UNA FOTO / UN DIA: At the movies with Lillian

photo caption: advertencia, Bayamon, PR


...actions you can't stop watching. Except maybe the most gruesome moments, as Lillian did. There were a number of other films we wanted to see, but like I said, we don't have the stamina of Buckeye.

English to Spanish translation via google

...acciones que no pueden dejar de ver. Excepto quizas en los momentos mas terribles, como Lillian hizo. Hubo una serie de otras peliculas que queria ver, pero como he dicho, no tienen la resistencia de Buckeye.

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: PERROS EN PARAISO

photo caption: Para parasitos / Bayamon, PR

DATELINE: ALBANY, NY
from: akoszzuta@yahoo.com

A large fluffy cat has been hanging around the neighborhood lately. It's obviously homeless, but looks too nice and acts to friendly. This really seems like someone's pet who has been outside for a few weeks, as opposed to the typical stray neighborhood cats.

It appears to be living out of the garbage. However, there doesn't seem to be anyone around here who knows what the story is.

The cat is mostly grayish brown, but has a white chest, nose, and paws. The fur is darker around the eyes, while the ears & tail are nearly black. Big and fluffy, but not fat. Could really be a nice looking cat after a good bath!

If this is your cat (or you would like to adopt it!) contact andrew at akoszzuta@yahoo.com.

 

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: 29 feb 2011

photo caption: street scene, Santurce, PR

88F this morning, and climbing.

Yesterday saw a wonderful new spanish film with Almodovar actresses and Geraldine Chaplin. Wry, dry, funny and dark. Then, around midnight, they showed PSYCHO on the side of the contemporary museum across the road from Cine Metro. I took photos, and recorded the first 18 minutes on a DAT recorder I had just bought for doing the interviews [which I have yet to do]. I kept recording as Lillian and I walked away to our car - we had to get home. It's a sound-art piece, I've called

PSYCHO, SJU 2010

There's a great mix of the sound-track of the film, coquis, busses, audience, car horns, and reggaeton. Then, at the end, we walk away right into the traffic.

Tonight, back to the movies, for a Mexican film called Ano Bisiesto. I thought it was Ano Besito. Besitos are kisses. Bisiesto is the leap, in leap year. Such is my confused state a la lingua espanol.

From the description: Laura is single, 25 year old journalist who lives in a small apartment in Mexico City. After a long series of flings to overcome her loneliness which have made her suicidal, she meets Arturo. The first time they make love Arturo overwhelms her. Then Laura's secret past surfaces driving Arturo to extremes. The story takes place in February of a Leap Year.

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: from the fred re: MEXICO

photo caption: THIS WAY TO MEXICO, barrio Forest Hills, Bayamon, PR

Original Message:
-----------------
From: fred
Date: Sun, 10 Oct
To: galligan
Subject: fred

I liked reading your notes on PR
it gives me a little insight into your life

LIFE
I'm going back to Mexico in Dec..
Your experiences in PR are different from mine in
Oaxaca, over the last 10
years of going to Oaxaca we made friends
little by little and now have a network of
people to see and to do things
with, I try to stay away from the ex-pats
that are my age, they spend their time
talking with each other , some have been in
Oaxaca for 20 years yet can't speak any Spanish,

FILM
There are alot of films from main stream
to the wearied and the home
made, and for US films, two day after it is out in the
theaters in the US it is for sale as DVD in
the market for 2.00, There is a very good film
documentary festival in the spring , the best of
stuff that is shown at film forum and other NYC theaters.

SOCIETY
We have been twice held up by the police,
the police are a gang, and steal
money from you, we are getting use to
it and are fighting back, but, no violence.
No problems with the drug guys,

FOOD
Food in Oaxaca is excellent,
almost everyone is a foodie,
they love their
food

WORK
How do you like not having to think
about the problems of work?

I don't miss work at all

best
the fred

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: Timidas ante? Don't be shy!

hoto caption: panaderia [bakery] Santa Olaya, PR

 October 14, 2010

Tímidas ante las redes sociales las firmas latinas

(File / NUEVO DIA / MARIEL MEJIA ORTIZ)
[translation by google translate]

Por Yalixa Rivera Cruz / yrivera@elnuevodia.com

Shy to the Latino social networking firms

Sólo el 49% de las empresas en la región usan Facebook, Twitter, YouTube o blogs

Only 49% of companies in the region use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs

Aunque sólo 32% de las compañías analizadas tienen cuenta en Twitter, los usuarios se han encargado de mencionar a más de la mitad de las empresas en sus “tweets”.

