tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64605966247976102542012-01-28T12:53:44.039-08:00Amélia Riverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622609360544029252noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460596624797610254.post-13756693017488780752011-09-27T22:39:00.000-07:002011-09-27T22:43:21.541-07:00

Amen.

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Como guatemalteca me siento muy conmovida por la violencia que se vive cada día en el país, y por supuesto por el asesinato de Facundo Cabral hoy en la madrugada. Además que como música me conmueve profundamente el que un mensajero de paz y un talento como el suyo allá caído en manos de la violencia que impunemente destruye nuestro país. Invito a todos los seguidores de esta página que compartan

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After reading all kinds of enlightened comments on Japan's natural disasters, and nuclear catastrophe, which made me want to become a hermit and never again log into any sort of social network, my facebook persona took over. I felt the urge to superfluously try and avoid public embarrassment of certain individuals on my network by toss a suggestion. (And yes, this blogger is a total

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So after last Monday when my logic instructor with much politeness and tact exemplified alethic relativism by asking me "If I believe you were Hitler's mistress in 1930 would that make it true?". To which I answered, YES. I'm being forced to read his collection of arguments for the existence of God.This example came to be, after at least five heated minutes of God-talk that started when he

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So while teaching a lesson on definitions for a logic class my the teacher cited Santa's existence as an example of something that obviously doesn't exist, based on its extensional definition. Extensional definitions are definitions that formulate the meaning of something by specifying every object that falls into the same definition. He used the example of a rock band, which we would define

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Panel debates the efficacy of the U.S. criminal justice system, which imprisons more than 2.3 million people By Amelia RiveraOne percent of the U.S. population today is behind bars, more than any other country in the world. Yet there seems to be no proportional reduction in crime rates when compared to the amount of people imprisoned.“We are still operating a criminal justice regime of random

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SCC student Jennie Bannier has had a bad reaction to the dry-erase markers used on white boards.Chemicals overwhelm her, especially a substance present in most dry-erase markers, called xylene. According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, most people get throat or nose irritation after a 4-5 minutes of direct exposure to this substance, but Bannier is hypersensitive and

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Love it or hate it, or maybe ignore it. That is how Seattleites feel about the Fremont statue of Russian leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.In front of a Taco del Mar in the middle of the Artistic Republic of Fremont, commonly known as the Seattle neighborhood of Fremont, sits a seven-ton bronze sculpture of the former leader of the communist party and the Russian revolution.You might wonder why in the

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It’s complicated.Defining relationships has never been easy, and the simplicity of Facebook relationship statuses just complicates the issue further.Photo illustration by Sean ShermanWhether you are in an open relationship, in a relationship, divorced, married, single or “it’s complicated,” the issue is not only figuring out which status fits you best, but whether or not you’re prepared to

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Some people believe that choosing the right words and avoiding certain others when talking about human differences will solve the problem of racist; some just speak a certain way to avoid sounding racist; and others simply think that language alone will not solve the problem.The use of certain words in a classroom or a conversation can make a lot of people feel uncomfortable. Generally, if

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Underground mushroom networks have invaded SCC campus grounds and have started to show on the surface.The presence of mushrooms is more obvious around the 2600 and 2800 buildings where a species of red cap mushrooms with white stems called Amanita muscaria is showing up in big groups, lab assistant Amy Easton reported to The Ebbtide on Nov. 23.The presence of this mushroom is special, said Jim

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Photo by: Kimmy CoyneSerial killers are feared by most Americans, but are nevertheless studied and loved by a few like SCC student Clayton Ballard and his grandmother. They call each other at night when serial killer stories appear, they enjoy talking about serial killers, and Ballard likes to draw portraits of them. Ballard is now showing a collection of 15 charcoal serial killer portraits at a

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Photo by: United Nations Development ProgrammeThe 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti in Jan 12, left a death toll estimated to exceed 100,000, leaving more than two million Haitians homeless. Rescue teams from different countries are arriving to Port-au-Prince, but the access to the city and the affected areas is too difficult. However certain organizations based in other areas of Haiti have

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It's a mix of depression and rage. I sat down at my school's lobby and started reading the Seattle Times. I tried to start a conversation with someone about the front page story on Haiti's earthquake, and all I got was a: ¿What happened? ¿What happened? ¿Seriously? Tens of thousands are dying, and there aren't enough resources and technology to save their lives. CNN stopped transmitting news and

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Aqui estoy yo sentada viendo como un grupo de Haitianos tratan de sacar a una adolescente que grita de dolor debajo de los escombros y después de horas de empujar con palas y empujar entre varios de ellos la logran sacar viva. Su tía y abuela murieron debajo de ella. Un jóven que no puede ser mayor que yo llora en la pantalla porque ha perdido a toda su familia, todos abuelos, padres, hermanos.

