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The Art of Eating Insects: exhibition set to open in Mexico City  

The event is described as an invitation to reflect on what we eat and the impact it has on the environment

 

by the El Reportero’s news services

 

Interested in exploring gastronomic opportunities in the insect world? An upcoming exhibition will probably provide all the necessary information.

The Art of Eating Insects”opens at Mexico City’s San Ildefonso College on Oct. 9 to highlight communities that consume insects, as well as the history and future sustainability of the practice.

It will include 180 pieces from 23 research collections, including scientific illustrations, paintings, historical objects, photographs, video and mixed media presentations.

Also on display will be many specimens of insects eaten in Mexico, such as grasshoppers, atta ants (as in leaf-cutters), honey ants, escamoles (ant eggs), chicatanas (flying ants that appear after the first rains) and aquatic bugs called ahuautle, among others.

A press conference held to announce the event was told there are 1,950 edible insects in the world, of which Mexico incorporates 545 into its cuisine as part of traditional diets.

San Ildefonso expositions curator Carmen Tostado Gutiérrez said the idea for the exhibit came from talks with the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (Conabio) about Mexico’s cultural heritage and a growing interest in eating insects.

Its goal, however, is to create historical and ecological awareness of what we eat.

“It’s more than an invitation to eat insects,” said Tostado, “it’s about knowing where this culinary tradition comes from, how it was created throughout the course of history . . . It’s more of an invitation to reflect on what we’re eating and the impact it has on the environment, questioning our role, consumption and personal attitudes on a daily basis.”

San Ildefonso executive coordinator Eduardo Vásquez Martín highlighted the exhibition’s goal as a tribute to the environment and to show the public the role insects play in it. He hopes the exhibit will encourage more people to try Mexican insect recipes.

The exhibition will also have illustration workshops for children, courses for the general public and 3-D insect modeling classes, all with the goal of contributing to the solution of environmental degradation.

It will run Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Feb. 2.

Source: El Universal (sp)

 

Symposium about the Joropo begins in Venezuela

A symposium about the different genres of the joropo, native Venezuelan rhythm, begins this Saturday at the headquarters of the Center for Cultural Diversity in this capital.

During the day, specialists such as Milagros Figueroa, Carlos Garcia, Jesus ‘Chuito’ Rangel, Monico Marquez and Jose ‘Cheo’ Hurtado, will talk about the eastern Joropo and Guayana.

Benito Irady and Alexander Lugo will introduce the debate, which will include numerous audiovisual testimonies of well-known musicians from the states of Nueva Esparta and Sucre.

Meanwhile, other presentations will address the central joropo, the jorconeao, the Andean, the colonist, the western, the llanero and many more variants that exist in various regions of the country.

Starting this morning, a panel made up of virtuous interpreters and scholars of the Eastern genre will contribute ideas to extend this variant of the Venezuelan Joropo to the Guayana region.

The joropo, a traditional form of music and dance that fully identifies the Venezuelan people, is now a symbol of national identity and its origins date back to the mid-1700s, when Venezuelan peasants preferred to use the term ‘joropo’ rather than ‘fandango’ to refer to parties and social and family gatherings.

Fandango is a Spanish term, which identifies one of the most popular songs and dances within flamenco, and from there seems to have taken the name that musical expression and dance. The genre is characterized by its mestizaje, the most authentic expression of the Venezuelan, which mixes the rhythm of the melody, the accompaniment of the harp and the cuatro, and letters of European influence, while also identifying the presence of black and indigenous footprint.

It is not only a musical style, it is also a dance, and represents a popular festival, a joyful dance that amuses and gathers its participants, and in each geographical area takes its own essence, develops different steps and figures, in addition to the basic ones that identify them.

Senate demands pastors reject biblical counseling for LGBT Californians

by California Family Council

 

Last week, the California Senate gave party-line approval to Assembly Concurrent Resolution 99, a resolution demanding people of faith in the state change how they teach, preach, and counsel others related to LGBT identities and behaviors. Authored by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-San Jose), ACR 99 condemns pastors, counselors, and religious workers who offer compassionate support to the fellow Californians struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender identity confusion.

