#janis guerrero

[culturaeinclusiondigital]

Cultura e Inclusión Digital

Definición:

Es el conjunto de prácticas, costumbres y formas de interacción social que se llevan a cabo a partir de los recursos de la tecnología digital como el Internet, donde debe existir una garantía de que todas las personas tengan acceso a las TIC y sepan cómo usarlas de manera segura y efectiva.

Objetivos

El tema de cultura e inclusión digital corresponde en el objetivo 5 del Plan de Creación de Oportunidades 2021 - 2025, el cual indica: Proteger a las familias , garantizar los derechos y servicios , erradicar la pobreza y promover la inclusión social.

Se remarca la importancia de avanzar hacia la universalización de la conectividad y el acceso a las tecnologías digitales, cuya carencia puede limitar el ejercicio de otros derechos tales como la salud, la educación o el trabajo.

La política 5 de este objetivo indica: Mejorar la conectividad digital y el acceso a nuevas tecnologías de la población.

Características:

Abarca el cambio y aprovecha plenamente las inversiones tecnológicas para la obtención de nuevas ventajas competitivas.

2. Maximiza el uso de herramientas digitales como un medio para mejorar el modelo de negocio, la eficiencia operativa e impulsar el servicio al cliente.

Ejemplo:

Digital Learning Solutions Esta empresa se dedica a proporcionar soluciones educativas digitales y servicios de capacitación en línea para diversos grupos de personas, incluyendo aquellos que pueden tener barreras físicas o socioeconómicas para acceder a la educación tradicional.

Grupo #2

Integrantes:

Malavé Guerrero Paula Andrea

Moreira Marrett Gabriela Damarys

Orrala Dueñas José Luis

Rosero Pozo Carolina Victoria

Simbala Aucapiña Angela Janis

[acapulcopress]

Ley de Salud dará certeza juridica en torno a irrupción del embarazo

CHILPANCINGO * 9 de noviembre de 2022. ) Congreso de Guerrero Con las reformas a la Ley de Salud del Estado se busca dotar de herramientas jurídicas a la Secretaría de Salud para ofrecer un servicio de calidad y eficiencia que dé certidumbre y certeza jurídica tanto al personal médico y de enfermería, como a las mujeres que deciden practicarse la interrupción del embarazo. En conferencia de prensa, las diputadas Gloria Citlalli Calixto Jiménez y Nora Yanek Velázquez Martínez, acompañadas de Manuel de la Cruz Candela, responsable estatal del Componente de Aborto Seguro y Violencia de Género de la Secretaría de Salud, informaron que ya están en diálogo con los Grupos Parlamentarios que conforman la LXIII Legislatura para aprobar dichas reformas. Calixto Jiménez precisó que aunque la interrupción del embarazo ya es posible con la reforma al Código Penal del estado, es indispensable complementar la legislación para proteger a todas las partes involucradas, como a la Secretaría de Salud y a las mujeres que solicitan el procedimiento. En ese sentido, destacó la necesidad de establecer reglas claras para hospitales y clínicas, plazos temporales, procedimientos prioritarios, gratuidad del servicio y otros complementarios a la interrupción legal del embarazo, como el acompañamiento psicológico, además de garantizar que el derecho a la salud y a la libre decisión de las mujeres no se contraponga al derecho de conciencia del personal médico. Señaló que se debe mirar la realidad con perspectiva de género y pasar del paradigma de la planificación familiar al de la salud sexual y reproductiva para todas y todos los guerrerenses, a través de campañas, programas y políticas públicas. En su oportunidad, la diputada Nora Yanek Velázquez hizo un llamado a todas las fuerzas políticas representadas en el Congreso para aprobar dichas reformas porque “este no es un asunto ideológico, sino un tema de ética pública y no puede haber obstáculos en el camino de la justicia y de los derechos de las mujeres”. El responsable estatal del Componente de Aborto Seguro y Violencia de Género de la Secretaría de Salud, Manuel de la Cruz Candela, destacó que la reforma también dará la pauta a programas específicos para brindar una mejor atención médica a las mujeres. Por su parte, la coordinadora de Incidencia en Política Pública de Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida (GIRE), Cecilia Garibi González, luego de hacer un reconocimiento al Congreso del Estado por ser pionero en la despenalización total del aborto, refirió que la importancia de respaldar el actuar, proceder y una mejor calidad de atención médica a las mujeres, como lo establecen los lineamientos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Por el Observatorio de Violencia Contra las Mujeres Guerrero participó Janys Renata González Moreno, indicando que esta reforma sanitaria contempla las bases para cumplir con algunas de las medidas establecidas dentro de la Alerta de Violencia de Género por Agravio Comparado emitida en junio de 2020, como el programa y protocolo de aborto seguro, para que las mujeres tengan acceso a una atención médica de calidad, con calidez, perspectiva de género e intercultural. Asimismo, la integrante de la Red Guerrerense por los Derechos de las Mujeres, María Luisa Garfias Marín, hizo un reconocimiento a las legisladoras por impulsar estas reformas que se requerían desde hace muchos años, ya que Guerrero ocupaba los primeros lugares en mortalidad materna por abortos clandestinos. Elizabeth Cristina Plácido Ríos, de Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir, refirió por último que con esta iniciativa se hace realidad una demanda histórica de las feministas para decidir sobre su reproducción y su sexualidad, libre de prejuicios estereotipos de género y de creencias que vulneran sus derechos. Read the full article

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Write the Year 2022—Week 07: Tompkastawayed

Write the Year 2022—Week 07: Tompkastawayed

Title: TompkastawayedWC: 1100 I’m giving myself permission to ramble this week. I’m sort of giving myself permission to ramble. I just spent fifteen minutes trying to search WordPress to see if I have already rambled about something I want to ramble about. WordPress, a supporter of the ramble, it seems, will. not. be. searched. Some time ago I was watching Chuck as my background show. This is…

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mw from twd and ftwd?

rick grimes, maggie greene, carl grimes, michonne, beth greene, rosita espinosa, andrea, lori grimes, connie, tara chambler, sophia peletier, lizzie samuels, sasha williams, jessie anderson, jadis, noah, lola guerrero, hector reyes, james mccallister, brandon luke, sherry, jim brauer, liza ortiz, elena reyes, jake powell, bethany exner, jake otto, wes, grace, janis, luciana, troy otto, victor strand, althea, chris manawa, ofelia salazar, virginia, travis manawa, dakota, nick clark, madison clark, & morgan jones.

[jefferyryanlong]

FEEL with DJ Jeff Long - April 3, 2018

mother nature seems to love us so

Colors - Pharaoh Sanders 
 Balance of Life (Peace of Mind) - Leon Thomas 
 Woman of the World - Marvin Gaye 
 Family Affair - MFSB 
 It Gets Heavy - Tommy Guerrero (featuring Gresham Taylor) 
 Day Dreaming - Ruby and the Romantics 
 Try It, You’ll Like It - Marvin Gaye 
 Fingerprint File - The Rolling Stones 
 Along the Banks of Rivers - Tortoise 
 Make Me Believe in You - Curtis Mayfield 
 Piece of Clay - Marvin Gaye 
 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Roberta Flack 
You’ll Lose a Good Thing - Barbara Lynn 
 Maybe - Janis Joplin 
 Here’s That Rainy Day - Freddie Hubbard 
Morning Dew - The Grateful Dead 
 Space Nuts - Booker T. and the M.G.’s 
 Freedom - Kalapana 
 Estavanico - Donald Byrd 
 Where Are We Going? - Marvin Gaye 
 I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash 
 Brand New Second Hand - The Wailers 
 You Lie - Dr. John 
 You’re the Man, Part I and II - Marvin Gaye 
Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack 
 Close to You* - Bobby Womack 
 Wrong Time to Be Right - Cast King 
 Willow Weep for Me - Ron Carter 
 Lost Again - Kalapana 
 Kona Winds - Marvin Franklin with Kimo and the Guys 
 Red China Blues - Miles Davis 
 Don’t Let Me Down - Charlotte Dada

* - by request

KTUH FM Honolulu - ktuh.org

[skylightbooks]

Late last night we gathered all of the new books that we carry that contain lists of

radical/difficult/legendary/badass/bold/brave/bad

girls/women/ladies/leaders/rebels/princesses/goddesses/feminists/heroines 

and created a word cloud of all the names that occur in these books. Here it is in long form:

