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LG Officially Unveils MWC 2011 Lineup: Optimus 3D and Optimus Pad Featured
File this one under "not a shocker whatsoever". LG has put together a press release detailing its premier device lineup for MWC 2011, with the LG Optimus 3D and Optimus Pad being the two flagship devices and the Optimus 2X and Black following behind them.
We all knew the 3D and Pad were coming to MWC, but it's always nice to receive official confirmation from the horse's mouth. Here's a basic rundown of some of the devices' features:
The Optimus 3D uses a 1 GHz dual-core TI OMAP4 processor with "four times more video decoders than competing designs", with higher graphics performance, a dual-lens camera that can take 3D pictures (hence the name) and display them in 3D on a 4.3″ WVGA display without needing glasses. It will also include HDMI and DLNA options for easy connectivity to HDTVs and other multimedia devices. No word on which version of Android it will use, though it's quite possible it will be running 2.2 Froyo and later upgradeable to Gingerbread.
The LG Optimus Pad is LG's answer to the competing tablets like the Motorola Xoom; it uses a 8.9″ WXGA screen with 1280 x 768 resolution that comes with 15:9 aspect ratio and 1080p decoding. It will feature Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and run on a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor. It will also have a competitive edge over every other tablet already announced by offering a 3D camera.
Here's the full press release, for your perusal:
Making a Return to the Largest Mobile Event With a Rich Collection of Mobile Devices
Barcelona, Feb. 13, 2011 – LG Electronics (LG) returns to Barcelona this year to introduce two new flagship devices at Mobile World Congress: the LG Optimus 3D, a stunning super-smartphone with unparalleled 3D performance, and the LG Optimus Pad, a true Android tablet optimized with Honeycomb OS designed to offer the full viewing experience of a tablet while still being easy to hold with one hand.
"I`m confident that this year, LG will emerge as a leader in the next generation of smartphone and tablet devices," said Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "What you see here today is just the beginning — we will continue to innovate with products that address consumer needs and deliver benefits that live up to our `Life`s Good` commitment."
Aiming to aggressively take a leadership position in the smartphone market in 2011, LG has been earnestly bolstering its premium smartphone line-up, evident by its strong showing at CES last month. There, the company introduced the world`s first dual-core smartphone (LG Optimus 2X), one of the world`s slimmest and brightest smartphones (LG Optimus Black) and the company`s first phone compatible with 4G LTE networks (LG Revolution(TM)). LG products debuting at MWC 2011 build upon this spirit of innovation. Key devices include:
LG Optimus 3D
The LG Optimus 3D packs exceptional features with performance in mind, including an advanced dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory architecture. Equipped with a 1GHz OMAP4 dual-core processor and four times more video decoders than competing designs, the LG Optimus 3D doubles the graphics performance of its nearest competitor allowing users to enjoy superb performance while web surfing, running applications and enjoying multimedia content. In addition, the LG Optimus 3D provides the world`s first full 3D experience covering the full spectrum from recording to viewing and sharing 3D content. It features a dual-lens camera that enables users to capture any moment in true 3D which can then be viewed immediately on the 4.3-inch WVGA glasses-free display. Multiple connectivity options including HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) and DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) also make it easy for users to transfer their recorded content to other devices.
LG Optimus Pad
The LG Optimus Pad sets a new standard for tablets by utilizing an 8.9-inch display in a form factor that`s comfortable to use one-handed. With a 15:9 aspect ratio and Full HD 1080p decoding, the LG Optimus Pad offers users an immersive multimedia environment on a 1280 x 768 WXGA resolution widescreen display. The new device sports Honeycomb, Google`s latest platform optimized for tablet devices with an optimized and intuitive PC-like interface for running tablet software. LG`s tablet runs on a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor for unmatched performance and power management. In addition, the LG Optimus Pad is the world`s first tablet with a built-in 3D camera, enabling users to capture vivid image and video content to be viewed on a high definition 3D TV or shared on the web via YouTube 3D.
LG Optimus 2X
The world`s first smartphone with a dual-core processor, the LG Optimus 2X was developed in partnership with graphics processor powerhouse, NVIDIA. The dual-core Tegra 2 system-on-a-chip found in the LG Optimus 2X runs at a clock speed of 1GHz and boasts low power consumption and high performance for playing video and audio. Not only does the LG Optimus 2X mean more powerful multimedia features, the Tegra 2 processor makes for faster, smoother web browsing and multitasks with virtually no screen lag. The LG Optimus 2X offers 1080p HD video playback and recording with HDMI mirroring that expands content on external displays to Full HD quality. The LG Optimus 2X can connect wirelessly to any DLNA-compatible digital device such as HD TVs for a console-like gaming experience, taking full advantage of the phone?s HDMI mirroring, accelerometer and gyro sensor.
LG Optimus Black
One of the world`s slimmest and lightest Android smartphones, LG Optimus Black is already a hit, having recorded more than two million pre-orders in 20 countries since its introduction at CES. At MWC, a range of special-edition LG Optimus Black handsets will be unveiled featuring designs courtesy of the Keith Haring Foundation. Besides its incredibly slim body, the LG Optimus Black features a 4-inch NOVA display for optimal brightness and readability under any lighting conditions. The crystal-clear display also provides a more natural web browsing experience by displaying truer whites while simultaneously cutting energy consumption by 50 percent compared to conventional LCDs. In addition, the LG Optimus Black includes a collection of smart features designed to improve the user experience, such as Gesture UI, Wi-Fi Direct and a 2MP front-facing camera.


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Well, we are less then 4 weeks away from our cruise and getting very excited! Any others out there who would like to chat about it? I am traveling with my husband and 6yr old son. We are arriving the day before and staying at the Waterfront Centre Hotel (great corporate rates). This is our first cruise.
