Tostones con Ketchu'

For all my ladies!

2009-12-02T22:27:00.001-08:00

Maluca - El Tigeraso from Mad Decent on Vimeo.

Omg, so this has got be the new anthem for me and the girls. For sure, alot of ladies can agree with the fact that there are too many tigerasos out there! Love, love, love this.
best part: she's dominican :)

some more B & W

2009-09-24T12:15:00.001-07:00

straight from the roll...no edits.

-cristina

good music!

2009-09-24T12:08:00.000-07:00

A3C's "Perfect Attendence" w/ Diz Gibran, TiRon, Dom Kennedy, U-N-I & MORE!

should be a good one!

-cristina

"La Soga"

2009-09-24T11:56:00.000-07:00

This movie was shot in my mom's hometown of Santiago, Dominican Republic. It's only been sreened in Toronto but i'm hoping through it's popularity there, it'll eventually come down here.

"Largely shot in real crime-infested neighborhoods and local slums, "La Soga" is as much a meditation on the embattled Dominican culture as it is a crime drama, with the soulful intensity of such films as "The Harder They Come" and "City of God.""- LA Times

read full story on the movie: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2009/09/la-soga-the-inside-scoop-on-murder-and-corruption-in-the-dominican-republic-.html

-cristina

Bad Habit.....

2009-08-07T23:43:00.000-07:00

B&W film

2009-07-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

love my Canon. more experimenting to come.

-cristina

Hova is Back!

2009-06-29T15:22:00.000-07:00

Jay-Z - D.O.A. [Official Music Video] from HateFreeTV.com on Vimeo.

-Clari

Hondurian President Kidnapped....

2009-06-28T14:25:00.001-07:00

TEGUCIGALPA -- The Honduran army ousted leftist President Manuel Zelaya and exiled him on Sunday in Central America's first military coup since the Cold War, after he upset the army by trying to seek another term in office.

U.S. President Barack Obama and the European Union expressed deep concern after troops came for Zelaya, an ally of socialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, around dawn and took him away from his residence.

Speaking on Venezuelan state television, Chavez - who has long championed the left in Latin America - said he would do everything necessary to abort the coup against his close ally.

A military plane flew Zelaya to Costa Rica and CNN's Spanish-language channel said he had asked for asylum there.

Pro-government protesters burned tires in front of the presidential palace in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, and two fighter jets screamed through the sky over the city.

Honduras, an impoverished Central American country, had been politically stable since the end of military rule in the early 1980s, but Zelaya's push to change the constitution to allow him another term has split the country's institutions.

Zelaya fired military chief Gen. Romeo Vasquez last week for refusing to help him run an unofficial referendum on Sunday on extending the four-year term limit on Honduran presidents.

Zelaya told Venezuela-based Telesur television station that he was "kidnapped" by soldiers and called on Hondurans to peacefully resist the coup.

OBAMA CALLS FOR CALM

The EU condemned the coup and Obama called for calm.

Honduras was a staunch U.S. ally in the 1980s when Washington helped Central American governments fight left-wing guerrillas.

"Any existing tensions and disputes must be resolved peacefully through dialogue free from any outside interference," Obama said.

It was the first successful military ouster of a president in Central America since the Cold War era. An opposition deputy said Congress would chose Roberto Micheletti, the head of Congress, as acting president later on Sunday.

The country's Supreme Court last week came out against Zelaya and ordered him to reinstate fired military chief Vasquez. The court said on Sunday it had told the army to remove the president.

"It acted to defend the rule of law," the court said in a statement read on Honduran radio.

The global economic crisis has curbed growth in Honduras, which lives off coffee and textile exports and remittances from Honduran workers abroad. Recent opinion polls indicate public support for Zelaya has fallen as low as 30 percent.

Honduras, home to around 7 million people, is a major drug trafficking transit point.

It is also a big coffee producer but there was no immediate sign the unrest would affect production

-Clari

yes.

2009-06-27T11:14:00.001-07:00

WOW. please watch this!

2009-06-26T19:41:00.000-07:00

NAS & DAMIAN "JR GONG" MARLEY DISTANT RELATIVES preview from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.

i can't wait for this.

