TIGblogs - Andrea Arzaba 's TIGBlog http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us Happy Influenza :) http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/725899 I would like to share some funny pictures I found related to those "INFLUENZA TIMES" we witnessed some months ago...Disfruta :)
Me gustaria compartir con ustedes algunas fotos graciosas sobre aquellos "Tiempos Influenzosos" que vivimos algunos meses atrás...enjoy :)




 1. A new movie is coming out...



2. A sick piggy ;)


3. The miraculous tea that can cure it ALL!




4. Influenza MSN



5. Even Twitter got an "Influenzial" idea







6. Original surgical masks.





7. The origin of it ALL!









8. Our new money lol


9. This might sound crazy but IT IS REAL. The first boy that got the virus in Mexico and survived got a statue in the country!


10. A souvenir when u come to Mexico: Influenza's Cuddly Toy!


There were a few songs and videogames that had the Influenza as their main theme or principal enemy. To play one of them you can enter here: http://www.swinefighter.com/

También salieron diversas canciones y videojuegos en donde la influenza era el enemigo principal, o al contrario,lo más importante. Para jugar alguno te recomiendo el siguiente: http://www.swinefighter.com/


]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:07:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/725899 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Equidad Género y Sexo / Sex and Gender Equity. http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/717913

Yesterday I had the chance to attend a Sex and Gender Equity Workshop @ Mexico City. At first, I had no idea what to expect, because I was invited by a friend I did not see for a long time, and to be honest, that was my main reason for participating.

Ayer tuvé la oportunidad de ir al taller de Equidad de Sexo y Género en la Ciudad de México. Para ser sincera, no tenia idea de que esperar ya que me invitó una amiga junto a su organización. A mi amiga no la había visto en mucho tiempo, por lo que decidí aventurarme y ver lo que sucedería.

As soon as I arrived, I perceived that there where only 3 guys out of 20 participants. It felt funny, and I thought it might have been a workshop directed to girls. As soon as I stepped in the room, I felt integrated to the group and I knew this was going to be another new adventure I had to share with the world :)

Desde que llegué, me di cuenta de que solamente habían 3 hombres de 20 participantes. Pensé que quizás era un taller dirigido a mujeres. Desde que entré a la habitación, me sentí integrada al grupo y supe que sería una nueva aventura que tendría que compartir con el mundo.

In the main activities, we discussed the differences between sex and gender. We agreed that sex is the biological characteristic of every human being, while gender is a construction, our mentality. Society prefers both of them to match, but sometimes people can be born with a particular sex and an opposite gender.

En las actividades principales, discutimos las diferencias entre sexo y género. Concluimos en que el sexo es una característica biológica de los seres humanos, mientras que el género es una construcción, nuestra mentalidad. La sociedad prefiere que los dos sean concuerden, sin embargo, muchas veces la gente puede tener un sexo y un género diferente.

We had another activity when we discussed about the role of women and men in our society and in our generation. It is really interesting how some of the activities that were only for women (such as cooking, cleaning the house, picking up the children from school) are also for men today. It was important to know that some of the participants have mothers that work fulltime and fathers that do the house work. Roles have changed and the sexist taboo has been broken in a lot of families.

Tuvimos otra actividad en donde discutimos el papel de la muher y el hombre en nuestra sociedad y en neustra generación. Fue muy interesante ver como muchas actividades que antes eran solamente para mujeres (como el cocinar, limpiar la casa, ir por los niños a la escuela) también son para los hombres. Fue importante el saber que muchos de los participantes tienen madres que trabajan tiempo completo y padres que se dedican a las labores caseras. Los papeles han cambiado y el tabú sexista se ha roto en muchas familias mexicanas.

We also discussed about gender empowerment. How women have succeeded, leaving their prejudices behind and standing for their rights. There was a great example about some women from an indigenous community where their husbands left them, following the american dream and going to the US. They had to find a way to survive and they started making marmelades for a big restaurant company in Mexico called Toks. Now, they are the main producers and they found an amazing way to support their kids, without depending on men.