We managed to get a Cat 3 cabin (8183). We were originally booked in a 1B. Everyday I looked at the Celebrity web site and one day there were 4 Cat 3's available. I grabbed one and the next day they were all gone. For excursions we are doing Coastal Helipcopters in Juneau and the Train-Bus ride in Skagway. We're not sure about Ketchikan yet. We are scheduled for the late seating. I plan to feed my son early and then he'll go to the children's program. I know that he can't sit at a table for more than an hour (and that's pushing it). At night, I want to relax and have adult conversation.
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Hey Ladies,
I'm stuck! I can't decide where to get married. I love Azul all inclusive. I love everything about it except that you can only have 60 people. That number sounds right but we are inviting more than that but I don't think they'll all come. We're also looking into iberostar resorts but I'm afraid they might be a little cheese factor there but the price is right for some of our guests. I also like dreams tulum but its so far from the airport. Any suggestions?
Can't decide!
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Posted 05 February 2008 - 10:53 PM
don't know if this'll help, but i've read that the rule of thumb is 80% of the people you invite will actually be able to make it
Posted 06 February 2008 - 02:06 AM
I think you should plan your wedding where you want and the cost is right for you. Your guests can always stay in nearby resorts in which the cost is good for them. Do you have an estimated date yet? This might be part of the deciding factor if the resorts are available.
Posted 06 February 2008 - 06:02 AM
I personally would choose to have it where YOU want to. It sounds like you like Azul! I say go for it. It is your wedding! Of course this is from someone who chose Fiji for her wedding...
But if guest are more important, go where most of the guest can afford.
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Different cultures articulate different visions of human life. But what are we to make of this diversity as contemporary residents of an increasingly heterogeneous nation? Do we have any rational basis for assessing this diversity or evaluating these alternative possibilities for life presented by different religious and philosophical traditions? This seminar examines important, indeed classic, statements on the nature of human existence from the ancient and modern West, and from East Asia. We will endeavor, moreover, to sensitively compare these diverse conceptions of human life without capitulating to nihilism, relativism, or cultural chauvinism. In this course, we will explore influential representatives of several traditions, including Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, and contemporary democratic political theory. Recurring issues include the nature and relation of reason and emotion; the constitution and source of saving dispositions; understandings of the relation of our more animal and more human sides; problems in life that deform the self; the need, if any, for transcendent influences to actualize the self; the form of and rationale for various practices of self-cultivation; and the relation of individual and communal flourishing.


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It has been announced that Love Never Dies will launch a U.S. tour in 2017.
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The production will be based on Simon Phillips's Australian version of the musical which is also being staged in Germany later this year.
The show has music by Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and book by Lloyd Webber, Slater and Ben Elton with additional lyrics by Charles Hart. Love Never Dies premiered in the West End in 2010 starring Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess (pictured above).


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Scarface as a Children's School Play
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SEOUL-South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. (005380.SE) aims to sell more premium vehicles in overseas markets like China and the U.S. to beat sluggish domestic demand and a rising Korean won.
Hyundai, the country's dominant auto maker, has fared well in recent years with robust sales of sedans like the Sonata and the Elantra compact car. With foreign rivals encroaching on its home turf and the rising won threatening profits, it is shifting focus to the higher end of the auto market.
"We are selling more of the lucrative sport-utility vehicles and mid-and large-size sedans' to help support earnings, Chief Operating Officer Im Tak-Uk told The Wall Street Journal in an interview.
Last year, upscale models only accounted for a third of the 4.41 million vehicles Hyundai sold world-wide, while small passenger cars made up more than 60% of sales. The company targets total sales of 4.66 million vehicles this year, and Mr. Im said "raising prices is also an option" to ensure profits.
Hyundai sold 425,782 units of SUVs like the Santa Fe and Tucson and sedans such as the Equus, Genesis and Azera to the U.S., China and the Middle East in 2012, a 26% jump from 338,377 units in 2010.
Jaguar Land Rover, Fiat SpA's Maserati and Volkswagen AG's Bentley are already wooing customers with new SUVs. General Motors Co. GM, -3.27% Ford Motor Co. F, -3.15% and Chrysler Group LLC (C.XX) have developed or are developing new pickup trucks with better fuel efficiency.
China remains a bright spot for Hyundai, and it expects sales in the country to rise 13% this year. The U.S., Hyundai's second-largest overseas market after China, remains challenging.
Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.TO), Honda Motor Co. (7267.TO) and Nissan Motor Co. (7201.TO) have rolled out upgraded versions of the Camry, Accord and Altima cars for U.S. consumers. Hyundai's revamped Genesis sedan and Sonata aren't expected to hit the U.S. market until next year, though it introduced the seven-seater Santa Fe SUV there last month.
"If Japanese car makers become aggressive in raising incentives and the red light comes on in achieving our sales target in the U.S., we will consider raising incentives [for buyers] in the U.S.," said Mr. Im, who is in charge of Hyundai's international operations.
In January, Hyundai trailed the U.S. car market's 14% growth, posting a sales increase of 2.4%. For the full year, it aims to sell 734,000 vehicles in the U.S., up 4.4% from a year earlier.
"If Hyundai posts a strong performance with its SUV models, it will help cushion the impact of unfavorable currency moves and the lack of new cars," said Suh Sung-moon, an analyst at Korea Investment & Securities.
The Korean won has gained 6.4% against the dollar from the start of 2012 to Monday. A firmer domestic currency makes products of exporters like Hyundai more expensive for overseas buyers, and it can eat into profits when a company repatriates funds from abroad.
Hyundai plans to run its overseas plants at full capacity to make up for any decline in output in South Korea, Mr. Im said. The company and its workers in South Korea have agreed to cut working hours beginning March, dismantling a shift system that has been in place since 1973.
Hyundai has plants in the U.S., China, Turkey, Czech Republic, Russia, Brazil and India.
The auto maker is set to introduce only one model to the domestic market this year, the all-new Genesis sedan.
Mr. Im said Hyundai is working on a new marketing program in the U.S. but didn't elaborate.
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Considerations about "money" played a role in McLaren choosing Sergio Perez.
