#Darwin Santana

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Darwin Santana revela filtraciones sobre Lis Cuesta, la esposa de Díaz-Canel

Darwin Santana revela filtraciones sobre Lis Cuesta, la esposa de Díaz-Canel

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RESERVAS DE FACE CLAIM

ACTUALIZACIÓN: 15/08.

01 HRS SAO PAULO, BRASIL

Agostina Goñi —Bunnie

Ahn Bo Hyun—Delta

Alex Mandon Rey—blue

Alicia Bercan—mariposa

Andrea Faccio—Italini

An Yu-jin — Minnt

Annie Schröter —sunflowergalaxy

Anselmo Prestini - Muffin

Anouchka Gauthier—Diosa

Ashley Marie Dickerson—fluffy

Arielle Chartrand—rorie

Bach Buquen —Betty

Bae Jin Young —babyGrl

Barbara Palvin—Frutilla

Belle Delphine —AquaBuyer

Bertug Altan - Dean

Bridget Satterlee—Boo

Camilla Cabello—Patata

Camille Pidoux —Juliette

Camryn Cangas—Samurai

Candella Gallo—Selket

Cha Eun Woo—Tremor

Charlie Schroeder —PHDP

Charleen Weiss — Stardust

Charly Jordan—flameshh

Christian Hogue—Banana

Christian Locke - LondonBoy

Christina Nadin—Killerqueen

Crystal Bellotti - Zai

Choi Soo Bin - Law

Choi Yeon Jun — Marina

Cole Sprouse —snow

Corinna Kopf - buffay

Damian Hardung —Wolf

Damiano David—chaotic

Daniel Illescas— Neon

Darwin Gray—Sunflower

Dasha Taran —Remember

Davide Vavalà —Jaws

Daisy Keech - Kerosene

Dekota Thompson—Caleidoscopio

Deva Cassell—blueberry

Diana Avel—cerise

Drew Baker —Coca-cola

Dove Cameron—Frambuesa

Eduard Torres—Kid

Ella Cervetto—Bloom

Emilia Mernes—Pokemaniaca

Emily Rudd — Nina

Ergi Bardhollari—Rojita

Erand Arifi — Supernova

Ester Expósito —Mermaid

Froy Gutierrez —Sugar

Hailey Bieber—Mía

Hansol Vernon Chwe—tamalito

Hande Erçel - Pez Dorado

Havanna Winter —Fairy

Holly Jai—August

Hwang Hyunjin —bubbletea

Ida Zeille —Lou

Isabel Van Gelder—Betty

Isabelle Matthers—Pink

Jacob Elordi—icequeen

Jacob Rott — Apple

Janis Danner—Triangle

Jang Won-young — Ninin

Jeon Jungkook — euphoria

Joshua Paine —Waves

Josie Lane—Rueth

Jonas Kautenburguer — Stardust

Jung Sungchan —Kaiju

Kate Li —flameshh

Karolis Inokaitis - hana

Kaden Hammond - Leviatán

Kenan Duman—rhcp

Kendall Jenner—vainilla

Kennedy Walsh—chaotic

Kiana Davis — Flora

Kim Mingyu — lalali

Kim Jennie — Harmony

Kim Seok-woo (Rowoon) —crocket

Kim Taehyung (V) —Wotteo

Kit Harington - Cardigan

Kristen Hancher—Frutitas

Lalisa Manoban—Animaloide69

Leah Halton—CopitoLee

Dong-hyuk (Haechan) —KaijuLee

Min-ho (Lee know)—sugarushrush

Lee Felix—tostadita

Liam Fitzgerald — Krampus

Lidia Santana—Antares

Lily Easton—Pimpim

Linuschka — Ritsu

Liza Wdmn—Bloom

Lolalolita—huf

Lorenzo Zurzolo—Sunflower

Loreto Peralta —Red

Louis Darcis—Oblivion

Lucky Blue Smith —Lover

Madison Beer—Abejita

Maggie lindemann — Coliflor

Madisyn Mencha —sweetpea

Maja Kravarusic—Loveme

Mara Lafontan—Maracuyá

Margarida Corceiro —Lou

Marissa Long —Lasso

Matthew Giovanni Laureano —Shibuya

Matthew Noszka — Redemption

Mark Lee—Vermithor

Melisa Döngel — Sunflower

Millie Leer—Chappell

Milana Vino — Mitik

Michael Yerger —Leviathan

Moritz Hau—Mister

Nailea Devora—Betty

Neels Visser—Awesome

Nicha Yontararak (Minnie)—Fanta

Nicole Wallace—cheesecake

Niklas Rueth—Tobby

Nils Kuesel—Copito

Nina Laura—Seasmoke

Ning Yi Zhuo (Ningning)— Disaster

Nolwenn Faijean—loveaffair

Olivia Phillips—Bloom

Omer Nudelman—Arenita

Park Solomon —fairyofshampoo

Paola Cossentino—ivory

Paolo Faccio—Soulmate

Park Wonbin (riize) — sunflower

Rashan MH—Mar

Rob Knighton—Stinson

Romaneinnc—rorie

Ryan Manick—Leprechaun

Sabrina Carpenter—Afterlife

Sara Crumbeleg —Maroon

Sara Fructuoso — Syrax

Saige peterson - Romeo

Seray Öztek—Pandita

Shawn Mendes —Stargazer

Sienna Schmidt—andy04

Sille Staunstrup—Luna

Song Kang—Hammer

Stefan Petrov—Nomando

Sydney Melman—Samurai

Scott Morton — Fae

Taylor Hill —Max

Timothée Chalamet—timburton

Tobias Reuter—Tristeza

Tom Webb - Emociones

Valentina Kumer - loveaffair

Victor Pérez—blue

Vinnie Hacker—Ultimate

Vivian Bernard —Star

Xavier Serrano—Brilliant

Yael Shelbia—Sunfire

Yoo In —Soo—Baby

Yoo Ji-Min (Karina)—Kaiju

Yoon Jeonghan—Versace

Zane Phillips—Piña

Zhang Renlin—garden

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From Marvel’s Voices: Comunidades Vol. 2 #001

“A Small Mercy”, by Fabian Nicieza, Paco Medina, Walden Wong and Ceci de la Cruz

“Music to My Ears”, by Edgar Delgado and Luis Morocho

“Secret Savior”, by Alex Segura, Rogê Antônio and Israel Silva

“Shark-Girl’s Day Off”, by Zoraida Córdova, Yasmín Flores Montañez and Frank Williams

“More With Less”, by Carlos Hernandez, Marcelo Costa and Manuel Puppo

“Celebration”, by Dio Neves and Frank Williams

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"Wow, you really...” Megan swung another cabinet open without much hope, “yeah, you really only have one pot, huh?” Not even a casserole dish. And looking in the utensil drawer was probably going to be a traumatic experience because she suspected that a grownass man who owned exactly one pot probably had one cooking utensil that barely worked to scoop ramen. 

The food cabinets were also a sad, sad desert of rich boy bachelor-dom. “Okay, we’re going to fix this. And it’s going to be fun. And delicious.” Megan liked to think that she was a good friend, and friends didn’t let friends starve with a fancy pot and some packet ramen. Particularly when, scientifically speaking, that friend was definitely a boon to the genetic marketplace. Darwin would one hundred percent have a mancrush. “Option one - learn some basic one dish me-” she pulled the utensil drawer open. “NOPE. Option two. We are using my kitchen because...” she picked up a cracked wooden spoon, “THIS GIVES ME ANXIETY,  ATTICUS.”

@atticusx-santana​

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100 Frases Motivacionais de Negócios

1. “Eu odiava cada minuto do treinamento, mas eu disse, “Não pare. Sofra agora para viver o resto de sua vida como um campeão.” (Muhammad Ali) 2. “Não há um homem vivo que não possa fazer mais do que ele pensa que pode.” (Henry Ford) 3. “A melhor maneira de prever o futuro é criá-lo.” (Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee) 4. “Não é sobre o tempo, é sobre as escolhas. Como você está gastando suas escolhas?” (Beverly Adamo)

5. “Essa é exatamente a pergunta que todos deveriam estar se perguntando, por que não? – Por que não você? Por que não agora …?” (Timothy Ferriss) 6. “A melhor maneira de encontrar seu cliente é ser encontrado por ele.” (Conrado Adolpho) 7. “Os sonhadores são os salvadores do mundo.” (James Allen)

8. “A qualidade de vida de uma pessoa é diretamente proporcional ao seu compromisso com a excelência, independentemente do seu campo escolhido ou esforço.” (Vince Lombardi) 9. “Um homem com coragem faz uma maioria.” (Andrew Jackson) 10. “O fracasso é a oportunidade de começar de novo com mais inteligência.” (Henry Ford)

11. “Tente não se tornar um homem de sucesso, mas sim tente tornar-se um homem de valor.” (Albert Einstein) 12. “Dá-se glória apenas para aqueles que sempre sonharam com ela.” (Charles De Gaulle) 13. “A mente é seu próprio lugar, e em si pode fazer um céu do inferno, um inferno do céu.” (John Milton) 14. “A criação de mil florestas está em uma semente.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

15. “A única pessoa livre é aquela que não tem medo do ridículo.” (Luiz Fernando Veríssimo) 16. “Frequentemente, o melhor marketing não parece realmente marketing.” (Seth Godin) 17. “Democracia é oportunizar a todos o mesmo ponto de partida. Quanto ao ponto de chegada, depende de cada um.” (Fernando Sabino)

18. “Não mude por ninguém, mude por você mesmo. Essa é a essência da mudança. Mudar porque queremos progredir e não porque queremos impressionar.” (Sergio Santana) 19. “Tenha até pesadelos, se necessário for. Mas sonhe.” (Patrícia Galvão) 20. “O maior inimigo de um plano, é um plano perfeito.” (Carl Von Clausewitz) 21. “O mais forte da espécie não é o mais forte ou mais inteligente, e sim, o mais receptivo à mudança.” (Charles Darwin)

22. “Se você for realmente relevante para seu público, ele prestará atenção em você.” (Martha Gabriel) 23. “Meu trabalho não é o de pegar leve com as pessoas, meu trabalho é a de tornar elas melhores.” (Steve Jobs) 24. “Não construa links, construa relacionamentos.” (Rand Fishkin) 25. “O custo de estar errado é menor do que o custo de não fazer nada.” (Seth Godin)

