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SAN JUAN, PuertoRico, 21 de dic. del 2012(AP): El gobierno de PuertoRico y el Departamento deJusticia de Estados Unidossuscribieron el viernes unacuerdo para reformar elDepartamento de Policíade la isla, sobre el cual pesanacusaciones de corrupción,homicidio y violaciones alos derechos civiles.
Asimismo, el acuerdoresuelve una demanda quepresentaron las autoridadesfederales estadounidenses,después que fiscalesfederales emitieran uninforme crítico hacia elDepartamento de Policíade la isla, que con más de17.000 agentes es lasegunda fuerza de su tipomás grande en EstadosUnidos.
“Los desafíos queidentificamos en el informehan ocurrido durante
años”, dijo Thomas Pérez,fiscal general adjunto de laDivisión de Derechos Civilesdel Departamento deJusticia.
“La solución delproblema tardará muchosaños. Creo que puedelograrse, pero será una tareadifícil”, agregó.
El gobernador LuisFortuño dijo que el acuerdoreforzará la seguridad enPuerto Rico, isla de cuatromillones de habitantes queregistró el año pasado la cifrasin precedente de 1.117homicidios.
“Establecimos los pilarespara un nuevo comienzo en laPolicía de Puerto Rico”, afirmóFortuño. “Falta mucho porhacer, pero hemos emprendidouna reforma trascendental quenecesitaba desde hace décadasel Departamento de Policía”,apuntó.
Fortuño afirmó que ambas
partes han solicitado queun juez temporal suspendalos procedimientos hastaabril a fin de dar al próximogobierno de la isla tiempopara evaluar yposiblemente modificar elacuerdo si lo consideranecesario.
En la demanda se acusaa la Policía dediscriminación, usoexcesivo de la fuerza y deefectuar allanamientos ydecomisos ilegales.
“Como resultado deestos actos, cientos deresidentes de Puerto Ricosufren lesiones graves ofatales, están sometidos aregistros traumáticos asícomo a decomisos depertenencias, casas yautomóviles, y se lesdesalienta a que participenen actos de libertad deexpresión”, se afirmó en lademanda.
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MEXICO (AP) 21 dediciembre del 2012: El 2012marcó el fin de una era para lacultura latinoamericana conla muerte de Carlos Fuentes,Chavela Vargas y OscarNiemeyer, quienesrepresentaban el espíritu delas artes en la región de lasegunda mitad del siglo XX.El año también estuvomarcado por la controversiapor la entrega del premio FILde literatura al peruano AlfredoBryce Echenique y vio lacreación de nuevos espaciospara el arte que auguran unfuturo brillante.
Si bien Fuentes era ya unoctogenario, su muerterepentina en mayo sacudió almundo hispanohablante. Elescritor falleció a causa de unahemorragia grave en el tubodigestivo, cuando seencontraba en su residenciaen México. El autor de “Lamuerte de Artemio Cruz” y“Aura” partió sin haberconseguido el Premio Nobel,para el cual considerado variasveces como posible candidato.Su literatura abarcó más de 20novelas, 17 libros de ensayo y12 libros de cuentos.
Fuentes, quien también sedesempeñó comodiplomático en la década de1970, era un intelectual conuna voz escuchada alrededordel mundo en temas tandiversos como la corrupción,la política y el combate alnarcotráfico.
Aun cuando el mundo de laliteratura se sobreponía a supérdida, el Consejo Nacionalpara la Cultura y las Artesmexicano anunció la creacióndel Premio InternacionalCarlos Fuentes a la CreaciónLiteraria en el Idioma Español.La fecha de entrega del
galardón anual, dotado de250.000 dólares, se fijó para el11 de noviembre, el día de sunatalicio.
En octubre se reveló que elperuano Mario Vargas Llosaera el ganador de la primeraedición del premio. Fuentesfue junto a Vargas Llosa yGabriel García Márquez unode los integrantes másdestacados del “boom”latinoamericano, elmovimiento que proyectó anivel mundial la literatura dela región en la década de 1960.
En su discurso deaceptación el escritor peruano,laureado Nobel de Literatura2010, reconoció un hecho in-eludible tras la muerte delmexicano.
“Soy muy consciente de queesta generosa decisión deljurado se debe en buenamedida a ser yo algo así comoel último sobrevivienteoperativo de esemovimiento”, dijo con buenhumor el autor de la novela“La ciudad y los perros”, queen 2012 vio festejado su 50ºaniversario con una ediciónespecial y varias celebracionesconmemorativas.
La declaración de VargasLlosa, fuera de bromas, tieneun cierto peso. En Colombialos seguidores de GarcíaMárquez han estadopreocupados por la salud delNobel, sobre todo porque noacude a actos públicos y suhermano Jaime GarcíaMárquez dijo que tieneproblemas con la memoria.
Chavela Vargas fue otra delas artistas que partieron en elaño dejando una huella pro-funda en sus admiradores. Lacantante de origencostarricense naturalizadamexicana interpretaba música
ranchera, pero lo hacía muy asu manera, con pantalones demanta, ponchos y una pistolaenfundada, rompiendo todoslos estereotipos que habíatenido hasta entonces la mujeren ese género musical.
Convivió con Diego Riveray Frida Kahlo, y con esta últimaincluso tuvo una relación sen-timental. Pero su carreracomenzó a despuntar tiempodespués, en la década de 1960.Fue amiga inseparable de JoseAlfredo Jiménez y por añosluchó contra el alcoholismo.
Cuando tenía más de 70años y había quedado casi enel olvido, su carrera comenzóa brillar una vez más con nuevaspresentaciones en público y ellanzamiento de nuevos dis-cos. Su relación con artistascomo Pedro Almodóvar yMiguel Bosé la hizo famosa enEspaña y llevó a que se leotorgara en el 2000 la GranCruz de Isabel la Católica. En2007 recibió el premio a laExcelencia Musical de laAcademia Latina deGrabación.
A sus 93 años, ChavelaVargas lanzó un último disco(grabó más de 80), “LunaGrande”, y viajó a España parauna serie de conciertos. Pero asu regreso su salud empeoró ymurió en agosto a causa de unparo respiratorio. En su funeral,realizado en parte en latradicional Plaza Garibaldi dela Ciudad de México, nofaltaron los mariachis ni el te-quila. Lila Downs, EugeniaLeón y Tania Libertadinterpretaron algunas de lascanciones que popularizó lamúsica a la que considerabanuna maestra. El homenajecontinuó al día siguiente en elPalacio de Bellas Artes,abarrotado por un público que
nunca la abandonó.No con menos dolor se
vivió la muerte del arquitectoOscar Niemeyer en los últimosdías del año. El diseñador deBrasilia, la modernista capi-tal de Brasil inaugurada en1960, murió el 5 de diciembreen un hospital de Río deJaneiro a los 104 años de edad.
A lo largo del año elarquitecto fue hospitalizadovarias veces; la tercera resultófatal.
El estilo de Niemeyerquedó plasmado en todo tipode obras, desde la sede de laOrganización de las NacionesUnidas en Nueva York hastael edificio del PartidoComunista Francés, en París.De igual forma diseñó elSambódromo que alberga losdesfiles de Carnaval de Ríode Janeiro, y el Museo de ArteModerno en Niteroi, queparece un platillo volador enla costa.
Su obra, caracterizada porlas formas y curvas que imitana la naturaleza, puedeencontrarse en EstadosUnidos, Israel, Líbano,Argelia, Italia, Alemania yPortugal.
Pero su proyecto másemblemático fue Brasilia,ciudad concebida desde ceroen las planicies de la sabanabrasileña. En ella Nienmeyerdiseñó, entre otros edificios,la Catedral, el Congreso, elMuseo y la BibliotecaNacional, así como laExplanada de losMinisterios, un enormeespacio al aire libre en elcorazón de los edificiosgubernamentales másreconocidos de su creación.
La obra de Niemeyer enBrasilia es la principalmanifestación creativa del
país en el siglo pasado, afirmóa The Associated Press eldiplomático y crítico dearquitectura André Correa doLago.
Mientras que estos grandesartistas que marcaron unaépoca partieron entrehomenajes, otros un poco másjóvenes como el peruanoAlfredo Bryce Echenique sevieron envueltos encontroversia.
Al escritor le fue otorgadoel premio FIL de Literatura enLenguas Romances, pero lafelicidad por el anuncio se viomanchada por reclamosderivados de los juicios queenfrenta por plagioperiodístico en Perú desde2009, por los cuales la entidaddefensora de la propiedadintelectual de su país ya lo hasancionado en 16 casos.
Un grupo de intelectualesmexicanos, país que otorga elpremio en la FeriaInternacional del Libro deGuadalajara, publicó una cartaen la que pedía que elreconocimiento fuerareconsiderado. Entre losfirmantes se encontrabanBlanca Heredia, FernandoEscalante, José AntonioAguilar y Soledad Loaeza.