Most shockingly, ACR 99 goes so far as to blame the so-called “stigmatizing beliefs” of these individuals and organizations for the high rates of depression and suicide in the LGBT community. The resolution was a direct follow up to last year’s AB 2943 which California Family Council worked to defeat due to similar constitutional concerns. We strongly encourage you to read ACR 99 for yourself.

Thankfully, several senators recognized the serious legal flaws ACR 99, particularly its attack on the First Amendment. Senator Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno) stated that even though the resolution didn’t have the force of law, “we are treading into freedom of speech territory that I think should concern all of us. When an individual seeks therapy or guidance before a religious leader, whether it be a mosque, a temple, or a church, that’s a private setting…To disallow or create the pathway where we tell individuals they cannot say certain things should give us pause.”

Senator John Moorlach (R-Irvine) rose to warn legislators of the clear religious liberty implications of the legislation. He acknowledged that he does not support all of the counseling methods sometimes categorized as “conversion therapy.” But, “how can we foreclose on spiritual counseling when someone is on a journey and honestly inquiring about wanting to change and wants professional assistance?” Moorlach asked his fellow senators.

Sadly, other senators used ACR 99 as a platform to attack former LGBTQ men and women who seek to share their stories of life transformation. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) sneeringly called any efforts to change sexual orientation and gender identity “psychological torture.” Jim Beall (D-San Jose) smeared faith-based groups as engaging in “mental health malpractice.”

California Senate floor debate on ACR 99.

Senator Hannah Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) implied change therapy discriminates against those who identify as LGBTQ. “Until recently, the interpretation of the First Amendment was that one religion could not impose itself on other religions,” she argued. To say “one should have religious freedom to discriminate against others is a relatively new concept.”

These slanderous statements were simply bizarre. ACR 99 does not clearly define so-called “conversion therapy.” It does not even mention psychologists, psychiatrists, or mental health professionals. Instead, it targets churches, counselors, and even formerly LGBTQ Christians. Sadly, these vitriolic and bigoted attacks on California’s faith community went largely unchallenged.

Just before the vote, Senate Minority Leader Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) rose to tell her colleagues she thought the resolution was simply to remind pastors to be loving and compassionate to LGBT identified people. While not mentioning the concerns raised by her Republican colleagues, Grove focused on the part of the resolution that called on “religious leaders to counsel on LGBTQ matters from a place of love, compassion.”

Grove later told California Family Council she had worked hard to organize meetings with Assemblyman Low and evangelical pastors in opposition to last year’s AB 2943, but she saw encouraging signs in this year’s resolution. “I’ve spoken before pastor groups all over the state,” Grove told other Senators, “and if they don’t counsel from a position of love and compassion and knowledge, then they shouldn’t be counseling people in that area.”

The final vote saw all 29 Democrats vote yes, with seven Republicans voting no, and four Republicans (Senators Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Hills), Ling Ling Chang (R-Brea), and Scott Wilk (R-Lancaster) abstaining. As a resolution, ACR 99 does not require a signature from the Governor.

Saxo Bank: weakening the dollar is the global economy’s last best hope

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:

 

 

Dear readers:

 

Much has been said about the possible collapse of the global economy. The following article written by Steen Jakobsen and published by Tyler Durden (pseudonym of Zero Hedge), will show you the complexities of how this collapse will happen and how it can be saved. This piece is a real lesson in economics for those who lacks the bolts and nuts of it. – Marvin Ramírez.

 

by Tyler Durden

Authored by Steen Jakobsen via Saxo Bank

 

When history is written, 2019 will most likely be remembered as the beginning of the end of the biggest monetary experiment ever — the year that kicked off a global recession despite the lowest ever nominal and real interest rates in history. Monetary policy has reached the end of a very long road and has proven a failure. This is the legacy of Milton Friedman and others, who probably never expected a world in which central banks would consider and even enact negative yields to the extent we see today.

There are many reasons why monetary policy does not work over the full cycle, but first among them is the fact that classic easy-money monetary policy only works in “normal times”. Once rates get too high or low, the standard rules and models break down.

Take an emerging-market country like Argentina, for example, which should see massive inflow of capital with its 80 percent policy rate. Capital, meanwhile, should be fleeing Germany and its deeply negative yields. Instead, money is fleeing Argentina and being hoarded in Germany.

