Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Orlando Cruz Wins First Boxing Match Post-Coming Out!

Orlando Cruz Wins First Boxing Match Post-Coming Out! Print
Written by Instinct Staff | Sunday, 21 October 2012
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With the entire boxing world watching, Orlando Cruz was victorious on Friday in his first boxing match since coming out as a gay man!
He won the bout in a unanimous decision: 118-110, 116-111, 118-110
He reacts after the jump!
"That was my moment, my opportunity, my event. And I won." Cruz said Friday night according to The Associated Press.
Cruz received a lot of public support and it didn't go unnoticed by the boxer. He said, "I was very happy that they respect me. That's what I want -- them to see me as a boxer, as an athlete and as a man in every sense of the word."
His opponent, Jorge Pazos was also complimentary, saying: "He's a boxer who moves too much, he knows how to box and he has good legs. I couldn't get him."
Cruz has his sights set on the world championship. "This fight's going to open my door for a world title fight," he said. "That's my dream, my mom's dream, my community's dream and my team's."
Asked about his new position as a gay role model, Cruz said, "I'm only one person. I feel happy with where I am. I'm free. I'm more at peace."
Congrats on your victory, Orlando!

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Estadidad AHORA!!! | 8/29/2012: Puerto Ricans Increase Their Political Influence |

8/29/2012

Puerto Ricans Increase Their Political Influence - Latin American Herald Tribune - Monday, August 27, 2012 - (author unknown)

Puerto Ricans Increase Their Political Influence


WASHINGTON – Americans of Puerto Rican origin are the second-largest Hispanic group in the United States.

The number of Puerto Ricans living in the 50 states alone is 4.7 million, greater than the population of Puerto Rico itself, which is 3.7 million.

Since Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, Puerto Ricans are citizens by birth, and they are becoming an increasingly powerful voice in U.S. politics. In Florida, voter turnout by Puerto Ricans was 55 percent in 2008, up from 47 percent in 2004.

“Puerto Ricans are starting to become part of the national dialogue,” said Julius Melendez, a candidate in the 9th Congressional District in Osceola County, Florida.

“The days where a presidential candidate could afford to ignore the Puerto Rican community are long gone – respect and attention are the new normal,” said Andres W. Lopez, an attorney from the island and a campaign adviser to President Obama
 
 

José A. Cabrera ·
It's time to end Puerto Rico's colonial problem through statehood.






    Posting as Mike Nova (Change)



  • Walter Caban · Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
    Resolvamos esto de una vez y por todas, estadidad ahora!






      Posting as Mike Nova (Change)




    • Monday, August 27, 2012

      Is Puerto Rico your country or is it the USA?

      Is Puerto Rico your country or is it the USA? - Monday, August 27, 2012 - (author unknown)

       

      Answer: Oh, most definitely, the USA!!!


      "¡Por favor. El amor y el interés fueron al campo un día y pudo más el interés que el amor que te tenía. Además, no todos los boricuas sonríen todo el tiempo!”

      Memorias de un Gay Sesenton: the City College and 'la isla de la ... - Monday, August 27, 2012 - gerardo torres

       

      lunes, 27 de agosto de 2012

      the City College and ‘la isla de la simpatía”


      Juan Ramón Jiménez was so impressed by a particular Puerto Rican quality, the smiles, that the Nobel laureate wrote a book, Isla de la Simpatía, dedicated to this marvelous and soothing quality. Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico smile when greeting you; and they do so whenever they encounter each other, unless they are in some kind of struggle, but other than that they smile. Though, most Puerto Ricans in New York have not lost this quality, not all have kept smiling when encoutering each other.

      When I started to work at the College, there were seven Puerto Ricans working at the School of Education. By the end of the seventies, most of them were either not given tenure, or, for obvious reasons others decided to leave. It was the seventies and all of these faculty members integrated the political situation of these unique colonials with the content and process of educational programs. The very progressive school did not seem to be very interested in identifying and hiring members of this ethnic group. It is easier to discuss and study Dewey and Piaget without having to face issues of colonialism in your backyard, linguistic and political oppression.

      Not until the late eighties and nineties, when it was convenient for the School to bring Puerto Ricans into the faculty, my own sense of loneliness and defensiveness began to fade away. Other than two or three colleagues, the rest was simply a bunch of dishonest characters dressed up as progressives; pleasant but “hipócritas a la máxima potencia.” Thus, when Puerto Ricans were brought to work in a place where my accent and educational ideas were continuously under criticism, it was great once more to be surrounded by people I thought would understand where I was coming from and support me. And to some extent they did, until the Puerto Rican “sonrisa” showed me how naïve I was.