That is the claim of Paul di Resta, the Force India driver who admits to having talks with McLaren when the British team was deciding Lewis Hamilton's 2013 replacement.
"I'm not going to give away too much, but yes, there were discussions," 26-year-old Scot di Resta, who is staying at Force India for a third consecutive season this year, said.
"Unfortunately in this sport now there's a little bit more to it. There's a commercial side and money's tight. Perez has some good backing," he is quoted by the Daily Mail.
Di Resta is undoubtedly referring to Perez's former backing by Carlos Slim's Mexican telco Telmex, the company that while staying at Sauber this year has been linked with a future tie-up with McLaren.
"I've got a great relationship with McLaren," di Resta said.
"Martin Whitmarsh was actually the key person who put my name forward for Force India, and also I've been part of Mercedes-Benz for a lot of years.
"Our paths may cross," he said at the Autosport International show in Birmingham.


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Massaging poultry, dropping food and utensils, and warbling her way through boeuf bourguignon and coq au vin, Julia Child left an indelible mark on American food.
As television's towering, ebullient "French Chef," Child put within reach of the average American a cuisine most had only heard about. Using fresh ingredients and copious amounts of wine, she changed the way we thought about food, demystifying it and placing it firmly at the center of a joyous life.
But as we approach her 100th birthday, coming Aug. 15, what's less obvious is how Child also revolutionized the way women saw cooking - and themselves.
"Julia turned women on to the beauty of making a wonderful meal for the family, not just scraping something together," said Bob Spitz, author of the forthcoming Child biography "Dearie" (Knopf, August 2012).
"She let women who watched her feel that they would be heard, that they could do anything she could do," he said. "She wanted women to be proud of what they did. That was so important to her. That pride. She had found it. And she wanted others to find it, too."
Child didn't come from pride. Wealth, yes, but pride took longer.
Raised in Pasadena, Calif., the eldest child of a prosperous land manager and a paper-company heiress, Child went to Smith College where she partied more than studied and aspired to get married.
After college and a series of uninspiring jobs, she joined the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, and was sent to Ceylon, now Sri Lanka.
It wasn't until she married Paul Child, an artist and diplomat, and moved to Paris that she found herself.
In France, she studied at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school, then began work on "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" with two French colleagues.
It was a game-changing cookbook that, unlike its predecessors, outlined every step of a recipe.
That was a bold change for the American palate in 1961, an era in thrall to the convenience food industry.
It was a time when a constant drumbeat of advertising and what passed for food journalism told women they had no time to cook, said Laura Shapiro, a culinary historian and author of "Julia Child: A Life."
Women were being told they needed canned fruit, frozen vegetables, cake mixes and TV dinners. The fresh food available in supermarkets was segregated, wrapped in plastic and untouchable. The cookbooks of the period reflected this.
"The whole trend was to make it fast and easy, and what they considered easy was almost a quick summary of what you did - boil the beef for an hour and a half in a cup of wine and water and that's boeuf bourguignon," said Judith Jones, the book editor who rescued "Mastering the Art" after it suffered multiple rejections from a publisher who wanted it revised to include packaged goods and fewer steps.
"Julia made the distinction between the home cook just cooking, putting it on the table, and cooking with finesse, tasting and understanding what she was doing. She believed that that's where the joy came."


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Matsui gets easy RBI vs. old team
Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, March 1, 2011
A's starter Dallas Braden hasn't hidden his admiration for the A's new designated hitter, Hideki Matsui, so he was tickled that Matsui made his Oakland spring debut in a game Braden started.
Braden found it even better that Matsui's first appearance came against his former team, the Angels.
"It's like buying a Ferrari from someone else, then putting on a new paint job," Braden said. "You want to go out and honk the horn and have the guy you bought it from say, "Dang, that looks pretty great. Yeah, he looks better in green and gold.' "
Matsui didn't do anything really extraordinary Monday in the A's 8-7 loss at Tempe Diablo Stadium, but he did come up in precisely the situation the team would like him to hit all year: In the fifth inning, he stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs.
The Angels decided to make a pitching change, substituting left-hander Matt Meyer for righty Matt Palmer, but Meyer couldn't find the strike zone.
Matsui walked on four pitches, driving in Oakland's first run.
"They were pretty much balls," Matsui said through translator Roger Kahlon when asked if anything was even close.
Was he disappointed he got nothing to hit? "Not necessarily," he said. "I was able to walk. That's a good result."
As for making his A's debut against the Angels, Matsui said, "I guess it was a little bit awkward. But a year and a half ago, they were opponents."
Matsui said it was nice to catch up with some of his former teammates, but he said nothing unusual happened, so apparently he caught no grief from the Angels for jumping to a division rival.
Matsui was especially popular with the Angels' players, according to Angels center fielder Torii Hunter, who became very friendly with Matsui. "He's a true professional," Hunter said before Monday's game. "They're going to love him over there."
There are no indications when Matsui might get time in the outfield, if he does at all. "That conversation hasn't happened yet," said Matsui, who again emphasized that he's happy to play wherever the A's would like.
The outfield wasn't a strong suit for Oakland on Monday: The team's left fielders made three errors, two by Chris Carter and one by Jai Miller.
Matsui's next appearance will be Wednesday at Phoenix Municipal Stadium against the Indians. He finished 0-for-2 Monday with a flyout and a strikeout.


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GlassFish Enterprise Manager SNMP Monitoring provides SNMP support for Sun GlassFishTM Enterprise Server version 2.1. This feature uses the J2EE MIB to expose the Enterprise Server for monitoring by SNMP clients. The J2EE MIB is described in Java Specification Request (JSR) 77.
These Release Notes provide the latest SNMP monitoring updates in the following sections:
For information on installation and basic use, see the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Manager SNMP Monitoring 1.0 Installation and Quick Start Guide. For information for advanced users, see the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Manager SNMP Monitoring 1.0 Reference. See also the documentation set for Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server.
