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Nuestros niños y adolescentes utilizan la Inter-net tanto para sus estudios, como para su en-tretenimiento y sus exploraciones sociales. La

Internet trae el mundo -con todos sus aspectos- al alcancede los niños, y puede t ener una influencia significa tivaen su pensamiento y comportamiento. Si bien la gr anred mundial es una herramienta tecnológica valiosa parala educación, la comunicación y la recreación infantil y ju-venil, también conlleva riesgos considerables.

¿Cuán bien entendemos la Internet como padres defamilia? ¿Cómo nos calificaríamos si hubiera una pruebasobre nuestros conocimientos sobre la Internet y cómo lautilizan nuestros niños? Si bien no e xiste tal examen, elsiguiente cuestionario nos da una idea de las ár eas queya dominamos, y sobre las que necesitamos más instruc-ción.

Instrucciones:Este cuestionario debe ser c ompletado por cada

padre de familia independientemente, y para cada unode los hijos que usa la Internet. Cada padre debe comple-tar el cuestionario por separ ado, para luego comparar ydiscutir las respuestas en familia.

Lea y piense en cada enunciado, conteste Sí o No, yapunte sus respuestas.

1. Sé el nombre de usuario de mi hijo.

2. Sé las contraseñas principales de mi hijo, o dóndeencontrarlas.

3. Sé desde qué lugares mi hijo se conecta a la Inter-net.

4. Sé cuánto tiempo pasa mi hijo conectado a la In-ternet.

5. Sé con quiénes chatea mi hijo por c orreo elec-trónico, teléfono y video virtual.

6. Sé cuáles son los sitios informa tivos que mi hijovisita más frecuentemente.

7. Sé cuáles son los sitios recreativos (música, videos,etc.) favoritos de mi hijo.

8. Conozco los juegos en línea que mi hijo juega.9. Visito las páginas de mi hijo en las r edes sociales

virtuales (My Space, Facebook)10. Sé qué problemas o conflictos con otros usuarios

ha tenido mediante la Internet.11. C onverso c on mi hijo sobr e la in timidación

cibernética.12. Hablo con mi hijo para que evite dar información

personal por la Internet.13. Platico con mi hijo sobre los charlatanes y las ven-

tas oportunistas en la Internet.14. Requiero que mi hijo me consulte antes de hacer

compras por la Internet.15. Discuto con mi hijo qué hacer cuando reciba in-

vitaciones peligrosas.16. Advierto a mi hijo sobr e los sitios que difunden

ideas y valores destructivos.17. Converso con mi hijo acerca de los impostores y

depredadores en la Internet.18. Uso servicios de control y bloqueo, filtros y pro-

gramas protectores en casa.19. Tenemos reglas familiares justas y r azonables

sobre el uso de la Internet.20. Enseño a mi hijo mediante mi ejemplo a usar la

Internet responsablemente.Una vez haya completado el cuestionario, repáselo

con sus hijos. Celebre sus respuestas acertadas, y descubralas respuestas correctas a las pr eguntas que falló. Re-

cuerde que, ya que la Internet es inmensa, cambia y crececonstantemente, lo importante es aspirar a mejorar sucalificación.

Para mejorar sus puntuaciones presentes y futurasen este cuestionario y en las pruebas de la vida, consultefuentes de información y orien tación, y amplíe su edu-cación. A propósito, le invitamos a navegar las páginasde nuestro sitio www.nuestrosninos.com.

Escuche a la Doctora Marisol en Nuestros Niños losdomingos de 8 a 9 AM en La Kalle 100.7/105.7FM, KBBF

La Nuestra 89.1 FM, Tricolor 99.5 FM, Jose KSES 107.1 FMy KBMX 700 AM. Para más información, llame al 1-866-

99NINOS y visite www.nuestrosninos.com.

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Dealing With Police ViolenceBy Hilbert Morales - El Observador

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P.O. Box 1990, San Jose, CA 9510999 N. First Street, Suite 100, San Jose, California 95113

By George ShirakawaSupervisor, County of Santa Clara

Our community has been having an ongoing discussion about public safety. Un-like usual conversations about public safet y, these discussions ha ven't beenabout resident fears or crime spiraling out of control. The debate has been about

the restriction of public access to police records, the disproportion of Latinos arrested forpublic intoxication, and the overrepresentation of youth of color in the justice system.

Thus, the people have essentially broadened the definition of the term "public safety"to include safeguards against harmful discretionary actions by local authorities as well asprotecting the community from criminal activity. Not only do w e have the obligation tohold criminals accountable for their actions, as public servants, we must hold ourselves toa higher standard of accountability in providing a safe community.

When I ser ved as a S an Jose councilmember, I introduced one of the t oughest anti-gang policies in the nation. In my role as a County supervisor, I'm committed to developingpublic policy that creates a safe c ommunity. O verly stressed families, law enforcementwith few resources, and an overburdened County justice system pose challenges to achiev-ing this objective. To ensure public safety under the people's broad definition, all three in-stitutions - the family , la w enforcement, and the C ounty justic e syst em - must holdthemselves accountable.

Despite our valley being one of the safest in the c ountry, there are those who don' tfeel safe when interacting with authorities. Law-abiding residents have seen discretionaryactions by authorities cause harm within their c ommunities. Victims of police shootingsand alleged abuse are denied access to police records of the incidents and communities ofcolor rightfully question why over 90% of children incarcerated in juvenile hall and at re-habilitation ranches are young people of color. Latino kids make up 76% of those in custody.

Credible concerns shouldn't be dismissed in the name of pr otecting public safet y.These issues deserve transparent and thoughtful deliberation when developing public pol-icy, especially for those y oung people who engage in the juv enile justice system for thefirst time. Local police departments arrest and take seven Latino minors to juvenile hallfor every white minor taken there. The African American to white booking ratio is an evenmore alarming 12-1 in Santa Clara County.

Former Supervisor Blanca Alvarado provided persistent leadership on this issue. As aresult, the County refined its method of determining whether those taken to juvenile hallshould be incarcerated. The County's inclusionary reform efforts and investments resultedin reduced recidivism and many young people of color being diverted from incarceration.Despite the County's efforts, overrepresentation of young people of color arriving at juvenilehall continues to rise.

What's been missing is a deeper understanding of wh y local police arrest a dispro-portionate number of African American, Latino, and Pacific Islander youth. There are someleaders in our c ommunity who believe that socio-economic factors are the root cause ofthis phenomenon. Since people of color in our county form a large percentage of those inpoverty, they argue, this explains the overrepresentation of young people of color in cus-tody. This viewpoint is just too simplistic.

La Raza Roundtable has asked a group of Har vard Law students to conduct a stake-holder assessment of issues r elated to the disproportionate representation of Latinos inthe local criminal justic e system. A c omprehensive assessment could be a v aluable toolfor my Board committee. To ensure that the assessment is thorough, it's critical that theselaw students analyze local police department arrest practices and procedures. An omissionof this analysis, or the lack of tr ansparency by law enforcement officials, will result in anincomplete, thus ineffective assessment.

George Shirakawa is a member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, and servesas Chair of the Board's Public Safety and Justice Committee

Increasing PublicSafety for All

It does not take much analysis to seeevidence of the lack of informa tionand influence by those alleged vic -

tims of police violence. The Office of the Dis-trict A ttorney, the S an Jose P oliceDepartment, the San Jose Police Officer's As-sociation and the Latino Peace Officer's As-sociation are all familiar and experienced indealing with cases allegedly in volving theunwarranted use of for ce on an individual'who resists arrest'. In dealing with the egre-gious issue of the use of force which has es-calated into a case of polic e violence, thereis no comparison to the capacity for an im-mediate response by the Police Officers As-sociation and that of the allegedly victimizedsuspect. The Mayor and City Council usuallylaunches an in vestigation which is per -formed by SJPD's Internal Affairs which hasnever been subject to monitoring and over-sight by an external party representing theinterests of the community at large. Such aparty must be professional and able to keepcertain personnel information confidential.

The alleged vic tim is immedia telyhandicapped by being arrested. If family andfriends tr y to help b y becoming involved,they are handicapped by not having accessto the specific arresting charges documentedon the citation made by the arresting officer.In addition, there is the emotional in volve-ment which impacts objective judgment.

There seems to be no objec tive 'checkand balance' on the ability of those involvedin exercising objective 'due diligence'. Up to

now, only those agencies professionally con-cerned with public safety have access to thepertinent documen ted informa tion. Ho wdoes the c ommunity kno w tha t officiallydocumented information has been objec -tively recorded in a manner that justice is as-sured?

In the c ommunity there is the sensethat too often the police officer involved getsoff on a t echnicality. The public is not in-formed about any corrective personnel ac -tions tak en because tha t w ould be aviolation of privacy and personnel policies.

Those allegedly vic timized individualsmay be unable t o afford competent legalcounsel. The victimized individuals may notknow ho w t o obtain assistanc e fr om themany organizations available and compe-tent to provide it. Many are from marginal-ized sec tors of societ y whose r equest forassistance and counsel often go unheeded.

In these cases, an opportunity exists forthe City of San Jose's Mayor and City Councilto authorize the involvement of the Inde -pendent Police Auditor as a monit or of theentire investigation concerning police vio-lence. The IPA must be mandated to not dis-close any information until the investigativedue diligence is deemed c omplete and is-sues of 'confidentiality and privacy' are mit-igated. This embargo must be c ompletelyunderstood and implemen ted now that aparty with no conflict of interest is involved.

At the present time, the IPA is not in -volved in cases such as these fr om the be-

ginning. The police do not want an outsiderto have the authorit y and responsibility ofbeing an official monitor who is officially in-volved in the entire investigative process andhas the authority and responsibility to rep-resent community interests. Presently thepolice do not see the need for an objec tivewitness who is trust ed and responsible topublic authorities. Such a witness c ould in-form the public that the facts and evidencewere properly included and made a ma tterof record upon which appropriate personnelactions can be tak en by the Chief of P olice,the Mayor and Cit y Council. And, if a casegoes to court, the vic tims will e xperiencejustice. All the community wants is JUSTICEwhich has been long suspect in these cases.

The IPA and members of the c ommu-nity have an obligation to help identify thosefew rogue members of the police force whoare prone to use un warranted force. Theymust also help iden tify those members ofthe police force who display their prejudicesand biases. There must be a way to identifythose members of the polic e for ce whoabuse the authorit y entrusted to them asagents of the community responsible for lawenforcement.

As things now stand, many in the com-munity do not believ e that officials are ef-fectively dealing with police violence issues.


CONOZCA SUS DERECHOSTODOS TIENEN EL DERECHO DE PEDIR AYUDA

Existe una nueva ley en California que requiere que las agencias que brindan ayuda y servicios relacionados con desastres

se aseguren de que todas las víctimas reciban la asistencia que necesiten y para la que sean elegibles.

Si usted busca acceso a un refugio, asistencia directa o

suministros para lidiar con un desastre, no se le puede privar de la asistencia porque no tenga documentos de identificación.

Este mensaje se lo ofrece el California Immigrant Policy Center [Centro de Política de Inmigrantes de California]

y el San Diego Immigration Rights Consortium.

EN CASO DE DESASTRE NATURAL

"Cobardes" atacan a niños Por Rosario Vital

El Observador

El pasado 31 de octubre, aproxi-madamente a las 10:07 de lanoche, la policía de San José fue

notificada de un disparo en la cuadra 2000de la calle Story cerca a la Hopkins Dr.

