement, consent, or permission from the families, need to be returned to Haleakala!!!

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Johanna Kamaunu You not getting it

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Johanna Kamaunu Under NAGPRA would not Bishop Museum have to repatriate all remains and funerary objects? The museum is an American museum in Hawaii. It is not a kanaka mueum nor would there be such a collection. Don't need to respond here. Email or phone 250-6293 at your convenience

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Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii I think he wanted to have a small museum strictly for family heirlooms.

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Hinano Kaleleiki Wilmont it's Time to rock and roll. War is not what we pick it's what they prefer. But there are many ways of war. We will set our Court and justice system as well and call them to the battlefield. Simple as soon as possible the better need people to step to drum beat and stay in step and in tuoch.

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Jacki Hancock On a side note, when I was a missionary in the Nu'uanu area in 1982-83, I unwittingly tracted into the home of Dr. Emory and attempted a few different visits to teach him the gospel. It was an interesting series of visits, but bore no true fruits. He appeared to me to be lonely and grateful for the unexpected audience of two missionaries, with whom he could intellectually share his archaeological knowledge.

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Amelia Gora Konohiki: Kamaikaaloa ....the same family are the landowners in the area........not the U.S.Parks............contact: Eric Poohina goofyfootnumber1@hotmail.com fyi

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The Kapu is Broken
Liholiho thought deeply about the kapu and what he should do about it. Two of the most powerful women in Hawaiʻi were urging him to end the old system.
One of these women was his mother, Keōpūolani. By the very rules of kapu, she was one of the highest ranking aliʻi in Hawaiʻi. The other was Kaʻahumanu, Liholihoʻs kuhina nui and co-ruler. The powerful kahuna Hewahewa and some of the high chiefs also favored ending the kapu.
Ever since the coming of Westerners some Hawaiians had begun to question the kapu. Some had stopped believing in the old gods even before Kamehamehaʻs death. Many elements contributed to this loss of belief.
First and likely the most important, there was the example set by the foreigners in Hawaiʻi. They did not observe the kapu and were not seen to be harmed in any way. Also many foreigners worked at convincing Hawaiians that obeying their kapu was wrong.
Second, by this time some Hawaiians were already openly disobeying various kapu. Probably even more Hawaiians, especially those associating with the foreigners, were secretly disregarding some kapu. Female chiefesses, as well as the male chiefs, had gone aboard the foreign ships and eaten with the male visitors. No harm was seen to come to either the female chiefesses or the males with whom they shared meals.
Third, Hawaiians learned from their Polynesian cousins about an important event in the Society Islands. There King Pomare had overthrown the taboo system (the Tahitian form of kapu) and, with it, the old religion in those islands.
Finally, it was told how the kahuna Kapihe, in the presence of Kamehameha I, had earlier foretold the fall of the kapu. Historian Kamakau recorded his prophecy: "There shall be a long malo reaching from Kuamoʻo to Holualoa. The islands shall come together, the tapus [as Kamakau had recorded the word now known as kapu] shall fall. The high shall be brought low and the low shall rise to heaven." A "malo" is a maleʻs loincloth, the traditional wrapped clothing worn by Hawaiian men.
Kaʻahumanu believed that only Liholiho had the power to release the kapu of the gods. He had inherited his high kapu status from his mother. That, combined with his position as aliʻi nui, made him one of the gods
Kaʻahumanu, therefore, continued to urge Liholiho to use his power to end the kapu. But still Liholiho remained silent and would not consent to breaking the kapu.
Days later, in November 1819, a great feast was prepared in Kailua-Kona. Two tables were set, one for men and one for women. High chiefs and foreigners were invited. Some foreigners sat at the kingʻs table. Among these were John Parker of Waimea, Hawaiʻi, and John Young of Oʻahu, who had both been close friends of Kamehameha I.
According to one account by Kaʻahumanu, Liholiho walked around each table, as if to see that everyone was well cared for. Suddenly he sat down at the womenʻs table and began to eat with them. By joining the womenʻs table and eating there Liholiho had performed the symbolic act of ʻai noa, or eating without observing the kapu.
Kaʻahumanu noted that: "The guests, astonished at this act, clapped their hands and cried out, ʻʻAi noa, the eating tabu, is broken.ʻ"
Soon after the feast Liholiho sent orders to all the islands to destroy the heiau, or places of worship, and to burn the images of the old gods. The kapu and religious system was overthrown. This great change took place only six months after Kamehamehaʻs death in May 1819.
A few heiau, such as Hale o Keawe at Puʻuhonua o Honaunau in Kona, were not destroyed. Many individuals and families kept their small wooden images and continued to secretly worship the old Hawaiian gods. This was done despite the kingʻs decree and later efforts by the missionaries.

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Vernon Kalanikau Keopuolani did not encourage nor did she support abolishment of the old kapu system. The kapu system was perfect........Kaahumanu did support removing the kapu system. And it is my knowing that Kaahumanu knew and at times oversaw the murders of our peolpe if they did not stop practicing. The people were forced to forget the old and join the new ways (christian) or die.

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Cody Nemet Tuivaiti Another passage that i came across also talks about a time of Noa during the death of an Ali’i Nui, and during this time men and women are allowed to feast together, after this time the Kapu must be set once again. The passage states that we are still in a state of Noa and the Kapu is still waiting to be set.