This section provides a record of changes in these Release Notes.Table 1 Revision History
Description of Changes
January 2009
Initial release.
Before you can download and install SNMP monitoring, you must do the following:
Install Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 2.1, available at . You can install a domain with any profile: developer, cluster, enterprise, or custom. For more information about Enterprise Server installation, see the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Installation Guide.
Purchase support for Enterprise Server, available at . This gives you an account that entitles you to download extra Enterprise Server features. It is important to remember your support username and password.
System requirements for SNMP monitoring are the same as those for Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 2.1. For Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 2.1 system requirements, see the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Release Notes.
This section lists the following known issues with SNMP monitoring:
Connector Resources Are Only Displayed for the DAS (6784480)
Incorrect Data Is Displayed for Disabled Web Modules (6786830)
JDBC and JCA Pools Appear in the j2eeRsrcTable Only If Monitoring Is HIGH (6787892)
Statistics Provider Attributes Are Not Correctly Set (6787893 6789156 6789157)
Disabled and Undeployed Applications Remain in the j2eeAppTable(6789146)
Deleted Connection Pools Remain in the J2eeRsrcTable (6789179)
Deleted Virtual Servers Remain in the j2eeModTable (6778734)
You can retrieve j2eeJCATable and j2eeJcaConnPoolStatTable data only for the domain administration server (DAS). You cannot retrieve this information for other server instances.
This issue has two parts:
When a stand-alone web module is disabled, the value of the j2eeModSMState attribute in the j2eeModTable is still shown as running (4).
When a web module within an application is disabled, the j2eeModTable entry for the web module disappears altogether.
The workarounds are as follows:
Restart the clusters or server instances on which the stand-alone web module is deployed.
JDBC and connector connection pools do not appear in the j2eeRsrcTable when the corresponding monitoring levels are set to OFF.
Set monitoring to HIGH for JDBC and connector connection pools. See the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Manager SNMP Monitoring 1.0 Installation and Quick Start Guide.
The value of the statistics provider attribute for the main GlassFish MBean object is always set to false. Therefore, *StatProv attributes in various GlassFish SNMP data tables may be set to false even when statistics are available.
If an application is disabled and then undeployed, the application continues to appear in the j2eeAppTable for SNMP monitoring.
Restart the clusters or server instances on which the application was undeployed.
JDBC and connector connection pools are not removed from the J2eeRsrcTable after they have been deleted.
Restart the clusters or server instances from which the JDBC and connector connection pools were deleted.
When you delete a virtual server, the corresponding entry in the j2eeModTable does not get deleted.
Restart the clusters or server instances from which the virtual server was deleted.
If you have problems with Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 2.1, provide feedback through one of the following mechanisms:
GlassFish mailing lists — A variety of GlassFish community mailing lists for various interests and feedback
GlassFish forum — A forum for discussing the GlassFish project
Useful information can be found at the following locations:
To obtain accessibility features that have been released since the publication of these media, consult Section 508 product assessments available from Sun upon request to determine which versions are best suited for deploying accessible solutions. Updated versions of applications can be found at http://sun.com/software/javaenterprisesystem/get.html. For information on Sun's commitment to accessibility, visit http://www.sun.com/accessibility/.


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SYSmark 2007 scales well to a CPU's processing prowess and our AMD A10-5800K came out to be 12.4% behind its direct competitor, the Intel Core i3-3220. Despite the fact that the AMD APU is billed as a 'quad-core' processor (which has quad integer and dual floating point processing units), has more overall cache and operates at faster clock speeds, the 'lowly' Intel chip supporting HyperThreading still pulls ahead rather convincingly on most accounts showing strengths in video creation and 3D processing tasks. Still, it's no slouch when we pitted the A10-5800K against the previous generation Llano APU and saw a sizable improvement of over 20%. While it failed to best the AMD FX-8150, it was only by a thin margin of about 4%. This is an impressive showing considering that the FX-8150 is a eight-core processor with a L3 cache of 8MB, which the Trinity desktop APU is sorely lacking. Note that this and almost all tests (unless otherwise mentioned) are using the same discrete graphics card to ensure all variables are controlled as much as possible. Integrated graphics capabilities have already been proven in an earlier article.
Performance on Lightwave 3D (a very processor-centric test) was up to our expectations as it managed to outclass the Llano APU. On both scenarios, the A10-5800K did marginally better than the FX-8150. While such an achievement is commendable, the entire AMD contingent lost out to an entry-level Intel Core i3-3220 processor.
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Sussex entertain Division 3 table-toppers, and promotion favourites Cleveland at the Roffey Club today (Saturday) and tomorrow in their fourth Inter County match this season.
The visitors are unbeaten but Sussex hope to improve their own record of one win and one draw to date in what promises to be a closely fought contest.
Local players featured include Tony Peters in the Men's A team, while Neil Smith and Dan Bradford are in the B team on Saturday.
The Roffey Club offers popular bar prices and all day catering. Start times are 12 noon on Saturday and 11am on Sunday with admission by program at £3 covering both days.


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I almost agree with Jack G.'s article "Dear Jack". I say almost because he is both right and wrong. Jack seems negative and pessimistic when he says that "The cold, hard truth is that most people don't get their dream job..." Yet, he states that you should believe in yourself. to me the article seems conradicting. the article was well written, powerful and I admired how real and honest he was. So thank you Jack for making us see the reality of where we don't want to be in fifteen years...even if you aren't hopeful.
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Petition update
Emily meets Cuban dissident, Joani Sanchez
May 24, 2013 — This week, the Stockholm Internet Forum on online human rights focused on the plight of bloggers who use the Internet to highlight injustice on the part of governments or public authorities.
Joani Sanchez, of the blogsite Generacion Y, spoke of the daily harassment she and others suffer, for writing the truth about living under the regime of Fidel Castro. She said that the worst is:
"The character assassination, and the social isolation. That you see people who were your friends turn away, and avoid you."
This is from a person who has been kidnapped, beaten, and whose blogsite regularly sustains distributed denial of service attacks.
