El Sol Latino | January 2017 | 13.3

January 2017

Volume 13 No. 3

Un Peri贸dico Diferente / A Different Kind of Newspaper

Un Peri贸dico Diferente / A Different Kind of Newspaper

Parranda on Main Street 2016

Un Peri贸dico Diferente / A Different Kind of Newspaper

Un Peri贸dico Diferente / A Different Kind of Newspaper

Photos courtesy of Giovanni Negron / L&G Photography

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Editorial/Editorial

El Sol Latino en el 2017

El Sol Latino in 2017

En noviembre de 2016 El Sol Latino celebró su duodécimo aniversario. Nos enorgullece haber logrado convertirnos en el único periódico local, creado y controlado por Hispanos, que ha estado en circulación por 12 años.

In November of 2016 El Sol Latino celebrated its twelfth anniversary. We are proud to have become the only local newspaper, created and controlled

by Hispanics that has been in circulation for 12 years.

A principios del 2017, El Sol Latino lanzará su edición virtual en elsollatino.net.

In early 2017, El Sol Latino will launch its virtual edition at elsollatino.net.

Nuestra versión en línea será posible gracias a la colaboración que durante décadas hemos desarrollado con la veterana periodista puertorriqueña Natalia Muñoz. Hemos colaborado en diferentes proyectos, empezando con la conferencia “Diversity Matters - A Conversation with Polticians, Policy Makers, CEOs and Civic Leaders” que se llevó a cabo en marzo de 2009 en STCC, además de frecuentes artículos publicados por Muñoz en El Sol Latino.

Our online version will be possible thanks to the decades-long collaboration that we have developed with veteran Puerto Rican journalist Natalia Muñoz. We have worked on different projects, beginning with the conference “Diversity Matters - Policy Conversion, Policy Makers, CEOs and Civic Leaders” held in March of 2009 at STCC, as well as frequent articles published by Muñoz in El Sol Latino.

Como editora de nuestra versión en línea, Muñoz nos ayudará a maximizar las nuevas oportunidades periodísticas que ofrece la presencia en línea.

Natalia Muñoz es fundadora y directora de Verdant Multicultural Media, una empresa de servicios completos de comunicación, divulgación, y mercadeo con un enfoque en la competencia cultural.

Además ha trabajado como consultora de comunicaciones y es una periodista multimedia cuyo trabajo ha aparecido en publicaciones en inglés y en español tales como The Associated Press, The New York Daily News, The San Juan Star, El Vocero y Ms. Magazine.

Actualmente Muñoz tiene un programa radial, Vaya con Muñoz, que se transmite por WHMP 1400/1600 AM, 96.9 FM y un segmento en el popular programa radial The Bill Newman Show.

As editor of our online version, Muñoz will help us maximize the new journalistic opportunities offered by having an online presence.

Natalia Muñoz is the founder and director of Verdant Multicultural Media, a full service communications, outreach and marketing company with a focus on cultural competence.

She has also worked as a communications consultant and is a multimedia journalist whose work has appeared in English and Spanish publications such as The Associated Press, The New York Daily News, The San Juan Star, The Spokesperson and Ms. Magazine.

Muñoz currently has a radio program, Vaya con Muñoz, on WHMP 1400/1600 AM, 96.9 FM and a segment on the popular radio program The Bill Newman Show.

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2 Editorial / Editorial El Sol Latino en el 2017 3 Portada / Front Page Parranda on Main Street en Holyoke 4 Fotografías de Parranda on Main Street 5 Fotografías de Parranda on Main Street 6 Bankers Who Created Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis Now In Charge of Fixing It 7 Ethnic Background Matters When Talking About Hispanic Workers in the U.S. 8 HCC Campus Center set for Renovation What Populism? Trump’s America Is Party Time for the Corporate Elite 10 Opinión / Opinion “Men and unemployment” A Holyoke for All in 2017 11 ¿Qué Pasa en...?

13 Tinta Caliente / Hot Ink In Holyoke…confusion about who is an immigrant 14 Libros / Books La noche de los alfileres 15 Salud / Health Campaña de Baystate Health lo Ayuda a Elegir Bebidas Saludables

New year…new goals!

¡Nuevo año…nuevas metas!

Foto del Mes/Photo of the Month

¡Felicidades Carmen Vicenty!

Founded in 2004 n Volume 13, No. 3 n January 2017 Editor Manuel Frau Ramos manuelfrau@gmail.com 413-320-3826 Assistant Editor Ingrid Estrany-Frau Managing Editor Diosdado López

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Editorial Policy El Sol Latino acepta colaboraciones tanto en español como en inglés.

Nos comprometemos a examinarlas, pero no necesariamente a publicarlas. Nos reservamos el derecho de editar los textos y hacer correcciones por razones de espacio y/o estilo. Las colaboraciones pueden ser enviadas a nuestra dirección postal o a través de correo electrónico a: info@elsollatino.net.

Carmen Vicenty (con blusa de rayas blancas y negras) rodeada de familiares en el escenario del concierto Parranda on Main Street. Carmen es hermana de María Pagán, directora de la Biblioteca Pública de Holyoke. Le celebraron el cumpleaños cantándole Las Mañanitas.

(Giovanni Negron / L & G Photography).

El Sol Latino welcomes submissions in either English or Spanish.

We consider and review all submissions but reserve the right to not publish them. We reserve the right to edit texts and make corrections for reasons of space and/or style. Submissions may be sent to our postal address or via electronic mail to: info@elsollatino.net.

El Sol Latino is published monthly by Coquí Media Group.

El Sol Latino es publicado mensualmente por Coquí Media Group, P.O Box 572, Amherst, MA 01004-0572.

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Parranda on Main Street en Holyoke por MANUEL FRAU RAMOS El Proyecto Cultural Puertorriqueño (PRCP, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Biblioteca Pública de Holyoke cerraron su programación cultural de 2016 con su quinto concierto, Parranda on Main Street. El concierto celebrado el pasado 10 de diciembre atrajo entre 350 a 400 personas al salón principal del Holyoke War Memorial.

villancicos y la música jíbara.

Delmarina López regresó este año como maestra de ceremonias y amenizó el evento como solo ella sabe hacerlo.

Este año al evento asistieron un gran número de familias residentes de Holyoke quienes no habían dicho presente en pasados conciertos. El Freedom Credit Union donó y repartió juguetes a los niños que asistieron esa noche. Los menores además disfrutaron del face painting hecho por Luis Vergara (Kewii)y del cotton candy que les obsequió Jerry Cruz y Brenda Samaris Rosario. El artista Gaddier Rosario también aportó su talento pintando las caritas de los niños.

El evento comenzó con un sorpresivo homenaje de cumpleaños a Carmen Vicenty, hermana de María Pagán, directora de la Biblioteca Pública de Holyoke. Muchos miembros de su familia subieron al escenario y se unieron a los músicos para cantarle Las Mañanitas.

