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Volume 26 Number 11 We Are Reread WE ARE ONE And Recyclable November, 2014

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Luck is the Residue of Design

Top: Madison Bumgarner of the Giants shuts down the Cardinals in NLCSBottom: The Royals’ Outfielder Lorenzo Cain makes yet another diving catch on his way to ALCS MVP

—November, 2014 — Mahogany/Latin Hawaii/Sports Hawaii

Mahogany/Latin Hawaii/Sports Hawaii — November, 2014 –

Amanece. El canto de los pájaros saluda al nuevo día. Empieza la actividad en la cocina, mezclándose la fruta y el agua, la risa y la música, los huevos y el pan.

Las enfermeras y ayudantes se dedican a levantarnos, nos asean, visten y peinan. Para ser llevados al comedor.

Good Morning ! Good Morning ! Buenos Días ! mientras vamos tomando nuestro lugar alrededor de la mesa para compartir el desayuno. Algunos también intercambiamos miradas y sonrisas.

Una pequeña siesta nos prepara para las actividades de media mañana: jugando cartas,

Un Día en Casa Nostrarompecabezas, lotería y algunos ejercicios musculares .

Si es martes, un doctor nos visita y se interesa por saber como estamos, examinándonos y haciéndonos preguntas. Pero hoy no es martes.

Algunos vamos de paseo al malecón de Chapala, disfrutamos de un rico helado pues ya hace calor, la brisa que viene del lago nos refresca y le da textura y movimiento a la superficie. La gente y el bullicio nos entretienen mientras es tiempo de regresar, pues la comida nos espera.

Casi todos nos reunimos a esta hora, pues es la comida fuerte. Después del postre nos retiramos a otra siesta.

Mas tarde, nos reunimos en la sala para ver tele, unos caminan por el jardín y alrededor de la casa, otros prefieren leer o quedarse en su cuarto.

La cena se sirve poco antes de oscurecer, aunque algunos prefieren cenar en su cuarto, otros preferimos reunirnos en el comedor.

Después nos retiramos a nuestra habitación, a mi me gusta ver tele y a veces leer un poco hasta quedarme dormida.

En ocasiones me doy cuenta de las visitas de las enfermeras, en otras despierto con la llegada del nuevo día, porque sé que hay ojos que velan mi descanso.

A Day In Casa NostraBy Antonio CárdenasTranslated by Thomas L. Ramsey Dawn. The song of the birds salutes the new

day. Activity in the kitchen begins, mixing the fruit and the water, the music, the laughter, the eggs and the bread.

The nurses and assistants come to get us up and clean us up, dressing us and combing our hair. To take us to the dining room.

Good Morning! Good Morning! Buenos Dias! While we go about taking our places around the table to share breakfast. Some of us interchange glances and smiles as well.

A small nap prepares for the activities of mid-morning: playing cards, puzzles, the lottery and some physical exercises.

If it is Tuesday a doctor visits us and is interested in knowing how we are, examining us and asking us questions. But today is not Tuesday.

Some of us go for a walk along the malecon in Chapala, enjoying the good ice cream that is already beginning to melt, the breeze that comes from the lake refreshes and gives texture and movement to the surface of the water. The people and the bustling entertains while it is time to return as dinner is waiting for us.

Almost everyone returns at this time for dinner. After dinner we retire for another nap.

Later we reunite in the living room to watch television, some walk in the garden

and around the house, others prefer to read or stay in their rooms.

Supper is served a little before dark. Although some prefer supper in their rooms others prefer to return to the dining room.

After we retire to our rooms I like to watch television and at times read a little until I fall asleep.

On occasions I become aware of the visits by the nurses, others wake up at the arrival of the new day, because I know there are eyes watching over my rest.

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Abe’s Nichi-Bei-GoMarks Where The Twain Meets

HOME-IN = To set for a direction.

HŌMEN = A direction.

The spaceship is HOMING-IN on the moon.

Ūchūsen wa tsuki no HŌMEN ni ikimasu.


Dia De Muertos • Day of the DeadFiesta En Memoria

De Los MuertosEn México se juega con la

muerte, la gran mayoría de los mexicanos tienen la obligación moral de ofrendar a los muertos, ya sea en la casa habitación o en los panteones. Estos días se aprovechan para pasar con los muertos, compartir con ellos los alimentos, adornar las tumbas, quernar copal y por qué no... brindar con ellos y por ellos.

Año tras año Oaxaca celebra, desde hace varios siglos, una fiesta en honor a los muertos, es el día en que convivimos ausentes y presentes. No es día de tristeza sino, por el contrario, de alegría; con alborozo nos preparamos para la reunión y en nuestros hogares se levanta con amor... el altasr de muertos.