Belleza Project

2009-06-21T01:30:00.000-07:00

While surfing the internet I came across a dope article (which happen to be written by one of my gal cousins) about Dominican women and there obsession with "pelo malo and pelo bueno" an obsession which roots from the constant denial of african heritage within the Dominican Culture. My cousin who wrote the article has started a project named "Belleza project" which is a collection of photgraphs which capture the issue at hand
*Check her out*
http://interconnex.org/Jasmin_Ortiz_/BELLEZA%20SERIES/Pelo%20Bueno%20-%20Pelo%20Malo.html

"PELO BUENO - PELO MALO"

As long as I can remember, trying to figure out the best way to manage my puffy, tangled hair was always a task for both my mother and I. We would visit hair salons often to try the latest techniques, treatments, or hair-dos to help tame my puff. From avocado to mayonnaise to leave-in conditioners, there was always a new magic potion that would outdo the last. My relatives would point out that my hair was a mix of both “pelo malo” and “pelo bueno.” The “pelo malo” or “bad hair”, as they say, came from my father’s super tight curls and the “pelo bueno” or “good hair” came from my mother’s flat, straight mane.
My father, a black Dominican, and mother, a white Dominican, proudly raised their children to appreciate their Dominican culture. However, that did not include a conscious and open embracing of our obvious African heritage. Not that being proud of my African decent was ever discouraged or purposely concealed, it was just never discussed. I was Dominican and there was no need to understand the color of my skin or the texture of my hair. Although it was evident that my skin was dark and my hair extra thick and curly, race was never an issue as a child.
Today, as a conscious black Dominican woman, I have done away with chemically treating my hair. Still, I continue to deal with racial comments that my hair alone generates. Choosing to wear my hair natural stirs many mixed feelings and reactions from my family and community both in the United States and in the Dominican Republic. I have walked through the neighborhoods of Washington Heights, one of New York City’s predominantly Dominican communities, only to receive insults and negative looks.
During the spring of 2005, I stayed in the town of Herrera, Dominican Republic. I noticed that, like in Washington Heights, my natural hair made people uneasy. Men would call me names like, “pajona” or “leona” and the women would give me looks of dissaproval as if walking out of my house with my hair in this way was a big “no-no.” I would have random people come up to me and suggest I visit “So-n-So’s” salon to chemically relax my hair. “She’ll do wonders with that pajon!” they would tell me.
Dominican-owned hair salons are like magical places for anyone who is seeking to transform their wooly hair into silky manes. If they’re lucky, they’ll have someone in their family who has a talent for working the blow dryer or does wonders with the “plancha” which will save them about $45 a week. If not, their weekly appointment at “Salon Yokasta” or “Vilmania Hair Salon” is as religious as going to church every Sunday.
I spent the last three years visiting Dominican beauty salons and barbershops in New York’s Washington Heights and in the Dominican Republic. I have spent this time documenting men, women and children of all ages as they metamorphosis themselves with hair-straightening tools, chemicals, fades, and braids. These beauty-altering institutions are my main subjects in my body of work because of the role they’ve played in helping me discover issues with perceived beauty and identity. I am fascinated by the power hair has in expressing, celebrating and, simultaneously, erasing ones heritage.
I encourage everyone to view my work with an openness and willingness to look a little deeper into what we think is beautiful and ask ourselves, “How will we ever learn to love and accept each other when we fail to accept and love ourselves?”
-(Jasmin ortiz)

-Clari

WE DID IT!

2009-06-15T15:19:00.000-07:00

i really dont need to say much but a big HAHA! to all the Laker haters! See you at the parade. i'll be there with my Benny :)

-cristina

Current TV journalist sentenced for 12 years in N. Korea

2009-06-08T00:18:00.000-07:00

Current TV journalist, Laura Ling, is being sentenced to 12 years in North Korea for a "grave crime" against the nation and illegally crossing into N. Korea. She was doing a story on the trafficking of women and its unclear whether they strayed into N. Korea or were grabbed by border gaurds.

*i think she was kidnapped, and now she might be doing 12 years because their government thinks they were spying? this came as a real shocker for me because im a fan of Laura and Lisa Ling as journalists. i hope she's safe and i pray she gets out of there soon.

read story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_nkorea_journalists_held

-cristina

one of the greatest...

2009-06-05T01:59:00.000-07:00

we miss u Big.

Jamming....Somebody Come get Me

2009-05-26T18:05:00.000-07:00

Melanie Fiona

-Clari

THE TRUTH IS....

