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OFERTAS Y CUPONES DE DESCUENTO
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La Simbología de los Sueños
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Mayor Sam Liccardo
Names Rose Herrera as Vice
MayorPg. 10
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JANUARY 9 -15, 2015
¡Ser! A Theater Performance
by Karen Anzoategui Friday January 23rd -
January 25th Friday & Saturday: 8:00pm
Sunday: 2:00pm510 S 1st St,
San José, CA 95113$10-$20
An Evening With Howard Hughes
Tuesday, January 137:00 pm
Firehouse Arts CenterRailroad Ave,
Pleasanton, CA 94566(925) 931-4850$5.00 - $10.00
StrangeloveFriday, January 16
8:00 pmThe Blank Club
44 S Almaden AveSan Jose, CA 95113
(408) 292-5265$10.00
Downtown IceNow through January 11th
Times vary127 S. Market St.,
San José, CA 95113(408) 291-0525
http://sjdowntown.com/down-townice/
Bang Data and La Misa Negra ConcertThursday January 22nd
The Addition SF1330 Fillmore St,
San Francisco, CA 94115http://remezcla.com/events/bang-data-la-misa-negra-
concert/$20
Tormenta Tropical w/DJ Oro1 & DeeJay Theory
Saturday January 10th10:00pm
Elbo Room647 Valencia Street,
San Francisco, CA 94110$5.00
https://www.facebook.com/bersadiscos
The 5th Chicana/o BiennialReflections on contempo-
rary Chicano art
Wed-Thurs., 12-7pm; Friday-Saturday, 12-5 pm
M.A.C.L.A. (Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino
Americana)510 S 1st St
San Jose, CA 95113 http://www.maclaarte.org
Free
Sleight of Hand: Painting and Illusion
Now until Feb 22nd San Jose Museum of Art
110 S Market St San Jose, CA 95110
Details at:http://sjmusart.org/\
Within and Without: Transformations in Chinese
LandscapesNow until Monday
January 12th (11am-5pm, Thurs until 8pm )
Cantor Arts Center328 Lomita Dr.
Stanford, CA 94305http://museum.stanford.edu
Free
Downtown Campbell Second Saturday: Music, Art & Food
Saturday January 10th 2:00pm-6:00pm
Downtown CampbellE. Campbell Ave & North Cental
Ave,Campbell, CA 95008
Leyla Cárdenas: Scarcity
Now through January 31st Focus Gallery
San José Institute of Contempo-rary Art
560 South First StreetSan José, CA 95113
Free Admissionhttp://sjica.org
Free Women’s Comedy NightTuesday January 13th
8:00pmThe Layover
1517 Franklin Street,Oakland, CA 94612
http://ladieslayover.tumblr.com/
Grown-Up Storytime & Cider: The Tell Tale Heart & Other
TalesTuesday January 13th
7:00pm-8:00pmMountain View Public Library
585 Franklin St.,Mountain View, CA 94041
Register at http://tinyurl.com/lgtmyjq
Raspy Garage Punk Concert: Singer-Songwriter Tess Dunn
Saturday January 17th 4:00pm-5:00pm
Streetlight Records980 South Bascom Ave,
San José, CA 95128
Internet of Things Talk & Pop Song Sing-Along
Sunday January 18th10:30am-12:30pm
San José Women’s Club75 S. 11th St.,
San José, CA 95112
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Hilbert Morales
EL OBSERVADOR
OPINION JANUARY 9 -15, 2015
Last Friday, December 19, 2014 I was oriented by Rob-ert A. DeJesus, Deputy Chief Probation Officer at Juvenile Hall. He is an American of Puerto Rican heritage. Robert A. DeJesus began as a tempo-rary “Extra-Help” employee first hired by the Probation Departmen in 1986 after graduating from SJSU with Psychology/Administrative Justice degree At that time Juvenile Hall had a capacity of 390 with an occupancy of 365 encarcerated juveniles. Its staff were trained 24 hours per year to use ‘SSS methods’ (Safety, Security, Supervision). JH was truly a jail in those days. Today, it is undergoing changes resulting from imple-mentation of recent mental health, behavioural modifica-tion and communication ap-proaches. This required hav-ing JH staff accept changes proposed by consultants re-quiring inservice orientation sessions, acceptance by the union and management, plus continuous support of the Board of Supervisors.
Evidence of this successful transition was a volunteered testamonial provided by Ar-mand Neukermans, who has volunteered over the past 40 years his efforts to bring Christmas Spirit to the chil-dren at JH. Neukermans states, “A miracle is happen-ing at Juvenile Hall. For forty years the Thomas Merton Choir has presented its Hoi-iday Season program at JH in our mission to bring some good cheer and presents to these young adults. Bring-ing good cheer to this crew is not an easy task, but hard work. Yet, on occasion Santa
(Bill Wallau) did succeed in getting these kids a hearty rousing carol. Over the years we have seen the buildings mushroom and the (JH) population increase from about 100 to 350, as more and more young people got incarcerated. As may be ex-pected, many of the kids tend to be moody, sad, alienated, depressed, resentful, if not apathetic, especially around Christmas. In spite of the many sincere attempts by the administration in the past to improve this situation, the atmosphere has always felt tense with some kids on the wards in isolation, and with sturdy people in control.”
Armand Neukermans con-tinues, “What a surprise to see what happened this (2014) year. The population is down to below 100. Many kids are on parole, with ap-parently very good success. Most, but not all, of those left over are presumably not in there for simple petty crimes. Yet we were greeted (this 2014 year) by lively, engaged, cheerful kids who looked nei-ther depressed nor apathetic. They did not only carol en-thusiastically on their own, and with us, but treated us to home made plays, touching poems, gingerbread cookies, beautifully decorated wards and Christmas trees with cre-ative milk carton ornaments. In their presentations, they showed talent, creativity, poise, grace, and confidence. Two wards raised money for the homeless and some girls made embroidered pillows for retirement homes.”
“The transformation is simply stunning. The whole(some) atmosphere is palpably positive, and clearly relations between staff and young inmates ap-pears dramatically improved over what they used to be. Our sincere congratulations to the (JH) staff and the ad-ministration of the Probation
Department of Santa Clara County, who put this new approach in place. Its ex-traordinary results make one wonder if this could not be applied to our justice system at large.” (This statement was signed by 13 Thomas Merton Choir members.)
The Juvenile Justice Com-mission’s recent report in-cluded a pilot program to add ‘Oleum Capsicum (pep-per spray)’ to JH staff ’s tool kit. That pilot program was approved inadvertantly with-out a public hearing as an in-cluded item in a recent union contract. This may be a ves-tige of the SSS (Safety, Secu-rity, Supervision) methods. The JJC recommendation was to stop the potential use of O.C (pepper spray) imme-diately. Robert DeJesus in-formed me that no occasion has required its use during the first four months of this pilot program.
When more JH staff apply and use these new rehabili-tation oriented approaches, it will be possible to reha-bilitate many more juveniles by providing them with the mental tools to continue to make better personal choices. Those kids in JH today get an experience in reassessment of the methods used in their past which led to wrongful, destructive actions and out-comes. When a youth who learns from his/her own life experiences, actually achieves that capacity, then the entire community benefits.
Since juveniles at JH are disproportionately Hispanic (72 Hispanic; 12 Black; 11 Caucasion; 2 ‘other’ = 97 total), the transitions being implemented merit your full informed support. In closing, my thanks to the Juvenile Justice Commission’s Vice-Chair, Raul Colunga, who provided me with links lead-ing to this informative report.
José López Zamorano
PARA LA RED HISPANA
Ser testigos de primera fila de sucesos de trascenden-cia histórica es un privilegio especial. Los recientes cam-bios de la política de Estados Unidos hacia Cuba anuncia-dos por el presidente Barack Obama pertenecen sin duda a esa categoría. Abren de par en par una ventana que había permanecido ensombre-cida durante más de 50 años.Nuestros hermanos cubanos han sido, como muchos de los inmigrantes a este país, vícti-mas de la dolorosa realidad de la separación de sus familias. Confrontados con restriccio-nes de salida de la isla, miles de cubanos se han aventurado en balsas improvisadas al peli-groso periplo por el agitado estrecho de Florida.
Aunque los cubanos gozan desde 1966 de un estatuto que les facilita su legalización migratoria cuando pisan ter-ritorio estadounidense, La Ley de Ajuste Cubano, la realidad es que comparten con el resto de la comunidad de inmigran-tes los efectos de una política donde la división de las fa-milias ha sido más la norma que la excepción.Por ello son motivo de reconocimiento la búsqueda de la normalización de relaciones diplomáticas, la liberación reciproca de presos, la ampliación de los permisos de visitas, el aumento de remesas y los esfuerzos para incrementar el acceso de Cuba a las comunicaciones y su ca-pacidad para comunicarse de manera libre.