Ocho días antes de la esperada fecha la “plaza de muertos” se pone a reventar. El fétil y amplio Valle de Oaxaca, vuelca sus cornupias sobre las calles que encuadran los mercados (mercado de abasto). De la ciudad se lleva el sabroso pan, el exquisito chocolate y las aromáticas ceras ornadas de fúnebres festones de papel de china y a ella se traen: las nueces de Cuilapan, el maíz blanco o moreno, para cuajar el nicuatole, la fresca jícama, el retostado cacahuate y la olorosa manzana, amén de los tejocotes y la variedad de la calabaza, cuya semilla brinda las delicias del pián, las que, con la blanca y dulce caña de azúcar, se convierten en el imprescindible platillo de conserva.

El olor a calabaza cocida en piloncillo con tejocotes se mezcla con el del mole y con el pan de muertos, que desde la cocina inunda toda la casa.

El olor a copal y el color del Cempazúchitl visten los cementerios a los que afluye la multitud en grandes ríos, para adornar las tumbas de los adorados muertos con exquisita elegancia y prender las velas que iluminarán el paso de las ánimas.

Es en los altares de muertos eregidos a las ánimas donde a la grave severidad de la conmemoración el humor popular mezcla el sentido de lo cómico,

con la figura de los “padrecitos” de conocidos cuerpos de papel lustre y cabeza de garbanzo, los “entierros”, las tumbas de cartón rematadas en una cruz, las minúsculas esculturas de las ánimas consumiéndose en el fuego de la penitencia y las clásicas estatuillas de las muertes y los cráneos hechos de barro o de dulce con los que, la fantasía popular quizá pretende simbolizar la imagen incorpórea de los fieles difuntos o intenta materializar la intangible presencia de los deudos. Pero cualquiera que sea la mentalidad que concibe tan originales representaciones, lo cierto es que éstas diseminadas en derredor de los recipientes de conservas, el nicuatole, el oloroso pan de muerto, el chocolate y los diversos frutos apiñados en el altar presentan a éste una perspectiva singularísima y única, propia del fecundio y genuino costumbrismo oaxaqueño. ¡Y luego, sobre tan singular perspectiva, ese particular y agradable aroma que impregna el ambiente! Porque de todos los habitantes escapa ese peculiar olor a ceras desprendido, de los “altares” profusamente

iluminados y recubiertos de la aromática “flor de muerto” y del sabroso tufillo de las “ofrendas” que al fin comienzan a mermar con las frecuentes y furtivas visitas de la chiquillería que haciendo caso omiso de la presencia de las ánimas, pronto da cuenta a satisfacción de cuanta “ofrenda” se coloca al alcance desus manos.

¡Santo regocijo de la Fiesta de Muertos! Que viene a embargar los corazones con una íntima melancolía y a la vez una alegría exterñal! Con una especie de expectante recogimiento se espera el arribo de los “angelitos” que llegan en la antevíspera (31 de octubre) y preceden en su visita a las ánimas de los adultos, festejándose su llegada con cohetes y en todas las caras se ve reflejado el pensamiento puesto en los ausentes que, año con año, se riegan misteriosamente al mundo de los vivos para recibir el homenaje que éstos rinden a su memoria con una especie de ritual festivo, en el fondo del cual no deja de encerrarse cierto fervoroso recogimiento que parece evocar la sombra del amado ausente cuya presencia

como que se adivina flotando en ese ambiente de melancólica algazara, haciendo cruzar por la mente de los ingenuos deudos evocaciones tristes y dolorosas remembranzas!


Days Of The DeadFestival In Memory of the

DeadIn Mexico we play with death.

The great majority of Mexicans have the moral obligation to make offerings to the dead, be it at the home altar or in cemeteries. We use these days to be with our dead, to share food with them, decorate their tombs, turn incense and—why not?—drink a toast with and to them. Year after year, over the centuries, Oaxaca has celebrated a festival in honor of the dead. It is the day we share with those absent and present. It isn’t a day of sorrow. On the contrary, it is a day of joy as we lovingly erect, in preparation for our yearly encounter, our altars to the dead.

Eight days before the awaited day the ‘Plaza de muertos’ (market of the dead) virtually explodes. The extensive, ambling, fertile, central valleys of Oaxaca, pour their cornucopias into the streets that form the markets, especially the ‘Mercado de Abastos’ (Market of Abundance) in the city. People come to buy and trade for the delicious bread, exquisite chocolate, and aromatic adorned candles festooned with colored tissue, bringing to sell or trade pecans from Cuilapan, white or purple corn for making pudding ‘nicuatole,’ cool ‘jicama,’ fresh roasted peanuts, aromatic apples, innumerable varieties of squash and squash seed for roasting, and, with the help of ripe sugarcane, to create indispensable sweet squash candies and preserves.

