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❝ I never lie because I don’t fear anyone . You only lie when you’re afraid . ❞

        javier morales  ›› underboss of the control mafia and mechanic in the Bronx  ››  manny montana   ››   tw: death mention , killing mention , cancer mention , child loss mention 

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✘ ╱ manny montana + male + he/him ╾ better keep an eye on JAVIER MORALES whenever they are around. Some say the FORTY year old made their name by being a(n) UNDERBOSS for THE CONTROL. Feared by their RECKLESS + ARROGANT tendencies, however, their PERSISTANT + RESOURCEFUL side helps maintain the facade. Can be easily found in BRONX working as MECHANIC. ( Lexi + 27+ she/her + est )

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full name : javier ignacio morales

nicknames : javi

age : 40

date/place of birth : july seventh in bronx, new york

occupation : mechanic

affiliation : underboss for the control

language(s) spoken : english  ,   spanish 

hair color : brunette

eye color : brown

notable scars : couple of scars scattering his body from bullet and stab wounds

PERSONALITY ​

positive : persistent , resourceful , honest , decisive , perceptive , disciplined

negative : arrogant , reckless , impulsive , callous , manipulative , ruthless

moral alignment : chaotic .

deadly sin : pride

hogwart house : slytherin

element : fire

emotional stability : stable 

alcohol use : regularly

prone to violence? : very

habits : tbd

drives / motivations : tbd

aesthetic : rio from good girls , miguel galindo from mayans mc , manny from mayans mc , thomas shelby from peaky blinders 

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mother : maricela morales  ( mother )   

father : ignacio morales  ( father )   †  

sibling(s): césar morales ( older brother )  † , unnamed morales ( younger sister ) 

children: unnamed morales ( 21-year-old son ) , isabela morales ( daughter )  † 

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―  Javi was born in the summer in Bronx, New York. His father was one of two Capos for The Control and his mother a doctor for the same gang. 

―  He’s the middle son of 3 kids but the oldest one living. His older brother died at 23, he was a soldier within the Control.

―  At 18, Javi’s girlfriend ended up pregnant and had a son while Javi enlisted in the United States Army. He would spend another 6 years with the military before his father would be killed and he would return home to take his place as Capo, leading the Control Soldiers using his knowledge and skills gained while serving. 

―  His girlfriend became pregnant again around this time and gave birth to their daughter, Isabela, and the two married.

―  Five years after the birth of his daughter, grief struck and they found out that Isabela had an incurable cancer and within a matter of months she was taken from them leaving Javi distraught and colder than ever.

―  The death of his daughter was extremely hard on him and with her death a ruthless, reckless, and impulsive monster was born. This only saw Javi rising in rank to a region manager.

―  It would be no more than a year before his wife would die, taking a bullet that was meant for him. Unable to feel much of anything, Javi’s son went to live with his Javi’s mother, Maricela, his only desire to protect his son’s innocence that remained.

―  Another few years and Javi had risen to Underboss under Adriana Ribeiro. When Adriana passed away and her daughter, Sloane, took over, Javi was understandably, visibly, and vocally upset by it. The girl knew nothing about any of it and he had little faith that she would be able to lead the gang. Of course, he stood corrected and quickly found himself giving the girl a chance and now stands by her and is rather protective of her.

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―  There’s only been one girl since the death of his wife that has managed to break through his cold and callous exterior aside from Sloane and that was Reina Castro, Underboss of rival gang Coalition. They broke up about a year and a half ago and he’s been trying to get her back, to show her that she can trust him.

―  Javi loves his son even if it didn’t seem like he cared. In truth, he cared too much about the boy which is why he chose to have his mother raise him, his way of protecting his son and ensuring he didn’t follow in his footsteps.

―  He’s got a 7 year old Pitbull named Papi Chulo

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La marcha femenina y su historial en los Juegos Panamericanos