También discutimos el empoderamiento de género. Vimos ejemplos de mujeres que dejaron sus prejuicios atrás y fueron por sus derechos. Hubi un ejemplo perfecto de algunas mujeres indígenas de la comunidad mazahua en donde sus esposos e hijos las dejaron, por seguir el sueño americano y se fueron a los Estados Unidos. Ellas tuvieron que encontrar una forma de sobrevivir y comenzaron a hacer mermeladas, las cuales al final pudieron vender a la franquicia de restaurantes mexicanos Toks. Ahora ellas son las únicas productoras y ellas encontraron una manera maravillosa de mantener a sus hijos, sin depender de los hombres.

I leart a lot from this experience, I shared stories and listened to inspiring ones. It was such delight to discuss with different people, with various points of view. I believe we should support this type of activities and let people learn from each other, as well as discover what is changing in our generation in order to become a better society every day.

Aprendí mucho de esta experiencia, compartí historias y escuche otras bastante inspiradoras. Fue una gran oportunidad el compartir diferentes puntos de vista, con gente con ideas distintas. Creo que debemos apoyar este tipo de actividades y dejar que la gente aprenda una de otra, para asi descubrir que esta cambiando en nuestra generación para asi poder formar parte de una mejor sociedad día a día.


Gracias. Thank you.
Andrea Arzaba
]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:06:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/717913 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 We Are The World - Michael Jackson http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/717763

I would like to share this special video because as all of you might now, we lost a magnificent star some days ago: Michael Jackson.
RIP.


]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:06:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/717763 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Voto En BlancO http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/715411 VOTO EN BLANCO
Por Andrea Arzaba

Muchos la han calificado como una campaña de gente incoherente y ofensiva que quiere dar un fin a la “democracia” que vivimos de una manera radical, muchos otros se refieren a ella como una polémica nueva en donde el pueblo demuestra sus impresiones ante la inconformidad de sus próximos representantes, de una manera diferente. Pero ¿De que trata la campaña del voto en blanco? Muy simple, a la hora de votar se tacha toda la planilla, cancelando el voto por algún candidato en particular.

Es erróneo pensar que al votar en blanco se apoya a la abstención puesto que al anular el voto aún se sigue participando y existe la obligación de ir a las urnas, pedir una planilla y la única diferencia es que en lugar de elegir a un candidato, se tachan todas las opciones. De ésta manera, los ciudadanos muestran su descontento ante la democracia que se vive en el presente en México, y al mismo tiempo en muchos otros países del mundo.

El voto en blanco incita a las autoridades a cambiar de actitud ya que el pueblo se manifiesta mostrando una inconformidad ante la forma de gobierno existente. De esta manera, se reclama una nación que busca una representación justa, que quiere dejar atrás a las viejas generaciones conformistas y llenas de corrupción. Muchos jóvenes han decidido apoyar ésta nueva propuesta, ya que posiblemente desde este punto podamos comenzar con un nuevo partido político, una esperanza latente para las nuevas generaciones.
]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:06:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/715411 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Día Mundial del Refugiado 2009 http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/706809 Un mensaje de Ban Ki-moon, Secretario General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas

20 de junio de 2009


La violencia, la persecución y los conflictos han obligado a abandonar su hogar a millones de personas de todo el mundo. La mayoría de esas personas y familias proceden de países en desarrollo y son también especialmente vulnerables a las graves consecuencias de la crisis económica que se ha desencadenado a nivel mundial.

El tema del Día Mundial de los Refugiados de este año, "Gente real, necesidades reales", pone de relieve cuánto han perdido los refugiados -incluso sus países- y cuánto debe hacer la comunidad de asistencia humanitaria para ayudarlos.