Al llegar a la escena, oficiales lo-calizaron a un niño de 12 años herido debala quien se debate entre la vida y lamuerte y a otro menor de 13 años de edadapuñalado y que ahora se recupera en suhogar.

Los pequeños salieron a pedir dulces yterminaron la noche con esta terrible trage-dia.

"Inaceptable"El alcalde de San Jose, Chuck Reed, la

Concejal Nora Campos del Distrito 5 y elJefe de la Policía de San José, Rob Davisrechazan todo acto de violencia en esta ciu-dad. Los adolescentes involucrados en esteacto criminal serán procesados como adul-tos, lo dijo la Fiscal del Distrito del Con-dado de Santa Clara Dolores Carr.

"Te estamos buscando""Si eres miembro de una pandilla te es-

tamos buscando. Si cometes delitos estas enproblemas", dijo el Jefe de la Policía.

Policía no te reporta a la “migra”"Si eres testigo de un crimen, no tengas

miedo de ayudarnos. No vamos a preguntartu situación legal", recordó Rob Davis a lacomunidad latina. "Tenemos mucho cariñoa la comunidad latina y deben ayudar a evi-tar el problema y estamos dispuestos a ayu-darles a ustedes. Trabajamos con padres quese han unido para ayudar en este esfuerzo ytodos hablan español. Nosotros estamos dis-puestos a ayudar a ustedes a andar juntospara lograr el éxito que buscamos" concluyeDavis.

Hasta el momento se han arrestado a 4sospechosos involucrados en este acto. Lostres primeros jóvenes fueron arrestados dosdías después del incidente. El sospechosoEduardo Cristóbal (18) fue arrestado elpasado 4 de noviembre.

Policía busca a más testigos y piden porfavor colaborar para esclarecer este caso.Las personas que saben algo pueden llamaral Sargento Mike Brown o al Sargento Paul

Kelly y al Sargento Bill Hoyt a la unidad dehomicidios 408-277-5283. Las personasque deseen permanecer en el anonimatopueden llamar al 408-947-STOP (7867).

Reunión el 10 de noviembreLas autoridades locales están covocando

a una reunión con el vecindario. Esta cita esel próximo 10 de noviembre en la cafeteriade la Escuela Lee Mathson entre 6:30 a 8:00pm. Se pide colaboración de la comunidadpara frenar la violencia.

Este acto criminal ha sido condenadopor las autoridades y la comunidad entera.Es momento que la comunidad ponga de suparte. En la ciudad de San José hasta elcierre de nuestra edición se han producido24 homicidios y día a día está más violentaque nunca.

Las autoridades ponen mano dura aestos incidentes y esto no es posible sin lacooperación de quienes residimos.

La comunidad ha participado en vigiliasy condenan estos actos. Se pide a los padresparticipar y hacer lo posible para prevenirdesgracias como estas.

"Si eres miembro deuna pandilla te estamosbuscando. Si cometesdelitos estas en proble-mas", dijo el Jefe de laPolicía.

Eduardo Cristóbal


San Francisco.- Hotel workers walked off the jobat the Grand Hyatt Union Square in San Fran-cisco and they were on 3-day strike against the

property. "Hyatt's cashing out almost a billion dollars forits owners, but at the same time they're pushing to makehealth care unaffordable for me and m y family?" r e-marked Aurolyn Rush, a 13-year telephone operator atthe Grand Hyatt. "That is unforgivable, and we're notgoing to stand for it."

The work stoppage comes two weeks after mem-bers of Unite Here Local 2 voted by over 92% to authorizestrikes at any of 31 upscale hotel properties in San Fran-cisco. Workers at the Grand Hyatt returned to work onSunday, November 8, but called for customers to honoran ongoing boycott at that property. Workers at otherSan Francisco hotels remain on the job, though job ac -

tions remain a possibility elsewhere."This is a limited strike," said Mike Casey, president

of Local 2. "It's intended to send a clear signal to this cor-poration that they cannot use a temporary downturn topermanently drive down workers' living standards."

Despite amassing record profits over the precedingfive years, hotel corporations in San Francisco and else-where have been using the ec onomic downturn as anexcuse to squeeze workers for long-term concessions.During the past two months, Local 2 has indicated open-ness to reaching an exceptionally low-cost contract set-tlement, totaling as little as 1.5% increase in labor costs.Nonetheless, the industry has persisted in trying to winpermanent takeaways in the areas of affordable healthcoverage and retiree coverage.

Hotel Workers on Strike

(SAN JOSE, CA) -- The day after Thanksgiv-ing, thousands of people in Silicon Valley will lineup in the pre-dawn to shop for the things they needto make their holiday season.

This Saturday, thousands more will camp overnight in a much different line for what they needmost - the basic ingredients of a festive meal andthe chance to give their children happy holidaymemories.

HOPE Saturday at Sacred HeartAt Sacred Heart Community Service, the hol-

iday season opens HOPE Saturday, Nov. 7, whenour neediest neighbors will register to receive mealbaskets at Thanksgiving and Christmas and toysfor their children.

Similar to last year, more than 4,000 familiesare expected to line up at Sacred Heart for HOPESaturday - some camping out on the sidewalk thenight before.

With nearly one in five adults jobless or under-employed, and more than 400,000 people in SantaClara County living without enough to cover ba-sics like housing and healthcare, the need has neverbeen greater.

The recession has affected everyone, many inways they never thought possible. Every day weserve people who never imagined they would needour help: former volunteers, former AmeriCorpsmembers and people who worked at major com-panies like Intel.

This year, with the help of thousands of vol-unteers, Sacred Heart Community Service willfeed 4,000 families at Thanksgiving and 3,000more at Christmas. Sacred Heart will also give out15,000 toys through our annual Toy Box program.Δ

Before Black Friday...HOPE SaturdayThousands to line up for holiday needs this Saturday


Expectthe Best!

Archbishop Mitty High School

Open HouseSunday, November 22, 2009

Spanish toursavailable at

9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

By Cinthia RodriguezEl Observador

The American Leader-ship Forum of SiliconValley hosted a lunch-

eon to discuss the San Joaquin -Sacramento Delta. The SanJoaquin - Sacramento Delta is thelargest drinking source in the na-

tion and is at risk of serious failuredue to vulnerable levees as well asclimate change. The delta wouldalso be harmed if a strong earth-quake were to hit.

The community dialoguebegan with Anna Caballeros, Cali-fornia Assembly Member explain-ing the importance of the SiliconValley getting involved. Getting in-

Traveling Upstream

volved in the movement that demands actiontowards getting the delta restored.

“This issue is critical to the Silicon Valley,”said Greg Zlotnick, Office of Delta Policy andImported Water, Santa Clara Valley Water Dis-trict. “We are 50% dependent on exports onwater supply.”

The water in the Santa Clara County is alsorecycled and 30% of the water is local.

While some regions are 100% dependenton water supplies that move through the delta.The State Water Contractors report that theSacramento - San Joaquin River Delta providesdrinking water for more than 25 million resi-dents throughout California.

“We realize things have changed and thatmore water may be required to restore the deltadown the line,” said Doug Wallace, Environ-mental Affairs Officer, East Bay MunicipalUtility District.

Some counties have a flat fee, while othersare considering a 20% reduction in water use.It will be harder for those whose water is me-tered to make that reduction in water use com-pared to those that have a flat fee. It issomething that policy makers are realizing andare taking into account as a bond dealing withthe issue develops.

Not washing clothes until there’s a full loadand preventing the water from running whilewashing dishes or brushing your teeth are thingsto consider when conserving water.

Most importantly, for a better world, wateryour lawn just one minute less and save 20 gal-lons of water. The conserving of water alonewill not fix water issues.

“I think that if people were talking abouthigh speed rail being more important than waterat this particular moment in time, water is moreimportant,” said Caballeros. “Yet we passed avery significant bond for high speed rail.”

There is talk about a 10 billion dollar bondreaching the governor for approval beforeThanksgiving and Caballeros wants nothingmore. She also wants everyone to take the issueto heart and keep it in mind when voting. Thebond is expected to be in ballots by June 2010.

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(SAN JOSE, CA) In the past five years,Evergreen Valley College (EVC) improved itsgraduation rates by 16.2 %--far exceeding allother community colleges in this region. It's adouble-digit increase, while many of the othercolleges had decreases. That's according to afive year study conducted by the CaliforniaCommunity Colleges Chancellor’s Office.

San José/Evergreen Community College

District Chancellor Rosa G. Pérez, who over-sees both Evergreen Valley College and SanJosé City College, says this is encouragingnews and is a tribute to the strategic work in thedistrict as well as evidence of the motivationand commitment of our students: "There havebeen too many discussions about whether stu-dents like ours, who are heavily first-generationin college and low-income, have the motivationand the tools to succeed.

Of course they do! Our District, with bothcolleges located in San José, invests its re-sources in supporting them and their goals andprides itself on hiring faculty who have a truededication to equity and social justice. The ev-idence is in this outcome."

EVC President David Wain Coon attributesthe success to a collective dedication and com-mitment among faculty and staff. "With furtheremphasis on closing achievement gaps amongour students through our involvement withAchieving the Dream, a nationwide initiativefocused on student success, and our commit-ment to improving completion rates for all stu-dents, we will continue to raise the bar."

Evergreen Valley CollegeRank # 1 in Graduation Rates

EVC President David Wain Coon

San José: Paintings by Wayne JiangWhen: November 27, 2009 through May 30,2010Where: History Park in San JoseInfo: www.historysanjose.org or call 408 2872290.