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What does replete mean?
Definitions for repleterɪˈplit
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word replete.
Princeton's WordNet
full, replete(p)(adj)
filled to satisfaction with food or drink
"a full stomach"
instinct(p), replete(p)(verb)
(followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated
"imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery"
satiate, sate, replete, fill(verb)
fill to satisfaction
"I am sated"
To restore something that has been depleted.
Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
Webster Dictionary
filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding
to fill completely, or to satiety
Origin: [L. repletus, p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See Plenty, Replenish.]
Replete is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Replete is located on County Route 3 15.7 miles north-northwest of Webster Springs. Replete had a post office, which closed on January 21, 1989.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
rē-plēt′, adj. full: completely filled, abounding.—v.t. to fill to repletion.—ns. Replete′ness, Replē′tion, superabundant fullness: surfeit: (med.) fullness of blood: plethora.—adj. Replē′tive.—adv. Replē′tively.—adj. Replē′tory. [O. Fr.,—L. repletus, pa.p. of replēre—re-, again, plēre, to fill.]
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of replete in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of replete in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
He who is full of faith and modesty, who shrinks from sin, and is full of learning, who is diligent, unremiss, and full of understanding?he, being replete with these seven things, is esteemed a wise man.
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- repleta, repletCatalan, Valencian
- repletoSpanish
- täynnä, pullollaan, kylläinenFinnish
- colma, colmo, strapieno, pieno, stracolma, stracolmo, strapiena, satollo, ripiena, sazio, ripienoItalian
- преполнет, преполн, полнMacedonian
- bulkendDutch
- syty, pełnyPolish
- repleto, cheia, cheio, repletaPortuguese
- переполненный, изобилующийRussian
- izobilan, obilan, idašan, prepunjen, snabdjevenSerbo-Croatian
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The 18th century industrial revolution brought about a tremendous expansion of the shipping industry. The high incidence of fires on ships engaged in trading, caused ship owners to produce their own fire prevention regulations. Typical was one providing that "fires were prohibited at night expect for use of the sick, and then only by the stove. Candles were to be extinguished by nine o'clock between decks and at ten o'clock at the last in cabins" (Rushbrook 1961).
Hartley (1785) in his book Fire Plates maintained that houses and ships could be made safe from fire by the simple expedient of nailing either iron or copper plates to the undersides, of floors or decks. Copper fire plates were recommended for the ships because they could stand proof against the constant soaking and corrosion of salt water.
Although fire safety has always a foremost concern, little progress was made to improve ships' safety until the disaster of the Titanic. The international community's shock led to initiation of legislation (Rushbrook 1961).
On her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, bound for New York, the RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg on April 15, 1912, just south of the tail end of the Grand Banks and sank within two and a half hours. Although the night was clear and seas were calm, the loss of life was enormous with more than 1,500 of the 2,224 passengers and crew perishing. The Titanic, brand new flagship of the White Star Line, was the largest passenger liner of its time, displaced 66,000 tons and was capable of a sustained speed in excess of 22 knots. The vessel had been built according to the latest safety design, featuring compartmentation and such innovations as automatically closing watertight doors. Ironically publicity regarding these features had given it the reputation of being unsinkable.
The sheer dimensions of the Titanic disaster created such public reaction on both sides of the Atlantic that governments were prodded into action, leading to an international treaty on ship safety, the first Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention. The First International Conference on the Safety of Life at Sea, was convened in London on November 12, 1913. The convention signed on January 30, 1914, by the representatives of the world's various maritime powers, provided for the International Ice Patrol, and included minimum standards for radio communications and lifesaving equipment on passenger ships. Although the International Ice Observation and Ice Patrol Service began in 1914, the outburst of World War I prevented the formal ratification of the treaty (U.S. Coast Guard). The torpedoing during that war of the passenger vessel Lusitania by a German submarine, and the ravages caused by fires as it sank, further brought clamours for international rules.
Fire danger on sailing vessels
Early ship construction was utterly simple: wood was the basic material and sails were used to propel the ship (Anonymous 1917). Despite ornamental sculpture of vessel like figureheads, the crafts were no masterpieces of shipwright's art. Risky indeed was a sea voyage in those days. (Anderson & Anderson 1947; Clowes n.d.; Lave 1934; Lethbridge n.d.; Torr n.d.).
Among the earliest records of an accident aboard a ship is one presented in Rushbrook's book:" The fire occurred at night caused by one of the Queen's bed-women who left the Queen's head-kerchief on the stove where the candle was burning: it set the clothing on fire, but the Queen, awakening, quickly threw it overboard and thereby extinguished the fire." Another chronicle describes the destruction of the large ship Biscayah by an accidental fire, which reached her powder storage area and blew her up. Many ships were lost or damaged through being set on fire after having been struck by lightening (Rushbrook 1961).
Fire as a weapon used at sea
Fire became also a major weapon in sea warfare. (Hadle n.d.) Man's destructive ingenuity has indeed been remarkable. During the Battle of Actium, fought in 31 BC, Marc Anthony's (83 – 30 BC) fleet had constructed wooden towers from which weights and "balls of fire" were thrown unto enemy ships. Greek scientist Archimedes (about 287 – 212 BC) made a metal mirror of such great size that by using it to focus the sun's rays on the Roman ships invading Syracuse in 212 BC, he managed to set some of them afire. The practice of setting fire to an old vessel and sailing it into the enemy fleet or its ports, goes back many centuries and was extensively used throughout the Middle Ages. The so-called "Greek Fire", known as an efficient weapon from around the seventh century of the Christian era, may well have been in use earlier. The igniting liquid was poured through brazen tubes from the bows of the ship. When exposed to air, it instantly ignited. Since the prows of the ships and galleys were usually shaped to resemble imaginary creatures -dragons for example-it must have appeared to those on ships under attack, as if a dragon was furiously spitting. Adding to the horror, thick smoke, a loud noise and a disgusting stench accompanied the fire (Rushbrook 1961).