2009-05-26T16:22:00.000-07:00

LA "AFTERPARTY" @ ELEMENT

I WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT TRANSPIRED AT ELEMENT NIGHTCLUB IN LOS ANGELES ON SATURDAY MAY 23RD. ANYBODY THAT ATTENDED CLEARLY SAW ME ARRIVE AND LEAVE WIHTOUT THE PERFORMANCE THAT THEY WERE PROMISED. I LEFT THE VENUE BECAUSE THE PARTY WAS PROMOTED AS A FULL PERFORMANCE AND NOT AS A NIGHT THAT I WAS HOSTING. THE FLYER FOR THE PARTY SAID "MAIN SHOW" WHICH LEAD PEOPLE TO BELIEVE I WAS GIVING A SHOW AND ALLOWED PROMOTERS TO CHARGE 40 DOLLARS A PERSON. I HAD A SHOW AT CAL STATE THAT NIGHT AND AT NO TIME DID I INTEND TO DO ANOTHER SHOW AT ELEMENT. I WAS BEING PAID TO HOST A PARTY AND WHEN I SHOWED UP THE MONEY I WAS PROMISED FOR THAT SIMPLE TASK WAS SHORT. THE PROMOTERS WERE ASKING ME TO "JUST DO ONE OR TWO SONGS" AND LEAVE BUT I AM AN ARTIST AND I TAKE PRIDE IN THE SHOW I'VE PUT TOGETHER. I REFUSE TO STEP ON STAGE AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT I AM OKAY WITH THEM PAYING 40 DOLLARS TO SEE ME RAP OVER TWO RECORDS THAT MY DJ PLAYS. I LOVE MY FANS TOO MUCH FOR THAT AND THEREFORE I LEFT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EXPLAINING THE MISHAP IN THE HANDS OF THE EVENT ORGANIZERS. I APOLOGIZE TO ANYBODY IN LA THAT WAS DECEIVED AND I PROMISE THAT WHEN I RETURN I WILL DRAIN MY BODY OF ALL ITS ENERGY WHEN I HIT THAT FUCKIN STAGE AND GIVE U ALL THE BEST PERFORMANCE I CAN. I LOVE YOU ALL.

-Drake

Its a Family Affair....

2009-05-07T11:13:00.000-07:00

Our Familia is opening up a Dominican Restaurant in Bellflower
the Grand Opening is this weekend Saturday May 9
So come check it out!

Pretty Wings!

2009-05-05T17:16:00.000-07:00

*This is the first single off of "Black Summer Nights" dropping 7.7.09
Im already in love with the single cant wait to hear the entire album

-Clari

More to Love!

2009-04-21T23:11:00.000-07:00

Drizzy....

I Love a guy that loves and appreciates a REAL WOMAN!...
Now thats hard to find these days
The recession seems to be affecting our pockets and minimizing our options of men

my 1st news story

2009-04-21T00:35:00.000-07:00

at 5:15

dont judge me lol

-cristina

Shaking off the legacy of dictatorship

2009-04-03T14:32:00.000-07:00

March 15 2009 the people of El Salvador elect president Mauricio Funes from the FMLN party. This is the GREATEST victory for our amigo Ernie who has worked so hard to make this happen. So congrat hermano! you can continue to read more about the new president and FMLN at www.thenation.com

-Clari

Sugar!

2009-04-03T14:17:00.000-07:00

Sugar is out today. Its a filmed based on a Dominican baseball player and his journey into the MBL. Its suppose to be a dope film either way were always excited to watch any film that mentions anything about D.R so me and the gals will definitely be having a dinner/movie date tonight.

-Clari

Battle of The Sexes

2009-03-24T21:47:00.000-07:00

oR shall I say X's...heres a clip of my hubby Common and Erykah freestyle

-Clari

make it rain

2009-03-21T10:12:00.000-07:00

these ppl are so bold. lol. but, if those were 100s...i probably wouldve been right there with em lol

-cristina

happy dominican independence day!!!

2009-02-27T15:56:00.001-08:00

go eat your platanos, play that perico ripiao, and drink your presidentes :)

SMH

2009-02-22T22:14:00.001-08:00

i know im late on this, but...C'MON AMERICA! I THOUGHT WE WERE PASS ALL THIS!

-cristina

Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex and Power in Music Videos

2009-02-08T17:45:00.000-08:00

--Please watch this video.
gaby

First Femicide Trial in Guatemala

2009-02-03T10:22:00.000-08:00

Guatemala, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) Calixto Simon Cun, accused of physical aggression against his wife, will be the first Guatemalan citizen to be tried according to the Law against Femicide and Other Forms of Violence against Women, it was reported here.

The trial will begin on Tuesday at the Seventh Criminal Court in Guatemala City, and the defendant might be sentenced to 12 years in prison, according to Women Attorney's Office chief Yolanda Sandoval.

On June 2, 2008, Simon Cun was arrested on the street as he was beating his wife, 34-year-old Vilma Angelica de la Cruz

As a result of the beating, his wife suffers from a knee injury and back problems.

Women's leader Andrea Barrios said the trial lays the foundation in the fight against escalating violence against women.

Last year alone, 722 women were murdered and, according to the investigations, many of the murders were preceded by physical violence at home.

Fundacion Sobrevivientes (Foundation Survivors) Director Norma Cruz told Prensa Latina that about ten cases might be tried this year, a small amount compared to the number of women who have been killed as a result of gender violence.

In April 2008, the Guatemalan Parliament approved the law, which establishes 25-50-year prison terms for femicide charges and 5-12 years in jail for sexual, physical or psychological violence.

However, the first trial under that law will take place ten months after approval of the legislation.

Guatemala has one of the world's highest rates of violence against women, reporting 4,000 such crimes since 2000.

.....this is a glorious day for the women of Guatemala who thought they never had a voice or a chance to finally step up to their coward spouses and the law.