Although only 32% of the companies surveyed have an account with Twitter, users have been commissioned to mention more than half the companies in their "tweets."

A pesar de la popularidad que han alcanzado las redes sociales en todo el mundo, la comunidad empresarial latina todavía no encuentra su espacio en este nicho, que domina cada vez más la opinión pública.

Despite the popularity of social networking have reached around the world, the Latino business community has not yet found their place in this niche, which increasingly dominates public opinion.

 

Mientras que México surgió como el país con el porcentaje más alto, con un 80%.

While Mexico has emerged as the country with the highest percentage with 80%.

A este le sigue Venezuela con 75%, y Argentina con un 25%.

This is followed by Venezuela with 75% and Argentina with 25%.

La investigación denominada “Estudio de presencia corporativa en Redes Sociales en Latinoamérica 2010” registró y analizó la presencia de las 160 empresas de mayor facturación de América Latina, excluyendo las empresas de capital estadounidenses, distribuidas en ocho países: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Perú, Puerto Rico, México y Venezuela.

The research called "Study of Social Networks corporate presence in Latin America 2010" recorded and analyzed for the 160 companies increased turnover from Latin America, excluding U.S. capital firms, distributed in eight countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia , Peru, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela.

 Sin embargo, los blogs corporativos son los menos populares para las empresas, con un 11% de incidencia.

However, corporate blogs are the least popular for companies with 11% incidence.

Sólo en Brasil (37%) y Chile (29%) hay proporciones significativas de empresas con blogs patrocinados por la marca.

Only in Brazil (37%) and Chile (29%) are significant proportions of enterprises with brand-sponsored blogs.

 

Jan Galligan
75Grand/sur
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: DENGUE PROBLEMS? HECHO CAFE!

photo caption: Home interior, Barrio Forest Hills, Bayamon, PR

Sao Paulo, Brasil - 21 de enero, 2007

[TRANSLATION: GOOGLE TRANSLATE]

It is well known, but just as there are natural solutions to many diseases without the need to always fall on the artificial chemical formulas, just as there are proven natural methods to attack the mosquito is the transmitter of the disease.

Veamos alguno:

Here's one:

Borra de cafe para combatir el mosquito transmisor del dengue

Coffee grounds to fight the mosquito that transmits dengue

Durante la investigacion de su tesis de maestr­a, la cienti­fica paulista
Alessandra Laranja del Instituto de Biociencias de la UNESP (Campus de Sao
Jose do Rio Preto), descubria que la borra de cafe produce un efecto que
bloquea el desarrollo de los huevos del Aedes aegypti.

While researching his master's thesis, scientific Laranja Alessandra of Sao
Paulo Institute of Biosciences, UNESP (Campus de Sao Jose do Rio Preto),
found that coffee grounds produces an effect that blocks the development of
the eggs of Aedes aegypti .

- El proceso es bastante simple: Para combatir el mosquito, se puede
colocar la borra del cafe en los platos de las macetas, dentro de las
hojas de plantas, etc.

The process is fairly simple: To combat the mosquito, you can put coffee
grounds in the course of the pots, inside the leaves of plants, etc.

Para preparar la solucion con cafeina se usan dos cucharadas colmadas de
borra de cafe por cada medio vaso de agua y se coloca en los platos de las
macetas, dentro de las plantas y sobre la tierra, jardines o huertos.El
mosquito se desarrolla incluso hasta en la pei­cula delgada de agua que
algunas veces se forma sobre la tierra endurecida de los jardines y
huertos, asi­ como en el agua de las coladeras y otros recipientes que
retienen agua (llantas, botellas, latas, cajas de agua)La borra de cafe,
que se produce todos los dias en casi todas las casas, tiene un costo
cero.

To prepare the solution with caffeine use two heaping tablespoons of coffee
grounds per half glass of water and placed in the dishes of the pots,
inside the plants and the earth, gardens or huertos.El mosquito develops
even in the thin film of water that sometimes forms on the hard ground of
the gardens and orchards, as well as water from the drains and other
containers that hold water (tires, bottles, cans, boxes of water) The
coffee grounds , which occurs daily in almost every house has a zero cost.

El unico trabajo es colocarla en las plantas o arrojarla sobre el jardin
o huerto.

The only job is to put in plants or throw over the garden or orchard.

Segun explica la biologa, 500 microgramos de cafeina de borra de cafe
por mililitro de agua bloquea el desarrollo de la larva en el segundo de
sus 4 etapas y reduce el tiempo de vida de los mosquitos adultos.