Los proveedores de telecomu-nicaciones podrán por ejem-plos establecer los mecanis-mos necesarios en territorio cubano, incluida la infrae-structura, para proporcionar telecomunicaciones comer-ciales y servicios de Internet, lo que mejorará las telecomuni-caciones entre Estados Unidos y Cuba.Es indudable que el acceso mutuo a las realidades de la vida diaria, de la cultura y de la vida social de los dos países tendrá el efecto gradual de ayudar en la compresión de dos sociedades distintas pero
cada vez menos distantes. En el largo plazo, el entendimiento reciproco de los pueblos es la mejor base para influir en las decisiones de los gobiernos.
Aunque la política del presi-dente no ha estado exenta de críticas ante la supuesta falta de concesiones del régimen cubano, lo cierto es que el es-píritu de su decisión refleja el punto de vista de la población de Estados Unidos, que de manera mayoritaria apoya la normalización de contactos con un vecino entrañable. Du-rante las últimas cinco décadas , la política de Estados Unidos hacia Cuba había parecido ser más rehén de consideraciones político-electorales del estado de Florida que consecuencia lógica de las realidades geo políticas.Desde el punto de vista personal de Obama, el anuncio materializa uno de sus deseos iniciales de sentarse en la mesa del diálogo con los gobiernos de los países que han sido históricamente hostiles a los Estados Unidos. Primero fue Irán, con quien busca un acuerdo nuclear, y ahora
Cuba, con quien sentará las bases de un cooperación inédita en migración, operaciones an-tidroga, protección medioam-biental y tráfico de personas.Se trata en esencia de un acto de liberación para un presidente a quien meses atrás los analistas habían arrinconado a un lugar de ornato, un “pato cojo”, du-rante los últimos dos años de
su mandato. En noviembre an-unció la acción ejecutiva para 5 millones de inmigrantes y un mes después dio un paso para darle la puntilla a la Guerra Fría. Vaya manera de silenciar de un brochazo a quienes lo creían irrelevante.
Surgieron las voces que argu-mentan que el acuerdo con Cuba fue imperfecto, insufici-ente e ingenuo. Algunos de los críticos del presidente comul-gan con la visión de que Esta-dos Unidos debe ir por allí con un uniforme de policía global imponiendo su estilo de de-mocracia al resto del mundo.Es de esperarse por ello que las dos acciones ejecutivas de Obama serán blanco del fuego
cruzado en la próxima legis-latura dominada por los re-publicanos. Pero a favor del presidente opera el apoyo del público estadounidense, que en sucesivos temas sociales mues-tra su evolución hacia una so-ciedad más tolerante a las dife-rencias. Las ventanas tienen la virtud de ser escaparates de doble sentido. Permiten ver y ser vistos. El valor político de la apuesta histórica del presidente permitirá que los estadoun-idenses vean a
Cuba desde un terreno más parejo. Ahora el mundo aguar-da ver si Cuba permite el acceso irrestricto de los cubanos al In-ternet para expresar sus ideas, y si Estados Unidos completa la tarea abrogando el embargo económico
EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com4 EDUCATION JANUARY 9 -15, 2015
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Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. This age-old adage resonates for many whose personal or professional ob-ligations delayed or rerouted their educational goals. The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to pause, take stock in your goals and make a plan for how you can achieve them, including go-ing back to school to finish the education you started and finally earning that col-lege degree.
College graduates earn ap-proximately $17,500 more than adults without a degree, and they are more likely to be employed than their less-educated counterparts, ac-cording to the Pew Research Center. Despite these ad-vantages, more than 31 mil-lion people started college in the last 20 years, but did not graduate. In fact, 4 mil-lion adults have completed at least two years of college, but have not earned a college degree or certificate.
Family or personal respon-sibilities and military service
are just some of the reasons students “opt out” of their education. And the thought of going back to school can be overwhelming. Madeleine Slutsky, vice president of ca-reer and student services at DeVry University, has advice for those who want to return to school.
“Every college and univer-sity is unique. There is no ‘one size fits all’ institution,” she explains. “Those looking to go back to school must research options to identify which will help them achieve both their academic and ca-reer goals. Breaking the jour-ney down into actionable steps will help the decision-making process.”
Slutsky offers some advice:Do research
Begin by researching your field of interest. Use a re-source like O-Net, which includes a career assessment tool to help students explore a range of career directions.Researching schools can be daunting. Create a list of pros and cons of each to
help narrow your search. As-sess each institution’s degree programs, faculty, student organizations and flexible learning options to identify those that best align with your education and career objectives.
Seek school and career advice
Connect with friends, fam-ily members or acquaintanc-es who are employed in your ideal career field. Their aca-demic experiences will help you identify the qualities your ideal degree program possesses. Or use LinkedIn to expand your professional reach with those in the field you are considering.
Assess credit-transfer
opportunitiesObtain official copies of
your transcript and deter-mine which credits qualify for transfer to your desired program. Complete the school’s evaluations and con-firm its credit transfer poli-cies with an academic ad-visor who can answer your
questions and help you cre-ate an action plan.
Explore financial aid and
scholarships Colleges and universities
offer an array of financial aid and scholarship options, some specifically for trans-
fer students. Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid online to deter-mine what you qualify for. In addition, research and apply for scholarships. Map out fi-nancial assistance options, policies and deadlines and apply as early as possible. In addition to college and uni-versity resources, websites like scholarships.com and
fastweb.com can aid in your search.
A college-educated work-force is in demand, and the value of a college degree continues to rise. For adults planning to complete their degree, there’s no time quite like the present.
Research shows that college graduates earn approximately $17,500 more than adults without a degree, and they are more likely to be employed than their less-educated coun-terparts.
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JANUARY 9 -15, 2015
Jason Alderman
Is it ever too late to plan for retirement? No, as long as you’re willing to be thrifty and extend your working years and be mindful of your individual and employer-based retirement savings op-tions. Building a successful, comfortable retirement de-pends on a variety of individ-ual factors, including where you live, how long you plan to work, your health and your other investments and assets.
The IRS recently an-nounced an update for your options, including cost-of-living adjustments that will give many taxpayers the advantage of putting more away during 2015. Here’s a summary:
Regular contribution limits for 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans, and the federal em-ployee Thrift Savings Plan. Increased from $17,500 (for tax year 2014) to $18,000 (for tax year 2015). The catch-up contribution limit for employees aged 50 in these plans is increased from $5,500 to $6,000. Contribu-tion deadline: Dec. 31.
Annual contribution limits, Individual Retirement Ac-
counts (IRA). For both tra-ditional and Roth IRAs, the annual contribution limit is not subject to a cost-of-living adjustment and remains at $5,500. The over-50 catch-up contribution amount is $1,000. There are particular restrictions (http://www.irs.gov/publications/p590/in-dex.html) based on income levels, workplace retirement plan coverage among other issues. Contribution dead-line: April 15.
Higher 2015 income phase-out levels for traditional IRA contributions. For singles covered by a workplace re-tirement plan, the 2015 cutoff is now increased to a modified adjusted gross income (AGI) between $61,000 and $71,000. The IRS website details other significant increases and up-dates in phase-out levels for married couples and singles.
Higher 2015 income phase-out levels for Roth IRA con-tributions. The IRS website also updates higher phase-out levels for married and single taxpayers on its web-site. For married couples fil-ing jointly, the 2015 level is now $183,000 to $193,000.
Here’s what you can do if you’re in your 50s and you
haven’t yet saved much for retirement:
Get qualified financial ad-vice. Organizations such as the Association for Financial Counseling Planning and Education (http://members.afcpe.org/search), Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards list qualified fi-nancial advisors, and your state CPA society can suggest tax professionals in your area.
Budget and downsize. Want to retire? Start living like a re-tiree while you’re still work-ing. Most experts believe late starters (50 and over) need to put away at least 10 percent of gross income to start mak-ing headway. Create a real-istic budget, trim debt and consider cheaper housing, transportation and lifestyle options.
Take advantage of “catch-up” contribution limits. Retirement savers over the age of 50 have the option to put more away not only in traditional and Roth IRAs but also 401(k) plans – not including SIMPLE 401(k)s, 403(b) plans, SARSEP and 457(b) plans (see Annual contribution limits, IRAs above).
Keep working…strategi-
cally. If you’re lucky, you love your work or are in a position to change careers to one with better retirement savings op-tions. If so, consult an expert on ways to keep earning and
investing effectively.
Bottom line: The govern-ment’s cost-of-living adjust-ments will allow you to save more for retirement in 2015,
but don’t wait until then to evaluate your goals to set – or reset – your retirement plan-ning going forward.
Reginald L. Walker, PhD.CERTIFIED
NUTRITIONAL CONSULTANT
Diets FailDiets usually fail because
they lack having a system in place to support them. Los-ing weight successfully is not quick. It is not easy. Losing weight involves realignment of your lifestyle.