26. “Se você acha que a instrução é cara, experimente a ignorância.” (Derek Bok) 27. “Não espere as condições ideias, elas nunca chegam.” (Janet Erskine Stuart) 28. “Você não constrói nada sozinho. Você descobre o que as pessoas querem e então, constrói para elas.” (Walt Disney) 29. “É fácil fazer dinheiro, difícil é fazer a diferença.” (Tom Brokaw)

30. “Decidir o que não fazer é tão importante quanto decidir o que fazer.” (Steve Jobs) 31. “Qualidade deveria ser como razão, que humanos têm por natureza, e animais irracionais não.” (Mario Persona) 32. “Concentre-se no que está buscando e não no que está deixando para trás. ” (Alan Cohen) 33. “Quanto mais difícil fica, mais próximo está o sucesso.” (Chris Garrett)

34. “Crie algo que as pessoas queiram compartilhar.” (John Jantsh) 35. “Se você quer entender como um leão ruge, não vá ao zoológico. Vá à selva.” (Jim Stengel) 36. “Empreendedores são aqueles que entendem que há uma pequena diferença entre obstáculos e oportunidades e são capazes de transformar ambos em vantagem. ” (Nicolau Maquiavel) 37. “Vamos inventar o amanhã e parar de nos preocupar com o passado. ” (Steve Jobs)

38. “Dois homens olham pela janela. Um vê a lama e o outro vê as estrelas. ” (Frederich Langbridge) 39. “Existe o risco que você não pode jamais correr e existe o risco que você não pode deixar de correr. ” (Peter Drucker) 40. “Os milagres acontecem, às vezes. Mas é preciso trabalhar tremendamente para que aconteçam. ” (Peter Drucker)

41. “Muitas coisas não ousamos empreender por parecerem difíceis; entretanto, são difíceis porque não ousamos empreendê-las.” (Sêneca) 42. “Não há nada tão inútil quanto fazer eficientemente o que não deveria ser feito.” (Peter Drucker) 43. “O segredo do empreendedorismo é ter 100% de convicção com apenas 80% da resposta.” (Aaron Levie)

44. “A questão essencial não é ‘o quanto ocupado você está’ , mas sim ‘com o que você está ocupado’.” (Oprah Winfrey) 45. “Digo a todo jovem que quer ser empreendedor que é preciso se superar.” (Eike Batista) 46. “As dificuldades e obstáculos são matéria-prima para o verdadeiro empreendedor.” (Carlos Hilsdorf) 47. “Nos negócios, as oportunidades são como ônibus, há sempre um outro vindo.” (Richard Branson)

48. “As pessoas costumam dizer que a motivação não dura para sempre. Bem, nem o efeito do banho, por isso recomenda-se diariamente.” (Zig Zilgar) 49. “Melhorar geralmente significa fazer algo que nunca fizemos antes.” (Shigeo Shingo) 50. “Um líder não é alguém a quem foi dada uma coroa, mas quem foi dada a responsabilidade fazer sobressair o melhor que há nos outros.” (Jack Welch)

51. “Toda ação humana, quer se torne positiva ou negativa, precisa depender de motivação.” (Dalai Lama) 52. “As companhias prestam muita atenção ao custo de fazer alguma coisa. Deviam preocupar-se mais com os custos de não fazer nada.” (Philip Kotler) 54. “Uma palavra grosseira, uma expressão bizarra, ensinou-me por vezes mais do que dez belas frases.” (Denis Diderot)

55. “Existe apenas um chefe, o cliente. E ele pode demitir todos na empresa, desde o presidente, simplesmente gastando o dinheiro em outro lugar.” (Sam Waltom) 56.”Resultados são obtidos aproveitando oportunidades e não resolvendo problemas.” (Peter Drucker) 57. “A única coisa que separa você do seu sucesso, são as desculpas que você dá para não fazer as coisas.” (Guilherme Machado) 58.”A melhor maneira de aprender seja o que é for, é fazendo.” (Richard Bransomn)

59.” Marketing é importante demais para ser deixado para o departamento de marketing.” (David Packard) 60. “Lucro é subproduto das coisas bem feitas.” (Philip Kotler) 61.”A sua cabeça é fértil? Você só fala abobrinha? Plante as abobrinhas e saia vendendo.” (Lucas Barbosa) 62. “Quer você acredite que consiga fazer uma coisa ou não, você está certo.” (Henry Ford)

63.”Acredite que você pode, assim você já está no meio do caminho.” (Theodore Roosevelt) 64. “Querer fazer tudo para todos é o primeiro passo para não fazer nada a ninguém.” (Lei de Marketing) 65. “Grandes empreendedores estão confortáveis em estarem desconfortáveis.” (Steve Blank) 66. “Quer conquistar algo? Conquiste calos nas m��os e esfole os joelhos.” (Cris Westphal)

67. “Se você traçar metas absurdamente altas e falhar, seu fracasso será muito melhor que o sucesso de todos.” (James Cameron) 68. “O sucesso normalmente vem para quem está ocupado demais para procurar por ele.” (Henry David Thoreau) 69. “A lógica pode levar de um ponto A a um ponto B. A imaginação pode levar a qualquer lugar.” (Albert Einstein)

70. “O guerreiro de sucesso é um homem médio, mas com um foco apurado como um raio laser.” (Bruce Lee) 71. “Para conquistar o sucesso, você precisa aceitar todos os desafios que vierem na sua frente. Você não pode apenas aceitar os que você preferir.” (Mike Gafka) 72. “Fique contente em agir. Deixe a fala para os outros.” (Baltasar Gracián) 73. “O que pode ser medido pode ser melhorado.” (Peter Drucker)

74. “Tenha em mente que o seu desejo em atingir o sucesso é mais importante que qualquer coisa.” (Abraham Lincoln) 75. “Você pode ser desencorajado com os erros ou aprender com eles, então siga em frente e continue falhando. Erre o máximo que puder. É aí que você vai conseguir o sucesso.” (Thomas J. Watson) 76. “Quanto maior o artista, maior a dúvida. Confiança grande demais é algo destinados aos menos talentosos como um prêmio de consolação.” (Robert Hughes)

77. “Muitas das falhas da vida ocorrem quando não percebemos o quão próximos estávamos do sucesso na hora em que desistimos.” (Edison) 78. “Eu devo meu sucesso a meu hábito de respeitosamente ouvir conselhos e fazer exatamente o contrário.” (G. K. Chesterton) 79.”Você deve lutar mais de uma batalha para se tornar um vencedor.” (Margaret Thatcher)

80. “Se você não traçou um plano para você mesmo, é possível que você caia no plano de outra pessoa. E adivinha o que ele planejou para você? Não muito.” (Rohn) 81. “Nosso maior medo não deve ser o fracasso, mas ser bem- sucedidos em algo que não importa.” (Francis Chan) 82. “A motivação é o que faz o empreendedor começar e o hábito é o que nos faz continuar.” (Jim Rynn)

83. “O sucesso não consiste em não errar, mas não cometer os mesmos equívocos mais de uma vez.” (George Bernard Shaw) 84. “A primeira razão para o fracasso de alguém é escutar amigos, família e vizinhos.” (Hill) 85. “Pessoas de sucesso fazem o que pessoas mal sucedidas não querem fazer. Não queira que a vida seja mais fácil. Deseje que você seja ainda melhor.” (Rohn)

86. “Se você quer uma mudança permanente, pare de focar no tamanho de seus problemas e comece a focar no seu tamanho!” (T. Harv Eker) 87. “Se você realmente quer algo, não espere. Ensine você mesmo a ser impaciente.” (Gurbaksh Chahal) 88. “Continue andando. Haverá a chance de você ser barrado por um obstáculo, talvez por algo que você nem espere. Mas eu nunca ouvi falar de ninguém que foi barrado enquanto estava parado.” (Charles F. Kettering)

89. “Sempre que você se encontrar do lado da maioria, é hora de parar e refletir.” (Twain) 90. “O primeiro passo rumo ao sucesso é dado quando você se recusa ao ser um refém do ambiente em que se encontra.” (Mark Caine) 91. “Daqui a vinte anos, você não terá arrependimento das coisas que fez, mas das que deixou de fazer. Por isso, veleje longe do seu porto seguro. Pegue os ventos. Explore. Sonhe. Descubra.” (Twain)

92. “Descobri que, se você tem vontade de viver e curiosidade, dormir não é a coisa mais importante.” (Martha Stewart) 93. “Embora ninguém possa voltar atrás e começar tudo de novo, qualquer um pode ter um ótimo final.” (Carl Bard) 94. “Não sei qual é a chave para o sucesso, mas a chave para o fracasso é tentar agradar a todos.” (Bill Cosby)

95. “O único lugar em que o sucesso vem antes do trabalho é no dicionário.” (Vidal Sassoon) 96. “Só evite fazer algo hoje se você quiser morrer e deixar assuntos inacabados.” (Pablo Picasso) 97. “Coragem é a resistência e o domínio do medo, não a ausência dele.” (Mark Twain) 98. “Todo progresso acontece fora da zona de conforto.” (Michael John Bobak)

99. “O sucesso é a soma de pequenos esforços repetidos dia após dia.” (Robert Collier) 100. “O ponto de partida de qualquer conquista é o desejo.” (Napoleon Hill) 101. “Descobri que, quanto mais eu trabalho, mais sorte eu pareço ter.” (Thomas Jefferson)

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Finding the perfect name for your newborn baby may take some time and careful consideration, but it can also be very interesting.

In fact, it's one of the first and biggest decisions you have to make as a new parent. Are you looking for a son to speak of a family tradition or celebrate a cultural tradition? Whatever your approach, you'll find lots of great options on the following list of the 1,000 most popular boys, according to Social Security Administration (SSA). Take a look to help you narrow down your favorites list (or inspire new ones) and enjoy the experience of finding your favorite name for your new son.