Explains the biologist, 500 micrograms of caffeine from coffee grounds per
milliliter of water blocks the development of the larvae in the second of 4
stages and reduces the lifetime of adult mosquitoes.

En su estudio, demuestra que la cafi­na de la borra de cafe altera las
enzimas esterasas, responsables de los procesos fisiologicos fundamentales
como el metabolismo hormonal y de la reproduccion que podria ser la causa
de los efectos verificados en la larva y en el insecto adulto."No es
necesario diluir la borra en agua para usarla", sostiene la biologa.

In their study, shows that the caffeine in coffee grounds alters the
esterases responsible for fundamental physiological processes such as
metabolism and reproductive hormones that could be verified because of the
effects on insect larva and adult. "It is not necessary to dilute the water
cleared for use," says the biologist.

Actualmente, el metodo usado para combatir el Aedes aegypti es el de
rociar insecticidas organo-fosforados, altamente toxicos para hombres,
animales y plantas.

Currently, the method used to combat Aedes aegypti is the organophosphate
insecticide spraying highly toxic to humans, animals and plants.

 

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: ‎Elmore Leonard - DIEZ REGLAS

photo caption: (see below)

TODAY'S SUBJECT COURTESY OF:
Michael P. Farrell via Facebook
10-11-10, Albany, NY

‎"Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing"

  1. Never open with the weather.

  2. Avoid prologues.

  3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.

  4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said"

  5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.

  6. ‎Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."

  7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.

  8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.

  9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.

  10. Try to leave out the part... that readers tend to skip.


My most important rule sums up all ten. If it sounds like
writing, rewrite." Elmore Leonard (born October 11, 1925)

===============

(prologue) photo caption: Street corner, Cupay, PR

"IT WERE RAINING, AND THEN SUDDENLY - ALL HELL BRAKE LOOSE!!!" HE EXCLAIMED LOUDLY. "WHACHA TAWKIN 'BOUT?" SHE ASKED, WHILE WEARING A GREEN DRESS TWO SIZES TOO BIG FOR HER LITTLE BODY. THE BAR, ON THE CORNER OF TWO MAIN STREETS, HAD BEEN THERE FOR FIFTY YEARS, BUT IT STILL HAD THE PATINA OF THE DAY IT OPENED FOR BUSINESS! [SKIP THIS] (version 3.5)

J. Galligan
75Grand/Sur
Santa Olaya, PR

UNA FOTO / UN DIA: VISIT PUERTO RICO...


photo caption: Delivery truck, Santa Olaya, PR

Puerto Rico Tourism Company says: PUERTO RICO, SAFER THAN NEVER BEFORE
SAN JUAN, PR
PRNewswire-USNewswire
October 7, 2010

In an address to the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism association (PRHTA) today, Puerto Rico Tourism Company's new executive director Mario Gonzalez Lafuente, told attendees that yesterday's indictment of 133 individuals identified as protecting drug traffickers will make the island safer for everyone, tourists included.

"The actions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were an important effort to reassure the public that the members of the Puertorican police force and other law enforcement officials will uphold the law, as they promised when they took their oath of office," said Gonzalez. "This will help ensure that all visitors to Puerto Rico, and indeed all Puertoricans, will be safer than ever before."

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company immediately adopted Gonzalez Lafuente's remark as their campaign slogan for the 2010/2011 tourist season, replacing the current slogan: DISCOVER WHY PUERTO RICO DOES IT BETTER.

PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS:

PUERTO RICO: THE SHINING STAR OF THE CARIBBEAN
1980s - used actor Raul Julia

DISCOVER THE CONTINENT OF PUERTO RICO
slogan for the early 1990s

THE SOUNDS OF PUERTO RICO
mid 1990s - used singer Ricky Martin

YOU'RE NOT DREAMING, YOU'RE IN PUERTO RICO
begun early 2000

PUERTO RICO, WE'RE RIGHT NEXT DOOR
aimed specifically at US, after 9/11

PUERTO RICO, LAS SALSA DEL CARIBE
aimed at Spain, Mexico, Venezuela and Columbia, post 9/11

PUERTO RICO: EXPLORE BEYOND THE SHORE
attempt to drive tourism to the interior of the island, 2005

PUERTO RICO - A TRAVES DE LOS OJOS DE UN ARTISTA
based on a series of photographs by Elliot Erwitt made in 2009


[Ed. more on photographer Elliot Erwitt]

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR