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Julio Cesar Corona Ortega's Blog – April 2010 Archive (28)
Arizona, profiling and the little racist Governor that could.
I have a rant to share, and it has to do with Arizona's bill SB1070, which was signed into law a couple of days ago. But before I get into it, allow me to begin with a bit of history and why this bill is so personal to me.
I am a Mexican and I am engaged to be married to a wonderful, intelligent, loving and smoking hot woman. The twist? She is an American. Now, other than one time and for no more than a couple hours when I was two years old, I have never set foot on the…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 30, 2010 at 7:30pm — 9 Comments
Happy 100th birthday to me!
August 7, 2076
Wow... I just can't believe I made this milestone, yesterday. 11 more years and I will be as old as Bilbo Baggins was when his nephew Frodo set forth in his adventure out of The Shire. Yes, yes. Old, commercial fantasy book, I know. But it is still a story worth telling, and if we leave anything for our younger generations, it is that: stories.
Our memories become theirs and our knowledge passed down from one person to the next. So…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 30, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments
EVOKING all agents! This is important and will only take 5 minutes of your time.
I am calling on everyone who stumbles on this post to help Agent Edayis.
This coming May 5th through 7th, the Davos Debates will be held at Dar es Salam, Tanzania. World leaders will be meeting to discuss on a World Economic Forum on Africa, and they are welcoming questions from everyone all over the world. A big factor on what questions go through, is votes.
And Edayis has a…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 30, 2010 at 2:00am — 1 Comment
A handmade training sword.
I'm not sure if this is cheating a little bit. While I did redo all the finishing and exterior for this post, this is an item I already had made. However, I still wanted to share it for my ACT8 mission. After all, Sarah did share her bow for her LEARN2 mission. ;)
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So I give you my handmade katana (and please excuse the quality, my webcam sucks):…
Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 28, 2010 at 6:34pm — 10 Comments
Indigenous witch doctors bringing botany through traditional medicine
The traditional knowledge I chose to pick up this week comes from the indigenous women of Oaxaca, Mexico.…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 28, 2010 at 4:17am — No Comments
Urban resiliency in Mexico City
It has been quite a few days since I began this assignment, and the sad truth is: I got nothing to report.
After researching all over the place, I have learned that Mexico has absolutely no resiliency plans beyond construction codes that are rarely (if ever) followed. The reason? Lack of political motivation to do anything about it. Is it a surprise to anyone when, just last year, Mexico had a terrible score of 3.2 in…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 24, 2010 at 2:04am — 1 Comment
Ushahidi and true resilience
Many remember the earthquake that hit central Mexico in 1985. Not least of all, the people of Mexico city, and the lessons learned from that catastrophe will not soon be forgotten. You see, Mexico city is particularly vulnerable to telluric movements for two main reasons:
1. Central Mexico is located in the middle of several tectonic plates
2. The ground in the Valley of Mexico is composed primarily of soft…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 22, 2010 at 9:25pm — No Comments
Eldoret, Kenya, 2020
It had been a long while since EVOKE Agent Hiryu had been to Africa.
During his time there, he had met another local EVOKE agent, Codename: Ngami. From her work, he knew her real name was Adebowale, but as EVOKE protocol indicates, they preferred to refer to each other by their agent codename.
Ngami had been working tirelessly on the now dilapidated city of Eldoret. Warlords had completely leveled the town a year back, and as a long time survivor…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 22, 2010 at 3:08am — No Comments
An Evoking song
Quick post.
I knew I had heard this one before in my Melodic Metal collection, so I looked it up and decided to share. Hope you enjoy. :p
After Forever - EVOKE
So wild, so beautiful and…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 18, 2010 at 8:24pm — No Comments
Mexico and the Blue Heart campaign.
Yesterday, April 15th 2010, Mexico became the first country to be a part of the U.N. based 'Blue Heart' campaign, targeted to "Create awareness of the problem and inspire those with decision-making power to effect change".