Hay carencias en la atención de las necesidades básicas: alojamiento, servicios sanitarios, educación, alimentos, agua no contaminada, saneamiento y protección frente a la violencia y los abusos.

Los niveles de malnutrición suelen ser más elevados en la población desplazada, lo mismo que las tasas de mortalidad.

Las mujeres solteras y las niñas y adolescentes corren un peligro especial de explotación. La experiencia demuestra que asistir a la escuela reduce el riesgo de ser víctima de tales abusos. Hacen falta más recursos para construir y mantener centros de enseñanza destinados a los refugiados.

Hacer frente a esas y muchas otras carencias exige compromiso y acción. La solidaridad debe ser el fundamento de nuestra respuesta. Y ello es especialmente así en un momento en que la crisis económica redunda en detrimento de los presupuestos de asistencia humanitaria y desarrollo.

En este Día Mundial de los Refugiados, aseguremos que las personas desplazadas por los conflictos, la persecución y los desórdenes reciban el apoyo y los servicios que necesitan para construir una vida mejor.

Fuente: http://www.acnur.org


]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:06:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/706809 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 ZANA MUHSEN http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/702023 LAS HIJAS PERDIDAS DE INGLATERRA
Por Andrea Arzaba

You will find the english version of this article bellow.

Hoy me gustaría escribir un poco acerca de un libro que he leido entre ayer y hoy, ya que desde que lo comencé a leer, no lo pude soltar hasta el final.

El libro se llama VENDIDAS -escrito por Zana Muhsen- y nos habla de la historia de dos hermanas, Zana y Nadia, de padre yemenita y madre inglesa, quienes viven en Birmingham hasta los 15 y 14 años respectivamente ya que son vendidas por su padre y enviadas a Yemen, en donde se enfrentan con una vida de abusos, maltratos, violaciones y sufrimiento. Cuando Zana y Nadia emprenden el viaje, ellas tenían la idea de que se trataba simplemente de unas vacaciones en el país de su padre, sin embargo, todo fue una trampa ya que todo se encontraba arreglado. Ambas adolescentes son obligadas a guardar silencio, a obedecer a sus "maridos", a sus suegros y a continuar con una vida totalmente diferente a la que conocian, en un pueblo rural muy tradicionalista, en donde la voz de la mujer queda opacada junto a la sombra del hombre.

Es muy explícito el odio que siente Zana por los maltratos que ella y su hermana sufren, incluso los hijos que son obligadas a tener, las malas palabras que deben soportar, los golpes y la vida de sumisión a las que se encuentran expuestas sin remedio alguno.

Durante años, la esperanza de regresar a Inglaterra se va desvaneciendo poco a poco, hasta que Zana logra ponerse en contacto con su madre por medio de una carta. Es así como la esperanza regresa a sus corazones y después de ocho largos años de espera, Zana puede abandonar a su esposo gracias a la presión de los medios de comunicación, de la diplomacia y de su madre. Sin embargo, su hijo Marcus se queda en Yemen con su hermana Nadia, ya que les permiten salir solas, sin sus hijos. Zana acepta irse sin su hermana prometiendo regresar por ella de alguna otra forma. Esa fue la última vez que la vio.

Tengo entendido que Zana vive en Birmingham y ha tenido una nueva famlia, sin embargo Nadia y Marcus siguen en Yemen. Existe una continuación del libro llamada: UNA PROMESA A NADIA. Es bastante triste el seguir siendo testigos de tantas atrocidades que ocurren en nuestra llamada sociedad moderna, debemos de crear una conciencia para terminar con las violaciones de los derechos humanos y exigir nuestra libertad como ciudadanos del mundo.


ENGLAND'S LOST DAUGHTERS

By Andrea Arzaba

Today I would like to write about a book I read between yesterday and today, because since I started reading it I could not stop until I was done with it.

