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The Behavioral Health Board devoted 45 minutes to a pre-sentation by Sheriff Laurie Smith, who was accompanied by many members of the Of-fice of the Sheriff staff. Michael Tyree’s death, which occurred last August 2015, allegedly due to being beaten by three cor-rectional officers, has brought to the attention of many of the current practice of ‘holding mental health challenged’ in-dividuals in jails while await-ing an available psychiatric bed.

This incident highlights a gap in the continuum of care bySCVMC which may require establishment of an extended acute psychiatric care facility by SCC’s Health & Hospital Systems. This unfortunate incident has led to an assess-ment by Ms. Toly Tullys, R.N., M.B.A., Director, Behavioral Health Services Department.

In a summary report, Ms. Tullys explained that the criti-cal mass of psychiatric beds, nursing staff, psychiatrists, and other allied mental health professionals was being de-fined and is a work in progress. The Behavioral Health Board, which is advisory to the Direc-tor, Behavioral Health Services Department (Ms. Toni Tullys) and the Board of Supervisors, had scheduled the Office of the Sheriff for this presentation in order to learn more about the proposed new jail. Sheriff Smith pointed out that current jails were designed during the 1950’s (Elmwood) and 1970’s (Main Jail).

The daily census is 3,600 in-mates of which an estimated 35% have mental health chal-lenges. Sheriff Smith stated that too many individuals are being incarcerated because there is no other alternative. While she deeply regrets the death of Michael Tyree, who had been waiting five days for a psychiatric bed, this incident initiated an immediate mo-bilization of a variety of pro-fessionals who areanalyzing current practices of ‘protective custodial care’. Experts on ‘custodial operations’ and re-

lated issues were hired by the County to assist in develop-ment of a plan to resolve this complex patient service chal-lenge.

The very first meeting of the Blue Ribbon Commission to Evaluate Custodial Operations occurred on Saturday, Novem-ber 7, 2015, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the BOS Chambers, 70 West Hedding, San Jose, CA 95110 (These meetings are open to the public). Since re-leased jail census data establish that 50% of inmates are Lati-nos; 14% are Afro-Americans, and 2% are Asian Americans, it was not surprising to learn that many civil rights advocacy groups had representatives in attendance.

The Chair is Judge LaDo-ris Cordell (retired), the former San Jose Independent Police Auditor, who voiced her con-cerns about the county hiring other consultants who were ex-pert in custody operations and related legal issues. The pos-sibility that these two efforts may impact the Blue Ribbon Commission’s activities may be mitigated by establishment of direct communications be-tween these two efforts. The

findings of consultant group may be embargoed by the County.

However, the proceedings of the Blue Ribbon Commission will be totally available to the Board of Supervisors as well as the community. EO’s reader-ship is referred to ȐHIRING MAY TORPEDO PANELȐ article published 11.06.15 in the San Jose Mercury News. This article reveals that the County Jails were already dealing with Ȑinmates rights groupsȐ, Prison Law Office, Berkeley, CA; Disability Rights Advocates (advocates for com-pliance with American Dis-abilities Act (ADA); and family initiated litigations. The Be-havioral Health Board’s main interest is to have input into the proposed plans for a new jail

which will cost $380 million. The BHB wants to ensure that mental health and psychiatric services will be accommo-dated by these new jail facili-ties being planned. A major concern is to formally establish the need for an alternative to being incarcerated. Referrals to community services in lieu of being jailed; the reduction of

jail sentences under Proposi-tion 47; and theestablishment of adult and juvenile psychiat-ric bed facility under the future operational management of the Health and Hospital Sys-tems.

A comprehensive adult psy-chiatric services may need to be developed as an indepen-dent center so as to minimize impact by SCVMC’s overhead costs. In addition, many men-tal health and psychiatric services now qualify for re-imbursement under the 2010 Affordable Care Act (Obam-aCare). It is essential that Lati-no community groups such as CTC, CET, La Raza Lawyers Association, American GI Fo-rum, and La Raza Roundtable provide extensive input. (Rose Amador. LRRT, is a member of this Blue Ribbon Commis-sion). The current daily census of the County Jails is 50% La-tino inmates, many of whom are ‘transition age youthȐ (ages 14 to 24) who often make personal destructive decisions. In brief, the Latino commu-nity here has an opportunity to give relevant input which improves their future.

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Juliana TamayoLA RED HISPANA

¿Alguna vez has visto a al-guien sufrir una convulsión? ¿Tal vez, alguien que parece en trance? La epilepsia está rodeada de muchos mitos en nuestra comunidad. A veces creemos que sucede porque es-tamos cumpliendo un mal del pasado, o porque tenemos una maldición.

Nos asusta y nos parece un mal lejano. Pero no lo es. Sufrir de epilepsia se confunde con otros comportamientos. A vec-es cuando un niño o adulto no responde, o cuando no puede quedarse quieto, lo hace porque sus conexiones cerebrales son más lentas o distintas. Pero es que no hablar de la epilepsia sólo causa más segregación y complicaciones, tanto para la

persona como para aquellos a su lado. Ya es hora de atrever-nos a hablar de la epilepsia. Es hora de desmentir los mitos y empoderar a las personas que viven con ella.

Lo que muchas personas aún no saben es que aquellos con epilepsia tienen todo el poten-cial en carreras profesionales, en los deportes, estudios aca-démicos y más.Empecemos entonces, por atrevernos a entender qué es la epilepsia. Por un lado, es una condición crónica del cerebro caracteriza-da por convulsiones frecuentes, pero que también se trata de breves movimientos involun-tarios de los músculos o de distracción. Por otro lado, no es siempre identificable inmedi-atamente y puede confundirse con problemas de atención.

De ahí a que la epilepsia se confunda con déficit de aten-ción o problemas de compor-tamiento al evidenciarse con síntomas más leves, como la incontinencia urinaria, los trances, o confusión temporal. Ahora, debemos atrevernos a ver el mundo de la persona con epilepsia.

Aquellos con un tipo de epi-lepsia más agresivo, se alejan de las actividades sociales y no siguen sus retos por miedo a sufrir un ataque epiléptico. ¿Y cómo no iba a ser así si todavía no se habla abiertamente de la epilepsia? Es un hecho además que para los jóvenes, la epilep-sia es vista como un mal espiri-tual, como la posesión del cu-erpo por parte de un espíritu, o también es vista como una condición médica alejada de su realidad... pero no lo debe ser.

Por ello, una nueva campaña nacional busca precisamente reducir el miedo y la falta de comprensión sobre la epilep-sia. LaEpilepsia.org --Epilepsy Foundation-- nos explica que una de 26 personas desarrol-lará la epilepsia en algún punto de su vida.

Si es tan común y latente en nuestra sociedad, ya es hora de atrevernos a comprender más sobre la epilepsia. Se pu-ede hacer un cambio de mu-chas formas. Conectarnos con otras personas con epilepsia, entender su condición médica y que ellos puedan descubrir cómo vivir más saludable-mente, hace parte de estos cambios de vida. Queda enton-ces claro el mensaje: “Atrévete”.

Atrévete a contar tu historia si sufres de epilepsia, a apren-

der más, a buscar apoyo de los millones de personas afectadas por esta condición. Y para el resto de la población, atrévanse a conocer, sensibilizarse y actu-ar.Si tienes epilepsia o conoces a alguien que la tenga, puedes compartir tu historia, profun-dizar tu conocimiento e iniciar una conversación en español en laepilepsia.org.

