During the height of the crack epidemic that decimated the streets of D.C., Ruben Castaneda covered the crime beat for the Washington Post. The first in his family to graduate from college, he had landed a job at one of the country's premier newspapers. But his apparent success masked a devastating secret: he was a crack addict. Even as he covered the drug-fueled violence that was destroying the city, he was prowling S Street, a 24/7 open-air crack market, during his off hours, looking for his next fix. Castaneda's remarkable book, S Street Rising, is more than a memoir; it's a portrait of a city in crisis. It's the adrenalin-infused story of the street where Castaneda quickly became a regular, and where a fledgling church led by a charismatic and streetwise pastorwas protected by the local drug kingpin, a dangerous man who followed an old-school code of honor. It's the story of Castaneda's friendship with an exceptional police homicide commander whose career was derailed when he ran afoul of Mayor Marion Barry and his political cronies. And it's a study of the city itself as it tried to rise above the bloody crack epidemic and the corrosive politics of the Barry era. S Street Rising is The Wire meets the Oscar-winning movie Crash. And it's all true.
From Darkness to Light presents a true account of the life of Ruben S. The son of a frightened mother and an alcoholic father, Ruben grew up shuttling between Puerto Rico and Florida. His intention is not to portray himself as a fearless, brave, intelligent, or grandiose person; to him, these characteristics are irrelevant when considering the personal destruction of a human being. Instead, he intends to tell a story that seeks to guide others to identify their own pain and failures. Learn to seek and identify those areas that are creating problems in your life and, without comparing them, address, correct, and remove them once and for all. For families or friends affected by the use and abuse of alcohol, controlled substances, or other devastating problems, Rubens story should serve as a call for change. It can provide a foundation for anyone trying to resume life, find freedom from the destructive force that is addiction, and once again become a productive member of society. From Darkness to Light is the story of a life saved and brought back from the precipice of alcohol and drug abuse. It is a story of hope that aims to make a difference in the life of anyone who reads it.
Well-being is not a probability that we might one day achieve. True well-being is our birthright, and by embracing the 5 ways to well-being that are outlined in this book, we can bring ourselves back into balance and experience optimal well-being. 5 Ways to Well-being is a ground-breaking work in the field of well-being and lifestyle medicine, written by an internationally renowned health coach, speaker and health scientist. 5 Ways to Well-being is not a book to just read and absorb. Instead, it is a book that you actively do. A book that prompts you to apply the most current research on well-being to your daily life. This book is not for everyone; it is for people who are proactive about their health. It is about you creating your best lifestarting right now! The greatest power you have is your ability to choose the way you perceive life and the choices you make about how you will act. Its a responsibility but also a great gift. Start your journey to a better lifestyle todaybe beautiful, be healthy, and enjoy every healthy step you take Highlights include: A treasury of lifestyle teaching and wellness practices, including meditation, rituals for self-care and connecting with nature; Innovative approaches to restoring your body with holistic lifestyle guidance rather than a list of rigid rules; How modern lifestyles contribute to chronic disease and how to restore vital health through lifestyle medicine; Experience greater physical energy, more joy, better sleep, improved digestion, stronger immunity and many other benefits in mind, body and soul.
On Saturday a woman called the police department to report suspicious circumstances at the Lower East Side, construction site. The woman told the dispatcher that the door to the office-trailer had been ripped-off its hinges and it was now lying at the bottom of the stairs. Two police officers were dispatched to the scene and found the victim dead on the sofa, belly-up, bound by the hands and ankles. The victim had a series of punctures around and about his heart. The floor, covered with the victims blood, was a gruesome scene. The victim suffered a painful ordeal. It was past midnight and the city had long gone to sleep. There were no witnesses, or evidence readily available to identify the one, or more, perpetrators to this atrocious act. Detective Sergeant Gilbert Roland was called to the scene. Hed profile and chart the victims background; childhood and up to the present, displaying a makeshift diagram for his office wall that served both as a visual diagram and as a verbal bouncing board. Any, and all of those whod hover or associated with the victim, were added to his wall of murder.
Life's Greatest Adventure is the author's true to life story of his life's greatest adventure facing the consequences of a mistake committed from the past where longing for love and family prospers as he spent day after day trapped in a cell, but he found salvation through God. Ruben is hoping that through this story, the new generation would learn from his mistake and live life with hope that it will never be too late to dream and be happy again. Every day is a new day! Love, hope, and be happy.