Las competencias atléticas de los XIX Juegos Panamericanos en Santiago de Chile se iniciaron el domingo 22 de octubre con las carreras de maratón, ganadas por el peruano Cristhian Pacheco -revalidó su título de Lima 2019- y la mexicana Citlali Moscote, esta delante de la argentina Florencia Borelli y la peruana Gladys Tejeda. En hombres, el chileno Hugo Catrileo consiguió la medalla de plata, la primera de su país en esta distancia, seguido por el peruano Luis Fernando Ostos. Y el atletismo volverá a tener acción el domingo 29 con las competencias de marcha (20 km), donde se espera una lucida participación de los representantes sudamericanos, que han alcanzado los primeros peldaños mundiales en las últimas temporadas. Historial de la marcha femenina en los Panamericanos              Las pruebas femeninas de marcha comenzaron a realizarse en 1987 con los 10.000 m. pista, que continuaron por dos ediciones. Desde 1999 se vienen disputando los 20 km. en ruta. También en la edición de Lima 2019 se disputaron los 50 km., distancia que ahora se discontinuó del programa internacional femenino (reemplazada allí por los 35 km). La mexicana Graciela Mendoza venció en tres oportunidades consecutivas, siendo así la máxima campeona. Y en 2019 triunfó la colombiana Sandra Lorena Arenas, en lo que constituyó un anticipo de su gran performance olímpica (medalla de plata en Sapporo 2021).   Indianápolis, 12 de agosto de 1987 10.000 m. pista 1 María de la Luz Colín MEX 47:17.15, 2 Ann Peel CAN 47:17.97, 3 Mary-Anne Torrellas USA 47:35.12, 4 Lynn Weik USA 48:11.74. Graciela Mendoza MEX y Jennifer McCaffrey CAN dq   La Habana, 8 de agosto de 1991 10.000 m. pista 1 Graciela Mendoza MEX 46:41.56, 2 Debbi A. Lawrence USA 46:51.53, 3 Maricela Chávez MEX 47:44.73, 4 Lynn Weik USA 47:54.05, 5 Yoslaine Puñales CUB 51:07.43, 6 Lora Rigutto CAN 53:32.07, 7 Maribel Caldeín CUB 54:34.90, 8 María Magdalena Guzmán ESA 54:57.09, 9 Doris Vallecilla HON 57:37.07   Mar del Plata, 21 de marzo de 1991 10.000 m. pista 1 Graciela Mendoza MEX 46:31.93, 2 Michelle Rohl USA 46:36.52, 3 Francisca Martínez MEX 47:44.78, 4 Liliana Bermeo COL 48:29.02, 5 Holly Gerke CAN 48:46.69, 6 Miriam Ramón ECU 50:13.15, 7 Giovanna Morejón BOL 51:04.38, 8 Janice McCaffrey CAN 53:26.97, 9 Lidia Ojeda de Carriego ARG 53:32.56   Winnipeg, 26 de julio de 1999 20 km. ruta 1 Graciela Mendoza MEX 1:34:19- 2 Guadalupe Sánchez MEX 1:34:46- 3 Michelle Rohl USA 1:35:22- 4 Geovana Irusta BOL 1:35:56 - 5 Joanne Dow USA 1:36:33- 6 Ivis Martínez ESA 1:37:28- 7 Teresita Natividad Collado GUA 1:38:41- 8 Oslaidys Cruz CUB 1:39:23- 9 Janice McCaffrey CAN 1:47:05   Santo Domingo, 6 de agosto de 2003 20 km. ruta 1 Victoria Palacios MEX 1:35:16- 2 Rosario Sánchez MEX 1:35:21- 3 Joanne Dow USA 1:35:48- 4 Geovana Irusta BOL 1:37:07- 5 Sandra Zapata COL 1:38:49- 6 Ariana Quino BOL 1:38:50- 7 Natividad Collado GUA 1:39:18- 8 Antonia Amber USA 1:42:45- 9 Cristina Rodríguez DOM 1:51:46- 10 Francisca Lora DOM 1:52:30   Rio de Janeiro, 22 de julio de 2007 20 km. ruta 1 Cristina López ESA 1:38:59- 2 Miriam Ramón ECU 1:40:03- 3 María Esther Sánchez MEX 1:41:47 - 4 Tania Regina Spindler BRA 1:42:15 – 5 María del Rosario Sánchez MEX 1:42:47 – 6 Sandra Patricia Zapata COL 1:43:44- 7 Yadira Alexandra Guamán ECU 1:46:06 Geovana Irusta BOL, Verónica Colindres ESA, Jolene Moore USA, Teresa Vill USA, Leicy Rodríguez CUB, Evelyn Nuñez GUA dq Cisiane Dutra Lopes BRA, Glenda Blandón NCA dnf   Guadalajara, 23 de octubre de 2011 20 km. ruta 1 Jamy Amarilis Franco GUA 1:32:38- 2 Mirna Sulely Ortiz GUA 1:33:37- 3 Ingrid Johana Hernández COL 1:34:06- 4 Mónica Equihua MEX 1:34:50- 5 Rosalía Ortiz MEX 1:36:10- 6 Arabelly Orjuela COL 1:36:50- 7 Claudia Balderrama BOL 1:37:32- 8 Yadira Alexandra Guamán ECU 1:38:42- 9 Maria Lynn Michta USA 1:38:47- 10 Geovana Irusta BOL 1:41:43- 11 Milángela Francesca Rosales VEN 1:43:17- 12 Fariluz Eliana Morales PER 1:45:38. Lauren Michelle Forgues USA dnf, Cisiane Dutra Lopes BRA dnf Paola Bibiana Pérez ECU, Leisy Rodríguez CUB, Erica Rocha de Sena BRA dq   Toronto, 19 de julio de 2015 20 km. ruta 1 María González MEX 1:29:24- 2 Erica Rocha de Sena BRA 1:30:03- 3 Paola Bibiana Pérez ECU 1:31:53- 4 Sandra Lorena Arenas COL 1:32:36- 5 Kimberly Gabriela García PER 1:32:45- 6 Rachel Seaman CAN 1:32:49- 7 Maria Michta USA 1:33:07- 8 Alejandra Ortega MEX 1:35:03- 9 Wendy Gabriela Cornejo BOL 1:36:58- 10 Miranda Melville USA 1:37:45- 11 Cisiane Dutra Lopes BRA 1:38:53- 12 Katelynn Ramage CNA 1,46,03- 13 Cristina Esmeralda López ESA 1:47:33 Sandra Viviana Galvis COL dnf Claudia Balderrama BOL, Mirna Ortiz GUA dq   Lima, 4 de agosto de 2019 20 km. ruta 1 Sandra Lorena Arenas COL 1:28:03 GR- 2 Kimberly Gabriela García PER 1,29,00- 3 Erica Rocha de Sena BRA 1,30,34- 4 Ilse Ariadna Guerrero MEX 1,30,54- 5 Angela Melania Castro BOL 1,32,15- 6 Noelia Vargas CRC 1,33,09- 7 Rachelle Marie de Orbeta PUR 1,33,31- 8 Karla Johana Jaramillo ECU 1,33,54- 9 Maritza Rafaela Poncio GUA 1,36,49- 10 Mary Luz Andia PER 1,37,03- 11 Sandra Viviana Galvis COL 1,38,43- 12 Robyn Stevens USA 1,40,29- 13 Rebeca Pamela Enríquez MEX 1:41:28 Magaly Beatriz Bonilla ECU y Miranda Melville USA dq   5 de agosto 50 km. ruta 1 Johana Edelmira Ordóñez ECU 4:11:12- 2 Mirna Sucely Ortiz GUA 4:15:21- 3 Paola Bibiana Pérez ECU 4:16:54- 4 Viviane Santana Lyra BRA 4:22:46- 5 Elianay Santana da Silva Pereira BRA 4:29:33- 6 Mayra Carolina Herrera GUA 4:30:52- 7 Yoci Yoana Caballero PER 4:31:33- 8 Evelyn Carla Inga PER 4:36:36- 9 Stephanie Casey USA 4:50:31 Kathleen Burnett USA dnf   Tabla de medallas   Oro       Plata    Bronce  Total   México             6          2          3          11 Guatemala        1          2          -           3 Ecuador            1          1          2          4 Colombia          1          -           1          2 El Salvador       1          -           -           1 USA                 -           2          3          5 Brasil               -           1          1          2 Canadá             -           1          -           1 Perú                 -           1          -           1         Read the full article

