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World cinema captures attention in Berlin with festival opening

by the El Reportero’s news services

Recognized film makers as the Peruvian Claudia Llosa and actors of diverse origins as the French Audrey Tautou participate today in the opening of the 65 Edition of the Film Festival of Berlin.
The American director Darren Aronofsky will preside the jury of the contest that begins this Thursday with the projection of the most recent movie of the Spanish Elizabeth Coixet, Nobody wants the night, starred by a luxurious cast: Juliette Binoche, Rinko Kikuchi and Gabriel Byrne.
The official section of the festival of 2015 has 19 applicants to the Bear, icon of its award, and among the competitors there are: a Chilean-Spanish-French documentary directed by Patricio Guzmán, El Botón de Nácar, and other of Pablo Larraín, El Club.
The last Latin American tape that won a golden Bear (the most prestigious award granted in the Festival) was La Teta Asustada (2009), of the Peruvian Llosa, member of the jury in the present edition.
Film makers of Iran, France, Japan, Viet Nam and China complete the selection of this appointment that will be provided with the presence of important stars of the big screen such as Christian Bale, Natalie Portman and Fail Blanchett.
The Panorama section of the Festival will count on productions from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Chile, according to organizers of the well-known Berlinale.
The Panorama section is the second one more important of the festival, that this year will include movies of Morocco, Palestine, the United States, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Thailand, Indonesia, South Africa, Iran, Greece, Russia, Lithuania, Holland, France and Taiwan.

Marimba to be declared Cultural Heritage of America
The Organization of American States (OAS) will declare Guatemalan marimba (variety of xylophone) Americas Cultural Heritage for the world on February 12, said the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
According to the official statement, the declaration will be issued at OAS headquarters in Washington DC, in the United States, during a solemn ceremony to honor that Guatemalan instrument and national symbol.
OAS awards this recognition to cultural expressions that best represent the heritage of American countries.
Two well-known marimba groups are expected to perform in the ceremony to offer a concert of iconic pieces of Guatemalan and Latin American repertoire.
“The marimba sounds like Guatemalans: with a sad joy”, said Guatemalan Valentina Santa Cruz.
The Congress declared the marimba national symbol in 1999, after assessing its historical, cultural, artistic and traditional values.
The Ministry of Education is required to teach the instrument in public and private schools under the 31-99 decree.
It was also agreed in the decree the celebration of the Marimba Day every February 20th in Guatemala.

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Is consciousness an illusion?

by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
New America Media

There were two big takeaways from President Obama’s Cuban opening. The first is obvious. After 55 years of U.S.-backed invasions, covert efforts to sabotage and overthrow Fidel Castro, an embargo, and a Cold War freeze in diplomatic relations, the U.S. policy toward Cuba has been an abject failure. Raul Castro remains the official government head, and Fidel, is still a presence in Cuban life and a bigger than ever figure internationally. Obama took the logical step that almost certainly would have been taken years ago, except for a politically retrograde GOP and older, politically connected Cuban Americans, and that is to normalize relations with the island.
Obama pointed to the obvious when he said the old policies, meaning containment and subversion, didn’t “make sense.” More Cubans are travelling to wherever they can get a visa, political dissent and expression is more open than ever, and there are more private owned businesses and farms in Cuba. While Cuba is still officially a one party-state, Cuban leaders have repeatedly made clear they are committed to real reforms. In an extended visit to Cuba a decade ago, I saw firsthand the changes in tourism, trade, and people-friendly relations in Havana and other cities that I visited.
Given that, and the polls that show that a majority of Americans want an end to the embargo, Obama’s move was more a pragmatic than a bold step. Still, the devil is in the details about how quickly there will be full official diplomatic relations, free trade and free exchange of goods, services and technology, a formal lifting of the embargo, foreign investment, travel, and family relations restored between Cubans in the island and those living here.
But the commonsense move to normalize relations is less important than the timing of the move and the domestic political consequences of it.
The prolonged and outdated battering of Cuba was never because it posed any real military or economic threat to the U.S. It was about U.S. domestic politics. Ten presidents before Obama were held hostage to the GOP-Cuban lobby and the fear of being branded soft on Cuba. This was tossed at any president and seen as the political death knell for Democratic presidential contenders. This unremitting hostility has not abated. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, have repeatedly spoken out against any normalization of relations. Rubio was even more strident on the pending thaw, calling it “disgraceful.” All have their eye on a 2016 White House bid. All, as in the past, were playing the anti-Castro card, to the conservative GOP base.
Obama’s Cuba initiative can’t be separated from his escalating defiance of the GOP. In the aftermath of its November mid-term election shellacking, the Democratic Party has been in a desperate search to find its legs. It has been denounced for not fighting back harder on issues from opposition to the Keystone pipeline, the relentless GOP assaults on the Affordable Care Act and the recent budget deal that was stuffed with financial giveaway goodies to Wall Street.
With the White House and even more Senate and Congressional seats on the line in 2016, Obama is still the key to Democratic hopes for a strong comeback. Obama’s willingness to weld the executive pen on immigration reform and a defiant promise to use it whenever and wherever he can to push initiatives that a GOP -controlled House has stymied at every turn is crucial to the party.
Possible 2016 Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders were quick to pick up on the significance of Obama’s Cuba normalization proposals and applaud them. It puts the Democratic Party firmly on record as reversing a failed, flawed policy that’s been an albatross around its neck for decades. Clinton, the presumptive favorite for the Democratic nomination, would be the first official presidential candidate to call for full normalization.
Obama’s Cuba move can’t be considered on the groundbreaking magnitude of Nixon’s China opening or Reagan’s working both sides of the street with the Soviet Union, promoting exchanges between students, scientists, artists, and local officials while proclaiming the avowed intent to bring down the “evil empire.” But it sent a welcome signal that on a thorny foreign policy issue such as Cuba, Obama will not succumb to GOP mania and intimidation. This makes his Cuba opening more than just about Cuba.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on American Urban Radio Network. Follow Earl Ofari Hutchinson on Twitter: twitter.com/earlhutchinson