Little has changed in modern warfare: setting the enemy afire or inflicting such damage that the vessel would take water and sink, remain very much the so-called Art of War. Only the intensity of firepower has increased and counteracting efforts–fire extinction--have been refined.
Fire prevention aboard ships has been a major concern of vessel operators and designers since Man launched a craft, to roam the seas, more sophisticated than the original carved out tree trunk. Anti-fire measures progressed as ship design improved. But approaches remained the province of owners and the matter stayed a legal vacuum. It would take the advent of steam propulsion to witness the birth of international legislation. And then only after major disasters would stir public outcry.
A companion paper recounting how such legislation unfolded will trace fire prevention as sails yielded to boilers[Krystosik & Charlier 2003].
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6. Let's all quarantine! If you are feeling sick, avoid going out and spreading your germs to others. If you know others are sick, avoid contact with them. The same goes for your kiddos. You aren't doing much for anyone if you are sending sick kiddies to school or wherever they may be spreading germs.
7. Stay hydrated! Drinking lots of water can help to keep your body flushed free of toxins, can help to replace water lost through fevers, and can help to keep your body fluids balanced properly.
I hope your these tips will help you and your family to stay healthy this season!!
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A country road. A tree. A retractable dome.
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Purpura: You mean pitchers.
Garner: Scrap Iron! I mean that I have no arms, no pitchers, no hands on deck. He has abandoned us.
Purpura: No, he will be back.
Garner: Have you ever seen them apart?
Purpura: (pause) No. He came when the left-handed one came. He left when the left-handed one left.
Garner: I miss Andy already. It seems he was never here.
Purpura: He was never here. One year, really. The rest of the time he was a ghost. Pale, unsettled, certainly out of place.
Garner: But, oh, that year.
(They both glance back at the dome. They sit on the ground, back to back.)
Purpura: Yet do not forget that the young one learned so much from them.
Garner: Did he? Roy Oswalt is nothing like them. He was there the whole time. Esse est percipi!
Purpura: Is that Latin?
Garner: Yes.
Purpura: Oswalt is not Latin. Carlos Lee is Latin. We have grown many of them on the farms of South America, like coffee.
Garner: Lee was bought, like the, um … (He pauses, looking for the word he can use here. Instead, he links.)
Purpura: Not exactly like that. We didn't even have the highest offer. (Purpura tugs again at the ring that isn't there, then stands up. He addresses the crowd.) I will be criticized for not standing by on Lee. He is the great Bull, our El Caballo. That's Spanish, not Latin. Sure, he is not ours like Oswalt is ours or like Biggio is ours, but now he is one of us. For better or for worse, he is here for the longest time. He stands in left field like a bull in pasture.
Garner: With about the same range and size.
Purpura: Perhaps I did not wish to wait for our slugger. I missed Bagwell. He had not yet returned. I missed Willy Taveras.
Garner: Lee is nothing like Taveras.
Purpura: (Points accusingly) Exactly! He is nothing like Willy Taveras. I never want to think of him again.
Garner: Think of Jason Jennings. He breathes easier now. The light air could not have been good for him.
Purpura: Yes, you are beginning to understand. When we were left by the left-hander, I could not wait for him. He would not return, gone back to the city and the king and away from our crossroads. Do you believe this?
Garner: It's the only version I know. They wonder why they left.
Purpura: People are economically illterate apes. Or dogs. I forget which. I read it somewhere.
Garner: Let's go. Biggio is inside.
Purpura: We can't. We're waiting.
Garner: Ah, yes! Is this the place?
Purpura: It is where he came last year. He said it was a hometown discount. He said it was to be close to his family. Do you see any other hometowns?
Garner: I guess not. Perhaps his family has moved. Didn't you send Koby Clemens to Lexington last year?
Purpura: And likely there again this year. The injury. Oh, why was there the injury?
Garner: He stood on the field with his father. Perhaps he knows where his father is now.
Purpura: No more weeping.
Garner: (wipes his eyes, though he showed no sign of crying.) Perhaps it is not the season.
Purpura: He should be here.
Garner: He didn't say for sure he'd come.
Purpura: He came last year.
Garner: Late. Too late some said.
Purpura: It was only one game.
Garner: How long will we wait?
Purpura: I did not wait to bring you Jennings. I did not wait to bring you Lee. What else could we be waiting on?
Garner: Yes. (They each look in opposite directions.) We've waited on Hunter Pence a while too.
Purpura: But he's come. Do you see his stroke, that opposite field power? He gives us what we missed when Morgan Ensberg was hurt last season.
Garner: But I have no place for him. Chris Burke is back and he reminds me of me. Luke Scott and Jason Lane are ahead of Pence.
Purpura: Only for now. You let me worry about those two. I waited a long time for Lane, all for naught. He never came the way I thought he would.
Garner: Shall we wait for Ensberg?
Purpura: We did not wait last season. Ensberg was felled and we brought in the mighty Aubrey Huff. That is what those sneaky boys from Tampa called him.
Garner: He was not mighty. He was no better than Ensberg. He was no better than Mike Lamb. He was no better than, dare I say it?
Purpura: Say it, man. Say it!
Garner: He was no better than Scrap Iron!
Purpura: I thought you would speak of Biggio there. Biggio is our quiet leader.
Garner: I am the leader. Ensberg sometimes stands behind me and whispers, thinking that I will mistake it for my own thoughts. That prankster, he makes me wonder if when the sun comes out that it is not just him giving the world a hot-foot.
(They laugh, perhaps too long. Garner looks around, just in case Ensberg is near. He is not.)
Garner: So you tell me. I don't know. There's an even chance. Or nearly.
Purpura: So let's do nothing. Let's wait.
Garner: It's safer. Let's see what he says.
Purpura: Who?
Garner: Clemens.
Purpura: Good idea.
Garner: Let's wait until we know exactly where we stand.
Purpura: On the other hand, it might be good to strike quickly. As I did with Carlos Lee. And Jason Jennings.