      When coming across one of the new employees, I gave her a big smile. She looked at me and continued walking as if I did not exist. I shared my bewilderment with another colleague who most probably told the “seriota” (this is the term PRs use to refer to people who do not smile); and suddenly, whenever I went into the office of the “seriota” everyone in the office where the “seriota” worked was smiling at me and sarcastically saying, “Hello, Gerardo”. I went from cultural solidario to a payaso.

      It was very naïve on my part to think that simply because someone was a PR I was going to be greeted with courtesy and cultural understanding. Luckily I had my friends with whom I shared everything that happened at the very progressive school, and while smiling they answered, “¡Por favor. El amor y el interés fueron al campo un día y pudo más el interés que el amor que te tenía. Además, no todos los boricuas sonríen todo el tiempo!”

            
       
       
       
       

      Friday, August 24, 2012

      Drug cartels are increasingly using Puerto Rico as a conduit to transport cocaine and other illicit drugs to the U.S. mainland


      Miami Herald Aug. 23, 2012
      by Kenneth D. McClintock on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 4:39pm ·
      THE READERS’ FORUM
      Puerto Rico is committed to safer neighborhoods


      Angel Castillo’s Aug. 16 Other Views column, Puerto Rico: Visions of a police state, mischaracterizes a necessary new law in Puerto Rico that will keep violent criminals off our streets and make our communities safer.

      Drug cartels are increasingly using Puerto Rico as a conduit to transport cocaine and other illicit drugs to the U.S. mainland, which has led to an increase in violent crimes in our neighborhoods. This new law cracks down on violent criminals and drug traffickers by increasing prison sentences for second-degree homicide to 50 years, and negligent homicide to 15 years. The sentence for first-degree homicide remains 99 years. Additionally, the law increases prison sentences for kidnapping, robbery, sexual assault and the production of child pornography.

      A provision of the law would also keep violent criminals and drug lords from intimidating and threatening Puerto Rico’s elected leaders, a dangerous practice that cartels have successfully employed in Mexico. It is most definitely not intended to prevent peaceful demonstrations where U.S. citizens freely exercise their First Amendment rights, as the American Civil Liberties Union erroneously claims.
      In addition to supporting tough new anti-crime measures, Gov. Luis Fortuño has made comprehensive reforms to modernize the Puerto Rico police and has sought more federal assistance to fight drug trafficking. This includes proposing a Caribbean Border Initiative that would ensure Puerto Rico receives federal resources to secure America’s Caribbean border similar to those provided to states that border Mexico.

      The government of Puerto Rico is committed to making our neighborhoods safer and preventing drug cartels from gaining a foothold on our island.

      Kenneth D. McClintock
      Secretary of State
      San Juan, Puerto Rico
       

      Tuesday, August 21, 2012

      Link: 9:08 AM 8/21/2012: Puerto Rico Voters Reject Constitutional Amendments, To Reduce Legislature ...

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      Puerto Rico Voters Reject Constitutional Amendments, To Reduce Legislature ... - Huffington Post - Sunday, August 19, 2012Puerto Ricans reject constitutional amendments - San Francisco Chronicle - Sunday, August 19, 2012 - (author unknown)
      AMBIENTE PLAYA REFERENDUM - Sunday, August 19, 2012 - elvoceroprFORTUÑO ACATA...
      DECISIÓN DEL "NO" - Sunday, August 19, 2012 - elvoceroprPuerto Rican Influence Throughout the Fifty States - Monday, August 20, 2012 - KGStorm development update - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - (author unknown)caribnews: Tropical Storm Warning in effect for Dominica, Guadalupe, St Martin, Antigua, St Kitts, Nevis, Monserrat and Barbuda - NHC - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - (author unknown)*A PONER FIN A UNA PESQUISA VICIOSA - Tuesday, August 21, 2012After determination of the Department of Justice judge exonerating the Chief Justice Federico Hernández Denton, of the charge of illicit use of public funds, the Senate must put an end to what is clearly a vicious political attack against the judge and the highest court of the country. Gestures Sergio C. Gutierrez Negron A body emaciated, with ribs poking through a thin layer of what is contained skin, eyes narrowed, occupying a public space in political fasting: dig Obama versus Berrios Jose Alfredo Hernandez Mayoral Most saw the reaction of annoyance of Ruben Berrios. The video is on the website of the Independence Party. His anger was caused by the offer of President Barack Obama to start If you do not hire me, I contract *Learning culture of Puerto Rico - Scranton Times-Tribune - Friday, August 17, 2012Religious Left Infatuation with Puerto Rican Terror - FrontPage Magazine - Friday, August 17, 2012NPP Commissioner: Drug dealers influenced the Referendum - Tuesday, August 21, 2012What Will It Take for Gays to Just Get Along? A Plan and a Prayer - Huffington Post (blog) - Monday, August 20, 2012Gov. Fortuño signs foreclosure mediation law | News is my Business - Tuesday, August 21, 2012Rusia: ¿Pussy Riot condenadas por sus simpatizantes? - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - Gabriela Garcia Calderon OrbeCrews disassembling freighter that grounded 2 months ago off outlying Puerto ... - Greenfield Daily Reporter - Monday, August 20, 2012Colombia ex-general pleads guilty to supporting terrorism - Tuesday, August 21, 2012Court Deals Blow To Tough Immigration Law - Monday, August 20, 2012 - APJulian Assange asylum: Rafael Correa says it is suicidal for UK to enter Ecuador embassy – video - Tuesday, August 21, 201213 alleged gang members in Puerto Rico indicted - Huffington Post - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - (author unknown)14 de agosto de 2012via O m a r B a n u c h i on 8/19/1214 de agosto de 2012