Calorie restrictions/Semi-starvation DietsOne of the major flaws with
dramatic semi-starvation and calorie restricted diets is the loss of muscle tissue. The metabolic rate of the di-eter does not change, which causes them to regain the weight as soon as the dieter begins normal eating.
Carbohydrate CaloriesThe body’s metabolic path-
ways for carbohydrates are “expensive”. The body burns nearly 25% of carbohydrate calories simply to store them as fat. In comparison only 3 percent of fat calories are
used to store fat.
Important Weight Loss Tips
1. Change your thought pro-cess from destructive (I can’t) to constructive (I can). Stop living reactively and begin to choose the right attitude to generate the right results.
2. Exercise, especially aero-bic, modest resistance train-ing and palates all decrease the appetite and keeps your RMR (resting metabolic rate) from dropping.
3. Incorporate stress-reduc-ing activities, such as deep breathing exercises, yoga, meditation/prayer and mu-sic.
4. More changes in your physical environment. Get rid of all mood foods (can-dies, cookies, cakes, ice cream, etc.). Remove all fat clothes, those with elastic waistbands and loose fit-ting. These clothes hide your weight and allows for weight gain.
5. Use a certified nutritional consultant who will give you maximum benefit in a short period of time.
Six Healthy Food Tips for Weight Loss
1. Eat regularly planned meals. Eat slowly and enjoy your meals.
2. Drink a glass of fresh fruit juice, 30 to 45 minutes before meals.
3. Eat large quantities of fres green vegetables and salads at all meals.
4. East high-fiber gluten free breads and cereals be-fore 1 pm.
5. Drink a glass of fresh veg-etable juice, eat fresh fruit or mixed green vegetables for snacks.
6. Choose fresh fruits for desserts.
Supplement Support Program
1. Life fore multiple vita-mins – replace nutrients lost from poor nutritional habits.
2. Calcium/Magnesium/D3 – bone support.
3. Kelp – increased metabo-lism - thyroid support.
4. Adrenal caps – support your adrenals – lower cortiol levels
5. Triple strength green tea extract decaf. – helps reduce belly fat – Immune support.
6. 7-Keto Dhea – Increases metabolism to burn fat.
EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com6 HEALTH JANUARY 9 -15, 2015
Delia PompaNAPSM
No hay mejor regalo que le podamos dar a nuestras familias que el de la buena salud. Desafortunadamente, los hispanos son el grupo con menos seguro médico en el país. Las cifras muestran que alrededor de 13.2 millones de Latinos carecen de cober-tura médica. A la vez, somos el grupo más propensos a desarrollar condiciones y en-fermedades crónicas como la diabetes, el alto colesterol; y la obesidad—todos factores de riesgo para ataques de corazón y derrames cere-brales. Es por estas razones que se hace aún más impor-tante que los hispanos tenga-mos acceso a un cuidado de salud médico de alta calidad
que nos permita detectar y mejor manejar nuestra salud y cualquier enfermedad que nos toque enfrentar.
La Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible (ACA por sus siglas en inglés y conocida común-mente como el Obamacare), nos da esa oportunidad de obtener cobertura médica a bajo costo. Ya ha comenzado la segunda fase de inscrip-ción en los mercados de se-guro médicos. Para lograrlo se debe inscribirse antes del 15 de febrero del 2015. Esto significa que si ya obtuvo se-guro médico a través de los mercados de salud el año pasado, es hora de renovarlo y para aquellos que todavía no han tomado acción y ca-recen de un seguro médico- ¡esta es su oportunidad! Si
se inscribe antes del 15 de diciembre, su cobertura co-menzará el primero de enero del 2015.
Quizás usted se estará preguntando, ¿cuánto me costara un seguro médico? Lo primero que tiene que hacer es acercarse a una de las oficinas donde le harán una evaluación gratuita de lo
que tendría que pagar. Tam-bién puede ir al sitio Internet (www.cuidadodesalud.gov) donde usted entrará sus da-tos y obtendrá un estimado de lo que tendría que pagar. Es importante que sepa que las cifras muestran que las pólizas de seguro médico en ciertos casos son más bajas de lo que se estimó original-mente. Y el 95% de los con-
sumidores tendrán la opción de escoger por lo menos entre dos planes de seguro médico. Seis de cada diez individuos que actualmente carecen de seguro médico podrán inscri-birse en uno de estos planes por menos de $100 mensu-ales.
¿Qué pasa si no nos inscribi-mos antes del 15 de febrero del 2015? Aquellos quienes no se han inscrito para la fe-cha límite tendrán que pagar una penalidad que podría subir cada año que usted no obtiene cobertura médica.
Para informarse sobre sus opciones y obtener asistencia en español, diríjase a orga-nizaciones locales que ofrecen ayuda gratuita y donde tienen navegadores entrenados para
ayudarle a inscribirse. Si no tiene tiempo para dirigirse en persona a un centro de ayuda o prefiere hacerlo usted misma/o y tiene acceso a una computadora, diríjase al sitio Internet www.cuidadode-salud.gov o www.localhelp.healthcare.gov y complete una aplicación. Si tiene pre-guntas, puede llamar directa-mente al 1-800-318-2596.
Lo importante es comenzar y completar su inscripción en un seguro médico antes de del 15 de febrero. Hágalo por su bienestar y el de su familia. Si desea obtener más infor-mación sobre los planes de se-guro médico, por favor visite a: www.Cuidadodesalud.gov y www.localhelp.healthcare.gov.
EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 7RECIPE JANUARY 9 -15, 2015
(FAMILY FEATURES)¿Piensa que no tiene tiempo para preparar una deliciosa comida para su atareada familia? Se equivoca. Con estos útiles consejos y fáciles recetas (de tan solo cuatro ingredientes), puede llevar un buen plato de comida a la mesa en pocos minutos. Hágalo aún más fácil e incluya Minute® Steamers en las comidas favoritas de su familia para disfrutar platos sanos, abundantes y rápidos que le encantarán a todos. Siga estos consejos para hacer más fácil la preparación de la comida en las noches agitadas:
Lo que debe tener: Tenga siempre a mano algunos ingredientes básicos para que cocinar a último momento sea mucho más fácil.Vegetales congelados: pueden servirse como acompañamiento o agregarse a sopas y platos con arroz. Caldo: los caldos de carne, pollo o vegetales pueden utilizarse para hacer sopas y salsas, y para agregar sabor cuando cocina vegetales y arroz. Agregados: pueden agregarse nueces, semillas de sésamo, orégano, frutas deshidratadas y queso a los platos principales, acompañamientos y ensaladas para hacerlos más sabrosos y nutritivos.
Alimentos que permiten ahorrar tiempo: Aproveche esos artículos del mercado con los que puede preparar comidas rápidas.
Arroz congelado: para un acompañamiento sabroso o una entrada como comida completa, pruebe Minute® Steamers, sabroso arroz de excepcional calidad que se calienta en el microondas en una bolsa de vapor autoventilada. Solo tomará cuatro minutos llevar una de las seis variedades a su mesa.Vegetales precorta-dos: ahorre tiempo de preparación, utilice vegetales precortados. Lávelos rápidamente y estarán listos.Ingredientes presazonados: busque latas de tomates cortados en cubos con ajo y cebollas, queso hecho con jalapeño, o cortes de cerdo o pollo marinados. Son maneras de agregar sabor sin agregar tiempo.
Planifique con antelación: Si tiene tiempo durante el fin de semana, puede dejar algo preparado para acortar el tiempo que tarda en cocinar durante la semana. Ingredientes preparados: corte vegetales y ralle queso, y guárdelos en el refrigerador en contenedores o bolsas resellables. También puede dorar carne picada y cortar cualquier tipo de carne en pedazos listos para cocinar, según la receta que siga. Cubos de hierbas: coloque una cucharada de hierbas picadas en cada hueco de la cubetera. Llene cada hueco de la cubetera con agua o aceite de oliva, luego congélela. Una vez congelados, sáquelos y guárdelos en una bolsa para congelador. En pocos segundos, tendrá el sabor de hierbas frescas. Cocine una vez, coma dos: prepare el doble de la receta, luego congele la mitad para más tarde. O planifique una segunda comida con lo que quede. Por ejemplo, utilice la carne de los tacos del lunes para la ensalada de tacos del martes.