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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 3NOVEMBER 13-19,2015 CALENDAR

Tribes Friday November 13

8:00 pm The Pear Theatre

1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View, CA

$10 - $35

ArtWorlds Friday November 13

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Community School of Music and Arts

(CSMA) Finn Center

230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View, CA

Free

Nadja Martens Saturday November 14

6:00 pm KALEID Gallery

88 S 4th St, San Jose, CA

Free

2015 Bacon and Beer Classic

Saturday November 14 1:00 pm & 7:00 pm

San Jose Municipal Stadium 588 E Alma Ave,

San Jose, CA $63.20-$79.00

Clybourne Park Saturday November 14

8:00 pm Lucie Stern Theatre &

Community Center 1305 Middlefield Road,

Palo Alto, CA $32 - $46

Archetype$ Friday November 137:00 pm -10:00 pm

Empire Seven Studios 525 N 7th Street,

San Jose, CA Free

The 89th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Saturday November 14 2:00 pm

Macy's 2801 Stevens Creek Blvd,

Santa Clara, CA Free

La Semesienta Sunday November 15

7:00 pm San Jose Center for the

Performing Arts 255 Almaden Blvd.,

San Jose, CA $50 - $100

First Street Opera Singers Sunday November 15

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm RockBar Theater

360 Saratoga Ave, San Jose, CA

$10

Missing Persons Sunday November 15

11:00 am –5:00 pm Cantor Arts Center

328 Lomita Dr, Palo Alto, CA

Free

City of Santa Clara Photography Exhibit

Tuesday November 177:00 am - 5:00pm

City of Santa Clara - Senior Citizens Center

1303 Fremont St, Santa Clara, CA

Free

Jim Campbell: New Work Sunday November 15

12:00 pm M.A.C.L.A. (Movimiento de Arte y

Cultura Latino Americana) 510 S 1st St, San Jose, CA

Free

Giada De Laurentiis Monday November 16

8:00 pm California Theatre

345 South First Street, San Jose, CA $45 - $150

Twice Heroes and More Monday November 16

12:00 pm –4:00 pm Japanese American Museum of San Jose

535 N 5th St, San Jose, CA

$5

Santa Clara Dance Tuesday November 17

7:30 pm –10:30 pm Santa Clara Senior Center

1303 Fremont Street, Santa Clara, CA

$5 - $6

Rockaraoke Tuesday November 17

7:00 pm RockBar Theater

360 Saratoga Ave, San Jose, CA

Free

Closer by the Minute Tuesday November 17

8:30 am - 5:30 pm de Saisset Museum 500 El Camino Real,


New Talent Showcase Wednesday November 18

8:00 pm Rooster T. Feathers

157 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA

$10

Brown Bag Lunch with Nabeela Sajjad

Wednesday November 188:00 am - 9:15 am

Triton Museum of Art 1505 Warburton Ave,


Drone World Expo Tuesday November 17

10:00 am –5:00 pm San Jose McEnery Convention Center

150 West San Carlos, San Jose, CA $50 - $995

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com4 EDUCATION NOVEMBER 13-19,2015

NAPS

“Green teams” are forming at K–12 schools all over the country and reinventing the way their communities view waste and recycling. Students and teachers build sheds and design bins to house hundreds of collected bottles and cans. They use their schools’ daily an-nouncements to share original songs and music videos about how to “drop it in the bin.”

Devoted teachers, such as Drew Johnson of Salem, Illinois, are leading the way by ad-vocating for the creation of these groups and empowering students to become leaders themselves. An avid recycler, Johnson first introduced recycling to his school in 2010 and today he co-sponsors the school’s Green Clean Recycling Team alongside teacher Kari Thackrey. The duo oversees a group of 30 students who have rallied the school and community to collect thousands of beverage containers to date.

Leaders are shining at schools nationwide, their success re-warded and measured by orga-nized school recycling programs, such as PepsiCo’s Recycle Rally, whose 1,500 partici-pating schools recycled more than 51 million bottles and cans since the program kicked off in 2010.

School recycling programs provide structure and incentives for teachers and PTA parents

so they can take recycling to the next level at their schools. Recycle Rally, for example, pro-vides curriculum, guides and performance reports, plus multiple opportunities to earn supplies and rewards.

What You Can DoIn addition to helping your kids recycle cans

and bottles, there are several steps you can take at home to make the world a greener place, including:

•Look around the house for plastic contain-ers that can be upcycled to create something new.

•Turn off lights when you leave a room to conserve energy.

• Plant a garden or tree in your backyard.•Use both sides of a piece of paper when tak-

ing notes or creating artwork. Throw scrap paper in a recycling receptacle instead of a trash bin.

•Beautify your neighborhood by organizing a garbage pickup.

Learn MoreFor further information about Recycle Rally

and to join the program, visit www.Pepsi-CoRecycling.com/Programs/RecycleRally.

Taking the future into their own hands, stu-dents across the country are really into recy-cling—and winning awards for their schools.

San José-Evergreen Community

College District and Milpitas Unified School District

Break Ground on New Shared College

FacilitySan Jose, CA. -- On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015,

construction will officially begin on a joint-use facility fulfilling a partnership between the San José-Evergreen Community College District (SJECCD) and the Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD). Located on a site next to Thomas Russell Middle School and across the street from Milpitas High School, the building will house five classrooms; a large, dividable lecture room; computer/ro-botics lab; science lab; small student union “hub” and staff/faculty offices.

In plans for nearly 10 years, Mr. Cary Mat-

suoka, the superintendent of MUSD and Dr. Rita Cepeda, the recently retired Chancellor of the SJECCD, saw beyond the challenges and pursued the completion of the building which is now about to be built. “This effort is a true partnership,” said Matsuoka, “and the benefits are greater than the dollars either school district is putting into it.” Explaining further, the superintendent shared that it’s the members of the Milpitas community that will be the greatest beneficiaries of the new facility.

While Evergreen Valley College and San

Jose City College have been offering a limited number of classes at Milpitas High School for years, this new facility will be jointly used for high school and college students during the day and exclusively by the college in the eve-

ning. Conceived originally to serve the com-munity, the class and lecture rooms will be available on a space-available basis for public use. This new building will entice college-bound students to stay closer to home, reduc-ing time in traffic, the resulting air pollution and associated costs.

With MUSD contributing 40 percent of

the facility’s cost by providing the land, and SJECCD covering the cost of construc-tion and landscaping for 60 percent of the total cost, the expense of staffing, utilities and maintenance will be split in the same manner, with the inside of the building be-ing SJECCD’s responsibility and the outside landscaping and grounds maintenance being MUSD’s domain. Funding for this new con-struction is provided by Measure G, a facilities bond measure voted on and passed by Milpi-tas and San Jose Residents in 2004.

One plan for the center will be to offer con-

current enrollment classes during the day for eligible Milpitas High School students. These courses will be college-level and earn the stu-dents free college credit while still attending high school. Other classes will include a lab, science, engineering and classes yet to be de-cided upon by community input and interest.

The creation of this two school district col-

laboration and the construction of this cam-pus is significant because it is the only such partnership in the State. And, while there are still details to negotiate and resolve, both School districts see the construction of the new campus as a win-win for the constituents they serve and the Milpitas community as a whole. Expected completion and first use is projected to be Fall 2016.

“We are covering new territory with this

building. It’s exciting,” says John Hendrick-son, Interim Chancellor of the SJECCD, “Mil-pitas students, their families and community deserve this and will be well served by the pro-grams being offered there.”

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 5BUSINESS

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NOVEMBER 13-19,2015

NEWSUSA

Owning a pet has a lot of perks, but caring for one can take its toll on your wallet. According to the ASPCA, owning a dog or cat can cost up to $1,000 in the first year, and many people end up spending much more. The good news is you can cut your pet care expenses without compromising your pet’s health and well-being. Here are a few ways you can save money and keep your pet healthy.

1. Don’t skip the vet.If you’re trying to save money, it can be tempting to cut

back on veterinary visits. But according to Julie Ciarmel-la of the American Veterinary Medicine Association, “an investment in preventive healthcare can reduce your long-term pet healthcare costs.” Why? Because regular check-ups can prevent expensive complications down the road.

2. Get by with a little help from your friends.

Dog-walking, pet-sitting and kennel services can be some of the most expensive aspects of owning a pet. You can save money by taking the “you scratch my dog’s back, I’ll scratch your cat’s chin” approach and tapping into a network of other pet owners in your area. Neighborhood dog parks are great places to meet like-minded pet lov-ers; or, you could try good old-fashioned advertising.

3. Choose high-quality pet prod-ucts that give you more value for

your money.Reaching for the cheapest product can feel like a thrifty

move, but you may be surprised by the impact “cheap” products can have on your budget. For example, cheap-er clay cat litter needs to be changed more often, so cat owners go through bag after bag. World’s Best Cat Litter is an alternative that harnesses the concentrated power of corn for long-lasting performance. You’ll use less litter, replace it less often and save money in the long run.

In the end, remember that what your pet needs most is love. Keep things simple and invest in high-value prod-ucts where it matters, and you’ll be on your way to a pet care budget that works for you.

Nathaniel SillinPRACTICAL MONEY

It will begin soon enough – all those “beat the rush!” ads for holiday shopping, activities and events. Right now, you have a great opportunity to beat the rush to organize your year-end finances and make some smart moves for the New Year.

Consider the following tasks for your year-end financial to-do list.

Total up your year-to-date spending. Whether you organize by computer or on paper, make sure your tracking system for spending, saving and investment is up to date. This way, you can make sure you are on budget for the year and ready with data for tax time. Once you are finished, determine your net worth – what you own less what you owe – and get an early idea of what you need to change next year.