En un hecho sinprecedentes, losorganizadores del premiootorgado desde 1991 aescritores como Nicanor Parra,Eliseo Diego y Sergio Pitol sereunieron y decidieronentregar el galardón en el paísde residencia del escritor y noen una ceremonia en la feria,como hasta este año se habíarealizado. Bryce Echeniquerecibió así el honor dotado de150.000 dólares en Lima, Perú,en octubre.
Al respecto de sus
detractores Bryce Echenique,quien sostiene su inocencia,dijo “íQue se jodan!” en unaentrevista con el diarioespañol El País.
Está por verse cuál será elescritor premiado por la FILen 2013 y cómo se repone laferia de este extraño episodio.
El año también trajo laapertura de nuevos espaciospara la cultura entre los que sedestaca la reinauguración dela vanguardista biblioteca dela Ciudadela-Ciudad de LosLibros, que se celebró con laentrega del premio CarlosFuentes a Vargas Llosa en elcentro de la capital mexicana.
La Ciudadela, un edificioconstruido en el siglo XVIII,alberga ahora las bibliotecaspersonales de cinco autoresmexicanos destacados: JoséLuis Martínez, AntonioCastro Leal, Jaime GarcíaTerrés, Alí Chumacero yCarlos Monsiváis, que sumancerca de 350 mil volúmenesen total. Las bibliotecas delos escritores fueronordenadas, decoradas yadaptadas de maneradiferente para cada uno.
La biblioteca, quetradicionalmente era usadapor estudiantes antes de suremodelación, también seacondicionó para recibir aniños, ciegos y académicoscon detalles arquitectónicosmodernos y piezas de artistascontemporáneos.
De igual manera sereiniciaron las actividades dela Cineteca Nacional en laCiudad de México, que trasun año cerrada por obrasreabrió con un espacio paraproyecciones al aire libre,salas reacondicionadas, unMuseo del Cine y laVideoteca Digital.
2012 marca el fin de una era en la cultura
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Dec. 20, 2012: Latino andlabor groups demonstratedoutside César Chávez Acad-emy in Detroit last Thursday,hoping to call attention tothe private operator’s profitmotive they claim is hurtingthe education of inner-citystudents.
Parents and teachers alsoare calling on the manage-ment company that operatesand/or owns the Chávez char-ter schools to recognize ef-forts to unionize staff at theschool. Educators want TheLeona Group to recognizetheir efforts to collectivelybargaining after workingwith the American Federa-tion of Teachers-Michiganto organize.
“We’re here to send amessage that we want what’sbest for Detroit’s kids,” saidFlordemaria Garay, a socialworker with the CésarChávez Academy (CCA) fora decade. “We’re in this to-gether. I’ve been a socialworker for nearly two de-cades, and realize the impactwe have by giving a voice toeducators and parents. Weare forming a union so wehave a voice in making surewe have a school culture thatwill support our students.”
A parent group also wantsthe company to meetmonthly to discuss issues atthe school. César ChávezAcademy is known as one ofthe oldest and largest charterschools in the state of Michi-gan, enrolling about 2,200
students this fall at grammarand high schools locatedacross the city.
“By standing by the teach-ers, we are standing by ourkids,” said Karina López,who has a third grader atCCA. “I’m disappointed thatas a parent my voice falls ondeaf ears. It’s time to changethat. I want a role and a voicein shaping my son’s educa-tion.
Demonstrators contendThe Leona Group makesclose to $1.5 million per yearfrom the equivalent of a De-troit Public Schools per-stu-dent budget. Latino and la-bor leaders claim the for-profit charter school opera-tor has refused to spend partof its profits to improve edu-cation and the educationenvironment, and in the pro-cess, has rejected the voicesof the teachers, staff and par-ents who have expressedideas for improving theschool.
The parental grievancesinclude inadequate play-ground and lunchroom fa-cilities, bathrooms that arenot cleaned, inadequateschool materials, lack of anadequate PTA, and threats toparents who complain.
José Cuello, an associateprofessor of history at nearbyWayne State University,helped to organize the dem-onstration. Cuello also servesas a spokesman for the Michi-gan Coalition of HumanRights, which believes that a
people’s campaign is neces-sary to fight the growingprivatization of publicschools.
“A good education is ahuman right. The Detroit Pub-lic Schools need to be re-formed, but not my havingfor-profit companies syphoneven more money out of thebudgets to educate our chil-dren,” he said. “The only thingthe charter school companiesare doing efficiently is takinghuge chunks of taxpayers’money.”
More than 200 people gath-ered on the sidewalk outsidethe school holding signs thatread “Todos Unidos Si SePuede!” (Everyone United YesWe Can).
The teachers and staff haveorganized a union called theCésar Chávez Academy Alli-ance of Charter Teachers andStaff (CCA-ACTS), which isaffiliated with the AmericanFederation of Teachers/AFL-CIO. Just hours beforeThursday’s demonstration,the teachers officially filedfor a union election.
But labor leaders contendthe charter school has hiredwhat it labels “professionalintimidators” to bully teach-ers and staff in an attempt tothwart unionizing and getthem to back down. Accord-ing to an AFT organizer, JuanJosé Martínez, director of theCCA High School, has placedreprimands in the file of teach-ers and staff who are known tofavor a union.
Employees wish tounionize over the objectionsof The Leona Group
Employees at CésarChávez Academy have beenworking to organize since2006. According to AFT of-ficials, their initial attemptswere tied up in legal delaysby The Leona Group, LLC.Parents say they supporteducators’ efforts to join aunion and hope the man-agement company won’t at-tempt to block the process.The parents have also orga-nized a group, “MujeresMejorando Educación,”(Women Improving Educa-tion) and also are requestingrecognition from charterschool administrators.
Parents also claimthey’ve lodged many com-plaints about the inadequatephysical facilities and re-sources at the multi-campuscharter school, but were “dis-respected” by school admin-istrators about improvingconditions there.
Parents are seeking tohold both the Leona Groupand school superintendentJavier Garibay accountablefor the quality of theirchildren’s education andlearning environment. Par-ents contend Garibay hasused the threat of HomelandSecurity to frighten parentswho are undocumented im-migrants.
Thursday’s demonstra-tion follows a protest in Oc-tober outside the school,
where local officials detainedan undocumented immigrantwhile dropping his son offfor class. That protest drewabout 125 people. The char-ter school is located in a sec-tion of southwest Detroit thatis home to a large Mexican-American population, in-cluding recent immigrants.
The Michigan Alliance ofCharter Teachers and Staff(Michigan ACTS) helped toorganize the after-schooldemonstration, but claimedthe charter school operatortried to let classes out early inorder to lower the number ofpotential protestors. Demon-strators were joined by CindyEstrada, a UAW vice presi-dent; Rev. David Bullock,Rainbow PUSH Detroit, andAFT Michigan PresidentDavid Hecker.
Ms. Estrada called it “anoxymoron” that a schoolnamed after César Chávez wasnot unionized. Hecker addedthat a strong union “is essen-tial” to ensure quality teach-ers that will provide a qualityeducation.
Michigan Gov. RickSnyder recently signed so-
called “right-to-work” legis-lation, stating the new law isabout giving workers state-wide a choice in whether ornot to join a union. CCAteachers now are calling onhim to back up his statementby supporting their efforts tochoose to unionize.
“If this is about choice foremployees, then let us choosefor Detroit’s kids,” said ToniCarlbom, a special educationteacher at the Martin Cam-pus. “I believe families inSouthwest Detroit deserveevery effort to effectivelyserve their children. Weteachers want to ensure CésarChávez Academy works bet-ter. Parents and teachers areunited, and want to work con-structively with the adminis-tration to give all students aquality education.”
Editor’s Note: The LeonaGroup operates and/or ownsmore than 60 schools, locatedin Michigan, Ohio, Indiana,Arizona, and Florida.
On the Internet:w w w . l e o n a g r o u p . c o mPhotos courtesy of JoséCuello.
Latinos demonstrate outside Detroit charter school, critical of The Leona GroupBy Kevin Milliken for La Prensa
David Hecker at rally against The Leona Group.—Photo courtesy of José Cuello.
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DETROIT, Dec. 18,2012 (AP): Michigan Gov.Rick Snyder vetoed legis-lation Tuesday that wouldhave allowed concealedweapons in churches,schools and daycare cen-ters, days after a mass shoot-ing at a Connecticut el-ementary school thatweighed heavily on hismind.
The Republican gover-nor said in a press releasethat he seeks a more“thoughtful review” re-lated to gun violence thatincludes school emer-gency policies and mentalhealth-related issues.
“While we must vigi-lantly protect the rights oflaw-abiding firearm owners,we also must ensure the rightof designated public enti-ties to exercise their bestdiscretion in manners ofsafety and security,” he said.“These public venues needclear legal authority to banfirearms on their premises ifthey see fit do so.”
Snyder told The Asso-ciated Press Monday thathis concerns about the billwere heightened afterFriday’s massacre that left26 people—including 20children—dead at SandyHook Elementary Schoolin Newtown, Conn. He alsodrew on memories of a fatalshooting in his college dor-mitory more than three de-cades ago.
LANSING, Dec. 20,2012 (AP): Michigan saysits estimated populationgrew 2012, the first in-crease in the measure forthe state since 2004.