Para descubrir maneras más deliciosas de llevar una comida rápida para su familia, visite www.4ingredientmeals.com. Soluciones simples que ahorran tiempo para engalanar el arroz No repita la rutina de la misma cena de siempre: aquí tiene algunas maneras rápidas y fáciles de agregar un poco de estilo a su comida familiar, sin pasarse horas preparando la cena:Arroz cítrico: al arroz blanco cocido aún caliente, agréguele ralladura de cáscara de naranja, limón o lima para darle un sabor fresco e intenso.Arroz con nuez: al arroz integral cocido caliente, agréguele maní, anacardo, semillas de girasol o piñones. Incorpore arándanos o cer-ezas deshidratados para agregar sabor, textura y color.Arroz con champiñones Portobello: al arroz integral cocido caliente, agréguele pacanas tostadas picadas y champiñones Portobello picados salteados. Cubra con trozos de fetas de queso
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1/2 taza de lechePrepare el arroz según las indicaciones del paquete. En un plato mediano para microondas, mezcle la sopa con el pollo y la leche. Caliente en el mi-croondas durante 2 minutos a temperatura ALTA. Agregue el arroz.
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1 taza de salsa preparada
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Arturo Hilario EL OBSERVADOR
En el segundo día del ano la foca de muchos no era tanto en la venida de los reyes como la legalización de su método de trans-portación. En San José, como en tres otros sitios en Califor-nia, se abrieron al publico centros de DMV nuevos que están especializados a procesar las aplicaciones para las licencias de personas indocumentadas.
California implementó la ley AB 60 el 1 de enero de 2015 pero empezó a procesar las aplicaciones el pasado viernes 2ndo. La ley permite a aquellos que no pueden probar su ciudadanía en el país, pero puede demostrar la residencia a través de docu-mentación, para solicitar un permiso de conducir en el estado. Los cuatro nuevos centros DMV especializadas en el procesa-miento de estas aplicaciones, la de San José esta localizada en la calle Senter, inaugurado la semana pasada a miles de per-sonas indocumentado esperando ansiosamente para ser uno de los primeros en poder conducir legalmente en el estado.
Para obtener la licencia en California los que aplican bajo la ley de AB 60 tendrán que cumplir con todos los requisitos que incluyen pasar el examen escrito de conocimiento de leyes de transito, que esta disponible en varios idiomas, y pasar el examen de manejo. A partir de los números contados desde el empiezo de la ley el 2ndo de enero, se observaron 46.000 solicitantes. Lunes 5 tuvo la tasa más alta de personas en estos centros de procesa-miento AB60, con 17.900 solicitando.
El DMV dio estas estadísticas:
Promedio de solicitantes Que aprobaron / reprobaron el exa-
men en Español: 54% aprobó / 46% réprobo Promedio de solicitantes Que aprobaron / reprobaron El
examen en español: 36% aprobó / 64% réprobo Promedio de las Personas aprobaron ta / reprobaron en los
Centros de Procesamiento: 36% aprobó / 64% réprobo
Número total de solicitantes de Que recibirán Una Licencia de manejar: 970
Estos números cambiaran sobre el curso de las semanas que vienen, y se vera como esta ley afecta el estado y sus carret-
eras.
Muchas de estas personas también serán elegibles para el seguro de bajo costo el Estado va a implementar. Todavía está por verse cuál será el resultado de esta nueva ley, y si su comienzo generará ingresos para el estado de Califor-nia, ademas de mantener a todos en el camino legalmente y más seguro y responsables. Este piloto demuestra por lo menos la iniciativa de muchos de los indocumenta-dos en esta ciudad y el estado entero, por lo menos estarán aliviando el dolor de cabeza que es conducir sin licencia. Las licencias de conducir emitidas incluirán una pequeña de-nominación que diferenciarlas de otras licencias. Para obtener más información, así como datos actualizados sobre la AB 60, por favor visite el sitio dedicado al DMV ab60.dmv.ca.gov.
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“But we’re from San Jose”, repeated newly sworn-in ma-yor of San Jose, Sam Liccar-do in his inaugural address. He and four other council members took their oaths of office in the San Jose Center of Performing Arts Tuesday evening.
The 2,500+ capacity venue was completely filled – full of people eager to see the man who will lead our city for the next four years. The venue was changed from the Cali-fornia Theater because capa-city had been met and “(they) didn’t want to turn anyone away”.
The night kicked off to a large bang with a captivating Aztec dance performance that set the tone for the rest of the evening – an evening that was dedicated to showing off our diverse community. Indeed, Mayor Liccardo’s inaugural ceremony was about “embrac(ing) our city’s distinctive identity”, a thread seen throughout the night.
Liccardo’s inaugural address was chock-full of impressive San Jose achievements, highlighting our diversity and applauding our innovation. He did a nice job in setting up the crowd with a light-hearted, humorous tone to lead the speech leaving the crowd with an electric and positive demeanor – it was clear that they all adored the new mayor. The crowd showed their appreciation with roaring applause throughout the night and clamored for more.
The new council members that were also sworn-in were Charles “Chappie” Jones (district 1), Raul Peralez (dis-trict 3), Madgalena Carrasco (district 5), and Tam Nguyen (district 7). Each were met with thunderous applau-se of approval and kept the energy at the event electric. Carrasco’s swear-in was es-pecially touching because her daughter had difficulty hol-ding back tears.
Beyond the Aztec dance performance, the national anthem was performed by Manuel Romero who accom-
panied his strong singing with an acoustic guitar. The MC for the night, Tamara Alvarado, also did a great job in keeping with the positive atmosphere for the event.
David Perez, a Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, read one of his poems, “Voices I Hear”, that highlighted San Jose’s diversity. The reading was strong, and all the mi-nute details about our com-munity were met with terrific crowd approval.
Despite all of this, Mayor Liccardo was the clear-cut center of attention and de-servedly so. His speech was short on specifics, but that is to be expected. He did a good job of invoking a sense of community and a sense that we can change for the better. His largest garner of applause was saying that he will “rebuild Americas’ finest police department” for “their critically important work”.
To run with this sentiment, Liccardo also had San Jose Independent Police Auditor LaDoric Cordell to adminis-ter the oath to swear him into
office. The Mayor also had a few of the former mayors in attendance that night, inclu-ding: Chuck Reed, Ron Gon-zales, Susan Hammer, and Tom McEnery.
In general terms, the night could not have been any smoother. The entire cere-mony was flawless and had full support of the crowd. It was interesting from top-to-bottom and kept brief. If the ceremony is any indication of how Liccardo’s term will play out, then expect good things.
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Monique Coppola CALIFORNIA NEWS
SERVICESACRAMENTO, CA
- Pharmaceuticals - they’re what’s for dinner.
And three groups in the U.S. are suing the federal government over the drugs.The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS), United Farm Workers of America and the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit in San Fran-cisco over a new cocktail of growth enhancing drugs and antibiotics.
Hannah Connor, a Humane Society staff attorney, says the cocktail is fed to millions of pigs, turkeys and cows. She says the three groups filed the lawsuit over what she says is the Federal Drug Adminis-tration’s failure to investigate the long-term effects of the drugs.
“We think that they need to take a really hard look and make sure that when approv-ing these varieties of drugs that have huge impacts, not only to the environment, but also to animals and to work-ers and to human health, that they really need to do a meaningful review,” she stresses.According to the HSUS, the FDA has never prepared an Environmental Impact Statement or an en-vironmental assessment on the combined effects on farm animals.
The lawsuit asks the court to set aside the FDA’s approval of the drugs until the agency performs a review, which is required under federal law.At the center of the lawsuit is the drug ractopamine, as well as combinations of the drug with other growth hormones and steroids, many of which have been banned in other countries, including China and Russia.
Eli Lily & Company, a lead-ing producer of ractopamine, says it’s safe and effective, with no confirmed human health effects.
Conner says studies that have been conducted in the U.S. regarding the drugs are troubling.“What they actu-ally showed was some real concern, especially when the drug is absorbed directly by a human,” she says.
Connor adds that the over-use of antibiotics for animals can cause them to become ineffective in humans. Oth-er major concerns for the groups are what they say are well-documented, adverse effects the drugs have on the animals, the exposure to the drugs that farm workers face and the vast amount of ani-mal waste from large scale farms that leaches into water and soil and can adversely af-fect wildlife.
Three groups are suing the FDA over their approval of new combinations of growth enhancing drugs to be administered to millions of animals raised for food, including pigs. Photo cour-tesy Humane Society of the United States.
SAN JOSE
Mayor Sam Liccardo to-day named Councilmember Rose Herrera as his choice to serve as San José’s Vice Mayor for 2015-2016. “Rose Herrera brings passion and commitment to the commu-
nity to the role of Vice Mayor,” Mayor Liccardo said. “From her service to our country as a member of the U.S. Air Force, to her leadership on economic development and transportation issues, Rose has the experience needed as we focus on working togeth-
er to make San José a safer, smarter city.”
“I am honored to receive
this nomination, and I look forward to working with the Mayor and the entire Coun-cil,” Councilmember Herrera said. “Now is the time for ev-eryone to work together, to collaborate across traditional boundaries, and like the Mayor, that’s what I intend to do.”