Check in with your planner or tax professional. Late Decem-ber is a busy time for financial professionals. Take a minute to see if they can review your numbers and make suggestions on year-end financial activities and new moves you should make in 2016.

Make sure you’ve reviewed all your credit reports for the year. You are entitled to one free copy (https://www.annual-creditreport.com) of each of your three major credit reports from TransUnion, Equifax and Experian. It’s generally wise to schedule delivery of each at different points in the year to catch errors or irregularities.

Check and rebalance your portfolio. With the dramatic mar-ket swings this past year, be sure to check if your retirement and other investments are still on track with your investment goals. Get qualified help if necessary to see if the assets you own still fit your needs. And if you need to do any tax selling by the end of the year, now is the time to start thinking about it.

Check your insurance coverage. If you buy your own home, auto, life or other insurance policies, contact two or three agents representing highly rated (http://www.ambest.com) insurers to review the adequacy and pricing of your coverage. If you have made any structural changes or improvements to your home, make sure those actions are reflected in your homeowners insurance. Such work may boost your home’s replacement value. Also, if you’ve had a major life or financial event like a new baby or the purchase of a new home it’s time to make sure all your coverage is sufficient.

Update your W-2, benefits and estate plan if necessary. While you’re updating your insurance and investment needs for big life events related to family, property or marital status, see if your tax withholding and employee health coverage and investments need review. Get qualified help to make this as-sessment if you are not sure.

Empty out your flexible spending accounts. If you have a Flexible Spending Account for health care or other qualifying expenses, it’s time to submit outstanding claims from the doc-tor, dentist or optometrist. Remember you can only transfer $500 in your remaining balance over to the next year. Make any appointments or medical purchases you need to now and get the paperwork in fast.

Do a last-minute tax review. If you work alone or with a tax professional, review your annual income, investment and spending data to see if there’s anything you can do in the final weeks of the year to save on taxes. If tax-deductible donations to qualified charities and nonprofits are recommended, con-sult sites such as GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org), Char-ityWatch (https://www.charitywatch.org/home) and Charity Navigator (http://www.charitynavigator.org) to evaluate your choices so you know your contribution is being well spent.

Save time and cut back on waste with online bill pay and deposits. Automatic online bill pay means you won’t have to waste time writing checks or risk late payment fees. Schedul-ing bill payment through your checking and savings accounts can save time and money, while setting up regular electronic deposits to savings and investment accounts can also help you save money before you are tempted to spend it.

Bottom line: Doing a last-minute review of your finances can potentially save money and help you save, spend and invest smarter in the coming year.

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com6 HEALTH NOVEMBER 13-19,2015

NAPS

The changing landscape of the U.S. health care system has resulted in rising costs for prescription medications, causing a real health and financial burden for many Americans.

Here are four easy ways consumers can save at the

pharmacy:

1. Research pharmacy pre-scription costs One thing that many consumers don’t realize is that pharmacy prices can vary—what you pay for your medications at one pharmacy might be significantly different than what you would pay at an-other. Fortunately, there are a number of tools avail-able, such as the Family-Wize Drug Price Lookup Tool, that allow consumers to check prices at different pharmacies.

Many of these tools are available online or as an app, making it easy for consum-ers to scout out the best price and know the price of their prescriptions before going to the pharmacy.

2. Go generic (if available) Generic drugs are cop-ies of brand-name drugs that have exactly the same dosage, intended use, ef-fects, side effects, route of administration, risks, safety and strength as the original drug. In other words, their pharmacological effects are exactly the same as those of their brand-name counter-parts. According to the Ge-neric Pharmaceutical Asso-

ciation, generic medications can cost 30 to 80 percent less than their brand-name counterparts.

Therefore, consumers should ask their doctor if their medication has a ge-neric equivalent, or ask their pharmacist if the medication is available in a generic form.

3. Use prescription savings cards In 2014, the Family-Wize Prescription Savings Card saved consumers an average of 42 percent off re-tail prescription costs, or an average of $29.14 per prescription. Although all prescription savings cards have one common goal— saving consumers money on their medications—they each work differently and have their own set of require-ments. Consumers should read the fine print on each card to determine the best card for them, as some cards have eligibility requirements based on age, income, insur-ance and/or location.

4. Shop smart. Save smart. According to Consumer

Reports, other ways to save money on prescription drugs include trying over-the-counter products first for certain common, mild con-ditions. For others, only try them after consulting with your physician. Only take products you need. For example, avoid multisymp-tom cold remedies that may include unnecessary ingredi-ents and increase risk for side effects.

• Some major chain drug-stores, big-box stores and club stores offer better dis-

counts than insurance. •Paying cash may be cheap-

er. •Look for seasonal dis-

counts, sales, special displays and smart-phone offers.

• Understand how the new health care law affects you. If your insurance company no longer covers your med-icine, ask your doctor or pharmacist about less costly alternatives.

Check out your insurer’s preferred pharmacy or mail-order service to get the best prices. Be willing to con-sider “ step therapy” for your condition, starting with less expensive, older treat-ments before switching to newer therapies. See if you can reduce the number of medicines you take by mak-ing lifestyle changes that have a positive impact on your health. Finally, ask your physician and pharmacist to review your medicines regu-larly. Costly prescriptions, especially those related to chronic diseases, can cause financial hardship for indi-viduals and families.

Consumers can be smart shoppers at the pharmacy, just like they are at the gro-cery store. By using prescrip-tion savings cards, research-ing pharmacy prescription costs and using generics, when possible, consumers can save money and ensure they are getting the best price on their medications. Taking medications exactly as pre-scribed is important, and by shopping smart and saving smart, consumers can also be smart about their health and their wallet.

How one project is raising

awareness of metastatic breast cancer

BPT

Hearing a doctor utter the words “breast cancer” often leaves women with dozens of initial questions: “How will I manage all of the demands of daily life while in treat-ment? How will it affect me physically? How do I tell my family?” But a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer, the most advanced stage of the disease after it has spread to other parts of the body, can be particularly difficult.

“There’s a real dark side to cancer. Like many women with this disease, I experi-ence fear, sadness and physi-cally feel the impact of my diagnosis,” says Linda Carey, who was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 and metastatic breast can-cer in 2006. Shortly before Carey’s first diagnosis with breast cancer, her husband Bob started a personal pho-tography project –The Tutu

Project– to express his feel-ings about some significant life changes, including the Careys’ move from Arizona to Brooklyn, New York.

When Carey was diag-nosed, the project evolved into a way to help make her laugh and allowed her to shift her focus away from her cancer journey. Over the years, the project has further evolved into a way for the Careys to provide support to others.

Through the Tutu Project, Bob photographs himself wearing only a pink tutu in a variety of poses and settings around the world – walking through fields, standing atop the Grand Canyon and even jumping across the Brooklyn Bridge – all in the hope of of-fering inspiration, laughter and perhaps a smile while in chemotherapy, while rais-ing funds to cover incidental costs not covered by health insurance for those living with breast cancer. Bob notes, “This can be a very scary road to travel.

But Linda’s cancer has taught us that life is good, dealing with it can be hard, and sometimes the very best thing—no, the only thing—we can do to face another day is to laugh at ourselves, and share a laugh with

others.”Carey says she relies on finding the humor in the little things and the support of friends and family to get her through the toughest times. The approximately 175,000 American women living with this advanced form of breast cancer often face challenges distinct from those diagnosed with an earlier stage. For many like Carey and her husband Bob, the desire to share their sto-ries and connect with other members of the metastatic breast cancer community is an essential part of the journey. “In those moments when I feel alone or afraid, I use journaling or drawing to help express my emotions, negative or positive. These are my forms of self-therapy and I can’t begin to describe the value that they have add-ed to my life.

”To help create awareness of metastatic breast cancer and find strength and soli-darity in these experiences, Carey is encouraging women to participate in the nation-wide #MBCStrength photo and story-sharing campaign. Women with metastatic breast cancer can share their own photos and stories that capture the essence of their journey living with MBC on Twitter using the hashtag #MBCStrength

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 7HOMENOVEMBER 13-19,2015

NAPSI

When it comes to transforming your home with design and paint projects, selecting paint color is easier than you think; and with a few expert tips and simple steps, you’ll gain the confidence need-ed to transform your home with colors that reflect both your personality and lifestyle.

1. Setting the Stage: Before heading to the paint aisle, consider the mood and functionality of the room you are looking to transform. Are you seek-ing a restful and calming haven in the bedroom? Do you prefer a sociable and stimulating environ-ment in the dining area? Maybe it’s a combina-tion of both in the living room? Understanding the purpose of the room—both in the mood it conveys and the function it serves—will help you hone in on colors that are best suited for it.