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5 min read NASA’s Modern History Makers: Maricela Lizcano Maricela Lizcano poses inside NASA Glenn Research Center’s Aerospace Communications Facility.Credit: NASA/Bridget Caswell >back to gallery Maricela Lizcano never dreamed of working for NASA. In fact, she wasn’t planning on furthering her education until she had a revelation in her late twenties. “I was watching one of those forensic shows, and I loved the way they caught the criminals with science,” said Lizcano, research materials engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. “I wanted to be able to do that. I realized I should be studying science and engineering.” It took Lizcano about ten years to prepare mentally and financially to go back to school, and during that time, she received some startling news. “I found out that I was losing my sight, and it was very scary,” Lizcano said. “I think that was one of the things that tossed me off the rails. I had so many questions: ‘What am I going to do? How am I going to work or go to school? How quickly am I losing my vision?’ There were no answers.” Lizcano was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a rare genetic eye disease that occurs when fatty material builds up on the macula — the small part of the retina needed for sharp, central vision. “My Stargardt disease started on the outer edges of my macula, and over time, it grew to the center,” Lizcano said. “By the time I was 45 years old, it had pretty much taken all of my central vision, and now I rely on my peripheral vision to see.” Eventually, Lizcano viewed this as another obstacle to hurdle, no different from any others she had experienced in her life. She attended the University of Texas–Pan American, now called the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She started during a second summer session, easing her way to full-time attendance while also holding a job. Because of her new disability, she couldn’t see what professors were writing on the board. She taught herself to listen intently to the topics being discussed in the lecture, then after class, she read the textbook and rewrote the lecture notes using special magnification tools. “It took that much longer, but you learn to adapt,” Lizcano said. “There are certain skills you develop because of the changes you have to make when you have a disability. I learned that I really have to listen.” After five years, Lizcano completed her mechanical engineering degree. She didn’t get a job right away after graduation, so she continued her education and earned master’s and doctorate degrees. “I can’t just look at my disability as some great thing that I really had to overcome,” Lizcano said. “I think a lot of people overcome many obstacles because we are driven by the desire to achieve things. You don’t see the challenges as challenges, you just see them as something to conquer to get to your goal.” In 2010, former President Barack Obama signed an executive order to increase federal employment of individuals with disabilities. The executive order directed executive departments and agencies to improve their efforts to employ workers with disabilities through increased recruitment, hiring, and retention of these individuals. “Through the Workforce Recruitment Program, I had the opportunity to interview with representatives from federal agencies,” Lizcano said. “I heard nothing for a long time, but then suddenly I got an email from NASA Glenn asking if I’d present my research.” She accepted a job as a research materials engineer and now leads a team working on high-voltage materials for electrified aircraft. She collaborates with various universities to develop composite insulation materials and lightweight conductors. Even now working at NASA, Lizcano faces challenges that she finds ways to overcome. She depends on her fellow colleagues to carpool to work and accessibility tools — like the magnifier app — to use her computer. “Understanding my needs allowed me to get over the fact that I lost my independence,” Lizcano said. “It was a mind shift to be all right with asking for help.” Lizcano’s recommends a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career to anyone looking for a challenge or excitement. “We’re always solving problems. If you’re one of those people who really wants to make a difference in the world, STEM careers are a good place to start,” Lizcano said. “Any challenge that you may have in result of a disability is no different than the challenge you’re trying to solve, and it will give you the motivation and unique skills you need to be successful.” NASA is in a Golden Era of aeronautics and space exploration. In partnership with commercial and private businesses, NASA is currently making history with significant missions such as Artemis, Quesst, and electrified aviation. The NASA’s Modern History Makers series highlights members of NASA Glenn’s workforce who make these remarkable missions possible. Jacqueline MinerdNASA’s Glenn Research Center Explore More 6 min read Lynn Bassford Prioritizes Learning as a Hubble Mission Manager Lynn Bassford levels decades of experience and a desire for self-growth as she helps lead… Article 7 days ago 1 min read Dr. Guy Bluford Reflects on 40th Anniversary of Historic Shuttle Flight  Article 1 week ago 3 min read Glenn in the Community Article 1 week ago

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A Bit of Beyond Series Fic (that no one asked for)

Maricela cried between the ceremony and reception. It’s not that she regretted what she’d done. 

Marrying Alexei had been the best shot that either of them had at freedom. 

It was just that she’d always hoped to be able to marry for the sort of passionate love that everyone worshiped in Sector One. But the granddaughter of the prophet had other responsibilities. And, as long as she remained unwed, scheming mothers and ambitious sons would constantly be conspiring to keep her from the duties that truly mattered. 

No, marrying Alexei had been the right thing to do. He’d only confirmed it when he’d stumbled upon her in the gardens before their reception, pulling a handkerchief out of his pocket to carefully wipe away her tears before using it to dry his own eyes.

“This isn’t the end of love,” he’d sniffed as he turned his face toward the setting sun. 

“No. Especially not for you. You know I won’t stand between you and Hugo.” “No, I know that. It’s just a matter of getting to him to believe me. Or look me in the eye.” His jaw had clenched, but he’d cleared his throat, straightened his shoulders, and curled his mouth into his wry smile. “But for now, we should dance. The whole Sector waits.”