Elected to represent Dis-
trict 8 (East San José/Ever-green) in 2008, Herrera is in her second term on the City Council. A native of East San José, Councilmember Her-rera attended Overfelt High School and received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s de-grees from Santa Clara Uni-versity. Councilmember Her-rera served her country in the United States Air Force. An early supporter and advo-
cate for women’s issues, she is a founding member of the Bay Area Military Women’s Collaborative, and founder and immediate past presi-dent of the League of Califor-nia Cities Women’s Caucus. Councilmember Herrera has focused on saving the fund-ing for the Light rail project to Eastridge, secured fund-ing for the 101/Tully Road highway project and the 101/Capitol Expressway/Yerba Buena interchange, and saved Municipal Water from being privatized. Council-member Herrera was instru-mental in working with com-munity partners to save Lake
Cunningham Regional Skate Park from losing critical pro-gramming and staffing.
As Vice Mayor, Council-
member Herrera will serve as vice chair of the Rules and Open Government Com-mittee. She also is on the Community and Economic Development Committee, which she previously chaired, and the Transportation and Environment Committee, for which she is a previous vice chair. She also is a board member for the Capitol Cor-ridor Joint Power Author-ity; Housing and Commu-nity Development Advisory
Committee; Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force; Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency (governing and implementa-tion boards; and Work2Fu-ture. She chairs the League of California Cities statewide Transportation, Commu-nication, and Public Works Committee. She serves on the Santa Clara Valley Trans-portation Authority (VTA) Board of Directors, gover-nance committee, Down-town East Valley Policy Ad-visory Board, and as VTA Congestion Management and Planning chair.
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José Angel NNAM
A clear difference between our political expectations is this – Americans want to be-lieve in the moral qualities of their leaders, while Mexicans know their politicians have none.
This is why it is not surpris-ing to learn, for instance, about the associations of a certain Republican congress-man with a group of white supremacists. Since Ameri-can politicians are supposed to be, in part, the moral compass of society, the poor congressman is expected to resign, or at least apologize, even though he might not see any conflict between his convictions and the office he occupies.
Mexican politicians don’t have that problem. A PAN senator craves attention? He stages his own kidnap-ping and, upon his release, he comes out reciting entire passages of El Quijote for the TV cameras. A member of the PRI feels entitled to his own harem? He runs a pros-titution ring out of his office. A PRD mayor perceives a group of teens as a security
threat? He summons the federal, state and municipal police and makes sure those rowdy brats are never heard from again.
Close to eighty years ago, when André Breton famous-ly declared Mexico the most surreal country in the world, no one could have imagined that Mexican politics, still bearing the scars of the Rev-olution, would become such a pageantry of horror and laughter and pity. But here we are, with a man who has mistaken his role as presi-dent for a private stroll down the catwalk.
In keeping with the life of the jet set, Enrique Peña Nieto would have liked to land his new Dreamliner in Washington, but his $580 million (American dollars, of course) purchase is still to be delivered. However, that hasn’t kept him from get-ting away. In the light of the massive protests taking place in Mexico after the disap-pearance of 43 students, he left for China and Australia, reassuring us that, as head of state, his obligation was to fulfill a commitment made in the name of all Mexicans. This statement, one must assume, included the 43 kid-
napped with the help of the Mexican federal police.
It is not surprising either that he’d decide to travel to Peru right after, during Human Rights Day. His effigy had been recently torched in the Zócalo square of the capital, the ritualistic center of Mexico. It’s hard not empathize with him the rising smoke signals must have been still too visible and disgusting and disrespectful of his own humanity, spelling God knows what unpleasant messages.
Peña Nieto will find any excuse to get away from Mexico City these days. Edu-cation, for instance. During a recent summit in southern Mexico, Peña Nieto commit-ted himself to strengthen-ing his country’s ties to Latin America, promising a total of 200,000 scholarships for students of the region. This, coming from a man who can’t name three books he has read in his life; from a president whose answer to the disap-pearance of 43 students was, first, utter indifference; then, a meaningless meeting with the distraught parents; later, a fabricated explanation of the unfortunate events of September 26 in Ayotzinapa;
even later with a plea to the parents, to Mexico, to the entire world to please move on; and now, embarking in this aimless pilgrimage, go-ing from one place to another, finding no rest from the cos-mic conspiracy that’s befallen him.
For Americans, who revere the shrine of their president almost with religious fervor,
the visit of Peña Nieto should be an outrage, not only be-cause of everything men-tioned above — they should be particularly outraged be-cause the man who inhabits the mythical building is will-ing to overlook all of Peña Nieto’s actions simply to con-tinue business as usual.
For us Mexicans, one of our only consolations is that Peña
Nieto’s extravagances, his fri-volities — his floating palace and own White House, to mention only two — bring back memories of the French royalty of yore, and he doesn’t seem to know it. This com-mentary was originally pub-lished by El BeiSMan. José Ángel N. is the author of Il-legal: Reflections of an Un-documented Immigrant.
Should we as Americans be outraged by the Mexican Presidents arrival into the White House this week?
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 114CV269729Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Amanda Ersoy. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Amanda Ersoy, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Amanda Ersoy to Amanda Marie. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 05/05/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the
petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. January 5, 2015Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtJanuary 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 114CV271401Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Kalley Ros-chell Ehlers. TO ALL IN-TERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that pe-titioner, Kalley Roschell Ehlers, has filed a peti-tion for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Kal-ley Roschell Ehlers to Kal-ley Roschell Wade. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 02/17/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least
once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 2, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtJanuary 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 114CV275230Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Khoa Thinh Mai Tran. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Khoa Thinh Mai Tran, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Khoa Thinh Mai Tran to Tim Tran. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 05/05/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. January 5, 2015Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtJanuary 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 114CV275026Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Tej B. Gurung. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Tej B. Gurung, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Tej B. Gurung to Amulya Gurung. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show
cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 04/28/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. December 29, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtJanuary 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 114CV275083Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Pyeong Sik Jeon, Hyo Jeong Yoon, Kyung Won Jeon. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioners, Py-eong Sik Jeon, Hyo Jeong Yoon, Kyung Won Jeon, have filed a petition for Change of Names with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a Pyeong Sik Jeon to James Leon b. Hyo Jeong Yoon to Linda Jeon c. Kyung Won Jeon to Edna Jeon. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 05/05/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. December 30, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtJanuary 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
NO. 599465The following person(s) is(are) doing business, 1. Unique Outdoor Living 2. BBQDEAL 2096 Stone Ave. #1 San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara Co.
Recess Enterprises Inc. 2096 Stone Ave. #1 San Jose, CA 95125. This business is conducted by a corporation; registrant has begun business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 08/29/2006 “I de-clare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Rosa LoayzaPresident January 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/18/2014.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
NO. 599711The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Eco-Steam Team 14150 Woodhaven Dr. San Jose, Ca 95127, Santa Clara Co. Andrew Portillo 2322 Elkins Way San Jose, Ca 95121. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Andrew PortilloJanuary 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/29/2014.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
NO. 599982The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Fiesta Cajun House 3840 Monterey Rd. San Jose, Ca 95111-3401, Santa Clara Co. Katia Belinda Reyes 961 Meridian Ave San Jose, CA 95126. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 01/06/2015 “I de-clare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Katia Belinda ReyesJanuary 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 01/07/2014.
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NO. 599915The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Medical Pavilion Phar-macy 9460 No Name Uno Ste 100 Gilroy CA 95020, Santa Clara Co. Gurpar-tap Singh Basrai 43650 Vista del Mar Fremont, CA 94539. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 01/01/2015 “I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Gurpartap Singh January 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 01/06/2014.
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NO. 599295The following person(s) is(are) doing business, JJ&C 1640 Grand Teton Dr. Milpitas, CA 95035, Santa Clara Co. Marina Castro and Joel Castro 1640 Grand Teton Dr. Milpitas, Ca 95035. This business is conducted by a married couple; reg-istrants have not begun business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Marina Castro December 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 16, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/12/2014
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this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 04/21/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. December 12, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtDecember 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 16, 2015
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NO. 114CV271820Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Vitalina Barajas Spielbauer. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petitioner; Vitalina Barajas Spielbauer has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing name as fol-lows: a. Vitalina Barajas Gonzalez to Vitalina Barajas Spielbauer. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 03/03/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. October 14, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtDecember 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 16, 2015
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court finds that petitioner; Kok Han Pak has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing name as fol-lows: a. Kok Han Pak to Aaron Kokhan Pak. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 04/28/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. December 22, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtDecember 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 16, 2015
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NO. 114CV274190Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Amit Kumar. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner; Amit Kumar has filed a peti-tion for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing name as follows: a. Amit Kumar to Amit Kumar Sharma b. Amit Sharma to Amit Kumar Sharma C. FNU Amit Kumar to Amit Kumar Sharma d. Amit Kumar LNU to Amit Kumar Sharma. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 04/28/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. December 09, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtDecember 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 16, 2015
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Earl Ofari HutchinsonNAM
There were two big take-aways from President Obama’s Cuban opening. The first is obvious. After 55 years of U.S.-backed inva-sions, covert efforts to sabo-tage and overthrow Fidel Castro, an embargo, and a Cold War freeze in dip-lomatic relations, the U.S. policy toward Cuba has been an abject failure. Raul Castro remains the official govern-ment head, and Fidel, is still a presence in Cuban life and a bigger than ever figure in-ternationally. Obama took the logical step that almost certainly would have been taken years ago, except for a politically retrograde GOP and older, politically con-nected Cuban Americans, and that is to normalize rela-tions with the island.