A'isha bint abi Bakr Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer Abigail Adams Ada Blackjack Ada Lovelace (appears 4 times) Adina De Zavala Aditi Aelfthryth Aethelflaed Agatha Christie Agnodice (appears 3 times) Agontime and the Dahomey Amazons Aine Aisholpan Nurgaiv Ala Alek Wek Alexandra Kollontai Alexis Smith Alfhild (appears 2 times) Alfonsina Strada Alia Muhammad Baker Alice Ball (appears 3 times) Alice Clement Alice Guy-Blache Alice Paul Alicia Alonso Alma Woodsey Thomas Althea Gibson Amal Clooney Amalia Eriksson Amanda Stenberg Amaterasu Amba/Sikhandi Ameenah Gurib-Fakim Amelia Earhart (appears 4 times) Amna Al Haddad Amy Poehler (appears 2 times) Amy Winehouse Ana Lezama de Urinza Ana Nzinga Anais Nin Andamana Andree Peel Angela Davis (appears 3 times) Angela Merkel (appears 2 times) Angela Morley Angela Zhang Angelina Jolie Anita Garibaldi (appears 3 times) Anita Roddick Ann Hamilton Ann Makosinski Anna Atkins Anna May Wong Anna Nicole Smith Anna of Saxony Anna Olga Albertina Brown Anna Politkovskaya Anna Wintour Anna-Marie McLemore Anne Bonny Anne Hutchinson Anne Lister Annette Kellerman (appears 3 times) Annie "Londonderry" Cohen Kopchovsky Annie Edson Taylor Annie Edson Taylor Annie Jump Cannon (appears 3 times) Annie Oakley (appears 2 times) Annie Smith Peck Aphra Behn Aphrodite Arawelo Aretha Franklin Artemis Artemisia Gentileschi (appears 4 times) Artemisis I of Caria Ashley Fiolek Astrid Lindgren Athena Aud the Deep-Minded Audre Lorde Audrey Hepburn Augusta Savage Aung San Suu Kyi (appears 2 times) Azucena Villaflor Babe Zaharias Barbara Bloom Barbara Hillary Barbara Walters Bast Bastardilla Beatrice Ayettey Beatrice Potter Webb Beatrice Vio Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter Belle Boyd Belva Lockwood Benten Bessie Coleman (appears 2 times) Bessie Stringfield Bettie Page Betty Davis Betty Friedan Beyonce (appears 3 times) Billie Holiday Billie Jean King (appears 3 times) Birute Mary Galdikis Black Mambas Blakissa Chaibou Bonnie Parker Boudicca (appears 3 times) Brenda Chapman Brenda Milner Bridget Riley Brie Larson Brigid of Kildare Brigit Britney Spears Bronte Sisters Buffalo Calf Road Woman (appears 2 times) Buffy Sainte-Marie Calafia Caraboo Carly Rae Jepsen Carmen Amaya Carmen Miranda Carol Burnett Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Carrie Bradshaw Carrie Fisher (appears 2 times) Caterina Sforza Catherine Radziwill Catherine the Great (appears 3 times) Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Celia Cruz Chalchiuhtlicue Chang-o Charlotte E Ray Charlotte of Belgium Charlotte of Prussia Cher Cheryl Bridges Chien-Shiung Wu Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (appears 3 times) Chiyome Mochizuki Cholita Climbers Chrissy Teigen Christina   Christina of Sweden Christine de Pizan Christine Jorgensen (appears 2 times) Clara Rockmore Clara Schumann Clara Ward Claudia Ruggerini Clelia Duel Mosher Clemantine Wamariya Clementine Delait Cleopatra (appears 3 times) Coccinelle Coco Chanel (appears 2 times) Constance Markievicz Cora Coralina Coretta Scott King Corrie Ten Boom Courtney Love Coy Mathis Creiddylad Daenerys Targaryen Dahlia Adler Daisy Kadibill Dame Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira Delia Akeley Demeter Dhat al-Himma Dhonielle Clayton Diana Nyad Diana Ross Diana Vreeland (appears 2 times) Dixie Chicks Dolly Parton (appears 2 times) Dolores Huerta Dominique Dawes Dona Ana Lezama de Urinza and Dona Eustaquia de Sonza Dorothy Arzner Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Thompson Dorothy Vaughan Dr. Eugenie Clark Dr. Jane Goodall (appears 3 times) Durga Edie Sedgwick Edith Garrud Edith Head Edith Wharton Edmonia Lewis Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor Roosevelt (appears 3 times) Elena Cornaro Piscopia Elena Piscopia Elinor Smith Elisabeth Bathory Elisabeth of Austria Elizabeth Bisland Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Hart Elizabeth I (appears 3 times) Elizabeth Murray Elizabeth Peyton Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizsabeth Vigee-Lebrun Ella Baker Ella Fitzgerald Ella Hattan Elle Fanning Ellen Degeneres Elsa Schiaparelli Elvira de la Fuente Chaudoir Emily Warren Roebling Emma "Grandma" Gatewood Emma Goldman (appears 2 times) Emma Watson (appears 2 times) Emmeline Pankhurst (appears 3 times) Emmy Noether (appears 3 times) Empress Myeongseong Empress Theodora (appears 2 times) Empress Wu Zetian (appears 2 times) Empress Xi Ling Shi Enheduanna Eniac Programmers Eos Erin Bowman Estanatlehi Ethel Payne Eufrosina Cruz Eustaquia de Souza Eva Peron (appears 3 times) Fadumo Dayib Faith Bandler Fannie Farmer (appears 2 times) Fanny Blankers-Koen Fanny Bullock Workman Fanny Cochrane Smith Fanny Mendelssohn Fatima al-Fihri (appears 3 times) Fe Del Mundo Ferminia Sarras Fiona Banner Fiona Rae Florence Chadwick (appears 2 times) Florence Griffith-Joyner (appears 2 times) Florence Nightingale (appears 4 times) Frances E. W. Harper Frances Glessner Lee Frances Moore Lappe Franziska Freya Frida Kahlo (appears 7 times) Friederike Mandelbaum Funmilayo Ransome Kuti (appears 2 times) Gabriela Brimmer Gabriela Mistral Gae Aulenti Gaia George Sand Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick Georgia O'Keefe (appears 3 times) Gertrude Bell Gerty Cori Gilda Radner Girogina Reid Giusi Nicolini Gladys Bentley Gloria Steinem (appears 3 times) Gloria von Thurn Grace "Granuaile" O'Malley Grace Hopper Grace Jones Grace O'Malley (appears 3 times) Gracia Mendes Nasi Gracie Fields Grimke Sisters Guerrilla Girls Gurinder Chadha Gwen Ifill Gwendolyn Brooks (appears 2 times) Gypsy Rose Lee Hannah Arendt Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Tubman (appears 6 times) Hathor Hatshepsut (appears 7 times) Hazel Scott Hecate Hedy Lamarr (appears 5 times) Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt Hel Helen Gibson Helen Gurley Brown (appears 2 times) Helen Keller (appears 2 times) Hildegard von Bingen Hillary Rodham Clinton (appears 2 times) Hina Hortense Mancini Hortensia Hsi Wang Mu Huma Abedin Hung Liu Hypatia (appears 4 times) Iara Ida B. Wells (appears 3 times) Ida Lewis Imogen Cunningham Irena Sendler (appears 3 times) Irena Sendlerowa Irene Joliot-Curie Isabel Allende Isabella of France Isabella Stewart Gardner Isadora Duncan (appears 2 times) Isis Iva Toguri D'Aquino Ixchel J.K. Rowling (appears 3 times) Jackie Mitchell Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne Jacquotte Delahaye Jane Austen (appears 2 times) Jane Dieulafoy Jane Mecom Jang-geum Janis Joplin Jayaben Desai Jean Batten Jean Macnamara Jeanne Baret (appears 3 times) Jeanne De Belleville Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Steinkamp Jenny Lewis Jesselyn Radack Jessica Spotswood Jessica Watson Jezebel Jill Tarter Jind Kaur Jingu Joan Bamford Fletcher Joan Beauchamp Procter Joan Jett (appears 2 times) Joan Mitchell Joan of Arc (appears 3 times) Jodie Foster Johanna July Johanna Nordblad Josefina "Joey" Guerrero Josephina van Gorkum Josephine Baker (appears 7 times) Jovita Idar (appears 2 times) Juana Azurduy Judit Polgar Judy Blume Julia Child (appears 2 times) Julia de Burgos Julie "La Maupin" d'Abigny (appears 3 times) Julie Dash Juliette Gordon Low Junko Tabei (appears 4 times) Justa Grata Honoria Ka'ahumanu Kali Kalpana Chawla Karen Carson Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera Kat Von D Kate Bornstein Kate Sheppard Kate Warne Katherine Hepburn Katherine Johnson (appears 2 times) Kathrine Switzer Katia Krafft (appears 2 times) Katie Sandwina Kay Thompson Keiko Fukuda Keumalahayati Kharboucha Khawlah bint al-Azwar Khayzuran Khoudia Diop Khutulun (appears 5 times) Kim Kardashian King Christina of Sweden Kosem Sultan Kristen Stewart Kristin Wig Kuan Yin Kumander Liwayway Kurmanjan Dtaka Lady Godiva Lady Margaret Cavendish Laka Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi (appears 5 times) Lana Del Rey Las Mariposas Laskarina Bouboulina (appears 2 times) Laura Redden Searing Lauren Potter Laverne Cox (appears 2 times) Lee Miller Lella Lombardi Lena Dunham Leo Salonga Leymah Gbowee (appears 2 times) Libby Riddles Lieu Hanh Lil Kim Lili'uokalani Lilian Bland (appears 3 times) Lilith Lillian Boyer Lillian Leitzel Lillian Ngoyi Lillian Riggs Lindsay Lohan Liv Arensen and Ann Bancroft Lorde Lorena Ochoa Lorna Simpson Lorraine Hansberry Lotfia El Nadi Louisa Atkinson Louise Mack Lowri Morgan Lozen (appears 3 times) Lucille Ball Lucrezia Lucy Hicks Anderson Lucy Parsons Luisa Moreno Luo Dengping Lyda Conley Lynda Benglis Ma'at Mackenzi Lee Madam C.J. Walker (appears 3 times) Madame Saqui Madia Comaneci Madonna (appears 3 times) Madres de Plaza de Mayo Mae C. Jemison Mae Emmeline Wirth Mae Jemison (appears 3 times) Mae West Mahalia Jackson Mai Bhago Malala Yousafzai (appears 7 times) Malinche (appears 2 times) Mamie Phipps Clark Manal al-Sharif Marcelite Harris Margaret Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown Margaret Bourke-White Margaret Cho Margaret Hamilton (appears 2 times) Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse Margaret Sanger Margaret Thatcher (appears 2 times) Margery Kempe Margherita Hack Marguerite de la Rocque Maria Callas Maria Mitchell Maria Montessori (appears 2 times) Maria Reiche Maria Sibylla Merian Maria Tallchief Maria Vieira da Silva Mariah Carey Marian Anderson Marie Antoinette Marie Chauvet Marie Curie (appears 5 times) Marie Duval Marie Mancini Marie Marvingt Marie Tharp Marieke Nijkamp Marina Abramovic Mariya Oktyabrskaya (appears 2 times) Marjana Marlene Sanders Marta Marta Vieira da Silva Martha Gelhorn Martha Graham Mary Anning (appears 5 times) Mary Blair Mary Bowser (appears 3 times) Mary Edwards Walker (appears 2 times) Mary Eliza Mahoney Mary Fields (appears 2 times) Mary Heilmann Mary Jackson (appears 2 times) Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Mary Kingsley Mary Kom Mary Lacy Mary Lillian Ellison Mary Pickford Mary Quant Mary Seacole (appears 3 times) Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft (appears 2 times) Maryam Mirzakhani Mata Hari (appears 3 times) Matilda of Canossa Matilda of Tuscany Matilde Montoya Maud Stevens Wagner Maya Angelou (appears 4 times) Maya Gabeira Maya Lin (appears 2 times) Mazu Meg Medina Megan Shepherd Melba Liston Mercedes de Acosta Merritt Moore Meryl Streep Micaela Bastidas Michaela Deprince Michelle Fierro Michelle Obama (appears 3 times) Mildred Burke Miley Cyrus Millo Castro Zaldarriaga Mina Hubbard Minnie Spotted Wolf Mirabal Sisters (appear 2 times) Miriam Makeba (appears 3 times) Missy Elliot Misty Copeland Mochizuki Chiyome Moll Cutpurse Molly Kelly Molly Williams Moremi Ajasoro Murasaki Shikibu (appears 3 times) Nadia Murad Nadine Gordimer Nakano Takeko Nana Asma'u (appears 2 times) Nancy Rubins Nancy Wake (appears 2 times) Naomi Campbell Naziq al-Abid Neerja Bhanot Nefertiti Nell Gwyn Nellie Bly (appears 8 times) Nettie Stevens (appears 2 times) Nichelle Nichols Nicki Minaj Nicole Richie Nina Simone (appears 2 times) Njinga of Angola Njinga of Ndongo Noor Inayat Khan (appears 3 times) Nora Ephron (appears 3 times) Norma Shearer North West Nuwa Nwanyeruwa (appears 2 times) Nyai Loro Kidul Nzinga Nzinga Mbande Octavia E Butler Odetta Olga of Kiev (appears 2 times) Olivia Benson Olympe de Gouges Oprah Winfrey (appears 5 times) Osh-Tisch Oshun Oya Pancho Barnes Paris Hilton Parvati Patti Smith (appears 2 times) Pauline Bonaparte Pauline Leon Peggy Guggenheim (appears 2 times) Pele Petra "Pedro" Herrera Phillis Wheatley Phoolan Devi Phyllis Diller Phyllis Wheatley Pia Fries Pingyang Policarpa "La Pola" Salavarrieta Policarpa Salavarrieta (appears 2 times) Poly Styrene Poorna Malavath Pope Joan Portia De Rossi and Ellen Degeneres Princess Caraboo Princess Diana Princess Sophia Duleep Singh Psyche Pura Belpre Qiu Jin (appears 3 times) Queen Arawelo Queen Bessie Coleman Queen Lili'uokalani (appears 2 times) Queen Nanny of the Maroons (appears 4 times) Quintreman Sisters Rachel Carson (appears 4 times) Rachel Maddow Raden Ajeng Kartini Ran Rani Chennamma Rani Lakshmibai Rani of Jhansi Raven Wilkinson Rebecca Lee Crumpler Rhiannon Rigoberta Menchu Tum Rihanna Rita Levi Montalcini (appears 2 times) Robina Muqimyar Roni Horn Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Parks (appears 4 times) Rosalind Franklin Rosaly Lopes Rose Fortune Rowan Blanchard Roxolana Ruby Nell Bridges (appears 3 times) Rukmini Devi Arundale Rupaul Ruth Bader Ginsburg (appears 3 times) Ruth Harkness Ruth Westheimer Rywka Lipszyc Sadako Sasaki Sally Ride Samantha Christoforetti Sappho (appears 3 times) Sara Farizan Sara Seager Sarah Breedlove Sarah Charlesworth Sarah Winnemucca Saraswati Sarinya Srisakul Sarojini Naidu Sarvenaz Tash Sayyida al-Hurra (appears 2 times) Sekhmet Selda Bagcan Selena Seondeok of Silla (appears 2 times) Serafina Battaglia Serena Williams (appears 4 times) Shajar al-Durr Shamsia Hassani Sharon Ellis Sheryl Crow Sheryl Sandberg Shirely Chisolm (appears 2 times) Shirley Muldowney Shonda Rhimes (appears 2 times) Simone Biles (appears 2 times) Simone de Beauvoir Simone Veil Sister Corita Kent Sita Sky Brown Sofia Ionescu Sofia Perovskaya Sofka Dolgorouky Sojourner Truth (appears 5 times) Solange Sonia Sotomayor (appears 2 times) Sonita Alizadeh (appears 2 times) Sophia Dorothea Sophia Loren Sophie Blanchard Sophie Scholl (appears 3 times) Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (appears 2 times) Sorghaghtani Beki Spider Woman Stacey Lee Stagecoach Mary Fields (appears 2 times) Steffi Graf Stephanie Kwolek Stephanie von Hohenlohe Stevie Nicks Subh Susa La Flesche Picotte Susan B. Anthony Susan La Flesche Picotte Sybil Ludington (appears 3 times) Sybilla Masters Sylvia Earle (appears 3 times) Tallulah Bankhead Tamara de Lempicka Tara Tarabai Shinde Tatterhood Taylor Swift Te Puea Herangi (appears 2 times) Temple Grandin (appears 3 times) Teresita Fernandez Mirabal Sisters Muses Night Witches Shaggs Stateless Thea Foss Therese Clerc Tin Hinan Tina Fey (appears 2 times) TLC Tomoe Gozen (appears 2 times) Tomyris (appears 2 times) Tonya Harding Tove Jansson (appears 2 times) Troop 6000 Trung Sisters Trung Trac and Trung Nhi (appear 2 times together) Tyche Tyler Moore Tyra Banks Ulayya bint al-Mahdi Umm Kulthum Ursula K. LeGuin Ursula Nordstrom Valentina Tereshkova (appears 5 times) Valerie Thomas Vanessa Beecroft Venus Williams (appears 2 times) Victoria Beckham Vija Celmins Viola Davis Viola Desmond Violeta Parra Virginia Apgar Virginia Hall Virginia Woolf (appears 3 times) Vita Sackville-West Vivian Maier Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (appears 2 times) Wang Zhenyi (appears 2 times) Wangari Maathai (appears 3 times) Washington State Suffragists Whina Cooper Willow Smith Wilma Mankiller Wilma Rudolph (appears 3 times) Winona Ryder Wislawa Szymborska Wu Mei Wu Zetian (appears 3 times) Xian Zhang Xochiquetzal Xtabay Yaa Asantewaa (appears 3 times) Yael Yani Tseng Yayoi Kusama Yemoja Yennenga Yeonmi Park Ynes Mexia Yoko Ono Yoshiko Kawashima Yuri Kochiyama Yusra Mardini Zabel Yesayan Zaha Hadid (appears 2 times) Zenobia Zoe Kravitz Zora Neale Hurston (appears 2 times)