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1. Top 1,000 Baby Boy Names

Liam

Noah

William

James

Oliver

Benjamin

Elijah

Lucas

Mason

Logan

Alexander

Ethan

Jacob

Michael

Daniel

Henry

Jackson

Sebastian

Aiden

Matthew

Samuel

David

Joseph

Carter

Owen

Wyatt

John

Jack

Luke

Jayden

Dylan

Grayson

Levi

Isaac

Gabriel

Julian

Mateo

Anthony

Jaxon

Lincoln

Joshua

Christopher

Andrew

Theodore

Caleb

Ryan

Asher

Nathan

Thomas

Leo

Isaiah

Charles

Josiah

Hudson

Christian

Hunter

Connor

Eli

Ezra

Aaron

Landon

Adrian

Jonathan

Nolan

Jeremiah

Easton

Elias

Colton

Cameron

Carson

Robert

Angel

Maverick

Nicholas

Dominic

Jaxson

Greyson

Adam

Ian

Austin

Santiago

Jordan

Cooper

Brayden

Roman

Evan

Ezekiel

Xavier

Jose

Jace

Jameson

Leonardo

Bryson

Axel

Everett

Parker

Kayden

Miles

Sawyer

Jason

Declan

Weston

Micah

Ayden

Wesley

Luca

Vincent

Damian

Zachary

Silas

Gavin

Chase

Kai

Emmett

Harrison

Nathaniel

Kingston

Cole

Tyler

Bennett

Bentley

Ryker

Tristan

Brandon

Kevin

Luis

George

Ashton

Rowan

Braxton

Ryder

Gael

Ivan

Diego

Maxwell

Max

Carlos

Kaiden

Juan

Maddox

Justin

Waylon

Calvin

Giovanni

Jonah

Abel

Jayce

Jesus

Amir

King

Beau

Camden

Alex

Jasper

Malachi

Brody

Jude

Blake

Emmanuel

Eric

Brooks

Elliot

Antonio

Abraham

Timothy

Finn

Rhett

Elliott

Edward

August

Xander

Alan

Dean

Lorenzo

Bryce

Karter

Victor

Milo

Miguel

Hayden

Graham

Grant

Zion

Tucker

Jesse

Zayden

Joel

Richard

Patrick

Emiliano

Avery

Nicolas

Brantley

Dawson

Myles

Matteo

River

Steven

Thiago

Zane

Matias

Judah

Messiah

Jeremy

Preston

Oscar

Kaleb

Alejandro

Marcus

Mark

Peter

Maximus

Barrett

Jax

Andres

Holden

Legend

Charlie

Knox

Kaden

Paxton

Kyrie

Kyle

Griffin

Josue

Kenneth

Beckett

Enzo

Adriel

Arthur

Felix

Bryan

Lukas

Paul

Brian

Colt

Caden

Leon

Archer

Omar

Israel

Aidan

Theo

Javier

Remington

Jaden

Bradley

Emilio

Colin

Riley

Cayden

Phoenix

Clayton

Simon

Ace

Nash

Derek

Rafael

Zander

Brady

Jorge

Jake

Louis

Damien

Karson

Walker

Maximiliano

Amari

Sean

Chance

Walter

Martin

Finley

Andre

Tobias

Cash

Corbin

Arlo

Iker

Erick

Emerson

Gunner

Cody

Stephen

Francisco

Killian

Dallas

Reid

Manuel

Lane

Atlas

Rylan

Jensen

Ronan

Beckham

Daxton

Anderson

Kameron

Raymond

Orion

Cristian

Tanner

Kyler

Jett

Cohen

Ricardo

Spencer

Gideon

Ali

Fernando

Jaiden

Titus

Travis

Bodhi

Eduardo

Dante

Ellis

Prince

Kane

Luka

Kash

Hendrix

Desmond

Donovan

Mario

Atticus

Cruz

Garrett

Hector

Angelo

Jeffrey

Edwin

Cesar

Zayn

Devin

Conor

Warren

Odin

Jayceon

Romeo

Julius

Jaylen

Hayes

Kayson

Muhammad

Jaxton

Joaquin

Caiden

Dakota

Major

Keegan

Sergio

Marshall

Johnny

Kade

Edgar

Leonel

Ismael

Marco

Tyson

Wade

Collin

Troy

Nasir

Conner

Adonis

Jared

Rory

Andy

Jase

Lennox

Shane

Malik

Ari

Reed

Seth

Clark

Erik

Lawson

Trevor

Gage

Nico

Malakai

Quinn

Cade

Johnathan

Sullivan

Solomon

Cyrus

Fabian

Pedro

Frank

Shawn

Malcolm

Khalil

Nehemiah

Dalton

Mathias

Jay

Ibrahim

Peyton

Winston

Kason

Zayne

Noel

Princeton

Matthias

Gregory

Sterling

Dominick

Elian

Grady

Russell

Finnegan

Ruben

Gianni

Porter

Kendrick

Leland

Pablo

Allen

Hugo

Raiden

Kolton

Remy

Ezequiel

Damon

Emanuel

Zaiden

Otto

Bowen

Marcos

Abram

Kasen

Franklin

Royce

Jonas

Sage

Philip

Esteban

Drake

Kashton

Roberto

Harvey

Alexis

Kian

Jamison

Maximilian

Adan

Milan

Phillip

Albert

Dax

Mohamed

Ronin

Kamden

Hank

Memphis

Oakley

Augustus

Drew

Moises

Armani

Rhys

Benson

Jayson

Kyson

Braylen

Corey

Gunnar

Omari

Alonzo

Landen

Armando

Derrick

Dexter

Enrique

Bruce

Nikolai

Francis

Rocco

Kairo

Royal

Zachariah

Arjun

Deacon

Skyler

Eden

Alijah

Rowen

Pierce

Uriel

Ronald

Luciano

Tate

Frederick

Kieran

Lawrence

Moses

Rodrigo

Brycen

Leonidas

Nixon

Keith

Chandler

Case

Davis

Asa

Darius

Isaias

Aden

Jaime

Landyn

Raul

Niko

Trenton

Apollo

Cairo

Izaiah

Scott

Dorian

Julio

Wilder

Santino

Dustin

Donald

Raphael

Saul

Taylor

Ayaan

Duke

Ryland

Tatum

Ahmed

Moshe

Edison

Emmitt

Cannon

Alec

Danny

Keaton

Roy

Conrad

Roland

Quentin

Lewis

Samson

Brock

Kylan

Cason

Ahmad

Jalen

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Kamari

Dennis

Callum

Justice

Soren

Rayan

Aarav

Gerardo

Ares

Brendan

Jamari

Kaison

Yusuf

Issac

Jasiah

Callen

Forrest

Makai

Crew

Kobe

Bo

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Mathew

Braden

Johan

Marvin

Zaid

Stetson

Casey

Ty

Ariel

Tony

Zain

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Sincere

Uriah

Dillon

Kannon

Colby

Axton

Cassius

Quinton

Mekhi

Reece

Alessandro

Jerry

Mauricio

Sam

Trey

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Alberto

Gustavo

Arturo

Fletcher

Marcelo

Abdiel

Hamza

Alfredo

Chris

Finnley

Curtis

Kellan

Quincy

Kase

Harry

Kyree

Wilson

Cayson

Hezekiah

Kohen

Neil

Mohammed

Raylan

Kaysen

Lucca

Sylas

Mack

Leonard

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Ford

Roger

Rex

Alden

Boston

Colson

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Zeke

Dariel

Kingsley

Valentino

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Vihaan

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Lance

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Alvin

Amos

Tripp

Zaire

Layton

Reese

Casen

Colten

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Korbin

Sonny

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Orlando

Devon

Huxley

Boone

Maurice

Nelson

Douglas

Randy

Gary

Lennon

Titan

Denver

Jaziel

Noe

Jefferson

Ricky

Lochlan

Rayden

Bryant

Langston

Lachlan

Clay

Abdullah

Lee

Baylor

Leandro

Ben

Kareem

Layne

Joe

Crosby

Deandre

Demetrius

Kellen

Carl

Jakob

Ridge

Bronson

Jedidiah

Rohan

Larry

Stanley

Tomas

Shiloh

Thaddeus

Watson

Baker

Vicente

Koda

Jagger

Nathanael

Carmelo

Shepherd

Graysen

Melvin

Ernesto

Jamie

Yosef

Clyde

Eddie

Tristen

Grey

Ray

Tommy

Samir

Ramon

Santana

Kristian

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Wells

Zyaire

Brecken

Byron

Otis

Reyansh

Axl

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Trace

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Musa

Harlan

Enoch

Henrik

Kristopher

Talon

Rey

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Houston

Jon

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Azariah

Castiel

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Augustine

Zechariah

Joziah

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Hassan

Jamal

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Wayne

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Alonso

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Magnus

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Dash

Anders

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Felipe

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Mordechai

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Junior

Eliseo

Fisher

Harold

Jaxxon

Kamdyn

Maximo

Caspian

Kelvin

Damari

Fox

Trent

Hugh

Briar

Franco

Keanu

Terrance

Yahir

Ameer

Kaiser

Thatcher

Ishaan

Koa

Merrick

Coen

Rodney

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London

Rudy

Gordon

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Aron

Marc

Van

Anakin

Canaan

Dario

Reginald

Westin

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Ledger

Leighton

Maxton

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Aldo

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Nickolas

Toby

Dayton

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Elisha

Jabari

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Alvaro

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Mayson

Blaze

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Kace

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Achilles

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Saint

Xzavier

Aydin

Eugene

Adrien

Cain

Kylo

Nova

Onyx

Arian

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Jerome

Miller

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Kenzo

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Landry

Avi

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Jaxx

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Imran

Yael

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Willie

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Heath

Lyric

Davion

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Krew

Jairo

Maddux

Ephraim

Ignacio

Vivaan

Aries

Vance

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Lyle

Ralph

Reign

Camilo

Draven

Terrence

Idris

Ira

Javion

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Khari

Marcellus

Creed

Shepard

Terrell

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Howard

Jad

Zahir

Harper

Justus

Forest

Gibson

Zev

Alaric

Decker

Ernest

Jesiah

Torin

Benedict

Bowie

Deangelo

Genesis

Harlem

Kalel

Kylen

Bishop

Immanuel

Lian

Zavier

Archie

Davian

Gus

Kabir

Korbyn

Randall

Benton

Coleman

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2. Top 10 beautiful Middles names for baby Boys

Ace

Abe

Beck

Blake

Dean

Grant

Hugh

James

Charles

George

More ideals for you: Top 1000 baby Girl names

From : https://wikitopx.com/name-meanings/top-1000-baby-boy-names-711929.html

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Rock and Roll Storytime #8: Motherf***ing Altamont (Otherwise Known as the Worst Mistake the Rolling Stones Ever Made)

Let’s face it, 1969 was a pretty crazy year no matter where you stand. On one hand, there were the moon landings, Woodstock, and general protesting against the Vietnam War (much to the chagrin of the Establishment), but on the other hand, there was the Chappaquiddick incident, the death of Brian Jones, and the Beatles starting to head full-steam down the path that led to their breakup in April 1970. 

And then, there was Altamont, what has otherwise been labeled as the darkest day in Rock and Roll History. 

This one’s going to be frustrating (and as an aside, I’m actually quite glad that Brian Jones missed out on this one, and likely would have even if he hadn’t drowned, by virtue of getting fired from the Rolling Stones in June 1969).