-cristina

Protection Law Fails Mexican Women

2009-02-03T10:18:00.000-08:00

via amnestyusa. org

30 January 2009

A law to protect women in Mexico has had no impact in the two years since its inception, leaving the safety of many Mexican women at risk.

On the second anniversary of the passing of the General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free From Violence, the majority of Mexico's 32 states have failed to properly implement the legislation.

"There is a clear and deplorable lack of state-level commitment to implement the General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free From Violence," said Kerrie Howard, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Americas. "In practice, this lack of commitment means that the safety and lives of thousands of women are put in jeopardy.
"
Although the law came into effect two years ago, two states have still not approved it – Guanajuato and Oaxaca.
Of the 30 states that have passed the law, few have implemented some of its main requirements:

• Only five have complied with the obligation to establish implementation mechanisms – essential for the law to be put into practice.

• Only 20 have an agency coordination mechanism for preventing violence against women, as stipulated by the law. Those mechanisms that are in existence have not published their progress with regard to eradicating violence against women, nor their strategies for achieving this.

• Only two new shelters for domestic violence victims are being built by state authorities – one in Durango and one in Sonora – despite the law's clear stipulation that states must "promote the creation of shelters for victims".

According to information received by Amnesty International, there are a total of 60 shelters for women victims of violence in Mexico. This number is still completely inadequate in relation to the demand.

Women's organisations in states such as Chihuahua, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Morelos and Sonora have emphasised the high level of violence against women and the administration's lack of effectiveness in preventing and punishing it.

Amnesty International has called on the Mexican authorities to create and implement criminal investigation protocols for use by staff of the public prosecutor's office, the police and experts when dealing with women filing complaints of abuse. These protocols must include an obligation to provide sufficient protection to guarantee the safety of the woman and her family.

"The federal government has, through INMUJERES, prioritised a harmonisation of state legislation with national and international regulations. This is a necessary step but it is clear that progress in implementing measures to improve access to the justice and security of the General Law has, for the vast majority of state governments, been limited or even non-existent," said Kerrie Howard.

"If the basic requirements of the federal law are not fulfilled at state level, the law will remain a dead letter. Women in Mexico deserve much more than this, and each and every authority has the duty to take all measures necessary to ensure that violence against women is tackled effectively.

-cristina

Shoe Hurler....

2009-01-29T14:42:00.001-08:00

BAGHDAD – When an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at George W. Bush last month at a Baghdad press conference, the attack spawned a flood of Web quips, political satire and street rallies across the Arab world.

Now it's inspired a work of art.

A sofa-sized sculpture — a single copper-coated shoe on a stand carved to resemble flowing cloth — was formally unveiled to the public Thursday in the hometown of the late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein.

Officials and visitors walked around the outdoor sculpture during the brief ceremony, pondering on its eccentricities — such as a tree poking up from the shoe's interior.

Its sculptor called it a fitting tribute to the shoe hurler, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, and his folk hero reputation in parts of the Muslim world and beyond.

The Baghdad-based artist, Laith al-Amari, said the work honors al-Zeidi and "is a source of pride for all Iraqis." He added: "It's not a political work,"

But its location in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, about 80 miles north of Baghdad, is a point of reference for prewar nostalgia among some Iraqis.

The sculpture also includes an ode to al-Zeidi and mentions the virtues of being "able to tell the truth out loud."

Al-Zeidi had shouted in Arabic as he pulled off his shoes and heaved them at Bush during the news conference. "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq," screamed al-Zeidi, who was working for a Cairo-based television station.

Bush dodged both shoes, but the image was extremely powerful in Arab culture, where throwing shoes at someone is a sign of extreme contempt. Iraqis whacked a toppled statue of Saddam following the U.S.-led invasion with their shoes and slippers.

"This monument ... will remain a present for the forthcoming generations," said Fatin Abdul-Qadir al-Nasiri, director of a Tikrit orphanage whose children helped fashion the sculpture. "(They) will remember the story of the hero (al-Zeidi) who bid farewell to the U.S. president ... in such a way.

Al-Zeidi was scheduled to face trial last month on a charge of assaulting a foreign leader, but the court date was postponed after his attorney filed a motion to reduce the charges.

On Monday, Swiss lawyer Mauro Poggia said al-Zeidi planned to seek political asylum in Switzerland, but one of al-Zeidi's brothers denied the report.

-Clari

Tonight!

2009-01-29T10:43:00.000-08:00

-Clari

PUERTO RICO!

2009-01-18T17:00:00.001-08:00

WERE OFF TO PUERTO RICO TO CONTINUE OUR BDAY CELEBRATION....

a lil bit of merengue...