[rockandblognet]

“Rock and Roll” un relato sobre la historia del género contada por sus protagonistas

“Rock and roll” es un relato hecho a base de citas pronunciadas por protagonistas del mundo del Rock (Elvis, David Lee Roth, Clapton, Townshend, Lennon, Morrison… ) que ordenardas en forma de diálogo nos regala está curia historia

Os presetnamos “Rock and Roll”, una creación de Ricardo Canosa <rcanosabastos@gmail.com> en la que nos trae un relato hecho a base de citas. Todas las frases han sido pronunciadas por las personas a las que se le atribuyen y le autor se ha encargado deordenarlas en forma de diálogo.

LOS INICIOS

– El rythm & blues tuvo un hijo y lo llamaron rock and roll.-Anunció con alborozo la voz profunda y temperamental de M. Morgan Field, más conocido como Muddy Waters.

– ¡Es nuestra música¡- Exclamó un jovencísimo Bob Dylan, al escuchar a Bill Haley and the Comets, por primera vez.- La han escrito para nosotros.

– El rock and roll es un medio para rebajar al hombre blanco al nivel del negro.- Sentenció de forma racista un consejo de salvación de vecinos de Alabama. No en vano, les amparaba una tradición secular.

– Quien diga que el rock and roll es una flor de un día, o una moda pasajera, tiene rocas en la cabeza.- Replicó inmediatamente y de forma agresiva, Alan Freed, desde la cabina de su emisora de radio. Al tiempo que para dar más énfasis a sus palabras, procedía a pinchar “Long tall Sally” de Little Richard.

– Cierto,- afirmó con ironía Dave Edmunds- Siempre habrá algún mocoso arrogante, que quiera hacer ruido con una guitarra.

– ¡No lo entiendes, ni nunca lo entenderás¡- Clamó Al Kooper- Con la guitarra en mis manos me siento Elvis. Es la fuente de la eterna juventud.

¿QUE ES EL ROCK AND ROLL?

-Es difícil explicar lo que es el rock and roll.- Dijo Elvis de forma un tanto dubitativa.- Es un ritmo que te atrae, algo que sientes.

-Para la gente de mi edad, el rock and roll fué la auténtica revolución. Afirmó John Lennon en un tono abiertamente subversivo, que desató las iras de los vecinos de Alabama, partidarios de la pureza racial.

¡Es un medio para rebajar al hombre blanco al nivel del negro¡- Clamaron indignados y a coro.

-Yo creo- replicó irónicamente Pete Townshend, que el rock and roll es la música de los frustrados y de los insatisfechos, que buscan una panacea.

-Una enfermedad contagiosa. Eso es lo que es el rock and roll- Sentenció New York Times en uno de sus editoriales.

– El rock and roll ha sido la música del diablo. Ninguno de vosotros podéis demostrarme lo contrario- Proclamó David Bowie, envuelto en una capa de seda roja y negra. Y al tiempo que decía esto, procuraba adoptar una pose ensayada, supuestamente satánica.

– ¡Bobadas¡- sentenció Sinatra.- El rock no es nada más que una falsedad tocada y cantada habitualmente por cretinos.

– Algo de eso hay.- Dijo en tono jocoso David Lee Roth, revolviéndose en su sillón de cuero negro.- Yo creo que el rocanrol es un entretenimiento escapista. Algo que toda sociedad necesita, sea occidental o comunista. En ese sentido hacemos lo mismo que Fred Astaire y Ginger Rogers, sólo que usamos un volumen mayor de sonido. La gente viene a nuestros conciertos y se olvida de los conflictos con su mujer, o con su novia, o con el jefe de la oficina o el profesor. Hay países que lo intentan prohibir, pero es inútil. Esas tácticas sólo consiguen que la gente se identifique más con el concepto de rock.

– Y que más da.- Respondieron a coro, unos provocativos Stones.- Ya se que es sólo rock and roll, pero a mi me gusta. Si, desde luego que me gusta.

LA CARRETERA

– Las giras de los Beatles eran como el Satiricón de Fellini. Si no había groupies, teníamos putas.- Comento en tono gracioso John Lennon, mientras daba un largo trago a su botella de cerveza.

-Yo creo que todo el mundo debe tener un sitio en el que esconderse de sus inhibiciones- dijo un circunspecto Jimi Hendrix- Mi sitio es el escenario.

– Eso es- Aprobó Eric “Manolenta” Clapton.- En directo no hay nadie más que los dioses y el público. Hay que superar lo que has logrado en los discos.- Para el debía de ser fácil decir eso. No en vano, las pintadas callejeras londinenses rezaban un clamoroso y unánime “Clapton is God”.

– Sobreestimáis la importancia del directo- dijo Sting.- Yo he sido profesor y creo que no hay ninguna diferencia entre dar clases y estar encima de un escenario. En ambos casos se trata de entretener a delincuentes en potencia.

Sonaron varias risas. Luego se escucho un llanto y todos se volvieron.

– ¿Qué me va a pasar, cuando ya no sea Nº 1?- Gimió desesperada, en uno de sus escasos momentos de lucidez, una Janis Joplin destrozada por el alcohol y las drogas. No pudo decir nada más. Inmediatamente sumergió sus lágrimas en una botella de tequila.

– Eso es completamente cierto- Aseveró Marc Bolan.- No hay nada más destructor que el éxito. Nadie te explica lo que debes hacer, cuando llegas a la cima.

– ¡Tonterías¡- Respondió belicoso David Lee Roth.- Me gusta la selva. Trabajo en el mundo del disco y estoy acostumbrado a alimañas, insectos y fieras.

LA REVOLUCIÓN

– Yo llegué al rocanrol por razones políticas- Comentó tranquila y pausadamente Patti Smith.- Quería ser como uno de esos héroes de la revolución norteamericana. Al principio no éramos muy buenos, pero nos sentíamos como despertadores humanos- ¡Arriba, arriba¡ – que llamaban a la acción.

– Eso es subversivo- Bramó indignado y en tono intransigente, el cardenal Strich de Chicago.- La juventud católica no debe tolerar el tribalismo o los bailes indecentes del rock and roll.

– Después de Elvis Presley, sólo queda la obscenidad que va contra la ley- Pontificó gravemente el editorialista del New York Herald Tribune.

– Nos critican porque nos movemos. Lo suyo nos resulta tan frío…Espero morir antes de viejo.- Contestaron a coro unos desagradables Who, encabezados por Keith Moon, el batería más loco que haya habido nunca.

El musicólogo Spaeth terció en la discusión y no dudó en colocarse al lado del New York Herald Tribune y del cardenal Strich, al afirmar gravemente:

– El incubo del rock and roll continúa oprimiendo el mundo de la música popular. La mayor parte de los discos del año se basan en ruidos salvajes y analfabetos. No es extraño, que la violencia derivada de esta concentración juvenil en ritmos aborígenes, haya obligado a que varias ciudades prohiban la interpretación del rock and roll en directo.

– Si señor- Apoyó enfervorizada, Margaret Thatcher, más conocida como La Dama de hierro.- En los años sesenta se debilitó enormemente la fibra moral de Gran Bretaña.

– Gracias a Dios- afirmó Keith Richards, mientras sostenía una copa de bourbon con mucho hielo, entre sus manos.- Durante un tiempo, estuvimos en peligro de llegar a ser respetables. Por suerte, pudimos evitarlo.

– Los viejos se hacen viejos y los jóvenes se hacen fuertes. Esto puede llevar una semana, o puede llevar más tiempo. Ellos tienen los fusiles, pero nosotros tenemos el número. Ganaremos ¡Si¡ Los desplazaremos.- Cantó rebosante de energía Jim Morrison y su voz se perdió en la lejanía, como un grito de guerra. 

– Todos queremos cambiar el mundo- respondieron al unísono los cuatro Beatles.- Pero cuando hablas de destrucción, no cuentes conmigo.

– Queremos el mundo y lo queremos ahora- respondió en tono guerrero el Rey Lagarto.

– Imagina que no hay países. No es tan difícil. Nada por lo que morir o matar, y tampoco religiones- replico dulcemente John Lennon. Después de eso, Jim Morrison se replegó en su silla y enmudeció.

– A mi me gustaría volver justamente a lo que comentó Patti al principio.- dijo un famoso músico.- En mi opinión, antes que nada el rock and roll es compromiso e ideología.

– A medida que me hago más viejo y más famoso, mi nombre es más útil para conseguir cosas, para apoyar buenas cosas.- Dijo desde su rincón Paul Simon.

– No. No me gustan los conciertos benéficos, ni nada por el estilo.- Replicó Keith Richards.- Para mi el rock and roll no es una iglesia, ni una oración. Es un poder que influye poco a poco, algo subversivo.

CURIOSIDADES, ERRORES Y OMISIONES

– Cuando oigo mis discos, apenas reconozco mi voz. Los ingenieros de sonido hacen maravillas. ( Fabian)

–  Yo no tengo ningún problema con las drogas, lo que tengo es un problema con la policía. ( Keith Richards)

–  Yo quería que los MC5 fueran más importantes que Mao. Ellos se conformaban con ser más famosos que los Beatles. (John Sinclair)

– No estaba matando a un ser real. Maté una imagen, la portada de un disco. (Mark David Chapman, asesino de John Lennon)

– Se editan los libros que cuentan lo desagradables que éramos los Who. Que pena que dejáramos de serlo. (Pete Townshend)

Y por supuesto:

Sex, drugs and rock and roll. (Anónimo)

Atículo de Ricardo Canosa

“Rock and Roll” un relato sobre la historia del género contada por sus protagonistas en el artículo original de Rock and Blog

[alvincommunitycollege]

ACC Posts Record Number of Dual Degree Grads

During an Alvin Community College Commencement ceremony on May 18,  another record number of Alvin, Manvel, Shadow Creek and Turner high school students walked across the stage just weeks ahead of getting their high school diplomas.

This year also featured the first graduates from Danbury and Living Stone high schools: Joaqin Phillips and Kaysie Perkins, respectively.

“We are very proud of the growing number of Dual Degree graduates,” ACC President Dr. Christal M. Albrecht said. “These young men and women are highly intelligent, driven, and motivated individuals who now have a jump-start on their education and have substantially reduced the costs associated with a degree.”

ACC had 160 students complete 60 hours of college coursework through participation in the Alvin Community College Dual Credit-Dual Degree program and complete their Associate Degree in General Studies.  Twenty-four students also received certificates from the Welding and Pharmacy programs.

Most Dual Degree graduate students begin their journey as freshmen, taking classes on their high school campus and any additional courses needed at ACC or online. Advisors say it takes a lot of work and the students have to stay on task.

“Each year our Dual Degree graduates continue to grow. It is a true testament to the ambition, drive, and fortitude of the students and the ACC program, faculty and staff,” said Akilah Martin, ACC Director  of College and Career Pathway.

Students seeking the associates degree have increased dramatically since ACC's first dual degree grad, Thomas Schuenemann, in 2008. Since the first graduate, the ACC Dual Credit program has had 657 students participate in commencement. There are now approximately 1,900 students enrolled in the dual credit program at eight area high schools.

Danbury High School: Joaqin Phillips

Living Stone School: Kaysie Perkins

Dawson High School: Taylor Hall

Pearland High School: Jacqueline Tran

Alvin High School: Edna Burgos, Joselin Burgos, Haley Dietrich, Monica Dominguez, Alysse East, Alexis Garcia, Lizbeth GarciaCalero, Makayla Guerrero, Dominique Luna, Jake Nelson, Jordan Oxsheer, Nathaniel Ramirez, Andres Reyna, Kenton Ritter, Cheyenne Slaughter, Jennifer Tankink, Alexandria Willbond and Tyler Williams.

Manvel High School: Anahi Altamirano, Matthew Atteberry, Emily Drilling, Kelly Hejtmancik, Barbara Lomeli-Ibarra, Ashley Jackson, Isiah Johnson, Pichhapoanraingsey Kheang, Denali Klein, Hannah Knight, Zackary Meade, Katherine Moore , Raelanah Nieves, Sandra Ortiz, Christopher Rangel, Gabriel Sanes, Sabrina Vazquez and Tessa Williams.

Shadow Creek High School: Adedolapo Akorede, Karina Cancino, Danielle Coca, Jara Go, Martina Herrera, Abigail Husain, Savannah Kornrumph, Samira Lott, Bianca Montemayor, Alyssa Ocampo, Tamia Peters, Genesis Rios, Yelonde Saunders, Chelsea Saya-Ang, Faishel Saya-Ang, Aylen Sosa, Murielle Tio, Fred Trevino and Leah Vu.

Turner High School: Amitabh Chandra, Jahdiel Chavez, Laura Coate, Endra Cosby II, Cameron Davidson, Ashley Dinh, Melody Do, Brendon Farmer, Victoria Fernandez, William Fisher, Cira-Marie Frias, Elijah Garcia, Denise Garcia, Danielle Garza, Stacey Gillis, Julia Hensley, Erika Hernandez, Crystal Hernandez, Nazareth Hernandez, Noemi Hernandez-Briseno, Kendall Homes, Jenny Horton, Kennedy Howski, Chase Huhn, Rayce Humphries, Duaa Jaweed, Jacob Knapp, Alan Kottoor, Erin Kroeger, Matthew Lair, Renea Landry, Schuyler Larson, Stevie Lee, Benjamin Lewis, Jacob Loberg, Sting Mai, Roberta Minter, Debanhi Montemayor, Hannah Montemayor, Penelope Moreno, Justin Nguyen, Anh Nguyen, Gwyneth Obediente, Alyssa Olivares, Alyssa Osorio, Jacob Phillips, Jonathan Prince, Shelby Rios, Jordan Ripley, Cristal Rivera, Aliya Rivera, Katelyn Romero, Spencer Roy, Janie Salazar, Jasmine Samemy, Arturo Sanchez Jr., Emma Schulz, Cristina Simcox, William Sipes, Jason Sosa, Michael Stansbury, Maggie Stephens, Parker Stepp, Noah Stowers, Camille Surima, Ashton Tamez, Delores Vanhoose, Abby Vu, Caden Walker, Jared Weaver, Laken Williams and Shatrine Zachary.

Pharmacy certificate recipients: Raquel Mata, Noemi Pulido and Kristen Soto.

Welding certificate graduates: Joel Barron, Jason Bynum, Jose Cina, Isai Cruz, Gunner Dibble, Brendan Diffley, Carlos Espino, Grayson Fontenot, Alfredo Garcia, Leonardo Gaspar, Kaiden Guerrero, Prentice James, Juan Leal, Jordan Lewis, James Moore, Guillermo Ojeda Isabel, Ruben Ortega, Christopher Salazar, Edward Scharnberg, Ethan Thompson and Angel Vega.

For more information about the Dual Degree program, visit www.alvincollege.edu/dualcredit.

[todayclassical]

August 16 in Music History

1613 Claudio Monteverdi becomes the Republic of Venice's Master of Music.

1698 Johann Joseph Fux becomes the court composer by Leopold I in Vienna.

1761 Birth of  Russian opera composer Evstigney Ipatovitch Fomin.  1769 Birth of composer Jean Aime Vernier.

1776 Birth of German conductor and composer Jacob Philipp Riotte.

1782 Birth of tenor Giacomo Guglielmi in Massa di Carera. 

1794 FP of Dittersdorf: "Das Gespenst mit der Trommel" singspiel, Oels. 1795 Birth of German opera composer Heinrich August Marschner. 1799 Death of Italian composer Vincenzo Manfredini in St. Petersburg, Russia.

1814 Beethoven finishes composing his Piano Sonata in e, Op 90.

1816 Birth of composer Joseph Robinson.

1834 Birth of French bass Armand Castlemary. 1836 Birth of German composer Albert Biehl in Schwarzburg-Rudolfstadt.

1836 Birth of composer John Farmer.

1863 Birth of composer Cornelia van Osterzee in Batavia, Java. 1863 Birth of French organist, conductor and composer Henri-Constant Gabriel Pierne in Metz. 

1868 Birth of composer Charles Sanford Skilton in Northampton, MA. 

1870 Birth of American composer Harry Benjamin Jepson. 

1871 Birth of composer Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili.

1872 Birth of Austrian opera composer Siegmund von Hausegger.

1876 Birth of Hungarian contralto Lula Mysz-Gmeiner.

1876 Birth of composer Karl Hoschna. 

1876 FP of Wagner's Siegfried, at Bayreuth, Hans Richter conducting.

1877 Birth of composer Karl L Hoschna.

1880 Birth of French soprano Marguerite Carré. 1885 Birth of soprano Carmen Melis in Longone al Segrino. 

1887 Birth of Hungarian soprano Florica Cristoforeanu. 

1890 Birth of Russian soprano Maria Kurenko, in Tomsk, Siberia. 

1892 Birth of American soprano Sophie Braslau in NYC. 

1895 Birth of composer Jacinto Guerrero.

1897 Birth of American baritone Robert Ringling. 

1897 Birth of composer Vicente Ascone.

1898 Birth of American bass Arthur Anderson.

1899 Birth of Italian contralto Camilla Rota.

1902 Birth of composer Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski.

1904 Birth of English organist Ralph Downes in Derby. 

1907 Birth of composer Alexander Uriah Boskovich.

1909 Birth of composer Paul Smith Callaway.

1913 Birth of American bass-baritone Osie Hawkins.

1917 Birth of Panamanian composer Roque Cordero in Panama City.

1925 Birth of American composer Kirke Mechem.

1929 Death of American composer Frank van der Stucken in Hamburg.

1932 FP of George Gershwin's Cuban Overture called a rumba, by the NY Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates, at Lewisohn Stadium.

1937 Birth of American composer David Behrman in Salzburg.

1939 Birth of American mezzo-soprano Janis Martin, in Sacramento. 

1941 Death of tenor John Coates. 

1942 Birth of opera compooser Jacques Delacote.

1945 Birth of soprano Evelyn Mandac, in Manila. 

1947 Birth of American tenor William Pell, in Denver. 

1948 Birth of Canadian composer Stephen Brown in Nottingham, England.

1952 Birth of American soprano Gianna Rolandi in NYC. 

1955 Birth of Roumanian bass Alexandru Agache.

1956 Birth of American soprano Angela Maria Blasi, in New York.

1958 Birth of Dutch composer Hans van Eck in Zwolle.

1959 Death of Polish born, French harpsicordist and pianist Wanda Landowska.

1960 Birth of Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Most in Linz.

1961 FP of Zoltan Kodály's Symphony, dedicated to Arturo Toscanini, at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.

1968 Death of Franch soprano Jane Rolland. 

1973 Death of mezzo-soprano Astra Desmond. 

1972 Birth of Scottish composer Alan Fleming-Baird in Paisley.

1974 Death of English lutenist, guitarist and viol player Desmond Dupre.

1981 Birth of American composer Alexandra du Bois.

1995 FP of Michael Torke's July for saxophone quartet. Apollo Saxophone Quartet at Cardiff Bay.

2001 FP of Lowell Liebermann's Violin Concerto. Chantal Juillet and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conducting at Saratoga Arts Center, NY.

2001 FP of Kaija Saariaho's Nymphea Reflection. Sinfonietta Cracova, Axelrod conducting at the Schlewswig-Holstein Festival in Germany

[cherrypieces-blog]

Jeffrey Dahmer’s victim’s family.

1. Theresa Smith, sister of Eddie Smith with pictures of him.

2. Carolina Smith, sister of Eddie Smith.

3. Richard Guerrero’s father Pablo Guerrero, sister Janie Hagen and brother Rey Guerrero.

4. Pablo Guerrero with his family, picture of his son Richard is seen.

5. Shirley Hughes, mother of Tony Hughes sitting with her daughter and his sister Barbara.

6. Family members of the victims Anthony Sears and Eddie Smith wearing large pins of their loved ones during Dahmer’s trail.

May they all have a good day.

[revistapresenciaacapulco]

Fotos Jorge Ramírez

Hace unos días se celebró en nuestro puerto la trigésimo octava convención bienal de la Asociación Nacional de Mesas Redondas Panamericanas de la República Mexicana, siendo excelentes anfitrionas las socias de la Mesa Redonda Panamericana de Acapulco, lidereada por Rosario Robles de Navarrete, quien hace casi dos años acompañada por un comité de socias solicitaron la sede para llevar a cabo en Acapulco dicho evento de tal importancia para el organismo.

En representación de la Presidenta del DIF Guerrero, Mercedes Calvo de Astudillo, Jennifer Hernández entregó unos obsequios a la Presidenta Nacional y Jani Marichal de Mendoza y la Directora General, Sylvia Williams

Mary Carmen Ramiírez de Tenopala fue la directora de la Convención en la cual se desarrolló una serie de actividades e importantes programas, en los que se desarrollaron temas que nutren, actualizan y mejoran cada día más los altos estándares que distinguen a las panamericanas de México, en su lucha por esparcir la cultura, las buenas costumbres y los valores, principalmente en niños y jóvenes.

Autoridades municipales y estatales acompañaron a las socias de la Mesas Redondas Panamericanas de la República Mexicana en la inauguración de la XXXVIII Convención Bienal Nacional

Además, durante los tres días de trabajos, las damas panamericanas disfrutaron de una hermosa convivencia y fascinantes recorridos, incrementando sus conocimientos y fortaleciendo lazos panamericanos con mesas hermanas de todo el país.

Durante la inauguración se rindieron honores a la bandera de Estados Unidos

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Celebran en Acapulco la XXXVIII convencion bienal de Mesas Redondas PANAMERICANAS Fotos Jorge Ramírez Hace unos días se celebró en nuestro puerto la trigésimo octava convención bienal de la Asociación Nacional de Mesas Redondas Panamericanas de la República Mexicana, siendo excelentes anfitrionas las socias de la Mesa Redonda Panamericana de Acapulco, lidereada por Rosario Robles de Navarrete, quien hace casi dos años acompañada por un comité de socias solicitaron la sede para llevar a cabo en Acapulco dicho evento de tal importancia para el organismo.

[catladydavenport]

Un penique por tus pensamientos.

En mi bolsa vive una moneda británica de un penique (Penny) de 1966. Tiene mi edad, no se quien es más vieja por semanas, meses o días.

Esa rueda de bronce acuñada en Londres me une con mi infancia, cuando el bullying brincaba de mi negativa a reconocerme “niño” en una escuela masculina “solo para hombres”, y por mi apellido británico que era impronunciable para los otros pequeños.

"Davenport"

Me sabía diferente por sentirme niña y porque mi apellido venía del otro lado del mar que mi abuelo materno navegó como capitán en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

“A Penny for your Thougths” me decía el viejo y bondadoso capitán cuando me quedaba callada en medio de alguna lectura, pues mis ojos y mi voz eran su vista, y había muchos libros que nos esperaban.

Y en aquella biblioteca, mis libros favoritos eran los de mitología, no sólo los de Zeus y Wotan, también las leyendas irlandesas y el ciclo arturico.

Recuerdo que leímos tantas veces a Thomas Bullfinch y otro libro de cuentos que sobrevivió sin pasta ni autoria la infancia de mi madre, hermanas y hermano.

Y en alguno de ellos la imagen de un hada hechicera con los brazos extendidos como lista para volar, frente a un mago Merlín derrotado durmiendo, en el pie de ilustración “The Glorious Morgana”.

La imagen se volvió el tapiz de mí infancia, Morgana feroz, era la Janis Leona cantando Ball and Chain en el festival de Monterey, Grace Slick estallando con furia demente en White Rabbit “Feed Your Head”.

Susan Sontag en libros que deseaba desde afuera del cristal de la setentera libreria “Imagen” a la vuelta de la casa

“Feed Your Head” decía Grace “A Penny for your Thougths” respondía con un abrazo de oso mi abuelo, aquel guerrero que como Wotan había perdido la vista, aunque Odin solo de un ojo.

Años después conseguí un Penny británico de mi año de nacimiento, y a veces, cuando sola me quedo pensativa, recuerdo la voz de mi abuelo, Fentanes no Davenport, pero más británico que mi padre, que era anglofobico.

Y cuando me pierdo en esos pensamientos, buscando una solución a una disyuntiva, o navegando en los charcos de la lluvia de aquel 2 de Agosto de 2017,

Lo escucho sonreír con las palabras “A Penny for your Thougts”

Y acarició la Moneda de One Penny acuñada el año en que nací, y en el que el me vio sin sus ojos, pero con ese pensamiento.

A Penny for Our Thougths..

[lalobalives]

*An essay a week in 2017*

I haven’t been able to write for days. For two long weeks, I haven’t been able to write anything beyond a few sentences. Fragments.

Something is shifting in me. This something is heavy and dark and painful. This something is necessary..but shit, it’s so much when we’re in the shifting.

“…Transformation has some very harrowing phases. This full moon will exaggerate all that gets in the way of the balance we need to strike . This full moon illuminates the truth that balance isn’t static.

“Balance is a constant state of recalibration.” Chani Nicholas: Today’s Full Moon in Libra: Beauty Bound 

Yesterday, on my deck, after hours on my couch, I wrote this:

There is a hole where my words are. In the hole lives grief. Stealth and quiet with the fury of winds that can destroy. Annihilate. It is warm in NYC. I am on my deck smelling and tasting spring. Wondering when these seeds will blossom like those on the tree that peek into my window. Just yesterday they were tight in their buds. Today they are busting green. Aflame like my envy.

My hands cannot grip a pen. Those lines on the page stare. I grab my phone. I finally rise from where my body has made indentations in the cushions. They rise slowly, searching for space to be full.

Me…I miss my brother.

***

Today, I went to The Women Writers of Color group’s final installment of this year’s Breakaway Writing Workshop Series. The featured artist was Yesenia Montilla, who led a generative writing workshop inspired by women writers of color. She had us read poems by Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Aracelis Girmay, Valzhyna Mort, Mary Oliver, Audre Lorde, Laurie Ann Guerrero, and Natalie Diaz. After each poem, she gave us prompts and had us write for ten minutes. It was magical and hard and wrenching and necessary. So fuckin necessary.

***

Yesenia started by talking about duende, the term Lorca is said to have stolen from the gypsies of Spain. Duende is the idea of creating art that comes from darkness, from the ground, from the connection of the bottom of the feet to the earth. It is art created from the body.

Lorca visited Harlem in the turn of the 20th century. That’s where he first heard blues, which he said was the closest thing to duende he’d ever heard.

Yesenia had us hear Kathleen Battle singing “Summertime” at the Met. Then she had us hear the Janis Joplin cover of the same song. 

The idea here is that there are two places an artist pulls from, and Battle and Joplin were examples of both.

Battle pulls from the ethereal. From the heavens. “A voice from God,” Yesenia said. 

Joplin pulls from the soles of her feet. Her voice is gravelly and gritty. She is tapping into her ache.

My discovery: I pull from my feet. From the mother that is earth. I pull from my pain, like Joplin. I listened to her sing as I typed this.

***

I bought a new journal at an art supply store steps away from Pratt where the workshop was held. I bought new pens. Paid $10 for a mechanical pencil. 10 fuckin dollars for a pencil?

I was inviting duende. Calling duende. I know that now.

Truth is I thought I’d left all my pens at home. I chastised myself on the train. If you know me, you know that I only write with the blue Pilot Precise V5. I found it in the fall of my freshman year at Columbia, back in ’93. I’ve been writing with it since. I thought: How can I write without my pen? I sulked. Then I thought: “I’ll find one.” Sure enough I did. Later, I found that I had brought a pen. It was tucked into The Body Keeps the Score, which I’ve been reading slowly and quietly, digesting the mirror it holds up, annotating it heavily.

***

Inspiration: “Song” by Brigit Pegeen Kelly

Prompt: Start writing using the few words of the poem: “Listen: there was…”

Listen: there was a girl lost in the woods lost in the spring the earth just beginning to burst with life… the wet of it a pungent, mossy smell in the girl’s nostrils… she searched for the hawk whose cry she heard loud through the canopy.. She thought she felt the whisper of a wing on her cheek, but when she turned, nothing was there… just trees and brambles and bushes not yet fully green but trying for life… reaching for it…

She walked on, this girl who was lost in the woods… she followed trails that had been made by the feet of souls long gone… they too lost… they too, searching…

She, this lost girl, stayed off the paved paths… she didn’t/doesn’t trust paths laid down by men… she needed to feel the dirty under her feet, she needed to be cut by the thorns that tore at her bare legs…

Listen: this girl who is lost, felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around quickly, “Who’s there?” she yelled. The wind shook the trees. A blossom, only days old and still trying for life, fell at her feet. She picked it up, sniffed its sweetness and walked on…

She came to a river. There, she stripped down to her underwear, and walked into the water. She felt something pull her head back, a soft tugging. “This is a baptism,” she thought, as the water rushed into her ears. She opened her eyes and saw her, blurry, hair dancing in the current. “Hija,” she mouthed, bubbles floating out of her mouth. The girl reached, cried out, “Mamá.” She swallowed water, gagged as she felt a push from the soles of her feet, pushing her body up so she could breathe…

When she came to, she was on the shore. Her dress back on her body. A garland of flowers on her head.

***

Inspiration: “Kingdom Animalia” by Aracelis Girmay

Prompt: How do we imagine loss? How do we process death? Start with a line from the poem: “One day, not today, not now, we will be gone from this earth…”

In the red woods where they took me that first day, when my brother died, I looked up at the trees, their long, hairy trunks… I learned that these trees entangle their roots with one another to keep themselves upright… These giants can’t be giant without other giants…

I think of my brother. I think of the last words he said to me: “You have to go write our stories, sis.”

I think of my second mom Millie, who when I told her on her death bed, “Millie, I think I wanna write a book,” she propped herself up on that arm that was perpetually swollen after the mastectomy, and said: “Pero negra, you’ve always been a writer.”

In some forests, trees keep stumps alive by feeding them sugar through their roots.

One day, I will be gone. I know this… I don’t want to. I think: “What will I leave my daughter?”

What did my brother leave me? Permission.

What did my Millie leave me? Validation.

What will I leave my nena? Stories. Love. The knowledge that I loved her like my mother couldn’t, wouldn’t love me…

I leave her knowing that she will hurt, she will ache, and with that, she can make sancocho that will/ can feed. She must gather her own viandas, herbs and meats to make her own sancocho. Mamá will leave her the broth.

***

Inspiration: “Belarusian I” by Valzhyna Mort

Prompts: This love loved to visit us… -or- I was born with… (An Argentinian poet wrote “I was born with red lipstick on…”)

I was born with sugar on my lips. Crystallized and syrupy, I was born with honey on my lips. But mommy was no bee. Mom was salt and glacier. Mom was too much vinagre in sofrito. Mommy was a love song on Super KQ — one of those corta venas ballads that she scream sang, her head thrown back, the King Pine scent snaking up her legs, underneath her bata… to where I came into the world… This girl who was born with honey on her lips.

But didn’t I tell you Mommy was no bee? She’d swat them away with her heavy, little hands. She’d go to their hives and snatch them out, her skin impervious to their sting. She pulled their wings off and cackled as they cried… scurrying over the earth they were made to fly over.

I am the girl born with honey on her lips to a mother who killed bees… I have spent my life trying to lick that honey off. To banish it from me. An exorcism… But bee killers smell honey from far away. Their sense of smell keen Iike a dog’s. They smell honey and think — kill, think — destroy.

These days I am building a hive for this honey on my lips that I was born with. I watch over it, tending and coddling. This hive. These lips…

***

Inspiration: “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver

Prompt: Think about forgiveness and accepting forgiveness. Who have you not forgiven? Imagine the day you forgive that someone. -or- A blue door appears in the room. You go through it…

(I didn’t want to think about forgiveness. I wanted to stay mad…so, of course, she who I have not forgiven showed up, despite my resistance.)

Blue door beckons and says: “Come.” The words like a growl, teeth clenched and grinding. It calls to me. I should be scared but I’m not. I was born with sugar on my lips, pero that was a front. Honey to hide the growl in my throat, the howl like the sirens that coaxed so many men to their deaths.

Beyond the door is a field, there are flowers of all variety and color, they sway in the soft wind. They are like whispers beneath my bare feet. I’m not surprised when I feel the roots start to tangle around my ankles. They pull at me. They snare. I look down and I see her– the weaver. She who I want to but can’t forgive. I grit my teeth, the siren crawls out of my throat. I want to whirlpool her.

I wonder how that happens — how you can go from loving someone and protecting them to wanting to destroy them. To curling your lips when you speak their name, and so you don’t. That poison doesn’t mix with your honey.

You think of the girl you were who invited betrayal and disloyalty because you didn’t love yourself. Couldn’t. This was before you grew to own that honey. And even now, some days, when the roots wrap around your ankles and pull, the thorns dig in and you begin to bleed, heavy drops beading into the earth. You let your skin be sacrifice. You drip honey into the open wounds. You call your siren back into the flower of your throat.

You look back at the blue door and smile. “Remember,” she whispers back at you. “Remember.”

***

Inspiration: “From the House of Yemanjá” by Audre Lorde

Prompt: Think of mother figures. Think of the gods and goddesses we worship. Write an open letter to him or her.

Diosa,

Mi madre is my alter and my abyss… Why did you give me this mother who could never love me? Was there no other way to teach me these lessons I need to learn in this lifetime? Could the lesson not be gentler?

Don’t answer that. I know.

I am one who learns through trials. I have to drag my body across fire stores, feel their scarring, ripping at my organs. This is the way for us girls born with honey on our lips. Pero, mamá, madre eres, why could you not gift me a mother who could love?

My mother is TNT. She is dynamite. She detonates and erupts. She destroys everything… but me. Me — she couldn’t. Me — I didn’t let her.

My mother whose body knows the claws of rape, who knows the fangs of hunger. My mother who has wished for death since she was 15 — my mother…

I sit like her One knee propped under my chin The other leg tucked underneath. I hum like her, absentmindedly, while I cook and clean and stare off, into nothing. Here, but not. I didn’t know this until I was 40, after having left her house at 13…

I carry my mother under my fingernails  like dirt… This woman who is TNT.

***

Yesenia gave us time to share one piece we’d produced that day. One writer, a beautiful young woman with a hoop in her nose and tattoos on her arms, prefaced her piece with: “This poem is about my mother. All my poems are about my mother.”

And I said “Yasss.” And I felt that shame and anger in my body move and subside…that exhaustion with the altar and abyss that is my mother.

Why the fuck do I always have to write about my mother?

***

I listened to Janis Joplin as I typed this. In the gravel that is her voice, I saw myself, this woman who pulls from her ache in her joints, from the earth, from the soles of her feet…

Today, duende pulled at the siren in my throat. Today, duende grabbed and yanked at my pen. Today I surrendered to duende, and I’m so glad that I did.

Thank you Yesenia Montilla. You be magic, sis. Word.

Relentless Files — Week 66 (#52essays2017 Week 13) *An essay a week in 2017* I haven’t been able to write for days. For two long weeks, I haven’t been able to write anything beyond a few sentences.

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ACC Announces Fall 2016 Dean's and Merit List

Alvin Community College recognized students for making the Fall 2016 Dean’s and Merit Lists during a reception on February 13.

To be eligible for the Dean’s list students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average for 12 or more credit hours in a semester and no course with a grade lower than a C. To be eligible for the Merit List, a student must have 7 – 11 college-level semester hours during a semester with a minimum 3.5 GPA with no F or incomplete. College-level courses exclude credit-by-exam, nontraditional, transfer, or developmental courses.

The full Dean’s List recipients are: Juan Aguirre, Zachary Aldmon, Hannah Aldridge, Mohammad Alom, Daisy Alvarado, Donald Anderson, Kirsten May Andrade, Johnson Appiah, Jessie Arce, Yesenia Arenas, Rylee Arnold, Jordan Bagwell, Kelsey Barba, Taylor Barrow, Eva Bartley, Cassandra Mae Batang, Jerry Beasley, Alex Begnaud, Emery Bennett, Drew Bennett, Grant Bentley, Scott Berardi, Kane Berger, Alyssa Bergeron, Zachary Bernal, Dustin Bernatovich, Stephen Bishop, Victoria Bitner, Madison Bochard, Paul Boddy, Jared Bolton, Joseph Booth, Braedon Boznango, Natasha Braun, Taylor Broussard, Ruth Brown, Zara Burns, Bridget Byrd, Marc Cardenas, Raya Carr, Luis Carrillo, Dale Carrion, Guadalupe Castaneda, Dalia Castelan, Cayla Caster, Chelsea Catching, Cynthia Cedillo, Toni Chavez, Mica Chenier, Rachel Christodoss, William Clark, William Clifford, Freyja Coe, Nathan Comeaux, Cristian Cornejo, Meagan Crisp, Karlie Crow, Brandon Cuddihy, William Dahlstrom, Kaitlyn Dahlstrom, Cole Dahlstrom, My Dang, Jeffrey Davidson, Adriana Davila, Egla Delrioaguillon, Christopher Detorre, Cody Dewar, Raul Diaz, Nephtali Diaz, Katherine Dillard, Chase Dillman, Michael Dinsdale, Cheyenne Dornelles, Andrew Dotson, Adrienne Dover, Amanda D'Souza, Amber Eastham, Zachary Edwards, Kaitlyn Elder, Esther Erfan, Christopher Erickson, Adam Erlewein, John Evans, Karsten Fagan, Jennifer Fakharizadeh, Yecenia Fernandez, Clinton Fewell, Victoria Flannory, Tristan Flores, Jaecen Foytik, Timothy Franke, Scott Frankovich, Alyssa Frausto, James Freitag, Nathan Fuchs, Mallory Gaddis, JoLee Galetka, Marlena Gana, Soledad Garcia, Ryan Garner, Hector Garza, Brooklyn Garza, Bakari Gayle, Julia Glasgow, Stephen Glasgow, Mallory Glover, Rosemary Gonzalez, Stephan Good, Leslie Gordon, Signe Gostomski, Victor Gostomski, Esther Granados, Laurel Gray, Sophia Graziosi, Isabella Graziosi, Ariana Green, Bobbye Green, Emily Greenough, Evan Griffin, Marissa Grimes, Jonathan Guerrero, Emily Guidry, Brandon Hagood, Kayleigh Hanchey, Liam Haney, Joshua Hargett, Syeda Hasnain, Matthew Hernandez, William Hill, Kathryn Hoelter, Jared Holston, Hunter Honish, Lioubov Hooks, Terri Hubbard, Dayna Hudson, Ahamad Huff, Edgar Ibarra, Sarah Jackson, Leann James, Stuart Johnson, Sally Johnson, Allison Jones, Austin Jordan, Matthew Jrab, Neida Juarez, Cody Karstedt, Sara Khan, Jessica Kuntz, Stephen Labeth, Christian Lagunas, Christopher Lam, Mai Le, Anh Le, Travis Lemoine, Marianel Liga, Claudia Limon, Meiling Lin, Peng Lin, Aaron Linden, Skyler Little, Lisa Lopez, David Lovejoy, Teresa Lozano, Brittany Luke, Timothy Lute, Samantha Maddox, Charles Maldonado, Aaron Kyle Manio, Linda Manyida, Kaitlyn Manzanaris, Claire Marsh, Kara Martin, Jessica Martinez, Victoria Martinez, David Mbange, Wyatt Mccann, Kimberly Mcclain, Kelci McClary-Davis, Byran McDaniels, Elizabeth McDonald, Courtney McGregor, Jeremy McKinney, Alex McLeister, Christopher McQueen, Esteban Medrano, Rylan Meek, Mark Mejia, Gabrielle Melchor, Sarah Melenric, Beatriz Merida, Joshua Miles, Alexander Miller, Mandi Mitchell, Alicia Moreno, Alyssa Morton, Victoria Motes, Megan Myers, Josie Naval, Elizabeth Navarrete, Thanh Nguyen, Tien Nguyen, Kelly Nguyen, Brittany Nguyen, Achim Noack, Leah Noworyta, Tracey Oldham, James Oliver, Luke Olson, Chukwunonso Omeili, Jasmine Onyemachi, Danielle Ortiz, Gabriela Oxford, Amaya Padgett, Jose Padilla, Kayla Palmer, Victoria Palomarez, Neisha Pander, Juan Parkin, Lloyd Pate, Hiral Patel, Mary Patterson, Hailey Paulk, Christopher Perez, Jocelin Perez, Jacob Pitts, Maxx Pizzitola, Blake Powitzky, James Pugh, Jolan Pyland, Daniel Ramirez, Jesse Ramirez, Austin Redwine, Dustin Reeser, Anthony Reid, Steven Reyes, Luis Rodriguez, Jason Rogers, Michael Anthony Rohland, Roy Romano, Linda Rubenak, Amber Rushing, Michael Saladiner, Gabrielle Salinas, Lauren Santos, Laura Schindler, Zachary Schnitzer, Andrew Schueneman, Taylor Sengphanlaya, Savannah Serrato, Michael Shakin, Britney Sharp, Mallory Sherer, Weston Siemens, Noah Sills, Ashley Slaughter, Kirsten Slovak, Marcy Smith, Evetta Soma, Shauna Squyres, William Stanaland, Dorcas Starcke, Joshua Stearns, Austin Stephens, Jeffery Stewart, Richard Stillman, Jared Streeter, Nicolas Sudderth, Brittney Surber, Michael Swope, Sophia Lauren Talavera, Preston Tao, Nathan Tarket, James Thompson, Frances Tibia, Abigail Tiemann, Nicholas Trinh, Christopher Trochesset, Madison Troxlar, Matthew Tucker, Ernest Umandap, Victoria Van, Daniel Varghese, Hope Vavich, Sara Vera, Marisah Villarreal, Melanie Walker, Kaina West, Emily Wheeler, Krista Whitehead, Travis Wiggins, Zayne Willems, Tysheria Williams, Sarah Williams, Lori Williamson, Jordan Wix, Layla Wolken, Sarah Woods, Sara Yan, Katherine Yuchnewicz and Jinle Zhang.

   The full Merit List recipients are: Sheila Agim, Emily Aguiar, Christopher Alanis, Edera Alexander, Stacy Allen, Samuel Allison, Leonie Almeida, Kaleb Anderson, Blake Anderson, Kinsey Anderson, Alexia Andrade, Sheikinna Ang, Sunny Angst, Jael Anorga, Maryline Anyaso, Kathy Arenas, Abigail Armesto, Maida Arredondo, Marissa Arredondo, Jose Arreola, Juan Arzate, Denise Aviles, Yessenia Ayala, Madison Ayres, Kendall Baker, David Banda, Rosa Barron, Kenneth Bartholomew, Kamya Bates, Alyssa Battad, Victoria Bedar, Kathryn Bell, Beth Benge, Alokika Bhakta, Kristin Binford, Luke Black, Charlcie Blackmon, Cassidy Bodden, Bailey Bradley, Hannah Bransom, Alisha Brown, Angela Brown, Mary Brown, Breanna Burgess, Kamden Burke, Faith Butts, Brenda Camargo, Justin Campbell, Kirlice Carr-Lett, Sasha Casiano, Vicente Castellanos, Jeffrey Castillo, Korinne Cathey, Wendy Chapin, McKaylee Chapman, Ashlee Chappell, Laura Chebetar, Kelly Childers, Rachel Clark, Lynze Clayton, Ashley Collins, Brandon Conner, Jordyn Cooper, Treicha Coutee, Omar Coward, Derrick Cross, Kimberly Davis, Barrett Day, Paola Viera De Cardona, Lillian Decker, Robynn Demen, Lexie Derrick, Sandra Diaz, Bailey Dishon, Emily Drilling, Alexa Duminski, Natalie Dunlap, Troy Dunnahoe, Ashley Durham, Purelily Ekpo, Allissa Eller, Agustin Encinia, Jason Engelke, Victoria Esparza, Evelyn Espinosa, Annalysa Estrada, Robert Evans, Lela Fagan, Brendon Farmer, Dustin Fehrle, Caleb Fisher, Maricela Flores, Shelby Foland, Christian Fontenot, Paula Ford, Bethany Fortune, Erick Franco-Herrera, Ashley Frazier, Eugena Freeman, Theodore Frick, Jennifer Garay, Marina Garcia, Mirna Garcia, Cindy Garcia, Elijah Garcia, Charles Garza, Brenda Garza, Rose Garza, Eden Garza, Angela Gaytan, Jaina George, Adebisi George, Benjamin Godson, James Goff, Samantha Gomez, Tracy Gonzales, Jose Gonzalez, Xavier Gonzalez, George Gonzalez, Rhonda Gonzalez, Christopher Goodman, Patricia Gordon, Lauren Gormly, Ailia Gould, Carter Goyen, Brittney Green, Christian Greengrass, Adam Groce, Garrett Grothe, Monica Guerra, Jorge Padierna Guerrero, Autumn Guillory, Cody Gutierrez, Nichole Gutierrez, Sarah Gutierrez, Cindy Ha, Adam Haggerty, Patrick Hankamer, Kaitlyn Harbuck, Cierra Harris, Amy Harris, Brandi Hartman, April Hasse, Gabriella Hastings, Erin Haynes, Sarah Hedleston, Mercedes Hendrix, Julia Hensley, San Juanita Hernandez, Jessica Hernandez, Lorena Herrera, Julie Higuera, Jonathan Hirsch, Britney Hoang, Ashley Hoang, Molly Hodge, Shane Hoffower, Desiree Hofstetter, Brianna Holt, Natalie Honore, Katie Huff, Simeen Humayun, Yasmin Imouhdine, Kaden Ingram, Llasmin Interiano, Kimberly Isaacson, Lori Ivy, Candice Jackson, Destiny Johnson, Aaliyah Jones, Darrien Jones, Shawnee Justis, Samuel Kapel, Jane Kasinga, Meredith Kaspar, Taylor Kelley, Brittany Kennedy, Carrie Kidd, Cindy Knight, Rachel Kocurek, Eva Koll, Alison Kozuch, Binumon Chelackal Kunjappan, Kevin Kuriachan, Yva Ladera, Jordan Lake, Macy Langer, Stephanie Leblanc, Salena Leija, Scott Lever, Ariel Lima, Joseph Livingston, Reana Llamas, John Lombardi, Jehu Lopez, Hillary Lopez, Malia Mackenna, Catherine Magnuson, Katie Marabella, Ekaterina Marek, Veronica Mares, Ramiro Martinez, Joshua Mathew, Kaitlin McClurg, Dillon McCoy, Joseph Mcgee, Mackenna Mcintyre, Britni McKimmy, Katelyn McManus, Taylor Meador, Patrick Meador, Shea Mehornay, Ansel Mendoza, Diana Mendoza, Jose Sosa Mendoza, Brianne Menzies, Lauren Merritt, Taylor Messick, Mark Miller, Jessica Miller, Christian Miller, Amber Molidor, Robert Moore, Bridget Moore, Sheryl Moore, Sergio Moreno, Ashley Moss, Mara Mullally, Jose Navarrete, Robert Newman, Anh Nguyen, Svannah Nguyen, Sabrina Nguyen, Ragen Noriega, Ashley Novak, Gwyneth Obediente, Mariely Ocana, Oalyssa Oconer, Shemilore Oguntoye, Toluwani Olabiyi, Nikki Ondrus, Ana Ortiz, Adrian Ortiz, Anndrea Osborne, Angela Otoya, Ngozi Ozumba, Rumaldo Padilla, Jazmin Padilla, Dustin Page, Molly Page, Joshua Palin, Kevin Parker, Arriyon Parker, Rahul Paul, Roberto Pena, Emily Pepper, Brandon Perdue, Veronica Perez, Irving Perez, Heather Person, Eloy Phillips, Michelle Phung, Andrew Pier, Julia Pittman, Heather Porter, Vanessa Putnik, Brooke Quintanilla, Hector Ramirez, Christina Ranieri, James Rannik, Noelle Rebresh, Lindy Reed, Bethany Reed, Hunter Reed, Claretta Remy, Chloe Reyna, Meagan Ripple, Joshua Roberts, Olivia Roberts, Sara Rodrigues, Britney Rodriguez, Jeshua Rodriguez, Stephanie Rodriguez, Cecilia Rodriguez, Courtney Roeckel, Valerie Rogers, Jairo Romero, Raquel Rooney, Parker Roy, Pricilla Ruiz, Janie Salazar, Payton Salge, Brandon Salinas, Brenda Sanchez, Cynthia Sanders, Harrison Sauter, Mackenzie Savage, Taylor Savedra, Anthony Schmaltz, Patrice Scott-Willis, Patrick Thomas Sepnio, Mauro Serna, Akshaya Shankar, Randall Sharp, Steven Shelton, Nolan Sheppard, Christopher Simons, Daryl Smith, Vontavia Smith, John Snider, Thomas Soliz, Noah Sorrels, Victoria Soto, Edward Spiers, Amy Stahl, Brazos Starr, Dustin Stine, Ashley Strain, Jennifer Strain, Gail Stroud, Kayla Sturgill, Joshua Sturm, Hannah Suarez, Richard Suniga, Camille Surima, Blaire Tacquard, Luke Tadlock, Brooke Talbert, Regino Tellez, Avery Thomas, Brieanna Thomas, Twinkle Thomas, Halen Titus, Jolisha Titus, Rafaelle Tkac, Ariana Torrez, Payson Townsend, Kylie Trant, Courtney Trinidad, Elizabeth Tuffin, Gabrielle Vergara, Tarren Vielma, Weston Vincent, Ericka Walker, Kaitlyn Welsh, Felipe Trujillo Wheeler, Taryn Wilcoxson, Kalena Williams, Travis Williams, Simeon Williams, Tessa Williams, Haley Williams, Jessica Willis, David Wilson, Dellaney Wimberly, Timothy Winbush, Jennifer Wood, Timothy Wood, Arielle Woodruff, Kirstyn Woodside, Emily Wyhs, Lauriena Yanes and James Yeamans.