When tragedy strikes Leonardo's family, he is forced to move from his father's estate to a wealthy, aristocratic encomendero's hacienda. Hiding his identity as a horse tender apprentice and becoming the estate owner's daughter best friend, he is accused of conspiring with a secret movement to overthrow the estate owner. Leonardo becomes Beatriz' runaway partner on her quest to elude her arranged marriage. For Beatriz and Leonardo the war of independence becomes close and personal. Prejudice corners them on a balcony that holds their feelings and dreams. It is their moment in time and history. A young bride in love with a lone cowboy, right there in an alley, right in the middle of a city in chaos, battling society's unfair caste system, and running from imposing parents.
Prologue -- La Veinte: a Santa Monica barrio -- Rubén Ladrón de Guevara Sr., 1914-2006 -- 1742 22nd Street, Barrio La Veinte, Santa Monica -- Palm Springs / Cathedral City / Las Vegas -- Binnie -- La Gatita -- Las Vegas : breakup of the family -- Sue Dean -- Beverly -- Shindig! with Tina Turner and Bo Diddley, 1965 -- The Sunset Strip riots -- The southern belle -- LACC / The New Revelations Gospel Choir -- Miss Santa Barbara -- Frank Zappa / Ruben And The Jets / Rock 'n' Roll Angels / 1972-1974 -- Miss Pamela & the G.T.O.'s (Girls Together Outrageously) -- Miss Claremont -- Miss Chino -- The mutiny -- The movie star and Miss Blue Eyes -- We open for Zappa at Winterland, San Francisco, April, 1973 -- Con Safos the album -- Mexico / Hollywood / The Whisky / Eastside Revue / Zyanya Records -- La gypsy -- The Star Spangled Banner / America the Beautiful -- The Whisky / Con Safos the band, 1980 -- Miss Aztlán -- Gotcha -- Zyanya Records -- Cristina / Día de Los Muertos / Chicano Heaven -- Born in East L.A.--the movie -- HBO/Cinemax special -- Performance art : Mexico and France -- La quemada -- La rebel -- Jammin' with Johnny -- Arts 4 City Youth -- UCLA -- Journey to New Aztlán -- Miss San Francisco : the enchantress -- Miss Mongolia -- Metropolitan State Hospital -- Trinity Elementary School -- Teaching at UCLA -- Miss Tokyo -- Mexamérica the CD -- The Eastside Revue : a musical homage to Boyle Heights, 1922-2002 -- Boyle Heights, LA Times -- Collaborations with Josh Kun -- The Iraq war -- Collaborations with Nobuko Miyamoto / Great Leap / NCRR / MPAC -- Manzanar pilgrimage -- Yellow Pearl remix -- Minutemen protest in Baldwin Park -- Rock 'n' rights : rockin' for the mentally disabled -- Resistance & respect : Los Angeles muralism & graff art -- Miss Bogotá -- Word up! a performance and theater summit at the Ford, 2006 -- Meeting my Okanagan brothers from Westbank First Nation, B.C. Canada -- Epiphany at Joshua Tree -- Miss Altar in the sky -- Rubén Guevara & the Eastside Luvers -- The Tao of Funkahuatl -- The Tao of Funkahuatl the CD -- Mex/LA -- Opening for Los Lobos at the House of Dues -- Fifty years in show biz / The Madeleine Brand Show, NPR, 2011 -- Miss Beijing -- Miss Monterey Park -- End of ten year sex drought -- My 70th birthday party -- Platonic homegirls -- Joseph Trotter -- A Boyle Heights cultural treasure -- The new face of Boyle Heights -- ¡Angelin@s presente! -- Sara Guevara -- Confessions of a radical Chicano Doo Wop singer : the solo, multi-media theater piece -- The fall -- Reflections on L.A
RUBEN PERCZEK, PhD, is on a mission to turn the thinking about high performance upside down. He has created ZONE 14, an innovative path to train coaches, parents, and educators to work as a team to maximize a young athlete¿s performance and lead our youth to enjoy healthier, more constructive, and contributive lives. Using his experiences as a professional tennis player, a performing artist, and his last two decades as a doctor in performance psychology, organizational consultant, and performance coach, Perczek has dedicated his life¿s work to researching and developing the transformational framework called the ¿7 Roots of Potential.