In our quarterly outlook at Saxo Bank, rather than looking for an extension of current conditions, we try to look ahead at the next likely policy response, given those conditions. In Q3 we — too early it turns out — suggested that fiscal stimulus was on the way after hitting the nail on the head in Q1 and Q2 with The Policy Panic (Fed hard reverse!) and False Stabilisation themes respectively.

Our outlook for Q4 is the Killer Dollar. In a global system of failed monetary policies and a long and difficult path to fiscal policy, there is only one other tool left in the box for the global economy and that is to lower the price of global money itself: the US dollar.

There is an estimated USD 240 trillion of debt in the world, roughly 240 percent of global GDP. Far too much of this debt is denominated in US dollars due to the dollar’s role as reserve currency and the deep liquidity of the US capital markets.

In this respect, the prospects for all asset classes become a function of US dollar liquidity and direction. If the dollar rises too much, the strain in the system increases: not only for US exports, but also for the emerging market with its high dependence on USD funding and export machines.

The Fed’s measure of the USD is at its strongest ever – north of even the 2002 peak and currently above 130 — versus a level of around 100 as recently as 2013.

US dollar liquidity, meanwhile, is going from scarce to scarcer, as our Christopher Dembik points out in his piece in this outlook, contracting even after the Fed has moved into an easing cycle.

A stronger US dollar and tight USD liquidity will weigh on global growth and create de facto disinflation despite central banks efforts to lower policy rates. Those low rates and the myopic focus on inflation targeting are adding to the damage by driving an egregious misallocation of capital that destroys productivity. The credit mechanism and productive allocation of capital are by far the most important factors for long-term growth.

Into this mix comes President Trump with his calls for a weaker USD. His first avenue for this is the clumsy attempt to bully the Fed to cut interest rates. When – and not if – his patience with the Powell Fed runs out, he could activate the 1934 Gold Reserve Act which gives the White House broad powers to intervene by selling dollars to buy foreign currency. The Treasury keeps a fund of USD 95 billion for this purpose. Furthermore, the Fed could print ‘new dollarsʼ and warehouse some of the intervention, so there is no real upper limit to the amount of intervention possible. Since 1995 the US has intervened only three times: 1998, 2000 and 2011, every time for international liquidity provision purposes.

Another important angle here is that USD intervention has bipartisan support — Elizabeth Warren is among the voices in Congress calling for a weaker dollar. In her new Economic Patriotism plan she talks about managing the dollar via taxing capital inflow.

The same mechanism is found in the bipartisan Baldwin-Hawley bill. That bill would give power to Fed to tax US capital inflows to weaken the dollar. This reflects President Trump’s successful campaign to make the trade deficit an issue and an enemy of the US. It also ties in well with US-China trade talks, which few people think will help reduce the value of the dollar.

In short, US policymakers of all stripes are increasingly warming to active policies intended to reduce USD strength, an extension of Trump’s move away from multilateral global institutions and “America First” stance. It’s a true case of an “us versus them” mentality.

Remember that all of this is happening at a time where the global credit impulse is weak and getting weaker, where credit transmission is structurally difficult and setting up a lack of support for the real economy and finally, where the oil of the machine, the USD, is strong and in short supply. That’s not to say that the gambit to weaken the USD will succeed. The “going it alone”, “beggar-thy-neighbour” policy will not Make America Great Again, it will do the opposite: Create a fragmented system supported by government and central banks but without proper market forces and access to distribute money and credit.

Weakening the Killer Dollar will likely put the final nail in the coffin of the grand credit cycle that started in the early 1980s, when the US balance sheet was reset and the USD was anchored by Volcker’s victory over inflation after Nixon abandoned the gold standard in 1971. The grand cycle since then has been turbocharged by globalisation and by lending money into existence via offshore USD creation (EuroDollars). A weaker USD can only buy us some time, it won’t offer a structural solution. It’s the easiest quick fix to what ails global markets, and the one with the least political resistance. The mighty dollar is set to tumble. But be careful what you wish for, USA.