The rich orange, yellows and reds and the smell of squash, cooked in the dark brown, homemade sugar ‘piloncillo’ with crabapples ‘tejocotes,’ mingle

Dia De Muertos • Day of the Dead

with the aroma of the traditional ‘mole’ sauce and ‘pan de muertos’ bread, to invade the whole house and set the stage for a riot of sensual delights.

The piney smell of ‘copal’ incense and colors of marigolds ‘ c e m p a z u c h i l ’ d r e s s t h e cemeteries where an endless stream of pilgrims becomes a multitudinous flow of souls who decorate the tombs of the dearly departed with creative elegance and light the candles to light the way for passage of the spirits. It is on the altars to the dead where the grave severity of the occasion and popular humor mix, reaching the level of comedy with the ‘padrecitos,’ little figures of paper machÈ and other materials, cartoon representations of tombs and burials, miniature sculptures of spirits being consumed in the flames of penance, the classic clay or sugar statues of skeletons and skulls that popular fantasy uses to symbolize the corporal image of the dead faithful or to attempt to materialize the intangible presence of the deceased. Whatever the mentality that conceives such original representations, the truth is that these are distributed among dishes of preserves, ‘nicuatole,’ aromatic ‘pan de muerto,’ mouth-watering chocolate and the variety of fruits piled on the altar, presenting a singular perspective unique to the fertile and genuine customs of Oaxaca. Over all of this, there is the wonderful smell of burning wax from the candles that illuminate the altars and graves, the incense smoke that wafts and plays among the tombstones, the pungent aroma of the ‘flor de muerto’ (marigolds) that permeates the ambiance. The deliciously delicate smell of the

‘offerings’ of food which start to diminish with the frequent furtive visits of the children, who, ignoring the presence of the spirits, make good account of all offering within reach of their speedy hands.

Holy, joyful celebration of the Festival of the Dead! It comes to impound hearts with an intimate melancholy and yet at the same time a strange joy. With a kind of expectant introspection, we await the arrival of the ‘angelitos’ (little angels) who arrive on All Hallows Eve (October 31st.) and thus precede the vista of the spirits of the adults. Thoughts of

those innocent souls are reflected in the faces of all present while we celebrate their mysterious yearly arrival in the land of the living with fireworks and ritual festivities, which in the end can’t help but encompass a certain gathering fervor which seems to evoke the shadow of the dearly departed whose presence can be felt floating in that melancholy din, causing sad images and painful memories to pass through the minds of the ingenuous trespassers.

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Submitted by Kit Grant ACLU HawaiiThe Medical Cannabis Coalition of Hawai‘i ("MCCHI") (and

allies) welcomes the enactment of Act 60, which, as of 11/1/14, voids provisions in Hawai‘i rental agreements that previously would have allowed eviction of a tenant based on their status as a registered patient with Hawaiiʻs medical marijuana program.

Medical Cannabis Coalition of Hawai‘i and Drug Policy Action Group Executive Director Rafael Kennedy said: "With 88% of voters in strong support of Hawaiiʻs 15 year-old medical marijua-na program, itʻs really encouraging to see this issue stepping into the light. Housing is a core issue for many people. Itʻs incredibly expensive and can be hard to come by, especially on Oahu. Patien-trenters should never have to live in fear of eviction just because of private decisions about medication. This bill goes a long way to fixing that - and people need to know about it to protect their rights. Medical marijuana patients want to be good neighbors. If smok-ing is not allowed in a building, then neither is smoked cannabis. Increasingly, medical marijuana is consumed without smoking at all, including methods like vaporizing, juicing, oils and tinctures, and edibles. These do not fall under any smoking ban provision."

The law also makes an exception for condominiums or commu-nity associations that entirely prohibit the use of medical marijua-na in their rules - but advocates see a lot of down side and not a lot of upside to that idea. Kennedy continued: "A community associa-tion that rejects tenants based on the medications they choose will find itself very much behind the times. Medical marijuana is not a crime - it is, and has been, legal in Hawai‘i for 15 years. Patients and caregivers are everywhere, in every walk of life. Especially in a "graying" state like Hawai‘i as our seniors ever increasingly are making plans to "age in place," the right approach is for rental agents to welcome medical marijuana patients as they would any other tenant. We plan to work to expand these protections, helping ensure that medical cannabis patients in Hawai‘i are treated fairly

Improved housing protection for Hawai‘i Medical Marijuana patients becomes law 11/1/14

by the law." People renting or living in government-subsidized housing may not experience the same protections this law affords people renting in the private sector.