If you aren’t sure, you can start by looking for a fa-vorite item in the room—a piece of furniture, a rug or beloved artwork—to use as the centerpiece to build around. This item provides a potential start-ing point to help determine the color palette or hues to work with.

And don’t forget to take a step back and look at the other paint colors in your home. A balanced color scheme that seamlessly connects one space to the next creates a sense of continuity and har-mony throughout the home. Choose between three and five favorite colors and then alternate between rooms. Perhaps the ceiling color in one room becomes an accent wall in another.

2. Selecting the Color: Color expert Sue Wad-den explains that color selection is a very personal choice but there is also a method to picking the color that fits best with the mood, tone and func-tion of a room. Here is her take on the most popu-lar paint color groups:

• RED is viewed as an exciting, vibrant color with a passionate feel. The deepest reds, such as bur-gundy and maroon, give a feeling of richness—ex-cellent for bringing out the competitive spirit in a game room.

• ORANGE radiates cheerfulness and bold-ness but can still be subdued and calming. A vibrant orange fills a space, such as a dining room, with en-ergy and a sunny disposition while a softer orange brings a feeling of warmth and coziness to a living room.

• YELLOW is a warm and inviting color that brings a sense of optimism and joy to the space it in-habits. Softer yellow tones convey happiness while giving the room a sophisticated and timeless look. Brighter shades have the ability to fill virtually any room in the house with a feeling of bliss.

• COOL EARTHEN TONES of green add a splash of nature to the room, giving it a sense of comfort and harmony. When looking to create an atmosphere that is both soothing and sunny, try incorporating several shades of green.

• LIGHTER SHADES OF BLUE evoke feelings of serenity and comfort when used in the bedroom. These calming tones make for a relaxing way to end the day and a great way to en-courage a restful night’s sleep. Brighter hues bring warmth and a sunny temperament to the room.

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• GRAY is an elegant neutral that provides depth when paired with subtle accent colors. It evokes feelings of sophistication and airiness to cre-ate a haven of relaxation and calm.

3. Test-Drive Your Color Choice: Once you have chosen your preferred colors, Wadden rec-ommends sampling the colors at home in various stages of light.

Lighting is one of the most essential factors when selecting paint color. Natural daylight shows the truest hue, while incandescent lighting brings out warm tones and yellows and fluorescent lighting casts cooler, bluer tones.

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YREKA, Calif. - A decade of negotiations be-tween more than 40 parties for water rights, river health and salmon survival expires at the end of December if it isn’t approved by Con-gress. And Congress may be the biggest chal-lenge yet for the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, which covers water use in north-ern California and southern Oregon.

At last week’s White House Tribal Nations Conference, Kathy Hill - a member of the Klamath Tribal Council who was on the ne-gotiating team for the agreement - said she heard mixed views about the future of the agreement.

“[U.S. Interior Secretary] Sally Jewell was optimistic,” said Hill. “But then another per-son, not with the administration, told me, ‘You know, nothing’s going to get through this House this year.’ And that’s the mood, I think maybe, in Washington, D.C.”

At the conference, President Obama said he’s committed to working with tribal nations to protect natural resources and honor their heritage. But Hill wonders if members of Congress unfamiliar with the years of struggle between water users in this area understand the importance of the agreement.

The Senate bill (SB 133) is stalled, and a companion House bill has yet to be intro-duced by Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, although he has said it’s a priority.

Brian Johnson, California and Klamath di-rector for Trout Unlimited, made the point that, if nothing else, the people representing these districts won’t want to see a repeat of the “water wars” of past decades.

“We know that all four of the senators in Cal-ifornia and Oregon support the legislation. And so, we’re just hoping that they can deliver on that and get it done on this short timeline,” said Johnson.

The agreement calls for removal of four old-er dams in the region. If it expires, however, PacifiCorp could upgrade and re-license the dams instead, passing the costs on to ratepay-ers in a half-dozen states.

Greg Addington, executive director of the Klamath Water Users Association, explained that for irrigators, dam removal was a major compromise.

“We shook hands on that deal and we’re still committed to that outcome, if the agreement goes forward,” Addington said. “We don’t want to go back and do this all over again; we don’t even know if we can do it all over again. We’ve really tried to convey that sense of ur-gency to Congress. Hopefully, they hear us.”

The Copco 1 Dam near Hornbrook, Calif., is among four to be re-moved on the Klamath River if Congress approves the Klamath Ba-sin Restoration Agreement. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Amid Criticism, SeaWorld San Diego to End Orca Shows

Suzanne Potter CALIFORNIA NEWS SERVICE

SAN DIEGO - Wildlife advocates are praising SeaWorld San Diego’s decision to let Shamu retire, so to speak, but they have reservations about the park’s announcement that killer whale shows will change at the end of next year.

SeaWorld says the orcas will still be on display at the amusement park, but they won’t be doing any tricks. It’s a response to criticism over treatment of orcas in captiv-ity that crested with the release of the 2013 documentary “Blackfish,” which led to a drop in park atten-dance.

Marine biologist Maris Siden-stecker, co-founder and program

director at Save the Whales, wants the orca exhibit closed altogether.

“Honestly, I think SeaWorld should not have orcas in captivity and should phase this out completely,” she says. “I think they should just be a rehab center for injured wildlife and animals.”

Sidenstecker says orcas swim 100 miles a day in the wild, so it’s impossible to recreate their natural habitat in captivity. She says many of the whales should be carefully reintroduced into the ocean.

Joel Manby, CEO of SeaWorld Enterprises, explained the com-pany’s plans in an investor’s forum on Monday.

“We are listening to our guests. We’re evolving as a company,

we’re always changing,” he says. “In 2017, we will launch an all-new orca experience. It’s going to be fo-cused more on the natural setting, natural environment and also, the natural behaviors of the whale. And it will have a strong conservation message.”

In addition, Manby says a project called “Blue Ocean,” involving a massive $100 million expansion of the killer whale tanks, will not go forward in light of a recent Califor-nia Coastal Commission decision to ban breeding of captive killer whales.

California Congressman Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, has said he’ll introduce a bill to prohibit trade in killer whales, block their capture in the wild and outlaw the breeding of captive orca.

There are mixed reac-tions in the animal rights community about Sea-World San Diego’s deci-sion to change its orca shows by next year.

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LOS ANGELES - In the wake of a New York Times ex-pose, consumer advocates are speaking out against the corporate practice of putting forced arbitration clauses into contracts saying it puts victims of fraud at a major disadvantage.

The clauses say if wrongdoing is alleged, people have to go to mediation rather than to court. The clauses are ev-erywhere these days tucked into the fine print for credit cards, loans, cable contracts, doctor visits, online sales, and even nursing homes.

Elise Sanguinetti, secretary with the American Associa-tion for Justice and president-elect with the Consumer Attorneys of America, says there’s a lot people can do to fight back.

“First is to pressure their elected officials to pass the Ar-bitration Fairness Act and demand that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issue rules to ban forced ar-bitration in financial contracts; and that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ban forced arbitration against nursing homes,” says Sanguinetti.

Supporters of mandatory arbitration say it cuts down on frivolous lawsuits.

Senator Al Franken of Minnesota reintroduced a bill to ban arbitration clauses in certain contracts earlier this year, but it hasn’t come to a vote. Franken says he wants to stop corporate interests from taking advantage of con-sumers, many of whom don’t realize they’ve signed away their rights.

“These guys are bad guys,” says Franken “It’s about the right of people to go to court. It’s in the Constitution. It’s in two amendments in the Bill of Rights.”

The New York Times investigation found four out of five federal cases that went to arbitration between 2010 and 2014 were decided in favor of the company. And it found that a coalition of credit card companies and retailers has been strategizing for a decade to block class-action law-suits.

Ricardo Alcaraz gains national

policy experience through

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Caucus Institute program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), the nation’s premier His-panic youth leadership de-velopment and educational organization, is hosting San Jose native Ricardo Alcaraz, who studies anthropology and Chicano studies at the University of California-Los Angeles, for its nationally recognized fall Congressional Internship Program. Alcaraz was one of 22 interns chosen out of hundreds of applicants from across the country to work in the nation’s capital for twelve weeks, where he is placed at the office of Rep. Alan Lowenthal.

By exposing young Latinos to the legislative process and strengthening their leader-ship skills, the program is ultimately promoting the presence of Latinos on Capi-tol Hill and in public policy positions.