The book is called SOLD - and it was written by Zana Muhsen- it tells the story of two sisters, Zana and Nadia who live in Birmingham up to 15 and 14 years respectively since they are sold by their father and sent to Yemen, where they face a life of abuses, mistreatments, violations and suffering. Their mother was from England and their dad was from Yemen. Zana and Nadia where fooled because they thought they were going on vacations to discover their dad's homeland, but everything was arranged by their father in order to start a new life as yemeni wives. Both teenagers are forcer to remain silent, to obey their new "Husbands" and "In Laws" and to continue with a life that was very different from the one they had back in England, in a yemeni rural and traditional town, where women's voices remain under men's shadows.

In the book it is very explicit the hate that Zana keeps because of the suffering she and her sister have to stand, even the children they are forced to have, the bad words and insults they have to put up with, the mistreatment and sumision they live every single day for years.

Coming back to England was some hope that kept on fading away little by little, until one day Zana gets in touch wit her mother by mail. Hope comes back into Nadia and Zana's heart and after 8 long waiting years Zana is able to leave her husband, thanks to media's pressure, diplomacy and her mother. Nevertheless her son, Marcus, stays in Yemen with Nadia, because both women are alowed to leave the country without their sons and daughters. Zana accepts to leave, promissing she will come back for Nadia and the children. That was the last time she saw her.

I have read that Zana lives in Birmingham and has brought up a new family, but Nadia and Marcus are still in Yemen. There is a second part of the book called A PROMISE TO NADIA. It is very sad that we keep on being witnesses of this type of atrocities that remain existing in our so called modern society.We need to raise awareness and create a conciousness in order to erradicate Human Rights Violations. We need to demand pour freedom as citizens of the world.


]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:06:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/702023 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 South African Smile http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/700397 WHAT A SMILE!


A South African spectator cheers in the stands @ a FIFA Confederations Soccer Cup Football Match in Bloemfontein.

Image taken from BBC NEWS IN PICTURES
 Monday, 15 June 2009 15:41 UK

]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:06:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/700397 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 No te comas el malvavisco: Do not eat the marshmallow http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/693799

]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:06:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/693799 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Una carta del Futuro / A letter from the Future http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/689351
Hola...me gustaría compartir una historia que escribí especialmente para el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, la cual fue publicada en el blog de UNICEF Latinoamérica.
Hello! I would like to share with you a short story that I wrote specially for the World Environment Day and that was published in UNICEF Latin America's Blog:



Hace 40 años, Una Carta del Futuro/40 Years Ago, A Letter from the future


This article is both in Spanish and English. For the English version, please scroll down.

By Andrea Arzaba

Marzo 29, 2050 Apenas ayer encontré mi diario, el cual escribí cuando era niña, hace ya casi cuarenta años. Y pensar que el mundo ha cambiado tanto desde aquel entonces. Aún recuerdo los automóviles que contaminaban nuestras calles, convirtiéndolas en lugares descoloridos para vivir, quitándonos toda esperanza. También recuerdo el gran desperdicio de agua que producíamos en cada momento, sin importar lo poco que nos quedaba y las guerras que comenzaron a generarse por las sequías que provocamos nosotros mismos. Además de que la electricidad aun se producía a partir de petróleo o carbono, lo cual dañaba demasiado al ambiente. Cuando yo era niña, la gente no tenía una cultura de reciclar, por flojera o simple ignorancia, de manera que la basura no era aprovechada y se formaban imponentes montones de basura en las ciudades.

Me alegra tanto el saber que ahora la humanidad ha cambiado para bien. Las que antes eran fábricas contaminantes ahora sirven de museos, en donde se muestra todo lo que alguna vez dañó al medio ambiente, como lo fueron los automóviles que funcionaban por gasolina, las botellas y envases de plástico, la ropa sintética, etc. El transporte que usamos hoy día es a base de la energía solar, y además gran cantidad de gente se transporta en bicicleta, manteniendo una comunidad saludable. El agua en su mayoría es recolectada de la lluvia, la cual antes de usarse es desalinizada por plantas que funcionan con turbinas de viento.