The Medical Cannabis Coalition of Hawai‘i is a confidential, local support group and advocate for patients, caregivers and doc-tors accessing Hawaiiʻs medical marijuana program. Founding members include the Drug Policy Action Group and the Ameri-can Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i. Patients, doctors and care-givers are urged to join the confidential support network “The Medical Cannabis Coalition of Hawai‘i” founded by the Drug Policy Action Group and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i and follow the latest news at www.mcchi.org.


NAPATEG KA LATTA KANIAK

Dika malipatanGapu ta diak malipatan ti bagik

A naitennebak gapu ita pannubokNangipateg gapu ta impatpategnak

Idi ken ita isu ti nakabuklakNatikag a kalman ti ikutmo

Ti nanglawag ti dalankoTapno akuek nagsasagneb a masakbayan

Siak pay laeng daydiMangar-arapaap imeng ta arakupmo

Adayoak man dita arpadAgsagsagrapen kasungani ti naipaaymo

Idir-dir-ik latta ti kinasalsaluminamTa sika ti namunga iti agdama

No mariknak ti salemsem manipud Pearl HarborArapaapek ti nabara a sapuyotmo

Matmataak dagiti gangganaet iti aglawlawAd-adda a rumtab ti iliwko

Nupay ipapatik a di rumbeng a lagipenkaNga itanemkom dagiti ublag

Sa sanguek ti kinapudnoA narsingak iti arakupmo

Ngem lumtaw iti sabali a baiukongAplagko man ti doliar

Agsubliakto latta, Kailokoan

Dateline Pinoyby Pacita Cabulera Saludes

Dr. Aida R. Martin, P.C. Saludes, Tessie Facunla of AKA

The Queens of AKA (l to r) Tessie, Lydia, Ador, Jossie, Emmie, Rita, Lilia & Fely


Whether you like him or not, Donald Trump is a successful real-estate developer, author and television personality who has a net worth of $3.9 billion and an annual salary of $60 million. Most of his money is made through

real-estate investments. In an ever changing market, getting the right piece of real-estate at the right price can increase your net worth. Here are a few tips to assist you along the way.

1. Have A Goal In Mind. Are you looking to purchase a property and rent it out? If so, know what the market will support in rental income. You also want to know your reoccurring expenses in the property. Maintenance Fees, Home Owner Association Fees, As-sessments and Management Fees can eas-ily start cutting into your profits. Make a well informed decision, before you have a negative cash flow.

2. Understand Your Time Commitment. Are you going to manage the property yourself? As a Real Estate Broker in Ha-waii with a team and maintenance person-nel, I understand the time commitment in managing condominiums, single family homes, and townhouses. You are on-call 24/7. For those that think otherwise, know emergencies normally happen after 6pm and before 8am. A busted water hose should be addressed ASAP, to protect your investment and keep your tenant.

3. Learn The Art Of Interviewing and Screening. Are you going to interview and screen potential tenants yourself? Equal Hous-ing Opportunity is more than a logo. It is governed by several laws like Civil Rights Act of 1866, Fair Housing Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Equal Credit Op-portunity Act, and State and Local Laws. Interviewing an experienced and acces-sible Property Manager may reap a better benefit in the long run.

One Road To Wealth

by Berneicea “BEE” Worrell

4. Allow Professionals To Do Their Job. Are you a Licensed Plumber, Electrician, Accountant, Contractor, or Inspector? If not, allow the professionals to do what they have been trained to do. Some say, “Time is Money.” Some say, “I have more Time than Money, so I will use my Time and save myself some Money.” I think you can save Time by hiring a pro-fessional and Money, since you can avoid pitfalls of DIY (Do It Yourself) legal and financial matters and woes. Protect your investment and defer responsibilities out-side of your expertise. Standing before a Judge will cost you Time and Money.

In closing, we may not all get to be millionaires or billionaires like Donald Trump. Some may purchase a home to live in. A few will have a home to reside and an investment or two. One thing is for sure. Change lanes from tenant to home owner, and be on a road to wealth. Remember to buckle up and ask for directions, if you get turned around. Aloha!

Berneicea “BEE” Worrel (R)Hawaii Premier Homes, LLC • Principal Broker/Owner

1188 Bishop Street • Suite 3203 • Honolulu, HI 96813 • Office (808) 548-2030 • Fax (808) 548-2031 • Cell (808) 372-9998

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Melanin TheoryDr. Leon Edelstein, a dermatologist and

dermatopathologist, has for over a decade been investigating the effect of melanin on the symptoms of old age. It was not long ago that the standard medical theory about melanin was that it was no more than an inert skin coloring agent (not unlike food coloring). Dr. Edelstein, along with other colleagues, believed that melanin was a very special biochemical. It has