 

Healthy and nutritious: 9 Reasons to eat more oat bran

by Melissa Smith

 

Oat bran is a piece of an oat grain (Avena sativa), which is harvested and processed to remove the inedible outer part of the grain. This leaves behind the oat groat, which sits below the inedible hull. Oat bran is the outer layer of the oat groat.

Oat bran and oatmeal come from the oat grain, but oat bran is healthier. It is less processed and contains more vitamins, minerals, and fiber than oatmeal. It is also linked to many health benefits. (Related: Oats and gut health: The best breakfast has vitamins and fiber to keep your gut moving.)

Here are nine reasons why you should consider eating more oat bran:

  1. It is nutritious – Oat bran has similar amounts of carbs and fat as regular oatmeal, but it contains more protein and fewer calories. It is also high in fiber, especially beta-glucan. Oat bran also offers good amounts of thiamine, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, riboflavin, and potassium. You can also get small amounts of folate, vitamin B6, niacin, and calcium.
  2. It is rich in antioxidants – Oat bran offers high amounts of polyphenols, which are plant-based molecules that act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from free radicals that damage cells and cause diseases. Oat bran is especially rich in phytic acid, ferulic acid, and avenanthramides – which have been associated with reduced inflammation, anti-cancer properties, and lower blood pressure.
  3. It keeps your heart healthy – Eating oat bran may help you avoid heart disease risk factors, such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure. The beta-glucan in oat bran can reduce cholesterol levels by helping to remove cholesterol-rich bile – a substance that aids in fat digestion. Its beta-glucan content also lowers blood pressure. The avenanthramides in oat bran also work together with vitamin C to prevent the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, which is linked to a higher risk of heart disease.
  4. It regulates blood sugar – Like other foods rich in soluble fiber, oat bran may help control blood sugar. Soluble fiber like beta-glucan helps slow the digestion and absorption of carbs, which stabilizes blood sugar levels.
  5. It aids in digestion – Because of its high fiber content, oat bran can help improve digestion. Oat bran provides both soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber helps soften stool, while insoluble fiber can make stool bulkier and easier to pass. Eating oat bran may help relieve constipation and other digestive problems.
  6. It may relieve inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are two types of IBS both characterized by chronic bowel inflammation. Eating oat bran may provide IBD relief because of its high fiber content, which good gut bacteria break down into short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), such as butyrate. These fatty acids nourish colon cells and reduce bowel inflammation.
  7. It may ward off colorectal cancer – Adding oat bran to your diet may also lower your risk of colorectal cancer. Its soluble fibers serve as food for beneficial gut bacteria, which ferment fiber and produce SCFAs. The antioxidants in oat bran may also inhibit cancer growth.
  8. It helps with weight loss – If you’re trying to shed those extra pounds, consider adding oat bran to your weight loss diet. This fiber-rich food helps suppress your appetite by reducing hunger hormones like ghrelin.
  9. It is easy to add to your diet – Oat bran is delicious, versatile, and easy to add to your regular diet. You can eat it as a hot cereal or mix it into bread dough and muffin batter. You can also add it raw to cereals, yogurts, and smoothies.

Things to consider when buying oat bran

Before buying oat bran products like oat bran bread, cereals, and crackers, or any packaged food, it is important to read the label first. Make sure that there aren’t excess amounts of sugar or sodium, which may negate the potential health benefits you could get from oat bran. (Natural News).

Legal immigrants without medical insurance will be denied residence

by the El Reportero wire services

 

The Donald Trump Administration enacted a ban that will deny entry visas to legal immigrants who cannot prove they will have medical insurance or the ability to pay for their medical expenses when obtaining permanent residence or green cards in the United States.

Trump issued the presidential proclamation “Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United States Healthcare System,” ordering US consular officials to deny immigrant visas to foreigners who want to live in the United States unless “they are covered by health insurance approved ”or can demonstrate that they have“ the financial resources to pay reasonably foreseeable medical costs ”

The order, effective as of Nov. 3, was announced Friday by the White House. This is Trump’s latest measure in his strategy to reduce both legal and irregular immigration.

The proclamation indicates that immigrants will be banned from entering the country unless they acquire health insurance less than 30 days after entering or have enough money to cover any medical expenses.

If you sponsor a green card for a family member, you must sign a strict contract with the US.