Garner: I'm curious to hear what he has to offer. Then we'll take it or leave it. (Pause) What exactly did he ask for?
Purpura: Were you not standing there?
Garner: McLane didn't let me listen.
Purpura: McLane. It was all his idea. But it was nothing very definite. McLane is not the Boss.
Garner: A prayer? Some kind of vague supplication? What did he say?
Purpura: Like last year. That we'll see. That he couldn't promise anything. That he'll think it over. In the comfort of his home. Consult his family, his friends, his agents, his correspondents, his bank account. It is the normal way of doing things these days.
Garner: We waited last year. Precisely here. And ended precisely here.
Purpura: I don't mind the September cold, but I miss October.
Garner: Was it just two years ago, Tim? One is the loneliest number, but two seems just as bleak here. I can remember when Brad Lidge was good.
Purpura: Was it the home run? Did Pujols ruin him?
Garner: If Pujols had that power, how many men would be ruined? Hundreds? Thousands? Pujols doesn't have the power to reach into a man's elbow and tear it apart. He can't reach into his heart and pluck out the courage. He can't stare into a man's soul and send his confidence fleeing into the night. (Purpura gives him a long look.) Yeah, maybe. He's good.
Purpura: He has our ring. (He tugs once again at the finger.) Our precious.
Garner: I'm taking those movies away from you. Tolkien by night cannot be good for a man. Pujols doesn't have our ring because Tony Montana took ours.
Purpura: Ozzie Guillen. I'm taking your movies away from you. De Palma by night cannot be good for a man.
Garner: You talking to me? You talking to me?
Purpura: Scorsese. He finally won his award. How shall we win ours?
Garner: Scrap Iron!
Purpura: I don't know what to say when you say that.
Garner: I will build this team with scrap iron! Ensberg will fight through the shoulder problem. Oswalt will be our ace. Jennings will fit in exactly where you thought he would. Biggio will inspire the team with his quest for 3,000, finding his youth in a number. Lee will stand in the field and be our stallion. Brad Ausmus will continue using his slide rule and Ivy League education to confuse those that have slide rules and Ivy League educations so that they will continue to mutter under their breaths of his weakness. Lidge will find his slider, Pence will find his place in the field, Adam Everett will find his bat, and the Tin Man shall find his heart. You, Tim, shall have your ring. This very year. There is no one to stand in our way. Only so much luck to go around for some, so much money for others, but even if he does not come, we have enough. (Looks around.) By god, we have enough.
Purpura: So we have everything?
Garner: I believe we do.
Purpura: Then why are we waiting here?
Garner: Nothing is certain.
Purpura: It's not worthwhile now.
Garner: No, it's not worthwhile.
Purpura: Shall we go?
Garner: Yes, let's go.
(They do not move as a rocket shoots to the sky, far away.)
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What are the roles of intoxicant drinks in A Farewell to Arms?
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The Italians have long had an expression, Amare, vivere e ridere, "Love, live, and laugh," that conveys their attitude toward life. In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway's novel set in Italy, the male characters do a great deal of drinking. For Hemingway's men drinking represents loving, living, and laughing; that is, tasting of life. Nevertheless, it does not befit the Hemingway hero to drink too much, for then he loses control.
That drinking represents deriving the most from life that is left to him is exemplified in Frederic Henry's drinking with his friends during a battle. The alcohol acts to remove some of the edginess from the men, acting to mitigate their fear. In Chapter II, Frederic Henry drinks to dull some of his feelings:
I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and Strega, and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.
Wine is also a consolation for disappointments and depravations,
Later, below in the town I watched the snow falling, looking out of the window of the bawdy house, the house for officers where I sat with a friend with two glasses drinking a bottle of Asti.
In Chapter XXIII, the night before Frederic Henry is to go to the front, he and Catherine take a room. At first, it is awkward, but after their meal, Henry narrates that they begin to feel that it is their home, just as the hospital room was their home after having drunk two bottles of wine. Henry says,
"Wine is a grand thing. It makes you forget all the bad."
It is not long after this that Henry deserts and runs from what he feels is the trap of war, a trap that wine, although it has the ability to dull feeling, does not offer escape.


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2009 Five Best and Worst States for Animal Abuse
The Animal Legal Defense Fund released its fourth annual report about animal abuse. The report ranks the strength of animal protection laws in every state and U.S. territory.
This year the five states with the least amount of protection for animals are: Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Dakota. Kentucky ranked as the number one worst state in the nation – where animal abusers received the lightest convictions.
The top five states with the most stringent sentencing for abusers and the toughest laws to protect animals were: Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon and California.
Stephen Otto, Animal Legal Defense Fund director of legislative affairs, was pleased with the progress that a number of states have made in 2009. "Many states and territories are continuing to make substantial progress with their animal protection laws. Arkansas, for example, was one of the worst five states last year, but jumped up to 25th overall in the country this year, due to a host of statutory improvements," Otto said.
"Washington D.C. and Indiana, among others, also made significant advances. Unfortunately, there are still many places where the laws are incapable of providing the legal protection that our country's animals need and deserve," stated Otto.
He continued by reminding states, "Yet even in those jurisdictions that have today's best laws, there remain many opportunities for improvement. While animals certainly do not vote, those who love and care about them do, so we encourage lawmakers throughout the country to take heed and commit to working to improve these critical laws."
The Animal Protection Report ranks states in three tiers – Top, Middle and Bottom. See where your state stands on protecting animals from abuse.
Top Tier: CA, CO, DE, IL, IN, KS, ME, MA, MI, MN, NE, OR, RI, TN, WA, WV, WI, VT and VA.
Middle Tier: AZ, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, LA, MO, MT, NH, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, Puerto Rico, SC, UT and Virgin Islands.
Bottom Tier: AL, AK, American Samoa, Guam, HI, ID, IA, KY, MD, MS, NV, NJ, NM, ND, Northern Mariana Islands, SD, TX and WY.