African American Heritage House & Habibatique Ethnic CollectionsPresents Kwanzaa Festival 2009When: December 19, 2009Where: History Park in San Jose, CA.Info: www.aahhsanjose.org or (408) 398-8044

The Redwood City International LatinoFilm Festival When: November 6 - 8 Where: Downtown Redwood CityInfo: www.redwoodcity.org/latinofilmfestival

Cultural DisjunctureWhen: November 6-January 2, 2010Where: MACLA San JoseInfo: www.maclaarte.com

Ohlone College NASA NightWhen: Tuesday, November 10. 7pm-8pmWhere: Ohlone College in FremontInfo: www.ohlone.edu/go/nasa

ANOTHER NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

When November 19, 2009 - December 20,2009Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 pmSunday Evenings at 7 pm (Nov. 29 & Dec. 6)Sunday Matinees at 2 pm (Dec. 13 & 20)No performance on Thanksgiving, Nov. 26Where: City Lights Theater Company529 South Second St.San Jose, CA 95112Info: (408) 295-4200 or www.cltc.org

AZTEC DANCE!When: Every Tuesday From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.Where: MACLA Theater 510 South 51h Street,San JoseInfo: (408) 998-2783 or www.maclaarte.org

ANOTHER NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMASWhen: November 19th - December 20th Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 pmSunday Evenings at 7 pm (November 29 & De-cember 6)Sunday Matinees at 2 pm (December 13 & 20)Where: City Lights Theater Company, San JoseInfo: (408) 295-4200 * www.cltc.org

Downtown IceWhen: Nov. 20-Jan. 18Where: Circle of Palms, off Market Street inDowntown San JoseInfo: www.sjdowntown.com or (408) 279-1775

MAEP's Growing a Great Compost PileWorld Garden WorkshopWhen: November 14, 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.Where: The Erikson Adult Education Center lo-cated at 4849 Pearl Avenue, San Jose.Info: (408) 723-6450 or [email protected]

Adventure in ToylandWhen: December 6 at 8:30 a.m. Where: Downtown San JoseInfo: www.sanjoseholidayparade.com or call(408) 794-6200

San Francisco Events:

SF Camerawork's 35th Anniversary Exhi-bitionWhen: September 10-October 31Where: SF Camerawork 657 Mission St., 2ndFloorInfo: (415) 307-3853 or [email protected]

"Feminists Turn Up the Heat for Health-care"When: Thursday, November 12 at 7:00 pmWhere: New Valencia Hall in San FranciscoInfo: (415) 864-1278 orwww.radicalwomen.org

"The Black Press" Movie Night Benefit

When: November 6, 7:00 pmWhere: New Valencia Hall in San FranciscoInfo: (415) 864-1278TROPICAL VULTURE WITHLEGENDARYFILMMAKER GEORGE KUCHAR AND MEXI-CAN ARTIST MIGUEL CALDERON When: NOV 21, 2009-JAN 10, 2010Where: YBCA, Gallery 3, 701 Mission St, SanFrancisco, CA.Info: 415.978.2787 or www.ybca.org

Harry Chapin's Cotton Patch Gospel:A bluegrass, progressive holiday musical forpeople of all faiths.When: Nov 27th-Dec 19th Thurs-Sat 8pm; Sun7pmWhere: The Next Stage, attached to the his-toric Trinity Church, 1620 Gough Street (atBush), San FranciscoInfo: For more information go to www.Cus-tomMade.org or call 1-800-838-3006

Talleres de CiudadaníaDías: 12 y 19 de nov.Hora: 5:30 pmLugar: CET701 Vine St. San Jose, Ca 95110Informes: (408) 534-5215

Meditaciones a coloresDirigido a seres humanos responsablesy enfocados en su crecimiento personal,espiritual y colectivo para crear un mundode armonía, educación y amor.Días: Miércoles 8-9pmDomingos 11- 12pmLugar: 2175 The AlamedaS. 105 San Jose CA 95126Informes: (408) 720-9669Donativo: $5

Tutankhamun y la Edad de OroExhibición majestuosa en el Museo de YoungDías: Hasta marzo 2010Lugar: Museo de Young50 Hagiwara Tea Garden DriveJohn F. Kennedy Drive,Golden Gate ParkSan Francisco, CAInfo: (415)750-3600www.tutsanfrancisco.org

SCOREConsejeros para los Pequeños negocios deAméricaLugar: 84 West Santa Clara St, San JoseInfo: www.svscore.org

Servicios de InmigraciónOrganización de San José que ayuda a inmi-grantesS.I.R.E.NLugar: 1425 Koll CircleSuite 109San Jose, CA 95112(Entre la 4ta. Y Gish)Info: (408) 453-3003

Día de los muertos: Una pasión de vidaExposición de 50 imágenes de la reconocidaMary J. Andrade.Día: Hasta 27 de noviembreLugar: Martin Luther King Library150 E. San Fernando St. San Jose

TOLTEKAYOTL: Raíces IndígenasExhibición a cargo del historiador Luis GovaDía: Martes a sábadoDe: 10 am a 4pmHasta enero de 2010Lugar: San Jose City College2100 Moorpark (esquina con Bascom)A espaldas de las canchas de Raquetball

Hunger BanquetDía: Domingo 15 de noviembreLugar: Universidad Estatal de San JoséSalon UniversityHora: 5-8pmDonación: $25 (Impuesto deducible)Informes: (408) 223-6770Email: [email protected]

Taller de las ChacrasExplora, identifica, vive los 7 chacras en cadaejercicioAprenda cómo alinear los chacrasHora: 7:00-9:00 pm Costo: $ 140.00

Foro informativo de DiabetesDía: Sábado 7 de noviembreHora: 10:00 am - 3 pmLugar: San Jose City College2100 Moorpark Ave. San Jose CA 95128Exámenes gratuitos, glucosa, presión arterial,colesterol, examenes de pie, dental, densidadósea, quiropráctico.Info: 408 241-1922 x7428

Informacion: 408 720-9669Seminario gratuito sobre la próstataPresentado por el Dr. Timothy Tsang, MDJefe de Urología de Kaiser PermanenteSan Jose- Medical CenterDía: Martes 10 de noviembreHora: 10 am- 11 amLugar: Almaden Winery5730 Chambertin Drive, San Jose, CA 95118Informes (408) 979-7904 Email: [email protected]

PsicoterapiaA cargo del Dr. Antonio MartínezDías ; 12,13,14, Y 15 de DiciembreLugar: 2175 THE ALAMEDA, SUITE 105 SAN JOSE, CA 95126Informes: 408 720-9669 Escriba a [email protected]

Registre su CELULARPara recibir alertas en caso de emergenciaLa información se recibe en españolvisite www.alertscc.gov

Patinaje sobre hieloDías: 20 de noviembre hasta enero 18 de 2010Lugar: Círculo de Palmas(Entre el hotel Fairmont y Museo de Arte deSan José)Entrada: $13 (0-12)$15 (13 en adelante)


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Anew case of diabetes strikes every 20 sec-onds. With nearly 24 million Americans ofall ages affec ted with the disease and an

additional 57 million at risk for diabetes, diabetes hasreached epidemic proportions.1 If current trends con-tinue, one out of three children will live with diabetessometime in their future.

Type 1 diabetes, which occurs when the immunesystem mistakenly destroys cells that make insulin,is juvenile-onset diabetes; while type 2 diabetes hasan adult-onset and can often be prevented. Type 2 di-abetes accounts for about 90 per cent of cases.1 Ac-cording to the American Diabetes Association, thoseliving with diabet es can lo wer the oc currence ofhealth complications and those at high risk for devel-oping diabetes can take proactive measures to bothlive healthfully and pr event a diabetes diagnosis byfollowing a healthy mean plan and r egular exerciseprogram. In fact, many people with t ype 2 diabetescan control their blood gluc ose by taking the samemeasures.

"The key to healthy eating is moder ation andmaking smart choices in your daily diet, said MikeCecil who develops better-for-you products for Wells'Dairy, Inc., the largest family owned and operateddairy processor in the country. "By substituting low-sugar, low-carbohydrate versions of the snacks y oueat, those living with and pr one to diabetes are stillbe able to eat their favorite foods while maintaininga healthy diet and lifestyle."

Cecil spends much of his time r esearchinghealthier ingredients that will make products betterwithout sacrificing taste. Snacking can be par t of a

healthy diet and has been shown to actually help pre-vent o vereating a t meals and pr ovide a c onstantsource of ener gy for the body .1 According to him,people do not have to give up their favorite treats, in-stead just find a bett er option that will help themachieve their health goals.

"By choosing snacks with little or no addedsugar, you can enjo y even your favorite treat - ic ecream - and maintain a healthy, balanced diet by lim-iting excess sugar intake," said Cecil. The Blue BunnySweet Freedom line, for example, offers treats like theBlack Raspberry Bar and Krunch Lite Bar made withno sugar added r educed fat ice cream. Choosing aSweet Freedom snack or a no sugar added r educedfat ice cream like Blue Bunn y No Sugar A dded Re-duced Fat Banana Split Ice Cream will help keep calo-ries and carboh ydrates lo w, which is essen tial t opreventing and living healthfully with diabetes.

The American Diabetes Association offers thesetips on ways to incorporate treats into a healthy dietfor those living with and prone to diabetes:

• Limit por tion size and frequency - You don'thave to cut out the foods y ou love to eat, just cutdown portion size and treat yourself to these foodson special occasions.

• Plan ahead - P eople living with diabet es caninclude desserts in their meal plans, just plan aheadand make other meal adjustments to compensate forthe dessert, like cutting back on other foods with car-bohydrates at the same meal. For many people, about45 to 60 grams of carbohydrates at meals is a goodtarget.1 The key to keeping your blood glucose levelson target is to substitute small portions of sweets for

other carb-containing foods in your meals and snacks.• Read the label - Foods labeled as sugar-free, no

sugar added and reduced sugar may still contain car-bohydrates. Sugar is only one t ype of carbohydratethat affects blood glucose levels, so when reading thenutrition facts on a product, read the total carbohy-drate content, in addition t o the sugar c ontent andserving size. Keep in mind that the total carbohydrateincludes both added sugars and na turally occurringsugars, as well as starch and fiber.


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(NAPSA)-The indulgent holiday season doesn't have to be chal-lenging for people with diabet es, who are at increased risk for hear tdisease. While traditional recipes are often high in calories, saturatedfat, cholesterol and sodium, there are tasty culinary alternatives.

Rather than preparing special portions of food for people with di-etary restrictions, you can revise the entire menu with festive, nutritiousdishes. A heart-smart diet is important year-round, not just for peoplewith diabetes, but for everyone to maintain wellness and prevent heartdisease.

With "The Heart-Smart Diabetes Kitchen: Fresh, Fast, and FlavorfulRecipes Made with Canola Oil" from the American Diabetes Associationand CanolaInfo, decadence doesn't have to mean sacrificing health. All151 recipes in the cookbook are diabetes-friendly and made with heart-healthy canola oil. This year, give a gift for the heart.

For example, harvest the colors and flavors of the holiday seasonwith this pretty side dish. It is a gr eat replacement for heavier dishessuch as green bean or sweet potato casseroles.

Baked Acorn Squash With Cranberry-Orange Sauce

Canola oil cooking spray1⁄4 cup dried cranberries1 teaspoon orange zest1⁄4 cup orange juice1 tablespoon canola oil1 large acorn squash (about 11⁄2 lbs),

quartered lengthwise, seeded and skin pierced with a fork in several places

1-2 tablespoons brown sugar substitute1⁄8 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly coat a 9-inch, deep-dish pie pan orbaking dish with canola oil cooking spray. In the pan, stir together cran-berries, zest, juice and canola oil. Place squash cut side down on top ofcranberry mixture. Cover with foil and bake 45 minutes or until tendercrisp when pierced with a fork. Turn each piece to other cut side down;bake uncovered 15 minutes or until squash is tender. Remove squashand place on a ser ving plate. Add brown sugar substitute, salt andvanilla to cranberry mixture; spoon equal amounts of mixture on eachpiece of squash.

Yield: 4 servings. Serving size: 1 squash quarter.Exchanges: 1 starch; 1⁄2 fruit; 1⁄2 fat. Calories, 130; Calories from

fat, 35; Total fat, 4.0g; Saturated fat, 0.3g; Trans fat, 0.0g. Cholesterol, 0mg; Sodium, 80mg; Total carbohydrate, 25g; Dietary fiber, 5g; Sugars,14g; Protein, 1g

To or der " The Hear t-Smart D iabetes Kit chen," go t o h ttp://store.diabetes.org or call (800) 232-6733. All pr oceeds from the pur-chase of this cookbook go to further ADA's mission to improve the livesof people with diabetes. For more information, visit heartsmartdia-betes.org.

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Smart Snacking for Living with Diabetes

San Jose, California - O ver the next fewweeks, supplies of the H1N1 influenzavaccine will continue to be limited. The

Santa Clar a C ounty P ublic Health D epartment(PHD) has been informed tha t 85 S anta Clar aCounty private and public medical pr oviders willbe receiving vaccine this week, but the quantitiesare still going to be limited.