“CHCI has been a transfor-mative experience because I have gained confidence in

myself and in my work,” said Alcaraz. “I am now an ambas-sador of CHCI and will return to my community to inform my fellow DACAmented peo-ple about CHCI and continue to advocate for DREAMers.”

CHCI’s Congressional In-ternship Program comprises

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•Diversity: The 2015 fall interns represent a diverse range of Hispanic heritage, 20 academic institutions, and 17 majors. Moreover, 90% come from low-income households whose incomes are below $45,000.

•Work experience: Intern duties include responding to constituent inquiries; draft-ing correspondence and memos; monitoring hear-ings; conducting research, data entry and analysis; and assisting with general office operations.

•Leadership development: Interns attend weekly ses-sions and meet with distin-guished leaders from a range of professional backgrounds, engage in substantive policy discussions and participate in professional development training.

•Community service: In-terns are also required to engage in CHCI community service hours. This fall, CHCI interns completed their com-munity service at Casa Ruby, The DC Center, and The La-tino Student Fund.

The selection process is competitive; CHCI receives at least 5 applications for every one available fall internship opportunity. Interns demon-strate high academic achieve-ment, evidence of leadership skills and potential for lead-ership growth, a demon-strated commitment to pub-lic service-oriented activities

and superior analytical and communication skills. Ap-plications are reviewed by a selection committee compris-ing alumni, board of directors and staff.

Individuals who qualify for Deferred Action for Child-hood Arrival are eligible to participate in CHCI’s intern-ship and fellowship pro-grams. Three of the CHCI fall internship participants are DACA students.

CHCI interns receive round-trip transportation to Wash-ington, housing and a stipend. CHCI's Fall Congressional In-ternship Program is support-ed by Walmart, the founding sponsor of the CHCI Semes-ter Congressional Intern-ship Program, Marathon Oil, Chevron, Shell, Time Warner Cable, Prudential, United Health Foundation, UPS, and Southwest Airlines, the official airline of CHCI Lead-ership Programs.

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On the October 30th, 2015 La Raza Round-table monthly meeting, there were two fea-tured guest speakers:

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His original intent was not to become a pro-fessional educator, however, he found each stage of developmental experience engaging and ‘different’ so he kept on keeping on in the career path that brought him to the County Office of Education, SCC as Superintendent. Gundry explained that his administration will have a ‘partnership approach’ when deal-ing with all local school districts. While the SCC Office of Education has the responsibil-

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV287795Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Marcelion Perez Rojo and Claudia Hernandez. TO ALL IN-TERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that peti-tioners Marcelion Perez Rojo and Claudia Her-nandez have filed a peti-tion for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a Miria Hernandez Perez to Miria Perez Hernandez. 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 01/19/15 at 8:45 am, Pro-bate 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. November 6, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 13, 20, 27; December 4, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV287861Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Kuan Wei Chen and Yan Lin. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioners Kuan Wei Chen and Yan Lin, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a Erwin Lin Chen to Erwin Chen. 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 01/19/15 at 8:45 am, Pro-bate 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. November 6, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 13, 20, 27; December 4, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 610889The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Mextamale Foods 2003 Story Rd # 100 San Jose, CA 95122 Santa Clara County. Alejandro Arreola 637 N. 2nd St San Jose, CA 95112 and Celia Madriz 2312 Mt. Pleasant Rd San Jose, CA 95148. This business is conducted by general partnership; registrants have begun transact-ing business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 11/09/12 “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.)Celia MadrizGeneral Partner November 13, 20, 27; De-cember 4, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/09/15


NO. 610820The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Taco El Molcajete 374 Jerome St San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County. Jesus Jacuinde 374 Jerome St. San Jose, CA 95125. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 08/15/2015 “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Jesus JacuindeNovember 13, 20, 27; De-cember 4, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/05/15


NO. 610912The following person(s) is (are) doing business, The Fernandez Group

5655 Silver Creek Val-ley Rd #800 San Jose, CA 95138, Santa Clara County. Perry Fernandez 2863 Buena Crest Ct. San Jose, CA 95121. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun transacting business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed hereon, 10/26/2005 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Perry Fernandez November 13, 20, 27; De-cember 4, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/09/15


NO. 610980The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Fit 36 Silicon Valley 1019 Pennington Ln. Cuper-tino, CA 95014, Santa Clara County. Lynergy Company 1019 Penning-ton Ln Cupertino, CA 95014. This business is conducted by a corpora-tion; registrant has not begun transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declares as true infor-mation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Perry Fernandez November 13, 20, 27; De-cember 4, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/10/15

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Robert J. Zipse, JR. No. 115PR177491

A Petition for Probate has been filed by Robert Castaneda in the Supe-rior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The petition requests that Robert Castaneda be appointed as personal representative to adminis-ter the estate of the dece-dent, Robert J. Zipse, JR. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codi-cils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal rep-resentative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very im-

portant actions, however, the personal representa-tive will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as fol-lows: 12/21/2015/2015 at 9:30am, Dept. 10, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

If you object to the grant-ing of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attor-ney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal represen-tative appointed by the court within the later of ei-ther: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general per-sonal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or per-sonal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal author-ity may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: Jennifer E. Ramirez1299 Del Mar AvenueSan Jose, CA 95128

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV287523Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Seungryul Choi and Jiyoun Chun. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioners,

Seungryul Choi and Jiyoun Chun, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a Andrew Choi to Andrew Jaehyung Choi b. Claire Choi to Claire Jaehee Choi. 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 01/12/15 at 8:45 am, Pro-bate 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 30, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 6, 13, 20,27, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV287702Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Be Thi Nguyen. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Be Thi Nguyen, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: a Be Thi Nguyen to Bekki Br Nguyen b. Alan Soundara to Alan Nguyen. 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 01/12/15 at 8:45 am, Pro-bate 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. November 04, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 6, 13, 20,27, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV285213

Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Abraham Eli Gonzales. TO ALL IN-TERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that pe-titioner, Elydia Sanchez, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Abraham Eli Gonzales to Eli Sanchez. 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 petition for change of name should not be granted on 12/01/15 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Or-der 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. September 3, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 6, 13, 20,27, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV286629Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Faiza Omar. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Faiza Omar, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a Faiza Omar to Faiza Farooq Omar. 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 12/29/15 at 8:45 am, Pro-bate 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 07, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 6, 13, 20,27, 2015

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Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Hassan Rasti and Nasrin Jaffari . TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioners, Hassan Rasti and Nas-rin Jaffari, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a Hassan Rasti to David Rasti b. Nasrin Jaf-fari to Nancy Rasti. 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 01/12/15 at 8:45 am, Pro-bate 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 29, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 6, 13, 20,27, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV287669Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Alfonso Ochoa. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Alfonso Ochoa, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a Diego Smith to Di-ego Alfonso Ochoa. 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 01/12/15 at 8:45 am, Pro-bate 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. November 3, 2015

Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 6, 13, 20,27, 2015


NO. 609861The following person(s) is (are) doing business, IL Palazzo Gardens 250 Curtner Ave Palo Alto, CA 94305 Santa Clara Coun-ty. Greker, LLC. 20410 Town Center Lane Suite 200 Cupertino, CA 95014. This business is conduct-ed by a limited liability company; registrant has begun transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.08/01/11 “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Diane FeirmanManaging MemberNovember 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/06/15


NO. 609857The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Blue Hills Studio Apartments 7213 Rainbow Drive San Jose, CA 95129 Santa Clara County. Blue Hills Studio Apartments II, LLC. 20410 Town Center Lane Suite 200 Cuper-tino, CA 95014. This busi-ness is conducted by a limited liability company; registrant has begun transacting business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.06/09/10 “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.)Jim Barrow JrManagerNovember 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/06/15


NO. 609855The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Lakeview Garden Apart-ments 816 N. Humboldt Street San Mateo, CA San Mateo County. Lakeview Investments, LLC. 20410 Town Center Lane Suite 200 Cuper-tino, CA 95014. This busi-ness is conducted by a limited liability company; registrant has begun transacting business un-

der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.06/24/10 “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.)Don Dougherty ManagerNovember 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/06/15


NO. 609803The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Sycamore Park Apart-ments 398 Boynton Ave-nue Dan Jose, CA 95117 Santa Clara County. Sycamore Park-Boynton, LLC. 20410 Town Center Lane Suite 200 Cuper-tino, CA 95014. This busi-ness is conducted by a limited liability company; registrant has begun transacting business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.07/23/10 “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.)Joyne Shapiro ManagerNovember 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/05/15FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTNO. 609798