Obama pointed to the obvi-ous when he said the old pol-
icies, meaning containment and subversion, didn’t “make sense.” More Cubans are travelling to wherever they can get a visa, political dis-sent and expression is more open than ever, and there are more private owned busi-nesses and farms in Cuba. While Cuba is still officially a one party-state, Cuban lead-ers have repeatedly made clear they are committed to real reforms. In an extended visit to Cuba a decade ago, I saw firsthand the changes in tourism, trade, and people-friendly relations in Havana and other cities that I visited.
Given that, and the polls that show that a majority of Americans want an end to the embargo, Obama’s move was more a pragmatic than a bold step. Still, the devil is in the details about how quickly there will be full official dip-lomatic relations, free trade and free exchange of goods, services and technology, a formal lifting of the embargo,
foreign investment, travel, and family relations restored between Cubans in the island and those living here.
But the commonsense move to normalize relations is less important than the timing of the move and the domestic political conse-quences of it.
The prolonged and outdat-ed battering of Cuba was nev-er because it posed any real military or economic threat to the U.S. It was about U.S. domestic politics. Ten presi-dents before Obama were held hostage to the GOP-Cuban lobby and the fear of being branded soft on Cuba. This was tossed at any presi-dent and seen as the political death knell for Democratic presidential contenders. This unremitting hostility has not abated. Florida Senator Mar-co Rubio, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Texas Sena-
tor Ted Cruz, and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, have repeatedly spoken out against any normalization of relations. Rubio was even more strident on the pending thaw, calling it “disgraceful.” All have their eye on a 2016 White House bid. All, as in the past, were playing the anti-Castro card, to the con-servative GOP base.
Obama’s Cuba initiative can’t be separated from his escalating defiance of the GOP. In the aftermath of its November mid-term elec-tion shellacking, the Demo-cratic Party has been in a desperate search to find its legs. It has been denounced for not fighting back harder on issues from opposition to the Keystone pipeline, the re-lentless GOP assaults on the Affordable Care Act and the recent budget deal that was stuffed with financial give-away goodies to Wall Street.
With the White House and
even more Senate and Con-gressional seats on the line in 2016, Obama is still the key to Democratic hopes for a strong comeback. Obama’s willingness to weld the ex-ecutive pen on immigration reform and a defiant promise to use it whenever and wher-ever he can to push initia-tives that a GOP -controlled House has stymied at every turn is crucial to the party.
Possible 2016 Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Martin O’Malley and Ber-nie Sanders were quick to pick up on the significance of Obama’s Cuba normaliza-tion proposals and applaud them. It puts the Democratic Party firmly on record as re-versing a failed, flawed pol-icy that’s been an albatross around its neck for decades. Clinton, the presumptive favorite for the Democratic nomination, would be the first official presidential can-
didate to call for full normal-ization. Obama’s Cuba move can’t be considered on the groundbreaking magnitude of Nixon’s China opening or Reagan’s working both sides of the street with the Soviet Union, promoting ex-changes between students, scientists, artists, and local officials while proclaiming the avowed intent to bring down the “evil empire.” But it sent a welcome signal that on a thorny foreign policy issue such as Cuba, Obama will not succumb to GOP mania and intimidation. This makes his Cuba opening more than just about Cuba.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on Ameri-can Urban Radio Network. Follow Earl Ofari Hutchin-son on Twitter: twitter.com/earlhutchinson
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Going “fat-free” might seem like an effective, safe way to lose weight when consider-ing that fat contains nine calories per gram, compared to four calories per gram in carbohydrates and proteins. But if you take into account the fact that approximately 60 percent of human brain matter consists of fats, eating reduced fat or fat-free foods high in sugar and refined car-bohydrates no longer seems as appealing for our health.
“The brain thrives on a fat-rich, low carbohydrate diet, which unfortunately is rela-tively uncommon in human populations today,” reports David Perlmutter, author of Grain Brain. “Mayo Clinic researchers showed that individuals favoring carbo-hydrates in their diets had a remarkable 89 percent in-creased risk for developing
dementia as contrasted to those whose diets contained the most fat. Having the highest levels of fat consump-tion was actually found to be associated with an incredible 44 percent reduction in risk for developing dementia.”
Granted, certain types of fats are more beneficial than others. “Good” fats include monounsaturated fats, found abundantly in olive oil, pea-nut oil, hazelnuts, avocados and pumpkin seeds, and polyunsaturated fats (omega 3 and omega 6), which are found in flaxseed oil, chia seeds, marine algae oil and walnuts.
“In the ‘70s and early ‘80s…we were not talking about low-fat diets. We were talk-ing about replacing saturated fat with a healthy fat, poly-unsaturated fat,” says Walter Willett, professor of epide-miology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. “But somewhere in
the mid-1980s, we lost that message. It’s perhaps partly because some nutritionists felt it was too complicated to talk about different types of fat, and developed the no-tion we should just reduce all types of fat across the board.”
With over five million Americans currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are examin-ing which dietary fats may help prevent dementia. Ol-ivia Okereke at Brigham & Women’s Hospital tested how different types of fats af-fect cognition and memory in women. Over the course of four years, she found that women who consumed high amounts of monounsaturat-ed fats had better overall cog-nitive function and memory. A study by researchers from Laval University in Quebec revealed similar findings: Di-ets high in monounsaturated fats increased the produc-tion and release of the neu-rotransmitter acetylcholine,
which is critical for learning and memory. The loss of acetylcholine production in the brain has been associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Unfortunately, canola oil, which is high in monoun-saturated fats in its natural form, is often hydrogenated so it can stay fresh longer in processed foods. Partially hy-drogenated oils—also known as Trans fats—were shown to be detrimental to mem-ory in a recent University of California San Diego study. “Trans fats increase the shelf life of the food but reduce the shelf life of the person,” reports study author Beatrice Golomb.
Of course, a well-rounded diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables may still be the best way to stay healthy. But it’s good to know that a little fat here and there won’t kill you. In fact, it might well help you live a healthier, more productive life.
Certain fats are good for the body, and nec-essary for a healthy life. Knowing the dif-ferences will help make better informed food decisions.
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A multimedia graphic novel seems to be a paradox. In a medium dominated by the various ways you can shape a book—everything from tiny, hand-inked folded paper to massive cut and build your own stories—how can you infuse a novel with more than text and drawings, but music and animation as well?
Enter Nguyen Khoi Nguyen, a multidisciplinary artist working on the cutting edge of art and design, and his newest project, The Gulf—a digital, multimedia graphic novel inspired by Nguyen’s experiences and family in Vietnam.
Born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and currently re-siding in Washington D.C., Nguyen has a rich artistic career, from performing as a jazz pianist/vocalist lead of the jazz trio Superior Cling, to serving as the Video and Multimedia Editor for Sci-ence Magazine, to creating new pieces of work as a fine artist in residence at Strath-more. We had a chance to ask Nguyen about life in D.C., The Gulf, his artistic inspira-tions—and even his favorite Vietnamese food.
What are your strongest memories from each of the places you hail from – Viet-
nam, Florida, and Washing-ton D.C.?
I was only a year and half old when my family moved to America, so I don’t have memories of Vietnam as a child. But I do have many vivid memories of Vietnam when I returned for the first time in 2005. I spent seven months there discovering the country for myself. I traveled very widely throughout the country and documented everything with my camera. City life, the countryside, re-ligious life, weddings, funer-
als… I soaked up everything.I grew up in Florida so that landscape is burned onto my brain. The flatness of every-thing, the scratchy dryness of the flora, the flooding when the rains come, and the uni-form architecture of subur-ban gated communities.
What made you decide to stay in D.C.?
I’ve been in DC for eight years now. I’ve experienced my 20s and now my 30s in DC. When I think of the District I think of the constant state of construction and the funny hybrid feeling of urbanization and small town life. I move to DC on a lark. I traveled for a year as a Watson Fellow after undergrad and was planning to actually remain in Vietnam but first I had to report back to the states and then I took a little holiday visiting my sister here in DC. While I was here for about a month I substitute taught a film and video class and when they asked me if I was interested in remaining for the year, something com-pelled me to say yes and I’ve been in DC ever since.
Tell us about The Gulf. What inspired it (both in content
and form)?