"With limited supplies of the H1N1 flu v ac-cine, it's important for those of us who are healthyto wait until the vaccine is widely available," saidKen Yeager, Santa Clara County Supervisor. "Mosthealthy people who get sick from this virus will re-cover without any medical care. But people whoare at risk for c omplications could end up hospi-talized or worse, so it is very important to get themthe vaccine first."

Due to limited supplies of the H1N1 vaccine,the PHD is r ecommending the following groupsget the vaccine first:

* Pregnant women* * Children and young adults between the

ages of 6 months and 24 years* People who live with or provide care for in-

fants under 6 months* Adults between the ages of 25 and 64

years who have medical conditions that put themat risk for serious illness and death from the H1N1flu virus

* Healthcare and emergency service careworkers

The PHD will hold a clinic for the groups listedabove on S aturday, November 7th a t the S antaClara County Fairgrounds. People not in one ofthese groups are being asked to wait until moreH1N1 vaccine is available. Other public clinics withvery limited supplies of the v accine are listed onthe department's web site.

Public Health DepartmentOffers Guidelines


The Day Worker Center of Mountain Viewhonored 80-years-young, longtime volun-teer, Kathie Franger at the Chamber's

"Celebration of Heroes" on Thursday, November 5 atthe Santa Clara Convention Center.

"Kathie has been an integral part of the Centerfrom our very beginning, always present, alwayspunctual, always dedicated. She cares deeply aboutthe workers and has contributed thousands of hoursof essential work to the Center. She is our treasure,"says Day Worker Center Executive Director, MariaMarroquin.

"I have a strong interest in peace and justice,"says Franger. "The Day Worker Center is a placewhere I can pursue justice. It is a pleasure to connectwith workers who are sacrificing so much to helptheir families, and with the wonderful volunteers andstaff at the Center."

States Franger, "I became aware of the DayWorker Center through my parish church, St.Joseph's of Mountain View. I had the privilege ofhelping...with one of the first grant applications forthe Center, written by the late Kate Wakerly."

Some of the highlights of Franger's many yearsof service include driving the Center's van in the lastMountain View Spring Parade; the Center's TenthAnniversary and the presentation of its original, bilin-gual play, "La Espera," performed by day workers;and "marching with workers for immigrant rights."

Franger has lived in Mountain View for over fiftyyears, raised her children there, and retired from theMountain View-Whisman School District.

The Center serves day workers, employers, andthe surrounding community. Workers are providedwith a safe and supportive environment in which tofind work. Local employers have a means to obtaincasual labor and household help. The communitybenefits from a resource that promotes the integra-tion, education, and job skill training of immigrantsso they can contribute more fully to the communitiesin which they work and live.

By Cinthia Rodriguez - El Observador

Sugar skulls and altars filled the lobbies of the Davies Symphony Hall thispast Dia de los Muertos. A lively family concert was scheduled with a lineup of pieces that represented Latin America. Conductor Alondra de la Parra,

28, made her San Francisco Symphony debut with the special concert. “There was always music at home, from opera, classical music, ranchera, boleros,

rock, and I’ve always loved music,” said de la Parra.Mexican conductor de la Parra, fell in love with music at a young age during the

time her parents took her to concerts and as she began playing the piano. She alsoknows how to play the cello, but by the age of 15 she knew she wanted to be a con-ductor.

During the special concert given by the SF Symphony, that is exactly what de laParra did. She was conducting and being part of a cycle. As stated by her, the composercreates something for musicians to interpret, the gestures provided by a conductor to-gether with the music goes to the audience and that’s what she loves being a part of.

“I like working with an orchestra, because you’re working with more people, shar-ing the success, as well as the hardships,” said de la Parra. “When I was a soloist, Iwas alone, and I didn’t like that.”

The opening piece was “Noche de jaranas, from La noche de los Mayas,” a pieceby Silvestre Revueltas. Jose Pablo Moncayo’s “Huapango,” was also interpreted.

The guest conductor really likes the energy created by every orchestra and shesees herself as part of the team, not the boss. Although she has no instrument, she hasa role like everyone else. Laura Esquivel also had a role in the concert. As narratorduring “The Carnival of the Animals,” by Camille Saint-Saënts, verses of traditionalcalaveritas, written by Esquivel were incorporated in the concert.

Pianists Kristhyan Benitez, and Ana Karina Alamo, both from Venezuela also madetheir SF Symphony debut with the concert. De la Parra has also worked with PlacidoDomingo and founded the Philharmoinic Orchestra of the Americas (POA).

The POA was founded in 2004 in New York, where de la Parra resides. It’s maingoal is to expose people to the music of Latin America and to give soloist a chance tobe a part of the orchestra.

Children, teenagers, and adults filled the symphony hall. It was truly a family con-cert. The readings of the calaveritas were in Spanish with translated slides projected.De la Parra also had the audience participating by asking them to sway in their seatsaccording to music.

“If some day it were to happen, I would love to work with Evgeny Kissin,” saidde la Parra. “He is a marvelous Russian pianist that I have admired since I was veryyoung, and it would be like a dream come true.”

De la Parra is one of the youngest conductors, at the age of 28, she has conductedorchestras in different parts of the world, contributes to the arts, and most importantlyis doing what she loves.

Day of the Dead Family Concert

"CELEBRATION OF HEROES"

There were several altars displayed throughout the lobbies of the Davies Symphony Hall on thespecial Dia de los Muertos concert. There was also installations and Aztec dancers performingbefore the symphony’s performance. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts offered children and

adults opportunities to create the art. The altars, like the one in the photo were made from recycled materials.There were several themes, including the very traditional altar, and a collection of wildlife skull masks ondisplay. All the altars and instillations were part of the festivities that continue to thrive in the Bay Area.There was also face painting, print making, paper flower making, and the concert tied it all together.

Musical Altar


By Osvaldo Castillo - El Observador

Rudolph "Rudy" Belloumini, a former Army Ranger,was r ecently a warded The Br onze Star for hiscourage and determination while serving in com-

bat. The President of the United States authorized the award.But that President was not B arack Obama, it w as John F.Kennedy.

In the Spring of 1951, B elloumini found himself in acombat zone in Korea. It was there where he risked his ownlife to save a fellow wounded soldier.

"He was down and there was no one around that couldhelp him," Belloumini said. "I knew I had t o help him or hewould die."

With bullets flying o ver his head, Belloumini lifted hisfellow soldier and took him to a safe area. Then Bellouminiturned around and headed back to the combat zone to fight

along side his other fellow soldiers."My job was not done after I helped the wounded sol-

diers," Belloumini said. "I had to return to the combat zone."The Bronze Star was awarded to Belloumini in 1962.

However, the Army was unable to locate Belloumini for over45 years. It was not until July of 2009 that Belloumini finallyreceived his award.

"I first received the award in a private ceremony in theoffice of Congresswomen Zoe Lofgren," Belloumini said. "Thenit was presented to me in a public c eremony by Santa ClaraCounty District Attorney Dolores Carr."

Belloumini was very surprised to receive the award forhis service because he had been out of the arm y for a longtime.

"I was also very honored to receive the award," Bel-loumini said. "It has been 58 years since I served in Korea."

He joined the army because he loved and wanted to

serve his country. He also believe the army would help himget the discipline he needed in order to achieve his other goalsin life.

Following his service in the army, Belloumini moved toSan Jose and worked in advertising. He even published hisown newsletter.

Today, he is retired and is a member of the C amera deComercio.

"The organization is like the Hispanic Chamber of Com-merce," Belloumini said. "The difference is that we do ourbusiness in Spanish and we help out Spanish speaking busi-ness."

Belloumini also said that he plans on continuing to helpthe community as a whole.

"I want to continue to find ways to help everyone thatlives in San Jose, not just Hispanics, but everyone."

An Award Long Overdue


Serving in the military is a tradition inCharles Lostaunau's family. His uncleserved in World War II and five of his

brothers were members of the armed services."When I was a kid I sa w pictures of my

family members all dressed up in their uni-forms," Lostaunau says. "I felt a great sense of

pride and wanted to be just like them. They were rolemodels for me."

In 1960, Lostaunau joined the Army's 101st Air-borne Division and traveled to several countries suchas Turkey, Spain and Iran.

"I was shipped of to Vietnam in 1965 and servedthere for a year," Lostaunau says. "I was in the infantryand I had a job to do. Fortunately, the military trainedme very well and I was able to perform that job."

Despite the anti-war sentiment of that era, hewas very proud of himself and his service to his coun-try.

"In my opinion, the soldiers did not lose the war,the politicians did," Lostaunau says.

His experience in Vietnamalso made him r ealize ho w

fortu-

nate he was to live in a country like the United States. Following his ser vice in Vietnam, L ostaunau

(Originally from Bakersfield), moved to San Jose wherehe started a family and attended San Jose State Uni-versity and received a degree in sociology.

"I have always been a people orientated person,"Lostaunau says. "Sociology gave me the opportunityto work with all kinds of people and institutions."

He also got involved in the Chicano Mo vementbecause he wanted to work on improving the lives ofLatinos in the United States. As a child, he was discrim-inated against because his heritage and because hespoke Spanish.

"This was very odd to me because my family onmy grandmother's side had lived in California since it

was a part of Mexico," Lostau-nau says.

Nonetheless, Lostaunau learned English and howto assimilate into American society.

"But I never felt ashamed about speaking Spanishat home," Lostaunau says. "I was always proud of beingMexican and of my culture."

Today he is a member of several military groupsincluding the Military Order of the P urple Heart, theDisabled Army Veterans association, and the AmericanGI Forum.

"I wanted to be a part of the American GI Forumbecause it w as a La tino organization for v eterans,"Lostaunau says.

He is also married to his high school sweetheart,Lydia, and has t wo sons. One lives in Bakersfield andthe other is active in the military. His grand daughterwas also recently accepted in attend Annapolis NavalAcademy.

"It is one of the most prestigious military schoolsand I am very proud of her," Lostaunau says."

A Family Tradition


It is no secret that Latinos make up a significan t portion ofthe US military. They are in all branches of the military andsome even hold high-ranking positions. Though Latinos im-

pact to the US militar y is immeasurable, their contribution can bedated back hundreds of years.

Traces of Latinos aiding the US militar y can be traced back tothe American Revolutionary War when then go vernor of SpanishLousiana Bernardo de Galvez provided soldiers to the revolutionaryarmy. Over 4,000 of those Spanish soldiers died while prisoners ofwar on English prison ships in New York Harbor, in the American Warof Independence.

During the American Civil War, Latinos fought along side theUnion as well as the Confederacy. While fighting for the Confederacy,

Latinos fought in the Benavides Regiments, commanded by ColonelSantos Benavides, and in the 10th Texas Cavalry, commanded byMajor Leonides M. Martin in Texas. They also fought in Alabama,Missouri and South Carolina. Several also served in New Mexico forthe Union.