I-d. Axel Gabriel Cabrera Lavozkid y Charlie Berríos (Giovanni Negron / L & G Photography).

I-d. Jiselle Rivera, Cristina Nieves y Shanira La Reinita que Canta (Giovanni Negron / L & G

Photography).

En la parte musical, el tenor internacional Charlie Berríos abrió el programa de manera magistral con su interpretación de “Está la Puerta Abierta” del conocido cantautor Facundo Cabral.

La nueva sensación juvenil Axel Gabriel Cabrera Lavozkid participó como solista y realizó un impresionante dúo junto a Berríos, interpretando “A mi manera.” Raúl González en el piano y Axel Noel Cabrera en el bajo acompañaron tanto a Axel como a Charlie.

Los Cantores del Coquí, bajo la dirección de Roberto Piñeiro y con la participación especial de Fernando González Zayas conocido como El Trovador Gigante de Juana Díaz crearon el ambiente navideño con su música. La trovadora e intérprete de música jíbara Shanira La Reinita que Canta y el conocido cuatrista con mas de 30 años en el mundo de la música, Pedro Álvarez, acompañaron al grupo. Jiselle Rivera, Cristina Nieves, Angelo Torres, Alfred Toño Rivera, Luis Morales y Efraín “el Cano” Rodríguez también forman parte de este grupo que se conoce por su énfasis en la música navideña de Puerto Rico tal como las trullas, los

El Trovador Gigante de Juana Díaz, Fernando González Zayas, junto al guitarrista Ángelo Torres y Pedro Álvarez en el cuatro (Giovanni Negron / L & G Photography).

Los patrocinadores del evento fueron, Holyoke Public Library, UMass Fine Arts Center, Freedom Credit Union, Champ Law, Holyoke Medical Center, El Sol Latino, el concejal del barrio 2 de Holyoke Nelson Román, Holyoke Tax Service, Telemundo Hartford/Springfield, Easthampton Savings Bank, WGBY y Gaddier Rosario Fine Art Studio.

Cita del Mes/Quote of the Month “Ningún plan fiscal para atender las finanzas de Puerto Rico responde al mejor interés del pueblo si no va de la mano con la auditoría de la deuda”.

Frente Ciudadano por la Auditoria de la Deuda de Puerto Rico 23 de diciembre de 2016

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Fotografías de Parranda on Main Street Por GIOVANNI NEGRON / L & G PHOTOGRAPHY

Andrew Parker y Mayra Rivera

Jerry Cruz y Brenda Samaris Rosario

Charlie Berríos

Edwin El Anti Feka Bobe, Geraldo Torres, Carmen Ocasio, Concejal de Holyoke Nelson Román, Ronny Manuel Hernández y Marilyn Nuñez.

Desde Puerto Rico para el mundo— "la primera y única emisora de tv con licencia para la historia"

Luis Vergara (Kewii)

Jiselle Rivera, Cristina Nieves y Shanira La Reinita que Canta

Lucy Sánchez, Freedom Credit Union

Jeroton Clown Music, Games, Balloons and Much More...

For More information call: Jerry & Brenda 413-557-8273 • 413-210-5458 jero4817@yahoo.com

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Fotografías de Parranda on Main Street Por MANUEL FRAU RAMOS

Delmarina López, Michael S. Gove y Edward Nuñez

Axel Cabrera Lavozkid, Raúl González y Axel Noel Cabrera

Roberto Piñeiro

Los Cantores del Coquí

Elizabeth Cardona y su mini parranda

Gaddier Rosario

Pedro Álvarez

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Bankers Who Created Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis Now In Charge of Fixing It

By THE HEDGE CLIPPERS | December 13, 2016 Executive Summary Former Santander executives José Ramon Gonzalez and Carlos M. Garcia served as heads of Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank (GDB) and Santander[1] in Puerto Rico. Garcia and Gonzalez were recently appointed to 2 of the seven seats of the PROMESA Fiscal Control Board.

Together, these men built Santander Securities, the bank’s municipal bond business, which established itself as a leading bond underwriter coinciding with the growth in Puerto Rican public debt. This business brought in substantial fee income for the bank.

Carlos M. Garcia was appointed to head the GDB in 2009 by Governor Luis Fortuño, who implemented an austerity plan when he took office in Puerto Rico, laying off tens of thousands of public employees, privatizing public assets, and attempting to provide economic stimulus through targeted tax cuts and public private partnerships.

To run the GDB, Garcia established a team of current or former Santander executives that maintained its grip on the GDB throughout the Fortuño administration. In 2011, Garcia left the GDB to return to Santander, while Santander executive Juan Carlos Batlle moved to replace Carlos Garcia as the head of the GDB. At the same time, Juan Carlos’ brother Fernando Batlle left the GDB to become CEO of Santander Securities – creating a virtual revolving door of brothers.

As GDB President, Garcia moved swiftly to reassure the bond market and maintain Puerto Rico’s credit ratings by relying on a new category of municipal debt, secured by regressive Puerto Rican sales and use taxes.

These “safe” bonds, known by their Spanish language acronym, COFINA, are “extra-constitutional,”[ and were issued mainly as refinancing bonds, which diverted Puerto Ricans’ sales tax revenue to paying bondholders instead of funding public programs. Fortuño had a law passed in January 2009 that doubled the amount of sales tax revenue set aside for COFINA bonds, enabling Garcia’s GDB to issue more debt underwritten by Santander and other banks. Public Law 7, passed March 2009, permitted the Treasury Secretary to refinance debt without considering whether it would actually save Puerto Rico money.

During the Fortuño years, as Puerto Rico fell deeper into debt and Santander and other banks elicited demand for Puerto Rico’s triple taxexempt bonds, the GDB became increasingly reliant on questionable financial engineering techniques. Santander helped the Commonwealth issue risky debt deals that relied on controversial features such as capital appreciation bonds, capitalized interest, and interest rate swaps. These generated more fee income for Santander’s underwriting business.

In one case, Santander helped underwrite a bond issue in 2011 to raise money to pay a $400 million interest rate swap termination, which could have been used to fund healthcare or infrastructure. In another example, Santander and other banks earned at least $35.7 million in underwriting fees in three Employee Retirement System (ERS) debt deals worth $2.9 billion that used employers’ contributions as collateral, virtually unheard of for public pension funds. This debt added to the pension fund’s liability and it is forecasted to run out of money in two years.

We examined 90 debt deals that Santander participated in underwriting, from general obligation bonds to the extra-constitutional COFINA bonds, to the GDB’s affiliates and subsidiaries. We found the total amount of the debt issued where Santander played an underwriting role to be $61.2 billion

dollars—almost as much as the figure currently used as an estimate of the Commonwealth’s total outstanding debt load of more than $70 billion. More than $1 billion from these bond deals went to fees paid to Santander and other banks. We also examined Puerto Rican bond deals that Santander underwrote to see if they contained features such as CABs, capitalized interest, interest rate swaps, and whether the bonds were issued by special purpose entities.

