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● Me: You have many, many dozens of presenters and fewer than ten are Latino.
● VA: Ok, let's start over. Hola Pablo. [kiss kiss]. Me llamo Victoria. Soy mexicana de Cuidad de Mexico.
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A TEDxLatina would probably bend or break several of TED's rules for these sorts of events. If it cannot be done, luckily, Lance Rios is building an empire without spending a single advertising dollar for his Being Latino brand. I see Rios as the obvious maestro to partner with TED for a Latina Talks series which I think should be held beside the White House. This way the First Lady can easier fit introductory remarks into her schedule (see below).
That said, I tend to agree with this fellow's assessment that Latinas are the future of America. As I recall, only four years separates us in age, but he related to an 'older' generation of web developers who built the platforms upon which the greatest self-marketers in the world could create themselves. It's happening, and the chronic omission of Latinas at TED is yet another barrier to an America where Latina's needn't watch their step, and bilingual is recognized as an essential asset for careers in media.
It's time for TED to give Latinas, who as a sub-sect of the larger human species are not unknown to be talkative, what in basketball is called a 'make up call' by either announcing a TEDxLatina or partnering with Being Latino for a co-branded derivative summit. If agreeable, consider contacting Bisnow and crew at Summit Series via Victoria Alexander, if she's still in the game. Summit Series does super-collaborations best, and the following 18 Wise Latinas collaborating would be unstoppable --
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Uh oh, I got ripped off for that extra $10 by Earl Scheib. At least Earl's $30 paint job on the $90 car held up well until the engine fire. After that, the hood was painted a nice shade of gray primer.
We have to yield to the new social order, John. In college, the gals outscore, outnumber and outgraduate the men who are increasingly resembling a class of layabouts like in the former Soviet Union. In Singapore, I saw the government's Social Development Board trying to help women find husbands who are reluctant to marry anyone above them on the North Face Denali Jackets social ladder. The 2 years the men spend in military service put the women in the catbird seat career wise.
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The girls also had a few Mickey Mouse dress rules too, but I can't remember what they were.
True, true. Just remember that wearing JC Penny's or Lee jeans would brand you as a "Rank" and a social misfit forever. Removing the orange thread at the top of the waistband was also quite stylish. I watched one challenged 63 Bruin take his top stitch out during Social Living class. He next took out the thread at the bottom of the waistband which made his pants came apart. The office put him back together with safety pins.
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Monday, October 29, 2012
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The Swans are hopeful McGlynn, who like on-baller Josh Kennedy came to the harbour city via Hawthorn, will on Thursday complete a regular training session for the first time since injuring his hamstring in week one of the finals against Adelaide.
However even if the small forward makes it through that SCG hit-out, he is no certainty to dislodge somebody from the side that defeated the Magpies in last Friday's preliminary final.
"We need to make sure we make the North Face Shoes Sale right decision, and when the facts are in front of us we'll do that," Longmire said of the 27-year-old who had been a mainstay of the team prior to his setback.
"If he ticks the right boxes, it gives him a chance to play. We've got to be very clinical about it."
Longmire, who overcame the two grand final setbacks to play his swansong in North's 1999 premiership team, noted sentiment wouldn't feature at the selection table this week.
"This time of the year, it's always a tough time of the year for some players and it's a great time of the year for most players," he said.
"But some players find it very tough, there'll be no difference this week. And there'll be no difference at Hawthorn."
While Guerra will be gutted, Hawks vice-captain Jordan Lewis said he has "no doubt" captain Luke Hodge will recover from a bout of gastro to take on the Swans.
The former North Melbourne forward watched North Face Outlet his side's 1996 triumph over Sydney from the MCG coaches' box due to a knee reconstruction, while he wasn't picked in the Kangaroos side that lost to Adelaide in the 1998 grand final.
Guerra, who suffered a serious hamstring injury in round 23, told coach Alastair Clarkson he had run out of time and wouldn't be able to take on the Swans.
"As desperate as I am to play North Face WindstoppeJackets on Saturday, I realised that I couldn't guarantee to Clarko or the team that I could do everything that would be asked of me in a grand final," Guerra said.
"It was a gut-wrenching decisionto make and it was difficult to address my teammates and coaches," Guerra said.
Sydney fared better in the start toNorth Face Gloves grand final week.
Swans ruckman Shane Mumford was cleared by the match review panel, despite murmurings he had deliberately made contact with the injured knee of Collingwood forward Chris Dawes.
Longmire confirmed Ted Richards, who looked in all sorts of trouble with an ankle injury against the Magpies, would North Face Womens Jackets be fine to take on the Hawks.
But hamstrung Ben McGlynn remains in a race against the clock to not only prove fitness, but show Longmire he is a calculated selection risk worth taking.
The Swans are hopeful McGlynn, who like on-baller Josh Kennedy came to the harbour city via Hawthorn, will on Thursday complete a regular training session for the first time since injuring his hamstring in week one of the finals against Adelaide.
However even if the small forward makes it through that SCG hit-out, he is no certainty to dislodge somebody from the side that defeated the Magpies in last Friday's preliminary final.
"We need to make sure we make the North Face Shoes Sale right decision, and when the facts are in front of us we'll do that," Longmire said of the 27-year-old who had been a mainstay of the team prior to his setback.
"If he ticks the right boxes, it gives him a chance to play. We've got to be very clinical about it."
Longmire, who overcame the two grand final setbacks to play his swansong in North's 1999 premiership team, noted sentiment wouldn't feature at the selection table this week.
"This time of the year, it's always a tough time of the year for some players and it's a great time of the year for most players," he said.
"But some players find it very tough, there'll be no difference this week. And there'll be no difference at Hawthorn."
While Guerra will be gutted, Hawks vice-captain Jordan Lewis said he has "no doubt" captain Luke Hodge will recover from a bout of gastro to take on the Swans.
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