And so they danced.

“You’re either an asshole or you greatly undervalue your own worth. I’ve been having trouble deciding.” The man before her jumped and turned. When he saw her face, he bowed lowly. “Princess, I’m sorry - whatever I’ve done --” “It’s more what you haven’t done.” “I’m sorry, your--” “He loves you.”

Broad shoulders snapped back and a brow previously furrowed in concern smooths into a darkly shuttered expression.

“With all due respect, Your Highness --” “It’s not my business, I know. Not really, but --” “As Alexei’s wife, it’s certainly your business, but it’s no longer mine.” “Which is a shame. Because it breaks my heart to know that my friend’s happy ending is actually possible, but he won’t get it anyway.” “I may only be a gardener, but that doesn’t mean I want to sit at the edge of the table begging for scraps. I won’t be a dirty secret.”

At that, Maricela reached out. Hugo was as large as Alexei had said he was. But, he stopped at Maricela’s touch.

“No one’s asking you to be. He did this for you.” “Because the husband of a Rios is even more attainable than a minor noble’s son? Right.”

“Because my grandfather taught that love was above all - above class and wealth and power. The nobles in this Sector may have forgotten that, but I haven’t. And neither has Alexei. Just. Just talk to him.”

It took a couple of weeks, but Hugo did reach out. 

Which Maricela found out only after inquiring with the palace guards when Alexei missed dinner two nights in a row.

“Marry me, Nita.”

“What?”

The temple gardens were uncommonly quiet. In the distance, Alexei sat on a bench, book in hand, as Hugo bent to his work. Alexei laughed at some something on his page and called out to share it with Hugo. Nita and Maricela were too far away to hear the specifics, but Hugo blushed prettily, and Alexei’s smile softened into something unbearably gentle.

“Marry me, Nita.”

“Maricela--”

“No, you’ve waited for -- you’ve waited long enough Nita. And I know your mom’s been coming down on you harder.” “I’m not looking for your pity, Maricela.”

“I’m not looking to give you any. I just want to see you happy again. You used to smile. I used to smile. Maybe not like that,” she pointed toward Hugo and Alexei, “but it’d make me happy to see you free to help your siblings.”

“But bound in a marriage.”

“That look bound to you? Nita, you know he --” Maricela catches herself. They have a code, a sacred code, that one’s impossible love isn’t talked about. “If you ever -- I wouldn’t stop you.”

Nita paused, seemed to take a moment to actually think about the offer on the table.

“I hate to give my mom a victory,” she laughed finally. “Marrying a damned Rios.” Maricela chuckled. “Sure, but you’ll only be my second spouse. And, if I want my new baby sisters and brothers to become little designers and gardeners or marry their kitchen staff, she’ll hardly be able to argue.”

“Oh man, who could argue with a damned Rios!” Nita laughed. “Okay, honey, let’s get married.”

They married quietly, another message to Estela Reyes that Nita’s life would no longer be hers to control. She’d exchanged vows with Nita as Hugo exchanged vows with Alexei. 

Nita’d signed the papers after Hugo making her Maricela’s third. The smile on her face when she did so, it made it all worth it. 

As a concession to the powerful Reyes family, though, they’d scheduled the wedding for the week before the Reyes’ annual party. They kept the nuptials quiet until they arrived at the Reyes compound and gave her the opportunity to announce to the world that the Reyes and Rios families were combined at last. 

Of course, Hunter decided to get his head out of his ass after Maricela had gotten Nita to marry her. 

It was fine. Her vision of sharing quiet morning with Nita in bed, huddled together against the cool air, even if it was just as friends, wouldn’t come to pass.

But, she wouldn’t trade Nita’s smile for anything.

Marrying Hunter in an unseemly spectacle at the Reyes’ party the next year was the gift that finally seemed to earn Estela Reyes’s forgiveness, even if the woman couldn’t quite bring herself to say Hunter’s name without the creases around her eyes tightening.

The night was warm, and the press of the crowd had become unbearable. She’d normally find her way to Nita when she needed a moment away, but, tonight, Nita belonged to no one but Hunter.

She glowed in his arms, and he’d hardly let her go save for an obligatory dance with his other new spouses. She’d been sure to keep her dance with him short and to talk only of Nita’s beauty. He’d picked up on it shortly before the music came to an end and was clearly embarrassed.

“Forgive me, little Mari,” he’d whispered, pressing a kiss to her forehead. 

“For what? She’s glorious.” 

And then she’d made her way to the gardens. For a breath. For a moment away from her glowing spouses. A moment to wrestle her wretched heart into place.

“Princess.”

Maricela gasped, and then relaxed as Ivan stepped forward hands raised in silent apology.

“I didn’t mean to startle you.” “Which is why you approached without sound from the shadowed maze,” she huffed.

His lips tilted in the whisper of a smile.

“It’s hard to break training.”

“I wouldn’t know. I’ve been consciously resisting training since I was a little girl.”

“Which is why you’ve dutifully married not once, not twice, but four times.”

“One a gardener, the other a Rider. I’m a walking scandal.”

“And for all that rebellion, you never smile.”

“Of course I do.”

He shook his head. In the moonlight, his hair shown silver, and his blue eyes were dark. He looked as she imagined a knight would, one from the tales of old about a round table served by faithful warriors.

It hurt to look at him.

“I’ve beautiful spouses, kind ones. My people flourish, and I’ve finally been able to renovate and expand our refugee housing. I’ve got everything to smile about.”

“Like I said: you’ve been dutiful.”

“I don’t serve my people out of duty.”

“That’s not - I didn’t mean - just because it’s your duty doesn’t mean it’s wrong. And it doesn’t mean you didn’t do it because you cared. I just meant.” He paused, clearly at a loss. 