been found that melanin has the ability to protect the skin from the harmful rays of the sun and thereby helps prevent (to a large degree) skin cancer (melanoma). Along with this property, it has also been found that the pigment can absorb a great deal of energy and yet not produce a tremendous amount of heat when it absorbs this energy. Dr. Edelstein believes that melanin can absorb not only rays from the sun, but also x-rays that treat cancer and energy formed in the cells during metabolism. Edelstein’s theory is that melanin, in addition to its ability to neutralize potentially harmful effects of these energies, might also be able to use them in a positive way, slowing down the aging process and improving the athletic ability of an individual. Edelstein further states, “We feel very strongly that because of the potential functions of melanin, individuals who have an increased amount of it within their cells have a potential to function more efficiently. This is especially important in muscle cells and cells such as those in cardiac muscle. It’s conceivable that this (melanin) may be in part one explanation for the remarkable physical abilities of many blacks.” Read again the words that I have just quoted and then ask yourself these questions:

1. Do dark-skinned individuals that you have observed or know show signs of skin wrinkling in their later years as pronounced as those with lighter skin?

2. If people with a great amount of melanin in their bodies have a greater potential for longevity and superior heart function, why do African Americans in America have some of the highest rates of heart disease and shortest life spans? Does having more melanin within your body automatically make you a champion athlete, or does the doctor think that having melanin gives you an extra edge? To even suggest that world-class black athletes did not have to train just as hard as white athletes is a tremendous insult to both as well as to all other races of competitors. While darker skin (melanin) does reduce skin wrinkling, it would be poor medicine and science to deny that rates of skin cancer are increasing among people of color, especially those under fifty in the United States. The idea that darker skin could somehow absorb without harm or require more x-rays has been practiced by many within the medical community. It is a dangerous practice that needs to be exposed as such. When asked if there were any foods that might help a person develop more of this melanin in their body, Dr. Edelstein proposed the following items: beans, carrots, mushrooms, red wine, milk, radishes, bananas, and eggplant. It is my contention that if there are in fact foods that can safely increase melanin production in the body, then these foods should be included in the diet of the athlete and those desiring to ward off the symptoms of old age.Triage Theory

Professor Bruce Ames is the proponent of the triage theory. In the 1970s, he invented the Ames test, which analyzed the mutagenicity of compounds. He is also one of the first scientists to study vitamin D deficiency within African American children. Since then, he has dedicated his research to the biochemistry of aging, with a focus on mitochondria, the power plants of our cells, as well as how

Health and Fitnessby Donald

“Spiderman” Thomas

Theories on AgingFrom the book New Jump Swing Healthy Aging and Athletic Nutrition Program

by Donald “Spiderman” Thomas

micronutrients may prevent disease, malnutrition, and obesity. Professor Ames hypothesizes that “natural selection favors short-term survival over the long-term, and that our short-term survival is achieved by prioritizing the allocation of scarce micronutrients.” The theory was first proposed in 2006.2 Prof.. Ames states, “There’s a known triage between organs. If you’re short of iron, you take it out of the liver before you take it out of the heart, because if you take it out

of the heart, you’re dead. And one of the things that’s long-term is DNA damage, which doesn’t show up as cancer for twenty years—so to hell with it if you’re starving. People are eating horrible diets. I suspect deficiencies will be a major contributor to cancer, degenerative diseases—and aging. When you deprive cultured human cells of certain nutrients, they senesce earlier—essentially, age faster. We need to be ‘tuned up’ with vitamins and minerals throughout life. Anytime we’re not, we’re paying a price in long-term DNA damage.” Professor Ames and Dr. McCann have published their research on selenium deficiency. The mineral selenium plays a major role in heart muscle function as well as in healthy sperm. In the United States, it is the only mineral that can be stated to play a role in cancer reduction and prevention.

Psychologist Howard Friedman is the coauthor of The Longevity Project, a continuous eighty-year study of the behavior and characteristics of people who live long lives. He found that “unexpectedly in both childhood and adulthood, conscientiousness turned out to be the best personality predictor of long life! This is a strong effect, comparable to the effects of systolic blood pressure or cholesterol on longevity. Why do the conscientious stay healthier and live longer? First, and most obviously, they are less likely to smoke, drink to excess, abuse drugs, or drive too fast. They are more likely to wear seatbelts and follow doctors’ orders. The most intriguing reason conscientious people live longer is that having a conscientious personality leads you into healthier situations and relationships. In other words, conscientious people find their way to happier marriages, better friendships, and healthier work situations. They help create healthy, long-life pathways for themselves. This is a new way of thinking about health.”