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Estamos hoy a 4 meses del asesinato del Licenciado Rodrigo Rosenberg. Para algunos Guatemaltecos este evento cambio sus vidas.Despues de un tiempo de andar queriendo poder salir a la calle sin preocuparse porque un grupo de patojos le pongan un revolver en la cabeza para robarle su celular y su cartera; o de poder dejar de pensar que algo le puede estar pasando a su familia mientras estan

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La Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) en el intento de apaciguar a la población y no enfrentarse a los movimiento civiles en contra de su gobierno, la impunidad y violencia que se vive a diario en Guatemala, hace uso de fondos públicos para conseguir y movilizar manifestantes del interior del país.Entre sus intentos por parar las manifestaciones pacifícas, Colom intento declarar estado de

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Por Eduardo VillagránEl Ministerio Público y la CICIG están investigando el asesinato de Rodrigo Rosenberg, pero no van a poder hacer bien su trabajo si no cuentan con toda la información necesaria. Según el video de Rodrigo Rosenberg, todos los guatemaltecos conocemos esta información, pero preferimos callar. Entonces, si en verdad queremos que se haga justicia, llegó el momento de decir lo que

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Please feel free to post this message and send it to more venues to gather international support for the grass root movement against impunity and the current government._______________________________________________________Dear Friends,Guatemala's history is soaked with blood. The 36 years of internal conflict left at least 200,000 people killed and one out of every seven Guatemalans was

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Mientras el Presidente guatemalteco Alvaro Colom asegura en una entrevista para CNN con la conductora Patricia Janiot que "jamás" y que "solo muerto" dejará la presidencia, miles de guatemaltecos alrededor del todo el mundo se preparán para un fin de semana de manifestaciones pacifícas.Organizado y llevado a cabo por ciudadanos guatemaltecos conmovidos por el asesinato y video postmortem del

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Más de 350 asesinatos diarios pasan desapercibidos y sin castigar en Guatemala. Los guatemaltecos ya no parecen sorprenderse al ver los titulares de los periódicos cada mañana manchados de sangre.La muerte de ciudadanos guatemaltecos no tiene prioridad alguna en la agenda de los gobernanantes, pero causar pánico financiero parece ser un délito más grave ante los ojos del gobierno que el de

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La red social de Facebook organiza a miles de guatemaltecos que exigen un cambio de gobierno y un pare urgente de la violencia que vive día a día el país.Muchos se quejan por la cantidad de tiempo que se pierde en facebook o myspace mandando fotos, mandando todo tipo de saludos, stickers y tonterías, pero hay que parar un momento y ver lo que en este momento estas redes sociales estan haciendo

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Strip clubs have never been of particular interest to me. However, being a 20-year-old in the US grants me the fabulous right to watch some erotic dancers even before I have my first legal drink; so a couple of weeks ago I decided to hit the clubs for the first time.Some friends and I decided to go to a male strip club. A surge of "feminism" ran through my veins as I thought about the fact that I

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"You want cum?" asked Kimmee Barnett, owner of The Erotic Bakery, while boxing one of the bakery's most popular products: an erect, seven-inch penis cupcake."What is the cum made of?" I asked cautiously. Barnett turned and said to me, "See? There's a homeless guy on this street who..." Before I could even react to that disturbing idea she smiled and said, "It's just sugar."Sugar-- that's one of

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A couple of months ago I was reading over the opinion section of The Ebbtide and I stopped for a second to re-read the title of one of the most eye-catching sections, "Man on the street" (MOTS). I wasn't surprised, but I felt kind of funny as I noticed that at least half of the interviewees were females and the title did not exactly represent them."MOTS" is not a title The Ebbtide came up with.