“The Gulf” is a multimedia graphic novel about a Viet-namese American Family. It
is inspired by my family his-tory and my childhood. The title of “the Gulf” refers to the Gulf Coast of Florida (where my hometown is situated) and also the divisions that I traverse in my life: adulthood/childhood, my Vietnamese/American identity. The first three chapters are currently available on iBooks.
“The Gulf” has been a long time coming for me. I loved comic books as a kid. But in Art school I was occupied with painting and film and other diversions so it took me a while to circle back. I don’t think I wouldn’t have actually attempted to draw a comic again if I hadn’t taught a drawing and painting class two years ago. That’s when I began to really draw again and feel confident about my drawing. Also, right around that time I had just digested a bunch of fantastic graphic novels which really inspired me.
Since the novel is 3/10ths released so far – what do you have in store for the remain-ing 7/10ths? When do you
expect the final chapter to be released?
I’ve completed three chapters of “The Gulf” so far and I’ve set a goal to make ten. I’ve spent a little over year and a half working on it. In these
first three chapters, I have es-tablished different characters, time periods, and landscapes. I’ve had a great time experi-menting with form, structure and layout and I’ve made an explicit effort to keep the read-er on his/her toes. My plan is to elaborate on this world while continuing to bring the unexpected to the work.
How exactly does a “multi-media graphic novel” work?
The multimedia aspect of the “Gulf” is that there’s music and animation which is em-bedded within the chapters. I don’t treat these elements as add-ons but as integral parts of the story. Composing the music and drawing the ani-mation does make everything take longer so even when the comic is written and drawn I still have so much more work to do to finish a chapter! But I recognized early on that my priority is to make the best work I can, work that could really put a smile on my face, that pushes me forward, so if it takes a little longer so be it. Realistically, I’ll be done in three more years.
Who are the artists, musi-cians, and creators who
inspire you?
I’m a huge consumer of art and media. In terms of graph-ic novels the first ones that really excited me were Alison
Bechdel’s “Fun Home” and Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s “Abandon the Old in Tokyo.” I came to Tatsumi’s work through read-ing another one of my heroes: Adrian Tomine. His composi-tions and lines are stunning. For a sense of gesture and sheer imagination I always return to Bill Watterson.
What is your advice for other young artists and creators?
My advice to aspiring artists is to just do the work. There’s just no way to get better un-less you just keep working. You have to put in the time, you have to get the experience.
And finally… what’s your favorite Vietnamese food?
My favorite food is my mom’s Pho. She has a garden with all the requisite herbs so we pick them fresh right before we eat. The flavor from her broth is ridiculous. No comparison.
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Not long ago, TVs were big, boxy and unattractive. No wonder they were always relegated to the corner of a room, positioned discreetly or masked within large, wooden, entertainment cen-ters to make them fit in an aesthetically pleasing way.
Those days are long gone. With the advent of newer technology and thinner screens, this once-humble home electronics device has been reinvented as a critical design statement for the con-temporary home.
This shift can be attributed to several factors. Surveys show that consumers now prefer larger-screen TVs, so the physical space that TVs take up in the home is greater than ever before. The layout of modern homes has also evolved. Today interior designers often experiment
with the non-traditional placement of furniture and electronics, so it’s not un-common for a TV to be a focal point in the center of a room or for it to be mounted atop a fireplace, rather than flush against a wall. Addi-tionally, TV manufacturers are putting a greater empha-sis on display design with new, sleek and sophisticated models that can brighten up any room.
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nological innovation. Bulky CRT TVs made way to thin LCD/LED models - and now there are even TVs that are curved. Just think of some of today’s modern TVs - ev-ery part of the TV now mat-ters, not just the screen. TV frames are thinner so the picture looks like it’s floating, TV necks are barely notice-able, even the back of the TV is less cluttered, allowing it to be displayed. For example, Samsung has a One Connect Box which means the TV only needs one port of con-
nection in addition to the power cord.
With these modern innova-tions come more artistic de-sign possibilities. Samsung commissioned a Korean artist to use traditional gold lacquer paint on the backside of a TV. This 78-inch Curved UHD TV was recently show-cased and auctioned for charity at Christie’s in Hong Kong. The special-edition TV featured iconic scenes and famous characters from television, brought to life through intricate gold-lac-quered paintings on the TV’s rear face.
As technological advance-ments continue, people will see bold and different things from TV design. The TV has become a way for consum-ers to express their personal style or complement their home’s interior design, in ad-dition to being a main source of entertainment.
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The award-winning duo Thompson Square is growing into one of country music’s most sought-after acts and one of ChildFund Interna-tional’s most visible advocates for children.
One year ago, Keifer and Shawna Thompson teamed with ChildFund’s LIVE! channel -- an initiative that enlists performing artists to raise awareness of how spon-sorship helps children who live in extreme poverty. At each concert, the husband and wife performers ask their fans to sponsor a child, hop-ing that their “celebrity” will help put a dent in the number of children who go every day without safe water, adequate nutrition, access to health care and other essentials. Ke-ifer and Shawna themselves sponsor a child, and earlier
this year they traveled to meet him. Four-year-old Emer-son lives in a tiny, central Honduras village, about two hours’ drive from the capital over rough roads that wind through green mountains. His family enthusiastically welcomed the country stars into their small home.
Keifer and Shawna were amazed at how happy Em-erson and his family were, despite their few possessions. The couple were “totally changed” by the experience of seeing people who survive with so little and yet have so much love and joy to give. The experience, Shawna says, “definitely makes you real-ize what is important in life, and it’s pretty obvious that it’s family.”
Keifer and Shawna also had the chance to see ChildFund’s programs. At the local school,
where children warmly wel-comed them, they observed children tutoring their peers through ChildFund’s school support program and youth participating in Child-Fund programs oriented to strengthening their self-esteem, leadership skills and cultural identity.
The duo also took the op-portunity to shoot a video of the work they’re support-ing as LIVE! artists, using their popular song “Glass” as the soundtrack. The heart-warming video -- dedicated to the children they met in Honduras -- is now shown at their concerts to help spread
the word about sponsorship, to share their experience in Honduras and to inspire oth-ers to sponsor children. It is not uncommon for many of ChildFund’s sponsors -- ce-lebrities or not -- to become more thankful through the experience of sponsorship. Even though most Child-Fund sponsors can’t pick up and go to Honduras or wher-ever their sponsored children live, many share in Keifer’s and Shawna’s leap of grati-tude. While the $28-a-month sponsorship gives a child a fighting chance to survive and thrive, it also gives a sponsor a new outlook on life that mon-ey or fame can’t buy.
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Cuando el Capitán Hook roba el libro especial de cuentos de Wendy, Jake y sus amigos viajan a Londres para ayudar a la amiga de Peter Pan (de la película clásica Peter Pan). Cuanto más tiempo esté el libro alejado de Wendy, más se olvidarán ella y sus hermanos (John y Michael) de sus aventuras pasadas en el país de Nunca Jamás. La batalla por el libro continúa en Nunca Jamás, donde Hook planea destruir el libro y sus historias en el legendario anillo de fuego azul. ¡Nuestros pequeños héroes deberán salvar al libro de cuentos de Wendy y la historia de Peter Pan!
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Doug Harris (Josh Gad) es un adorable pero socialmente torpe novio a punto de casarse que tiene un problema: no tiene padrino para su boda. Con menos de dos semanas para que se case con la chica de sus sueños (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting), Doug llega por recomendaciones a Jimmy Callahan (Kevin Hart), el dueño y presidente de Best Man, Inc., una compañía que proporciona padrinos aduladores para los ineptos sociales que los necesitan. Lo que sigue es una divertida farsa a lo largo de la boda en la que intentan hacer pasar una cosa por otra, y en la que Doug y su falso padrino Jimmy se vuelven grandes compinches.
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Un ejemplo de cómo se traducen los símbolos de la vigilia al mundo de los sue-ños, lo podemos apreciar en el clásico de 1939 <<El Mago de Oz>> película en la cual Dorothy (Judy Garland) se ve acosada por una solterona amargada que trata de sepa-rarla de su perro toto. Cuando Dorothy escapa de la casa de sus tíos para poder estar con su mascota, se encuentra con un vidente lenguaraz que in-tenta predecir su futuro. Súbi-tamente un poderoso tornado amenaza a los habitantes de la comarca, Dorothy regresa alarmada a casa y cae en un sueño profundo. De pronto su morada es elevada por los ai-res y por la ventana va obser-vando a personas que forman parte de su convivencia, ense-guida advierte como la solte-rona se convierte en una bruja siniestra. Inmediatamente contempla que ha llegado a un reino encantado, colorido y a la vez atormentado por la bruja.