And in all the years that Maricela had known Ivan, in all the years she’d quietly watched him and tried not to watch him, this was the most he’d ever said to her at one time.

His sincerity was clear.

“I just meant that you spend so much of yourself serving others. But, who serves you?”

“Ivan. I have more than enough of people looking to serve the Prophet’s granddaughter. I don’t--”

“I’m not talking about serving Maricela Rios. Who takes care of you, Mari?”

There were any number of correct answers that come to mind:

She and Alexei share breakfast together every morning, no matter how late a night he has. She and Hugo have exchanged books every week for the last year and a half. Nita, as ever, has remained her best friend and partner in work and fun. Even Hunter had become a friend.

But there was no room in Ivan’s gaze for anything less than complete honesty.

“I don’t know,” she shrugged. “It wasn’t in our terns & agreements.”

“You weren’t supposed to have contracts when you married.”

“Oh no?”

“No. No, I --”

“You what, Ivan?”

“I stayed away, so you could have something real, something forever.”

“Well, I’ve got that, friendships and contracts, and I’m sure kids that will come.”

“And what about passion?”

“Dammit, Ivan, what do you want me to say? You stayed away!” It comes out more of a sob than she intended, but it’d been so long. 

She’d spent years second guessing whether the heat between them had been one-sided, whether the intensity in his gaze was hers alone or just the wishful longing of an infatuated mind. Whether the quiet glimpses into his life were shared intentionally in a show of trust or were merely the work of convenient timing and fatigue.

“I didn’t think it would matter.”

“Why wouldn’t it matter? Why wouldn’t you matter?”

“I’m just a Rider.”

“A servant to your people just like me.”

She hadn’t intentionally moved closer. She wasn’t sure if she had or if it was he who moved. But he was there, pushing hair away from her face all the same.

“And it’s exhausting sometimes isn’t it.”

The look in his eyes was tender and kind, and Maricela leaned into the broad expanse of his chest.

“Let me take care of you, Mari.”

“Please.”

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San Ysidro McDonald’s Massacre

The San Ysidro McDonald’s Massacre occurred at a McDonald’s in the town San Ysidro of San Diego,CA on July 19, 1984. The perpetrator was 41 year old James Huberty, who fatally shot 21 people and wounded 19 others before being killed by police.

His wife, Etna, asked where he was going with a small arsenal of weapons and he replied with “I’m going to hunt humans.” He had been at that same Mcdonald’s with his wife and children earlier that day before the massacre. James walked into the Mcdonald’s with a semiautomatic rifle, a semiautomatic pistol and a 12-gauge pump shotgun. He told his family, “Goodbye, I won’t be back”.

On that day 45 people were in that Mcdonald’s. He then started killing and wounding many others inside and outside of the San Ysidro Mcdonald’s. Police then interfered and 27 yr old police SWAT sniper named Charles Foster sniped James and killed him instantly. Huberty shouted things about fighting in the Vietnam War but was never actually part of the military.

A permanent memorial to those killed in the massacre was unveiled on December 13, 1990. The victims were:

Killed inside restaurant:

•Elsa Herlinda Borboa-Firro (19)

•Neva Denise Caine (22)

•Michelle Deanne Carncross (18)

•María Elena Colmenero-Silva (19)

•Gloria López Gonźalez (22)

•Blythe Regan Herrera (31)

•Mateo Herrera (11)

•Paulina Aquino López (21)

•Margarita Padilla (18)

•Claudia Pérez (19)

•Jose Rubén Lozano-Pérez (19)

•Carlos Reyes (8 months)

•Jackie Lynn Wright Reyes (18)

•Victor Maxmillian Rivera (25)

•Arisdelsi Vuelvas-Vargas (31)

•Hugo Luis Velázquez Vazquez (45)

•Laurence Herman Versluis (62)

Killed outside restaurant:

•David Flores Delgado (11)

•Omarr Alonso Hernandez (11)

•Miguel Victoria-Ulloa (74)

•Aida Velázquez Victoria (69)

Injured:

•Juan Acosta (33)

•John Arnold (16)

•Anthony Atkins (36)

•Astolfo Cejundo (26)

•Joshua Coleman (11)

•Guadalupe del Rio (24)

•Astolfo Félix (31)

•Karlita Félix (4 months)

•Maricela Félix (23)

•Ronald Herrera (33)

•Albert Leos (17)

•Francisco López (22)

•Aurora Peña (11)

•Imelda Pérez (15)

•Maria Rivera (25)

•Mireya Rivera (4)

•Keith Thomas (12)

•Juan Tokano (33)

•Kenneth Villegas (22)

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justina machado as aunt maricela may parker and luna lauren velez as rio morales. longtime friends. hard working women and get together to grab lunch & dinner and talk about their boys but also to check up on one another.     /     @lcgcndxry.

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[anniekoh]

housing insecurity & homelessness

There’s a lot of discussion in my classes about homelessness, and in the interactions we have had with the high school students and community college class. Here are a few articles from California Health Report.

Bill Would Allow Homeless Students to Park Overnight at Community Colleges   Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil • Mar 11, 2019

An estimated 20 percent of the state’s 2.1 million community college students have experienced homelessness or don’t have a stable place to live, according to a report released this month by California Community Colleges. Many of them rely on their vehicles for shelter.

“The most difficult thing about sleeping in your car is trying to find a place to park and sleep, and being able to sleep comfortably knowing that no one’s going to come by, that neighbors aren’t walking by saying, ‘Who’s sleeping out there?” said Brianna Rodriguez, a former student at East Los Angeles College who previously experienced homelessness. ... “A lot of times people don’t associate homelessness with students,” Rodriguez said. “But it’s an issue, and it’s becoming more and more prevalent now.”