La gente cambió mucho desde hace cuarenta años entonces, y todo esto, se generó gracias al entusiasmo, iniciativa y ejemplo de las generaciones jóvenes.

ENGLISH

March 29th, 2050 Yesterday I finally found my diary, the one I wrote when I was still a girl, forty years ago. I can’t believe how much the world has changed. I remember all the automobiles that used to contaminate the streets, turning our cities into colourless, hopeless places to live. I also remember the enormous quantity of water we used to waste at any time, without even thinking about it, and the wars we produced in the end because of the drought that we generated. In addition to those problems, we had electricity that was created by petroleum or carbon, something that damaged the environment too much. When I was a girl, most of the people did not have a recycling culture, because they where lazy or they ignored the problems, the garbage was not reused and we only got humongous piles of trash in the cities.

It makes me so happy to know that humanity has changed for good. Factories that used to pollute environment now stand as museums, where you can observe some of the things that used to cause damage to the environment, like cars that used to work with gas, plastic bottles and packs, synthetic clothes, etc. The transportation we use everyday works with solar energy, and most of the people use bicycles, which keeps people healthy. Water is collected from the rain, and plants that work with wind turbines desalinate it.

People changed a lot since then, and this happened thanks to the enthusiasm, initiative and example of the young generations.

LACVOX UNICEF:
http://www.lacvox.net/?p=762
]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:06:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/689351 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Buddhist Tale / Historia Budista. http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/683521
Un viejo indio estaba hablando con su nieto y le decía:

"Me siento como si tuviera dos lobos peleando en mi corazón. Uno de los dos es un lobo enojado, violento y vengador. El otro está lleno de amor y compasión."

El nieto preguntó:

"Abuelo, dime, ¿Cuál de los dos lobos ganará la pelea en tu corazón?"

El abuelo contestó:

"Aquel que yo alimente".


An old indian man was talking to his grandson and he was saying:

" I feel as If I had two wolves fightinh inside my heart. One of them is a very violent, angry and vengative animal. The other one is full of love and compassion".

The grandson asked:

"Grandpa tell me: Which of the wolves will win the fight in your heart?".

And the old man answered:

" The one I feed the most".
]]> Fri, 29 May 2009 10:05:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/683521 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 SIGNATURE! http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/676673

One of the funniest videos I have ever seen!!!!!

]]> Sat, 23 May 2009 02:05:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/676673 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 PeacE SymboLS! http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/672737 And while I was finishing writing my semester's last ESSAY (YES!! Welcome SUMMER TIME) I just found this awesome website, where you can upload your own PEACE SYMBOLS. I would like to share some of my favourite with you...

Y mientras terminaba de escribir mi ultimo ensayo del semestre (¡SI! ¡BIENVENIDO VERANO!) Encontré una página asombrosa, en donde los usuarios pueden subir sus simbolos personales de la PAZ. Me gustaría compartir algunos ejemplos contigo...















Images taken from / Imagenes tomadas de:

 http://www.happybirthdaypeace.com/ (Art Gallery Section)


]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 02:05:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/672737 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 La PAZ para los jóvenes... http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/672507

Haciendo una encuesta sobre lo que es la paz para algunos estudiantes universitarios en la Ciudad de México, de manera personal y nacional, estas fueron algunas de las respuestas que dieron:


“ Es un estado que difícilmente alguna sociedad puede alcanzar; de alguna manera, es la ausencia de conflictos y problemas, es aprender a convivir aceptando las diferencias y semejanzas entre las personas. Actualmente México tiene muchos conflictos relacionados con el crimen organizado, esto en consecuencia crea una sociedad con miedo e inseguridad, con tan solo salir de tu casa. Además de las zonas rurales en México, los derechos humanos son violados constantemente; me atrevo a decir que lamentablemente no hay paz en ningún lugar del país”.