Exploring the old and new forms of transnationalism stemming from the Caribbean, Caribbean Transnationalism challenges present concepts about diaspora, brings into perspective new forms of transnationalism, and offers new perspectives on social cohesion in plural societies. The novelty of this collection of essays by experts from a wide range of disciplines consists not only of the theoretical clarity it offers with regard to issues related to diaspora, transnationalism, and social cohesion, but also of the ample attention given to the intra-regional transnational communities and the discussion of ethnification for social cohesion. Caribbean Transnationalism calls into question traditional views held in the expanding fields of migration, transnationalism, and social cohesion, making this an important book for scholars and students interested in the study of the social sciences and Caribbean studies.
In this highly original and personal book, Ruben J. Garcia argues forcefully that we must center the minimum wage as a tool for fighting structural racism. Employing the lessons of critical race theory to show how low minimum wages and underenforcement of workplace laws have always been features of our racially stratified society, Garcia explains why we must follow the leadership of social movements by treating increases in minimum wage levels and enforcement as matters of racial justice. Offering solutions that would benefit all workers, especially the immigrants and people of color most often made victims of wage theft, Critical Wage Theory is essential reading for anyone who seeks a more just future for the working class.
This is not just another poetry book! This is my solitude and sorrow! This is my feeling at the moment. For this is my love from afar, and I live waiting for a good tomorrow to come. This was my way out of boredom and loneliness. By my heart and mind, I'll be free! Someday I'll be free! This is not just another poetry book! This is my life story!
Il était une fois. Comme dans tous les grands romans, c’est-à-dire qui sollicitent notre part d’enfance, cela commence par : « Il y avait autrefois dans la salle à manger des grands-parents, un sabre de modèle inconnu, que je n’ai jamais manié, jamais soupesé, pas même caressé. » Le revoilà, Samuel Vidouble, le narrateur, coincé dans une maison, poussiéreuse mais encore hantée par les fantômes d’une famille provinciale, calviniste, « sans histoires, sans qualités, sans titres de gloire », dans « un cul-de-sac de la France et de l’Europe », au bout d’une ligne de train improbable et nocturne, le revoilà, ce Samuel Vidouble, professeur d’histoire désabusé, et amateur de cartes de géographie, qui décide d’enquêter sur ce souvenir d’enfance, guidé par tante Esther, libraire à la retraite : « Où était-il passé ce sabre ? Et si je l’avais rêvé ? » Ce n’est pas tant le sabre à la lame courbée, fêlée, couleur de Sienne, que les époques qu’il a pu traverser, les lignées d’hommes, de guerres, de morts, qui impressionnaient autrefois le jeune Samuel, lui qui appartient à la dernière génération ayant connu celles qui firent la guerre. Et puis à quel ancêtre revenait-il, ce sabre ? Qui était l’héroïque, ou au contraire, l’imposteur sans foi ni loi : VVRL, Victor Vidouble Rex Livorum ? Victor Vidouble roi des Lives, qui aurait jadis régné sur un archipel de la Baltique ? Un descendant d’huguenot confiné dans son pays de marais, d’étangs et de tourbières ? Un nobliau du XVIIIe siècle, amoureux des cartes de géographie, lui aussi, et qui mise sur elle pour l’arracher à sa province reculée ? Le baron Victor Vidouble de Saint-Pesant, mythe familial ou légende du grand dehors que les oncles-vétérans réinventent à tour de rôle, à la veillée ? Vaut-il mieux se vouer au réel, souvent décevant, que suivre l’aile de l’imaginaire, avec ses histoires d’îles perdues ou inventées ? À moins qu’une carte au trésor familiale nous permette de situer le lieu et l’époque d’où viendrait le fameux sabre ? Dans la lignée des autres livres d’Emmanuel Ruben, qui ont l’imaginaire et l’ailleurs au cœur de leur force, mais d’une puissance romanesque remarquable, d’une invention géographique drolatique, Sabre est le livre de la maturité. Un vrai roman picaresque qui tient des Aventures du Baron de Münchhausen autant que du Baron perché d’Italo Calvino. C’est un jeu de pistes vertigineux qui nous fait remonter le fil du temps jusqu’aux guerres napoléoniennes, et nous invite à un voyage baroque à la poursuite de chimères qui disent notre vérité.
This unique volume presents the cutting edge of haemostasis in surgery and includes the advances in the science pertaining to related important medical and surgical problems. It is the only book that includes all the surgical subspecialties focusing specifically on the problems of haemostasis in each field. State-of-the-art laboratory and clinical reviews are included and modern devices used in the different specialties are also covered. The contributors are well-known authorities in their special fields and haematological area. Each is covered comprehensively with special emphasis on unanswered questions. The book is addressed to all surgeons and physicians with an interest in this exciting field.