The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Lake Vasona Manor 909 University Avenue Los Gatos, CA 95032 Santa Clara County. Stephen Chen and Hsin-Hsin Chen 25901 Springhill Rd Los Altos, CA 94022. This business is conducted by a married couple; registrants have begun transacting business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.07/23/10 “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.)Hsin-Hsin ChenNovember 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/05/15


NO. 609797The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Warm Springs Self Stor-

age 45585 Warm Springs Blvd. Fremont, CA 94539 Alameda County. Warm Springs Self Storage , LLC. 20410 Town Center Lane Suite 200 Cuper-tino, CA 95014. This busi-ness is conducted by a limited liability company; registrant has begun transacting business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.01/14/1988 “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.)Jim Barrow JRManagerNovember 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/05/15


NO. 609854The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Rosa Crest Studio Apart-ments 394 Boynton Ave-nue San Jose, CA 95117 Santa Clara County. Rosa Crest Studio Apart-ments, LLC. 20410 Town Center Lane Suite 200 Cupertino, CA 95014. This business is con-ducted by a limited liability company; registrant has begun transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.06/09/2010 “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Jim Barrow JRManagerNovember 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/06/15


NO. 609860The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Rosa Crest Studio Apart-ments 394 Boynton Ave-nue San Jose, CA 95117 Santa Clara County. Rosa Crest Studio Apart-ments, LLC. 20410 Town Center Lane Suite 200 Cupertino, CA 95014. This business is con-ducted by a limited liability company; registrant has begun transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.06/09/2010 “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Jim Barrow JrManagerNovember 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/06/15

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV287186Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Kang-Min Lin. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Kang-Min Lin, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: a Kang-Min Lin to Jack-son Kang-Min Lin. 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 01/05/15 at 8:45 am, Pro-bate 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 22, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2015


NO. 610305The following person(s) is (are) doing business, J&C Trucking 279 Wa-verly St Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Santa Clara County. Cristina Jean-nette Pineda Alas 279 Waverly St Sunnyvale, CA 94086. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.10/20/15 “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Cristina J. Pineda AlasOctober 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/20/15


NO. 610507The following person(s) is (are) doing business,

QC Credit Agency 88 S. 3rd St #209 San Jose, CA 95112 Santa Clara County. Jonny Vu 101 S. 3rd St #162 San Jose, CA 95112 This business is conducted by an in-dividual; registrant has begun transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.1998” “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.)Jonny VuOctober 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/27/15


NO. 607706The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Southside Financial 3136 Story Rd Suite #2 San Jose, CA 95127 Santa Clara County. Socorro Montano-Soto and An-dres B. Soto 2910 Arch-wood Cr San Jose, CA 95148 This business is conducted by a married couple; registrants have not begun transacting business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Socorro Montano-Soto October 30; November 6, 13, 20, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/23/15

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV287080Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Marco Tulio De Leon and Gloria Elizabeth De Leon. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petitioners, Marco Tulio De Leon and Gloria Elizabeth De Leon, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Jordy Evans De Leon to Jordy Evans De Leon De Leon. 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 01/05/15 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 21, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 23, 30; Novem-ber 6, 13, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV286607Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Christina Mauricio Silva. TO ALL IN-TERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that peti-tioner, Christina Mauricio Silva, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a Christina Mauricio Silva to Chris-tina Silva Mauricio . 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 12/29/15 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 07, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 23, 30; Novem-ber 6, 13, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 115CV286734Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jian Chen and Dan Ye. TO ALL IN-TERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that pe-titioners, Jian Chen and Dan Ye, have filed a peti-tion for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a Ye Xuan Chen to Jes-sica Yexuan Chen . 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 12/29/15 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 09, 2015Thomas E. KuhnleJudge of the Superior CourtOctober 23, 30; Novem-ber 6, 13, 2015


NO. 610087The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Anthony’s Glass and Mirrors 1869 Lanai Ave San Jose, CA 95122 Santa Clara County. Jose Antonio Valencia 1869 Lanai Ave San Jose, CA 95122 . This business is conducted by an in-dividual; registrants has begun transacting busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.10/13/15 “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A regis-trant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.)Jose Antonio Valencia October 23, 30; Novem-ber 6, 13, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 10/13/15


NO. 609637The following person(s) is (are) doing business, Little Orchard 1859 Little Orchard St San Jose, CA 95125 Santa Clara County. American Red-stone 4340 Almaden Exp. San Jose, CA 95118 . This business is con-ducted by a corporation; registrants has begun transacting business un-der the fictitious business name or names listed hereon.09/29/15 “I de-clare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true informa-tion, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.)Ernie Arreola , CEOOctober 23, 30; Novem-ber 6, 13, 2015This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 09/29/15

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Americans generate about 254 million tons of trash and recycle and compost about 87 million tons of this material, which adds up to a 34.3 percent national recycling rate. Recycling and composting prevented the release of approximately 186 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2013, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, comparable to taking over 39 million cars off the road for a year.

Aluminum cans are currently recycled more than any other beverage container in the U.S, which is good for business and the environment, says the Aluminum Asso-ciation, because making a can from recycled aluminum saves not only aluminum but 92 percent of the energy required to make a new can. A 2015 analysis by the Aluminum Association and the Can Manufacturers Institute determined that if all of the alu-minum cans in the U.S. were recycled, we could power four million homes and save $800 million per year.

Aluminum cans are also the most valu-able to recycling companies, with a value of $1,491 per ton compared to $385 per ton for PET plastic. “Cans are recycled at the highest rates, and drive recycling programs across the country because of the high value of aluminum compared to other packaging materials,” said Heidi Brock, President and CEO of the Aluminum Association.

In recent years, however, recycling compa-nies are struggling with higher processing costs, due in part to newer, larger recycling bins that don’t require user sorting and thus become increasingly contaminated with garbage.

When the District of Columbia replaced residents’ 32-gallon bins with ones that were 50 percent larger last year, the exten-sive amount of non-recyclable material put into the bins drove up the city’s processing cost for recyclables and cut profits from selling recyclables by more than 50 percent.

“Our biggest concern and our biggest challenge today is municipal solid waste

and contamination in our inbound stream,” James Delvin, CEO of ReCommunity Re-cycling, which operates 31 facilities in 14 states, told Green is Good Radio.

“It’s an economic issue if you think about we go through all this effort to process this material, and roughly 15 to 20 percent of what we process ends up going back to the landfill. It’s incredibly inefficient to do that.” In a 2014 survey by the National Waste and Recycling Association, nearly one in 10 Americans admitted to throwing their waste in recycling bins when trash cans were full; one in five said they will place an item in a recycling container even if they are not completely sure it is recyclable.

“People refer to this as ‘wishful recycling,’ that’s just when in doubt, put this in the bin because there’s an outside chance they might be able to recycle it,” Delvin notes. “So you see Styrofoam. You see PVC. You see batteries and those types of things….” This mixing of waste with recyclables, he says, makes it very difficult to extract the true recyclable commodities that are there that have value.

Improved education regarding the proper

materials to recycle is needed to allow re-cycling plants to remain economically fea-sible. The pros and cons of recycling are heavily debated, but there’s never an argu-ment over the environmental benefits of limiting disposable packaging and utilizing more durable reusable goods, like shopping bags, coffee thermoses and water bottles, to name a few, in daily life.

CONTACTS: Aluminum Association, www.aluminum.org; Can Manufacturers Institute, www.cancentral.com; Green Is Good Radio, www.greenisgoodradio.com; National Waste and Recycling Association, www.wasterecycling.org; ReCommunity Recycling, www.recommunity.com.

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Is recycling still worthwhile given the

expense and emissions associated with it?

Caption: Recycling companies are struggling with higher processing costs, due in part to newer, larger recycling bins that don’t require user sorting and thus become increasingly con-taminated with garbage. Credit: Dan McKay, FlickrCC

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Her heart rate starts rising. Her hands begin to sweat and shake. She paces back and forth. “I feel like something is going to happen to me but nothing is really there,” she says. “[I tell myself,] ‘There is nothing wrong. It’s okay. This is just your body being weird again.’”This is what an anxi-ety attack feels like for Karina Perez, a 20-year-old student at Pierce College. She started having the attacks while she was involved in an abusive re-lationship. She also fell into a depression.

The relationship is over, but the anxiety attacks have continued. “During my first year at Pierce I went through an abusive relationship that no one knew about,” Perez says. Her boyfriend, she says, was emotionally abusive, controlling, and unfaithful. The emotional strain made it hard to focus at school. “I was 18 at the time, very young and inexperienced, so it re-ally hit me,” she says. “It was a pain to go to school and try to concentrate when my mind was being blown up by every-thing else.”Even though Perez was determined to succeed in college, her inability to focus led her to drop all her classes during her first semester at Pierce.