2009-01-15T15:52:00.001-08:00

Loca Con Su Tigre (LTP) - El Cata

this is our jam from ny...summer nights dancing outside to this song (sigh...good times)

..."quiero un hombre sin complejo"

2009-01-15T15:33:00.000-08:00

Mala Suerta con el 13 - Calle 13 Featuring La Mala Rodríguez

from mine and gabs fav album :)

2pac

2009-01-15T15:25:00.000-08:00

I Get Around - 2Pac

this is the jam.

-cris

steve aoki

2009-01-15T14:36:00.001-08:00

Helicopter (Weird Science Remix feat. Peaches) - Bloc Party

good remix

-cris

CSS

2009-01-15T13:51:00.000-08:00

Lets Make Love And Listen To Death From Above - CSS

love this song too. good up-itty song, keeps me awake at work lol

-cris

fu manchu

2009-01-15T13:34:00.000-08:00

Fu Man Chu - Desmond Dekker

love this song.

p.s. since im bored at work..im gonna be posting all my song selections for today :)

-cristina

funny commercial

2009-01-06T10:48:00.000-08:00

Walkin Fridge from dumpbase on Vimeo.

since superbowl is only a couple weeks away, i thought i'd post this funny commercial from heineken. i only watch the superbowl for the commercials anyway lol

-cristina

my kind of photos

2009-01-06T10:19:00.000-08:00

my buddy jeff sent over these pics taken by Rick Flores. remind me of the pics of demonstrations i've taken over here. check em out.

Photos of riots in Washington Heights by Rick Flores.

Demonstrations in Washington Heights in the wake of the shooting of Jose “Kiko” Garcia by an undercover police officer during a drug sweep of the neighborhood. These photos were taken over a several days, between the 6th through the 8th. The ensuing violence resulted in major property damage to storefronts and vehicles. Street fires were set and ranged from 125th Street on St. Nicholas Avenue to the Inwood section of Manhattan. During the rioting one man died while falling from a rooftop while being chased by police and 11 people were arrested. To the horror of the family members of Dagoberto Pichardo, the man who was killed over night during the rioting, a FDNY fire fighter was hurt during the rioting while responding to one of numerous calls to turn off a fire set by rioters. The family led a march to the fire house in support of the injured fire fighter and and to beg forgiveness.

-cris

crisis in Gaza

2009-01-06T10:07:00.000-08:00

full blown humanitarian war is going on in Gaza. Israel has been attacking Gaza for over a week now and about 500 civilians have been killed including an attack on a UN school. they're taking over the land and their people. such a tragedy. peace in the middle east! please!

good article about everything thats going on...

read more:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD95HL1I00

-cristina

black hole sun

2009-01-05T10:43:00.000-08:00

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Uploaded by hushhush112

as disturbing as this video may be...i wish videos nowadays were as creative. this is one of my favorite 90s rock songs. i remember watching mtv when i was like 7 and seeing nothing but cool rock videos like this one. now i cant stand the teenie bopper popular bands like fallout boy and other b.s.

bring back the 90s!

-cristina

EYE CANDY: Part 2

2009-01-05T10:19:00.001-08:00

you already knew this was coming :) rapper/actor: Common

best movie of 08

2008-12-29T19:42:00.000-08:00

go see it now. grimey like city of god, yet full of romance like the notebook. good cinematography and overall story. super good movie for everybody to see. one of my favs now :)

-cristina

EYE CANDY: Part 1

2008-12-29T18:30:00.001-08:00

Fabritzio from The Strokes

2008-12-26T13:16:00.000-08:00

good documentary on the lives of 3 young adults with autism. check it out.

-cristina

Discussing the B word

2008-12-23T15:25:00.000-08:00

so i came across this very concious women and the media blog and was drawn to a post about the word bitch by Veronica Arreola. the post has lots of good points and i like the fact that she embraces the word instead of totally put it down.

from her post:
"1] I do believe we can reclaim the word and take the edge off if we embrace what people want us to feel bad about when they call us that - in other words, be proud that we’re strong, opinionated women. Don’t let people use that word on you to make you feel bad.

2] Bitch was central to the sexism in the Presidential campaign. Thus, I believe that it is central to our discussion on media, politics, and feminism to look at how we personally feel about the word and when it is appropriate to use it.

3] As a mom, I have to come to place where I can discuss this with my daughter one day. She’s only five, so I have a few years. But since I have contributed to Bitch magazine in the past and hope to do more, that conversation may happen before other parents. I’m waiting for the day she ends up telling her whole class that “Mommy is in Bitch!” and I get the phone call from the teacher."

read full blog: http://www.wimnonline.org/WIMNsVoicesBlog/?p=1220

-cristina

super jealous

2008-12-23T13:48:00.000-08:00

OMG! i totally wish i was beyonce in that video. he is wayyyyy too fine. beyonce looks beautiful as always, but he's my main focus during the video.