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Mahogany/Latin Hawaii/Sports Hawaii — November, 2014 – Hotel Posada Chamacuero

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Luck is the Residue of Design I have had the pleasure of watching major

league baseball closely for forty-eight seasons now. One of its characteristics that makes it worthy of our love—and it certainly has mine—is its ability to show us something new every year. It seems that every year I see at least one occurrence on the field that I have never seen before. This year’s post-season has brought us many of them in the short span of less than one

month. Some of these events and achievements that we have never seen before make their beneficiaries look lucky, and this seems to apply to the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants, who made it to the World Series, most of all. You may have heard the old saw that “it is better to be lucky than good,” but these two teams are both, and that’s because, as Branch Rickey once famously said, “Luck is the residue of design.”

Rickey was the all-time great general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Pittsburgh Pirates who invented the farm system and many other features of baseball that we now take for granted. Even more importantly, he was the man who had the courage and savvy to bring Jackie Robinson to the majors in 1947. He not only had a brilliant baseball mind, he had a brilliant, highly educated mind in every respect. His saying about luck was typical of him in that he was able to phrase a common concept that was usually expressed in the vernacular in a sophisticated, stylish, literate way. To say that “luck is the residue of design” is a fancy way of saying the same thing we mean when we say, “You make your own luck,” or “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” The concept is quite appropriate for both the 2014 Giants and the 2014 Royals.

Just take a look at all the strange occurrences that brought both teams to this point. The moments that seemed to be controlled by luck or fate or chance, or some equivalent, are too numerous to cite here in their entirety, but we’ll try to provide enough examples to make the point. Moments of luck began for the Royals in the one-game playoff with the favored Oakland A’s (the Giants needed no luck in their wild card playoff with Pittsburgh, blanking the Pirates 8-0 behind the dominant pitching of Madison Bumgarner, who was quickly becoming a post-season pitching titan). The KC Kids came back from deficits—mostly against anther post-season pitching star, no less than Jon Lester—of 2-0 and 7-3 to force extra innings with a run in the bottom of the ninth. In fact, they came back from the 7-3 deficit starting only in the 8th inning, which had never been done before. They also had to come back from an 8-7 deficit in the bottom of the twelfth. The tying run scored on an infield hit, of all things, before catcher Salvador Perez’s game-winning single. Considering that Mr. Perez went into that at bat 0 for 5 might tempt one to see luck involved. In the process of the comebacks, the Royals improbably stole seven bases, another record. Every move was highly risky, unless we recall that aggressive base running was one of the tactics that carried the Royals to the post-season in the first place. All the Royals did after that dramatic win was take seven straight post-season games in 3-0 and 4-0 sweeps of the Angels and the Orioles, respectively, the two teams with the best records in the AL.

On the Giants side, the strange goings-on began in the Division Series against the Washington Nationals, the team with the best regular-season record in the National League. The Giants beat them 3-1 and began to develop a routine of scoring in bizarre ways. They manufactured a run with two men out and no one on base in the 9th inning of a 1-0 game in which they had looked powerless. Then they rode six one-hit innings of relief from Yusmeiro Petit

until Brandon Belt ended the figurative marathon in the 18th inning with a solo home run. In the process of beating Washington 3-1 and a strong St. Louis Cardinals team 4-1, San Francisco scored runs (or advanced runners) on wild pitches (once all the way from second base to tie a game in the late innings), errors, puzzling throws by the Cards, and other plays that the layman would call lucky if they weren’t the result of the Giants’ iron will to persist, to score with two outs, never to give in, and the intelligence to notice every little movement by the opposition and take advantage. Because the Giants had no hitters who reached 90 RBIs during the season or 23 home runs, necessity became the mother of invention, as did intellect, and both made up the difference (with great pitching, of course, led by the seemingly unbeatable Madison Bumgarner and a lights-out bullpen). In other words, they made their own luck, the kind that saw a diving Pablo Sandoval deflect a hot grounder right to shortstop Brandon Crawford to save a run and get a force-out at second. Sandoval’s good positioning thanks to analytic spray charts, his attention to the type of pitch thrown, and his all-out desire to get to the ball with no regard for his own physical safety created the luck that helped the Giants. In other words, the force at second was “the residue of design.” So, too, was the dramatic ninth inning, pennant-winning three-run homer by the itinerant Travis Ishikawa, whose experienced manager Bruce Bochy decided to move him from first base to left field as a way to keep his bat in the lineup. Bochy also chose to put rusty power hitter Michael Morse, disabled most of the last two months, on the NLCS roster as a possible pinch hitter. Ishikawa’s pennant-winning bomb was made possible by Morse’s shocking pinch-hit solo homer to tie the game in the bottom of the 8th inning.