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"So you have never used a condom during intercourse?" I asked my friend. I have to admit, I was rather shocked and about to scream, cry or faint. I seriously hoped she was joking. But I tried to pretend I was calm, so that she would continue to confide in me, and tell me the rest of her story.She smiled and said that she knew it was crazy, but nothing has happened to her (she is an invincible

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El Senador Barak Obama trae con su elección a la presidencia estadounidense este pasado 4 de Noviembre una gran esperanza; no solo a los Estados Unidos sino al mundo entero. No solamente por su color de pie que nos demuestra que las barreras del racismo estan empezando a romperse en un país predominantemente blanco, sino también por sus políticas más abiertas e igualitarias para con otros

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Illustration by David Gillet - for 'The Ebbtide" (http://shoreline.edu/ebbtide/0809/article.asp?issue=4403&id=98)

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I am an international student and a citizen of two countries deeply affected by US foreign policy in the last century: Colombia that lost Panama with US intervention and Guatemala that suffered the bitter fruits of the United Fruit Co. and US Army first psychological operation in the 1950's. Thus, I know that electoral choices in US affect the lives of countless people around the world.We belong

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Ya estoy cansada y no aguanto ni un segundo más esta situación. No puedo tolerar ni un instante más la impotencia ante la impunidad que nuestro nuevo gobierno ha descaradamente alimentado y nosotros hemos cultivado.No puedo dejar pasar desapercibidas las noticias de tres de mis seres más queridos en esta última semana: mi papa y mi tío que acaban de escapar por lo menos seis balas en el camino de

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I understand how feminism encourages women to do what they want, but I just don't agree with it being a cause of this dramatic increase of plastic surgeries on teens and young women. Feminism encourages women to analyze the system, question societal expectations and seek for gender equality and I believe the cause is a rather commercialized and wrong idea of feminism, that is nothing more but

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The November elections are less than a month away and many of us have not started to make up our minds about who we are going to vote for, what values we are going to uphold or even if we are going to make our voices heard on Election Day. But guess what? Time goes by fast and the Wall Street crisis will directly affect students in many way, not to mention the very future of this country. Being

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On September 10, 2007 I got an e-mail from the Humane Society, asking for support for a global demonstration against dolphin slaughter in Japan. I looked up the information and found that dolphins are being killed in horrible and cruel ways I could never have imagined. I could not stand watching the videos on the slaughters without doing something about it. I felt I had to make myself heard and

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Violence in Guatemala is part of the daily facts. It would seem like nothing surprises Guatemalans, not kidnappings, assaults, rapes or even murders. According to the United Nations Development Program Statistical Report on Violence the homicide rate in Guatemala in 2006 stood at 47 per each 10,000 population; what we do not see in these numbers is that more than 80% of the victims are women.

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¿La compasión es racional? He estado leyendo acerca de la psicología evolutiva y no encuentro una cita específica que diga que la compasión es racional. De todas maneras la psicología evolutiva es sólo uno de varios acercamientos al comportamiento humano, pero en vez de eso encontré lo siguiente: “Llamamos compasión a la capacidad de sentirnos próximos al dolor de los demás y la voluntad de

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Mil gracias por tomarte tu tiempo en contestar algo fundamentado, de todas maneras siempre queda espacio para aclaraciones y preguntas de ambas partes.Comenzando por el hecho que definitivamente la compasión no es racional, no pretendo hacerle creer a nadie que mis motivaciones sean racionales ya que no es más que compasión lo que me ha llevado a analizar estos casos y por supuesto como tu ya lo

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Si no fuera por dos buenos amigos, defensores del libre mercado, nunca me hubiera dado cuenta de lo desconsiderada que he sido al querer hacer algo por salvar delfines. Por ellos me enteré que participar en un movimiento mundial contra la caza de cetáceos presionando simultáneamente a más de 44 embajadas y consulados japoneses para pedir el fin de esta cruel caza, es nada menos que oponerse al

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¿Sabía usted que el agua embotellada en Guatemala cuesta aproximadamente 30,0000 veces más que la misma cantidad de agua proveniente del grifo? Increíble, ¿O no? Compruébelo usted: en Panajachel 15,000 litros de agua entubada valen únicamente 5 quetzales, mientras 1 botella salvavidas de 600 ml oscila entre los 4 y 5 quetzales. Hasta hace algunas décadas nuestros abuelos podían tomar agua de

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