As the U.S.’s largest unincorporated territory without legal authority to restructure its debt equal to other U.S. municipalities, Puerto Rico is facing both a fiscal catastrophe and an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Wall Street saw the debt crisis as an opportunity, and yet bankers have been able to seize on it both as a business and policymaking opportunity. A key question all Puerto Ricans must ask – should banks like Santander be held accountable for their role in Puerto Rico’s debt crisis?

Puerto Rico’s ambiguous political situation and inability to restructure its debt has left it vulnerable to interlopers from Wall Street and banks.

For its role in advising the government and facilitating the issuance of questionable debt that led to a fiscal catastrophe, we call on Santander to refund all the underwriting fees and discounts it received from the Puerto Rican government. Much of this debt relied on controversial financial engineering, and was underwritten when the bank had conflicted relationships with the government. Second, José Ramon Gonzalez and Carlos Garcia should resign from the PROMESA Fiscal Control Board. As architects of the debt crisis, they should not be put in positions of power to adjudicate its outcome. Third, the Puerto Rico Commission for the Comprehensive Audit of the Public Credit (the Audit Commission) should continue to be funded and empowered to complete its investigation of the debt and its legitimacy, so that the Puerto Rican people are provided with real answers.

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Ethnic Background Matters When Talking About Hispanic Workers in the U.S. Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research Washington D.C. — There are about 24 million workers of Hispanic descent in the United States. While this group is frequently referred to as a single entity, the reality is that these workers come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, each with their own challenges in the labor market.

A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) provides an overview of the diverse backgrounds of the Hispanic workforce, and shows how each group experiences unique challenges in the labor market, specifically in terms of unemployment, wages, poverty, language barriers, and access to health and retirement benefits. The report, “Hispanic Workers in the United States” also shows that union representation has helped to address some of these challenges. Some highlights from the report include: • Workers of Mexican descent are by far the largest subgroup of the Hispanic workforce (14.9 million); • Women make up only 43.3 percent of the overall Hispanic workforce, but they are a majority of several subgroups, including Panamanians (58.1 percent), Bolivians (53.2 percent), and Paraguayans (51.0 percent);

• About two-thirds of Hispanic workers are U.S. citizens – Puerto Ricans (98.7 percent) and Spaniards (90.9 percent) are the groups most likely to be citizens; • Hispanic workers in general are more likely than workers of any other race/ethnicity to be in poverty. Among Hispanics, Guatemalans are most likely to be members of the working poor (19.1 percent); • About 30 percent of Hispanic workers do not have health insurance, but over half of Guatemalan and Honduran workers lack health insurance; • Hispanic union workers earn 24.9 percent (about $3.99 per hour) more than their non-union peers, are 30.3 percentage points more likely to have employer-provided health insurance, and are 27.7 percentage points more likely to have employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Cherrie Bucknor, author of the report explained, “Understanding the diversity and challenges faced by Hispanic workers is key to making better policy decisions. This report shows that unionization is an important tool to improve the economic conditions of Hispanic workers.”

The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people’s lives. In order for citizens to effectively exercise their voices in a democracy, they should be informed about the problems and choices that they face. CEPR is committed to presenting issues in an accurate and understandable manner, so that the public is better prepared to choose among the various policy options.

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HCC Campus Center set for Renovation Source – Holyoke Community College After months of campaigning, hours of advertisement, and the last minutes of anticipation, the votes have finally been set in stone. Donald J. Trump has taken his place on the thrown. The “Silent Majority” has spoken.

Xenophobia, Nationalism, Racism, Islamophobia, and Hatred are now the face of the country.

His campaign was built upon nothing but hate. Targeting minoritized groups that exist in the U.S. Latino’s, Muslims, Blacks, and the poor have all become nothing more than punching bags for Trump’s verbal beatings. So what will his presidency have in store for the minoritized communities of the United States of America? What exactly will be his first action to “Make America Great Again”? Is it a wall? A band on Muslims? A cut on welfare? Or is it going to be greater than that? When the signs come down, the confetti is swept up, and the curtains closed what will truly change for the people, the true people - the people who are homeless on the streets, the mothers who struggle on welfare, the kids who wear the same clothes to school, the teens forced to sell drugs to provide income, the countless faces falling victim to police violence, the prisoners stripped of rights, the people who struggle with drug addiction, and the people at the bottom of America’s race, class, religion, and gender hierarchy.

We have chosen our newest oppressor and will now have to face the music over the next four years. With a slot open in the Supreme Court, a republican controlled senate, and a billionaire in the white house. America will be seeing major changes. Now, more than ever, is the consciousness of our youth needed. A wave of social consciousness needs to take place among the youth. A coup is taking place on our democracy, and we must safeguard it. We are the ones who will be growing up under their policy, living under their policy, and our lives will be shaped by their policy. We need to speak up and fight for our own interests not the interests of those who don’t relate to our living standards, our culture, our identities, and our struggles. The faces of the politicians don’t reflect the faces that I see on an everyday basis.

These politicians aren’t with me when I see the everyday faces of the people, the true people, the ones who truly keep America going. In reality, these politicians are nothing like you and I. They live much different lives from us.

They live a life untouched by the everyday problems of everyday people.

As American citizens we need to think back to a different day that faced similar problems. In the late 19th century, Americans found themselves encased in an era known as the “Gilded Age”. Gilded means thinly covered

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with gold. This was the case with the U.S at that point in time. From the outside. America seemed the land of opportunity yet the inside was festering with corruption due to the increasing control of big business on politics. The government had taken a laissez-faire approach, which was an approach in which the government was strictly hands off from economical affairs. This approach, of course, only responded to the needs of the wealthy. Today our politicians are the wealthy. A billionaire was running against a millionaire; and the billionaire won. Trump compromised an entire political party without killing a single person. He did it by using his resources. He has become the president virtually overnight.

Before the election Trump held no public service office. He has no political experience and yet in January he’ll be the 45th president. In a way, it’s disgusting to say that we’ve let things come this far. The Trump name is now forever bleached into the history of the U.S government. There is no going back from tonight. Now we need to organize. The fight has officially begun.

We the people need to stand up for ourselves and push for initiatives, referendums, and recall of political officials. We need to expand and exercise our rights as voters. We need to organize and fight against decisions made by politicians that don’t reflect our interests. We need to dismantle the corrupt ties between the three branches of government, political parties, the media, and big business. We need to truly fight to represent the interest of our future. The children of the 90’s, the minoritized of the U.S, and the nation’s poor need to organize. We need to organize for our children, for our grandchildren, for our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our loved ones, but most importantly we need to do it for our well-being. Individually, our votes don’t count. They never will. But in the numbers, which potentially could reach millions, we could change a lot. We could decide local elections, decide state elections, and if concentrated and organized enough we can decide federal elections. We need to take what is rightfully ours.