Let me start off by positing one simple question: WHICH DUMBASS CAME UP WITH THE BRIGHT IDEA OF HIRING THE HELL’S ANGELS AS SECURITY?!

Okay, I guess I’d better start earlier than that, even, with some of the lead-in. The Rolling Stones had last performed in the concert circuit in 1967, and by June 1969, they wanted to get back on the road. One problem: their guitarist, Brian Jones, was unable to get a work visa due to having racked up two drug convictions in the meantime (at least one of which was definitely based on planted evidence). Even then, Brian, for reasons known mostly to him and only speculated upon by me, had stopped contributing to the Stones’ music, if he even showed up to recording sessions at all. Mick Jagger, himself, said that Brian’s last major contribution to a Rolling Stones song was the hauntingly beautiful slide guitar on the melancholic “No Expectations”. 

It was apparently their road manager, Ian Stewart, who brought up the idea of letting Brain go from the band. Bill and Charlie had absolutely no say in the decision, but ultimately, on June 8, 1969, Mick and Keith went to Brian’s residence, Cotchford Farm, to tell him he was being fired, with Charlie tagging along to make sure a fight didn’t break out. However, by most accounts, Brian had been expecting this would happen, and agreed to leave the band. Mick and Keith left the press statement up to Brian, and possibly to save face, he decided to make it look like he’d left the band on his own accord. 

The statement read: “I no longer see eye to eye with the others over the discs we are cutting. We no longer communicate musically. The Stones’ music is not to my taste any more. The work of Mick and Keith has progressed at a tangent, at least to my way of thinking. I have a desire to play my own brand of music rather than that of others, no matter how much I appreciate their musical concepts. We had a friendly meeting and agreed that an amicable termination, temporary or permanent, was the only answer. The only solution was to go our separate ways, but we shall still remain friends. I love those fellows.”

How much of this statement was true is up to personal conjecture. In either case, Brian was replaced by 20-year-old Mick Taylor, who’d previously played with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. In a press conference on June 13, the band announced Taylor’s arrival (having two Micks in the band gets so confusing), as well a free concert in Hyde Park on July 5 to introduce the youngest member of the band. 

Then, just two days before the concert, Brian drowned in his backyard swimming pool at the age of twenty-seven. His death was ruled as misadventure (which personal research seems to back up), but theories persist to this day that he was, instead, murdered. 

In the blink of an eye, the Hyde Park gig went from being an introduction to Mick Taylor to being a tribute to Brian Jones. In honor of Brian, the concert began with Mick reading two verses from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Adonais,” and as the band began playing “I’m Yours and I’m Hers” (one of Brian’s favorite songs), 2,500 cabbage white butterflies were released (against stipulation), though, by this point, many had died in the July heat, due to the boxes not being properly ventilated. Even if, on a technical level, it wasn’t one of the Stones’ best shows, it still showed the world at large that the Stones were back (baby). 

So, what does all this have to do with Altamont? Well, providing security that day was the London chapter of the Hell’s Angels. Apparently, it was Rock Scully’s idea, after he’d hired the Angels as security on multiple occasions while managing the Grateful Dead. 

Thing is, the London chapter was a lot calmer when compared with the infamous Californian branch of the Hell’s Angels. 

So yeah, there’s problem #2...

That summer, a little concert called Woodstock took place, which ended up epitomizing the peace and love movement. But if that was the high, then Altamont was what brought that idealism to a screeching halt. 

Problem #3: the concert was based entirely on the notion that the Stones could hold a free concert as a sort of West Coast Woodstock. 

After all, even journalists throughout that tour had been complaining about high ticket prices (even though $3-$8 seems to me a steal considering they’re going in the triple digits nowadays...). What could go wrong?

Those of you familiar with Murphy’s Law may be able to see where I’m going with all this. 

Problem #4: their tour manager, Sam Cutler, just couldn’t get a venue. 

He tried to score them a gig in San Fransisco, but there was a football game taking place, San Jose wouldn’t have another concert so soon after the last one, and Sears Point Raceway asked for a $100,000 fee as well as distribution rights to the concert footage (the entire tour had been filmed by a crew including the Maysles brothers and future Star Wars director George Lucas). So, a mere forty-eight hours before the concert began, the Stones finally settled on Altamont Speedway. 

Needless to say, anyone who’s ever been to a concert or organized any large scale events would be able to tell you that choosing the venue at the last minute is NEVER a good idea. This is also evidenced by the fact that the venue was covered in trash and lacked basic amenities such as water and toilets, but hey, the owner offered it for free, so why not?

I swear, the level of incompetence shown by multiple parties throughout these proceedings is on another level (and I read the Darwin Awards...)

Also, as a result of the ASTRONOMICALLY poor planning, the stage was only an inch off the ground, and since there were only two days before the concert, there was no time to make the stage safe, so already, anyone playing at Altamont the day of December 6 were putting themselves at risk (I don’t know if waivers were signed either). Not to mention the fact that there would be absolutely no barriers between the performers and the reported 300,000 attendees. 

So, that should cover problems #6 and #7, but in my personal opinion, the coup de grace of all these fuck-ups was the decision to hire the Californian Hell’s Angels as security. 

Again, as I said, the Stones did have the London branch of the Hell’s Angels at the Stones in the Park concert, but anyone who knows anything worth a damn about the Californian Hell’s Angels would know that it’s a whole different ballpark dealing with them. From what I’ve heard, the hippies had an unrealistically idealized version of them in their heads, and Cutler apparently even tried warning the Stones about the “real” Hell’s Angels. Even then, the Hell’s Angels were offered $500 worth of beer to basically just sit on the side of the stage and make sure no one got too close. 

If you’ll excuse me, I need to go call the organizers fucking idiots in a minimum of seven languages. ... Okay, I’m good. Still pissed, but I’m fine. 

In either case, also not helping matters was that at least 95% of the audience were high on one substance or another, because, let’s face it, this was the hippie movement. And according to Rolling Stone magazine, the organizers also didn’t warn neighboring landowners of the hippies descending on the scene, set the whole thing in a desolate, treeless, wasteland (and still there was no clear barrier between the performers and the audience), the sound system was shit, and in general, the stage was completely surrounded by people and their cars. 

I don’t know about you, but I’m already smelling a disaster waiting to happen. 

The concert was to feature Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, The Grateful Dead, and of course, the Rolling Stones. 

Things started out smoothly with Santana’s set, but only deteriorated from there, as the Hell’s Angels got increasingly drunk. Throughout the day, the Angels would attack anyone who was being problematic (sometimes with sawed-off pool cues and motorcycle chains), although their victims include a guy running around naked and another who was trying to take pictures of the stage. Things only got worse after someone (possibly accidentally) knocked over one of the Angels’ motorcycles. During Jefferson Airplane’s set, Marty Balin jumped into the crowd to stop a fight and was knocked unconscious, and when Paul Kantner sarcastically thanked the Angels, one, Bill Fritsch, took up a microphone and argued with him about it. One woman called a radio show the next day to say that she saw several fistfights break out, and every single one of them involved the Hell’s Angels. When she tried to speak up about it, other people around her told her to keep quiet out of fear of provoking them. Denise Jewkes, lead singer of Ace of Cups and who was SIX MONTHS PREGNANT, got hit in the head by a beer bottle, causing a skull fracture (the Stones later paid for her medical expenses). Stephen Stills was reportedly stabbed in the leg several times by a “stoned-out” Hell’s Angel. When the Rolling Stones flew in, Mick was punched in the face almost the second he got off the helicopter. Things got so bad, that the Grateful Dead basically just said “Fuck it” and got the hell out of dodge. 

Apparently, the only time the crowds calmed down, even a little, was when the Flying Burrito Brothers took the stage. 

It was dark when the Rolling Stones finally took the stage (partly because Bill Wyman missed the first helicopter), and by then, things were only deteriorating further (if such a thing is even possible). Fighting between audience member and Hell’s Angel alike kept breaking out, to the point where Mick stopped the show in a vain attempt to get the crowd to calm down. 

All I can say is, “Too little, too late.”

And still, as the Stones tried to keep performing, the situation only got worse. While Mick was singing “Under My Thumb”, yet another melee broke out, and in the chaos, 18-year-old Meredith Hunter, who had come with his girlfriend Patti Bredehoft and who happened to be high on meth at this very moment, was stabbed to death by 21-year-old Alan Passaro, after apparently brandishing a .22 caliber revolver in the direction of the stage. Passaro was later acquitted of all charges, which I think was a horrible mistake. It’s impossible to know for certain whether Hunter had been trying to defend himself or if he actually intended to shoot Mick Jagger, but what is known is that Hunter’s murder was captured on camera. You can watch the footage, but I must say, it makes for grisly viewing: 

People who were at the scene have since reported that Hunter was in urgent need of medical attention. However, the helicopter pilots who were there refused to take off for any one but the Rolling Stones. EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS CLEARLY A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION. 

Excuse me, I need to take another break to scream to the heavens about why this was allowed....

Needless to say, Hunter died while waiting for an ambulance to come. In addition, two other people were killed in a hit-and-run accident, whilst another drowned under the influence of LSD. Also, four babies were born. 

The next day, the Stones were on a plane back to London. 

In the years since Hunter’s death, no one in either the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, or the Hell’s Angels have taken responsibility for what happened. The Hell’s Angels, the organizers, and the crowds blamed each other for what happened, and the Stones have never really spoken up about it. They’ve never even had the decency of apologizing to Meredith Hunter’s family. 

If you ask me though, I’d say that the fault lies entirely with everyone who organized this whole mess. Somehow, everyone involved was naive and/or stupid enough to try and organize an entire concert in just a few weeks as opposed to months, and the decision to hire the Hell’s Angels as security only exacerbated the ineptitude of everyone involved. 

Let’s face it, none of the organizers were innocent, and no one in the crowd escaped without losing their collective innocence. There’s a damn good reason that this is considered the death knell for the hippie movement, and it’s all in the footage taken that night. 