Una bruja buena o hada ma-drina acude en su auxilio. Tres hombres que trabajan en el rancho de sus tíos se presen-tan en el sueño: un hombre de paja carente de cerebro, un
hombre de hojalata sin cora-zón y un león falto de valentía, juntos acompañan a Dorothy en aquella travesía en busca del Mago que puede ayudar-le a volver a casa, atraviesan entonces por una intricada travesía. Tanto sus tres acom-pañantes como ella quieren pedir un deseo que finalmen-te no se cumple debido a que el Mago de Oz de ciudad Es-meralda es simplemente un producto del ingenio y ma-quinaria de un hombre co-mún y corriente.
Finalmente Dorothy des-pierta del sueño y se da cuen-ta que la mayoría de personas que conviven a su alrededor aparecían en el sueño pero transformados y esa trans-formación es la misma que ocurre durante los sueños de todos los seres humanos y probablemente en los sueños de los animales porque éstos también sueñan.
Durante la vigilia Dorothy anhelaba estar en el sitio que se encontraba más allá del arco iris, por tal motivo se presento este sueño que com-pensó sus deseos. La soltero-na opresora que había creado una emoción dañina en nues-
tra protagonista apareció en el sueño simbolizada por una bruja; los amigos de Dorothy se mostraron justo como ella los percibía en la vigilia pero simbolizados por arquetipos. El mago era la representación corregida y aumentada del vidente, finalmente la hada madrina era emblema de los buenos sentimientos, virtudes y actitud de aquella angus-tiada jovencita que lo superó todo al creer en su poder y fuerza interior.
Nuestras actitudes y senti-mientos se reflejan durante los sueños personificados en arquetipos. Un adolescente que tenga un padre severo y demasiado estricto, tendrá sueños con ogros, dictado-res y hombres despiadados. Quien tenga amistades falsas experimentará sueños con serpientes. Los que padecen de ambiciones desmedidas han de soñar con dinero o joyas constantemente. Una persona altruista y de buen corazón soñará regularmente con ángeles y espíritus de luz. La mente inconsciente utiliza símbolos para compensar los deseos de la mente conscien-te.
Mario Jiménez CastilloEL OBSERVADOR
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Shelly Palmer
According to the wikiality of the Interweb (in other words, according to hundreds of sources reposting the same message, but without actual verification), a hacker group known as “The Guardians of Peace” has communicated the following:
Warning We will clearly show it to
you at the very time and plac-es “The Interview” be shown, including the premiere, how bitter fate those who seek fun in terror should be doomed to.
Soon all the world will see what an awful movie Sony Pictures Entertainment has made.
The world will be full of fear.
Remember the 11th of Sep-tember 2001.
We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time.
(If your house is nearby, you’d better leave.)
Whatever comes in the coming days is called by the greed of Sony Pictures Enter-tainment.
All the world will denounce the SONY.
These words may go down in history as the seminal message of the apocalypse. It is very possible that this is the beginning of a post-gov-ernment, post-religion, post-rule-of-law age... the Age of Hackers. BTW: I predicted this attack in my April 2009 article entitled, Metamerica: Evolving The Governance Of A Digital Democracy. It begins:
How Did We Get Here?
First, the tools to do this kind of hacking have been around for quite some time. In June 2012, Kaspersky Lab discovered Worm.Win32.Flame – the world’s first super-cyber weapon, which it named “Flame.” What made Flame a super-cyber weapon? Kaspersky Lab says it was highly sophisticated and malicious with complex-ity and functionality exceed-ing all other cyber weapons known to that date. They think it may have been de-ployed as early as 2010.
According to the New York Times, back in October 2012, “Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta warned that the United States was facing the possibility of a ‘cyber-Pearl Harbor’ and was in-creasingly vulnerable to for-eign computer hackers who could dismantle the nation’s power grid, transportation system, financial networks and government.” Of course Congress was too busy deal-ing with other domestic is-sues to take this seriously.
However, even if they had heeded the Defense Secre-tary’s words, they would have misunderstood the threat. His metaphor was poorly chosen. He was suggesting that we could solve a 21st century problem with a 20th century solution. That’s sim-ply not possible.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a physical act accompa-nied by a typewritten physi-cal declaration of war (de-livered by hand) against the United States of America by the sovereign Government of Japan. This declaration and the established national bor-ders drew clear, unambigu-ous battle lines. It was the USA vs. The Empire of Ja-pan in a fight to submission. There would be a winner and a loser. The war would be fought and it would end.
The attack on Sony is an ongoing digital act, accom-panied by an untraceable emailed declaration of ter-ror against a major multi-national corporation. There
are no established borders and no battle lines. It is Sony vs. the Hackers in a fight to submission. There is a win-ner (the Hackers) and a loser (Sony). This is not a war… or is it?
Some people are calling the attack on Sony an act of cyber-terrorism (which it clearly is). Some are calling it cyber-bullying, albeit by the best, most powerful cyber-bullies we have encountered to date. But this actually may be a new kind of warfare, em-powered by our addiction to, and our accelerating reliance on, technology.
Is This War?
This first publicly visible super-cyber-weapon deploy-ment on a corporation was ostensibly motivated by the desire to stop Sony from re-leasing a movie entitled “The Interview.” First Amend-ment specialists have told me that while it doesn’t cross the line, people who wanted to live up to the spirit of the First Amendment would not
release a movie (comedy or otherwise) that depicted the killing of a sitting Head of State. It could be interpreted as the moral equivalent of “screaming fire in a crowded theater.”
A straw man says, “If Sony is a proxy for the First Amend-ment, then this cyber-attack is a declaration of war against the United States and Sony (as a proxy for America) should not have surrendered. We, all of us, should have stood up to our oppressors and made them understand the no one tells America what to do!”
Except, that’s not what’s ac-tually happening here. The hackers are not targeting America; they are targeting Sony. The company is only a proxy for America, and a weak proxy at that.
What if This Was Not About Freedom of Speech, But About Freedom?
Which begs for the ques-tion: “What if this was not
about freedom of speech, but simply about freedom?” Here is where I get scared. For cen-turies, we have used mon-archs, heads-of-state, religion, political systems to control each other. Any or all of these methods of control seem feeble when compared to the ability of motivated hackers to do harm. Power outages, ravaged accounting or medi-cal records, manipulation of streetlights, launching of missiles… the list is practi-cally endless. A world where people cannot tell the differ-ence between a credible threat and a poorly worded email is a frightening world indeed.
The good news is that as we transition into an almost fully connected world where each of us is represented by a consortia of data gathered by a plethora of devices, we will learn to deal with the con-stant threat. After all, most of us lock our doors when we leave the house. Door locks have a digital equivalent; we just have to teach everyone to use them.
With the threat and confu-sion of who exactly cyber-attacked Sony, is the US government safe?
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Stephen A. Crockett Jr.NAM/THE ROOT
We didn’t have to know
you to know that you knew us, got us and embodied us. That you spoke like us and got the duality of being both a professional and a poet.
That a home run ball leav-ing the park wasn’t “hi-yoooo!” it was “boo-yahhhh!” And you got the difference for us, the kids from broken homes with cousins named Pookie, who wrote out rap lyrics in our notebooks and signed our names in bubble letters.
You didn’t patronize us free-lunch kids, you asked that we be included in the conversa-tion. You slid our language right next to theirs and let it be. You included the music of your people and the expe-riences of your life to add to your depth. And your vast knowledge of hip-hop did not embarrass you. You were proud of it. You took the bul-let for the rest of us; spoke our speech on-air so that even a throwaway phrase like “Yo” became commonplace.
“You had white guys, in their 30s, all with catch-phrases,” ESPN host Dan
Patrick said of Stuart Scott. “Stuart certainly wasn’t that.”
Nope. He was ours first—with the baggy-pants suits and tight fades that he wore early in his career—and in turn he became everyone else’s. This is the cornerstone of the legacy of Stuart Scott, a man who battled cancer three times with an authentic gangster mentality that most rappers only spit on wax.
According to his doctors, he refused to know what stage his cancer was in because he didn’t want to be defined by his illness. He chose to live
He was the first TV anchor to make hip-hop language and swagger part of
the sports lexicon, and he made sure that disenfranchised black kids were
represented at his table.on his terms, and that includ-ed rigorous chemotherapy treatments and ended with grueling mixed martial arts training.
Weeks before he would ac-cept the ESPYs’ Jimmy V Perseverance Award, Scott spent days in the hospital undergoing multiple surger-ies, but he was there, on the ESPY stage in Los Angeles,
because he wasn’t going to let cancer hold him back. He was thin and war-torn, but not down.
“When you die, it does not mean that you lose to can-cer,” he told the crowd. “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and the manner in which you live.” This is the true spirit of hip-hop and one that Scott embodied all the
way to the end—for us. That although the odds are against you, it doesn’t mean that you can’t live to the fullest, out loud.
Or, as Notorious B.I.G. spit, “Remember Rappin Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha. You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far.”
ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott arrives at the 13th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational gala at the ARIA Resort & Casino at CityCenter on April 4, 2014, in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