It is our time to instate a government for the people by the people. We are the people and we are whom the government is supposed to represent so we must battle everyday to make sure that this happens. The moment we choose to throw away our right to vote is the day we throw away our only safeguard from the grip of a plutocracy, oligarchies, and tyranny. We cannot allow the repression of the system bring fear to our hearts. As Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.“ If we allow fear to control our actions we will have already lost the fight for a democracy that reflects the interests of everyone. We cannot allow ourselves to be subdued by fear brought to us by the ruling class. We must work tirelessly to make sure that our government reflects our interests. We must do this for the sake of our future, our well-being, our democracy, and for the sake of our survival.

What Populism? Trump’s America Is Party Time for the Corporate Elite by ROBERT WEISSMAN Common Dreams | Tuesday, November 29, 2016 “Trump has converted the GOP into a populist working-class party,” Trump advisor and far-right economist Stephen Moore told Republican members of Congress at a caucus meeting.

transitioning government agencies from control by the outgoing Obama administration to the incoming Trump regime.

It turns out that nearly three-quarters of the landing teams come from the corporate world or corporate-affiliated think tanks, according to a Public Citizen review.

And, although the Trump team has kicked registered lobbyists off the transition, at least 13 of the 71 landing team members have been registered lobbyists in the past, some as recent as last year.

Well, advisor Moore, meet the Trump transition team.

“We are witnessing not a populist, working class revolution, but the wholesale takeover of government by an extremist faction of the corporate class.”

The leader of the would-be populist working-class party has invited rogues’ gallery of insiders—corporate lawyers, investment fund managers, corporate executives and wonks hailing from corporate-backed think tanks—to populate the “landing teams” that are doing the nitty-gritty work of

What does the purportedly “populist working-class” transition team look like? Take a look: • Paul Atkins is in charge of financial regulation for the Trump transition and on the landing teams for the Elizabeth Warren-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) . He is the CEO of Patomak Global Partners, a consulting firm that advises financial

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What Populism? Trump’s America Is Party Time for the Corporate Elite services companies on compliance issues. Atkins formerly served as a Republican commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he was viewed as being largely opposed to regulation.

• Joel Leftwich is the staff director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry. He was a lobbyist for PepsiCo from 2013 to 2015, and in 2010 was a lobbyist for DuPont.

• There are 10 people on the landing team for the Department of Defense.

More than half work now or previously for defense contractors, including Mira Ricardel, a former vice president for Boeing known for advocacy of space laser weapons.

• Michael Dougherty is on the landing team for the Department of Homeland Security. He is the CEO of Secure Identity & Biometrics Association, a trade group that represents the interests of member corporations whose business is security screening technology for airports and border crossings.

Previously he worked for Raytheon, a security contractor and, before that, as a Homeland Security official under President George W. Bush.

• Doug Domenech is on the landing team for the Department of Interior. He is director of the Fueling Freedom Project at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, whose self-proclaimed purpose is to “explain the forgotten moral case for fossil fuels.” He also worked for 12 years for the Forest Resources Association, a national trade association representing the forest products industry.

• There are 9 people on the landing team for the Department of Justice, predictably drawn heavily from the ranks of corporate law firms. Two thirds of them are involved in corporate criminal defense work!

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There are policies that could be put in place to address the revolving door problem—individuals leaving government and going to work for the industries they formerly regulated, and from regulated industry into government positions.

President Obama took important steps in this direction with an executive order at the outset of his administration but only addressed registered lobbyists. The solution is to change the focus from registered lobbyists to those with financial conflicts of interest—people from or who work for regulated industry should not be able to move seamlessly into jobs as the regulators.

But what’s going on with the Trump administration is beyond fixing with clear policies. We are witnessing not a populist, working class revolution, but the wholesale takeover of government by an extremist faction of the corporate class.

It has become conventional wisdom in Washington that “personnel is policy”—that the people appointed to key positions will make the policy decisions, and are therefore even more important than any particular policy choice. At no time is this more true than now, with a president-elect with minimal interest in policy details.

So, take a look at the current list of landing team members and their prior affiliations, and you’ll see exactly where things are heading under a Trump administration. Trump voters hoping for anti-establishment, anti-insider politics are in for a rude awakening. It’s party time for Corporate America.

Robert Weissman is the president of Public Citizen. Weissman was formerly director of Essential Action, editor of Multinational Monitor, a magazine that tracks corporate actions worldwide, and a public interest attorney at the Center for Study of Responsive Law. He was a leader in organizing the 2000 IMF and World Bank protests in D.C. and helped make HIV drugs available to the developing world.

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Opinión / Opinion

“Men and unemployment”

by WALTER MULLIN, Ph.D. and MIGUEL ARCE Having a job where one can earn a reasonable living, feel respected and demonstrate competence is a fundamental imperative. Aside from their families, for most men, their identities are based on the work they perform.

In most western cultures, the male role is connected with that of providing economically for the family. Male unemployment, as uniquely different from female unemployment, is a national crisis with major implications for the individual person and communities at large. Work reduces alienation, despondency and hopelessness.

Nationwide, there is a staggering crisis of chronic unemployment among minority men. While the unemployment rate as a whole has declined, poverty in America has become more concentrated over the past decade.

The New York Times (February 20, 2016) reports that in Los Angeles and New York City about 30 percent of 20 to 24 year old black men were out of work and out of school in 2014. Republican Peter Kinder in a gubernatorial debate in Missouri in 2016 claimed that minority unemployment can be over 40 to 45 percent. In a presidential debate, Bernie Sanders said that the rate of unemployment for African America youth is 51% and 36% for Hispanics (PolitiFact, March 30, 2016).

In Springfield, according to the Heller School for Social Policy and Management (diversitydata.org), the unemployment rate for Hispanic males is 15% and for Black males it is 11%. Undoubtedly, for younger minority youth from 16 to 24, the unemployment rate is higher. In the inner city neighborhoods of Springfield and Holyoke, young men are walking around with nothing to do. In these neighborhoods, there is a catastrophe of perpetual joblessness.

The impact of being unemployed on any individual is real, urgent, and pressing. Aside from the social and economic cost of unemployment, being out of work has adverse social and health effects on the individual. This includes an impact on social status, self-esteem, physical and mental health and the use of one’s skills. Carl E. Van Horn, a labor economist at Rutgers University and one of the authors of the recent report titled “Unfulfilled Expectations: Recent College Graduates Struggle in a Troubled Economy” wrote “Increased poverty, increased reliance on social safety net programs, potential increases in illegal or off the books work, perhaps illegal actives like crime, idleness, lack of skills, atrophy of skills, inability to get a job later when the labor market gets better — the list goes on and on”, capturing the trap connected to being without a job. Without work, a person has to find a way to define themselves on their own.