-cristina

Burrito confused for newborn infant

2008-12-23T10:43:00.000-08:00

wow. who ever that person was...must've been on some shit for real!

-cristina

this made my morning

2008-12-22T10:08:00.000-08:00

Kid Terrified of Puppets @ Yahoo! Video

i dont think ive been scared like that since my uncle used to scare us with his old man mask.

-cristina

i concur

2008-12-19T09:18:00.000-08:00

i've been having very interesting political convos lately...and this front cover just proves my point. obama fo yo mama!

-cristina

NER*D

2008-12-18T09:09:00.000-08:00

"sooner or later" video. i loved this album...it stays playing on repeat in my car. one of the best this year.

-cristina

Obama is one cool cat

2008-12-18T08:42:00.001-08:00

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1866765_1815160,00.html

these pics make me love him even more :)

-cristina

FUCK BUSH!

2008-12-14T22:45:00.000-08:00

Thats what u get Naggah, I wished it wouldve hit your ass.

-Clari

Environmental fugitives

2008-12-11T08:22:00.000-08:00

The government is starting a different kind of most-wanted list — for environmental fugitives accused of assaulting nature.

These fugitives allegedly smuggled chemicals that eat away the Earth's protective ozone layer, dumped hazardous waste into oceans and rivers and trafficked in polluting cars.

And now the government wants help in tracking them down.

In its own version of the FBI most-wanted list, and the first to focus on environmental crimes, the Environmental Protection Agency is unveiling a roster of 23 fugitives, complete with mug shots and descriptions of the charges on its Web site at http://www.epa.gov/fugitives.

A top EPA enforcement official said the people on the list represent the "brazen universe of people that are evading the law." Many face years in prison and some charges could result in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.

"They are charged with environmental crimes and they should be brought before the criminal justice system and have their day in court," said Pete Rosenberg, a director in the agency's criminal enforcement division.

On display will be John Karayannides, who allegedly helped orchestrate the dumping of 487 tons of wheat tainted with diesel fuel into the South China Sea in 1998. Karayannides is believed to have fled to Athens, Greece.

Also at large are the father and son team of Carlos and Allesandro Giordano, who were arrested in 2003 as the owners of Autodelta USA, a company that was illegally importing and selling Alfa Romeos that did not meet U.S. emission or safety standards. The two men are believed to be hiding out in Italy.

Raul Chavez-Beltran, another fugitive on the list, ran an environmental cleanup company in El Paso, Texas, that is accused of transporting hazardous waste from factories along the Mexican border and improperly disposing and storing it in the U.S. In one case, he allegedly stockpiled mercury-laced soil from an environmental spill in a warehouse.

The launch of the most-wanted list comes as EPA's criminal enforcement has ebbed. In fiscal 2008, the EPA opened 319 criminal enforcement cases, down from 425 in fiscal 2004. And criminal prosecutors charged only 176 defendants with environmental crimes, the fewest in five years.

-Clari

Up for grabs....

2008-12-09T22:27:00.000-08:00

-yeah I'm officially being a hater I couldn't be any happier
Common is back on the market gals...

Go support my chulito Common today!

2008-12-09T11:52:00.000-08:00

"Today is the birthday of a new child of mine."-Common
--gabs

Got To Have Them!

2008-12-09T10:44:00.000-08:00

I guess Ill be calling up the old manager...

-ClaRi

karma's a bitch.

2008-12-05T13:53:00.001-08:00

O.J. Simpson was sentenced to 15 years in jail in a dramatic conclusion to his armed robbery case. He will be eligible for parole in six years.

-cristina

Prop 8 the musical

2008-12-05T13:50:00.000-08:00

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

pretty funny skit. hopefully things like this will help open people's eyes.

-cristina

my man performing on jay leno

2008-12-05T13:37:00.000-08:00

the hottest [scientist/teacher/whatever look he's going for] around <3
...p.s. my bday is coming up...and shows are always a great gift idea :)

-cris

Feliz (belated) Cumpleanos Carl!

2008-12-04T12:24:00.001-08:00

from your sisters.. love ya

Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love

2008-12-04T11:33:00.000-08:00

... her work is so powerful. Yes, it might seem a little vulgar and violent at times, but these are all things we subconsciously feel about the past. We hardly ever get the chance to visualize those thoughts, and Kara Walker shows us her own personal struggle throught her art. Hate it or love it.
--gaby

Snooooooop and Martha Stewart

2008-12-02T12:21:00.000-08:00

... sooo funny. i love martha!

Tomorrow Night

2008-11-25T19:01:00.001-08:00

PAC DIV will be opening up the show.. congrats boys!

This is my shit.

2008-11-18T21:34:00.000-08:00

new video from Blu and Mainframe (Johnson and Johnson)
p.s if you still have not purchased Blu's self titled album that came out a couple months back..YOU ARE SLIPPIN!

-gaby

Rehab!