Then she decided not to take classes the following semes-ter, setting her back a full year. “It was shocking to see my

grades so low because I was always used to seeing good grades. When I was younger I graduated with honors,” Perez says. She started losing weight. Her internal struggle wasn’t apparent to the people around her. “People thought I was just taking a year for myself,” she says. Dr. Janina Scarlet, a licensed clinical psychologist at the Center for Stress and Anxiety Manage-ment and Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, says there are many popular mis-conceptions about depres-sion. “Many people think that a person who is depressed is sad all the time, is unable to laugh, is ‘weak’and/or suicid-al. None of these are true of everyone,” Scarlet says. “Many people with depression might not be ‘obviously’ depressed. They might laugh and appear happy while struggling on the inside.”Perez agees. “You can be the most active person in the world and be depressed,” she says. “Look at Robin Williams; he made so many people happy and looked like such a happy person but he was

struggling with so much.”“I lost so much weight. I basi-cally lost interest in every-thing,” Perez says. “I was still trying, but there were days when I didn’t have the will to get out of bed.”Dr. Scarlet says that symptoms of depression include a low or sad mood, as well as difficulty enjoy-ing things one used to enjoy. Individuals may also experi-ence fatigue, trouble eating or sleeping, thoughts about

being worthless, thoughts of suicide, and withdrawal from social activities. Over time Perez was able to deal with her depression and anxiety in a unique way.

“I realized that my life was going nowhere,” she says. “Therapy was alright, but I realized that putting my mind into projects was help-ing [more]. I would dance, focus on school projects, and then I started cosplay.”In co-splay (“costume play”), people dress up as fictional charac-ters whom they like or ad-mire, says Perez. Cosplayers go to gatherings and conven-tions and meet with others who have similar interests. “It is a very open and loving community that I fell in love with,” Perez says. Dr. Scarlet says that an activity like co-splay can have an important role in some people’s healing process.

“There is research that shows that meaningful social engagement, such as what cosplay provides ... can po-tentially reduce depression and help buffer the individual against depression,” Scarlet says. Scarlet has herself pio-neered a type a therapy she calls “Superhero Therapy,” the goal of which she says is to “help patients become the very kind of hero that they want to be despite any limitations they might face.” She incorporates concepts around superheroes and other fictional characters into her therapy practice, which she says can help patients bet-

ter identify with their own struggles.

It’s common for people to re-late with fictional characters, she says, and she uses those characters’ vulnerabilities to help her patients realize that everyone experiences them. Due to the positive feedback Perez was receiving on her costumes, she started a Face-book fan page called KPM

Cosplay where she posts pictures of the costumes she creates. She has over 4,500 followers and makes appear-ances at conventions. “Co-splay [has been] my own form of therapy,” Perez says. “It [has been] nice to bring so much happiness to others. It was unexpected.

”Perez’s costumes portray characters she identifies with, both female and male. They’ve included Star-Lord from Guardians of the Gal-axy, Khal Drogo from Game of Thrones, Batman, and multiple characters from the X-Men. “The X-Men are made up of people that fight for acceptance so I relate to that,” Perez says. After gradu-ating from Pierce, Perez plans to attend law school. Her dream job would be working on a legal team at SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, which manufactures and launches new kinds of rockets and spacecraft.

“This company brings a lot of science into reality. I

want to be in a place where I can merge different parts of my life and be completely happy,” Perez says. Now that Perez has found a way to take control of her anxiety and depression, she encourages people suffering with depres-sion to seek help with friends and family. “Don’t be afraid to accept that there is something wrong going on,” Perez says. “How else is anyone supposed to help you if you don’t say it?”She also recommends that students seek help at Pierce’s student health center, which offers individual therapy ses-sions. “There will be times when things will be bad,” says Perez. “But you can’t let anxi-ety or depression stop your life.”At this point, Perez says she’s learned to embrace her anxiety. “If the anxiety went away [completely] I would lose a part of myself,” Perez says. “It is a part of my per-sonality and a part of what pushes me. It is not necessar-ily a positive thing in my life, but I’ve learned to turn it into one.”Photo Caption: Photos by: Nicolas Heredia

How will you be hacked? Will it be (1) a technical

hack using sophisticated decryption tools and super

cyber weapons, or (2) a socially engineered hack in

which you unwittingly bend to a hacker’s wishes?

Shelly Palmer

Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investi-gation, famously said, “I am convinced that there are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those that will be. And even they are converging into one cat-egory: companies that have been hacked and will be hacked again.”

The Question Is, How?Recently, CIA Director John Brennan was the victim of a

socially engineered hack. A self-described “kid” manipu-lated a few flaws in a few companies’ security protocols (not systems) and was able to change the Director’s AOL email password and seize control of his account. Director Bren-nan said, “What it does is to underscore just how vulnerable people are to those who want to cause harm and the social engineering that goes on and the manipulation of the system allows individuals to carry out criminal activities against US citizens.”

After you get past the idea that the Director of the CIA has an active AOL email account (was his screen name [email protected]?), you realize that everyone, including you and me, is vulnerable.

Here’s a quick list of popular social engineering hacking techniques and what you can do to protect yourself against them.

Hack #1 General Social Engineering – If you are checking out on an obscure website and the site asks you to “confirm” the last four digits of your social security number, you’re about to be hacked. No commerce site needs your social security number, not even the last four digits. The request will look innocuous, you’ll be busy purchasing two tickets to see the new Star Wars movie in IMAX 3D, and you’ll be one step closer to having your credit card spoofed or worse. Countermeasures — Don’t give up more information than is absolutely necessary.

Hack #2 Phishing – the act of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a le-gitimate company. Got an email from Amazan.com? Yeah, that’s not Amazon. Look closely. Thanksgiving Day is one of the heaviest phishing days of the year, because fewer people who are paid to protect you from phishing attacks are work-ing. But you might be incentivized by World Series tickets or football tickets or anything that reaches the status of “cul-tural phenomenon.”

There’s a reason Gmail sent that email to your Spam or Pro-motions folder. Leave it there. If you didn’t ask for it, don’t click on it! There’s no reason to give out your financial info because a scammer decided to send you a halfway decent-looking email. Countermeasures — Carefully, carefully, care-fully check who emails are from. If you’re not sure about a sender, it’s best to avoid that email and deal.

Hack #3 “Scammer Grammar” and General Scam-ming Behavior – If a website features many misspellings and grammatical errors, be wary. No company that genuinely wants your business will rush to put up a listing that looks like it was typed by a third grader. In fact, the typos are there on purpose. If you miss them, you’re probably just stupid enough to fill in the rest of the form or click something you shouldn’t. Typos are a gigantic red flag – heed the warning.

Beware of sites that require payment via wire transfer, or that require you to act immediately to secure the product. Consumer Affairs says, “Beware of ‘act now’ offers that tell you the seller is a soldier needing cash for possessions be-fore deploying to a war zone or a recent divorcee wanting to unload her former husband’s belongings. These tactics are often bait to empty your wallet. Most of the time the items don’t even exist.”

Hack #4 Fake Ads – Inauthentic ads re-direct you to places you shouldn’t be, or may install malware or unwanted software on your computer.

Everyone’s looking for the best deals, so cyber criminals love to release fake ads that trick you into visiting sites you otherwise wouldn’t visit. If you want to find great deals, go directly to reputable websites, whether they’re vendors (Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart) or trusted third-party aggregators.

Hack #5 Site Swap – Ambitious scammers build entire fake sites that look shockingly similar to popular re-tailers. This is a more complicated hack, and sometimes the most convincing – so pay attention. You will almost always get to a fake site through a search engine or a mistyped URL. But sometimes fake sites are used in combination with email hacks. The most sophisticated versions are single pages that actually link to the real sites so the information request looks more legitimate.

If you’re not sure about a link, there are a few great re-sources at your disposal. Sites like wheredoesthislinkgo.com will show you exactly where a suspicious short link goes. Still not sure? It’s probably fake. Move on. The chance of landing a great deal is not worth credit card fraud or a credit score hit. Countermeasures — Go directly to retailers’ sites, rather than through search engines. Don’t click on links from any email you can’t verify.

Sufficiently armed with countermeasures? I hope so. Social engineering is probably the biggest cyber security threat and also the hardest to stop. We’re all just people, and we use the Internet. Unfortunately, so do the bad guys.