Being out of work is not as simple as being without an income, but has major repercussions. For example, The Urban League in 2014 reports that unemployment changes relationships and has a destabilizing impact on family dynamics. Unemployment easily leads to a diminished self-esteem.

The unemployed tend to have poorer health and have children with academic difficulties.

Difficulties in finding work for those who do not have skills connected to specific jobs is the result of structural economic shifts that have taken place in the last 50 years. Central cities have seen the erosion of the industrial sector. Historically, industrial, low skilled jobs provided employment for the working poor, especially minorities. The demand for their labor has declined for the inner city resident who had been able to walk to and still be able to receive adequate wages.

Getting unemployed men into the world of work is clearly valuable. The problem and solution belong to local communities and the government at large. To claim that men do not want to work is not enough towards finding a solution. Government policies can impact unemployment and job insecurity.

Government creates policies that shape trade, human capital development, and discrimination. There are multiple ways for government to assist

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unemployed men. These include creating temporary jobs and giving real work experience to men. Government can create jobs or subsidize the private sector in the creation of jobs. This idea was successfully implemented during the 1930s. Subsidized work programs led to earning money in unsubsidized employment later and finally employment on its own. This approach allows the unemployed to get their foot into the door and stabilize their families.

The government has a role in the formal economy and labor market. To claim that the problem belongs only to individual unemployed men is to ignore the essence of the problem and to leave it unsolved. The government is built to support the community through meaningful employment. It easily creates jobs—teachers, police officers, soldiers and others. It connects with the private sector job growth. The entire country suffers when unemployment is unaddressed or when the answer is to cut back on the efforts in employment, job training and creation programs already underway.

At this time of budgetary hardship, federal encouragement to create more jobs is essential, in both the public and private sectors, now!

Walter Mullin, PhD (wmullin@springfieldcollege.edu) is a Professor at the School of Social Work at Springfield College. Miguel Arce MSW (marce@springfieldcollege.edu) is an Associate Professor at the School of Social work at Springfield College.

A Holyoke for All in 2017

by DAVID YOS (jdyos@hotmail.com) Nationally, the two major political parties last year did such an exemplary job carrying out their divide and conquer strategy that they had nearly the entire electorate convinced it was making some life or death choice, when really there was none at all.

While that same strategy continues to be successfully employed in Holyoke, the question here this year is, conversely, whether voters will continue to be convinced they have no choice, effectively resigning themselves to a full decade of economic stagnation, if not outright regression.

Just as with the national parties, locally there is a well-entrenched political apparatus that has no qualms about doing whatever is necessary to gain the votes it needs, both on election day itself, and throughout the year, with little regard to what’s actually in the community’s best interest.

Not to impugn anyone’s good intentions, but the city’s politics has become so contentious and polarized that the notion of a hate-free zone becomes merely a pretext for hating the haters, whom of course one gets to unilaterally define; being free of hate is not about controlling others, but all about how we conduct ourselves.

Looking ahead to the fall election, six-hundred votes, contrary to what that aforementioned apparatus would have us believe, is not only in no way an overwhelming margin of popularity, but a continually declining one at that; it simply shows that it knows how to do the work to get those votes. A challenger willing to work hard enough at reaching out to the fully half of the electorate that now feels so completely disenfranchised could undoubtedly gain two or three times that number.

Being a unifier does not mean being all things to all people, but rather listening to and respecting everyone’s views, and perhaps even learning something from them; someone taking the people where they want to go, not telling them where to go. Instead of being as children on the playground, with everything win or lose, friend or enemy, it is time to move forward as adults. We can be absolutely opposed in our approaches, yet still be united in caring about the future of our community.

David Yos (jdyos@hotmail.com)

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Holyoke Wistariahurst Museum: January- February 2017 Events

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Springfield Symphony Orchestra Presents: Winter Ensemble Sunday - January 22, 2017 • 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Join members of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Kevin Rhodes and your friends at Wistariahurst for a special afternoon of music.

The program will include brunch, talk-back with the Maestro, and a guest soloist performance by Spencer Myer, Piano American conductor Kevin Rhodes has had an exceptionally varied career spanning concerts, opera and ballet across the globe, having conducted in 15 different countries with approximately 50 different orchestras. He has been a presence in the major musical capitols of Europe for over 20 years, with credits including The Paris Opera, The Vienna State Opera, The Berlin State Opera, La Scala of Milan, The Dutch National Ballet, The Verona Ballet, The Stuttgart Ballet, The New York City Ballet and many others.

Rhodes is one of the most sought after conductors by the world’s major ballet companies and their orchestras. His work at many of those illustrious opera houses has been seen and heard throughout Europe in many televised appearances and all over the world with the introduction of cinema performances, in addition to a number of productions having been filmed for DVD. Tickets and Reservations $30.00 Includes brunch, performance, and talk-back with the conductor.

I Love Wine: A Tasting to Benefit Wistariahurst Museum Friday - February 10, 2017 • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Holyoke Public Library: January 2017 Events Crafternoons at the Library

Wednesday - February 11, 2017 • 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm / Teen Room Wednesday - February 18, 2017 • 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm / Teen Room Wednesday - February 25, 2017 • 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm / Teen Room Come unwind in the teen room and make buttons with the button maker, color, collage, make jewelry, etc. Please let Rachel know if you want to lead a crafternoon or if you have any ideas for new crafts!

Contact - Rachel 413-420-8101 / rdowd@holyokelibrary.org

Keep Calm & Needlework On!

Wednesday - February 11, 2017 • 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm / Board Room Wednesday - February 18, 2017 • 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm / Board Room Wednesday - February 25, 2017 • 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm / Board Room A new group is forming for those with an interest and passion for all things needlework related. This group is free and open to every one of all ages who like to do things with an eyed needle (for example: cross stitch, needlepoint, crewel embroidery, plastic canvas, counted thread work, and quilting – just to name a few.

This is a casual, relaxed event for you to work on your project while enjoying the company of like-minded individuals.

Please bring your own supplies. Reservations are not needed.

Those under 13 need to be accompanied by an adult.

For more information call 413-420-8101

I Love Wine, the popular annual wine tasting event, returns to Wistariahurst on Friday, February 10 from 6 to 8pm. Guests will enjoy a sampling of delicious wines from around the world—from sparkling whites to oaky reds to rich ports.

Vendors will be on hand to offer advice and suggestions based on your palette.

Keep track of the vineyards and vintages, aromas and finishes of the wines you love on the guest sampling menu. Light refreshments will be served.

All proceeds from the evening will benefit Wistariahurst Museum. The event is sponsored by Liquors 44 and Historic Holyoke at Wistariahurst.

Tickets will be on sale online beginning in mid-January. Advance admission $25 each; Admission at the door, $30 each.