Sandra Apolinar, 20 años.


“ La PAZ es una etapa de tranquilidad y armonía, ya sea a nivel individual o colectivo, lo cierto es que para poder impartir la paz, ésta debe de comenzar siempre en uno mismo. La paz también puede significar el punto de unión o reconciliación ante una situación de conflicto. No podemos generalizar diciendo si hay o no hay paz en México. Como dije anteriormente, la paz empieza desde uno mismo. La paz esta en quien quiera hacer las cosas, en pro del país, de la sociedad, de la pobreza, en contra de la delincuencia, etc”.

Sofía Chabaud, 21 años.


“ Para mi la PAZ es un estado que no es fácil de alcanzar, como sociedad lo veo casi imposible. El sueño de la PAZ mundial lo veo como un sueño, gracias a las ambiciones del ser humano. La PAZ en México no existe, ni en el mundo, ni en ningun lado. México esta lleno de impunidad, narcotráfico, pobreza, corrupción. Situaciones que no pueden generar un ambiente de PAZ”.

Diego Aragón, 21 años.



Es necesario cambiar nuestra visión sobre la PAZ como un camino imposible en nuestra sociedad, ya que de ésta manera, la PAZ no es algo viable si mantenemos nuestra mente cerrada. Si creemos que es posible un cambio, se hará realidad. Simplemente debemos comenzar creyéndolo, y así, actuando. ¡Seamos el cambio que queremos ver!
]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 01:05:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/672507 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 PeacE CamP WaLK 2009 http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/667419

Video of the Peace Camp Walk in 2009 in Amman, Jordan. Peace Through Understanding.

]]> Thu, 14 May 2009 12:05:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/667419 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 K'NAAN - Dreamer http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/648611

Great video!!!!!!!!

]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:04:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/648611 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 WORLD WIDE HUG PARTY http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/609619 March 21st 2009 a World Wide Hug Party will take place in clubs and galleries all over the world. We invite every city, village or town to join this initiative. Will you organise a World Wide Hug Party in your hometown?

We all are part of the collective consciousness, in which everything is connected with the universal energy. We are able to heal our planet and unite everybody in peace and tolerance. So let us demonstrate our unity, let us show our fellow-human beings that we all are One, no matter what kind of religion, race or culture we represent. We are able to love and respect each other.

In the evening of March 21st in Oceania, New Zealand and Australia people will start the Hug which will go around the world in 24 hours, the biggest chain of peace that you can imagine.

The idea is as simple as it is effective: just hug! When we hug each other we open our heart and we can feel the loving energy pounding between us. When we open our heart we unite our energy.

Be part of this event!
Be a witness of this event!

All the events will be broadcasted through the internet, to watch, to be watched, to hug and to be hugged.

Want to join in?
Every individual person is invited to participate in the Worldwide Hug Party in his or her home town. Just find a central meeting location for this party, a club, gallery, community centre; a place with internet access (preferable high speed internet). It will not be difficult to find such a place, because March 21 will be on a Saturday night, so everybody will be in the mood for dancing and hugging for peace and tolerance. Gather up all your friends at the chosen location to come together.

How to contact other places where the Worldwide Hug Party takes place?
You can start your Worldwide Hug Party with some specific rituals to express the Oneness. You can for example sing , pray or meditate together and tune in on the collective consciousness and become aware of the fact that all over the world people are also tuning in on the collective consciousness at the same moment. At the end of these sessions everybody will give hugs to each other and will dance together. You can perform any ritual that suits you and your group.

Have a webcam to register this celebration and broadcast it live through internet to the other clubs in the world. The participants are able to watch and follow the Hug Parties in other locations on a flat screen or on a computer, where the images will be projected. You can switch to other locations, 24 hours long, to all the cities where the Worldwide Hug Party will be organized. So check out every party on the website http://www.worldwidehugparty.org

You can also make a movie of your event and put that on YouTube. Send the link to us for our achieve.