2008-11-17T21:21:00.000-08:00

Dizzam JT...WOW!

-ClaRi

My boos from Puerto Rico

2008-11-15T18:04:00.000-08:00

Calle 13 concert tonight!.. I've been waiting for them to finally come to LA so im excited. yey cris!
gaby

16 TOES!

2008-11-12T14:48:00.000-08:00

...and the baby from China didn't have any thumbs on his hands either. they say it might be from environmental pollution.

read more:http://shanghaiist.com/2008/11/12/guangdongs_eighttoed_wonder.php

im always amazed by medical stuff like this lol...i shouldve been a doctor or sumthn
-cris

Tim Burton takes on Alice in Wonderland

2008-11-12T13:26:00.000-08:00

"In 2010 Tim Burton will take on the iconic Lewis Carroll story of 'Alice in Wonderland' and translate it to the silver screen in a way that only Tim Burton can. This, surely darker, take on the beloved classic has already brought in such actors and actresses as Johnny Depp to portray the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter to portray the Red Queen, Anne Hathaway to portray the White Queen, (Both queens a strange choice for 'Alice in Wonderland' considering they were not in the original book, they were in Lewis Carroll's sequel book 'Through the Looking Glass'.) Alan Rickman to portray the Caterpillar, Matt Lucas to portray Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and relative new comer Australian actress Mia Wasikowska to portray Alice."

sneak peek: http://infdaily.fusebox.com/2008/09/our-first-look-at-tim-burtons-alice-in-wonderland.html

cant wait for this to come out :)
-cristina

smh

2008-11-12T07:42:00.000-08:00

NAIROBI, Kenya - The United Nations said Tuesday that a Somali stoned to death by Islamist militants after she had been accused of adultery was a 13-year-old girl who had been raped while visiting her grandmother.

In the first such public killing by the militants in about two years, she was placed in a hole and stoned to death on Oct. 28 in a rebel-held port city, Kismayu, in front of a crowd, after local leaders said she was guilty under Shariah, the legal code of Islam based on the Koran.

read the story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/world/africa/05somalia.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

super sad story. it disheartens me to know that stuff like this still goes on in the world all in the name of religion, and all for the sake of men. uhg. to all the men in the world...u guys got it easy.

-cristina

manana

2008-11-09T13:28:00.001-08:00

the world revolves around diddy

2008-11-08T13:53:00.000-08:00

"I felt like my vote was the vote that put him into office. It was down to one vote, and that was going to be my vote"
-P. Diddy

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whaa??!!! i soooo thought it was my vote that did it! damn it!

-cristina

east los foo

2008-11-08T13:52:00.000-08:00

Los Descamisados is designer work wear, inspired by the East Los Angeles Latino community.

-cris

this is so us.

2008-11-08T13:37:00.000-08:00

imagine me and gabs with a gourmet catering company? how cool would that be. chef gaby and pastry chef extraordinaire cristina lol... all we need is entertainers (we'll pay you in food)...whos in?

-cris

prop 8 protests

2008-11-08T13:31:00.000-08:00

even the governator said "the people have spoken"...they need to reverse that decision quick. REVERSE PROP 8!!!

-cristina

Haitian school collapses...

2008-11-07T22:24:00.000-08:00

Haitians help victims of the College Promesse Evangelique school that collapsed on November 7, 2008 in Petion-ville, Haiti. More than a dozen people were killed when the school in the Port-au-Prince suburb with 700 pupils collapsed Friday, a police spokesman said. The first floor of the

three-storey building collapsed and "dragged down the rest of the building as the pupils were in class," said one distraught woman who had hurried to the school to find her child.

-ClaRi

"Barack Obama will win because..."

2008-11-06T19:10:00.000-08:00

One of my 5th grade students wrote this...

this made me laugh so much. yes there's sooo many spelling errors, but i thought his idea was well thought out and most importantly honest.

-Ms. Ramos aka Ms. Gabs

NYC and Vegas fotos

2008-11-06T11:53:00.000-08:00

Viva Las Vegas.

NYC!!

5 bux, say whaa?

2008-11-05T15:24:00.000-08:00

tonight. i'm there. we're there.

-cristina

"He is a truly global president"

2008-11-05T12:12:00.000-08:00

READ STORY: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_elections_world_view

the whole world has hope for us :) ...i'm feeling very happy today!
-cristina

'That is the true genius of America — that America can change'

2008-11-05T08:30:00.000-08:00

what an emotional night. i knew he could do it and im so proud of all the people around the nation that voted and supported him from the beginning. change is here.

-cristina

you already know...

2008-11-03T15:37:00.000-08:00

OBAMA/BIDEN '08. go vote tomorrow...or we'll hunt you down :)

Oh No They Didnt....