Contact Information: Wistariahurst Museum - 238 Cabot Street - Holyoke, MA 01040 Phone: (413) 322-5660 • info@wistariahurst.org

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Greenfield AFTER ORLANDO

Friday - January 13, 2017 • 7:30 pm 9 Mill Street, Greenfield Eggtooth Productions presents AFTER ORLANDO, an evening of short plays by some of America’s most admired playwrights, to invite audiences and artists to come together and offer solace to those who have been feeling marginalized in recent months.

On June 12, 2016, 49 people lost their lives in a shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, FL. Theatre companies NoPassport Productions and Missing Bolts Productions commissioned over 70 short plays from playwrights in the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia and Uganda in response to this event which had a traumatic effect on so many individuals and communities.

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Adrienne Hines, CNM, MSN SALUD DE LA MUJER

On January 13, 2017 Eggtooth Productions will present a selection from these plays featuring a diverse and versatile cast of local actors playing multiple roles, directed by Josh Platt. The actors include: Athan Vennell, Sloan Tomlinson, Kent Alexander, Rachael Katz, Tim Fisk, and Lindel Hart.

The performance will take place at Jack Golden’s Studio at 9 Mill Street in Greenfield, MA at 7:30 pm. It is a free event though donations will be welcomed.

These plays have been made available royalty-free for a limited time for staged readings across the country. There have been well over 40 performances nationally, with more to come. The plays included in the performance are: • “I hear gunshots // Oigo disparos” by Brian James Polak • “Claim” by Ken Urban • “After” by Caridad Svich • “The Healing Power of Bright Colors” by Ryan Gielen • “At the Store with My Daughter” by Rohina Malik • “Our Friends” by Joan Lipkin • “Pistols” by Andy Fields • “Orlando 2:02a.m.” by Migdalia Cruz • “I Won’t Be Afraid” by Jessica Litwack • “Is Love” by Viet Ngyuen

Mercy Women's Health se complace en anunciar que Adrienne Hines, CNM, MSN, se ha unido a nuestra práctica y está aceptando nuevos pacientes en nuestras oficinas de Springfield.

Adrienne Hines es una Enfermera Obstétrica (comadrona) certificada que completó su BSN en la Escuela de Enfermería del University of Rochester, su Certificación en Enfermería Obstétrica en Baystate Medical Center, y su Maestría en Enfermería en American International College.

Sus áreas de interés clínico son la salud de la mujer, incluyendo embarazo, parto, post parto, planificación familiar y cuidado ginecológico. Como enfermera obstétrica, ella provee consultas, hace gestiones colaborativas y referidos.

Para mas información o para hacer una cita, llamar a Mercy Women's Health Springfield al 413-886-0410.

Cast includes: Kent Alexander, Rachael Katz, Athan Vennell, Sloan Tomlinson, Jeannine Haas, Tim Fisk, Toby Bercovici, Trenda Loftin, and Julissa Rodriguez

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In Holyoke…confusion about who is an immigrant.

A newspaper article published at the end of November in a local newspaper about the AU FR YESTRAN por INGRID new non-profit program ArteSana indicated that this program consists of immigrant women.

However, two of the participants are from Puerto Rico and therefore are not immigrants.

The Jones-Shafroth Act, signed by President Woodrow Wilson on March 2, 1917, imposed American citizenship to the residents of the colony of Puerto Rico. Since they are American citizens, Puerto Ricans are not immigrants. As is the case with any other U.S. citizen that moves from one state to another, Puerto Ricans are migrants when they move form the Island to the mainland.

It seems that some still tend to think of the Spanish-speaking population in the United States as a homogenous group of immigrants.

En Holyoke… confusión sobre quién es un inmigrante. Un artículo publicado a fines de noviembre en un periódico local sobre el nuevo programa sin fines de lucro ArteSana, indica que este programa consiste de mujeres inmigrantes.

Sin embargo, dos de las participantes son de Puerto Rico y por lo tanto no son inmigrantes.

La Ley Jones-Shafroth, firmada el 2 de marzo de 1917 por el Presidente Woodrow Wilson impuso la ciudadanía estadounidense a los residentes de la colonia de Puerto Rico. Como son ciudadanos americanos, los puertorriqueños no son inmigrantes. Al igual que en el caso de cualquier otro ciudadano de Estados Unidos que se mude de un estado a otro, los puertorriqueños son migrantes cuando se mudan de la isla a Estados Unidos.

Parece ser que algunos todavía tienden a pensar que la población hispanoparlante en los Estados nidos son un grupo homogéneo de inmigrantes.

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Libros / Books

La noche de los alfileres

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por RONCAGLIOLO, SANTIAGO • Alfaguara, (Penguin Random House - Grupo Editorial, México) 2016. 416 páginas

Hay autores que tienen tanto talento que te meten en una escena, en la mente del protagonista, y te olvidas de quien eres en el momento, que respiras el aire que respira el protagonista, sientes el miedo que siente él, y…de repente tu esposo o tu hijo, te interrumpe con algo así como “¿Qué hay de comer?” y saltas. Has olvidado momentáneamente en donde estás.

El autor peruano Santiago Roncagliolo capta de esta manera a los lectores con la magia de su imaginación y su talento de escribir.

Así lo hace Roncagliolo en su novela La noche de los alfileres.

Entra en la mente y en los sentimientos de sus cuatro narradores, hombres ya maduros, pero a quienes los sigue atormentando un crimen bastante espantoso en que participaron hace como 20 años cuando eran jóvenes en el Colegio de la Inmaculada de los jesuitas.

Casi lo único que los adolescentes Carlos, Manu, Moco y Beto tienen en común es que no son miembros del círculo de los jóvenes más populares.

A su profesora la señorita Pringlin, “Darth Vader con menopausia,” le toca instruirles sobre el sexo, la anatomía de los cuerpos masculino y femenino, la reproducción, y la biología de la procreación. Y esto a una clase de puros jóvenes, (bueno, no tan puros), a quienes casi lo único que les obsesiona es perder la virginidad cuanto antes. Hasta practican la masturbación, a escondidas, en el salón de clases. (¿Y no podían los jesuitas castos encontrar a un hombre para enseñarles?)

La señorita Pringlin, a quien nadie de la clase le simpatiza, llega a ofenderlos y a insultarlos tanto que los cuatro empiezan a soñar con castigarla. Y pronto, ya no es un sueño, y, sin un plan definido, la secuestran. ¿Y ahora qué?

Mientras discuten lo que van a hacer con la Pringlin, ya presa y atada en el sótano de su propia casa, toman turnos en vigilarla. Y poco a poco se va revelando el fondo biográfico de cada joven.

Carlos Castillo se imagina superior a los demás puesto que es inteligente, y, como pocos, hace sus tareas y sobresale en sus clases. Moco lo estima diciendo que “era un buen tipo…era el tipo que te dejaba copiar su tarea.