The president justified the argued decree that legal immigrants are three times more likely than US citizens to lack health insurance, which makes them a burden on the health system and US taxpayers.

“While our health care system faces the challenges caused by unpaid medical care, the US government is aggravating the problem by admitting thousands of foreigners who have not demonstrated any capacity to pay for their medical expenses, ”Trump said in his proclamation.

Who is affected by the entry ban

The new rule applies to people who apply for immigrant visas from abroad, and not to those who are already on US soil. It does not affect those who are already legal permanent residents, or asylum seekers, refugees or minors.

Doug Rand, an immigration policy expert, co-founder of the national immigration organization Boundless, disaggregated the information in an analysis of the proclamation as follows:

  • The decree affects foreigners who apply for legal permanent resident status in a consular office of the State Department and not people who are in the United States and ask for the green card through adjustment of status.
  • It would not affect the children of US citizens, but apparently the spouses of US citizens and immediate family members of legal permanent residents.
  • It would also affect the parents of US citizens who cannot “demonstrate to the satisfaction of the consular officer that foreign medical care will not impose a substantial burden on the United States health care system.”

“This new immigration ban is based on the same legal authorities as the previous ban on traveling to people from mainly Muslim-majority countries, as well as the asylum ban,” Rand wrote, noting that the measure differs from the final rule on the public charge (Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds) as a cause of inadmissibility to the United States, effective as of October 15.

What type of insurance is needed

The required health insurance can be purchased individually or through an employer, and can be short-term or catastrophic illness coverage.

Medicaid coverage does not count. And an immigrant will not be able to obtain a visa if they use subsidies from the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, to acquire their policy. The federal government pays the subsidies.

“Although legal immigrants are candidates for ACA grants, they would remain in limbo because the proclamation does not consider subsidized coverage insurance,” Larry Leavitt, executive vice president of health policies at Kaiser Family Foundation, a group of insurance experts health, wrote on Twitter.

Mexican senator: pot could be legal by end of month, but no state company will sell it

A Pemex for pot not likely, says Senate leader but draft marijuana law is under way

 

by Mexico News Daily

 

A proposal to create a state-owned company to control the sale and distribution of marijuana in a regulated market appears to have no chance of succeeding: neither President López Obrador nor the ruling party’s leader in the Senate have offered support for the idea.

Mario Delgado, leader of the Morena party in the lower house of Congress, presented a bill on Tuesday that proposed that a state company called Cannsalud would have exclusive authority to purchase marijuana from legal producers and sell it to both authorized franchisees – who would supply the recreational retail market – and pharmaceutical companies.

On Wednesday, he clarified that his draft General Law for the Control of Cannabis was a purely personal proposal that doesn’t have the backing of the president and other Morena lawmakers.

The deputy rejected claims made on social media that his bill, which would also allow adults to grow up to six cannabis plants for personal use, would turn Mexico into a narco-state.

Delgado explained that under his proposal, 25% of marijuana sales profits would go to the implementation of social programs in communities where authorities have eradicated illegal cannabis crops and 20 percent would be spent on the detection and treatment of drug addiction.

But Morena Senate leader Ricardo Monreal poured cold water on Delgado’s state pot company, declaring that there should be a regulated market for marijuana but not one in which the government has a monopoly.

He also said that the Senate has nearly completed its own bill for the legalization and regulation of marijuana.

“…We’re very close to having a draft marijuana law,” Monreal said, adding that he will seek input from Delgado and other lower house lawmakers.

The Senate is looking at 12 different proposals on legalization and regulation that were discussed at recent open Senate sessions, the senator said.

“…If the Chamber of Deputies proposal is added, that’s 13. The idea is to try to make the best law possible. We’ve spent hours and hours debating this issue in the Senate and we’re going to respectfully invite [deputies] so that they join us in the next debates,” Monreal said.

The senator predicted that marijuana will be legalized by the end of the month and said that he was open to other aspects of Delgado’s bill being included in the final draft voted on by lawmakers.

“…We’re thinking that we’ll bring the law out, approve it, at the end of October. That’s the schedule we have. I’ll speak personally [to Delgado] so that the proposals contained in the initiative presented yesterday [Tuesday] can be considered here [in the Senate] . . .”