Sources/Further Reading: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/remembering-meredith-hunter-the-fan-killed-at-altamont-630260/ https://www.ranker.com/list/altamont-free-concert-facts/jen-jeffers https://allthatsinteresting.com/altamont-speedway-free-concert https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-chaos-of-altamont-and-the-murder-of-meredith-hunter Up and Down with the Rolling Stones by Tony Sanchez Life by Keith Richards Altamont by Joel Selvin https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-altamont-festival-brings-the-1960s-to-a-violent-end https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/01/altamont-free-concert-in-1969/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/21/altamont-festival/ https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/07/23/altamont-the-rolling-stones-and-the-death-of-the-sixties-dream/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Meredith_Hunter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_American_Tour_1969 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stones_in_the_Park https://web.archive.org/web/20161116164203/https://theravenreport.com/2016/10/31/rock-and-rolls-worst-day-this-1969-concert-ended-in-death/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-rolling-stones-disaster-at-altamont-let-it-bleed-71299/ http://timeisonourside.com/chron1969.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUlyVSfhgaM

[cactigratitudelove]

Empire State of Mind

Sometimes darkness comes in the form of exhaustion, insomnia and small spaces with low lighting. It comes with being surrounded by thousands daily on your commute and feeling the most alone you've felt in such a long time. 

And by you, I mean, me. 

Small amounts of darkness that trickle through mostly well lit areas. Causing the fear that past depression experiences will take over the transition I am currently in. 

Patience.

I wait. I am strong. I have family, friends, and support. I am loved, missed and wanted. I am appreciated. I am grateful. I am humbled. 

Anxiety, depression, and darkness does not care for gratitude. It thrives on those little chemical thoughts of fear and the lowest part of the struggle. It is the back and forth of guilt and shame. It’s the back and forth of figuring out the difference between the two and thinking I ‘should’ know. 

It’s the knowing that I ‘shouldn't’ use the word ‘should.’

It’s the comparison that kills the creative sparks and joy in being a creative. It’s the realization that I am a cliché. It’s the realization that my lovely little cacti city and home did not prepare me for the culture shock of areas in my own country. It’s trying not to be #yesallmen over #metoo.  I love you B. 

“Woke” on the West Coast is certainly different from “woke” on the East Coast. Race. Religion. Gender. Sex. Diversity. I have so much more to learn. 

Mindful.

Thoughts upon thoughts. Written down on morning pages. The guilt for not doing my morning pages everyday. Satisfaction for when they do get done. The shame over not using the tools I know that I know how to utilize. Gratefulness for when I do use them.

Not good enough. Not authentic enough. Not talented enough. Not woke enough. Not Eco-Friendly enough. Not Mexican enough. Not white enough. Not Political enough. Not active enough. 

Enough. 

Morningside in West Harlem is a gorgeous place to live. Lower East Side is a fun ass place to work. Trains ‘D’ & ‘A’ are the quickest. The ‘1′ train is safer after 2am but takes longer. Did you know pepper spray can only be bought in the city with a license? You can not ship mace to NYC.  

I’m currently on that New York Diet: A third floor walk up, walking commutes, bagel & Lox... oh and coffee. Lots of coffee. No one said it was a healthy diet. 

Pizza rat. It’s a thing. Summer in the subway is truly hell but City Mappers is a god send. Reading on the train helps avoid eye contact with unwanted interactions while also giving time to finally finishing a book for once. “Fuck Politeness!”-MFM. 

Sharing a Lyft with a stranger saves you money and can be the most quiet commute of your life. Brooklyn is the hip and artsy place to be. Gentrification. It’s a thing-Harlem is “Up and Coming.” Astoria is the safest. Chelsea for the galleries. High Art vs. Low Art. Avoid Time Square in every way possible.  A jog in central park. Thoughts of Korey Wise, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, and Raymond Santana. Thoughts of Trisha Meili. Thoughts of those who've jogged these paths before me and the history I have yet to know. 

New York based sitcoms and shows are relatable AF but will never truly capture the heart and soul of the city. AND, one hundred percent, won't tell you the truth about New York apartments and boroughs... Hannah Horvath lied to us all millennial non-New Yorkers. Hashtag white privilege. 

I think Abbi and Ilana speak the closest truth. Maybe. Yass Kweeeen! 

I’d be down for a more diverse New Yorker show... Just sayin.’ 

I’d be down for more diverse shows in general... Also, just sayin’

Beauty. Essex. Delancey. F,M, and J Trains. Champagne brunch. Live saxophones. Go-go dancers. “Any Allergies or any dietary restrictions?” Darwinism? L.E.S. (That's short for Lower East Side-New Yorkers love their acronyms.) “Put a pep in your fucking step!” Being in the weeds at a top restaurant in NYC is no where near being in the weeds at a mom and pop. Family meal is questionable today. And tomorrow. 

“Ryan, are you like my ‘Simone?’” The book Sweet Bitter is relatable in more ways than one. I love my day job. Grateful for sobriety. Grateful for Sobriety in L.E.S. My younger self in NYC would have been a shit show. I was a shit show. There are other people in NYC that are sober! Who’d-a thought! P.S. Sobriety doesn't mean greens are off the table. Why isn't it legal here yet? Progressive much, New York? I love sleep.

Dog walkers are honestly, truly the best sight to see. My heart. It grows. Every time.

“You work hard for the American dream?”

Far Rockaway Beach isn’t really that far. Take the ‘A’ for a quick getaway. "You’re from Jersey City?” Googles: “Where is Jersey City?” Amtrak gets you to New Hampshire in five hours. A five hour work day on the train is sometimes better than two hours in some coffee shops in Manhattan. NH is beautiful in the summer. Cooler. In-person friendship is beautiful for the soul.  Ponds are the size of lakes. I’m from the desert, how am I suppose to know the difference? New England is patriotic As Fuck. Can’t wait to see the fall foliage. Apparently it is definitely a thing.

Rejuvenation.

Note to self: A quick trip out of the city is required for mental hygiene. A dose of nature, occasional hugs, and laughter is highly recommended for future survival in the concrete jungle. 

Hopeful.

My ducks are in a row. My planner is filling up with hope. My hustle is real. Society of Illustrators hasn't changed since my visit in 2015. My personal projects are visualizing, slowly but surely. Asana and Ink & Volt keep me organized. Being vulnerable has helped me start connecting. Connections help motivate. Motivation keeps me creating. But, like, also... Sometimes you just gotta fucking do it. 

Belonging.

Naive at thirty-three. The city has made me see how young I must seem to others. My reactions and the way I think. The experiences I thought gave me a proper age have proven that I still have more to explore. I feel nerdy. I feel out of place. I feel like an outsider. I feel young. I feel like I don’t belong. Sometimes. And then I do. Then I feel at home. 

“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” -Brené Brown

In the moment of loss, I found the way to find self-acceptance, again. It’s a journey. Didn’t they tell you? Transitions are funny that way. They question who you are and why this change was so important even when you thought you already knew all the answers.

Cacti, Love and Gratitude.

Therapy. “Scheduling before shit hits the fan?” Woah, that sounds way too healthy. “But, you’re right. Wednesday session, three weeks from now?” 

I have a day job. I have a roof over my head. I have reactivated the reason I travelled across country to be in a city that tells it like it is and has a lot of rats to race. It’s gonna be almost three months. Apparently, I am right on schedule.

I am the cliché. 

The little light I do have that seeps through the one window in my closet sized room that faces another wall, surprisingly, now gives me hope. This first New Yorker’s apartment with four other roommates has finally shown it’s charm. Or maybe I have lightened up to see what charm it had all along. 

-A

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.” -Brené Brown

[jaydeemedia]

#EN​VIVO 🔥 SUPER CONECTADOS! con Darwin Santana. 🧐🇨🇺

#EN​VIVO 🔥 SUPER CONECTADOS! con Darwin Santana. 🧐🇨🇺

“EL MAQUINAZO. No ofendas a nuestro lider salvador” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzqpSqffEYU –~– super conectados PARTICIPA EN NUESTRA RIFA … source

[adribosch-fan]

Darwin Santana revela filtraciones sobre Lis Cuesta, la esposa de Díaz-Canel

Según el propio Santana, nuevas informaciones sobre la vida de Cuesta Peraza podrían salir a la luz en las próximas semanas Origen: A la seguridad del Estado le preocupa el comportamiento de Lis Cuesta, que podría empañar la imagen de Díaz-Canel. (Captura de pantalla © AMLO -YouTube) En un reciente video de YouTube, el influencer Darwin Santana reveló información polémica sobre Lis Cuesta…

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Barbara Palvin — Frutilla

Belle Delphine — AquaBuyer

Bridget Satterlee — Boo

Camilla Cabello — Patata

Camille Pidoux — Juliette

Camryn Cangas — Samurai

Carmella Rose - flameshh

Candella Gallo — Selket

Cha Eun Woo — Tremor

Christian Hogue — Banana

Christina Nadin — Killerqueen

Charly Jordan - flameshh

Cole Sprouse — snow

Daniel Illescas — Neon

Damian Hardung — Wolf

Damiano David - Chaotic

Davide Vavalà — Jaws

Darwin Gray — Sunflower

Dasha Taran — Remember

Diana Avel — cerise

Dekota Thompson — Caleidoscopio

Deva Cassell — blueberry

Drew Baker — Coca-cola

Dove Cameron — Frambuesa

Eduard Torres — Kid

Ella Cervetto — Bloom

Emilia Mernes — Pokemaniaca

Ergi Bardhollari — Rojita

Ester Expósito — Mermaid

Froy Gutierrez — Sugar

Hailey Bieber — Mía

Hansol Vernon Chwe — tamalito

Havanna Winter — Fairy

Holly Jai — August

Hwang Hyunjin — bubbletea

Ida Zeille — Lou

Isabel Van Gelder — Betty

Isabelle Matthers — Pink

Jacob Elordi — icequeen

Janis Danner — Triangle

Jang Wonyoung - — Papparazzi

Joshua Paine — Waves

Josie Lane — Rueth

Jung Sungchan — Kaiju

Kenan Duman — rhcp

Kendall Jenner — vainilla

Kennedy Walsh — chaotic

Kim Seok-woo (Rowoon) — crocket

Kim Taehyung (V) — WotteoAu

Kristen Hancher — Frutitas

Lalisa Manoban — Animaloide69

Leah Halton — Copito

Lee Dong-hyuk (Haechan) — Kaiju

Lee Min-ho (Lee know) — sugarushrush

Lee Felix — tostadita

Lidia Santana — Antares

Lily Easton — Pimpim

Lily Rowland — sk8terboi

Liza Wdmn — Bloom

Lolalolita — huf

Lorenzo Zurzolo — Sunflower

Loreto Peralta — Red

Louis Darcis — Oblivion

Lucky Blue Smith — Lover

Madison Beer — Abejita

Madisyn Mencha — sweetpea

Mara Lafontan — Maracuyá

Margarida Corceiro — Lou

Maja Kravarusic — Loveme

Marissa Long — Lasso

Matthew Giovanni Laureano — Shibuya

Mark Lee — Vermithor

Millie Leer — Chappell

Michael Yerger — Leviathan

Moritz Hau — Mister

Nailea Devora — Betty

Neels Visser — Awesome

Nicole Wallace — Cheesecake

Nicha Yontararak (Minnie) — Fanta

Niklas Rueth — Tobby

Nils Kuesel — Copito

Ning Yi Zhuo (Ningning) — Disaster

Nolwenn Faijean - loveaffair

Olivia Phillips — Bloom

Omer Nudelman — Arenita

Park Solomon — fairyofshampoo

Paola Cossentino — ivory

Paolo Faccio — Soulmate

Rashan MH — Mar

Rob Knighton — Stinson

Romaneinnc — rorie

Ryan Manick — Leprechaun

Sara Crumbeleg — Maroon

Shawn Mendes — Stargazer

Sienna Schmidt — andy04

Sille Staunstrup — Luna

Sabrina Carpenter - Afterlife

Seray Öztek — Pandita

Song Kang — Hammer

Sydney Melman — Samurai

Stefan Petrov — Nomando

Taylor Hill — Max

Timothée Chalamet — timburton

Tobias Reuter — Tristeza

Vinnie Hacker — Ultimate

Vivian Bernard — Star

Víctor Pérez — Blue

Xavier Serrano — Brilliant

Yael Shelbia — Sunfire

Yoo In —Soo — Baby

Yoo Ji-Min (Karina) — Kaiju

Zane Phillips — Piña

[stellirae]

We welcome these brave new explorers on EXPEDITION: STELLIRAE. 

Darwin Allecker - Addison

Dorothea Arnault - Bel

Enciodas Silverash - Reina

Felix Hugo Fraldarius - Dee

Ganondorf Dragmire - Twin

Gueira - Captain

Lightbringer RamJak “Jack” Silver - Arc

Nero Santana - Lucian

Sanji - Soul

Senset - Box

Wintergreen Hedgerow - KB

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The Midheaven: How You Will Be Remembered

The Midheaven (MC) is commonly thought to describe one’s career path. Although this is a decent indicator of one’s overall path, it can be hard to relate to a specific career so early in one’s life. So, if you don’t relate to your Midheaven like, “Oh, you have a MC in Aries, so you’re probably going to be a police officer, solider, or athlete" then maybe try thinking of the Midheaven as how you will be remembered or what you are generally associated with. (Always trust your dominant sign to describe you the most- *a post similar to this coming soon) ✨No matter what career you decide, you will be remembered by your peers, co-workers, friends, and family by traits from the sign, aspects*, and planets* bestowed upon your 10th House.✨

♈ Aries MC: will be remembered for their courage, boldness, intimidating/unsettling nature, and/or originality. (ex. Stephen King, Meryl Streep, Kanye West, Joan of Arc, Bill Gates, Angelina Jolie, Madalyn Murry O'Hair, Pablo Picasso, Rachel Maddow, Will Smith, Franz Kafka, Tyra Banks, Aleister Crowley, Tina Fey, Francisco de Goya, Julia Roberts, Chris Farley, Joseph Goebbels, Marvin Gaye, Iggy Pop, Kate Moss, Alfred Hitchcock, George Wallace, Hank Williams, Ayn Rand, Rob Zombie, Alexandre Dumas, John Steinbeck, Anne Frank, Twiggy, Jack Black, William Blake, Celine Dion, Galileo Galilei, Al Gore, Emmylou Harris, Las Vegas-Nevada, Manhattan-New York)

♉ Taurus MC: will be remembered for their extravagant style or possessions, their values, and/or “diva” attitude. (ex. Henry VIII, Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, Tina Turner, Pope Francis, Jackie Robinson, Selena Gomez, Drake, Donald Trump, Freddie Mercury, Agatha Christie, Muhammad Ali, Frida Kahlo, O. J. Simpson, Justin Timberlake, Marlene Dietrich, Malala Yousafzai, Christopher Columbus, Michael Bay, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicole Richie, Woody Allen, Marilyn Manson, Maya Angelou, Martin Scorsese, Bernie Madoff, Ringo, Josephine Baker, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sarah Palin, Josh Groban, Chris Brown, Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen, Norway)

♊ Gemini MC: will be remembered for/through words (writing, phrase, acting, thoughts, speech), their cleverness, and/or mental/emotional detachment. (ex. Jean-Jaques Rousseau, Albert Camus, Madonna, J.R.R. Tolkein, Donna Summer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Chelsea Handler, Alex Trebek, Kurt Cobain, Julie Andrews, Oscar Wilde, Jay-Z, Richard Nixon, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Tom Hanks, Kris Jenner, Walt Disney, Miss Cleo, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Hugh Hefner, Lizzie Borden, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Kathy Bates, Winston Churchill, Melissa Ethridge, Ernest Hemingway, Margaret Mitchell, Paul Simon, Greece, Tokyo-Japan)

♋ Cancer MC: will be remembered for their emotional impact, sensitivity, and/or parental care/control. (ex. Beyoncé, Matamha Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Venus Williams, Britney Spears, Arthur Rimbaud, Elizabeth Warren, Denzel Washington, Jeffery Dahmer, Sun Yet-sen, Bob Hope, Stevie Wonder, Anderson Cooper, Cat Stevens, Anna Nicole Smith, Joe Jonas, Rock Hudson, Alice Cooper, Woodrow Wilson, Barbara Walters, T. S. Elliot, Coretta Scott King, Albert Schweitzer, Ted Cruz, Monica Lewinsky, H.P. Lovecraft, Anaïs Nin, Katie Couric, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Carole King, Neil Diamond, Harper Lee, Giacomo Puccini, Sidney Poitier, September 11 attacks, United Kingdom)

♌ Leo MC: will be remembered for their theatrics, arrogance/vanity, power, and/or regality. (ex. Grace Kelly, Prince, Isaac Newton, Adolf Hitler, Katy Perry, Charlie Chaplin, Aretha Franklin, Sigmund Freud, Jacqueline Onassis-Kennedy, Stanley Kubrick, Courtney Love, Mark Twain, Chaka Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte, Kathy Griffin, Jim Carrey, Alfred Nobel, Eric Clapton, Annie Oakley, Martha Stewart, Divine, Louis Pasteur, Robin Williams, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Chuck Berry, Vladimir Putin, Clint Eastwood, Missy Elliot, Frank Sinatra, Mel B, Edgar Allan Poe, Los Angeles-CA)

♍ Virgo MC: will be remembered for their scandals/controversy, never-ending toil, physicality/health and/or attention to detail. (ex. Hillary Clinton, Bruce Lee, Kim Kardashian, Ellen DeGeneres, Brad Pitt, Nelson Mandela, Bette Davis, Justin Bieber, Elvis Presley, Erykah Badu, Jimmy Page, Eartha Kitt, Leonardo de Vinci, Bob Marley, Joan Crawford, Margaret Thatcher, Eminem, Friedrich Nietzsche, David Lynch, Chaz Bono, Marlon Brando, Björk, Ozzy Osborne, Emily Brontë, Bernie Sanders, Georgia O'Keeffe, Diana Ross, Kahlil Gibran, Russia, United States)

♎ Libra MC: will be remembered for their inner/outer beauty, adaptability, and/or desire for or appearance of stability. (ex. Elton John, Jane Goodall, Malcolm X, Coco Channel, Kylie Jenner, Ronald Reagan, Princess Diana, Michelangelo, Oprah Winfrey, Bob Dylan, Winona Ryder, Jimi Hendrix, Mother Teresa, Elizabeth Taylor, Cristiano Ronaldo, Angela Merkel, Tom Brokaw, Alan Watts, Charles Darwin, Brigitte Bardot, Patti Smith, Chuck Norris, Linda Lovelace, Ray Charles, Lionel Messi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lewis Carroll, Noam Chomsky, Lucille Ball, Venice-Italy)

♏ Scorpio MC: will be remembered for their physical attractiveness, taboo activities/topics, and/or natural talent. (ex. James Joyce, Billie Holiday, Taylor Swift, Barack Obama, Carrie Fisher, Jim Morrison, Selena, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Queen Elizabeth II, Ariana Grande, Marie Curie, Anthony Hopkins, René Descartes, Nina Simone, Willem Dafoe, Paul Newman, Mariska Hargitay, Thomas Jefferson, Ray Bradbury, Joseph Stalin, Larry King, Duke Ellington, Joan Jett, Buddy Holly, Megan Fox, Johnny Knoxville, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gwen Stefani, Francis Ford Coppola, Sophia Loren, Marcus Aurelius, China)

♐ Sagittarius MC: will be remembered for their joviality​, reckless/wild free spirit, sense of humor, and/or philosophy/spirituality. (ex. Al Capone, Deepok Chopra, Shia LaBeouf, Audrey Hepburn, Harvey Milk, Johnny Cash, David Bowie, Bettie Page, Pablo Neruda, J. K. Rowling, Christina Aguilera, Michael Jackson, Henry David Thoreau, Adele, Janis Joplin, Maximilien Robespierre​, Ellen Pompeo, Whitney Houston, Paul McCartney, Evel Knievel, Bruno Mars, Jimmy Fallon, Peggy Lipton, Karl Marx, George Takei, Ryan Gosling, Whoopi Goldberg, Vincent Price, Rio de Janeiro-Brazil)

♑ Capricorn MC: will be remembered for their accomplishments/legacy, conquering of odds, and/or persistence. (ex. Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington, Rihanna, Isadora Duncan, Benjamin Franklin, James Dean, Nikola Tesla, John D. Rockefeller, Serena Williams, Joan Baez, Snoop Dogg, Alexander the Great, Barbara Streisand, Ron Howard, Stevie Nicks, Bette Midler, Joan Rivers, Immanuel Kant, Queen Latifah, Johann Sebastian Bach, Walt Whitman, Che Guevara, Liza Minnelli, Amelia Earhart, Mariah Carey, John Lennon, George Lucas, Donatella Versace, Louis Armstrong, Pakistan)

♒ Aquarius MC: will be remembered for their rebellious nature, involvement in a social organization/group​, and/or unpredictability. (ex. Miley Cyrus, Tim Burton, Voltaire, Mick Jagger, Carl Sagan, Rita Hayworth, Neil Armstrong, Amy Winehouse, Pamela Anderson, Carlos Santana, Edward Snowden, Leo Tolstoy, Mae West, Orson Welles, Charlie Sheen, Eva Peron, Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Johann Kepler, Suddam Hussein, Ruby Rose, Gerard Way, Helen Mirren, Howard Stern, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Shelley, George R. R. Martin, Kristen Stewart, Jean Piaget, Ronda Rousey, Willow Smith, Florida, India)

♓ Pisces MC: will be remembered for their delusional optimism, supernatural success, and/or they are often idolized. (ex. Vincent Van Gogh, Albert Einstein, Irene Cara, Cher, Salvador Dalí, William Shakespeare, Edie Sedgwick, Fidel Castro, Lady Gaga, Dalai Lama XIV, Steven Spielberg, George Michael, Marie Antoinette, RuPaul, Judy Garland, Michael Phelps, Sally Ride, John Cena, William Faulkner, Victoria Beckham, Lee Harvey Oswald, Douglas Adams, Jean Renoir, Buzz Aldrin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Farrah Fawcett, Osama bin Laden, Sam Cooke, Michael Jordan, Switzerland, North Korea)

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Belford Roxo recebe espetáculo ‘Que Lixo é Lixo?’

O Ministério da Cultura e o Instituto CCR, por meio da Lei Rouanet, levam a 19 cidades do interior dos estados de São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro os dois novos espetáculos do projeto BuZum!: Mamulengo e Que lixo é lixo?. A itinerância da companhia de teatro de bonecos sobre rodas que já percorreu mais de 300 mil quilômetros por todo o Brasil levando a magia do palco para alunos de escolas públicas acontece entre 11 de setembro e 17 de novembro e tem patrocínio da CCR NovaDutra.  Em Belford Roxo, o BuZum! apresenta o espetáculo Que Lixo é Lixo? nos dias 7 e 8 de novembro, em frente ao CIEP Ministro Gustavo Capanema.

No total, serão encenadas 182 sessões de Mamulengo e 84 sessões de Que lixo é lixo?, totalizando 266 sessões gratuitas em 19 cidades paulistas e fluminenses. O projeto é apresentado pelo Ministério da Cultura e Instituto CCR (entidade privada sem fins lucrativos, criada em 2014 para estruturar a gestão de projetos sociais, culturais, ambientais e esportivos apoiados há mais de dez anos pela empresa, por meio das concessionárias do Grupo CCR) e patrocinado pela CCR NovaDutra, concessionária responsável pela gestão de 402 quilômetros da Rodovia Presidente Dutra.

Que lixo é lixo?

Concebido por Beto Andreetta e Mari Gutierrez, o espetáculo Que lixo é lixo? tem direção de Wanderley Piras. Com objetos cênicos desenvolvidos a partir de embalagens descartáveis como caixas de leite, garrafas pet e latas de alumínio, a peça mostra as consequências do consumo exagerado de produtos e do descarte incorreto de resíduos. O enredo envolve dois astronautas que, durante uma viagem espacial, percebem que nosso planeta está sufocado com o lixo gerado pelo homem. Ao retornarem à Terra, os astronautas contam às crianças os estragos causados pelo lixo, ressaltando, de forma lúdica e divertida, a importância de reutilizar e reciclar o que chamamos de ‘lixo’.

Itinerância de Mamulengo e Que lixo é lixo? pelos estados de São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro

De 11 de setembro a 23 de outubro, o BuZum! leva o espetáculo Mamulengo para alunos da rede pública de ensino das cidades de Arujá, Santa Isabel, Guararema, Pindamonhangaba, Roseira, Aparecida, Guaratinguetá, Cachoeira Paulista, Cruzeiro, Silveiras, Lavrinhas, Queluz e Resende. Entre 30 de outubro e 17 de novembro, os municípios do Rio de Janeiro, São João de Meriti, Belford Roxo, Piraí, Pinheiral e Itatiaia recebem o espetáculo Que lixo é lixo?.

BuZum! 7 anos

Em setembro de 2017, o BuZum! completou sete anos de existência com números expressivos e motivos de sobra para comemorar: são 300 mil quilômetrosrodados para realizar 9 mil apresentações a aproximadamente meio milhão de pessoas em 1.000 escolas públicas de 250 cidades em nove estados brasileiros (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Maranhão, Espírito Santo, Rio Grande do Sul e Mato Grosso do Sul), além de Porto Suarez, na Bolívia.

Educação

Quando o BuZum! estaciona em frente a uma escola ou instituição, as peças em cartaz  levam também ensinamentos que podem ser utilizados pelos professores em sala de aula. Para isso, foi desenvolvido pelo BuZum!, em parceria com o Instituto Saberes, o Livro do Professor, um material pedagógico entregue a cada professor após assistirem aos espetáculos. Com o apoio do material pedagógico, os professores conseguem relacionar o assunto abordado na peça à matéria lecionada em sala de aula – em disciplinas como português, história, geografia e matemática – expandindo, assim, os conhecimentos do aluno por meio de charadas, brincadeiras, curiosidades e dicas literárias. O objetivo é instigar a curiosidade das crianças antes mesmo das apresentações e mantê-la após a passagem do BuZum!. As crianças presentes na plateia recebem um Teatro de Papel com personagens para montar, um brinde que lhes permite experimentar uma vivência teatral completa ao reproduzir ou criar um roteiro, construir os personagens e encenar suas peças; e o gibi BuZum! em Quadrinhos, que traz o enredo de espetáculos do projeto no divertido formato de história em quadrinhos.

Repertório O repertório da companhia tem 10 peças criadas especialmente para o público infanto-juvenil, considerando as estreias de 2017. São elas: Darwin BR; sobre a passagem do naturalista inglês Charles Darwin pelo Brasil; Filhotes do Brasil, obra ambientada na Amazônia que trata da relação entre pais e filhos; Mundo Português, uma bem humorada viagem pelo universo da língua portuguesa pela Ásia, África e América do Sul; O Mundo é uma Bola, espetáculo criado às vésperas da Copa do Mundo que conta a história do futebol desde sua origem; 13 Gotas, sobre um dos principais temas da atualidade: a importância da água; Máquinas, sobre a história dos meios de transporte; Energia, sobre as diferentes fontes de energia. O BuZum! também tem um espetáculo para adolescentes chamado Intolerância, que levanta questões sobre preconceitos no ambiente escolar, que têm se tornado rotineiros no cotidiano dos jovens. Em 2017, a companhia estreia Mamulengo e Que lixo é lixo?.

Prêmios

Em 2016, o BuZum! recebeu o Prêmio Governador do Estado para Cultura, na categoria Arte para Crianças – Voto Popular. Em 2014, a companhia foi contemplada com o prêmio de Melhor Produção e Melhor Autor de Texto Original no 1º Prêmio São Paulo de Incentivo ao Teatro Infantil e Jovem (ex-Prêmio Femsa).

Sobre o Instituto CCR

O Grupo CCR criou em 2014 o Instituto CCR, entidade privada, sem fins lucrativos, para estruturar a gestão de projetos sociais, culturais, ambientais e esportivos apoiados há mais de dez anos pela empresa.  O Instituto CCR vai otimizar a utilização de recursos próprios da companhia e oriundos de leis de incentivo em projetos estruturados em quatro áreas: Saúde e Qualidade de Vida; Educação e Cidadania; Cultura e Esporte; Meio Ambiente e Segurança Viária. O Grupo CCR apoia o desenvolvimento sustentável, socioeconômico e cultural nas regiões onde atua, com a experiência de ter levado mais de 500 projetos para 120 cidades que, desde 2003, já beneficiaram 7 milhões de pessoas com investimento de R$ 185 milhões em projetos estruturados.

FICHA TÉCNICA “Que lixo é lixo?”

Concepção e texto_ Beto Andreetta e Mari Gutierrez

Direção_ Wanderley Piras

Elenco_ Alessandra Siqueyra, Dinho Weller, Geovana Oliveira, Joyce Souza, Kelly Guidotti, Lívia Simardi, Nilton Marques, Nina Rocha, ​ Rafael Souza e Tita Azevedo.

Trilha sonora_ César Maluf

Criação e confecção de bonecos e cenário_ Ercila Batista, Fabio Cruz, Juciê Batista e Ilimitada Design

Direção de produção_ Mari Gutierrez

Coordenação de produção_ Aldo Andreetta

Produção executiva_ Fabíola Gonçales e Juliana Christão

Produção de campo_ Akira Martins, Eduardo Paiva, Leonardo Brandão e Thiago Catelani  

Design gráfico_ Sato do Brasil e Murilo Thaveira> casadalapa

Fotos_ Milene Milan

Técnicos de som e luz_ Alan Ferreira , Cristiano Santana, Henrique Hertzel

Motoristas_ José Valério, Luís Carlos da Costa, Renner Santos  

Direção administrativa_ Jackson Iris

Assistente financeiro_ Glaucia Souza

Assessoria de imprensa_ Buriti Comunicação

Realização_ BuZum!

Serviço: BuZum! apresenta ‘Que lixo é lixo? no estado do Rio de Janeiro’:

RIO DE JANEIRO – 30 e 31 de outubro

SÃO JOÃO DE MERITI - 01 e 06 de novembro

BELFORD ROXO

Dias 07 e 08 de novembro, terça e quarta-feira

CIEP Ministro Gustavo Capanema

Rua Itaipu, S/N Nova Aurora

Horários das sessões: 9h | 9h40 | 10h20 | 11h | 13h30 | 14h10 | 14h50

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The Truth About Electric Eels Has Long Been Overlooked

I’m shocked, shocked, I tell you.

ED YONG

SEP 10, 2019 

Indigenous people in Venezuela called it arimna, or “something that deprives you of motion.” Early European naturalists referred to it as the “numb-eel.” And for 250 years, since it was first given a Latin name, Western scientists have known it as Electrophorus electricus, the electric eel, the sole member of its genus, the first and only of its name.

Throughout the animal’s storied history—as Alessandro Volta designed the first synthetic battery based on its body, as Alexander von Humboldt collected it by driving horses into eel-infested pools, as a young Charles Darwin dissected the creature aboard the HMS Beagle, as the physicist Michael Faraday placed his bare hands on it in his quest to understand electricity, and as modern researchers carried out an array of studies to show just how amazing (and sinister) its abilities are—Electrophorus electricus has always been regarded as a single species. The electric eel.

Carlos David de Santana, a Brazilian researcher at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, thinks differently. By comparing 107 specimens pulled from museum drawers and the Amazon basin, he and his team of mostly Brazilian scientists have found that the infamous electric eel is actually three distinct species.