Approximately 500,000 Latinos served in World War II. In theEuropean Theater, Hispanics of the 36th Infantry Division from Texas,were some of the first American tr oops to land on Italian soil a tSalerno and suffered heavy casualties during the controversial cross-ing of the Rapido River near Cassino Italy. The 88th Infantry Division,composed mostly of draftees from the southwestern states, wasranked in the top 10 for combat effectiveness and earned the highestpraise from their German adversaries after the war. The 2nd ArmoredDivision was active in the African as well as the campaign throughoutEurope in World War II. There were a great number of Hispanics in

the 2nd World War. While in Vietnam, the US armed for ces consisted of 80,000

Latino and accounted for 25 percent of casualties.Today there are many Latinos serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Some of them ar e documen ted. A ccording t owww.americantaino.com, 46 percent of Latinos say they have afriend or family member who is serving or has served in Iraq.

However, many Latinos and Latino veterans are working to-gether to help out those who have returned from these wars adjustto life back in the states.

Latinos, especially students, can find help by visiting Web sites'such as www.brownpride.us, and by searching for grants and schol-arships for veterans.

In San Jose, American G.I. Forum will celebrate it 50th anniver-sary on Saturday November 7 at Unify Hall at 765 Story Rd.

Red, White and Brown Pride


confesarán por qué escribieron sus temas

Por José Romero Mata.

Los Angeles, (Notimex).- La banda me xicana de pop en es-pañol Reik calificó que éste ha sido su mejor año, "pero quer-emos seguir luchando por hacer mejor las cosas y tener más

logros y no vamos a parar para llegar más lejos". "Estamos en medio de un sueño hecho realidad", comentó a No-

timex uno de sus integrantes Gilberto "Bibi" Marín, en momentos enque habían tenido un receso de sus ensayos en un casino de Las Vegas,de la que ser á su par ticipación en la X en trega anual de pr emiosGrammy en la que tienen una nominación. "Siempr e soñamos no

sólo con estar sino en ganar un Grammy Latino, con hacer giras, tenerdiscos de oro y de platino y lo estamos logrando, pero ahora con estaposición seguimos teniendo sueños y aficiones y queremos seguir lejos",expresó.

"Tantas cosas hermosas que nos han pasado est e año, el mejordesde que la banda fue formada en 2003, nos sigue motivando a llegarmás lejos y nos motiv a el hecho de que nos est é yendo bien y hac ermás esfuerzos porque nos vaya mejor y no v amos a parar pronto nimusicalmente ni en el esfuerzo de conseguirlo", afirmó Jesús AlbertoNavarro y Julio Ramírez.

México, (Notimex).- El grupo mexicano Los Tigres del Norte señalópor medio de su libr o, el cual podría salir el pr óximo año, las ra-zones por las cuales escribieron sus temas, además de contar con

la colaboración de Carlos Monsiváis. "Queremos contar cómo han sido nuestrascanciones y lo que hemos dejado a tr avés de nuestra discografía, deseamoshacer un recuento de los pasajes y situaciones que han suc edido atrás y lasconclusiones a las que llegas", señaló Jorge Hernández, líder y v ocalista delgrupo. Agregó que desean que su historia quede impresa en un libro para quela gente entienda los por qué de lo que tienen qué decir con su música, mismoque han hecho a lo largo de 40 años.

"A lo mejor otros intérpretes puedan aportar lo mismo y sea como una his-toria que se quede ahí escrita porque para nosotros tiene un valor muy impor-tante porque la vivimos y no la inventamos, es una experiencia propia la cualtiene muchos altos y bajos, que nos formaron para poder llegar a lo que quer-emos", expresó. Añadió que para ellos no es sólo una cuestión de c omponercanciones, ya que tienen un significado muy impor tante el ser cronistas delacontecer diario de la nación.

En su libro, además expondrán las vivencias individuales decada uno de los integrantes: "Cada uno de los elementos expon-drá su hist oria como una persona ajena a los Tigres". Encuanto al documental, Hernández señaló que en un prin-cipio nunca se planteó algo así, pero ahora necesitan ircon aquellas personas con las que se forjó su trayec-toria. "Necesitamos ir con los que nos juntábamoshace muchos años, ver si tienen el tiempo par aatendernos y para que los podamos gr abar,porque al final nosotros no podemos acor-darnos de todos los detalles". L os Ti-gres del Nor te está conformado porJorge Hernández, Hernán Hernán-dez, E duardo Hernánde z, L uisHernández, Oscar Lar a y desdehace más de 40 años componenlos llamados nar cocorridos ytemas que hablan sobr e lapolítica y la sociedad.

Santiago, (Notimex).- El cantante colombiano Juanes ase-guró aquí que tiene la "conciencia tranquila" tras elconcierto Paz sin Fronteras que ofreció en La Habana el

20 de septiembre pasado, junto con Miguel Bosé y Olga Tañón, entreotros artistas. Juanes, quien se encuentra en Chile donde graba una cam-

paña publicitaria, dijo en entrevista con Notimex: "Quedamos muy satis-fechos con los resultados del concierto y lo más importante es que la gente

joven de La Habana lo disfrutó y estuvieron allí". Valoró que quienes vivenfuera de la isla "entendieran que Cuba es un país, que es un pueblo, que en Cubahay 11 millones de personas, que no todos los países pueden ser vistos a travésde sus gobiernos, sino que hay gente, hay que tener más conciencia de eso.

Juanes con la "conciencia tranquila"

Reik quiere llegar lejos

Los Angeles, (Notimex).- Un gr an número de ar tistascomo Plácido Domingo, Luis Fonsi, Gloria Estefan, En-rique Iglesias y Wisin & Yandel se sumaron a la campaña

"Unete con la gota de la vida, benefiting City of Hope", que tienecomo meta crear conciencia en la comu-

nidad latina sobre la importancia dela donación de médula ósea. C omoparte de la inicia tiva se gr abará lacanción "La gota de la vida", informómediante un comunicado SalvadorTreviño, co-fundador de esta activi-dad que beneficia a Cit y of Hope yproductor ejecutivo del pr oyecto.

"Nos gustaría agr adecer a cadaartista latino por su tiempo, en-

ergía y empeño en estahistórica grabación", expresó

Scott Loyola, vicepresidente asociado de D esarrollo para City ofHope, centro líder en investigación y tratamiento de cáncer en Es-tados Unidos, el cual será beneficiario de esta tarea. Los artistasque c onforman hasta ahor a el grupo de estr ellas t endrán laprimera sesión de grabación en Las Vegas, del 3 al 6 de noviembre,y posteriormente lo harán en Miami y Los Angeles. Además delos ya mencionados, la lista de confirmados hasta el momento in-cluye a Aleks Syntek, Noel Schajris, Germán Montero, Shaila Dúrcal,Marcos Witt y Arthur Hanlon, entre otros. D urante esas fechastambién se realizará el videoclip que, junto con la canción, serándifundidos a nivel mundial el 11 de febrero de 2010 en Los Angeles,California. El sello discográfico Universal Music Group se encargaráde promocionar y v ender la canción, y las ganancias que segeneren por la c omercialización de la misma ser án donadas a"Unete con la gota de la vida, benefiting City of Hope.

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La lista de espera comenzará en Noviembre 16,2009por un periodo de una semana a partir de estafecha.

Solicitudes se pueden obtener en los siguientes lugares:

1) Hank Lopez Community Center, 1694 Adrian way, San Jose CA. 95122 Tel: 408 926-3895.

2) Macsa 130 N Jackson Avenue, San Jose Ca.95116 Tel; 408 928-1155

3) Iglesia Guadalupe 2020 E. San Antonio Street San Jose, CA 95116 Tel:258-0544

Horóscopo de NoviembreAriesEste mes es de recuperación para ti, si has

pasado por enfermedades o padecimientos,pronto te recuperarás totalmente. Saturno hacomenzado a transitar en tu sector de romance yrelaciones, sorpresas están por venir. Piensa antesde actuar, aceptar acuerdos o firmar documentos.

TauroTu prioridad en este mes debe centrarse en el

cuidado y buen mantenimiento de la salud. Hacerejercicio, practicar el yoga y meditar, deben seractividades presentes en tu agenda diaria. En eltrabajo tendrás que tener mucha paciencia pueste toca laborar con gente de carácter difícil.

GéminisTodas tus relaciones han de sacudirse en este

mes para que veas que terreno estas pisando ysepas definitivamente quién es quién en tu vida.Es probable que uno de tus seres queridos te déproblemas y contratiempos. Tu situacióneconómica comenzará a mejorar y te quitaráspreocupaciones

CáncerPor fin comienzas a sentirte mejor y dejarás

atrás achaques y padecimientos. Siempre per-manecerás pendiente de tu familia y de todo loque necesitan, es bueno que ayudes pero no teextralimites porque después se recargan de ti.

LeoTodo lo referente a lo económico y el trabajo

lucirá de lo mejor de este mes en adelante.Dinero o posesiones que hayas perdido re-tornarán a tu poder eventualmente. Un familiarcercano te dará motivos para sentirte feliz. Has

aprendido a ser mejor ser humano y te mostrarasmás sensato en todo lo que realices.

VirgoAleluya Virgo, Saturno el planeta del karma

ha comenzado a transitar en Libra, por lo tantotu suerte esta por cambiar, pasaste por dos añosdifíciles, atravesaste por sufrimientos y situa-ciones dolorosas, pero todo ello ha quedado atrásy ahora te comenzarás a preparar para triunfar yser feliz.

LibraEntrarás en una etapa de florecimiento en tu

vida, nuevas actividades laborales están por hac-erse presentes. Saturno el educador del zodiacoya transita por tu signo y lo hará por los próximosdos años. Vivirás lecciones y grandes experien-cias que habrán de enriquecer tu vida.

EscorpioInicias tu nuevo año solar

y vaya que en tu vida hanhabido grandes cambios.Es probable que en eltrabajo enfrentes per-sonas que te muestrenhostilidad y hasta seopongan a tus proyec-tos. No permitas que lamala energía de otros tealcance.

SagitarioTu extremada fran-

queza te hace lucircomo un ser rudo antealgunas personas, sin

embargo, existen otros que aprecian tu manerade ser y

disfrutan de tu espontánea sinceridad. Elamor y el trabajo pintan muy bien para estas fe-chas. Te quitarás una deuda o un problema deencima.

CapricornioÉste será tu mes de mayor suerte en lo que

va del año, tus planes laborales tendrán muybuena aceptación con tus socios o superiores.

Alguien quien te ofendió en el pasado vendráa pedirte disculpas y será de muy voluntad de tuparte que le perdones.

AcuarioAmistades verdaderas han de hacer mucho

por ti en los días venideros, te quitarás preocu-paciones de encima pues tus proyectos e ideasresultarán incluso mejor de lo que imaginas. Es-trecharás lazos afectivos con nuevos conocidos

y la persona que te estuvo mostrando hostilidadahora querrá ser tu amigo.

PiscisTe toca armarte de paciencia pues tendrás

que laborar con gente problemática, no permitasque nadie te contagie el mal humor y muchomenos la mala vibra. En el sector romántico teesperan sorpresas agradables, pero acontecimien-tos del ayer aún te perturban.


ENJOY FRESHNESSTaste and savor the fresh fruits, vegetables and gourmet foods.

Sample dishes monthly from the Chef at the Market.

RIDE VTA LIGHT RAILReceive $1 in Carrot Cash when you show your validVTA Light Rail or Bus pass at the information table.

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Sandra Bullock Tim McGraw y la ganadora al Oscar Kathy Bates protagonizan "The Blind Side", unaproducción de Alcon Entertainment, distribuida por Warner Bros. Pictures, que narra la extraordinariahistoria real del jugador de futbol americano Michael Oher.