The Royals took a similar path, again because of a power shortage. Left fielder Alex Gordon led the team with a mere 19 home runs and 74 RBIs, making this unlikely World Series matchup the first one since 1916 in which neither team had a 23-home-run hitter or a player with 90 RBIs. It reminds us of the Dead Ball era in another distinct way, and that would be the tremendous speed of the Royals, which they use to steal bases almost at will and run down seemingly every ball in the air in the outfield. Two teams built on pitching, fielding, and speed, who also are fond of the sacrifice bunt and frequently score runs without the benefit of a hit or anything stronger than a single, should indeed remind us of the Dead Ball era. The design of which luck is the residue for the Royals manifests itself in stealing bases, making diving catches, going from first to third on singles, and shutting teams down with a bullpen of incredible quality. Superb outfield plays by Lorenzo Cain, Nori Aoki, and Jarrod Dyson, and even a stolen base by Billy Butler, of all people, were not luck. Nor was the sudden power surge by Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas. Tough at bats by Hosmer and Moustakas led to their success and elevated them to the category of slugger even though they had combined for just twenty-four home runs the entire regular season. The same unwillingness to give in to the pitcher enabled Hosmer also to drive in two runs with a broken bat base hit.

Now these two similar clubs are meeting in the World Series, which as of this writing is 2-1 in favor of KC. It is an aficionado’s World Series, for offense is at a premium and every pitch is laden with meaning and drama. Both teams have mojo to spare, and we’ll see whether it’s the Midwest mojo or the West Coast mojo that ultimately prevails. Either way, the championship will not have been garnered with luck. It will have been won by design.

by Peter Greenhill


NOTE: Between the time the article was written and the time this issue appeared, the Giants edged the Royals 4-3 in an amazing seven-game Series.

Royals left-fielder Alex Gordon watches his extra-inning HR leave the ballpark

The Giants’ Travis Ishikawa connects on pennant-winning walk-off HR vs. the Cardinals


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The 10th Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies of the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University (FIU) in Mi-ami will take place on February 26-28, 2015. Please note that the dead-line for submission is

October 31, 2014. The conference, organized around the

theme “More than White, More than Mu-latto, More than Black”: Racial Politics in Cuba and the Americas, will take place at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus in Miami, Florida.

Description: In 1893, the Cuban patriot, journalist, and poet José Martí published his famous article, “Mi raza” (“My Race”). In it he argued against fomenting racial divisions within the context of Cuba’s independence struggle from Spain. His axiom that “man is more than white, more than mulatto, more than black” has been extensively cited since then. Although Martí’s thought has been praised for promoting racial integration and equality, scholars and activists have criti-cized the practical implications of his model of racial democracy in Cuba and elsewhere.

The Tenth Conference on Cuban and Cu-ban-American Studies takes Martí’s dictum

Writers Write Call For Papers—10th Conference On Cuban And Cuban-American Studies

Writers Write by Ayin Adams

as a cue for further academic inquiry and public debate. Our main theme, Racial Poli-tics in Cuba and the Americas, invites com-parisons between Cuban experiences of race and those of other Latin American and Ca-ribbean peoples (such as Puerto Ricans, Do-minicans, Haitians, and Brazilians), as well as their diasporic communities. Although we emphasize the racial politics that emerged from the African-European encounter, we welcome analyses focusing on other racial-ized groups in Cuba and the Americas. We are especially interested in examining the economic, social, and cultural underpinnings of racial politics, as well as their histories, enduring significance, and potential futures.

Guidelines for Presenting Panels and Pa-pers: Although we prefer panel proposals, we will attempt to group individual papers in sessions according to shared themes. Panels will ideally include four paper presenters, a chair (who may be one of the presenters), and a discussant. Panels may feature five paper presentations if they do not include a discus-sant. Participants may perform two roles at the conference (chair, discussant, roundtable participant, or paper presenter) but may not present more than one paper. Submissions may be in English or Spanish.

We encourage the submission of panels and papers concentrating on any aspects of the main conference theme, but will consider

all submissions relevant to the history, econ-omy, politics, culture, society, and creative expression of Cuba and its diaspora.

[For list of suggested topics, see https://cri.fiu.edu/news/2014/call-for-panels-and-papers-tenth-conference-on-cuban-and-cu-ban-american-studies/ or our previous post http://repeatingislands.com/2014/04/15/call-for-panels-and-papers-10th-conference-on-cuban-and-cuban-american-studies/.]

Proposals for panels or roundtables must include a general description of the theme and one-page abstracts of each participant’s paper. Each presentation will be limited to 20 minutes. The following information must be submitted for each participant: full name, role in the session, academic affiliation, title of presentation, preferred addresses, office, cell, and home phone numbers, fax, and email ad-dress. Persons wishing to submit individual papers must present a one-page abstract and all pertinent personal data.

The deadline for submission of all paper and panel proposals is October 31, 2014.No-tifications of acceptance (or refusal) will be sent out by December 1, 2014. For further information about the conference and other CRI activities, please visit our website at cri.fiu.edu.