Has anyone ever heard this??

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Joanna Howard First time. Rings true tho. Mahalo for sharing.

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Marty Martins Yes, true, and mentioned in more than one historical book -- but then you never know if they aren't quoting each other. One historian says it was almost a period of anarchy as ALL kapu were suspended until the new Ali’i Nui was installed.

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Pono Kealii our traditional spirituality was never extinguished. it has continued to flourish among those of us raised in our culture just as olelo Hawai'i, hula, surfing and all of our socio-cultural traditions and practices along with the kingdom of Hawai'i and the monarchy.

every aspect of our Hawaiian identity is enjoying a renaissance and revival as we prepare for the complete restoration of Hawai'i beginning in 2020.

the restoration of Hawai'i and the waning of western influence has long been prophesied in Hawaiian ali'i tradition.

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Amelia Gora kamaunu.......thanx for putting out the whitewashed history.... thank goodness many of us know the oral stuff... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV5qNZox4T8 oops forgot you have joined up with the CORPORATIONS! ;)

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BREAKING: Newspaper Publishes Statement to SAVE PUEO @ UHWO Click to teach Gmail this conversation is important. Inbox x Tom Berg Feb 12 (3 days ago) to All,  Wow! StarAdvertiser Takes Pueo Seriously!  So why won't Senator Mike Gabbard? I have launched an independent investigation into possible kickbacks in the form of some estimated $30k and counting to a researcher doing Project Pueo on taxpayers' dime for Senator Gabbard's SB2078-  delay saving Pueo antics. Senator Gabbard is to direct STATE FUNDS into the hands of ________________ to help stop saving Pueo at UHWO.  Name redacted.  Presumption is----no accusation made here- but think of this scenario-   Kickback to researcher to  purposely undermine the Pueo presence at UHWO- to downplay  the significance of the importance of the Pueo habitat there at UHWO so Senator Gabbard can develop the property -  so Senator Gabbard can make good on the campaign donations he received to extinguish Pueo at UHWO in favor of the development over Pueo habitat. By delaying any action at UHWO to save Pueo there, SB2078 conflicts with its own intent. It's so obvious.  Money talks. Swamp is thick.  Interesting isn't it- that Poject Pueo refuses to release any photos of Pueo at UHWO-  why the secrecy?  Exchange of favors? Now you know. From: Pueo Country <pueocountry@gmail.com> To: Michael Lee <keakuaskahu777@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018, 7:04:58 AM HST Subject: BREAKING: Newspaper Publishes Statement SB2078 can be AMENDED to SAVE PUEO @ UHWO Aloha Michael Kumukauoha Lee, Please consider disseminating this letter to the editor from today's StarAdvertiser- It reprinted an active link to your article today in the letter for all online to access. Conflicting legislation to save Oahu’s pueo Michael Lee’s letter, “House bill would save Ewa wildlife” (Star-Advertiser, Jan. 27), gave hope that the last pueo habitat in the region would be preserved. However, state Sen. Mike Gabbard held a hearing on Senate Bill 2078 that would, if passed into law, do three things after a two-year study: Appropriate funds to research where pueo inhabit; identify habitat on a map; and monitor and manage pueo to garner data on the species. What is odd is that House Bill 2629, which Lee referenced, would accomplish what Gabbard seeks to achieve, without delay and without the need for any additional funds. The Legislature received a report in October 2017 that identified pueo inhabiting the University of Hawaii-West Oahu campus. The pueo are there right now, available to study. If saving pueo is indeed the goal, SB 2078 should adopt the language of HB 2629. Edlynn Taira Ewa Beach http://www.staradvertiser.com/ 2018/02/12/editorial/letters/ military-doesnt-need-trumps- big-parade/ Truth: SB2078 has dire consequences for UHWO Pueo.   (Senator Gabbard's bill will delay saving the pueo at UHWO by another two-years; Mike Lee's proposed 150-acre Habitat Conservation Preserve @ UHWO will be developed by then/extinguished-  no pueo habitat will remain at UHWO by the end of Gabbard's two-year hiatus/moratorium per SB2078.) Point is: SB2078 will be heard in State Senate Ways and Means Committee (WAM) any day now soon- It would be advantageous for the Pueo that all who testify to WAM, should be requesting WAM Committee Chair Dela Cruz and committee members to take heed and save the State taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars, by simply utilizing the data and map on Pueo inhabitation already in existence and produced last year by DOFAW- (Division of Forestry and Wildlife/Department of Land and Natural  Resources). (Project Pueo  https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wp- content/uploads/2017/10/FW18- Pueo-Rpt.pdf ) We know where Pueo are already on State land undeveloped.    Senator Gabbard's bill is in many ways, redundant, overlapping, and is causing cumulative harm with each passing day nothing to save Pueo at UHWO is being done. We should save/protect and preserve active Pueo habitat already identified on undeveloped State land. 3 Attachments     Preview attachment Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 6.10.35 AM.png Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 6.10.35 AM.png 306 KB Preview attachment 20180212_061158.jpg 20180212_061158.jpg 2.6 MB Preview attachment Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 6.09.47 AM.png Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 6.09.47 AM.png 328 KB