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In 2010 the world was listening for signs of life, deep within the Chilean desert, for a group of miners trapped beneath the earth. In one of more than 800 mines which are used to find copper and gold, 33 men spent 69 days trapped in a shelter 2000 feet below the ground af-ter a mine collapse. 90 degree weather, scarce amounts of food and light, and the possibility of another collapse within their safe haven could have happened, but today the men, all 33, are grateful to have survived the ordeal.

This incredible story, which 1 billion people watched live unfold towards their eventual res-cue, has been turned into a movie, aptly titled “The 33”. At the helm is Mexican film director Patricia Riggen, known for films such as 2007’s “Under the Same Moon” and 2012’s “Girl in Progress”.

“The 33” is based on the only official book backed by the miners, Deep Down Dark by Mexican author Héctor Tobar.

In the lead roles, among many others, are An-tonia Banderas as the charismatic leader of the trapped miners Mario Sepúlveda, Coté de Pablo (a Chilean-American actress and singer) as the grieving pregnant wife of one of the miners, and Juliette Binoche, the French actress who argu-ably plays a miners Chilean sister really well.

The basics of the film are of a survival story, and the different aspects of the ordeal, from within the group of miners deep down in the earth, to the people on ground, from the families, the protests against the government’s rescue time-line, and the actual physics of rescuing the men in the mine.

In just over 2 hours we are treated to a lot of in-formation, a lot of emotion but ultimately noth-ing we haven’t experienced before. To be honest the final shot is the most captivating and it’s in essence its own vignette. It’s not to say that the

film is not strong through its duration, as men-tioned the build up of emotion and a country’s collective efforts to support and speak for the miners is unmeasurable.

In 2010 the Chilean government was doing damage control in real life after the Chilean earthquake and tsunami just months before the mining disaster. Their reputation hinged on wether or not they could pull their resources and rescue their citizens from the mine.

The mine in question, the ‘San Jose Mine’, was owned by the cash-strapped San Esteban Prim-era Mining Company, who was notorious for breaking safety protocols and generally provid-ing unsafe working conditions. This is all evi-dent in the film as scenarios unfold right from the start where the shift foreman, “Don Lucho” Urzúa (played by Lou Diamond Phillips), be-lieves a cave-in could occur but obviously a ‘don’t worry about it’ stance is taken by another manger. Some ‘get back to work’’s are thrown out after this.

The miners in the film, just like in real life, find out right after the disaster, the mining company again fails at simple safety features even within the shelter meant to house proper amounts of food, a radio, and a ladder within escape shaft. You find out the state of each of these pretty soon into it.

The dynamics of the characters within the mine is the most interesting, as they each have their own demons and strengths to deal with while trapped in what they fear could be their last shift. Juliette Binoche’s brother is an alcoholic, Antonio Banderas is a hot head (but a leader nonetheless), and the others kind of come and go. There isn’t a lot of screen time to flesh out all 33, so here and there we get little tidbits, genu-inely funny moments and a lot of despair.

Its not to say the film is a depressing romp, as its not. In the end the community spirit and per-severance of the men and their families above shines a bright light in the way of human com-

passion. “The 33” is both a study on survival and faith, and a look into a historical event in a pretty realistic manner. There are moments where you wonder if it could’ve actually gone the way it did but in the end it’s simple as this: ALL 33 miners trapped 2,000 feet below the surface in hot, humid conditions were able to survive 69 days, all without killing each other as well.

Recently the 33 men went to watch the film premiere at Vatican City and met with Pope Francis. This was fitting given their determi-nation and their religious strength that al-lowed them to survive the ordeal in the mine.

It’s a good film with good cinematography, a disaster movie that plays it safe but get emo-tional, and worth watching on the big screen to find out how exactly these 33 men survive.

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Wicca es una religión antiquísima que tuvo sus orígenes en Europa, antiguos pueblos ger-mánicos y vikingos fueron sus principales pre-cursores. Actualmente se ha determinado que estas creencias datan de varios miles de años antes de Cristo. Los creyentes basan su fe en

la existencia de dos divinidades sagradas “ la diosa y el dios”, creadores del universo.

La tierra y la naturaleza son consideradas manifestaciones divinas de los dioses. Dado que dos sexos coexisten en la naturaleza y sien-do ésta una manifestación divina, Wicca pro-fesa la veneración de la diosa y el dios, quienes representan energías gemelas que se unieron

e hicieron posible la creación de todo lo exis-tente.

Wicca es una religión naturalista, la mayoría de sus miembros son ecologistas y activos de-fensores de los derechos de los animales, su fe profesa el amor a la madre naturaleza. Para convertirse en miembro activo de estas creen-cias no es necesario renunciar a otra fe que se profese, únicamente se acepta y se veneran las energías que conforman lo divino, se protege a la madre naturaleza y se observan y celebran las fechas especiales de la religión.Wicca es una religión alternativa que no practica el proselitismo.

La religión simboliza una eterna afirmación de la vida. Se cree en la magia y especialmente en la existencia de seres del reino angelical: ha-das, nomos, sílfides y duendes; quienes al ser influenciados realizan proezas y favores divi-nos. El pentagrama o estrella de cinco puntas está representado desde la antigüedad como un símbolo de estas creencias. La diosa y el dios La diosa representa la fertilidad, femini-dad y el amor. Por ser asociada a la luna, los creyentes le llaman Diana. En noches de luna llena los creyentes se reúnen para ofrecerle reverencia. El planeta tierra es también una de las representaciones de la diosa, quien en su aspecto terrestre recibe nombres especiales como Gea, Deméter y Madre naturaleza. El dios simboliza la energía masculina, la vitali-dad y los bastos recursos naturales.

En Wicca se asocia al sol, el fuego, los bosques, el reino animal y la vegetación sil-vestre. En su aspecto solar recibe el nombre de Apolo y en su figura terrestre se repre-senta por mamíferos como el ciervo, el toro y el carnero. A los practicantes de Wicca se les conoce usualmente como paganos o neo-paganos, termino mal interpretado durante mas de dos mil años, pagano se deriva del latín “paganus” y significa morador del cam-po. Wicca es una religión ligada directamente a la naturaleza y se puede ser por ejemplo cristiano y Wicca al mismo tiempo. Fechas especiales Wicca rememora rituales religio-sos al menos veintiún ocasiones durante el año. Trece celebraciones de luna llena lo que se conoce como Esbats, dedicados a la diosa y ocho Sabbats o festivales solares ofrendados al dios.

Wicca ha ido modernizándose con el paso del tiempo, hoy en día son muy comunes las iniciaciones individuales. Disfrute de una puesta de sol, maravíllese con la luna llena, sienta amor por los animales y conviértase en protector de la madre naturaleza y así se auto iniciará en los misterios de la Wicca. El prin-cipal propósito de esta religión es estrechar y hacer más fuertes los lazos que unen a sus miembros con las divinidades del Universo, observar la naturaleza, proteger la ecología, velar por los derechos de la fauna y hacerle el bien al prójimo. Además, se acepta la existen-cia de otros caminos que llevan a la verdad de la vida y a la verdad de lo divino.

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Raiders Salute to Service Week Raiders Salute Mili-tary Heroes in Alameda for Veteran’s Day 2015 To kick off the Raider organization’s Salute to Service activities, the Raiders Foundation wel-comed wounded veterans to spend the afternoon with current Raider players and Raiderettes.

Hosted organizations in-cluded Sentinels of Freedom, Wounded Warrior Proj-ect and Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Guests toured and engaged with the Raiders and Raiderettes at the team’s Alameda practice facility, where they were rec-ognized for their sacrifice and service to our country.

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San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Fa-tai Alashe has been called to the United States Under-23 National Team for a pair of friendlies against Brazil's U-23s, with the first match being held at Ilha do Retiro Stadium in Recife on Novem-ber 11 (3:00 p.m. PT) and the second at Mangueirão Stadium in Belém on No-vember 15 (1:30 p.m. PT).

Alashe, 22, has been a regular with the U-23s, competing at the 2015 Toulon Tour-nament in France, as well as the CONCA-CAF Olympic Qualifying Championship in early October.

The U.S. secured a third-place finish in the 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualify-ing Championship, which extended its

quest for a berth in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The team will take on Colombia in March in a home-and-away playoff in one final qualifying opportunity. "These matches against Brazil are a huge opportunity for us," head coach Andi Herzog said.

"On one hand you have a strong chal-lenging South American opponent in Brazil, with a playing style that's similar to that of Colombia, and on the other we'll get to experience playing in Brazil, which is where we hope to be next summer for the Olympics.

" Alashe was the fourth overall pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft out of Michigan State University. He made 27 starts in 28 total appearances, tallying two goals and two assists for San Jose in 2015.

Called to U.S. Under-23s

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