A new bill aims to help community college students across the state by ensuring they have a secure place to stay in their cars at night. The Safe Lots bill, A.B. 302, was introduced in January and would allow community college students to use campus parking lots overnight, as long as they have paid their fees, are enrolled in coursework and are in good standing with the college. 

Who Becomes Homeless? Data Paints a Startling Picture Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil • Jun 6, 2018

Another persistent idea is that homelessness is a lifestyle choice. A report from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department—which showed that of 1,093 contacts made in the Santa Ana Riverbed encampment last year, 910 refused help—is often used as evidence.

“From that report, county officials concluded that this population doesn’t want help, they’re refusing services, so what can we do?” said Sarah Gregory, a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Orange County. “From there they decided these folks are a lost cause, and we can step up criminalization, ticketing and arrest.”

But these numbers are misleading, said Gregory. The assessments were conducted in public alongside law enforcement, so individuals may not have felt comfortable accepting help. Meanwhile, another survey, conducted last year by the nonprofit City Net showed that 81 percent of those living in the Riverbed encampment were interested in case management that would help them out of homelessness.

David Ramirez, a 33-year-old who lived in the Riverbed until it was cleared, said that the perception that the homeless don’t want help is untrue—but that county services often don’t match homeless people’s needs.

Ramirez and his partner, for example, tried taking refuge at the Courtyard, a bus terminal-turned shelter in Santa Ana, but he quickly found that the site didn’t accommodate his disabled partner of 13 years, since the crowded and chaotic conditions of the shelter—which houses 400 people—exacerbated his symptoms of bipolar disorder.

“I said, ‘This isn’t going to work at all,’” said Ramirez. “I tried it and it was all bad. That’s why I refused to go into a shelter after the Courtyard—it was all bad.”

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Despite common depictions of the homeless in Orange County, the population is diverse.

More than one-quarter of Orange County’s homeless population is families with kids, according to last year’s point-in-time count, which put the total number of homeless children in the county at 754. The fastest growing segment of the homeless population, meanwhile, is senior women, said Weitzman.

Another quarter are survivors of domestic violence, according to the point-in-time count.

“When women, children and families experience domestic violence, one of the primary fears they have is being homeless,” said Maricela Rios-Faust, chief executive of Human Options, which serves survivors of domestic violence in Orange County.

After fleeing their homes, survivors continue to be at risk for homelessness, said Rios-Faust. Women often break leases to leave an abusive relationship or have bad credit because an abusive partner ran up their credit card bills—both of which can hurt their ability to find new housing. And many women struggle to reenter the work force.

“It’s a very vulnerable population,” said Rios-Faust, “and a population that has not traditionally had a voice and remains in the shadows of the larger homeless issue.”

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Listado de las 113 personas que iban en el avión siniestrado en La Habana

Rescatistas cubanos en el lugar del accidente aéreo este viernes, 18 de mayo de 2018 (AP)

MIAMI, Florida.- Una lista con las 113 personas que iban en el avión siniestrado este viernes en La Habana fue publicada por la oficialista Agencia Cubana de Noticias este sábado.

A continuación, reproducimos los nombres de los que iban en el avión:

Alexia García Leyva

Kendry Morales Meneses

Gabriela Machado Morales

Diego Pérez Chacón

Alexa Rivas Figueredo

Marina García Vega

María Elena Aguilar Ramos

Mirta Leonarda Anaya Peña

Martha Cabrera Caballero

Julio Toribio Espinosa Licea

Israel Gálvez Martínez

Rodolfo Hernández González

Vivian Paula Martínez Fernández

Magalys Miranda Pérez

Maricela Peña Blanco

Yainelín Rodríguez Aguedo

Eddy Antonio Rodríguez Hernández

Ernesto Roberto Rodríguez Oliva

Nirza Rodríguez Rondón

Luis Manuel Rojas Pérez

María Salomé Sánchez Arévalo

Emiley Sánchez De La O

Tania María Santiesteban Prado

Maricela Sánchez Peña

Carlos Antonio Santos González

Carmen Rosa Silva Zambrano

Norma Suárez Niles

Daniel Terrero Charchabal

Yanira Torres Cruz

Iliana Trinchet Mendoza

Inés Emilia Trinchet Mendoza

Caleb Valdés Gallego

Raúl Valdés López

Juana Amparo Valdés Peralta

Ania Varona Abrahan

Juan Luis Vega Velázquez

Rafael Vega Velázquez

Margarita Elena Velázquez Espinosa

Ronni Alain Pupo Pupo

Mariela Cruz Torres

Nelson Osorio Pérez

María Virgen Filandez Rojas

Enrique Alfredo Martínez Nates

Ricardo De La Caridad Martínez Hernández

Anyelis Meneses Del Rio

Luz Marina Milanés Cartaya

Yurisel Milagros Miranda Mulet

Adonayda Morales Varona

Elva María Mosqueda Legrá

Yailenis Navarro Díaz

Juan Carlos Nogueras Leyva

Karina Beatriz Oliva Mir

Eloy Ortiz Abad

Jorgelino Ortiz Cruz

Yanet Rosa Paz Ramírez

Yunaisi Pelegrino Reyes

Gelover Martín Pérez Avalo

Pedro Oscar Pérez Batista

Pedro Pablo Trujillo Ravelo

Grettel Isel De La Cruz Cutiño

Yunisleidys Abreu Lara

Ana Aguedo Rodríguez

Manuel David Aguilar Saavedra

Alejandro José Álvarez Crespo

Lázaro García Amador

Marla Elizabeth Bauta Rodríguez

Maida Francisca Abdala Almoza

Leticia De La Caridad Almenares Pantoja

Raimundo Guillermo Almenares Sánchez

Julio César Avilés Gómez

Iskander Antonio Báster Pérez

Lorenzo Boch Bring

Jorge Alberto Borrego Cabrera

Jorge Luis Buitrago Cabrera

Gisel Buitrago Santiesteban

Carlos Miguel De La Cruz Cutiño

Juan Alberto De La Torre Alcántara

Mailén Díaz Almaguer

Adonis Díaz Oberto

Suyén Lizandra Figueredo Driggs

José Carlos Figueroa Campos

Grisell Filandes Clark

Migdalia De La Caridad Gallego Nuñez

Jesús Manuel García Oberto

Enrique González Arguelle

Yandro Enrique González Mendez

Jorge Luis Guerra Concepción

Nelson Ramón Hernández Rodríguez

Yisell Herminia Infante Miranda

Grettel Landrove Font

Mónica Leyva García

José Ángel Leyva Chapman

Carlos Enrique Llauró Meneses

Jean Michel López Salinas

Miguel López Marrero

Patricia Dayvin Crespo Llanes

Yoneisi Cordovez Rodríguez

Lirise Cruz Pérez

Noelbis Hernández Guerrero

Frank Torres González

Meinaldo Duverger Ramos

Yovanys Ricardo Mora

Mohamed Hach – Rep. Saharahui/España

Abderrahm Fadel Mustafa – Rep.Saharahui

Oscar Hugo Almara – Argentina

Dora Beatriz Cifuentes De Almara – Argentina

Isela Savala Franco – México

Miguel Arreola Ramírez – México, tripulación

Jorge Núñez Santos. Mexicano – México, tripulación

Marco López Pérez. Mexicano – México, tripulación

María Ríos Rodríguez. Mexicana – México, tripulación

Abigail Hernández García. Mexicana – México, tripulación

Guadalupe Limón García. Mexicana – México, tripulación

Listado de las 113 personas que iban en el avión siniestrado en La Habana

[books-n-wine]

~**~ ARC Review: Ivan (Gideon’s Riders #3) by Kit Rocha ~**~ (Link in bio) Release Date: March 28th, 2018 Description As the sheltered princess of Sector One, Maricela’s life is defined by duty: to her people and to her family. Her wealth and influence have allowed her to build a better world, but they come with a price—the responsibility to secure political stability with a practical marriage. Maricela cherishes the idea of marrying for love, but there’s not much romance in the endless line of suitors interested only in prestige and power. And her handsome, brooding new bodyguard isn’t helping the situation. Ivan is the perfect, deadly warrior, a man trained from childhood to be the ultimate protector to the Rios family. His focus on keeping her safe is intense–and a little intoxicating. When the threat of danger cracks his icy control, Maricela realizes she’s not the only one fighting against temptation. Ivan knows that the blood on his hands makes him unworthy of the pure-hearted princess. But from the first kiss, their forbidden affair feels inevitable. He can give her a glimpse of life outside her gilded cage and a lover who wants the woman instead of the crown. The only thing he can never do is promise her forever. Because spurning her noble suitors to marry her bodyguard wouldn’t just be a scandal. It could set off a political firestorm that would tear Sector One apart. #KitRocha #Ivan #GideonsRiders #SectorOne #ARC #Review #ComingSoon #dystopian #romance #bookstagram #blogger #ontheblog #bibliophile #bookworm #booksnwineblog #blessed #bookishAF #bookgeek #hawaiigirl #igreads #readersofinstagram #OKane4Life #TeamSix #TeamBren #ReviewCrew

[latinboxsports]

ESPN2 Weights from Costa Mesa Ronny Rios 121.8 vs. Azat Hovhannisyan 121.2 Photo: Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions Maricela Cornejo 160.4 vs. Lisa Garland 160.6 Alexis Rocha 146.4 vs. Miguel Dumas 147.8 Aaron Mckenna 146.8 vs. Adolfo Caro 142.6 Marvin Cabrera 156.4 vs. Sergio Gonzalez 158 Venue: The Hangar, OC Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, CA Promoter: Golden Boy TV: ESPN2

[diversosdispersos]

- - Mario del Valle e Fernando Ferreira de Loanda. Agosto de 1991. Foto: Maricela Terán.

- - Poemas de Fernando Ferreira de Loanda.

INVERNO

Assobiam-nos, vindo de um sul frígido, ventos que nos queimam a boca e as rosas; o beija-flor enrijece, a água congela e tolhe o peixe. Mas o homem permanece — e é necessário que seja lembrado numa estátua — desvia rios, abre canais, constrói cidades, voa e nada.

E procria sem necessitar de primavera.

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ODE

Acolitando nuvens brancas não fossem.

           Pastor do céu anjos houvesse.

           E em rapto febril de vitrais, evadir-me

à luz, desvanecido sob gelosias de fugas.

E ser o milhafre que tomba exangue na travessia

infinita de uma longinque latitude, à derradeira.

Mensagens experimentasse e tudo esquecesse, após.

Não fora eu, tu não serias.

Junho, 1947.

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HOMEN DE INCOERCÍVEL ESPERANÇA

Para Gabino-Alejandro Carriedo

Homem de incoercível esperança transita, sem sonhos ou amanhã, cúmplice, intemporal, urde a teia, e ante o silabar e o afresco trânsfuga, transmuta, transige.

Repetir sempre, tudo já foi dito; importa é como dizê-lo, insinuá-lo. Não te acovardes ante a palavra implume. Se desbotada ou erodida, dá-lhe tua seiva, tua vivência – investe: morre quem ousa, quem ousa ama.

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VISEU REVISITED

Não falo das ruas da minha infância, nem as nomeio, para que ignorem a pequenez do meu mundo.

Tinham, porém, fauna e flora, as árvores davam sombra e frutos, os homens bom-dia e os pássaros cantavam.