U.S. Census figuresdetailed Thursday by theMichigan Department ofTechnology, Manage-ment and Budget sayMichigan’s new 2012population estimate is
LANSING, Dec. 19,2012 (AP): State officialssay Michigan’s seasonallyadjusted unemploymentrate for November fell 0.2percentage points to 8.9percent.
The Michigan Depart-ment of Technology, Man-agement and Budget an-nounced last month’s job-
DETROIT, Dec. 19,2012 (AP): A high schoolhomecoming king andtwo other people whoentered the U.S. as chil-dren sued the Michigansecretary of state Wednes-day over her refusal togrant driver’s licenses toimmigrants allowed tostay under a federal policythat suspends deporta-tion.
The American CivilLiberties Union said theimmigrants, who enteredthe United States as chil-dren with older relativeswithout documentation,should be able to drive ifthey’re allowed to stay inthe United States.
Michigan “should letthem drive so we don’tdrive them away” to otherstates, attorney MiriamAukerman said.
President Barack Obamalast summer [June 15, 2012]said immigrants up to age 31who entered as childrenwouldn’t face deportationunder certain conditions andcan work and go to school.But Michigan Secretary ofState Ruth Johnson—a Re-publican—is refusing togrant driver’s licenses.
“It’s simple,” Aukermansaid. “If you’re authorized towork here, you’re authorizedto be here.”
The lawsuit seeks an in-junction from U.S. DistrictJudge Patrick Duggan to stopMichigan’s practice.Johnson’s office said she’ssimply following state lawon who qualifies for a license.
“Secretary Johnson is thedaughter of an immigrant anda supporter of both a diversecommunity and one that wel-comes legal immigrants who
Snyder said the Good Fri-day 1981 shooting at Uni-versity of Michigan alsoplayed into his decision-making regarding the legis-lation. He was a law schoolstudent and resident adviserwhen a student set fires bythrowing Molotov cocktailsonto the floor and fired a shot-gun, killing another residentadviser and a student whowas trying to help get peopleoff the floor.
He said he dealt with thefire alarm while two otherstudent advisers went up tothe floor where the gunmanwas. If it wasn’t for an ailingresident director, Snyder said,he would have respondedand “that most likely wouldhave been me” who was shot.
The reflection shaped bythe incident that he said stillreplays in his mind sharplycontrasts with the whirlwinddecisions made last week bythe governor, who in the finaldays of the legislative sessionled a Republican effort tomake the historically union-strong state the nation’s 24thto enact right-to-work legisla-tion limiting labor’s power. Itwas one of an estimated 282bills passed in the so-calledlame-duck session that wascapped by marathon 18-hoursession over 2 days.
The gun legislation hevetoed would have prohib-ited openly carrying guns inthose places while allowingpermit holders to carry con-
cealed weapons. But theycouldn’t do so if the loca-tions declare themselvesweapons-free zones underthe state’s trespassing laws.
Under existing law,people may openly carryguns in those and other lo-cations, but it’s illegal tocarry concealed weapons inschools, churches andchildcare centers.
Snyder has signed twoother bills he said “stream-line the process” for buyinghandguns and end restric-tions on interstate rifle andshotgun transactions tostates that do not borderMichigan. Residents cur-rently may buy those fire-arms in any contiguous stateif they conform to state andfederal regulations.
Zach Pohl, executive di-rector of the liberal groupProgress Michigan, said ina release that Snyder was“making the right call.”
“This is a victory forschool safety and commonsense,” he said. “Snyder de-serves credit for finallystanding up to the extremeforces in his own party.”
The veto means Michi-gan hospitals “can continueto be places of healing andwellness” without the threatof firearms, said SpencerJohnson, president of theMichigan Health & Hospi-tal Association. “Hospitalswill remain a gun-free, safeplace for patients.”
9,883,360. That number isup from a population esti-mate of 9,876,801 in 2011and 9,877,670 in 2010.
Despite the increase,Michigan said it was over-taken by Georgia as thenation’s eighth largeststate and is expected to bepassed by North Carolinain 2014.
The state says net mi-gration continued to im-
prove for Michigan,which had lost popula-tion in recent years in partdue to its reliance on theai l ing manufactur ingsector. Michigan alsolost a congressional seatafter seeing its popula-tion decline in the 2010census.
Online: http://w w w . m i c h i g a n . g o v /census
Gov. Rick Snyder vetoes gun legislationBy JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press
Michigan’s estimated population grew in 2012
Michigan’s unemployment rate drops to 8.9percent
less figures on Wednesday.The national unemploymentrate for November was 7.7percent. That’s down from7.9 percent in October.
The department saysMichigan’s unemploymentrate decline in Novembermarked the third consecu-tive monthly rate decrease.The state’s rate has moved
downward by 0.5 percent-age points since the 2012high of 9.4 percent in Au-gust.
From November 2011 toNovember 2012, total em-ployment in the state in-creased by 46,000, or 1.1percent. The national rateof increase over the sameperiod was 1.9 percent.
Young Mich. immigrants sue to get right todriveBy ED WHITE, Associated Press
want to make Michigantheir home,” spokeswomanGisgie Gendreau said.
The lawsuit was filedby behalf of Leen NourEl-Zayat, 20, a WayneState University studentborn in Lebanon; ResildaKarafili, 21, a Universityof Michigan student bornin Albania; and Mexicannative Javier Contreras,17, a senior at SkylineHigh School in Ann Ar-bor who was homecom-ing king last fall. All threehave been granted de-ferred status under theObama administration’simmigration policy.
They said they can’t getgood jobs without beingable to drive. Aukermansaid Michigan, Arizona andNebraska are the only statesnot giving driver’s li-censes.
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TRAVERSE CITY,Mich., Dec. 17, 2012 (AP):A three-year study hasfound that Lakes Erie andOntario are the most seri-ously threatened of theGreat Lakes, along withlarge sections of the LakeMichigan shoreline.
Scientists on Mondayreleased findings from theiranalysis, including a de-
The Ohio Hispanic In-mate Organization, orO.H.I.O group, is an organi-zation within the ToledoCorrectional Facility. Thegroup members promotecultural diversity educationand serve as a mentoringgroup for other inmateswithin the correctional fa-cility.
Per Darlene Mitchell, theWarden’s assistant atTo.C.I, the O.H.I.O group isa good example of one ofthe organizations within thefacility as “they promote theimportance of cultural aware-ness, working together andmost importantly workingtogether to make a differencein the community.”
When the O.H.I.O groupwas presented with the op-portunity to contribute toToledo CorrectionalInstitution’s Coats for KidsProgram, they were imme-diately on board. The groupofficers and membersworked in partnership withtheir staff sponsorKatherine Rodríguez, andwere able to raise funds byselling Mexican foods,blankets and crafts.
Their joint efforts al-lowed them to donate a to-tal of $800 to the Coats for
DAYTON, Dec. 13, 2012(AP): More people movedout of Ohio last year thanmoved into the state.
That’s according to ananalysis by the DaytonDaily News, which also re-ports that the state is losingfewer residents than it hasin many years because theeconomy is improving.
El pasado 19 dediciembre del 2012, losniños del Centro de laMujer participaron de suevento anual “Tarde deChocolate Caliente”. Másde treinta niños y niñasasistieron a lasfestividades organizadaspor representantes yvoluntarios de El Centro.
Una trayectoria de“estaciones” de arte ymanualidades, pintura enlas caras y juegosentretuvieron a losparticipantes, mientrasdegustaban de un ricochocolate caliente y galle-tas dulces. Las madres yabuelas acompañaron a losniños y compartieron conellos las actividades.
Gente de la comunidady de otras instituciones seconvirtieron en“madrinas” y “padrinos”para la ocasión donandojuguetes, abrigos y dulces.Papá Noel paró a dar unavisita al evento y se
Kids Program at the facil-ity; this enabled the staff atTo.C.I to reach their goaland purchase coats, hats andgloves for every studentenrolled at Spring Elemen-tary School.
The coats were deliveredby To.C.I staff to the schoolon Monday December 17,2012. According to theWarden’s Assistant,Darlene Mitchell, the facil-ity chose to contribute tothe students of Spring El-ementary school becausethey have worked with thisschool in the past and be-lieve it is important to helpmake a difference within theToledo community.
Ms. Mitchell also in-formed this reporter that al-lowing the Ohio Hispanic
Inmate Organization to par-ticipate with faculty andother groups at the prisonwas a great opportunity forthe inmates to experiencefirsthand how to work to-gether toward a commongoal. This experience notonly provided the inmateswith a feeling of gratifica-tion, but, also a sense ofresponsibility for doing agood deed of giving backto the community.
In addition to the Coatsfor Kids Program, the fa-cility also refurbishes bikesand distributes them to thechildren in the communitythrough Children Services.They look forward to do-ing more programs in thefuture such as Coats forKids.
encargó de distribuirlos.También conversó con cadauno de los niños y tomóencargos para su regreso alPolo Norte.
Un álbum de fotos yreconocimientos se puede very compartir en el Facebook deEl Centro de la Mujer.
Second Hot Choco-late Afternoon at ElCentro de la Mujer
On December 19, 2012the children from El Centrode La Mujer participated intheir annual event “Hot
ChocolateA f t e r -n o o n . ”More thanthirty boysand girlsa t t e n d e dthe festivi-ties orga-
nized by El Centro’s mem-bers and volunteers.
The children partici-pated in arts and crafts, facepainting and games whilethey enjoyed a hot choco-late and cookies. Moms andgrandmothers accompa-nied them and shared theactivities.
People from the commu-nity and other organiza-tions became “madrinas”(godmothers) and“padrinos” (godfathers) forthe occasion and donatedtoys, coats and goody bags.Santa stopped by at theparty and distributed them.He also talked to the chil-dren and took orders for hisreturn to the North Pole.
A photo album andacknowledgements isposted in the EL Centro dela Mujer Facebook.
According to U.S. Censusdata, Ohio lost 14,271 morepeople than it gained in 2011—the lowest net loss since 2005.
Experts say the slowingnet outflow corresponds withimprovements to Ohio’s jobmarket and unemploymentrate. Job opportunities areone of the primary drivers ofmigration, and Ohio’s
economy has recoveredfaster than some other Mid-western states.
Still, experts say, Ohiocontinues to lose morepeople than it gains partlybecause it has struggled toattract immigrants.
Information from: Day-ton Daily News, http://www.daytondailynews.com
tailed set of maps that lists34 environmental problemssuch as invasive mussels,toxic pollution and runoffand shows where they areconcentrated.
Lead researcher DavidAllan of the University ofMichigan says the projectwill help state and federalofficials set priorities as theycontinue a multi-year resto-
ration program for thelakes.
Among the maps is amulticolored image of theentire region that pin-points the best- and worst-off areas, based on scien-tific reports, satellite mapsand a survey of experts. Itdepicts the majority ofLake Ontario as highlystressed.
Great Lakes map shows Ontario, Erie worst off
Ohio lost more residents than it gained last year
Segunda Tarde de Chocolate Caliente enEl Centro de La MujerPor Claudia Annoni
Toledo Correctional Institution’s OhioHispanic Inmate Organization contributes tothe Coats for Kids programBy Monica Morales for La Prensa
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OBITUARIESANGELA ROLDAN CLAUDIO
Angela Roldan Claudio, 84, of Lorain, OH passed away peacefully surrounded by herfamily Saturday, December 15, 2012 in her home following a lengthy illness. She was bornOctober 2, 1928 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. She lived in Puerto Rico until moving to Lorain in1979. Mrs. Angela Roldan Claudio was a member of Iglesia Pentecostal Cristo Misionera,Lorain.
She leaves behind to cherish her memory sons Jaime Claudio and Candido Claudio ofPuerto Rico, Angel Luis Claudio of Buffalo, New York, Roberto Claudio of Reading,Pennsylvania, José Ernesto Claudio, José Antonio Claudio, Alfredo Claudio, Victor Claudioall of Lorain; daughters Carmen Eva Claudio, Rosa Rivera Claudio, Francis Ortiz Claudio,and Margarita Claudio all of Lorain. She was preceded in death by her daughter MariaRodriguez in 2005 and Pedro Claudio in 2009.
ESTEFANA SUSANA CRUZEstefana Susana Cruz, 85, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving
and caring family, while under hospice care on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. She was bornon May 23, 1927, in Rockdale, Texas, the daughter of José Canales, Sr. and Dominga RomeroCanales. Estefana was married to Raúl Cruz on May 16, 1941. Estafana was a devoted wife,mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother. She enjoyed dancing,cooking, shopping, spending time with family, traveling and always rooting for her DallasCowboys. She was employed with Flower Hospital, Sylvania OH, for more than 16 years.
She is survived by her daughters, Gloria Valdez, Erlinda Dickens (John), Dalia Cantu,Angela Zeller (Richard) and Lisa Marie Cruz; sons, Hilario, Rubén (Liz), Jimmy (Nancy),Jessie (Joan) and Daniel Cruz; 24 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; 20 great-great-grandchildren, and 1 sister, Elvira Mendoza. Estefana was preceded in death by her lovinghusband Raúl; son, Manuel Cruz; sister, Mable Martínez; brothers, Domingo, Larry, JoséCanales Jr. and Manuel Ortiz.
OLGA IRIS LLANESOlga Iris Llanes(née Sánchez), 50, of Lorain, OH went home peacefully with the Lord on
December 18, 2012, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Llanes was born July 20, 1962 in Utuado,Puerto Rico. She moved to Lorain in 1986. She enjoyed spending time with her children andfamily. She lived life to the fullest. Olga loved the Lord and enjoyed playing her congas andsinging at Christian Tabernacle where she was a faithful member for the past 20 years,participating in all church activities including cooking for the International Festival.
Olga is survived by her husband of 33 years, Jorge H. Llanes of Lorain; sons Jorge Luis Llanesof Puerto Rico, Daniel Llanes and José M. Llanes of Elyria, David Llanes of Sheffield Village;her parents Jaime and Lilly (née Rivera) Sánchez of Lorain; sisters Margie Rivera, Evelyn Garcíaand Ivette Maxwell all of Lorain; brothers Jaime Sánchez Jr. and Hector Sánchez of Orlando,FL and 11 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by sister Nancy Sánchez.
COLUMBUS, Dec. 18,2012 (AP): The decision byOhio’s governor to spare amorbidly obese death row in-mate on legal grounds unre-lated to the prisoner’s weightmeans executions will likelycarry on in the state next year.
Gov. John Kasich on Mon-day commuted the death sen-tence of Ronald Post to lifewithout the possibility of pa-role, sparing him for the 1983shooting death of Elyria mo-tel clerk Helen Vantz in a rob-bery.
Kasich’s decision to grantPost mercy mirrored the rec-ommendation by the stateparole board, which said itdidn’t doubt Post’s guilt butsaid there were too many prob-lems with how he was repre-sented 30 years ago.
Post, who weighs 450pounds, never raised the issueof his size with the board. AndKaisch, who commuted Post’ssentence to life with no chanceof parole, didn’t mention Post’sobesity claim in his statement.Kasich spokesman RobNichols said the governordidn’t consider Post’s obesityclaim.
The governor said all crimi-nal defendants, regardless ofthe heinousness of the crimes,deserve an adequate defense.
“This decision should not
be viewed by anyone as di-minishing this awful crime orthe pain it has caused,” Kasichsaid.
Post’s attorneys applaudedthe decision.
The parole board andKasich “rightly recognizedthat, in cases in which the stateseeks to execute one of itscitizens, our justice systemsimply must work better thanit did in Mr. Post’s case,” saidpublic defenders Joe Wilhelmand Rachel Troutman.
In its Friday decision, theparole board rejected argu-ments made by Post’s attor-neys that he deserves mercybecause of lingering doubtsabout his “legal and moralguilt” in a woman’s death, butit said it couldn’t ignore per-ceived missteps by his lawyers.
“Post took Vantz’s life,devastating the lives of herloved ones in the process,”the board said in its 5-3 deci-sion. But it said a majority ofits members agreed his sen-tence should be commutedto life in prison withoutchance of parole because ofomissions, missed opportu-nities and questionable de-cisions made by his previousattorneys and because thatlegal representation didn’tmeet expectations for a deathpenalty case.
Dissenting parole boardmembers said it was clear Postkilled Vantz and that ques-tionable moves by his attor-neys don’t outweigh the cir-cumstances of the case.
The long-held presump-tion that Post confessed tothe murder to several peoplehas been falsely exagger-ated, Post’s attorneys haveargued. Post admitted in-volvement in the crime asthe getaway driver to a po-lice informant but didn’tadmit to the killing.
“The death penalty shouldbe reserved for cases whereproof of guilt is reliable andthe legal system produced ajust result,” the defense hadsaid. “Neither criteria is metin this case.”
Lorain County prosecu-tor Dennis Will had pointedto the written no contest plea,in which Post acknowledgedresponsibility, as “a compel-ling reason” to reject clem-ency.
Ohio’s next execution isMarch 6, when FrederickTreesh of Lake County isscheduled to die for the 1994shooting death of an adultbookstore security guardduring a robbery.
Ohio has 10 executionsscheduled over the next twoyears.
Ohio governor grants mercy,Parole board recommended commutation dueto ineffectiveness of counselBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP Legal Affairs Writer
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LA HABANA, 19 de dic.del 2012 (AP): El escritorcubano, Leonardo Padura,uno de los más reconocidosy polémicos narradores dela isla, ganó el PremioNacional de Literatura2012.
El Instituto Cubano delLibro (ICL) y el Ministeriode Cultura reconocieron laobra de Padura y loseleccionaron entre 18candidatos propuestos pordiversas institucionesliterarias nacionales,explicó el miércoles undespacho de la Agencia deInformación Nacional.
Padura, de 57 años, esautor de la novela “Elhombre que amaba a losperros”, en la cual recrea lavida y muerte del dirigentesoviético León Trotsky,las desventuras de suasesino Ramón Mercader,quien vivió en La Habana,y las experiencias de uncubano igual a muchos
ciudadanos de esta nacióncaribeña.
“Era una historia quecomo individuo también meafectaba. La desaparición dela sociedad igualitaria quese pretendió crear en la UniónSoviética y en los paísessocialistas... nos toca a todos,pero a los cubanos de unamanera decisiva”, expresó elescritor en una entrevista conAssociated Press en 2011.
“Es una reflexión sobrepor qué fracasó esa utopía,pero también por qué esnecesaria la utopía”, agregóPadura.
El ICL indicó que eljurado del premio otorgadoa Padura estuvo presidido porel escritor ReynaldoGonzález e integrado por losacadémicos de literaturaDenia García Ronda, JorgeFornet, Cira Romero, AstridSantana y los poetas MarylinBobes y Víctor Fowler.
Padura, quien también seha desarrollado como
ensayista, guionista de ciney periodista, es un agudocrítico del modelo degobierno cubano, sobretodo por la cerrazón que aveces lo afecta; aunquetambién lo ha defendidoganándose laanimadversión de gruposde exiliados en EstadosUnidos.
El galardón le seráentregado en el marco de laXXII Feria Internacional delLibro de La Habana, el 17de febrero, indicó el ICL.
Padura es autor de lasnovelas policiacas “Paisajesde Otoño”, Máscaras”,“Pasado Perfecto” y “Vientosde Cuaresma”protagonizadas por el detec-tive Mario Conde. El autorha ganado premiosinternacionales de la novelanegra como el Café Gijón(1995) y el Dashiell Hammett(1998); así como el RogerCaillois a la literaturalatinoamericana en 2011.
Cuba: Padura gana Premio Nacional deLiteraturaPor ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press
Dec. 25, 2012: School re-port cards issued annually inOhio are about to change yetagain, as the Ohio GeneralAssembly sent the governor abill that measures studentachievement in public schooldistricts and at charter schoolswith a new letter grade system.
Gov. John Kasich pushedfor education reform earlierthis year, so the Republican-controlled Ohio House andSenate finally concurred on anew academic performancerating system just before end-ing the legislative session forthe year. The bill passed 56 to31. There’s no word yet whenthe governor plans to sign it.
Performance componentson the report card will begraded using an A-to-F grad-ing system beginning with thecurrent school year, but nooverall grades will be assignedto schools or districts for the2012-13 and 2013-14 schoolyears. All six components andan overall composite grade willbe assigned beginning withthe 2014-15 academic year.
Toledo Public Schoolsdropped from “continuousimprovement” to “academicwatch” status, the equivalentof a “D” under the new lettergrading system. TPS officialsblamed components of thedistrict’s transformation planfor the drop, including thetransition to K-8 elementaryschools.
Local educators havecomplained the state’s aca-demic performance measureshave been in a state of fluxduring the past decade, stall-ing education reform effortsas teachers and administra-tors struggle to keep pace withthe ever-changing expecta-tions legislated from Colum-bus.
“In the state of Ohio, we’vehad a moving target of publiceducation every two years,for every budget, the last six
budgets,” said Rep. TeresaFedor (D-Toledo), a formereducator and union officialwith the Toledo Federationof Teachers.
Many House Democrats,including those from theNorthwest Ohio delegation,opposed the extensivechanges, calling them “in-complete” and requesting theeducation reform processslow down to include other,unaddressed issues.
“Educators want to get itright. School districts want toget it right. Parents want us toget it right. I can’t help butthink there’s a lot of work thatstill needs to be done,” saidRep. Fedor. “I’m all for mov-ing toward raising higher stan-dards. Let us get there. Let usreally transition appropri-ately. But this bill is incom-plete. A lot of work needed tobe done yet.”
“There’s always a lot ofchange going on in educa-tion, because we’re never sat-isfied that we’ve done all wecan do,” countered Rep.Randy Gardner (R-BowlingGreen), a former history andgovernment teacher. “I amconfident that additionalwork, additional change, ad-ditional listening still needsto happen.”
Both sides of the aisle ac-knowledged there was a bi-partisan spirit to the educa-tion reforms that passed. Butleaders of both parties alsonoted more work will have tobe done when the next ses-sion of the Ohio General As-sembly convenes next month.While Rep. Fedor will remainin the House, Rep. Gardenerwill move to the Senate nextterm.
“If I thought these were thelast changes to be made onsome of these big ideas aboutthe report card and these bigideas about helping childrento learn to read in the early
grades, I would not cast a yesvote if I thought we were done,”said Rep. Gardner. “There willbe some Northwest Ohio edu-cators very pleased that wetook some additional steps.”
“We know what school dis-tricts are going to have prob-lems with mobility rates, stu-dents coming and going,” saidRep. Fedor. “We need to ad-dress those specific issues todeal with those students inthose schools to be successful.That’s what we’re missing here.We’re missing that, folks. We’realmost there—but it’s aboutgetting the transition and theimplementation correct.”
The new school report cardsystem includes six catego-ries with an emphasis on earlyliteracy and college and ca-reer-preparedness:
• Student achievement(which includes performanceindex and performance indi-cators similar to what existson the current report card);
• Student progress (whichincludes additional measuresto the existing value-addedcomposite measure);
• Gap closing (which mea-sures progress toward reduc-ing achievement gaps by 50%over the next six years);
• (which will be a separatecomponent rather than com-bining it with other indica-tors);
• K-3 literary progress(which will allow proper moni-toring of the reading interven-tion provisions in Senate Bill316); and
• Preparedness for success(which measures to what ex-tent high school graduates areprepared for success after highschool)
“School districts are anx-ious because there is so muchgoing on with common core,new assessments, new teacherevaluations, new reportcards,” said Rep. Fedor. “Allof this is going to take time
and I guaranteeit’s going totake money. I’mreally here to bethe clarion callfor everyone togo back to yourschool districtsduring this timeof our holidaybreak and listen. There’s a lotof angst. A lot of people wantto do things right, but weneed to do it right. We are theleaders who need to do itright.”
Additionally, the legisla-tion creates an alternative re-port card for dropout recov-ery schools that includes ev-ery student every year, and ismore comprehensive than the
report card fort r a d i t i o n a lhigh schools.When fullyimplementedduring the2 0 1 4 - 1 5school year,the provisionwill eliminate
the current exemption fromclosure for poor performance.
The legislation alsomoves away from rankingcommunity (charter) schoolsponsors based solely onschool performance and cre-ates a comprehensive evalu-ation and rating system de-signed to dramatically raiseexpectations for communityschool performance.
The legislation wouldeventually adopt the ACT orthe SAT as a standardized col-lege readiness assessment forhigh school graduates, replac-ing the current Ohio Gradua-tion Test (OGT). That test hasbeen criticized as largely“meaningless” to employersand higher education becauseit is set at or below a ninth-grade achievement level inboth math and reading.
“I want us to be the firststate in this nation to get itright. I don’t want to followFlorida. I don’t want to followall those other states we saywe need to champion better.They’ve got their own dealand we’ve got ours,” said Rep.Fedor.
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Broadway meets swingas Paul Hoffman and Mat-thew Skitzki perform atLorain County CommunityCollege’s Stocker Center.
Hoffman and a trio, fea-turing Skitzki on piano, willperform “Feeling Good …Swing’n Broadway andMore” at 8 p.m., Friday,January 18 and Saturday,January 19, 2013.
The show will includeBroadway songs and popu-lar standards in a swingingstyle. Selections includetunes by Duke Ellington,Cy Coleman, Kander andEbb, Anthony Newley andmore.
Tickets are $15 for adultsand $10 LCCC students andfor children 12 and under,and can be ordered online atwww.stockerartscenter.comor by calling the StockerArts Center box office at(440) 366-4040 from 12-6p.m., Monday through Fri-day. Tickets are also avail-able at the box office, lo-cated in the lobby of the
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nity College will host the36th annual birthday ob-servance of Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. at 3 p.m. onSunday, Jan. 20, 2013 inthe Metropolitan CampusAuditorium at 2900 Com-munity College Ave. Thefree event features AverySharpe, a musician, com-poser and music pro-ducer.
The Tri-C celebrationis the longest-runningMLK event hosted inCleveland. The event willinclude the presentation ofthe 2013 Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. Scholarship Fundrecipients and a perfor-mance by the ClevelandPhilharmonic Orchestra.
Sharpe’s first instru-ment was the piano. “Istarted playing when I was8 years old,” the Valdosta,Ga., native recalled. “Mymother was a piano playerin the Church of God inChrist, and she gave les-sons to everybody in thefamily. I’m the sixth ofeight children, but it didn’tstick until it got to me.” Hemoved on to accordionand then switched to elec-tric bass in high school.
While enrolled at theUniversity of Massachu-
s e t t s ,w h e r ehe stud-ied eco-nomicsa n dp l a y e delectricbass ingospel,funk andr o c kgroups,he wasencour-aged tol e a r nt h eacousticb a s s .Sharpeadaptedquicklyand be-gan performing with no-tables such as Archie Sheppand Art Blakey. His creditsalso include stints with otherjazz greats, including DizzyGillespie and Pat Metheny.
His 12 albums have beenreleased on his own label,JKNM Records. His latest re-cording, “Autumn Moon-light,” released in April2009, features the AverySharpe Trio with WinardHarper and Onaje AllanGumbs. His sound recordingsall feature original composi-
tions, which draw from thefull range of his musicalbackground. “The most im-portant thing is depth,” hesays. “You have to seek outwhat was happening beforeand try to understand it. Inmy music, I do things thatare a little older as well asthings that are contempo-rary.”
To reserve tickets, or tofind more information,please call 216-987-4805or visit mlkcelebration.tri-c.edu
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Dec. 18, 2012 (AP):Disneyland is marking ThreeKings Day in a big way thisseason, another milestone inthe mainstreaming of a holi-day that is beloved in LatinAmerica and other culturesaround the world.
The Christian holiday—also known as Twelfth Nightor Feast of the Epiphany—takes place Jan. 6, ending the12 days of Christmas. ManyLatino communities in theU.S. celebrate Three KingsDay with parades and perfor-mances depicting the Bibli-cal story of three kings fol-lowing a star to find the babyJesus, bringing gifts of frank-incense, gold and myrrh.
Disneyland spokes-woman Michele Himmelbergsaid the theme park in Ana-heim, Calif., “launched theThree Kings Day celebrationlast year as a test. It was a bigsuccess, particularly with theLatino community, and we’reexpanding it this year to alarger area.”
The park will host Three
Kings Day on Jan. 4 to 6,2013 at the Big ThunderRanch Jamboree inDisneyland’s Frontierland.There will be Mexicanfolklorico dancing, mariachimusicians, photo ops withDisney characters and bilin-gual hosts offering face paint-ing, crown making and otherchildren’s activities. Foodcarts will serve sweet corntamales, chimichangas,Mexican hot chocolate andking cake, which is a round,sweet, doughy cake calledrosca de reyes (king’s ring).
“I love the fact that Disneyis doing this,” said EvetteRios, a correspondent withABC’s “The Chew,” whogrew up celebrating ThreeKings Day with her PuertoRican parents in Brooklyn,N.Y. “It means a lot. This isthe changing face of America.We are becoming more opento different holidays and tra-ditions. I don’t have a ho-mogenous view of whatAmerica is and I’m gladDisney doesn’t either.”
As a child, Rios said, she’dleave a dish of water underher bed for the three kings’camels—“actually for thehorses because there were nocamels in Puerto Rico”—along with grass to representhay. The next morning, she’dfind small toys hidden in hershoes, gifts left by the kings.
Rios still celebrates theholiday by attending a pa-rade in East Harlem in Man-hattan organized by El Museodel Barrio, a museum devotedto Latin American and Carib-bean culture. The colorfulparade, in its 36th year, in-cludes costumed actors,floats, bands and real camels.It’s always held on a week-day—this year Jan. 4—soschools can participate.
In Miami, three kings ofbasketball—Heat superstarsLeBron James, Dwyane Wadeand Chris Bosh—are grandmarshals of the 43rd annualThree Kings parade in theCuban-American neighbor-hood of Little Havana. Theparade is scheduled for Jan.
20 along Southwest EighthStreet.
The holiday has a Frenchaccent in New Orleans,where Twelfth Night kicksoff carnival season, culmi-nating in Mardi Gras. EachJan. 6, the mayor and leadersof top Mardi Gras krewes—organizations that host car-nival parades and balls—meet at historic Gallier Hallto serve king cake, which inNew Orleans is called galettedes rois and is iced in purple,green and gold, the colors ofMardi Gras.
Both the French and Mexi-can cakes have a toy babyrepresenting the Christ childbaked inside, but Mexicanking cakes are usually toppedin Christmas colors of red andgreen, colors also found in theMexican flag.
R i c a r d oCervantes, co-owner of LaMonarca bak-eries in South-ern California,says they sell
thousands of king cakes fromtheir stores in East Los Ange-les and the largely Hispaniccity of Huntington Park. Butsurprisingly, sales are alsostrong at a Santa Monica lo-cation “in more of an Angloneighborhood. People whoare not Mexican, they areintrigued,” he said. “We alsoget a lot of people now bring-ing a cake into the office.” Anew La Monarca openingthis month in Pasadena willalso carry king cake.
Huntington Park hosts alarge Three Kings celebra-tion, as does Olvera Street indowntown Los Angeles, ablock-long historic attrac-tion showcasing Mexicanculture where a candlelightprocession takes place eachyear.
Other Three Kings Day
celebrations around thecountry include a parade inthe Humboldt Park neighbor-hood of Chicago; a bilingualperformance of the Biblicalstory that’s been staged formore than three decades atthe GALA Theatre in Wash-ington D.C., and festivitiesat the Latino Cultural Centerin Dallas and The Children’sMuseum of Houston.Schools in Hartford, Conn.,which has a large Hispanicpopulation, close when theholiday falls on a weekday.
New Mexico’s tribal com-munities, called pueblos,host ceremonial dances onThree Kings Day in a tradi-tion that dates back centu-ries to the influence of Catho-lic missionaries in the Span-ish colonial era. Jan. 6 is alsowhen new tribal officials areinstalled in a ceremonycalled the blessing of canesor transfer of canes. In SantaFe, N.M., a play about thethree kings has been per-formed annually for morethan 50 years by the Caballe-ros de Vargas, a Catholic ser-vice organization.
In Tarpon Springs, Fla.,home to a large Greek-Ameri-can population, the Feast ofthe Epiphany is marked witha Jan. 6 event called the CrossDive, where teenage boysdive into a bayou to retrievea wooden cross. At DisneyWorld near Orlando, Fla., ac-tors portray the three kings atEpcot Center’s Mexico Pa-vilion as part of the themepark’s “Holidays Around theWorld” event through Dec.30, 2012.
Cervantes, the bakeryowner, says that tradition-ally, the person who gets thecake slice with the toy babymust throw a party—“tama-les and hot chocolate’’ forall. La Monarca puts twobabies in a medium size cake,three in a large, so the cost ofthe party isn’t borne by oneperson.
In New Orleans, the bur-den is a little lighter: Get theslice with the baby, you buythe next king cake.
Disneyland expands Three Kings Day celebrationBy BETH J. HARPAZ, AP Travel Editor
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The lawsuit in U.S. Dis-trict Court follows a two-yearinvestigation during whichfederal authorities con-cluded that AlamanceCounty Sheriff Terry S.Johnson and his deputiesmade unwarranted arrestswith the goal of maximizingdeportations.
Federal officials sayJohnson violated the consti-tutional rights of numerousU.S. citizens and legal resi-dents by illegally targetingand detaining Latinos with-out probable cause. Thecomplaint also alleges thatJohnson sought to obstructthe federal investigation bywithholding documents andfalsifying records.
The sheriff’s lawyer,Chuck Kitchen, released astatement Thursday that saidthe accusations againstJohnson are based onmistruths and flawed statis-tics.
“Sheriff Johnson contin-ues to deny any wrongdoingby his department,” Kitchensaid. “The Alamance CountySheriff’s Office does not en-gage in profiling Spanish-
speaking persons. The sher-iff will be filing a formal re-sponse with the court.”
Johnson, a Republicanfirst elected in 2002, has de-clined to be interviewed byThe Associated Press. He haspreviously said the investi-gation of his department ispolitically motivated.
Thursday’s complaint,which Kitchen said theylearned about through themedia, was filed afterJohnson and the Justice De-partment failed to reach asettlement.
The Civil Rights Act of1964 and other federal lawsbar police from engaging ina pattern of violating theconstitutional protections ofU.S. citizens or legal resi-dents. In the complaint, fed-eral authorities ask the courtto impose sanctions intendedto force Johnson’s compli-ance with federal law.
The civil complaint doesnot charge Johnson with acrime, and the federal courthas no mechanism to removea local elected official fromoffice.
Johnson’s four-year termexpires in 2014.
In September, U.S. Immi-gration and Customs En-forcement terminated its287(g) contract withAlamance County, blockingthe sheriff’s access to a fed-eral database used to check
whether arrested people arein the country without docu-mentation. Johnson had beena vocal supporter of the pro-gram, which trained local lawenforcement officers to per-form immigration checks.
Alamance was one of sixNorth Carolina counties par-ticipating in 287(g), whichwas established under theBush administration and isbeing replaced with a newcomputer system in whichICE employees screen localjail inmates.
Johnson responded by re-questing that federal officialsremove all foreign-born de-tainees then housed at theAlamance jail. The countyhad been receiving $66.95per inmate, per day from ICE,a lucrative revenue streamfor the sheriff’s department.
The Justice Departmenthas said Johnson abused hisauthority granted under287(g), ordering his depu-ties to arrest motorists whoappeared Latino—even forminor traffic infractions—while letting white driversoff with warnings.
“If you stop a Mexican,don’t write a citation, arresthim,” the sheriff was quoted astelling supervisors within hisdepartment, according to fed-eral investigators.
His deputies, in turn, wereas much as 10 times more likelyto stop Latino drivers than non-
Latinos, according the federalreview of the department’s traf-fic stop records. Latinos makeup 11 percent of the popula-tion in Alamance County,which is about an hour’s drivenorthwest of Raleigh.
According to federal offi-cials, Johnson also referredto Latinos as “taco eaters”prone to drinking, drug deal-ing and other crimes. He or-dered special roadblocks inneighborhoods whereLatinos live, and those withbrown skin were stoppedwhile whites were wavedthrough, according to a sum-mary of the federal investi-gation.
Chris Brook, legal directorof the American Civil Liber-ties Union of North Carolina,said Thursday that Johnsonshould have settled with theJustice Department rather thangoing to court.
“Doing so would not onlysave Alamance County tax-payers potentially thousandsof dollars in legal fees, buthelp to rebuild trust amongthe community by guarantee-ing that all residents ofAlamance County receive fairand equal treatment from lawenforcement,” Brook said.
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MEXICO, 20 de dic. del2012 (AP): Unaorganización civildivulgó el jueves unasupuesta base de datosoficial en la que por primeravez se enlista un númeroespecífico de personasdesaparecidas en losúltimos seis años enMéxico, una época quecoincidió con una luchacontra el narcotráfico quedejó miles de víctimas.
El grupo PropuestaCívica A.C. publicó eninternet la base,presuntamente procedentede la Procuraduría Generalde la República (PGR), lacual señala que entre 2006y 2012 las autoridadesregistraron 20.851desaparecidos, aunque lapropia organizaciónreconoce que contienevarias inconsistencias queno hacen posible afirmarsi todas esas personasdesaparecieron comoresultado de la lucha con-tra el narcotráfico o porrazones distintas.
MANUEL FRAGAIRIBARNE, 89 años.Prominente figurafranquista en España. 15de enero.
ETTA JAMES, 73.Cantante de blues. Leuce-mia. 20 enero.
T H E OANGELOPOULOSO, 76.Cineasta griego.A c c i d e n t eautomovilístico. 24 deenero.
OSCAR LUIGISCALFARO, 93. Expresidente italiano. 29enero.
ANGELO DUNDEE, 90.Técnico de Mohamad Alíy Sugar Ray Leonard. 1rode febrero.
BEN GAZZARA, 81.Popular actor de cine, teatroy televisión. 3 de febrero.
WHITNEY HOUSTON,48. Cantante pop que librouna dura batalla con lasdrogas. Se ahogóaccidentalmente en subañera. 11 de febrero.
MIGUEL DE LAMADRID, 77. Expresidente de México. 1rode abril.
G I O R G I OCHINAGLIA, 65. Exf u t b o l i s t a .Complicaciones tras unataque al corazón. 1ro deabril.
MIKE WALLACE, 93.Reportero de CBS y figuracentral del equipo dellaureado programa 60Minutos. 7 de abril.
JULIO ALEMAN, 78.Actor mexicano de cine ytelevisión, protagonista dela primera telenovela quese hizo en México. 11 deabril.
PATRICIA MEDINA,92. Actriz que sobresalióen Hollywood en películascon Glenn Ford, AlanLadd, Karl Malden yFernando Lamas. 28 deabril.
TOMAS BORGEMARTINEZ, 81. El últimode los fundadores delmovimiento sandinista deNicaragua que seguía vivo.30 de abril.
RAY BRADBURY, 91.Escritor de ciencia ficción,autor de “Fahrenheit 451”.5 de mayo.
VIDAL SASSOON, 84.Peluquero de celebridadesque revolucionó su indus-tria en la década del 60 concortes que no requeríantanto cuidado. 9 de mayo.
CARLOS FUENTES,83. Uno de los grandesescritores mexicanos.
DONNA SUMMER, 63.Diva de la música discocon temas como “LastDance,” “Love to LoveYou Baby” and “BadGirls”. 17 de mayo.
ROBIN GIBB, 62. Unode los hermanos Gibb queformó la banda Bee Gees.
20 de mayo.JOHNNY TAPIA, 45.
Cinco veces campeónmundial de boxeo y quienhizo una vida turbulentamarcada por la adicción a lasdrogas, el alcohol,depresiones y problemas conla policías. 27 de mayo.
ADOLFO CALERO, 80.Lideró un movimiento quecombatió al gobiernosandinista en la década del80 y se vio envuelto en elescándalo Irán-Contras. 2 dejunio.
ESTELA RAVAL, 77.Cantante argentina y princi-pal vos del conjunto LosCinco Latinos. 7 de junio.
TEOFILO STEVENSON,60. Triple campeón olímpicode boxeo cubano (1972, 76 y80). Cardiopatía isquémica.11 de junio.
NORA EPHRON, 71.Escritora, periodista ycineasta. Leucemia. 26 dejunio.
ERNEST BORGNINE,95. Actor que hizo de duro yde villano, y que terminóganando un Oscarinterpretando a un carniceroenamorado en “Marty” en1955. 8 de julio.
EUGENIO DE ARAUJOSALES, 91. Ex arzobispo deRío de Janeiro que diorefugio a miles de opositoresa los gobiernos militares deBrasil, Argentina y Chile. 9de julio.
CELESTE HOLM, 95.Actriz de Broadway y Holly-wood que ganó un Oscar por“La barrera invisible”. 15 dejulio.
OSWALDO PAYA, 60.Activista cubano quedenunció por años a losgobiernos de Fidel y RaúlCastro. Accidenteautomovilístico. 22 de julio.
GORE VIDAL, 86.Escritor, dramaturgo,político y comentarista tanpunzante como presuntuoso.
CHAVELA VARGAS, 86.Cantante mexicana quedesafió los estereotipos. 5 deagosto.
NEIL ARMSTRONG, 82.Astronauta que ganó famamundial como el primerhombre que pone un pie en laluna. 25 de agosto.
REVERENDO SUNMYUNG MOON, 92.Autotitulado mesías cuyaIglesia de la Unificación tuvoproyección mundial. 3 deseptiembre.
SERGIO LIVINGSTONE,91. Probablemente el mejorarquero chileno de todos lostiempos. También fuecomentarista deportivo. 9 deseptiembre.
ANDY WILLIAMS, 84.Cantante de fama mundial.25 de septiembre.
ARLEN SPECTER, 82.Senador estadounidense quese pasó del partidorepublicano al demócrata.
NORODOM SIHANOUK,
89. Reverenciado ex rey deCamboya que fue figuraprominente de la políticade su país durante mediosiglo de guerras,genocidios y agitación. 15de octubre.
SYLVIA KRISTEL, 60.Actriz holandesa que ganófama mundial comoprotagonista de la películaerótica “Emmanuelle” enlos 70. Cáncer. 17 deoctubre.
G E O R G EMCGOVERN, 90. Exsenador demócrata quedisputó la presidencia deEEUU con Richard Nixony perdió por paliza. 21 deoctubre.
ELOY GUTIERREZMENOYO, 77. Excomandante de las fuerzascastristas que se desencantócon la revolución y trató dederrocar al nuevo régimen.Al final terminópromoviendo un diálogo.26 de octubre.
LEONARDO FAVIO,74. Cineasta y cantanteargentino. 5 de noviembre.
CARMEN BASILIO,85. Le arrebató el cetromediano a Sugar RayRobinson en 1957 y seismeses después perdió unaépica revancha. 7 denoviembre.
LARRY HAGMAN, 81.Actor que interpretó a J.R.Ewing en la serie “Dallas”,símbolo de la codicia delos años 80. 23 denoviembre.
HECTOR “MACHO”CAMACHO, 50.Pintoresco boxeadorpuertorriqueño que hizouna vida tumultuosa.Falleció asesinado a tiros.24 de noviembre.
MIGUEL CALERO, 41.Uno de los mejoresarqueros que tuvo Colom-bia y quien hizo casi todasu carrera en México.Trombosis cerebral. 4 dediciembre.
DAVE BRUBECK, 91.Innovador pianista y com-positor de jazz. 5 dediciembre.
OSCAR NYEMEYER,104. Legendario arquitectobrasileño, que diseñó lacapital Brasilia. 5 dediciembre.
JENNI RIVERA, 43.Cantante estadounidensede ascendencia mexicana.Accidente aéreo. 9 dediciembre.
RAVI SHANKAR, 92.Virtuoso de la sitar que secodeó con los Beatles yllevó a occidente ritmostípicos de la India. 11 dediciembre.
La base enlista uno a unolos casos y describe algunosdatos como el apellidopaterno, la edad, el sexo, lafecha y el lugar de ladesaparición.
Un funcionario de la PGR,no autorizado a seridentificado por políticasinternas de la dependencia,dijo a The Associated Pressque la Procuraduría no tieneconocimiento de laexistencia de esa base dedatos.
Pilar Talavera, directoraejecutiva de PropuestaCívica, dijo a la AP que pesea las inconsistenciasencontradas decidierondivulgar la base en un intentopor contribuir a comprenderla magnitud de la violenciaen los últimos seis años, perotambién para presionar a lasautoridades a dar a conocerinformación oficial sobre lasdesapariciones.
Entre las inconsistencias,dijo, están las cifras dedesapariciones por estado.
Por ejemplo, el lugar conmayor número de
desaparecidos es el DistritoFederal, la capital del país,con 7.137, aunque en losúltimos seis años fue unode los lugares menosafectados por la violenciaatribuida al crimenorganizado.
Además, hay otrosestados que reportan menosde 20 desapariciones, comoBaja California, quereportó 15, aunque fue unade las localidades que poralgunos años padecieronuna espiral de violencia delnarcotráfico.
Entre 2006 y 2012, elgobierno del presidenteFelipe Calderón emprendióuna lucha contra elnarcotráfico y el crimenorganizado que incluyó eldespliegue inédito de milesde soldados en distintaspartes. La ofensiva oficial,sin embargo, no logróinhibir la violencia y se haestimado que al final de suadministración hubo almenos 70.000 muertosatribuidos al crimenorganizado.
Lista muestra 20.851 desaparecidos en MéxicoPor E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, Associated Press
Personalidades fallecidas en el 2012Por The Associated Press, 21 de diciembre del 2012
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Must be licensed in Ohio as an LISW, LSW,PCC, PC or RN. Prior experience as a care managerpreferred.
Send résumé or apply to:
Human Resources – HHCMUnison Behavioral Health Group, Inc.
1425 Starr Ave.Toledo, OH 43605Fax: 419-936-7574
Email: [email protected]
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With a commitment to improving the humancondition, The University of Toledo and University
Medical Center are seeking qualified candidates forthe following positions:
• Accounting Manager• Controller• Executive Assistant to the Executive
Director, UTMC• Hall Director• Management Engineer – UTMC• Nursing Director – Hematology/Oncology• Nurse Specialist/Cardiology• Staff Nurses• Surgical Tech• Faculty Positions in ALI-Administration, Art,
Biochem Cancer Biology, Finance,Management, Mathematics, PVIC, andRehabilitation.
The University of Toledo offers an excellent salary andbenefit package, which includes the Ohio PublicEmployees Retirement System and State TeachersRetirement System for faculty with employer contribution,medical coverage, paid sick and vacation time, tuition toUT is waived for employees and their eligible spousesand dependents and 10 paid holidays.
For a complete listing of our openings and desiredqualifications or to apply, please proceed to our websiteat https://jobs.utoledo.edu
We ask that applications and required documents besubmitted electronically.
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Network Manager
The Toledo Zoo is seeking a full time NetworkManager to perform work at all levels of IT fromsupport, helpdesk and network engineering. Must behighly self-motivated with proven analytical abilitiesto execute the following essential tasks along withstrong leadership, interpersonal, organizational, writ-ten and oral communication skills.
• Microsoft networking: Exchange 2010, Office2010, Windows XP/7, Windows server 2003/2008 R2, Active Directory, IIS server, WSUSand Forefront 2010.
• Hands on technical knowledge of current net-working hardware, standards including TCP/IP,DNS, iSCSI, SAN’s, NAS, HP servers, HPlaptops, desktops, video cameras, conferencing,switches, wireless,Cisco VPN, IP Telephony &Fiber, routing/switching protocols and configu-ration, SQL Server & backup experience.
Prefer a BS in Computer Science/Technology,with 7 years of hands on experience, 3 yearssupervisory experience, Microsoft MCSE/MCITPcertification or equivalent with Active Directory basednetworks in multi-campus LAN/WAN environments.For consideration candidates must submit a résumé,including salary requirements, and utilizing only oneof the following methods, no later than 12/31/12.
Re: Network ManagerAttn: Recruitment ManagerToledo ZooPO Box 140130Toledo OH 43614-0130
OR: [email protected] no later than Dec31, 2012
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Theatre Manager
Successful non-profit with comprehensive andinnovative neighborhood revitalization strategies seek-ing part-time theatre manager responsible for day-to-day operations at the Historic Ohio Theatre. Candi-dates must have ability to organize, plan and super-vise all phases of theatre program. Experience pre-ferred. Send résumé to 3106 Lagrange Street, To-ledo, OH 43608. EOE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING –PROPOSED SERVICE CHANGES
The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority will hold a public hearing at 12:30 P.M.to 1:30 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 on Thursday, January 31, 2013, in theAuthority’s Administration offices at 1127 W. Central Avenue Toledo, OH 43610,for the purpose of discussing with the public, information on service discontinuationsand modifications of various routes to be effective March 17, 2013. The site isaccessible to persons with mobility impairments, and interpretive services for thehearing-impaired will be provided upon request. Individuals wishing to comment inperson on the proposed changes should be present.
Proposed Service Changes:
• Discontinuation of #34H Holland Road/Maumee-Arrowhead• Extending of #31Heatherdowns/Southwyck to Stautzenberger College
and Meijer in the City of Maumee• Adding a second point-of-transfer for the #8 Maumee Call-A-Ride at
Detroit & Copland• Modifying of #7 Central/Meijer Dr./Spencer Township Express to
have all trips begin/end between Meijer on Central Avenue and downtownToledo
• Discontinuation of #39 Franklin Park City of Sylvania for a one-way tripin the evening
• Modifying of #34 Detroit/Byrne/Western for all inbound trips fromByrne-to-Glendale-to-Detroit instead of Byrne-to-Arlington-to-Detroit
• Modifying of all inbound and outbound trips for the Evenings/Weekends/Holidays services in the downtown area where transfers will be made onJackson Boulevard instead of the five stations via Loop. No times willbe effected.
Maps and further details will be posted on line on the TARTA website www.tarta.comor available at the TARTA main office.
Comments may also be made by writing to James K. Gee, General Manager,Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority, P.O. BOX 792, TOLEDO, OH 43697-0792.All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday February 7, 2013, to beincluded as part of the official record for final route adjustments and implementationpurposes.
Request For Qualifications(RFQ)
Architectural/Engineering/Design Services fora Solar Technology Project
The Toledo Area Regional Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) is solicitingStatements of Qualifications (SOQ) from firms capable of providing a range of A&Eservices relating to the planning, development and management of the construc-tion of a solar technology project at the TARTA main office and operating facilitylocated at 1127 W. Central Ave., in Toledo, Ohio. This $1.2 M federally fundedproject requires working with TARTA and the Toledo Arts Commission to designand construct a solar energy project in an artistic representative manner that wouldbe visible to the general public at the TARTA main facility. This procurement willfollow a qualifications-based competitive proposal procedure in accordance withTARTA A&E Services and the Federal Transit Administration (Brooks Act)guidelines.
The SOQ must include a Qualifications Statement identifying: Copies ofcurrent licenses and registrations, Resumes of proposed project team members,Organizational chart, Relevant project experience, and Business audits for the lastthree years. Familiarity and accomplishments with the following project itemsshould be included: samples of detailed drawings/facility design, specifications,construction project management, solar technology applications, working with artsgroups, and prior experience with the United States Department of Transportationrules and regulations. NO PRICE INFORMATION should be submitted nor will beconsidered with the SOQ response.
In accordance with federal Brooks Act procedures, TARTA will conduct anevaluation of the SOQ’s received and will negotiate a price for the A&E servicesONLY with the most qualified Offeror. On successful completion of price negotia-tions a recommendation will be made to the TARTA Board of Trustees for approval.
TARTA reserves the right to postpone, to accept or to reject any and allStatements of Qualifications in whole or in part. All Offerors must execute requiredcertifications including Civil Rights (EEO, Title VI, and ADA), DBE, Lobbying, andU.S. Comptroller General’s Debarment and Suspension forms. TARTA will providethe required forms for Offerors to complete and include with their SOQ submission.
All submissions shall be subject to all applicable state and federal laws. Anycontract to be awarded under this solicitation is subject to financial assistancecontracts between the Procuring Agency and the Federal Transit Administrationof the United States Department of Transportation and the State of Ohio.
An optional Pre-SOQ Submittal Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 22,2013, at 2:00 p.m. TARTA local time at the TARTA Main Office, 1127 W. CentralAve., Toledo, Ohio.
SOQs will be due Friday, February 22, 2013 by 2:00 p.m. TARTA local time.SOQs must be submitted on CD-Rs in PDF format and mailed or delivered to BillKelly, Planning Director, Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority, 1127 WestCentral Avenue, Toledo Ohio 43610, or P.O. Box 792, Toledo, Ohio 43697-0792.The SOQ submittal shall be clearly marked “Response to RFQ #13-01 STP”.This title reference should be used on all written correspondence including, thesubject line of any e-mails to clearly indicate the contents. To be considered,SOQs must arrive on or before the date and time specified. Any SOQs receivedafter the specified submission deadline will not be considered.
For additional information including required federal clauses and certificationforms, please e-mail Bill Kelly, TARTA Planning Director, at [email protected].
Procuring AgencyToledo Area Regional Transit Authority
1127 West Central AvenueP. O. Box 792
Toledo, Ohio 43697-0792James K. Gee, General Manager
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