El adolescente Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) se las arregla sobreviviendo por su cuenta, prácticamente en lacalles, cuando es descubierto por Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock). Cuando Leigh Anne se entera que Michaeles compañero de clases de su hija, insiste al joven - vestido con pantalones cortos y una camiseta en el crudo friodel invierno - a que salga de la intemperie y sin dudarlo un minuto, lo invita a pasar la noche en su residencia. Loque comienza como un gesto de solidaridad se convierte en algo mucho más profundo, mientras Michael pasa aformar parte de la familia a pesar de las grandes diferencias entre ambas partes.

Este nuevo entorno, pone al adolescente frente a desafíos completamente diferentes. Y mientras la familiaapoya a Michael de manera incondicional a alcanzar su máximo potencial, tanto dentro y fuera del campo de juego,la presencia de Michael en la vida de los Tuohys los lleva a descubrir maravillosas cosas de si mismos que desconocían hasta el momento. "The Blind Side" se estrena el 20 de noviembre.

El Punto Ciego

Vealo En 3D, SOLO EN CINES SELECTOS

Para cines y horarios: Consulte su periódico local o envíe mensaje de texto con la palabra CAROL y su código postal al 43KIX (43549)DISCULPE, NO HAY BOLETOS.

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¿Qué pasaría si alguien te diera una caja con un botón que cuando esoprimido te da un millón de dólares... pero al mismo tiempo se lleva la vidade alguien a quien no conoces? ¿Lo apretarías? ¿Qué consecuencias tendríaalgo así?

Es el año 1976. Norma Lewis (Cameron Díaz) es maestra en una escuelasuperior privada, y su marido Arthur (James Marsden), es ingeniero y trabajaen la NASA. Son una pareja común en todos los sentidos, y tienen una vidanormal en su casa ubicada en los suburbios, en la cual viven con su hijo...Eso es hasta que en su puerta, aparece un hombre misterioso con una carahorriblemente desfigurada (Frank Langella, como Arlington Steward) y lesofrece a ambos algo que va a cambiar sus vidas: la caja.

Sólo tienen 24 horas para decidir qué hacer, y Norma y Arthur deben en-frentarse a un difícil dilema moral. Pronto descubren que las ramificacionesde esta decisión no están en sus manos, y van mucho más allá que su propiasuerte y destino.

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EL número de boletos y materiales promociónales disponibles son limitados.Los Boletos recibidos a través de esta promoción no le aseguran un lugar enel cine. Los asientos serán asignados según el orden de llegada. CONEXCEPCION DE LOS MIEMBROS DE LA PRENSA. Los boletos distribuidossobrepasan substancialmente la capacidad de asientos del cine a fin deasegurar una sala completa. No se permitirá el acceso a la sala luego delcomienzo de la película. Todas las regulaciones federales, estatales y localesson aplicables. EL poseedor de un boleto asume cualquier y todos losriesgos relacionados al uso del mismo, y acepta cualquier restricciónrequerida por el proveedor de pases de Tristar, El Observador, TERRY HINES& Assoc. y sus afiliados no serán responsables o culpables en relación concualquier perdida o accidente ocurrido en relación con el uso de un premio.Los boletos no pueden ser cambiados, transferidos o intercambiados pordinero en todo o en parte. No existirá responsabilidad por pérdida, atrasos oerror en el direccionamiento de la entrada. Todos los impuestos federales ylocales son responsabilidad del ganador. No se requiere compra. Lospatrocinadores participantes, sus empleados y familiares, y sus agencias noson elegibles para participar. LOS BOLETOS RECIBIDOS POR ESTAPROMOCION NO SON PARA SU VENTA. No se requiere compra.

te invitan a ganar boletosexclusivos de la película

Para la oportunidad de ganar los boletosregistrate al, www.el-observador.com

o llama al 408.457.1054Los ganadores recibirán

un paquete familiar de 4 boletos. El pre-estreno será el miercoles 14 de noviembre.

Apúrate, los boletos son limitados y se entregarán hasta su terminación.

¡EN CINES EL 20 DE NOVIEMBRE!

¡PARTICIPA PARA GANAR BOLETOS!

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PRODUCERSVOLKER ENGEL MARC WEIGERTCOSTUMEDESIGNER SHAY CUNLIFFE

PRODUCTIONDESIGNER BARRY CHUSID

EDITEDBY DAVID BRENNER, A.C.E. PETER S. ELLIOT

DIRECTOR OFPHOTOGRAPHY DEAN SEMLER ACS ASC

EXECUTIVEPRODUCERS ROLAND EMMERICH UTE EMMERICH MICHAEL WIMER

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DIRECTEDBY ROLAND EMMERICH

A ROLAND EMMERICH FILM

FEATURING “TIME FOR MIRACLES” PERFORMED BY ADAM LAMBERT

EL número de boletos y materiales promociónales disponibles son limitados. LosBoletos recibidos a través de esta promoción no le aseguran un lugar en el cine. Losasientos serán asignados según el orden de llegada. CON EXCEPCION DE LOSMIEMBROS DE LA PRENSA. Los boletos distribuidos sobrepasan substancialmentela capacidad de asientos del cine a fin de asegurar una sala completa. No se permitiráel acceso a la sala luego del comienzo de la película. Todas las regulaciones federales,estatales y locales son aplicables. EL poseedor de un boleto asume cualquier y todoslos riesgos relacionados al uso del mismo, y acepta cualquier restricción requeridapor el proveedor de pases de Sony Pictures, El Observador, TERRY HINES & Assoc.y sus afiliados no serán responsables o culpables en relación con cualquier perdida oaccidente ocurrido en relación con el uso de un premio. Los boletos no pueden sercambiados, transferidos o intercambiados por dinero en todo o en parte. No existiráresponsabilidad por pérdida, atrasos o error en el direccionamiento de la entrada.Todos los impuestos federales y locales son responsabilidad del ganador. No serequiere compra. Los patrocinadores participantes, sus empleados y familiares, y susagencias no son elegibles para participar. LOS BOLETOS RECIBIDOS POR ESTAPROMOCION NO SON PARA SU VENTA. No se requiere compra.

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¡PARTICIPA PARAGANAR BOLETOS!

Los ganadores recibirán boletos para ver lapelícula 2012. El pre-estreno será el miercoles

11 de noviembre a las 7:30pm en el Mercado 20.Apúrate, los boletos son limitados yse entregarán hasta su terminación.

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San Jose, CA - Human Agenda will honor Assem-blyman Paul Fong and InnVision activist Lour-des P ollard a t its S eventh Annual Hunger

Banquet in the Univ ersity Room at San Jose State Uni-versity on Sunday, November 15 from 5-8 p.m. Fong willreceive the annual Human Rights Award and Pollard willbe the 2009 Community Impact Award honoree.

The Hunger Banquet, titled "From Somalia to SiliconValley-No Place is Safe from Hunger", will have a specialpresentation by Kenneth Hecht, Executive Director of Cal-ifornia F ood P olicy A dvocates ( CFPA), as its K eynoteSpeaker. Mr. Hecht will address the root causes of hungerin the Bay Area and in the world. Those who attend willhave the opportunity to reflect on these root causes.

The Hunger Banquet mirrors the eating habits ofthe world population through the sharing of a provoca-tive and fun dinner experience. Participants eat like thepoor, middle class or wealthy eat and should dress com-fortably. This year the Hunger B anquet will feature in-spiration from cutting-edge Spoken Word Artist YosimarReyes, who will introduce original work. It will also showclips of the controversial award-winning film Food, Inc.and pr ovide univ ersity studen t r eflections on w orldhunger and poverty. The Hunger Banquet celebrates the61st anniversary of the signing of the Univ ersal Decla-ration of Human Rights.

A donation of $25 is r equested for adults and $10for students and low income, but no one will be turnedaway. The University Room at SJSU is located on the westside of the C afeteria Building near the Studen t Union.Free parking is available in Lot 4 of the Faculty ParkingLot on 10th Street. Proceeds will benefit Human Agenda,InnVision, the Second Harvest Food Bank, and OxfamAmerica.

For more information [email protected] or

call 408-460-2999.

7th Annual Hunger BanquetHonors Paul Fong

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that for the purpose of pre-qualification, sealed Responsibility Question-

naires for both Measure G Projects and applicable Facilities Projects will be received by the Alum

Rock Union Elementary School District, in the Measure G Bonds Office, 2930 Gay Ave., San

Jose, CA 95127, until 4pm on Friday, November 20, 2009. Contact Sabrina Jasso at

[email protected] to receive Questionnaire forms.

Bid Description

Various School Projects in the County of Santa Clara, State of California may occur at the Dis-

trict’s several sites, as well as some Facilities work. Solicitation of bids from pre-qualified con-

tractors is scheduled for multiple projects from January through December of 2010. The District

reserves the right not to perform projects at particular sites.

Pre Qualification Packages Due Date and Time:

4pm on Friday, November 20, 2009

Pre Qualification of Contractors

In order to bid, contractors must possess a current and active license to perform the work listed

for their specific trade, submit the required Responsibility Questionnaire and subsequently be pre-

qualified. The following trades are being pre-qualified; however, not all trades will be utilized on

every project:

Asbestos & Selective Demolition B or C21, with ASB license required

Cabinet and Millwork C6 license required

Carpet & Resilient Flooring C15 license required

Concrete C8 license required

Doors and Hardware C28 license required

Drywall C9 license required

Electrical C10 license required

Elevator C11 license required

Fencing C13 license required

Final Cleaning D63 license required

Fire Protection C16 license required

General Contractor B license required (must self-perform carpentry)

HVAC C20 license required

Insulation &Acoustical C2 license required

Landscape C27 license required

Lath & Plaster C35 license required

Low Voltage Systems C7 license required

Masonry C29 license required

Ornamental Metals C23 license required

Painting C33 license required

Paving & Grading A or C12 license required

Plumbing C36 license required

Reinforcing Steel C51 license required

Roofing C39 license required

Sheetmetal C43 license required

Signage C45 & D42 license required

Site Utilities A license required

Solar C46 license required

Structural Steel C51 license required

Tile C54 license required

Window Treatments D52 license required

Wood Framing C5 license required

Stage Curtains N/A

Misc. Specialties N/A

Anticipated Project Requirements

Contracts would require a 100% performance bond, a 100% labor and materials bond, and bidder

may be required to furnish a bid bond in the amount of 10% of the submitted bid. All projects are

subject to the State Labor Code and the District’s Labor Compliance Program. For questions re-

garding the State Labor Code refer to Sections 1735, Discrimination of Employment and 1770,

1773, 1773.11 Prevailing Rates of Wages. Contractors who have been pre-qualified shall be re-

quired to submit certifications of compliance with the procedures for implementation of the Dis-

abled Veterans Business Enterprise Contracting Goals. Contractors are allowed according to PCC

sec. 22300 to submit “securities of lieu of retention”.

Note that the prequalification process does not constitute an agreement, nor is it an obligation to

enter any agreements.