Source: El Universal (sp), El Financiero (sp) 

6 months later, ‘the perfect robbery’ remains a mystery

Thieves got away with US $2.4 million in Guanajuato airport heist

Six months after a band of armed thieves stole US $2.4 million worth of United States and Canadian dollars in just three minutes at Guanajuato International Airport, the crime remains unsolved.

Even though the brazen heist took place in a federal zone, the federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) delegated the investigation to its counterpart in Guanajuato, the newspaper Milenio reported on Friday. Neither state nor federal authorities have provided an update about the progress of the probe.

On the night of Wednesday, April 3, between six and eight men carried out what one former security official described as “the perfect robbery.”

Using a truck disguised with a fake Aeroméxico logo, the men breached security to enter the runway area, where they intercepted an airport service vehicle that was in the process of delivering the cash to a waiting plane.

The money had arrived at the airport in a PanAmericano armored truck in order to be sent to Mexico City.

The armed men stole 14 of 18 bags of cash from a sole unarmed PanAmericano guard and two airport employees traveling across the tarmac in a luggage transport vehicle.

The thieves then loaded the money into their truck, drove to the perimeter of the airport property and escaped through a wire fence in which a large opening had been cut.

Airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico said in a statement that the thieves entered the airport, carried out the robbery and left within a period of three minutes.

Shortly after the incident, police found the truck that was used and recovered two of the stolen bags of cash. They later found two more bags of cash in another abandoned vehicle.

Juan Miguel Alcántara Soria, former head of the National Public Security System, claimed that “the perfect robbery” was made possible by “flaws” of the authorities responsible for providing security at the airport – the Federal Police outside the facility and the army in the terminal and runway area.

When the robbery occurred, military personnel were in the baggage collection area. By the time they realized what had happened, the thieves had already left the airport. Federal and state police as well as the army conducted a joint search but made no arrests.

Alcántara told Milenio that the Guanajuato office of the FGR, not state authorities, should be carrying out the investigation into the crime, adding that the absence of progress in the case is an example of the kind of impunity that plagues Guanajuato and the whole country.

Source: Milenio (sp).

For the Minister we are all suspicious

Télam, 26/10/2016 Buenos Aires - El ramal del ferrocarril de la Línea Roca, estuvieron interrumpido durante esta madrugada. Hall central de la Estación Constiitución. Foto: Brigo

The police may request the DNI (National ID) on the trains by decision of Patricia Bullrich

 

by the El Reportero’s wire services

 

The Ministry of Security launched a program that she baptized “Train Offenders.” It dismisses the presumption of innocence and authorizes the security forces to demand the identity document from any person they consider suspicious.

The Ministry of Security has launched a program that enables police, gendarmes and prefects to demand the identity document from anyone who travels on trains and whose physical characteristics may be considered suspicious of committing or have committed a crime.

The initiative legalizes the presumption of suspicion for wearing a face, skin color, a cap with a visor or wool, posture when standing, a way of looking, a run of a run, music that you listen to, a way of speaking and how much criteria you think of representative of the security forces who want to rely on Resolution 845/2019 signed by Patricia Bullrich.

 

The Minister of Security resolves:

 

ARTICLE 10. – The “TRAIN OFFENSERS PROGRAM” will be created, that will work in the orbit of this MINISTRY OF SECURITY, and that will have as its purpose the prevention of crimes in the System of public transport of passenger trains.

ARTICLE 20. – Instruct the police and security forces in order to maximize the collection and control powers that are proper in areas of income, egress, transit and / or permanence of people who use public transport on train trains. passengers, aiming, through the verification of their identity, the verification of the possible existence and / or validity of restrictive measures of a judicial nature.

 

The program was launched through its Official Gazette publication and bears the name “Train Offenders”, that is, it will monitor people who may commit an offense there, something that, incidentally, does not always imply a crime.

The recitals of the resolution explain that the purpose of the program is “crime prevention” only on trains that are used daily by 1.2 million workers traveling from the province of Buenos Aires to the Federal Capital.

It is not the first time that Patricia Bullrich focuses her train safety policies. Since the beginning of this year, when she launched the use of the questioned Laser guns, she said that one of the places of use of these weapons would be the railway stations. “On trains, people often stop and the policeman has no chance of getting out quickly if there is an aggression. He has to walk among people and, in that case, the use of a common weapon is more complicated than an intermediate one,” she said.

With “Train Offenders”, agents are entitled to request to any person “the presentation of the national identity document”, whose delivery “will be mandatory in all circumstances”, as established by the text disseminated by the Ministry of Security.

The data of the person will be consulted in a database, and if it is proven that he has a criminal record “they will be communicated to the relevant judicial authority, drawing a record” that will make it available to that authority. That is, at least, it will be retained.

However, the trains themselves will not be the only place where agents, gendarmes or prefects will ask for the DNI. There will also be control “in areas of entry, exit, transit and/or permanence of people who use public transport on passenger trains.” That is to say that the halls of stations, ticket offices, rest sectors, platforms and wagons will be practically militarized.

As she said with the Lasers, the Security portfolio maintains that “Offenders in Trains” seeks to “protect the freedom, life and heritage of the inhabitants” and put the magnifying glass on the “danger or modalities that compromise freedom and life of the people.

Chucho Valdés with Kenny Garrett and others  

Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff

 

Master Cuban pianist ChuchoValdés performs with his Bata Quartet and guests: alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett, Joey DeFrancesco, Dianne Reeves, and Regina Carter.

The magnificent Cuban pianist and his Jazz Batá Quartet go to town with a series of superior guests during their four-night residency, including the rollicking B-3 organist Joey DeFrancesco, the blazing alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett and ace violinist Regina Carter.

On Oct. 3-6, at the SFJAZZ Center, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco. (The Oct. 5 show with Dianne Reeves is sold out).

 

The Adrian Áreas Latin Jazz Quintet @ Lakehouse Jazz In SF

Get ready to enjoy one of the most memorable and cool evenings with one prominent percussionist of new times: Adrián Aréas, and his Latin Jazz Quintet.

Adrian Areas is a percussionist from the San Francisco Bay Area. Born with music in his blood, since he is the son of percussionist José Chepito Aréas, founding member of the Santana Band.

He plays the drums, timbales, bongoes and tumbadoras since he was 1 years old, and his earliest achieve are playing for the opening Cow Place in 1976 with Santana at the age of 3, played drums for the of Channel 4 Just Kidding program and in it you can catch him playing timbales with his dad at the 15th anniversary of the Santana band.

Adrian has a unique style while giving voice and life to his instruments and spice to any melodies.

He has played and performed with Tito Puente, Carlos Patato Valdez, Jerry Gonzalez, Santana, Journey, The Doobie Bros, The Steve Miller Band, Joe Satriani, Arturo Sandoval and now currently working with the Gregg Rolie Band (founder of Santana Band and Journey). In addition, Adrian has recorded with prestigious bands such as; Steve Miller Band, Mingus Amungus Live in Cuba, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Braxton Bothers and The Gregg Rolie Band. Adrian is part of the Project de Congueros with Jaz Sawyer and Javier Navarrette. Adrian has recently recorded on the upcoming Alphonso Johnson solo Album (Master Bassist).

Don’t miss his upcoming show on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., at the Stow Lake Boathouse, 50 Stow Lake Drive East, San Francisco. You will have a chance to meet his charming mother Elizabeth Zuniga, who hardly misses his shows.

 

Salsa in the Mission with Emilio Pérez and Tito Thumas and New Caní group

Come and celebrate summer time with an excellent and spicy Latin jazz and salsa band with salsa and tropical music for the soul, on the dance floor with Grupo New Caní.

Playing congas Emilio Pérez, timbales Tito Tumas, first voice Fidel Hernández González (Cuban), vibraphone Dan Neville, bass guitar Edilson Martínez, trombone Lizeth Martínez, saxophone Steve Marshall, as well as other unexpected guest musicians.

At restaurant Cavas-22. Full bar and Mexican and international food, at 22nd Street @ Bartlett, opposite Café Revolution. Fridays and Saturdays, from 8 to 11:30 p.m.

 

San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

Looking for a fun volunteer opportunity? #SFO will be hosting our annual Emergency Exercise on Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon.

We are looking for volunteers to participate in this training exercise to role play as an aircraft passenger, family and friends of a passenger, or other exciting roles.

Lunch and parking validation will be provided. Volunteers must be 18 and older and will be required to sign a hold harmless form; ages 16-17 may participate with parent/guardian consent.

 

SF’s author Jorge Argueta to talk about recent book on immigrants

by the El Reportero news services

 

Salvadorian and longtime SF resident author Jorge Argueta will discuss his newest book, Caravan to the North: Misael’s Long Walk as well as his many other bilingual children’s books and short stories that cover themes related to Latino culture and traditions, nature, and the immigrant experience.

This event will take place during Teach Central America Week on Oct. 7, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Argueta is a Salvadoran award-winning poet and author of many highly acclaimed bilingual children’s books and short stories, covering themes related to Latino culture and traditions, nature, and the immigrant experience. He immigrated to the United States in the 1980s during the Salvadoran Civil War.

A native of El Salvador and a Pipil Nahua Indian who immigrated to the United States as a teenager. An award-winning poet, he is also the author of several critically acclaimed bilingual picture books, including A Movie in My Pillow/Una película en mi almohada and Xochitl and the Flowers/Xóchitl, la niña de las flores. “There is a piece of El Salvador in everything I write,” Argueta told an interviewer in Críticas, adding that his works “are not only my own stories but also the story of thousands of Salvadoran children who left their country during the civil war of the 80s.”

 

José José, the prince of the song dies

José José, whose real name was José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz, gave his soul to the Creator this Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 in Miami. He was 71 years old.

The prince of the song, who was born in Mexico City on Feb. 17, 1948 in the popular Clavería neighborhood, north of the capital, had long fought against pancreatic cancer.

José José was known for his romantic ballads as El Triste, La Nave del Olvido, El Amar y El Querer and Gavilán or Paloma ”, among other successes.

The Mexican artist published a video two years ago where he told his followers that he was ill.

It was said that José José died in a hospital in Homestead, Florida, where he was being treated for several months due to complications derived from pancreatic cancer.

He is survived by his wife Sara Salazar, with whom he married in 1995, and their six children.

 

Iñárritu gives master class at UNAM and in live broadcast

Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu held a master class last Wednesday at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). It was a special class for students of the National School of Cinematic Arts (ENAC).

During the master class the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa was awarded to the Oscar-winning film director as Best Director for Birdman.

In recent days, Iñárritu warned that the trends currently imposed by the rapid narrative that is made for streaming projects, such as the series, have influenced the way of making and watching cinema, since its function is to keep the audience constantly captive and entertaining.

Speaking to Variety, González Iñárritu explained that the Seventh Art “needs much more contemplation, a little more patience, it must be a little more mysterious, more impenetrable, more poetic and touching.

“It’s changing so fast that movies now have to please the audience immediately. They have to be global and they have to earn a lot of money, so now they become a ‘Coca-Cola’ commercial that has to please the world,” he said.

Request for Qualifications

The Peralta Community College District is calling for sealed qualification /proposal packages from qualified firms to provide Bond Program Management Services (Measure A & G) – (RFQ/P No. 19-20/04) to be delivered to the Purchasing Department, at 501 5th Avenue, Oakland, California 94606, until October 22, 2019 by 2:00 P.M.

 

The RFQ/P process is designed to select a qualified firm to assist in establishing the overall organizational structure of the Bond program, developing appropriate delivery methods for each project, procuring one or more design, project and construction management firms to manage the design and on-site construction activity of each project. The firm will also help in coordination and communication with each of the campuses, assisting the District with the procurement of appropriate consultants and contractors, and otherwise generally perform the scope of basic services outlined in this RFQ/P.

 

A Mandatory meeting will be held on October 1, 2019 at 10:00 A.M in the District’s Administrative Boardroom located at 333 East 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94606.

 

Copies of the pre-qualification/proposal documents may be obtained at Peralta Community College District, Office of Purchasing, 501 5th Avenue, Oakland, California, 94606, Phone (510) 466-7225, Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or by visiting our website at: www.peralta.edu and clicking on “Business Opportunities” and then on “List of Current RFPs/Bids” to download the RFQ/P packet.

 

Publication Dates: September 20, 2019 and September 27, 2019

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