The UNODC lauded Mexico for being the first country to jump on board with the campaign, where a dozen buildings were lit in blue light as a "symbolic act of awareness".
More on the news can be found here:…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 17, 2010 at 2:30am — 2 Comments
Violence against women in Kenya, a real solution.
Educating women about their rights is all well and good, but in certain areas of the world, it is not nearly enough, if not useless.
Women in the area are constantly raped and abused, and having workshops about their rights will not stop a man from raping and abusing them further, creating only a temporary and ultimately futile empowerment. These women do need the education, sure, but the help they desperately require is of a more tangible kind. Additionally, I am normally…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 16, 2010 at 11:45pm — 3 Comments
Citizen X is leaking
It was early in the morning. First day of April and things appeared to promise a very interesting day.
Codename: Hiryu had just finished his breakfast and was looking forward to a very important meeting in the evening. A Citizen X had figured out his identity as an EVOKE agent and had been pestering him day and night for information on the organization and any leads EVOKE may have on current events. Needless to say, Hiryu was more than a little…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 12, 2010 at 8:00pm — 9 Comments
The true currency
I kept trying long and hard to think outside the box for this assignment. I looked at Mark Mulkerin's inspired post about the First Bank of Evoke and thought I'd try that, but I wanted to come up with an original idea.
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In my quest to find the answer, I looked up the definition of currency, and I found these nuggets:…
Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 12, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments
The new way of banking
Okay, so I am stealing this one from Evo, simply because of how shocking I still find it.
There are some new ideas flowing at Unified Field Bank that are nothing short of a slap in the face to established methods and traditional banking.
In a nutshell, Unified Field wants to create and promote socially conscious banking by supporting local…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 12, 2010 at 6:09am — No Comments
Water Day 2020
January 26, 2020
It was a Sunday like any other. Codename: Hiryu had gotten up late, read the news online, played some online games with his wife and daughter and was getting ready to set up the grill on the backyard to greet some friends later in the evening when a very special phone started ringing. Due to the high activity from Citizen X and the mounting leaks everyone was experiencing, it had been agreed all EVOKE agents would have a special, untraceable,…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 11, 2010 at 3:44am — No Comments
Keeping up with the best water purification products.
My definitive and absolute pick for somebody to follow and promote is http://www.lifesaversystems.com/.
Not only is their filtering technology portable, efficient and easy to use, but it is also incredibly simple to bring into destitute areas of the world.
I know I will be recommending their products to anyone willing to listen, regardless of their water situation. The more this system…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 9, 2010 at 6:26pm — No Comments
Happy Holidays and a Great 2021!
December 23, 2020
Okay, so me and my family are getting ready for X-Mas tomorrow. I am extremely glad we got done with all of the shopping over a week ago, as we usually do every year. However, this year I was not spared the holiday last-minute shopping craze.
As some of you know, my brother and sister came with their families and my mom to spend the seasons with us, and last week we setup the lights outside the house and we all set up the tree…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 9, 2010 at 6:01pm — No Comments
Michael Pritchard and the magical water bottle.
This is simply amazing.
Just think of how this same technology would work when implemented into current city water filtering systems and processing…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 9, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments
Redesigning Evoke as a game
One of the things that have struck me the most since I joined EVOKE about a week ago is how much it does not look like a game. The only game-like mechanic here are the EVOKE Powers System, and it feels a lot more like a tweaked "like" button on any run-of-the-mill online community/blogosphere application.
EVOKE; indeed, resembles an online community rather that a game, with the people who are a part of it and why they joined it being the only thing setting it apart.…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 8, 2010 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments
EVOKATION: Society-changing MMO disguised as a gory, commercial game? You betcha.
The Place
The entire world where a decent computer and an internet connection is available. As many people as can be reached, primarily young ones, with a main focus on the lowest common denominators residing in industrialized…
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Added by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 8, 2010 at 7:00am — 98 Comments
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