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AKA Honors Trail Blazers In Hawaii

by Atty. DaphneBarbee-Wooten

On October 18, 2014 the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority honored four Trail Blazers for their contributions in Hawaii at the Plaza Club. Retired Honorable Judge Sandra Simms, Bettye Jo Harris, Ernest Golden

and Alphonso Braggs were four trail blazers selected by the AKA’s. Judge Simms broke the glass ceiling in Hawaii for becoming the first African American female Judge. She served with distinction for 14 years in the State of Hawaii. Bettye Jo Harris is a political activist and served on the African American Leadership Counsel which fought for making Martin Luther King Holiday a holiday in Hawaii. She also ran for political office and served as an advisor to many organizations. Ernest Golden was stationed in Hawaii in the military and made it his home. He is a singer and still performs at 92 years young at the Crouching Lion Café. He was a leader with the Honolulu airport sky caps. He was an active Hawaii African American Association member in the 1980’s. Alphonso Braggs is the head of the Honolulu Branch NAACP and a Mason. He is a civil rights spokesperson. It was appropriate that they were honored on the night Hurricane Ana was projected to hit the Islands. Hurricane Ana weakened in the face of these four trail blazers whose power and contribution in Hawaii could not be denied.


It does not matter where we live or who we are. We aren’t showing we care if we aren’t exercising our right to make choices about our lives.We must not fail to live up to our potential as citizens. We cannot

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The most obvious way to start is to learn about issues that concern us. We can discuss what we know with others who might be effected by the same issue. There need not be agreement of opinion on issues or situations as long as there is an interest in addressing them.

Research ought to occure to enable interested parties to obtain as much data about the issues as they can, to enable a plan of action to be discussed ,developed and implemented.

The implementation of a plan of action may be as simple as meeting with officials who have a relationship with the concerns. It may mean lobbying in behalf of a specific set of actions . It may be to vote or and enlist others to vote to achieve a desired result.

All of this effort can be informal and comfortable or in the case of Occupy Wall Street ,Ferguson and Hong Kong,not comfortable at all but necessary.Voter registration and voting are formal actions to consider and are generally necessary.

The lack of partipation in the voting process could very well be the cause of many unwanted issues and situations which communities and individuals encounter.

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Have a ball and enjoy as much as you can your family, love ones and friends because therefore lies the magic from this season: sharing

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FOLLOW THE MONEY

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On the Big Island Hurricane Iselle's damages to homes, roads and power lines forced a delay in voting for a week, as roads were cleared and power restored to many but not all puna residents before the vote.

FOLLOW THE MONEYDid you know theat seven of the top 12

shareholders of Facebook and Monsanto are identical. Even more to the point, three of the top

five shareholders are the same. The top shareholder, at the moment, in Monsanto is The Vanguard Group, which is number two on the list of top Facebook shareholders.

FMR, LLC, is the number one Facebook shareholder. For Monsanto, it’s number two. The State Street Corporation is the number three shareholder for both Facebook and Monsanto. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company is Monsanto’s number five shareholder, and ranks at number four for Facebook. The other top dozen shareholders of both Monsanto and Facebook are Jennison Associates, Sands Capital Management, and the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.

If you consult open listings (for example, investors. morningstar.com), you can look at the major shareholders of these two publicly traded companies, Monsanto and Facebook).

Yes, these are all investment funds, and they spread their enormous money around. They own shares of many, many publicly traded companies. But the comparison of Monsanto and Facebook illustrates how, at the top of the food chain, there is connected wealth. These investment funds can, if they choose to, intercede in companies’ proxy votes to alter company policy.

In 1934, Congress created the Federal Housing Administration. The FHA insured private mortgages, causing a drop in interest rates and a decline in the size of the down payment required to buy a house. But the FHA had adopted a system of maps that rated neighborhoods according to their perceived stability. On the maps, green areas, rated “A,” indicated “in demand” neighborhoods that, as one appraiser put it, lacked “a single foreigner or Negro.”

These neighborhoods were considered excellent prospects for insurance. Neighborhoods where black people lived were rated “D” and were usually considered ineligible for FHA backing. They were colored in red. Redlining went beyond FHA-backed loans and spread to the entire mortgage industry, excluding black people from most legitimate means of obtaining a mortgage.

In 2011, Bank of America agreed to pay $355 million to settle charges of discrimination against its Countrywide unit. The following year, Wells Fargo settled its discrimination suit for more than $175 million. But the damage had been done. In 2009, half the properties in Baltimore whose owners had been granted loans by Wells Fargo between 2005 and 2008 were vacant; 71 percent of these properties were in predominantly black neighborhoods.


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