      9:08 AM 8/21/2012

      Puerto Rico Voters Reject Constitutional Amendments, To Reduce Legislature ... - Huffington Post - Sunday, August 19, 2012

      Puerto Ricans reject constitutional amendments - San Francisco Chronicle - Sunday, August 19, 2012 - (author unknown)

      AMBIENTE PLAYA REFERENDUM - Sunday, August 19, 2012 - elvoceropr

      FORTUÑO ACATA DECISIÓN DEL "NO" - Sunday, August 19, 2012 - elvoceropr

      Puerto Rican Influence Throughout the Fifty States - Monday, August 20, 2012 - KG

      Storm development update - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - (author unknown)

      caribnews: Tropical Storm Warning in effect for Dominica, Guadalupe, St Martin, Antigua, St Kitts, Nevis, Monserrat and Barbuda - NHC - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - (author unknown)

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      A PONER FIN A UNA PESQUISA VICIOSA - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

      After determination of the Department of Justice judge exonerating the Chief Justice Federico Hernández Denton, of the charge of illicit use of public funds, the Senate must put an end to what is clearly a vicious political attack against the judge and the highest court of the country.

      Gestures
      Sergio C. Gutierrez Negron
      A body emaciated, with ribs poking through a thin layer of what is contained skin, eyes narrowed, occupying a public space in political fasting: dig

      Obama versus Berrios
      Jose Alfredo Hernandez Mayoral
      Most saw the reaction of annoyance of Ruben Berrios. The video is on the website of the Independence Party. His anger was caused by the offer of President Barack Obama to start

      Learning culture of Puerto Rico - Scranton Times-Tribune - Friday, August 17, 2012

      Religious Left Infatuation with Puerto Rican Terror - FrontPage Magazine - Friday, August 17, 2012

      NPP Commissioner: Drug dealers influenced the Referendum - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

      What Will It Take for Gays to Just Get Along? A Plan and a Prayer - Huffington Post (blog) - Monday, August 20, 2012

      Gov. Fortuño signs foreclosure mediation law | News is my Business - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

      Rusia: ¿Pussy Riot condenadas por sus simpatizantes? - Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - Gabriela Garcia Calderon Orbe

      Crews disassembling freighter that grounded 2 months ago off outlying Puerto ... - Greenfield Daily Reporter - Monday, August 20, 2012

      Colombia ex-general pleads guilty to supporting terrorism - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

      Court Deals Blow To Tough Immigration Law - Monday, August 20, 2012 - AP

      Julian Assange asylum: Rafael Correa says it is suicidal for UK to enter Ecuador embassy – video - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

      13 alleged gang members in Puerto Rico indicted - Huffington Post - Thursday, August 16, 2012 - (author unknown)

      via O m a r B a n u c h i on 8/19/12


      14 de agosto de 2012

      Why do the Caribbean Islands Arc?

       http://planetsave.com/2012/08/21/why-do-the-caribbean-islands-arc/

      Why do the Caribbean Islands Arc?












      If you look at the Caribbean islands from above you’ll see that they arc, and new research by geophysicists at the University of Southern California have found that over the past 50 million years the Caribbean islands have been pushed east by the steady movement of the Earth’s viscous mantle against the more stationary Southern American continent.
      The result of this study which was published in the journal Nature Geoscience yesterday give us a better understanding of how continents resist the constant movement of the Earth’s plates, and what effect continental plates have on reshaping the surface of Earth.
      “Studying the deep earth interior provides insights into how the Earth has evolved into its present form,” said Meghan Miller, assistant professor of earth sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and lead author of the paper. “We’re interested in plate tectonics, and the southeastern Caribbean is interesting because it’s right near a complex plate boundary.”


       

      Everything is Connected

      To be able to study the motion of the South American continent and the Caribbean plate, researchers Miller and Thorsten Becker, associate professor of earth sciences at USC Dornsife, had to first model the entire planet. In fact, the pair created 176 models, models that required several weeks at the USC High Performance Computing Center to compute.
      “If you can, you want to solve the whole system and then zoom in,” Becker said. “What’s cool about this paper is that we didn’t just run one or two models. We ran a lot, and it allowed us to explore different possibilities for how mantle flow might work.”
      “Oceanic plates are relatively simple, but if we want to understand how the Earth works as a system — and how faults evolved and where the flow is going over millions of years — we also have to understand continental plates,” Becker added.
      Miller and Becker reconstructed the movement of the planet’s mantle to a depth of just above 3,000 kilometres.
      Their research tossed previous hypotheses of the seismic activity beneath the Caribbean Sea out the window and provided an important new insight into the unique tectonic interactions that are behind the Caribbean plate tearing away from South America.
      In particular, Miller and Becker point to a part of the South American plate — known as a “cratonic keel” — that is roughly three times thicker than normal lithosphere and much stronger than typical mantle. The keel deflects and channels mantle flow, and provides an important snapshot of the strength of the continents compared to the rest of the Earth’s outer layers.
      In the southeastern Caribbean the researchers that the interaction of the subducted plate beneath the Antilles island arc in combination with the stronger continental keel has created the El Pilar-San Sebastian Fault. Miller and Becker believe that similar interactions are the cause of the San Andreas Fault.
      “We’re studying the Caribbean, but our models are run for the entire globe,” Miller said. “We can look at similar features in Japan, Southern California and the Mediterranean, anywhere we have instruments to record earthquakes.”

      Sunday, August 19, 2012

      El Morro, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico - Video

      El Morro, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico


      Uploaded by on Feb 18, 2011

      The construction of the Fort San Felipe del Morro began in 1539 when King Charles V of Spain authorized its construction, including the surrounding walls. The purpose was to defend the port of San Juan.It was also constructed to control the entry to the harbor. Construction started the same year with a tiny proto-fortress that was "completed" in 1589. This small section comprises perhaps 10% of the structure people see today. In 1587, engineers Juan de Tejada and Juan Bautista Antonelli designed the actual appearance of the castle following well established Spanish military fortification design principles. Similar Spanish fortifications of the 17th-18th centuries can be seen in Cuba, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Veracruz and Acapulco, Mexico, Portobello and Panama City, Panamá,and many other Latin American locations which were governed as part of the Spanish Empire during the Age of Exploration. The first fort of the Americas, Fort San Felipe, was built in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic in 1540. Many complex additional new structures were added to El Morro over the next 400 years. The outer walls are six meters thick. In 1680, Governor Enrique Enríquez de Sotomayor begun the construction of the walls surrounding the city of San Juan, which took 48 years. By the late 18th century, El Morro's walls had grown to be 18 feet (5.5 m) thick. Today El Morro has six levels that rise from sea level to 145 feet (44 m) high. All along the walls are seen the dome-covered sentry boxes known as garitas, which have become a cultural symbol of Puerto Rico itself. The El Morro or Port San Juan Light was built atop the fort in 1843, but in 1908, it was replaced by the US military with the current lighthouse. Including the exterior open killing grounds, known as the glacis and esplanade, dominated by cannon in the 17th and 18th centuries, El Morro can be said to take up over 70 acres (280,000 m²).

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      Friday, August 17, 2012

      Mike Nova shared El Vocero de Puerto Rico's photo - 2:45 PM 8/17/2012

       Mike Nova shared El Vocero de Puerto Rico's photo.
      Culebrita (Foto:boriken365.com)


      Giligan’s Island, Guánica. (Foto:boriken365.com)

      Yabucoa (Foto:boriken365.com)


      Fascinado con su nueva etapa después de las Olimpiadas http://end.pr/NrPGOd
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      Fortuño compara sus prioridades con las de Luis A. Ferré | El Gobernador proclamó hoy que, al igual que el fundador de su Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), para él “los humildes son primero”. - http://ow.ly/d398a
      Fortuño compares their priorities with the Luis a. Ferré | The Governor proclaimed today, as well as the founder of the new progressive party (PNP), for "the humble are first". -http://ow.ly/d398a (Translated by Bing)