El compañero que te pasaba su examen antes de entregarlo…Un amigo de verdad.” Beto está de acuerdo y dice que Carlos “era el único del grupo que pensaba con la cabeza y no con el pene o con una pistola.” Es el único de los cuatro que tiene novia, Pamela, y vive prometiéndose que “Nunca abandones a alguien que te quiere. Nunca. Nunca jamás.” Sus padres “estaban embarcados en el divorcio más largo de la historia,” y Carlos se promete que “nunca trataría a ninguna mujer como papá a mamá.”

Manu Battaglia se imagina el jefe del grupo: “yo era el malo…El líder. La manzana podrida.” Ha sido expulsado de cuatro colegios y está en una lucha con la Pringlin para que lo boten de la Inmaculada. Le fascina el juego de video, Final Fight, diciendo “Romper dientes. Machacar cerebros.

Pegar puñetazos…un juego educativo.” Se dedica a su padre, diciendo que “mi viejo era el mejor padre del mundo. Mi viejo era un héroe. Uno de verdad.” Pero lo que esconde Manu es que el padre a quien tanto ama, había “vuelto roto de la guerra contra los Senderos….Estaba ido…. se pasaba el día en bata, sin afeitar, deambulando por la casa como muerto en vida…Su cara parecía una estatua que perdía agua por los ojos.” Cuando la Pringlin amenaza con hablar con el padre de Manu sobre el comportamiento de su hijo, éste se dedica a impedírselo y se promete castigar a la profesora.

Beto Plaza es el alumno de quien los otros machos de la clase se burlan y hacen bromas para que quede en ridículo. Siente una atracción homosexual hacia Manu, otra cosa que lo hace diferente a los ojos de los demás. Además, dice que “Tiendo a echarme la culpa de todo…

Arruiné la vida de mi madre, y la de mi hermana.” Pero confiesa que tiene una ventaja: “yo podía planear la utilidad de cualquier movimiento y considerar sus ventajas y desventajas…mis talentos podían servir para algo más que para encerrarme en la biblioteca durante el recreo.”

Moco Risueño “no tenía madre. Y en la práctica, tampoco padre. Nadie había visto a ese hombre nunca…”

Su padre pasaba sus días así: “se entregaba a sus botellas de pisco, una tras otra…” Cuando la Pringlin lo amenaza con llamar a las tías para que lo echen de la casa de su padre y lo críen, éste se enoja y promete hacer cualquier cosa para impedírselo. Le molesta que los otros consideren a Manu como líder: “Desde el principio tuve una participación importantísima en todo lo que ocurrió…Mi aporte creativo ya estaba ahí en el primer minuto...Manu no cuenta esa parte…”

El cuento se sitúa contra el trasfondo de la situación histórica del país en los años noventa, la época del Sendero Luminoso. En el Lima de 1992, “Era peligroso alejarse demasiado del barrio. Podía sorprenderte un apagón. O una redada. O una bomba. Las actividades seguras eran los deportes en el colegio y la televisión en la casa.” Roncagliolo hace comentarios del país y sobre todo de la capital: “Lima era una ciudad violenta (lo sigue siendo).

Podían asaltarte, secuestrarte o asesinarte (y todavía pueden.) Nuestro barrio, Surco, estaba situado en las faldas del cerro Monterrico. Del otro lado, más allá del muro del colegio, comenzaban los pueblos jóvenes, las zonas pobres que nosotros sólo pisábamos para hacer trabajos de caridad.”

Había constantes apagones, y “por esa época en Lima, los terroristas secuestraban gente: empresarios, banqueros, personas con dinero para pagar rescates.” Los ciudadanos no sabían en quien se podía confiar: “En el barrio, las casas tenían muros de dos metros rematados por alambres de púas. Los más adinerados colocaban cercos eléctricos. Nadie miraba la casa de su vecino. Nadie quería saber lo que hacían los demás. Cada vivienda era una fortaleza.”

Cuando los protagonistas secuestran a la Señorita Pringlin y la policía empieza a investigar la misteriosa desaparición de la maestra, en “Esa semana de julio de 1992 habría más ataques—bombas, asesinatos, asaltos—y un total de cuarenta muertos. La policía nunca volvió a aparecer por el colegio…tenían otras prioridades. Y lo de Pringlin parecía un asunto privado, un lío de faldas…y bastante menos peligroso que todos los demás asesinos que andaban por ahí.”

Admito que al leer la novela, me chocaban la violencia, la aparente falta de consciencia entre los cuatro protagonistas, y la visión torcida de lo que es bueno y lo que es malo. Roncagliolo mete toques de humor, a veces con ironía; así que lo que hacen los protagonistas parece ser justo, o por lo menos, no tan malo, no tan criminal. Unas travesuras, no más. Carlos lo pinta así: “éramos tres tristes tarados. De haber sido soldados, habríamos sido enviados a pelear papas en la cocina, y nuestras heridas de guerra habrían sido cortes en las manos e indigestiones.”

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Salud / Health

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Campaña de Baystate Health lo Ayuda a Elegir Bebidas Saludables Muchas personas no se dan cuenta cuánta azúcar y cuántas calorías tienen las bebidas comunes. Las bebidas endulzadas con azúcar, como los refrescos y las bebidas con sabor, son actualmente la fuente de azúcar agregada más grande en la dieta estadounidense y pueden representar un alto porcentaje del consumo diario de calorías de una persona.

Es importante elegir la bebida adecuada para mantener una dieta saludable y mantenerse hidratado y con energía. En 2015, el Servicio de Alimentos y Nutrición de Baystate Health se unió a la Salud sin Daño, una Iniciativa de Asistencia de Cuidado en Salud (Health Healthcare Initiative o HHI, por su sigla en inglés). Al unir fuerzas (con HHI), se comprometieron a ayudar a reducir la cantidad de personas diagnosticadas con diabetes y enfermedades cardíacas.

“Desde que unimos fuerzas (con HHI), hemos podido reducir los niveles de sodio en los platos principales y el azúcar en las bebidas,” dijo Sandra Kozciak, del Servicio de Alimentos y Nutrición. “Ahora estamos trabajando en Mass In Motion (Massachusetts en Movimiento), un grupo de organizaciones de Massachusetts que se están juntando para reducir el sodio y el azúcar a lo largo del estado, con especial interés en los sistemas de cuidado de salud y en las escuelas y las máquinas expendedoras.”

Sandra dice que el sistema de semáforo es una guía que ayuda a elejir bebidas saludables.

Elija el verde Las bebidas “verdes” son aquellas que contienen de cero a cinco gramos de azúcar por cada 12 onzas (355 ml). Estas bebidas no contienen azúcar agregada ni edulcorantes artificiales. Estas son las opciones más saludables, especialmente el agua del grifo. El agua no solo hidrata el cuerpo y calma la sed, sino que también apoya otras funciones del cuerpo necesarias para la salud en general. La leche con poca grasa contiene azúcar natural y nutrientes saludables. Sin embargo, debido a que tiene azúcar, debe ser consumida en porciones de 8 onzas (237 ml) o menos.