2008-11-01T14:56:00.000-07:00

In the video, Regis and Kelly were engaged in a discussion about politics and children. Kelly Ripa goes on to tell a cute story about her young daughter. Like any good parent, Ripa quizzes her little one on her understanding of the topic. She asks, “Do you know the two parties?” Her daughter replies, “Yes, the elephants and the donkeys.”

Ripa then quizzed her daughter further and asked who the elephants and donkeys represented. Kelly’s little one said that the elephants represent the Republicans and the donkeys represent the “Dominicans.” Laughter ensued amongst the audience and Regis, who quickly replied, “She’s [Ripa’s daughter] pretty close.”

Regis and Kelly, as well as the audience got a good chuckle after that comment, which is the one that has a few Dominicans and Latinos upset enough to protest the Regis and Kelly show.

A donkey might be a good symbol for the Democratic Party, but that doesn’t mean Dominicans want to be compared to one on national TV.(TMZ)

This is so ridiculous and I do think that people on national television should be more aware about the SHIt they say.

-ClaRi

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

2008-10-31T09:01:00.000-07:00

have a fun day! and be safe...dont drink and drive cuz i know theres gonna be a bunch of cops doin those dam checkpoints. so either get a designated driver (clari!!! lol) or...better yet, pull some money together with your friends and get a taxi to drive you everywhere. it's better to be safe than sorry :)

-cris

STRESSED THE F*CK OUT!!!!!

2008-10-28T23:49:00.000-07:00

I HATE EFFN MIDTERMS!...they drive Mi LOCA ughughugh

-ClaRi

99 Balloons!

2008-10-28T15:55:00.001-07:00

I saw this today as I watched my daily recorded Oprah episode and I cried my eyes out....

-ClaRi

Tomorrow Night!

2008-10-28T11:04:00.001-07:00

ms. dana and the rest of the gals will definitely work it out! the fab 4 will be there!
Bordello Bar in Downtown LA

bad way to start a marriage

2008-10-27T16:52:00.000-07:00

Wrong Way To Start Off A Marriage - Watch more free videos

feel bad for her...too bad she had to find out he was like that on that day...by the looks of the family, looks like shes in it for the long run. yikes.

-cris

mos def for prez

2008-10-25T13:19:00.001-07:00

Fela! A New Musical

2008-10-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

For those of you who are not on your Fela Kuti shit, your'e missing out on some AMAZING music. Basically the show is a rough guide to his life and times, chronicling how he pioneered Afro-beat and used his music to speak out against British Colonial rule in Nigeria. Fela Kuti also know as "Black President" reached audiences not only in Logos, Nigeria, but all around the world. I definetely want to check this out.
-gaby

Biggie Trailer

2008-10-25T10:42:00.000-07:00

lookin forward to this!

Don't Hate, Congratulate!

2008-10-25T10:17:00.001-07:00

Battle of the Latinas! lol
Eva Mendes bluntly states in Es Magazine when being compared to Jennifer Lopez:

"I would like to think I will have a more serious career than J-Lo. We may both be of Latin origin but that’s where the comparisons stop. She manages her career like the head of a big corporation, whereas the only thing I care about is becoming the best actress possible".

Bitch is hatin! Both actresses always play the same kind of roles so i don't understand why Eva's getting big headed. Maybe she's mad that J.Lo is more about making that cheese, her own clothing line and perfume. There's nothin wrong with that! No hateration please!
-gaby

"Peace on the Border" Benefit Concert, Colombia

2008-10-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

wish i was there!
-gaby

TUPAC

2008-10-22T13:40:00.000-07:00

1992

1993

i miss pac
--gaby

Nas- Black President: Fan Video

2008-10-22T13:31:00.000-07:00

I thought this video was well done. Most of the outside footage was shot in South Central.
-gaby

Vote for Hope

2008-10-22T13:17:00.000-07:00

Obama '08 - Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo.

G1 Google....

2008-10-22T10:26:00.001-07:00

So I finally recieved my tmobile G1 google gadget yesterday and Im yet to sit it down. Im in LOVE! My new little friend comes with so many dOpe/men stalking/money saving/music loving features. The G1 phone allows me to get satellite camera views of live time street addresses (sheesh once i notified the girls of this feature I recieved like 20 addresses to look up lol) and it only gets better Im also able to scan barcodes with the phone and it automatically tells me where the item is locted at a near by vendor for a cheaper price ( all I see is $$$ now whoop whoop) I also get eco friendly advice with this phone it calculates every step I take or miles I drive and at the end of the day it gives me a report of what I can avoid doing in order to become more eco friendly, yeah this phone is SUPER DOPE theres like a million other dope things it does so if you dont have it your most def. missing out....

-Clari

WHY?!!!

2008-10-20T16:57:00.000-07:00

YIKES!!!

2008-10-20T16:02:00.000-07:00

HE'S BECOME ONE CRUSTY DUDE INDEED. GROSS!

-cris