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How Many Have You Read?

1 The Red and the Black - Stendhal 2 Penguin Island - Anatole France 3 Main Street - Sinclair Lewis 4 Babbitt - Sinclair Lewis 5 Absalom, Absalom! - Wm. Faulkner 6 As I Lay Dying - Wm. Faulkner 7 The Sound and the Fury - Wm. Faulkner 8 The Divine Comedy - Dante 9 The Aeneid - Virgil 10 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich -  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 11 We -  Yevgeny Zamyatin 12 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 13 1984 - George Orwell 14 Mother Night -  Kurt Vonnegut 15 Fearless -  Eric Blehm 16 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo 17 The Idiot -  Fyodor Dostoyevsky 18 The Brothers Karamazov-  Fyodor Dostoyevsky 19 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 20 The Bible - God 21 Dead Souls - Gogol 22 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 23 East of Eden - John Steinbeck 24 Canterbury Tales - Chaucer 25 The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkein 26 Plague Dogs - Richard Adams 27 Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens 28 Bleak House - Charles Dickens 29 The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper 30 The Deerslayer - James Fenimore Cooper 31 Of Human Bondage - W. Somerset Maugham 32 Black Beauty -  Anna Sewell 33 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin 34 The City of God - Augustine 35 The Gulag Archipelago -  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 36 Don Quixote -  Miguel de Cervantes 37 Bonhoeffer -  Eric Metaxas 38 The Federalist Papers -  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay 39 Common Sense - Thomas Payne 40 The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - Wm. L. Shirer 41 Macbeth - Shakespeare 42 Hamlet - Shakespeare 43 Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 44 The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck 45 The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells 46 The Invisible Man - H. G. Wells 47 The Time Machine - H. G. Wells 48 Lenore, or the Raven by E. A. Poe 49  The Fall of the House of Usher - E. A. Poe 50 A Descent into the Maelström - E. A. Poe 51 The Masque of the Red Death - E. A. Poe 52 Giants in the Earth -  Ole Edvart Rolvaag 53 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad 54 Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson 55 Paradise Lost - John Milton 56 Faust - Goethe 57 The Red badge of Courage - Stephen Crane 58 Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Stephen Crane 59 The Jungle - Upton Sinclair 60  Germinal by Emile Zola 61 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 62 The Book of the Just by Eric Silver 63 The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang 64 The Wave by Todd Strasser 65 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 66 The Republic of Plato 67 Rolling Pennies in the Dark by MacKinnon 68 Witness by Whitaker Chambers 69 Foxe Voices of the Martyrs 70 The Ugly American by Lederer and Burdick 71 In His Steps by Charles Sheldon 72 The Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberley 73 Democracy in America By Alexis de Tocqueville 74 Aesop’s Fables 75 The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffeert 76 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 77 The Call of the Wild by Jack London 78  Moby Dick by Herman Melville 79 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 80 The Iliad by Homer 81 The Odyssey by Homer 82 Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 83 Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev 84 You can’t Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe 85 The Red Badge of Courage  by Stephen Crane 86 The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet 87 The Diary of a Madman by Gogol 88 The Crucible by Arthur Miller 89 Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad 90 The Turn of the Screw and Daisy Miller by Henry James 91 Mutiny on the Bounty by Nordhoff and Hall 92 War and Peace by Tolstoy 93 The Octopus by Frank Norris 94 All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque 95 Animal Farm by George Orwell 96 To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino 97 Dresden 1945: The Devil’s Tinderbox by Alexander McKee 98 The Ox Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark 99 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 100 A journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 101 The Year of the Rat - by Mladin Zarubica

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America’s mainstream economists have contended for nearly a century that a singular, market-related disruption on Wall Street ushered in what they call the worst U.S.-based financial crisis of all time. The stock market crash, which occurred on October 29, 1929, is often blamed for the nation’s subsequent Great Depression economic crisis, which went on for numerous years afterward. A September 2020 report published by Business Insider outlined the years-long impact that the Great Depression had on mainstream America. “Industrial production fell by nearly 47% and gross domestic production (GDP) declined by 30%. Almost half of US banks collapsed, stock shares traded at a third of their previous value, and nearly one-quarter of the population was jobless — at a time when unemployment insurance didn’t exist,” reads Business Insider’s report by economist Ann Field. However, as the age-old, race-based American analogy goes: “When whites catch a cold, blacks come down with the flu.” This analogous take on reality definitely rings true when it comes to the race-based realities, which have underpinned how different ethnic groups in America have fared financially during the nation’s good and bad economic times throughout history. Germinal G. Van, a West African-born political scientist, wrote a compelling report, which focused squarely on Black America’s experience during what mainstream economists call the worst U.S.-based financial crisis of all time. Van’s report is titled The Economic Condition of African-Americans During the Great Depression (1929-1941). In his scientific analysis, Van dissects the U.S. unemployment rate along racial lines during the first half of the 20th century. However, employment from any source other than a family-owned business is not a factor in wealth determination or preservation. Van digs deeper by pointing out the plights of black sharecroppers and America’s systemic and race-based disparities in land ownership. “The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) offered white landowners cash for leaving their fields fallow, which they happily accepted; they, however, did not pass on their government checks to the black sharecroppers. https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-K-j3llW1/?igshid=bvecvr2hqmmd

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Gluten: Eat it or Leave it?

Gluten has been in the human diet for thousands of years, yet remains one of the most confusing and frustrating dietary topics in modern nutrition. Should you eat it or avoid it? Is a “gluten-free” diet really better for you or is it just the latest diet fad? Well, that depends….and this is what I’ll discuss today.

 What is gluten?

Gluten is the name of the storage proteins found in the seeds (grains) of grass, and there are over 1,000 sub-fractions which have been identified. Yes, all grains contain gluten, because these proteins, along with starch in the endosperm, are necessary to help nourish a germinating seed.

 And yet, only one sub-fraction of gluten, alpha-gliadin, is considered to be gluten when it comes to identifying the gluten-containing grains in the US. By this definition, only wheat, barley, rye, spelt, and triticale are on the list.

 But this is incomplete. Other sub-fractions of gluten are found in oats, rice, corn, and millet, but since they don’t contain alpha-gliadin, they are not on the list of gluten containing grains. This is not scientifically sound and misleads consumers.

 What does the “gluten-free” label really mean?

The “gluten-free” label is an interesting label. Although there are over 1,000 sub-fractions of gluten, only one sub-fraction matters in the current regulations – alpha-gliadin. When it comes to labeling, only items which DO NOT contain wheat, barley, rye, spelt, and triticale will carry the “gluten-free” label.

 However, knowing that gluten includes many other proteins in many other grains, a more accurate description of the current “gluten-free” label would be “alpha-gliadin-free”. It is worth discussing the idea of labeling products as “grain-free” vs. “gluten-free”, since the definition of “gluten-free” remains limited.

 Why does gluten in the diet matter?

Gluten is a protein, so it can elicit an immune response in the body, and this can have serious consequences on our health. It depends on genetic, environmental, and lifestyle components for each individual, but it is estimated that up to a third of the population has some sort of negative response to gluten. Consuming gluten may not be in your best interest for general health and may even be life threatening. Having an accurate understanding of how you react to gluten is important for protecting health.

 How do I know if gluten might be a problem?

If gluten is a problem for you, it is defined as either an allergy or a sensitivity. There are four categories of gluten reactions:

 1.     Allergy

2.     Celiac Disease

3.     Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity

4.     Non-immune malabsorption Syndrome

 The first category is a traditional allergy to wheat. This is determined by a blood test or the traditional allergy skin prick, developed in the 1950’s. A traditional allergy to wheat will trigger a histamine immune response known as IgE and is easily detected. This is similar to a peanut allergy.

 The other three categories are not allergies because they will not elicit an IgE response. Instead, other immune responses occur, including antibody production, and may involve IgA(lungs and intestine), IgG (systemic), and IgM (initial) responses. These are known as gluten sensitivities and are the major source of gluten-related disorders.

 The most familiar category of gluten sensitivity is specific to the intestinal tract and the alpha-gliadin sub-fraction. This is known as Celiac disease, a life threatening autoimmune disorder. This can produce bloating, abdominal pain, irritable bowel, weight gain, malabsorption of nutrients, intestinal lesions, villous atrophy, and internal bleeding. It is generally diagnosed by the presence of antibodies to alpha-gliadin and a positive test for transglutaminase 2 (IgG). But sometimes Celiac is so subtle in its course that it isn’t correctly diagnosed until there is extensive and irreversible damage to the intestinal tract and other organs, including the liver, brain, and thyroid.  It has been shown that it can take up to eleven years to receive a correct diagnosis.1,2

 Why the difficulty? Because gluten sensitivity isn’t reliably specific to alpha-gliadin IgG test. Some Celiac patients will never test positive for antibodies to alpha-gliadin using the IgG fraction, yet their intestines will exhibit the end stage damage seen in those with antibodies to alpha-gliadin. They know they feel better when not consuming gluten, but their blood work testing for IgG responses doesn’t indicate a problem.

 Despite the possibility of no IgG antibodies, alpha-gliadin reaction is clearly the “gateway” to understanding gluten sensitivity, as it is the most likely to be identified based on current laboratory testing. As more research is conducted, though, we are learning that people who tend to react to the alpha-gliadin commonly also react to the other sub-fractions of gluten at some level. And this creates inflammation not only in the gut but also outside of the gut, begging a deeper understanding of gluten sensitivity and other immune responses.

 Gluten sensitivity really is an autoimmune disease with diverse manifestations, meaning it may produce symptoms outside of the intestinal tract.3 And this brings us to the next type of reaction: Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity. It can manifest as joint pain, arthritis, brain fog, ataxia, neuropathy, headaches (migraines), depression, eczema, skin rashes, carpel tunnel, Hashimoto’s thyroid disease, Schizophrenia, anxiety, ADHD, autism, hair loss, weakened vessel walls, and liver cirrhosis.3-13 Symptoms that manifest outside of the intestinal tract have been less likely to be recognized and diagnosed as being related to gluten since they may produce responses with IgA and IgM as opposed to IgG, and patients can suffer for years before understanding the role of gluten in producing these inflammatory responses and problems.

 The last type of sensitivity is identified as Non-Immune Malabsorption Syndrome and occurs because gluten sensitivity has destroyed the villi lining the intestinal wall responsible for nutrient absorption. This may be the only sign of a gluten intolerance.

How can you test for gluten sensitivity?

The least expensive and easiest way to test your sensitivity to gluten is to COMPLETELY avoid it for at least two weeks and then see how you feel. This refers to avoiding alpha-gliadin, so it would be anything containing wheat, barley, or rye. After two weeks, you can reintroduce these grains and see how you feel. This can be pretty dramatic for some people. For others it can be subtle, but the longer you abstain, the better you feel. The gold-standard for trying this is six months, because some patients have really inflamed systems that need to heal from other infections and toxins, including mold and glyphosates from pesticides which can produce symptoms similar to gluten sensitivity. Those who find they’re sensitive may want to go a step further and eliminate all grains from the diet in order to truly assess their ability to optimize their health.

 Eliminating gluten becomes easier with practice, but it may initially feel like there’s a lack of options for eating. Resist the temptation to buy processed “gluten-free” products as these often contain hydrogenated oils and sugars and are no better for you than other processed foods. There are some options for pasta and bread products without gluten, but try to break the bread and pasta habit altogether and substitute other foods. Make “gluten-free” bread or pasta an occasional food rather than a staple food since many of these can raise your blood sugar substantially.

 The best way to understand your gluten tolerance is to combine an elimination diet with blood and DNA testing. Using only a blood tests to determine gluten tolerance is limited because it will only analyze immune response related to IgG, IgA, IgE, and IgM pathways known as the T Helper 2 response (TH2). It will not account for those whose sensitivity takes the T Helper 1 pathway (TH1), which will react to gluten as a toxin and try to get rid of it, producing inflammatory damage but no Ig cell response. Both pathways can lead to autoimmunity but only one will be detected by the blood test. This is where DNA testing can be helpful.

 1.     DNA:

Checking for the HLA DQ on chromosome 6. There are two genes but lots of different alleles which present on the genes. The Celiac variant markers are DQ 2, DQ 2.5, and/or the HLA DQ8 genes. The other markers, which are not indicative of Celiac but gluten sensitivity, are the DQ1 or DQ3 genotype patterns, and these are associated with neurological symptoms such as depression, neuropathy, Schizophrenia, arthritis, anxiety.  Not all DNA tests will go beyond the DQ2 and DQ 8 SNP’s related to Celiac. The DQ1 and DQ3 may also need to be tested. The full test is available at www.glutenfreesociety.org

 2.    Blood Test

Array 3 from Cyrex Labs. This test looks for 12 different peptides to gluten, not just the gliadin fraction that is the traditional lab test. More information can be found at www.cyrexlabs.com

  REFERENCES

 1.      Van Heel DA, West J., Recent advances in coeliac disease. Gut. 2006 Jul;55(7):1037-46.

 2.      Goddard CJ, Gillett HR., complications of coeliac disease: are all patients at risk? Postgrad Med J. 2006 Nov;82(973):705-12.

 3.      Hadjavassilios, M. Gluten Sensitivity: from Gut to Brain. Lancet Neurol 2010; 9: 318–30.

 4.      Marietta E, Black K, Camilleri M, Krause P, Rogers RS 3rd, David C, Pittelkow MR, Murray JA. A new model for dermatitis herpetiformis that uses HLA-DQ8 transgenic NOD mice, J Clin Invest. 2004 Oct;114(8):1090-7.

 5.      Lindqvist U, Rudsander A, Boström A, Nilsson B, Michaëlsson G., IgA antibodies to gliadin and coeliac disease in psoriatic arthritis, Rheumatology (Oxford). 2002 Jan;41(1):31-7.

 6.      Humbert P, Pelletier F, Dreno B, Puzenat E, Aubin F, Gluten intolerance and skin diseases, Eur J Dermatol2006; 16 (1): 4-11.

 7.      Selva-O'Callaghan A, Casellas F, de Torres I, Palou E, Grau-Junyent JM, Vilardell-Tarrés M., celiac disease and antibodies associated with celiac disease in patients with inflammatory myopathy, Muscle Nerve. 2007 Jan;35(1):49-54.

 8.      Hadjivassiliou M, Grünewald R, Sharrack B, Sanders D, Lobo A, Williamson C, Woodroofe N, Wood N, Davies-Jones A., Gluten ataxia in perspective: epidemiology, genetic susceptibility and clinical characteristics, Brain. 2003 Mar;126(Pt 3):685-91.

 9.      Hadjivassiliou M, Aeschlimann D, Grünewald RA, Sanders DS, Sharrack B, Woodroofe N, GAD antibody associated neurological illness and its relationship to gluten sensitivity, Acta Neurol Scand. 2010 Apr 15.

 10.    Eaton W, Mortensen PB, Agerbo E, Byrne M, Mors O, Ewald H., Coeliac disease and schizophrenia: population based case control study with linkage of Danish national registers, BMJ. 2004 Feb 21;328(7437):438-9.

 11.    Hadjivassiliou M, Grünewald RA, Chattopadhyay AK, Davies-Jones GAB, Gibson A, Jarratt JA, et al. Clinical, radiological, neurophysiological and neuropathological characteristics of gluten ataxia. Lancet 1998;352:1582-5.

 12.    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006 Nov;77(11):1262-6., Hadjivassiliou M, Grünewald RA, Kandler RH, Chattopadhyay AK, Jarratt JA, Sanders DS, Sharrack B, Wharton SB, Davies-Jones GA, Neuropathy associated with gluten sensitivity.

 13.    Gluten sensitivity: from gut to brain., Hadjivassiliou M, Sanders DS, Grünewald RA, Woodroofe N, Boscolo S, Aeschlimann D, Lancet Neurol. 2010 Mar;9(3):318-30.

 14.    http://www.acupunctureintegrated.com/articles/malabsorption-syndromes-and-celiac-disease

 15.    www.glutenfreesociety.org

 16.    www.thedr.com

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Africa has today a growing number of digital entrepreneurs who create products and services that facilitate the well-being of the common African citizen and have lifted many young Africans out of poverty by providing digital employment.

Even Partial Liberalization Can Save a Nation from Poverty | Germinal G. Van

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Tumor infiltrating B-cells signal functional humoral immune responses in breast cancer.

Tumor infiltrating B-cells signal functional humoral immune responses in breast cancer. JCI Insight. 2019 Aug 13;5: Authors: Garaud S, Buisseret L, Solinas C, Gu-Trantien C, de Wind A, Van den Eynden G, Naveaux C, Lodewyckx JN, Boisson A, Duvillier H, Craciun L, Ameye L, Veys I, Paesmans M, Larsimont D, Piccart-Gebhart M, Willard-Gallo K Abstract Tumor-infiltrating B-cells (TIL-B) in breast cancer (BC) have previously been associated with improved clinical outcomes; however, their role(s) in tumor immunity is not currently well known. This study confirms and extends the correlation between higher TIL-B densities and positive outcomes through an analysis of HER2-positive and triple-negative BC patients from the BIG 02-98 clinical trial (10yr mean follow-up). Fresh tissue analyses identify an increase in TIL-B density in untreated primary BC compared to normal breast tissues, which is associated with global, CD4+ and CD8+ TIL, higher tumor grades, higher proliferation and hormone receptor negativity. All B-cell differentiation stages are detectable but significant increases in memory TIL-B are consistently present. BC with higher infiltrates are specifically characterized by germinal center TIL-B, which in turn are correlated with TFH TIL and antibody-secreting TIL-B principally located in tertiary lymphoid structures. Some TIL-B also interact directly with tumor cells. Functional analyses reveal TIL-B are responsive to BCR stimulation ex vivo, express activation markers and produce cytokines and immunoglobulins despite reduced expression of the antigen-presenting molecules HLA-DR and CD40. Overall, these data support the concept that ongoing humoral immune responses are generated by TIL-B and help to generate effective anti-tumor immunity at the tumor site. PMID: 31408436 [PubMed - in process] http://dlvr.it/RBCcCQ

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    La lista definitiva fue aprobada mediante resolución

032-17 del Consejo Directivo del órgano regulador

  El Consejo Directivo del Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (Indotel) aprobó la lista definitiva de 45 nuevos miembros de los Cuerpos Colegiados, de unas 145 solicitudes de profesionales interesados en integrar el equipo de personas elegibles para conformar dicho organismo.

Los seleccionados fueron juramentados durante un solemne acto celebrado en el Centro Cultural de las Telecomunicaciones Ing. Álvaro Nadal Pastor (CCT-Indotel), de la Ciudad Colonial.

La actividad estuvo encabezada por el presidente del Consejo Directivo del Indotel, José Del Castillo Saviñón; los consejeros Nelson Guillén Bello e Yván Rodríguez, y la directora ejecutiva y secretaria del Consejo, Katrina Naut, así como invitados especiales, gerentes y demás funcionarios del órgano regulador.

Al intervenir en la actividad, Del Castillo Saviñón manifestó que con esta juramentación el Indotel completa un cuerpo multidisciplinario con 45 integrantes que darán agilidad a los procesos de reclamos de los usuarios y las empresas prestadoras.

“Además-anotó el funcionario- garantizaremos por la experticia de ustedes que sean procesos bien ponderados, bien decididos, ya sean en favor de un usuario o en favor de las empresas prestadoras de servicios de telecomunicaciones”.

Señaló que los Cuerpos Colegiados apenas tenían cinco miembros disponibles para solucionar las controversias entre usuarios y prestadoras, lo que dijo dio lugar a un cúmulo de trabajo que aumentaba con la cantidad de expedientes que llegan día a día al Indotel, generando “una situación que afectó tanto a usuarios como a prestadores”.

“Cuando llegamos al Indotel había más de mil casos pendientes en el Centro de Atención al Usuario y un grupo importante de expedientes también por ser conocidos por los Cuerpos Colegiados”, enfatizó Del Castillo Saviñón, precisando, asimismo, que desde que llegó a la institución reguladora se dispuso resolver la situación existente en dicho organismo.

“Nos abocamos a resolver esa situación, no se convocaba este proceso –de actualización de los miembros de los Cueros Colegiados- desde el año 2012, es decir, que pasaron cuatro años para poder renovar esta lista”, insistió.

Destacó que “ya hoy en día completamos un cuerpo multidisciplinario de 45 integrantes que fueron juramentados para dar agilidad a los trabajos del citado organismo.

Del Castillo Saviñón invitó a los profesionales juramentados “a ejercer esta labor en el marco de la Ley 153-98, en el marco del reglamento orgánico y funcional de los cuerpos colegiados”.

Los exhortó igualmente a “asumir estos compromisos apegados al debido proceso y que sus decisiones sean adoptadas en apego a los principios que rigen nuestro ordenamiento jurídico, la imparcialidad, la equidad y la tutela administrativa”.

“En nombre del Consejo Directivo del Indotel y en nombre del mercado al cual ustedes van a servir como integrantes de los Cuerpos Colegiados, tanto consumidores como prestadores, nuestro más profundo agradecimiento”, subrayó el presidente del Indotel.

¿Qué son los Cuerpos Colegiados?

Los Cuerpos Colegiados son una especie de tribunal que establece mecanismos de solución de controversias y protección, al que acuden los consumidores de servicios públicos de telecomunicaciones en caso de surgir inconvenientes con su prestadora.

La selección definitiva de los expertos que integrarán los Cuerpos Colegiados está contenida en la resolución número 032-17 del Consejo Directivo, la cual modifica la composición de la lista de miembros elegibles para conformar dicho organismo, dependencia de la Gerencia de Protección al Usuario.

En uno de los considerando, la resolución destaca que esta elección de profesionales se logró “luego de una extensa evaluación” por parte del Consejo Directivo del Indotel, conforme a perfiles de las personas interesadas y que aplicaron para pertenecer a la Lista de Elegibles.

Establece que esta escogencia se realizó bajo los criterios establecidos en la Ley General de Telecomunicaciones número 153-98 y el Reglamento de Solución de Controversias entre los Usuarios y las Prestadoras de Servicios Públicos de Telecomunicaciones.

En tal sentido, el Consejo Directivo tomó en cuenta una serie de juicios que están directamente relacionados con las tareas que desempeñan los miembros de los Cuerpos Colegiados, basados en la experiencia y conocimientos del sector, así como su conducta, competencias y habilidades.

25 abogados, 10 ingenieros y 10 licenciados

Entre los seleccionados, se destacan 25 abogados; 10 ingenieros electromecánicos, electrónico en Comunicaciones, Industrial, Civil con especialización en Estructuras y Edificaciones, Sistemas y Computación, Telemática, Mecánico Electricista y Sistemas o Informática con especialidad en redes de telecomunicaciones; y 10 licenciados en Mercadotecnia, Administración de Empresas, Economía, Ciencias Políticas, Informática y Contabilidad.

Entre los abogados se señalan a Alejandro Miguel Ramírez, Ana Carolina Blanco Haché, Andrés Enmanuel Astacio Polanco, Calina Figuereo de Núñez, Carlos Romero Polanco, Crhistian E. Esquea, Daniel Eduardo Jiménez Sánchez, David La Hoz Vásquez, Elda Elizabeth Rodríguez Clase, Germinal Muñoz Grillo, Hernando de Jesús Hernández Aristy, Jocelyn Castillo Selig y Jorge Alejandro Herasme Rivas.

También, Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, Karina Elmúdesi Feris, Lucas Alberto Guzmán López, Luis Alejandro Peña Núñez, Marcos L. Aquino Pimentel, Patricia C. Mena Sturla, Paula Michelle Puello, Pedro Nelson Féliz Montes de Oca, Rafael A. Martínez Meregildo, Saizka Yasmín Subero Acta, Tristán G. Carbuccia Medina, Wanda Esther Peña Tolentino y Xiomara Victoria Usero Rodríguez.

En tanto, los ingenieros enlistados son Atilano Eugenio Michel Terrero, en Electromecánica; Jorge Luis Pimentel López, Electrónico en Comunicaciones; José Francisco Pimentel Morales, Industrial, José R. Bejarán, ingeniería civil con especialidad en estructuras y edificaciones; José Tomás Dipuglia, en Sistemas de Computación; Leipzig E. Guzmán Mena, Telemática;  Pedro Julio Gautreaux De Windt, Sistemas y Computación; Ramón Anidio Soto, Mecánico Electricista; Santiago Vinicio Vásquez, Sistemas con especialidad en Redes de Telecomunicaciones y Sergio Bienvenido Ceballos Guzmán, en Sistemas y Computación.

Como licenciados formarán parte de la Lista de Elegibles de los Cuerpos Colegiados Aura Mireya Caraballo Castillo, Mercadotecnia; Danilcia Gutiérrez de López, Eladio Felipe Aracena Ureña y María Isabel de Peña de Meyreles, en Administración de Empresas.

Asimismo, Erick Pérez Vega, Luis Marino Bernal y Luisiana Franjul de Elías, en Economía; José Manuel Amado Peralta, en Informática; y Germinal Muñoz Grillo, en Ciencias Políticas.

La ceremonia de juramentación de los nuevos miembros de los Cuerpos Colegiados tuvo lugar durante un acto en la Sala Arturo Rodríguez del CCT-Indotel, durante el cual el presidente del Indotel, José Del Castillo Saviñón, juramentó a los 45 profesionales elegidos para integrar el organismo de solución de controversias.

PIE DE FOTO:

1)       El presidente del Indotel, José Del Castillo Saviñón, interviene en el acto de juramentación de los 45 nuevos miembros de los Cuerpos Colegiados.

2)       Vista de la juramentación de los 45 nuevos integrantes de los Cuerpos Colegiados del Indotel.

Juramentan a 45 profesionales como nuevos miembros para conformar los cuerpos colegiados del Indotel   La lista definitiva fue aprobada mediante resolución 032-17 del Consejo Directivo del órgano regulador   El Consejo Directivo del Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (Indotel) aprobó la lista definitiva de 45 nuevos miembros de los Cuerpos Colegiados, de unas 145 solicitudes de profesionales interesados en integrar el equipo de personas elegibles para conformar dicho organismo.

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