Bebidas “VERDES”: • Agua • Agua seltzer • Leche descremada al 1% (en pequeñas porciones) • Leche de soja sin endulzar (en pequeñas porciones) Amarillo: Proceda con cautela Las bebidas amarillas contienen una cantidad moderada de azúcar y sodio, entre 6 a 12 gramos de azúcar por porción. También contienen edulcorantes artificiales. Los edulcorantes artificiales, como aquellos que se encuentran en las bebidas dietéticas y light, pueden estar causando más daño que bien y podrían en realidad estar contribuyendo al aumento de peso. Aunque son más bajos en calorías, estos edulcorantes en realidad saben más dulce que el azúcar y pueden hacer que ansíe más dulces. Sin embargo, las bebidas dietéticas o amarillas son una mejor opción que las rojas y pueden ser usadas para ayudarle con la transición del rojo al verde.

Bebidas “AMARILLAS”: • Refresco dietético • Té helado dietético • Jugos con 100% de fruta • Bebidas deportivas de bajas calorías • Leche de soja endulzada (en pequeñas porciones) • Leche con sabor al 1% (en pequeñas porciones) • Otras bebidas con bajo contenido de azúcar Las bebidas amarillas, como por ejemplo los jugos con 100% de fruta y la leche saborizada con poca grasa, pueden tener más de 12 gramos de azúcar debido a que contienen azúcar natural. Sin embargo, ambas contienen importantes nutrientes, de modo que se recomienda consumirlas, pero en pequeñas porciones de 8 onzas (237 ml) o menos.

Rojo significa que pare y piense Las bebidas rojas tienen alto contenido de azúcar: más de 12 gramos de azúcar por cada porción de 12 onzas (355 ml). Muchas bebidas “rojas” también contienen altos niveles de sodio o grasa. Estas bebidas contienen calorías vacías y tienen pocos nutrientes, o ninguno. Estos tipos de bebidas pueden contribuir al aumento de peso y a otras enfermedades crónicas, tales como la diabetes tipo 2 y enfermedades cardíacas.

Ejemplos: • Refrescos normales • Refrescos energizantes • Refrescos deportivos • Café y té que ya vienen endulzados • Jugos con azúcar agregada • Leche entera o al 2% Tenga presente que una botella de refresco de 20 onzas (591 ml) contiene aproximadamente 17 cucharaditas de azúcar. Beber una de estas todos los días puede causar un aumento de peso de aproximadamente 25 libras (11.3 kg) adicionales por año.

Lea las etiquetas Si no está seguro a qué categoría de color pertenece su bebida, consulte la etiqueta. Es importante mirar la información nutricional del paquete. Por ejemplo, una porción de tamaño estándar es de 8 onzas (237 ml), de modo que un refresco de 20 onzas (591 ml) en realidad son 2.5 porciones.

Fuente: Baystate Health

La noche de los alfileres continued from previous page Las acciones brutales parecen ser explicadas como represalias por el brutal tratamiento con que la Señorita Pringlin se dirige a sus estudiantes. Pero creo que Roncagliolo trata de mostrar como, puesto que los jóvenes de aquella época viven con constantes violentas amenazas a la vida, éstos se crían con un sentido pervertido de lo que es bueno y lo que es malo, de lo que se puede hacer, y lo que no se puede. Defenderse, salvarse a toda costa parece ser el criterio por el cual se juzgan las acciones. Como lo describe Beto, “Trataba de que volviésemos a ser una banda de ladrones, una cuadrilla de camaradas subversivos y no una triste caravana de perdedores.”

En cuanto al título de la novela, Manu les muestra un alfiler y dice que “Los usaba para jugar al fútbol. Cuando se me acercaba un defenso, lo pinchaba en el culo y tiraba el alfiler. Yo me quedaba con la pelota, pero la evidencia del foul desaparecía…Nosotros somos también como los alfileres: unos escolares de mierda, perdidos en medio de otros miles de escolares de mierda…¿Vamos a hundirnos en la arena sin dejar rastro, o vamos a marcar una huella de nuestro paso?”

Reseña de Cathleen C. Robinson, profesora jubilada de español y de la historia de América Latina.

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Portada / Front Page

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EAT. Art. Love.

Experience the Nourishing Power of the Arts UMass Fine Arts Center - Temporada 2017 JELLY & GEORGE: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF JELLY ROLL MORTON AND GEORGE GERSHWIN Aaron Diehl y Cécile McLorin Salvant Jueves, Febrero 16, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Center Concert Hall El celebrado pianista Aaron Diehl y la vocalista Cécile McLorin Salvant, ganadora del Grammy, revitalizan las obras de George Gershwin y de Jelly Roll Morton con interpretaciones energéticas que rinden tributo a un patrimonio musical de más de un siglo.

Charla antes del concierto a cargo de Tom Reney, anfitrión de NEPR Jazz á la Mode, a las 6:30 p.m. en el Concert Hall Lobby. $35, $25; Estudiantes - Five College Student 17 años y menores | $15, $12, $10; Five College Faculty & Staff Sponsored by

SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY Martes, Febrero 28, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

LES 7 DOIGTS DE LA MAIN: CUISINE & CONFESSIONS Jueves, Marzo 23, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Center Concert Hall Cuisine and Confessions explora la verdad de que la vida en el hogar ocurre en la cocina. Esta maravilla multi-sensorial combina unas acrobáticas alucinantes, elaborada coreografía, palpitante música—y pan de guineo. Si a usted le gustó cuando presentaron Traces en nuestro escenario, ¡le encantará esta nueva presentación también! $45, $40, $20; Estudiantes - Five College y 17 años y menores | $20, $15, $10 ; Five College Faculty & Staff Cena francesa prix-fixe disponible en el UClub antes del espectáculo.

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JASON VIEAUX Martes, April 4, 7:30 p.m., Bowker Auditorium Ganador del Grammy 2015 por “Mejor Solo Clásico Instrumental” por PLAY and hailed por NPR como “quizás el mas preciso y soulful guitarrista clásico de su generación,” Vieaux se ha ganado una reputación por poner su talento y expresión al servicio de una increíblemente amplia gama de música. $35, $20; Estudiantes - Five College 17 años y menores | $10; Five College Faculty & Staff

El Sydney Dance Company viene al FAC bajo la exuberante dirección artística de Rafael Bonachela, un auto-proclamado “movement junkie.” Para su presentación en Amherst, la compañía presenta un programa de repertorio mixto que aprovecha las impresionantes cualidades físicas de los bailarines y lo que el Sydney Morning Herald llama una “exhilarante energía.” $45, $40, $20; Estudiantes - Five College y 17 años y menores | $15, $12, $10; Five College Faculty & Staff Postre: Acompáñenos para una charla al finalizar el espectáculo.

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