There are dozens of different ways of defining a species, and none are universally accepted. That said, de Santana says that his team “used many lines of evidence to prove that there’s more than one electric eel species.” This trinity differs not only in physique, but also in genetics, habitat, and electric power. Tellingly, the eels’ DNA suggests that they last shared a common ancestor 7 million years ago, which means that they started to diverge well before brown bears and polar bears, lions and tigers, and even humans and chimpanzees.

One of the trio retains the original name Electrophorus electricus, and de Santana now calls it Linnaeus’s electric eel, after the legendary Swedish taxonomist who classified it. The two others are now Volta’s electric eel (Electrophorus voltai), after the Italian physicist who built a battery based on the animal, and Vari’s electric eel (Electrophorus varii), after Richard Peter Vari, a famous ichthyologist who was part of de Santana’s team until his death in 2016. (Most of the eels used in previous research are likely to be Vari’s eels, since they’re the only species from Peru, the only country from which these animals can be legally exported.)

“These findings do not surprise me,” says Graciela Unguez from New Mexico State University. As researchers sample electric fishes from more parts of South America, she adds, they’re almost bound to find that currently known species harbor more diversity than people suspected.

The same goes for unusual animals whose outward distinctiveness can mask subtler differences that become clear only through genetic analyses. Such studies have shown that there are likely four distinct species of giraffe, three species of mola mola, and two species of African elephants. “We sort of lump the weirdos together,” says Prosanta Chakrabarty from Louisiana State University. “Oh, obviously, this thing is that thing, and no one looks more carefully. We all thought that an electric eel is an electric eel.”

Contrary to appearances, they’re not even eels. They’re knife fishes—a group of mostly small, gill-breathing species that have flattened bodies and that produce weak electric fields for navigation and communication. The misnamed eels buck all these trends—weirdos, even within their own family. They breathe by rising to the surface and gulping air, which makes them one of the only fish that you can drown. Their thick, cylindrical, meaty bodies can reach seven feet in length. And the electric organs that make up 80 percent of that length can produce shocks that are strong enough to incapacitate a human or a horse.  

Collecting these animals from the wild, as de Santana did, is not easy. “I do it by myself, or with the help of really experienced fishermen,” he says. “I don’t allow students to do it. It’s never safe.” Even if he wears rubber gloves, the sweat that builds up inside them eventually links up with the water outside them, creating a continuous conductive layer. Bottom line: You can’t collect electric eels without suffering shocks, which de Santana compares to getting hit with a Taser. It’s even worse in the dry season, when more than 10 individuals can occupy a single stream. “When one starts to discharge, the others do too,” says de Santana. “You just get used to it. You do what you have to do.”

Once the samples were in, the team focused on 10 important genes. Immediately they saw that the eels clustered into three distinct groups, with very little genetic variation within each one, but substantial genetic differences between them. In one key gene, for example, the three species differ by 6 to 10 percent of their DNA, but individuals within each species differ by 0.3 percent at most.

Looking closely, the team realized that there are physical differences among these three species—not in obvious features such as size or color, but in subtler ones, like the flatness of their heads, or the number of pressure-sensitive pores on their flanks. With experience, de Santana can now tell the three species apart by eye.

In the wild, it’s even easier: The three eels live in different habitats, which might explain why they’re distinct. About 7 million years ago, some ancestral electric eel split into two populations. Vari’s eel lives in lowland floodplains, whose waters are usually murky, muddy, and oxygen-deprived. The two others live in highland rivers, where water is fast-flowing, well oxygenated, and clear. Though they share the same environment, their ranges don’t overlap: Linnaeus’s eel is restricted to northern Amazonia, while Volta’s eel lives in the south.

What separated them? Most likely, the Amazon River itself. Around 9 million years ago, after eons of flowing westward, the mighty river started reversing its course. Its modern eastward flow became entrenched around 2.5 million years ago—exactly when Volta’s and Linnaeus’s eel split into distinct species.

These different habitats have likely influenced the animals’ use of electricity. Clear water contains fewer dissolved minerals than muddy water, and is worse at conducting current. So to stun their prey, Volta’s and Linnaeus’s eels either need to get closer than Vari’s eel does or release stronger shocks. Volta’s eel certainly does the latter: De Santana’s team found that it can discharge up to 860 volts. That’s far higher than the 650 volts commonly cited for electric eels, and beyond the abilities of any other electric fish.

The three species might also behave differently. It’s commonly said that electric eels are solitary hunters that use electricity to locate prey in murky water, but de Santana’s team has evidence that the two clear-water species live in groups and hunt collectively.

These discoveries, made largely in Brazil and by Brazilian scientists, come at a difficult time for the nation’s researchers. The National Museum in Rio de Janeiro—the largest natural-history museum in Latin America—was gutted by a fire last year, destroying millions of priceless specimens in a preventable tragedy caused by inadequate funding.

The electric eels’ wild habitat is also on fire. About 40,000 blazes have swept through the Brazilian Amazon this year—an 80 percent rise from last year. Most of these were deliberately ignited to make way for agriculture by burning out forested lands, and the indigenous communities living there. That arson has been tacitly encouraged by Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to undermine protections for the Amazon, open it up for economic development, and wrest control of land from indigenous groups. “It’s a really bad situation,” says de Santana, who is Brazilian himself. “I go to the Amazon twice a year. From what I’ve seen, I’d say that in 50 years’ time, we’ll only have fragments of what we have today.”

The electric eels should serve as reminders of what could be lost as the Amazon shrivels and smolders. “They’re eye-catching animals that have been known for 250 years, and that live in one of the Earth’s biodiversity hot spots,” says de Santana. “If you can find new species like that, what else could you find there?”

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BOXING

2019 Boxing Schedule: date, time, odds, live stream August 23 - Vladimir Shishkin v DeAndre Ware - on Showtime Main Event: Vladimir Shishkin vs. DeAndre Ware, super middleweight, Scheduled 12 Rounds Friday, August 23, 2019 at 10:00pm ET, on Showtime Venue: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA. Co-feature: Shohjahon Ergashev vs. Abdiel Ramirez, junior welterweights, 10 rounds, Jaron "Boots" Ennis vs. Franklin Mamani, junior middleweights, 10 rounds, Arnold Khegai vs. Vladimir Tikhonov, junior featherweights, 8 rounds, Brandun Lee vs. Francisco Medel, welterweights, 6 rounds.

August 24 - Brandon Figueroa vs. Javier Nicolas Chacon - FS1 Main Event: Brandon Figueroa vs. Javier Nicolas Chacon interim World Boxing Association World Super Bantamweight Title, Scheduled 12RDS Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 8:00pm ET, on Fox Sports 1 Venue: Bert Ogden Arena, Edinburg, Texas, USA. Co-feature: Jaime Arboleda vs. Victor Betancourt, junior lightweights, 10 rounds, Stephen Fulton Jr. vs. Isaac Avelar, junior featherweights, 12 rounds, Darwin Price vs. Aaron Herrera, junior welterweights, 10 rounds, Angel Alejandro vs. Eric Martinez, featherweights, 6 rounds, Arnold Alejandro vs. Kevin Hoskins, lightweights, 8 rounds, Dimas De leon vs. Roberto Pucheta, bantamweights, 6 rounds, Nelson Hampton vs. Jesus Arevalo, junior lightweights, 6 rounds, Damien Vazquez vs. Josue Morales, bantamweights, 6 rounds.

August 24 - Sergey Kovalev vs. Anthony Yarde - on ESPN+ Main Event: Sergey Kovalev vs. Anthony Yarde World Boxing Organisation World Light Heavy Title, Scheduled 12RDS Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 12:30pm ET/9:30pm PT, on ESPN+ Venue: Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia. Co-feature: Ilunga Makabu vs. Aleksei Papin, World Boxing Council Silver Cruiserweight Title, Scheduled 12RDS, Andrey Sirotkin vs. Azizbek Abdugofurov, super middleweights, 12 rounds, Evgeny Romanov vs. Dario German Balmaceda, heavyweights, 10 rounds, Meiirim Nursultanov vs. Artur Osipiv, middleweights, 10 rounds, Eduard Skavynskyi vs. Idd Pialari, welterweights, 10 rounds, Akzhol Sulaimanbek Uulu vs. Milner Marcano, junior lightweights, 10 rounds, Erzhan Turgumbekov vs. Heorhii Lashko, junior lightweights, 10 rounds.

August 24 - Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Dewayne Beamon - on DAZN Main Event: Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Dewayne Beamon World Boxing Council World Super Flyweight Title, Scheduled 12RDS Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 12:30pm ET/9:30pm PT, on DAZN Venue: Centro de Usos Multiples, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Co-feature: Filip Hrgovic vs. Mario Heredia, heavyweights, 10 rounds, Liam Smith vs. Mario Alberto Lozano, junior middleweights, 10 rounds, Jono Carroll vs. Eleazar Valenzuela, junior lightweights, 10 rounds.

August 31 - Caleb Truax vs Peter Quillin - on FOX Main Event: Caleb Truax vs. Peter Quillin, super middleweight, Scheduled 12RDS, Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT, on FOX, Venue: Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. co-feature: Erislandy Lara vs. Ramon Alvarez, super welterweight, Scheduled 12RDS.

August 31 - Vasyl Lomachenko vs Luke Campbell - on ESPN+ Main Event: Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell, WBA WBC WBO World Lightweight Title, Scheduled 12RDS, Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 5:00pm ET/2:00pm PT, on ESPN+, Venue: O2 Arena, Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. Alexander Povetkin vs. Hughie Fury, heavyweight, Scheduled 12RDS. Joe Cordina vs. Gavin Gwynne, BBBofC British Lightweight Title, Scheduled 12RDS.

August 31 - Erislandy Lara vs. Ramon Alvarez - on FOX Main Event: Erislandy Lara vs. Ramon Alvarez, WBA Super Welterweight title, Scheduled 12RDS, Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT, on FOX, Venue: Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Co-feature: Francisco Santana vs. Anthony Lenk, junior middleweights, 10 rounds, Reymart Gaballo vs. Francisco Pedroza, bantamweights, 10 rounds, Duke Micah vs. Gilberto Mendoza, bantamweights, 10 rounds, Kyrone Davis vs. Alexis Gaytan, junior middleweights, 8 rounds, Alejandro Guerrero vs. Tyrone Luckey, lightweights, 8 rounds, Sebastian Fundora vs. Jamontay Clark, junior middleweights, 8 rounds, Shawn Simpson vs. Samuel Gutierrez, bantamweights, 8 rounds, Money Powel IV vs. Vaughn Alexander, super middleweights, 8 rounds.

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