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The top of the pyramid: The Rothschilds, the British Crown and the Vatican rule the world – Part 2

FROM THE EDITOR:

I found this interesting article that addresses some parts of the history that we never saw in the past or see in present history books. Due to its length, El Reportero will publish it in parts every week. Hope you enjoy it and helps you to expand your perspective in the history of out political world.  It is also the story of why we pay income tax and to whom — MR. PART 2 of a series

by Before It’s News

http://humansarefree.com/2014/09/the-top-of-pyramid-rothschilds-british.html

The Crown views our participation in these contracts of commercial equity as being voluntary and that any gain accrued is taxable, as the gain wouldn’t have been possible were in not for the Crown.
They view the system of interstate banks as their own property. Any profit or gain experienced by anyone with a bank account (or loan, mortgage or credit card) carries with it – as an operation of law – the identical same full force and effect as if the Crown had created the gain.
Bank accounts fall outside the umbrella of Fourth Amendment protection because a commercial contract is in effect and the Bill of Rights cannot be held to interfere with the execution of commercial contracts. The Crown also views bank account records as their own private property, pursuant to the bank contract that each of us signed and that none of us ever read.
The rare individual who actually reads the bank contract will find that they agreed to be bound by Title 26 and under section 7202 agreed not to disseminate any fraudulent tax advice.

This written contract with the Crown also acknowledges that bank notes are taxable instruments of commerce.
When we initially opened a bank account, another juristic personality was created. It is this personality (income and assets) that IRS agents are excising back to the Crown through taxation.
A lot of ink is being spilled currently over Social Security.
Possession of a Social Security Number is known in the Crown’s lex as ‘conclusive evidence’ of our having accepted federal commercial benefits. This is another example of an equity relationship with the Crown.
Presenting one’s Social Security Number to an employer seals our status as taxpayers, and gives rise to liability for a reciprocal quid pro quo payment of taxes to the Crown.
Through the Social Security Number we are accepting future retirement endowment benefits. Social Security is a strange animal. If you die, your spouse gets nothing, but rather, what would have gone to you is divided (forfeited) among other premium payers who haven’t died yet.
But the Crown views failure to reciprocate in any of these equity attachments as an act of defilement and will proceed against us with all due prejudice.
For a person to escape the tentacles of the Crown octopus, a thoroughgoing study of American jurisprudence is required. One would have to be deemed a ‘stranger to the public trust,’ forfeit all enfranchisement benefits and close all bank accounts, among other things.
Citizenship would have to be made null and forfeit and the status of ‘denizen’ enacted. If there are any persons extant who have passed through this fire, I would certainly appreciate hearing from them.
The United States of America is a corporation, ruled by the British Crown and the Vatican
The USA is, and always has been, a huge corporation ruled from abroad. Its initial name was the Virginia Company and it is owned by the British Crown and the Vatican, who receive their yearly share of the profits.
The US presidents are appointed CEO’s (they are not elected by us!), and their allegiance is to the “board of directors,” not to the American citizens. We are seen as employees of the company and voting is designed as a distraction meant to offer us the illusion that we have a say in all this.