Undocumented and authorized immigrant laborers, female workers, workers of color, guest workers, and unionized workers together compose an enormous and diverse part of the labor force in America. Labor and employment laws are supposed to protect employees from various workplace threats, such as poor wages, bad working conditions, and unfair dismissal. Yet as members of individual groups with minority status, the rights of many of these individuals are often dictated by other types of law, such as constitutional and immigration laws. Worse still, the groups who fall into these cracks in the legal system often do not have the political power necessary to change the laws for better protection. In Marginal Workers, Ruben J. Garcia demonstrates that when it comes to these marginal workers, the sum of the law is less than its parts, and, despite what appears to be a plethora of applicable statutes, marginal workers are frequently lacking in protection. To ameliorate the status of marginal workers, he argues for a new paradigm in worker protection, one based on human freedom and rights.
Dans les quatre évangiles canoniques, la période de la vie de Jésus Christ entre 8 et 28 ans a été délibérément omise. Quel mystère cela dissimule-t-il ? Les représentations récentes de Jésus dans les films et les livres le dépeignent comme quelqu’un de délicat, sentimental et hésitant. Pourtant, son message n’aurait pas traversé les siècles s’il avait réellement été comme cela. Comment son caractère et ses idées se sont-ils formés ? Sa vie et son impact constituent l’un des fondements de la civilisation occidentale, le récit de sa vie et de son message n’aurait-il pas été altéré au fil des siècles ? Jésus a proclamé qu’un riche n’entrerait jamais au paradis, mais l’Église chrétienne est-elle depuis des siècles le domaine des riches ? À quelle église ont adhéré les rois européens ? Qui a couronné Napoléon empereur ? Qui a osé détourner l’Église de sa véritable mission, et pourquoi ? Historiquement, peu de temps s’est écoulé entre la christianisation de l’Empire romain et son effondrement. Jésus y a-t-il joué un rôle ? Ces questions trouvent des réponses dans ce roman historique, à la fois émouvant et rigoureux, fondé sur les faits bien établis de la vie de Jésus, présentés de manière plausible pour notre époque.
Move from 2D CAD drafting to 3D BIM with Archicad to boost productivity by mastering this powerful software Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Explore the Archicad GUI, file format, and tools to get started with residential projects Use out-of-the-box documentation tools combined with a powerful publishing workflow Translate conceptual designs into compelling imagery using various visualization methods Book Description A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad is a comprehensive introduction to all that Archicad has to offer for creating 3D models, 2D document extracts, and related outputs. This book is not a click-by-click series of recipes, but rather focuses on helping you understand why and how Archicad works by providing realistic examples and expert tips. The book gradually introduces you to Archicad tools using ample examples. It then helps you master its complexity through clear modules, allowing you to start your first project quickly, gain useful skills in subsequent projects, and keep using the book as a source for insights into the software. You'll start with the basic modeling of construction elements and then move on to adding roofs, stairs, and objects to the project. Next, you'll dive into basic drafting and 2D views for creating 2D output, and grasp how to use attributes and more advanced modeling tools for designing curtain walls and sites. The concluding chapters will show you how to extract and visualize your data and automate the publishing of your extracts and 2D documents into a variety of output formats. By the end of this book, you'll have gained a solid understanding of Archicad, how to implement it efficiently in your architectural projects, and how BIM can improve your overall design workflow. What you will learn Create an architectural model from scratch using Archicad as BIM software Leverage a wide variety of tools and views to fully develop a project Achieve efficient project organization and modeling for professional results with increased productivity Fully document a project, including various 2D and 3D documents and construction details Professionalize your BIM workflow with advanced insight and the use of expert tips and tricks Unlock the geometric and non-geometric information in your models by adding properties and creating schedules to prepare for a bill of quantities Who this book is for This book is for design engineers, architectural designers, residential designers, BIM professionals, and anyone working in construction, manufacturing, or similar fields. Whether you're an absolute beginner or a professional looking to upgrade your engineering design and urban planning skills, you'll find this book useful. Although no prior knowledge of Archicad is necessary, knowledge of construction (architectural design) and a basic understanding of 2D CAD drafting is recommended. The book is based on the international version of the software and uses metric units.
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