11/3/09


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Classifieds

|18|NOV 6 - 12, 2009 | www.el-observador.comFICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTNO. 530103

The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: D igital Imagineering ,16773 P otter Ct ., L os Ga tos, C A95032, Santa Clara Co. David C West-cott, 16773 Potter Ct., Los Gatos, CA95032. This business is conducted byan individual registrant began doingbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed here on 1999.“I declare that all information in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true informa-tion which he or she kno ws to befalse is guilty of a crime.)David C WestcottNov. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009

This sta tement w as filed with theCounty of Santa Clara on 10/19/2009

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 530658The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: WebsiteBase.com 49Showers D rive # M469, Moun tainView, CA 94040, S anta Clara Co. BoWu, 49 Showers Drive #M469, Moun-tain View, CA 94040, Yuchun Meng,49 Showers Drive # M469, MountainView, CA 94040. This business is con-ducted by husband and wife r egis-trants began doing business underthe fictitious business name ornames listed here on 01/01/2010. “Ideclare that all informa tion in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true informa-tion which he or she kno ws to befalse is guilty of a crime.)Bo WuNov. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009



NO. 530643The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Mr. Tovar Sweeping, 368Capitol Village Circle, S an Jose, C A95136, Santa Clara Co. German Tovar,368 Capitol Village Circle, San Jose, CA95136. This business is conducted byan individual registrant has not yetbegun doing business under the fic-titious business name or names listedherein. “I declare that all informationin this statement is true and correct.”(A registrant who declares as true in-formation which he or she knows tobe false is guilty of a crime.)German TovarNov. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009



NO. 530726The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Los Mismos, 2037 CoveSt., San Jose, CA 95148, Santa ClaraCo. Maria Mon tano Roman, 2037Cove Ct., San Jose, CA 95148. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individ-ual r egistrant has not y et begundoing business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names list ed hereon 11/30/04. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declares astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Maria Montano RomanNov. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009


ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 109CV156036Superior Court of California, County

of Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Nhu Ho TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court finds thatpetitioner Nhu Ho, has filed a petitionfor Change of Name with the clerk of

this c ourt for a decr ee changingnames as follows: a. Nhu Ho to TracyNhu Ho, THE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this matter ap-pear before this court at the hearingindicated below to show cause, if any,why the petition for change of namesshould not be gr anted on01/12/2010 at 8:45 am, Room 107:located a t 191 N. F irst Str eet, S anJose, CA 95133. A c opy of the O rderto Show cause shall be published a tleast once a week for four successiveweeks prior to the date set for hear-ing on the petition in E l Observador,a newspaper of gener al circulation,printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Oct. 29, 2009Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtNov. 6, 13, 20, 2009



of Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Dmytro Podolyakin TOALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The courtfinds that petitioner D mytroPodolyakin, has filed a petition forChange of Name with the clerk of thiscourt for a decree changing names asfollows: a. D mytro P odolyakin t oChristopher Martin, THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons in terested inthis matter appear before this courtat the hearing indica ted belo w t oshow cause, if any, why the petitionfor change of names should not begranted on 01/19/2010 a t 8:45 am,Room 107: loca ted a t 191 N. F irstStreet, San Jose, CA 95133. A copy ofthe O rder t o Sho w cause shall bepublished at least onc e a w eek forfour suc cessive w eeks prior t o thedate set for hearing on the petition inEl Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the countyof Santa Clara.

Nov. 5, 2009Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtNov. 6, 13, 20, 2009

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FORCHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE

Date of Filing Application: October 29,2009To Whom It May Concern:The Name of the Applicant is/are:Mariscos Las PalmitasThe applicant listed above is applyingto the Department of Alcoholic Bev-erage Control to sell alcoholic bever-ages at: 7121 Monterey St.Gilroy, CA 95020-6615Type of license applied for:41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE- EAT-ING PLACEDepartment of Alc oholic BeverageControl100 Paseo de San Antonio Room 119,San Jose, CA?95113 (408) 277-1200Published on No vember 6, 13, 20,2009


NO. 530785The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Avina’s Registraciones,1690 Story Rd # 103, S an Jose, CA95122, Santa Clara Co. Emilia Osuna,1652 Miami De., San Jose, CA 95122.This business is conducted by an in-dividual registrant began doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names list ed her e in10/28/04. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declar es astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Emilia OsunaNov. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2009



NO. 529346The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Damsels , Dames andDolls; Damsels, Dames and Dolls Ac-cessory Lounge, 1911 Cabana Drive,San Jose, CA 95125, S anta Clara Co.Anna James, 1901 Cabana Drive, SanJose, CA 95125, Kelly Orlowski, 1911Cabana Drive, San Jose, CA 95125..This business is conducted by a gen-eral partnership registrants have notyet begun doing business under thefictitious business name or nameslisted herein. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declares astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Kelly OrlowskiOct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2009



NO. 529224The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Royal Prestige AmericanWest, 1220 Tasman Dr., 227-A, Sun-nyvale, CA 94089, Santa Clara Co. FlorNovoa, 1220 Tasman Dr., 227-A, Sun-nyvale, CA 94089. This business isconducted by an individual begandoing business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names list ed hereon 09/09/94. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declares astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Flor NovoaOct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2009



NO. 529524The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: B etter Life Hypnosis ,1647 Tupolo D rive, S an Jose , C A95124, Santa Clara Co. Leading EdgeHypnosis, LLC, 1647 Tupolo Drive, SanJose, CA 95124. This business is con-ducted by a limited liability companyregistrant has not yet begun doingbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Leading Edge Hypnosis, LLCKim Kreutzer/CEOOct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2009



NO. 530515The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Lanza for Skin, 351Cereza Place, San Jose, CA 95112,Santa Clara Co. Kimberly Nguyen, 351Cereza Place, San Jose, CA 95112.This business is conducted by an in-dividual registrant began doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names list ed her e in01/12/04. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declar es astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Kimberly NguyenOct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 2009



NO. 530467The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Quiksmog Test Only Cen-ter, 1240 W. El Camino Real, Sunny-vale, C A 94085, S anta Clar a C o.

Anselmo H Salazar, 195 Sand Blos-som ST, S an Jose , C A 95125. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individ-ual registrant began doing businessunder the fictitious business name ornames listed here in 10/28/09. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Anselmo H SalazarOct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 2009



NO. 530318The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Tip Top Liquors, 439 SBascom Ave, S an Jose, C A 95128,Santa Clara Co. Hung Nguyen, 4709Mountaire Ct., San Jose, CA 95138.This business is conducted by an in-dividual registrant began doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names list ed her e in07/16/2004. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true andcorrect.” (A registrant who declares astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Hung NguyenOct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 2009



NO. 530507The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: M.A. Tabbara Consultant,2445 B ooksin A ve, S an Jose , C A95125, Santa Clara Co. Marwan Tab-bara, 2445 Booksin Ave, San Jose, CA95125. This business is conducted byan individual registrant has not yetbegun doing business under the fic-titious business name or names listedhere on . “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declar es astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Marwan TabbaraOct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 2009



NO. 529947The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Fausto Produce, 362 N13th St., San Jose, CA 95112, S antaClara Co. Aurora Fausto, 362 N 13thSt., San Jose, CA 95112. This businessis conducted by an individual r egis-trant has not y et begun doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names listed here on. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Aurora FaustoOct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 2009



NO. 530398The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Mauricio’s Auto Repair,269 S an Jose A ve, S an Jose , C A95125, S anta Clar a C o. Gonzale zMauricio, 1490 Mt. Palomar Dr., SanJose, CA 95127. This business is con-ducted by an individual registrant hasnot yet begun doing business underthe fictitious business name ornames listed here on. “I declare thatall information in this sta tement istrue and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true information which heor she knows to be false is guilty of a

crime.)Gonzalez MauricioOct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 2009



NO. 530158The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: 1. Keystone 2. KeystoneRealtors 3. K eystone Real Esta te 4.Keystone Realty 5.KeystoneCommer-cial Brokerage 6 Keystone ResidentialBrokerage 7.Coupons Loco, 2670 SWhite Rd 145, S an Jose, CA 95148,Santa Clar a C o. P awandeepPhangureh, 2622 Glenn F arm, SanJose, CA 95148. This business is con-ducted by an individual registrant hasnot yet begun doing business underthe fictitious business name ornames listed here on . “I declare thatall information in this sta tement istrue and correct.” (A registrant whodeclares as true information which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Pawandeep PhangurehOct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 2009




of Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Fabiola Delgado/ LuisMartin Monroy TO ALL INTERESTEDPERSONS: The court finds that peti-tioners Fabiola Delgado/Luis MartinMonroy, ha ve filed a petition forChange of Name with the clerk of thiscourt for a decree changing names asfollows: a. Jaime Monroy Delgado toJaime Monroy, THE COURT ORDERSthat all persons in terested in thismatter appear before this court at thehearing indica ted belo w t o sho wcause, if an y, why the petition forchange of names should not begranted on 1-12-2010 a t 8:45 am,Room 107: loca ted a t 191 N. F irstStreet, San Jose, CA 95133. A copy ofthe O rder t o Sho w cause shall bepublished at least onc e a w eek forfour suc cessive w eeks prior t o thedate set for hearing on the petition inEl Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the countyof Santa Clara.

Oct. 28, 2009Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtOct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 2009



of Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Leticia Velazquez TOALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The courtfinds that petitioner L eticia Ve-lazquez, has filed a petition forChange of Name with the clerk of thiscourt for a decree changing names asfollows: a. L enniesse B aez t oLenniesse Marie Belazquez Velazquezb. Javier Oscar Baez to Jorge Javier Ve-lazquez Velazquez, THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons in terested inthis matter appear before this courtat the hearing indica ted belo w t oshow cause, if any, why the petitionfor change of names should not begranted on 12-29-2009 a t 8:45 am,Room 107: loca ted a t 191 N. F irstStreet, San Jose, CA 95133. A copy ofthe O rder t o Sho w cause shall bepublished at least onc e a w eek forfour suc cessive w eeks prior t o thedate set for hearing on the petition inEl Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the countyof Santa Clara.