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Study finds vitamin D helps prevent and treat colon cancer

by Ethan A. Huff

More details on the cancer-preventive benefits of vitamin D have been revealed in a new study published in the journal Gut. Researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston found that vitamin D plays a critical role in supporting immune system function, including in the prevention and treatment of colon cancer.
In people who have never had colon cancer, the nutrient can help prevent it from ever forming, according to the study. And in patients who have already been diagnosed with the disease, vitamin D can help increase their life expectancy.
The first of its kind to identify a direct association between vitamin D and the body’s immune response to cancer, the study provides further insights into how vitamin D helps the body thwart disease. Similar to how vitamin D lowers breast cancer risk, researchers found that the prohormone also targets colon cancer.
“We have known for a while that vitamin D may play a role in the prevention of other forms of cancer,” says Dr. Robert Graham, an internist with the office of Community and Public Health at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, who was not affiliated with the study, as quoted by Newsday.
Vitamin D promotes formation of immune cells that fight cancer
The way it does this is by attaching to receptors throughout the body that are responsible for regulating the innate immune response. As explained in a 2012 study published in the journal Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, the expression of vitamin D through these pathways inhibits the development of inflammatory bowel disease, a predisposing factor in colon cancer.
In this latest study, researchers observed that vitamin D helps promote the formation of special immune cells that are responsible for fighting off cancer. Vitamin D is also converted by the liver into 25-hydroxyvitamin D, which is associated with a lower-than-average risk of developing colorectal tumors.
“Vitamin D boosts immune system function by activating T cells,” said Dr. Shuji Ogino, a lead author of the study from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Vitamin D helps cancer patients treated conventionally survive 33 percent longer
For their research, Dr. Ogino and his team analyzed data on 170,000 participants in the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Of the nearly 1,000 individuals looked at, 318 had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
All of the participants had blood samples drawn back in the 1990s before any of them developed cancer. Interestingly, those patients with the highest levels of vitamin D were found to have the lowest risk of colon cancer. These same folks also had elevated levels of immune system cells in their body, which researchers attribute to the vitamin D.
Participants who had already been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, but who had high levels of vitamin D in their blood prior to treatment with chemotherapy and targeted cancer drugs, were also found to live longer, on average, than participants with lower vitamin D levels.
Compared to a 24.5 month average for those participants with the lowest vitamin D levels, those with the highest levels were found to live an average of 32.6 months. This translates into a roughly 33 percent extended survival time.
“I recommend that patients take anywhere from 800 to 1,000 international units [of vitamin D] a day,” added Graham, who believes in the power of both vitamin D supplements and natural sunlight exposure.
You can learn more about the health benefits of vitamin D, how to get your levels tested and how best to incorporate more vitamin D into your lifestyle by visiting the Vitamin D Council website: VitaminDCouncil.org. Natural News

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Nursing homes elderly abuse: an almost hidden problem among latinos

Elders’ abuse is on the increase in California and the entire nation

by Araceli Martínez Ortega
La Opinión/New America Media

LOS ANGELES–When Esther González, 74, was having the plastic bag changed that collects her feces, she felt a strong shove.
“Please do not push me,” she told the caregiving aide, who was cleaning her at the nursing home where she lives. In response, the caregiver used a hook from the plastic bag to strike González on her leg.
An Abusive Aide
Esther González, a Guatemalan immigrant, begged her caregiver not to mistreat her. “Sorry, sorry, it was an accident. The woman [aide] told me six times,” she recalled.
That was the first time that her caregiver hit González at her Culver City nursing home.
At other times the caregiver mistreated her psychologically and verbally. “She used to tell me words she made me feel bad. She scolded me. She was very bad tempered. She turned me over roughly and asked me to move very fast when she was cleaning me,” González said.
As soon as she could, after the caretaker hit her with the hook, González called her son Luis.
“I was crying when I explained to him what happened. I felt sad, angry. I was deeply hurt–I was never treated this way before. Everybody else at the nursing home had been really nice,” she said.
With the support of her son, González, who had always worked as a nanny and housekeeper, protested the abuse.
“She no longer works here,” González said with a sigh of relief.
Thousands of Victims
Information released during the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington last November, indicated that one in 10 Americans over age 60 is victimized each year by some type of abuse, often by those who care for them. In particular, said experts, abuses have increased in nursing homes and other elder care facilities.
Despite that so many seniors suffer from elder abuse, this problem remains largely hidden. For every case that comes to light, experts estimate, 23 do not.
Elder abuse takes many forms, such as physical, as in the case of Esther González. But it can also be psychological, sexual or financial, and it can involve deliberate neglect and abandonment.
New research from the Weill Cornell Medical University, in New York City, and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., found that hostile, inappropriate and disruptive behavior among nursing home residents, such as with Esther González, is a growing problem, including widespread.
“These findings suggest that these altercations are widespread and common in every day nursing home life,” said Karl Pillemer, PhD, professor of gerontology in medicine at Weill Cornell, and the Hazel E. Reed Professor at Cornell University.
LA’s 500 Cases
The City and County of Los Angeles saw an increase of 500 cases of elder abuse in the last year at the nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and board-and-care homes.
“Abuse in nursing homes and care facilities for the elderly is a problem that occurs throughout the country and the state,” said Molly Davies, vice president of Elder Abuse Prevention and Ombudsman Services at WISE & Healthy Aging. The organization contracts as the long-term care ombudsman service or the City and County of Los Angeles.
“Most cases of abuse are perpetrated by other residents, often young adults with disabilities, followed by abuse by staff,” she said.
Many of the nursing homes or other facilities where elders live are not exclusive to older people, but include those ranging from ages 18-100.
Davies said the lack of supervision and activities in nursing homes and board-and-care homes propel abuse.
“Sometimes it happens because residents are bored, have nothing better to do. Or it’s because at the nursing homes, people who are incompatible, are mixed within the same room or area,” she said. Younger people with mental health or substance-abuse problems may abuse elders in these situations.
The worst, she added, is that the abuse of seniors is poorly reported in nursing and care homes for fear of retaliations.
Abuse of Latino elders
Davies said she thought that among Latino seniors, abuse happens to a lesser extent.
However, in 2012, a study [http://tinyurl.com/nxuj4o2] by the University of Southern California showed chilling figures among low-income Latino seniors in Los Angeles: 10.7 percent had been physically abused; and 16.7 percent had been exploited financially.
Across all races, the study noted that each year, there are more than 5 million cases of elder abuse in U.S. facilities, homes and community settings.
Araceli Martínez Ortega wrote this article or La Opinión with the support from the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program of the Gerolontological Society of America and News America Media, sponsored by AARP.

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New study: Cops with college degrees are less likely to use force against citizens

by The Free Thought Project.com

A new study out of Michigan State University proposes an eye-opening correlation between college educated police officers and their actions as cops.
The study suggests that college-educated police experience higher rates of job dissatisfaction. The study also suggests that police officers with college degrees are more likely to have adverse views of their supervisors and don’t necessarily favor community policing.
But perhaps the most compelling facet of this MSU study is the evidence that college-educated officers are less likely to use force on citizens.
The study analyzed data from 2,109 police officers in seven metropolitan police departments. Although none of the departments required a degree, 45 percent of the officers surveyed, possessed one.
Interestingly, the study showed that the type of degree the officer received made no difference in the level of job dissatisfaction.
“Our latest results on police views might lead one to question whether a college education is beneficial for officers,” said William Terrill, professor at MSU’s School of Criminal Justice and co-author of the study. “But our research is a mixed bag, and you have to take into account the behavioral effect as well. If you use less force on individuals, your police department is going to be viewed as more legitimate and trustworthy and you’re not going to have all the protests we’re having across the country.”
Today’s policing, Terrill said, “is much more about social work than it is law enforcement. It’s about resolving low-level disputes, dealing with loiterers and so on.” Officers with experience in psychology, sociology and other college-taught disciplines might be more adept at addressing these issues, according to the study.
This study from MSU tends to corroborate the reasoning behind the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit condoning the ability of police departments to discriminate against smart people.
The main argument cited by the court for the decision to allow police departments the ability to discriminate is that smart people experienced more job dissatisfaction.
However, knowing that educated cops tend to be less violent and to know that departments can legally refuse to hire officers with higher intelligence, one can now have a better understanding of the police state in which we currently find ourselves.
A smart person does not create a domestic standing army and call it freedom.
A smart person does not deliberately tear gas journalists. A smart person does not point a rifle an innocent person and tell them that they are going to kill him. A smart person does not severely beat a person with down syndrome because he sees a bulge in his pants, which is actually a colostomy bag. A smart person does not continuously shoot at an unarmed man who posed no threat and whose arms are in the air.
Another study should be conducted that takes a look at departments who have a majority of college-educated officers and compare the level of force used to another department with a majority of officers who are not college-educated.
Perhaps the level of job satisfaction would increase if the departments were made up of intelligent people who are less likely to use force. Maybe, just maybe, the act of policing a society could be done with acumen and compassion instead of ignorance and brute force. One can certainly dream.

In other related news:

Psycho cops run over man, beat him senseless then charge him with assault
Two Philadelphia police officers falsified a report after intentionally running over a man on a scooter then severely beating him. The facts only came to light when the man’s girlfriend took it upon herself to investigate the incident and recover surveillance footage.
The cops pulled over 23-year-old Najee Rivera, but the man, fearing for his life, drove off on the scooter, prompting the cops to speed after him, crack him over the head with a club, and drive into him, knocking him off the bike.
The footage shows that officers Kevin Robinson and Sean McKnight then beat Rivera to a bloody pulp as he screamed for help. Officers who arrived on the scene later thought a shooting had occurred due to the amount of blood on the ground.
The cops subsequently charged Rivera with assault, writing in their report that he had lost control of the scooter and fallen off. In a patently false account, the officers also claimed that Rivera resisted arrest and tried to grab a police baton.
Rivera suffered a fractured orbital bone as well as severe bruising and cuts to the head and face. He is lucky to be alive.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said “The video undermined every aspect of the officers’ account of the incident. A grand jury found none of it was true except for the blows inflicted on Najee Rivera.”
“He never resisted. He never struck them. He never fought back. They just started hitting him,” Williams said.
Remarkably, Williams also stated “Hopefully this case will show Philadelphians that our system here works,” yet it was only the ingenuity of Rivera’s girlfriend that brought the evidence to light.
The officers now face charges of Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Criminal Conspiracy, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Tampering with Public Records or Information, False Reports to Law Enforcement Authorities, Obstructing Administration of Law, and Official Oppression.
The two have been suspended for 30 days, and are then expected to be fired. Rivera has accepted a $200,000 settlement from the city.

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Nicaragua begins campaign on Darío’s 100th death anniversary

by the El Reportero’s news service

Nicaragua starts today a campaign to pay tribute to outstanding poet Ruben Darío, running until February 6, 2016, when the 100th death anniversary of the considered Father of Modernism will be celebrated.
Nicaraguans will recall the also known as Prince of Castilian Letters with concerts, contests and a special educational program that prioritize the study and knowledge of his work.
The 13th Ruben Dario International Symposium, vital and life journalist, was held in January in Leon, a city where the poet spent his childhood, as part of the celebration on occasions of the 148th birth anniversary.
The program of the symposium, to which Latin American and European intellectuals attended, included lectures on his literary and journalistic work, concerts, and tours of historic interest sites such as the museum and the archive named after him.

Mexico: Call for DNA testing bodies dumped in crematorium
The Attorney General’s Office (FGE) reported that 32 people who hired the services of the crematorium Pacific SA de CV, where 60 bodies were found Friday, requested DNA samples to confirm that the bodies match their deceased relatives.
On Saturday, hundreds of families came to the Prosecutor to request information and ask to let them see the bodies found in this abandoned in the Mexican port of Acapulco, located in Guerrero state, on the road Cayacao-Puerto Marqués crematorium.
One is Luciano Hernández, who signed the January 17, 2014 a package of revelation and incineration for his wife, Aremis Palacios. Now, Hernández did not know if the ashes urn given to you are those of his wife or just a handful of earth.
Argentine experts working with the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) of Mexico in investigating the case of 43 students disappeared on September 26 in southern Mexico, claimed that there are errors that affect the versions offered so far.
According to the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF), the PGR has not considered factors affecting the evidence and “make it impossible to still offer a conclusive version of the fate of the normal school”.

Mexico’s Electoral Institute ready to face insecurity
President of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute Lorenzo Córdova said the institution is ready for the mid-elections in June, despite insecurity in states like Guerrero and Tamaulipas.
In remarks to the press, he said the National Electoral Institute is focusing on the matter, which is, unfortunately, “not a new situation but a problem we have faced before and we know how to deal with.”
He added the Institute has a decentralized structure and its counselors and officers live in and know the areas in which they operate; this “provides great adaptability to facing daily difficulties.”
Córdova added that coordination with authorities is being made to ensure the safety of those who will participate in the June 7th elections, where more than 1.25 poll workers will operate voting sites.
“We will do everything we can to comply with the mandate, which means sometimes we will eventually have to make procedures more flexible, like in the state of Guerrero”, he said.

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The Mission District will be rocking the boat with The Other Varrio, a world premiere

by the El Reportero’s news service

As if ripped from today’s headlines reporting evictions, fires and protests in the streets, The Other Barrio follows investigator Roberto Morales as he
 sifts through the suspicious circumstances of a fatal fire in a residential hotel in the Mission and finds himself face to face with murder, corruption and a dangerous flame from his past.
Directed by Dante Betteo, it is based on a story by San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía, this is SF Noir at its best, a tale of greed, murder, corruption and justice. It’s a production of Louis F. Dematteis and Dante Betteo.
Starring Richard Montoya, Verónica Valencia, Geoff Hoyle, Pearl Wong, Vincent Calvarese, Brian J. Patterson, James Hiser, Melinna Bobadilla, Sean San Jose, Christopher White, Don Lacy, Michael Torres and David Klein. Filmed entirely in San Francisco and San Mateo counties. A SF Noir Films Production.
Feb. 8, 2015, 7 p.m. There are rumors that there might not be any more tickets for Sunday evening show, but they just added a 2 p.m. Matinee, check it out! For more info call Brava Theater at 415-641-7657 or write to info@brava.org
Tickets include post film reception w/live music by Dr. Loco and the Other Barrio Band!

Arc Studio Artists Group Exhibition 2015
Arc Studios and Gallery is celebrating its 5th Year Anniversary! So happy to have Latin Dance Grooves Performing Ensemble dancing two colorful & flirtatious dances to help make it a memorable evening…join us! Lots of Artifacts.
Opening Reception:  Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 7-9 p.m.
Arc Studios & Gallery – StudioSoad #101, 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco. Call or text or email or facebook. 415.606.9875. www.studiosoad.com.

26th Annual Great Sonoma Crab & Wine Fest
The 26th Annual Great Sonoma Crab and Wine Fest, the premier Crab and Wine event of the North Bay, is coming to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa on February 7th, 2015! Join more than 1,200 leaders from the agriculture and business communities in support of scholarships, education programs and youth activities!
Feb. 7th, 2015, at Sonoma County Fairgrounds – Grace Pavilion, Santa Rosa, California at 5 p.m.
Galley Reception and Silent Auction. Enjoy the pairing of award winning wines with gourmet hors d’oeuvres prepared by local chefs. 6:30 p.m. Crab Feed Dinner and Live Auction. Dine on fresh Sonoma Coast crab and accompaniments, then join the fun at one of the area’s finest live auctions; full of special adventures.

Brazilian Dance Workshop with Isaura Oliveira
Isaura’s Brazilian Dance Workshop-Live Percussion and Chants:  “A spiritual journey of rhythm, voice and movement”.
In February Brazilians celebrate Yemoja, Yemonja, Yemanjá, Iemanjá, Janaína. Join us to drum, to dance, to sing, to join love and fun.
Saturday, Feb. 7, from 3:30 – 5 p.m. $15 in advance at studio or online at dancemission.com / $20 same day.
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St. San Francisco. Call 415-826-4441 or visit us at www.dancemission.com

Poetry gathering at Puerto Alegre Restaurant in the Mission District
Participating Poets include Lateef McLeod, Diego Deleo, Elisabeth Gerringer, Tony Robles and others.
Proceeds will benefit our housing and other programs. Come and enjoy poetry by seniors and people with disabilities, good Mexican food and drinks and support Senior and Disability Action. On Friday, February 13 at 6:00 pm, at Puerto Alegre #2, 2950 25th Street, San Francisco, California.
Tickets available on sliding scale: $5-20. For more information call 415-546-1333 www.sdaction.org.

Dr. Rock & LRI present Valentine’s Day Show!
Richard Bean & Sapo with special guest Raul Rekow (Santana) plus Mission Varrio Project. On Saturday Feb. 14, 2015. Doors 7 p.m. Show at 8, p.m. Club Fox 2209 Broadway Street, Redwood City. For more info call us at 650-369-7770 or  visit us at http://www.clubfoxrwc.com
Tickets $15 Adv. and $20 at the door at:
latinrockinc.net/home/event/SapoValentine or by calling 415-285-7719 or writing  Rosie.eros@latinrockinc.com

49th  Friends  Of  Brazil  Carnaval  Ball
Featuring from Bahia in Brazil, Sotaque Baiano Band, performing authentic, traditional Brazilian Carnaval music.
Plus the exhilarating sounds of Olodum, Timbalada, Mama Africa, with the drums and dancers of Fogo Na Roupa Escola de Samba, winner of S.F. Street Carnaval 2014, and the boldly colorful, beautifully choreographed, exotic Aquarela Dancers, the beats of DJ Ellen DJ Roberto Martins  and more.
Saturday, Feb. 21, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. At Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway St., San Francisco. Tickets $30.00, available at Bay Area Brazilian stores, also online at www.brazilianevents.com  — And on sale at the door at $40.
More info at 415-587-4990 or 425-7242, or visit us at www.friendsofbrazil.org  or www.tukaevents.com.

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Jennifer López urges Latino community to watch her new movie

by the El Reportero’s news services

Jennifer López says The Boy Next Door was her first micro-budget movie filmed within 23 days for four million dollars, and that a bigger studio would not have cast two Latino leads.
According to López, The Boy Next Door appeals to all.
“It’s a mainstream movie, it’s not ‘a Latino movie,’ but the truth is, as a producer, I’m very proud because in retrospect, I just picked the best actor for the role,” the mother of two said. “But at the end of the day, if a big studio made this movie, I don’t know that they would’ve cast the both of us in this because of that.”
The star hopes that the film will do well with “two Latinos opening in a mainstream movie,” which would “change things.”
“I would love for the Latino community to come out and support this movie because it would give us the freedom,” López said.
The “American Idol” judge plays alongside Latino actor Ryan Guzman, who is a star of the “Step Up” franchise.
Lopez went on to say how she related to the character in the film who is an older woman that went after a younger man.The film will be released tomorrow in USA and taken to Latin America on March 19.
“It seemed so perfect for me right now in my life,” the 45-year-old pop star said. “[Claire Peterson is] late 30s-early 40s .. separated about to go through a divorce, deciding, feeling like at her lowest point in her life. You know how that is, her husband’s cheated on her. She doesn’t know how to deal with it and is not feeling desirable.”

Spain launches two books on Leon-Cuba ties
The books, Entre la cruz y el huracán (Between the Cross and Hurricane) and Tres cuentos leoneses en La Habana (Three Leon’’s stories in Havana), were launched today, on occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Leon Community in Cuba.
Entre la cruz y el huracan, by Luis Enrique Ramos, a member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences, describes the life of Leon’s scientist and Jesuit Mariano Gutiérrez-Lanza, a prominent man in a meteorology who worked in the Caribbean island.
In a letter read in the activity, Ramos links Gutiérrez-Lanza’s altruistic work with that carried out today by thousands of the island’s physicians combating different diseases worldwide, and that of the scientists searching vaccines to fight cancer.
The other book, Tres cuentos leoneses en La Habana, by Alfonso García, is a recreation of the Cuban capital and the imaginary linking that city and Leon, capital of the homonimous province, in the autochthonous community of Castilla and León.
Cuban ambassador Eugenio Martínez recalled in an activity held at the Leon House in Madrid the intensive relations existing between the two countries, and the closeness of both people that have shared much history in common.

Uruguay begins the world’’s longest carnival
The Uruguayan carnival, considered the longest one in the world, began with an attractive parade of floats, dancers, artists and musicians through downtown Montevideo, with the rejoicing of tens of thousands of people.

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The top of the pyramid: The Rothschilds, the British Crown and the Vatican rule the world – Part 1

FROM THE EDITOR:

I found this interesting article that addresses some parts of the history that we never saw in the past or see in present history books. Due to its length, El Reportero will publish it in parts every week. Hope you enjoy it and helps you to expand your perspective in the history of out political world.  — Marvin Ramirez