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PORLAMAR

Baixo às profundas abissais da palavra: colho-a como um ovo entre as algas, como um pêra na geladeira, como um peixe roubado à voracidade de outro, como um pato abatido no pântano, como areia fina, na barra, a fugir entre meus dedos. Como-a com uma pitada de sal. Se de veias, sangro-a; pétrea, sob o cinzel, dirá o que direi, nua, galada e engalanada, confiante e confidente.

Busco-a a madrugar, mastim, de tocaia, como se colhesse amoras temendo as silvas.

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POEMA DOS CINQUENTA ANOS

Vejo o tempo passar, perder-se, frio, caminhando felino como um gole de água, ou um leopardo e evaporar-se.

O amanhecer da grande cidade e o canto dos pássaros valorizo; e o pão e o café na mesa posta, a erva daninha e a formiga, coisas, sutis talvez, sem importância para os que me cercam: envelheço.

Cuido dos cactos, do loureiro e da goiabeira, respondo cartas, queimo livros antigos e amigos. Camões e Pessoa, Gullén e Vallejo fazem maior minha ilha. Compromisso, sem que o assumisse, só com a morte, o demais para o diabo.

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ODE PARA BARTOLOMEU DIAS

Ah, Bartolomeu Dias, marinheiro sem mulheres, sem cais, tanto suaste para divisar o Índico além da tempestade e da fábula, tanto quiseste ver-te senhor do Oriente, plantar as quinas e a cruz muito além do teu sonho, tantas estrelas seguiste, louco e lúcido, e outros tantos alfarrábios e adivinhos consultaste, fundindo o real ao fantástico – – e os poetas não falaram de ti, o proficiente, nem dos teus sonhos, nem dos fantasmas que evocaste, embora sulcasses a cortina que envolvia as palavras e o abismo.

Pensavas servir a pátria e serviste a muitas, Bartolomeu Dias da minha infância, símbolo da minha raça, fremes e estuas no meu peito, e te apegas às minhas veias para alevantar ao vento as velas e me arrastar ao Índico.

Ah, Bartolomeu Dias, meu Ulisses lusíada, eu te sagrarei na pedra, com a palavra e ante Deus! Do outrora te lançarei ao porvir, e não há tempestade que te abata mais uma vez.

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“topei com fernando ferreira de loanda (luanda 1924- rio de janeiro 2002) assim numa puta cagada: lendo a antologia d’os cem melhores poetas brasileiros do século, organizada por josé neumanne pinto e publicada pela geração editorial, em 2001. pouca coisa sobre a vida dele está disponível na internet. aquilo que achei foi: nasceu em angola mas naturalizou-se brasileiro; fundou, com lêdo ivo, darcy damasceno, fred pinheiro e bernardo gersen, a revista orfeu (publicada no rio de janeiro entre 1947 e 1953). foi, ao que tudo indica, uma figura importantíssima dentro da chamada “geração de 45”, além de um grande amigo de lêdo ivo. fato que agora me faz ver que essa tal geração tem salvação (risos).

segundo wilson martins (clique aqui), “Assim falava o procurador geral da República das Letras, rejeitando o que lhe parecia o peso morto dos antepassados. Os modernistas de 1922/1930, apesar de Drummond e Bandeira, pareciam então monumentos algo empoeirados de uma idade que se esfumava no horizonte, incluindo o passado recente representado pelos poetas de 45. Estes últimos tiveram em Fernando Ferreira de Loanda o seu arquivista cautelosamente prematuro – nem por isso menos definitivo com o “Panorama da poesia brasileira” (1951), a “Antologia da nova poesia brasileira” (1965) e a “Antologia da moderna poesia brasileira”, em 1967. Prefaciando em 1991 o que parece ter sido o seu último volume de versos (“Kuala Lumpur”), Lêdo Ivo, que foi, creio eu, o mais alto poeta da geração, assinalava que, em sua atividade editorial, Fernando Ferreira de Loanda lançou praticamente todos os poetas então emergentes: “Foi ele o primeiro editor ‘comercial’ de João Cabral, ao apresentar, nos ‘Poemas reunidos’ (1954), uma obra então rara. E a esse nome consular, acrescentemos os de Afonso Félix de Sousa, Darcy Damasceno, Nilo Aparecido Pinto, Péricles Eugênio da Silva Ramos, Marly de Oliveira, Octavio Mora, Marcos Konder Reis, Domingos Carvalho da Silva, Walmir Ayala, Gilberto Mendonça Teles, Stella Leonardos e tantos outros que constituem a chamada ‘Geração de 45’[…].” Tudo terminou, para ele e em grande parte para todos, na melancolia cinzenta dos triunfos extintos: “Os poetas da minha geração, a malograda,/ e os posteriores, os antolhados frívolos da glória,/ esqueceram-se de colocar a chave sob o tapete” (Fernando Ferreira de Loanda. “Ode para Walt Whitman ou Efraín Huerta”)”.

maricela terán, traduzindo loanda pro espanhol (clique aqui), diz: “imerso numa tradição propensa ao assombro, à rebeldia e à conaturalidade dos fenômenos humanos, destacou-se como um dos principais protagonistas da literatura atual do Brasil”. fato que, sabemos, não se confirma, dado o completo estado de ostracismo ao qual foi relegado seu nome. fora essas poucas informações, nada mais encontrei sobre a vida ou a obra do poeta. todavia, deixo-vos estes poemas que seguem.”

sergio maciel

- https://escamandro.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/fernando-ferreira-de-loanda-1924-2002/

[spidaeyaunt-movedd]

mrs rio morales & miss maricela garcia parker are close friends and i will not be taking any comments or concerns.

[mariceladelrio]

1 photo by Maricela Del Rio Painting Workshop Online 

www.mariceladelrio.com/workshops

[mariceladelrio]

Jewellery & Art is what you will see at the store. #mariceladelrio #brussels #jewellery #jewelry #bruxellesmabelle #saintecatherine #ring #bijoux #bague #bxl #shopping #shopify (at Maricela del Rio)