Oct. 16, 2009Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtOct. 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 2009


NO. 529973The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Terapia Familiar Hispana,3264 Brookdale Dr Apt B, Santa Clara,CA 95051, Santa Clara Co. Maria Es-tela Calapiz, 3264 Brookdale Dr, AptB Santa Clara, CA 95051. This busi-ness is c onducted by an individualregistrant has not yet begun doingbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Maria Estela CalapizOct. 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 2009



NO. 529830The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Kaizen Salon, 205 E Tay-lor St., San Jose, CA 9512, Santa ClaraCo. Debbie Cruse, 872 N 6th St ., SanJose, CA 95112. This business is con-ducted b y an individual r egistrantbegan doing business under the fic-titious business name or names listedhere in 4/12/04. “I declare that all in-formation in this sta tement is trueand correct.” (A registrant who de -clares as true informa tion which heor she knows to be false is guilty of acrime.)Debbie CruseOct. 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 2009



NO. 530165The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: A& M Handyman, 571Leigh Ave, San Jose, CA 95128, SantaClara Co. Abad H Martinez, 521 LeighAve, S an Jose , C A 95128, Ar turoMendoza, 11402 E mariposa Rd .,Stocton, CA 95215. This business isconducted b y join t v enture r egis-trants have not yet begun doing busi-ness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Abad H MartinezOct. 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 2009



NO. 529245The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: THE MMOON, 25610Frampton Court, Los Altos Hills, CA94024, Santa Clara Co. THE MMOONLLC, 25610 Frampton Court, Los AltosHills, CA 94024. This business is con-ducted by a limited liability companyregistrant has not yet begun doingbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)The MMOON LLCMichael A Mendez/CEOOct. 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 2009



NO. 530017The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: D olphin Towing, 75 SCapitol A ve. S an Jose , C A 95127,Santa Clara Co. Simon Guerrero, 2689

Flintwood Ct., San Jose, CA 95106.This business is conducted by an in-dividual registrant has not yet begundoing business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names list edhereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declar es astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Simon GuerreroOct. 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 2009



NO. 529746The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Sunrise Trading Co, 1917Stowe A ve, S an Jose , C A 95116,Santa Clara Co. Thu Quynh Nguyen,1917 Stowe Ave, San Jose, CA 95116.This business is conducted by an in-dividual registrant has not yet begundoing business under the fictitiousbusiness name or names list edhereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declar es astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Thu Quynh NguyenOct. 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 2009



NO. 529904The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Universal Mobile Cater-ing Truck Repair, 651 Martin Ave #G,San Jose, CA 95050, Santa Clara Co.Salvador Talavera, 651 Mar tin Ave #G, Santa Clara, CA 95050. This busi-ness is c onducted by an individualregistrant has not yet begun doingbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Salvador TalaveraOct. 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 2009



NO. 529913The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Rosas & Alv arez Repair,2651 O phelia A ve, S an Jose , C A95122, S anta Clar a C o. Genar o R.Rosas, 2651 Ophelia Ave, San Jose, CA95122, Juan Alvarez, 2651 O pheliaAve, San Jose, CA 95122. This busi-ness is conducted by copartners reg-istrants have not y et begun doingbusiness under the fictitious businessname or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrantwho declar es as true informa tionwhich he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.)Genaro R RosasOct. 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 2009



NO. 529880The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: San Jose, Refinishing Co.,945 Berryessa Road Unit 9, San Jose,CA 95133, Santa Clara Co. Mike’s Re-finishing Inc., 945 B erryessa Road,Unit 9, San Jose, CA 95133. This busi-ness is c onducted by a c orporationregistrant began doing businessunder the fictitious business name ornames listed here in 10/01/2009. “Ideclare that all informa tion in thisstatement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true informa-

tion which he or she kno ws to befalse is guilty of a crime.)Mike’s Refinishing Inc.Miguel R Larios/PresidentOct. 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 2009



NO. 529703The following person(s) is(are) doingbusiness as: Next Byte Technologies,136 P arc Plac e D r., Milpitas , C A95035, S anta Clara Co. Ben Chen,136 P arc Plac e D r., Milpitas , C A95035. This business is conducted byan individual registrant has not yetbegun doing business under the fic-titious business name or names listedhereon. “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and cor-rect.” (A registrant who declar es astrue informa tion which he or sheknows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Ben X ChenOct. 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 2009




of Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of : L uciano O rtiz andRosario Zaragoza TO ALL INTERESTEDPERSONS: The court finds that peti-tioners L uciano O rtiz and RosarioZaragoza, have filed a petition forChange of Name with the clerk of thiscourt for a decree changing names asfollows: a. Alan O rtiz to Alan O rtizZaragoza, THE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this matter ap-pear before this court at the hearingindicated below to show cause, if any,why the petition for change of namesshould not be gr anted on 12-08-2009 at 8:45 am, Room 107: locatedat 191 N. F irst Street, San Jose, CA95133. A copy of the O rder to Showcause shall be published at least oncea week for four successive weeks priorto the date set for hearing on the pe-tition in El Observador, a newspaperof general circulation, printed in thecounty of Santa Clara.

Sept. 28, 2009Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtOct. 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 2009


NO. 109CV151806

Superior Court of California, Countyof Santa Clara-In the matter of theapplication of: Erick V Ramirez & ErikaOcampo TO ALL INTERESTED PER -SONS: The court finds that petitionersErick V Ramirez & Erika Ocampo, havefiled a petition for Change of Namewith the clerk of this c ourt for a de -cree changing names as follo ws: a.Erick Brandon R amirez O campo toBrandon V azquez Ocampo, THECOURT ORDERS that all persons inter-ested in this ma tter appear befor ethis court at the hearing indica tedbelow to show cause, if any, why thepetition for change of names shouldnot be gr anted on 11-17-2009 a t8:45 am, Room 107: loca ted at 191N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95133. Acopy of the Order to Show cause shallbe published at least once a week forfour suc cessive w eeks prior t o thedate set for hearing on the petition inEl Observador, a newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in the countyof Santa Clara.

Sept. 9, 2009Mary Ann GrilliJudge of the Superior CourtOct. 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 2009


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de Alejandro Sanz titulado "Paraiso Ex-press", ya se augura otro acierto indis-cutible en la carrera del cantautorespañol, quien esta semana continúa enla posición # 1 de la lista "Latin Pop" de

los Estados Unidos con su primer sen-cillo "Looking For Paradise" , con unpromedio de audiencia de 16 millones yposicionando a este sencillo como eltema de fin de año.

"Looking For Paradise", que cuentacon la participación de la cantantenorteamericana Alicia Keys, ha causado

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Por Martín del Palacio

En español lo conocemos como "Cuentode Navidad" y aunque fue publicadooriginariamente en inglés en 1843

muy pronto fue traducido al español, por lo quepara muchas generaciones de hispanoparlantesesta novela corta ha formado parte de la culturalocal. Es que la historia creada por Charles Dick-ens, uno de los escrit ores ingleses más impor -tantes del siglo XIX tiene la curiosa condición depoder ser disfrutada por igual por niños y adul-tos. Al frente del elenco está Jim Carrey, quien tiene

a su car go buena par te de los papeles princi-pales, dandole via libre a su asombroso registrode voz como para interpretar a los dos person-ajes que actúan en una misma escena sin que senote en absoluto.Los que no ha yan leído el C uento de Navidad,descubrirán en "D isney's A Christmas C arol" lahistoria de E benezer Scrooge (Carrey), un an-ciano rico que en la Ingla terra victoriana llevauna vida miserable y que presta más atención acada centavo que tiene en su bolsillo que a susfamiliares dir ectos, quienes pr etenden c on-vencerlo de que pase con ellos la cena de Navi-dad. Serán los tres espíritus que lo visitarán esa

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Por Rosario Vital - El Observador

El próximo domingo 8 de noviembre Copa Hermandadauspiciada por El Observador Foundation llega a sufin. L os equipos Chelsea, L eon, R amales, C olbol,

Milán y Halcones procedentes de diferentes barrios sacarongarra para obtener el anhelado trofeo.

Fútbol local gracias a EOLo que las grandes ligas locales no hacen en nuestra ciu-

dad, El Observador (EO) lo ha logrado sin ningún interés. Du-rante este año 2009 EO ha reunido y unido a cientos de familiasasí como a vecindarios a través de la sana diversión.

Gracias al trabajo en conjunto El Observador Foundationy la Liga Pacífico Fútbol 8 (LPF8) se ha llevado con éxito la "EOCopa" y "Copa Hermandad" en el año 2009.

La LPF8 sigue pr omoviendo el depor te entre los vecin-darios. Esta organización sin fines de lucro lo seguirá haciendoa pesar que la crisis ha golpeado a muchas familias . Sin em-bargo la pasión por el fútbol no ha sido afectada.

"Seguiremos organizando partidos, porque nuestra gentey la juventud lo necesita. Damos gracias a quienes confían ennuestro reto y quienes cr een en vías saludables par a nuestracomunidad. El espíritu depor tivo no muere", dijo Luis Zavala,presidente de LPF8

No se pierda la gran finalNo se pierda esta gr an final programada a las 9:30. E l

torneo clausura tendrá lugar en las canchas de la Escuela P ri-maria Robert Randall localizada en la 1300 Edsel Drive, Milpi-tas, CA.Con esto se cierra la temporada. Está el público invitadoa participar a la entrega de trofeos al mediodía.

ProgramaPor el tercer lugar9:50am Milan vs Leon GTPor el primer lugar11:15 Halcones Vs Chelsea12:30 Entrega de trofeos

¿Quien se llevará la Copa?

Buenos Air es, (Notime x).- D iego ArmandoMaradona cumplió un año como técnico de la Se-lección ar gentina de futbol en vuelto en la

polémica, con récord de nueve partidos ganados y cua troperdidos y, sobr e t odo, c on el ansiado pase al MundialSudáfrica 2010 en la bolsa.

"Si no hubiera aceptado, habría sido un cobarde", dijoMaradona hace un año, cuando asumió el cargo que tantopeleó y que despertó una debate nacional por las dudas quegeneraba su capacidad para trabajar en equipo y soportarlas presiones.

A pesar de las suspicacias, Maradona volvió feliz a unaselección que tuvo que abandonar hac e 14 años por susproblemas de adicción a las drogas, pero que en nada im-pidieron que se le siguier a venerando como el mejor fut-bolista de la historia argentina.

La euforia del nombr amiento que significaba unareivindicación y un nuevo capítulo en su vida pasó pronto,ya que el tímido 1-0 con el que la albiceleste derrotó a Es-cocia el 19 de noviembre en el debut del "10" como técnico,generó más dudas que certezas. Luego vino el aliciente del

triunfo por 2-0 an te F rancia, en otr o amist oso, per oMaradona comenzó la gran prueba rumbo al Mundial frentea Venezuela, a la que derrotó de manera contundente por4-0.

En ese momento, ya se valoraba el orgullo, la unidady la mística que el t écnico había inyectado en estrellas dela talla de Lionel Messi, Carlitos Tevez y Sergio "Kun" Agüero.Pero cuando la exitista prensa argentina ya daba a la selec-ción albiceleste como campeona del Mundial , vino la im-pensable, humillan te e hist órica derr ota por 6-0 an teBolivia, que ni siquier a la altura de La P az pudo justificar.Desde entonces Argentina anduvo a los tumbos y le ganó3-1 a Panamá y 1-0 a Colombia en las eliminatorias mundi-alistas, y 3-2 a Rusia en un amist oso, pero perdió 2-0 anteEcuador y comenzó a asomar el fantasma de que no pudieraclasificar a Sudáfrica.

El desencanto se acrecentó cuando perdió, como local,por 3-1 ante Brasil en el súper clásico del futbol sudameri-cano y en un par tido que, más alla de las elimina toriasrumbo a la C opa del Mundo, significa siempre un campe -onato en sí mismo para ambas escuadras. Sólo cuatro díasdespués, Argentina repitió derrota, esta vez por 1-0 an teEcuador y tiñó de dr amatismo el camino a la clasificaciónque finalmen te obtuv o al ganarle 2-1 a P erú y 1-0 aUruguay, con un amistoso en el medio ante Ghana, a la quederrotó por 2-0. El pase directo al Mundial no se festejó enArgentina, ya que se c oncretó en medio de una in tensacampaña mediática en contra de Maradona, quien, fiel a suestilo, terminó peleando con los periodistas que , incluso,habían deseado que la albic eleste no fuer a a Sudáfrica."Que la chupen", dijo el D iego de manera obscena en unarueda de prensa y ello alcanzó para que las c orporacionesmediáticas le pasaran factura por haber apo yado la tele-visación gratuita de los partidos y la nueva Ley de Medios,y que hoy siguen exigiendo a gritos su renuncia.

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