PART 1 of a series

by Before It’s News

http://humansarefree.com/2014/09/the-top-of-pyramid-rothschilds-british.html
There are two operant Crowns in England, one being Queen Elizabeth II.
Although extremely wealthy, the Queen functions largely in a ceremonial capacity and serves to deflect attention away from the other Crown, who issues her marching orders through their control of the English Parliament.
This other Crown is comprised of a committee of 12 banks headed by the Bank of England (House of Rothschild). They rule the world from the 677-acre, independent sovereign state know as The City of London, or simply ‘The City.’
The City is not a part of England, just as Washington D.C., is not a part of the USA.
The City is referred to as the wealthiest square mile on earth and is presided over by a Lord Mayor who is appointed annually.
When the Queen wishes to conduct business within the City, she is met by the Lord Mayor at Temple (Templar) Bar where she requests permission to enter this private, sovereign state. She then proceeds into the City walking several paces behind the Mayor.
Her entourage may not be clothed in anything other than service uniforms.
In the nineteenth century, 90 percent of the world’s trade was carried by British ships controlled by the Crown. The other 10 percent of ships had to pay commissions to the Crown simply for the privilege of using the world’s oceans.
The Crown reaped billions in profits while operating under the protection of the British armed forces. This was not British commerce or British wealth, but the Crown’s commerce and the Crown’s wealth.
As of 1850, author Frederic Morton estimated the Rothschild fortune to be in excess of $10 billion (today, the combined wealth of the banking dynasties is estimated at around $500 trillion).
Today, the bonded indebtedness of the world is held by the Crown.
The aforementioned Temple Bar is the juristic arm of the Crown and holds an exclusive monopoly on global legal fraud through their Bar Association franchises. The Temple Bar is comprised of four Inns of Court.
They are: the Middle Temple, Inner Temple, Lincoln’s Inn and Gray’s Inn. The entry point to these closed secret societies is only to be found when one is called to their Bar.
The Bar attorneys in the United States owe their allegiance and pledge their oaths to the Crown. All Bar Associations throughout the world are signatories and franchises to the International Bar Association located at the Inns of Court of the Crown Temple.
The Inner Temple holds the legal system franchise by license that bleeds Canada and Great Britain white, while the Middle Temple has license to steal from America.
To have the Declaration of Independence recognized internationally, Middle Templar King George III agreed in the Treaty of Paris of 1783 to establish the legal Crown entity of the incorporated United States, referred to internally as the Crown Temple States (Colonies). States spelled with a capital letter ‘S,’ denotes a legal entity of the Crown.
At least five Templar Bar Attorneys under solemn oath to the Crown signed the American Declaration of Independence. This means that both parties were agents of the Crown.
There is no lawful effect when a party signs as both the first and second parties. The Declaration was simply an internal memo circulating among private members of the Crown.
Most Americans believe that they own their own land, but they have merely purchased real estate by contract. Upon fulfillment of the contract, control of the land is transferred by Warranty Deed.
The Warranty Deed is only a ‘color of title.’ Color of Title is a semblance or appearance of title, but not title in fact or in law. The Warranty Deed cannot stand against the Land Patent.
The Crown was granted Land Patents in North America by the King of England. Colonials rebelled at the usurious Crown taxes, and thus the Declaration of Independence was created to pacify the populace.
Another ruse used to hoodwink natural persons is by enfranchisement. Those cards in your wallet bearing your name spelled in all capital letters means that you have been enfranchised and have the status of a corporation.
A ‘juristic personality’ has been created, and you have entered into multi-variant agreements that place you in an equity relationship with the Crown.
These invisible contracts include birth certificates, citizenship records, employment agreements, driver’s licenses and bank accounts. It is perhaps helpful to note here that contracts do not now, nor have they ever had to be stated in writing in order to be enforceable by American judges. If it is written down, it is merely a written statement of the contract.
Tax protestors and (the coming) draft resistors trying to renounce the parts of these contracts that they now disagree with will not profit by resorting to tort law (fairness) arguments as justification. Judges will reject these lines of defense as they have no bearing on contract law jurisprudence. Tort law governs grievances where no contract law is in effect.
These private agreements/contracts that bind us will always overrule the broad general clauses of the Constitution and Bill of Rights (the Constitution being essentially a renamed enactment of English common law). The Bill of Rights is viewed by the Crown as a ‘bill of benefits,’ conferred on us by them in anticipation of reciprocity (taxes).
Protestors and resistors will also lose their cases by boasting of citizenship status. Citizenship is another equity agreement that we have with the Crown. And this is the very juristic contract that Federal judges will use to incarcerate them. In the words of former Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, “Equity is brutal, but we are merely enforcing agreements.”
“The balance of Title 42, section 1981 of the Civil Rights Code states,” citizens shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind.”
What we view as citizenship, the Crown views as a juristic enrichment instrumentality. It also should be borne in mind that even cursory circulation or commercial use of Federal Reserve Notes effects an attachment of liability for the payment of the Crown’s debt to the FED. This is measured by your taxable income.
And to facilitate future asset-stripping, the end of the 14th amendment includes a state of debt hypothecation of the United States, wherein all enfranchised persons (that’s you) can be held personally liable for the Crown’s debt.

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