Animal Legal Defense Fund


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That being said, these past few weeks since having written that entry I've reflected a lot instead on the youth that, for whatever reason, have chosen to stay. I don't begrudge those that have left Los Laureles anything, in fact I really miss them; but I am continually impressed and humbled by the hardy, ingenious and fiercely loyal young men and women that have stayed behind. In my next few posts then I want to profile some of them; these hapless youth with so little opportunity or hope to cling to, these leaders and heroes of the garbage dump.
I want to begin with the young man that in many ways has become the person that I turn to the most for advice as it relates to activities in Los Laureles; the ineffable, indefatigable and ever-joyous Chihua.
I know I've written about him before, though don't ask me to pinpoint when: I'm forever amazed by his openness to others, his generosity with everyone he meets and his ability to befriend and endear himself to every class of person. Chihua is universally loved and admired in the Laureles community and is a natural-born leader.
Aged 19 and the oldest of 7 siblings, he's the sole bread-winner in his family which he supports by running a barber shop out of his family's wooden shack of a home. His father left his family in Laureles when Chihua was about 5 and then would intermittently visit to impregnate his mother 6 more times over the next 10 years. From the time he was young then he felt the weight and responsibility of caring and providing for his family - he had to be the man of the house where his father had refused to do so. I think then that's how he learned to be so generous and self-sacrificial.
My father met him 4 years ago and was impressed by the simple scene of Chihua with a recently bought and rather tiny bag of chips. His siblings very near swarmed him when they saw him with the treat; hands out and begging to be fed. Perhaps what so impressed my father was that in a similar situation his own children would have stuffed as many chips in their mouths as humanly possible and then run off to take shelter under a bed and gorge themselves with what remained. Chihua though very calmly divided the contents of the bag in as evenly a manner as possible amongst his various siblings and then ate the meager remnants himself.
That one stuck with my father; he's recounted it to me several times over the years: "It was just one little bag of chips but he made sure that all of his brothers and sisters had an even share before he ate the rest." has always been his closing refrain.
For what its worth, Chihua refers to my father as his grandfather, says that he always remembers to pray for his abuelo, and likes to joke about going to live with his grandparents in Pennsylvania. Some of the more gullible youth in Laureles believe him.
He's got a charm and a easy-going wit that makes him instantly likable; more than that though people follow him. Men 5 and 6 years older than him will listen to his instruction and take his advice and not think twice about his being younger than they. In the past year he's formed a small band of older youth that basically hang on his every word; if he suggests picking mangoes, going fishing or hunting for iguanas that's what they all do that day. When I want to form a group to take swimming or hiking I call Chihua first and he essentially organizes the group and very often decides our destination. More recently he decided that anyone that wanted to go on outings with us would have to go to church with us as well. To him it only seemed fair.
This past summer I spent the last month of my vacation almost entirely in Los Laureles - day in and day out I was out in the community just visiting and passing the time with the youth there. Just like old times. One of my current students Jorge, for lack of anything better to do, began to accompany me, especially when we would go swimming or hiking. The first time he came along on one of our excursions he got a rather cold reception from most of the youth - from everyone in fact except Chihua. It was Chihua that began conversations with Jorge, showed him the best boulders to jump from and saved pizza for him to eat at lunchtime. Jorge and Chihua became fast friends - the two couldn't be more different; Jorge is bilingual, lives in a wealthy neighborhood and wants for nothing. Chihua...Chihua lives in Los Laureles. Their bond though has grown solid and they genuinely care about each other. The other youth too, seeing Chihua's acceptance of Jorge, very quickly dropped their pretensions and welcomed him in like one of their own.
On one particular sunny Saturday I called out to Chihua in the morning and told him to get a group together - I wanted to go swimming. He agreed and asked immediately if I would be amenable to including a boy named Tavito amongst our merry band of adventurers. I agreed but was a little surprised that Tavito would want to come with us - he's only 14 but works 7 days a week selling bananas in order to support his family. I've been inviting him along on our outings for years but he rarely if ever has accepted the offer and so I was pleasantly surprised to hear Chihua's news. Later that day while we were swimming I pulled Chihua aside and asked him how he'd managed to convince Tavito to come with us:
"It was easy" he replied "Tavito lives with me now."
I was a touch incredulous and ordered him to explain himself immediately, after all Tavito has a mother and two younger sisters that he essentially supports with his meager salary.
"Well the other day" he began " I was riding my bicycle along the highway and as I approached the community I happened to look to my right and there I saw Tavito sitting at one of the roadside cantinas drinking a beer. I couldn't believe what I was seeing so I swung my bike into the cantina to get a better look. Sure enough, there was Tavito with 3 empty beer bottles on the table in front of him and he was starting on his fourth...and he was drunk. I pulled him up by his ear, tossed him onto my bike and pedaled him back to my house. Once there I smacked him around a little until he sobered up and then told him that if I ever saw or heard of him drinking again that I'd beat the hell out of him. I then told him he could stay here with my family for as long as liked and since then he hasn't left my side except to go to work."
I was in shock; the other kids listening to this story laughed and joked about how Chihua was now rescuing street children and in part it was true. Tavito and Chihua had no real relationship before this particular episode, sure they knew each other and were friendly to each other but not much beyond that. Chihua though saw a kid from his community, a kid that clearly needed guidance and a strong male figure in his life and so did, what in his mind, was the only conceivable option.
My father said 4 years ago that Chihua would someday be that young leader from within the community that others would follow without hesitation and that would carry on the work that Konrad, Josue and I had started so long ago. My father was right and I think that day has come.
Among his many attributes is an innate urge to be the one kid to jump from the highest possible boulder or tree into the river.
Others may follow his lead...
but he's always the first.
So well loved is he that when I invite others to go out for their birthday dinners they almost invariably ask if Chihua can come along as well.
Flaco, Mateo, Chihua, Soplo
Chihua's Barbershop
Even gringos have started to frequent his establishment
Chihua with his mother Marta