You can join in yourself or your club as participant. On a world map with time zones, you can find other clubs that join the Worldwide Hug Party and with one touch on your computer you will be connected with them live!

We ask you to contact all your friends in the world in order to join the Worldwide Hug Party in their own city. Please go to the following link and download a free and safe video program. It will make it possible to show live images of our hugs to each other. This program is able to expose 6 locations on your computer screen at the same time, including your own hug session.]]> Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:03:00 EDT http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/609619 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Why.... http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/576639
WHY IS IT A CRIME TO HAVE A DIFFERENT COLOUR OF SKIN???











PUBLICIDAD DE UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON 2006.
]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:01:00 EST http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/576639 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 OBAMA BRINGS HOPE! http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/575155
GUANTANAMO WILL BE CLOSED.


At least that is what President Obama confirmed, after signing three executive orders. He also stablished a group of professionals that will help him by developing the end to this jail, even if some experts afirm that this might even take one year long.


But...What is the Guantanamo Bay??


Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp, also known as Gitmo or GTMO, is a group of high security prisons or detainee centers, run by the US Military and located in Cuba at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. The base was first used in the early 70s to hold refugees of Haiti and Cuba who were discovered trying to enter the US via the waters around Florida. In 1993, the US Supreme Court declared that the base couldn’t legally hold Haitian refugees in this manner, and for a time, any holding facilities were abandoned.


After 9/11 and the attacks on America, the government reestablished Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp as a holding facility for people deemed “ enemy combatants.” This could include US citizens or residents, and was primarily meant to hold anyone suspected of terrorism, and the various prison camps, of which there are several, have also held people from Afghanistan and other countries who are supposed to have links to al-Qaeda, the Taliban and other Islamic terrorist organizations.


Since the establishment of Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp for this purpose, the US and the camp has come under fire from some US citizens, from a number of human rights organizations, and from other countries. Most detainees are held without the right to legal counsel, and since they are considered enemy combatants rather than prisoners of war, rules on the safe and humane treatment of prisoners do not have to conform to the Geneva Code. Detainees are investigated through a number of practices, which some may define as torture. This includes the practice of water-boarding, other aggressive interrogation techniques, and some denial of basic rights accorded to most US prisoners, such as allowing people to continue to live in accordance with their religious beliefs.
There have been a number of media reports of abuse of prisoners at Guantánamo, and this abuse includes chaining prisoners to beds for longer than 24 hour periods, not allowing prisoners who have been cleared of suspicion of being enemy combatants to leave, and sexual abuse of prisoners. In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that detainees should be allowed to pursue their cases in federal courts and be heard on the subject of their detention. This access has long been denied to detainees, who were only able to plead their cases in the past before military tribunals.


The debate on Guantánamo Bay has become a very politically and emotionally charged subject, and many American politicians, private citizens, leaders of foreign countries and world organizations have called for its closure. The future of the facility is dependent upon the current administration's priorities, and if they deem it necessary for national security.





http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-guantnamo-bay-detention-camp.htm

Picture taken from: http://www.lacoctelera.com/myfiles/lafullpicture/guantanamo1.jpg]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:01:00 EST http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/575155 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Conflict in Gaza and Southern Israel http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/571651

This is an interesting video, in order to undertsand what is happening in Gaza right now.

Peace!

]]> Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:01:00 EST http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/571651 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 A role model: Leni Riefenstahl http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/567575
I would like to share the biography of an OUTSTANDING and AMAZING WOMAN: Leni Riefenstahl.


Yesterday, I finally finished reading Riefebstahl's biography, and I found myself trully inspired by her. I believe that she was an important part of the "femenine empowerment puzzle". But...must of you might not have heard abou this german lady... Here's some important data of her life (as a movie star, as a director, as an artist, as a WOMAN)
LENI RIEFENSTAHL was born in Berlin, Germany in 1902. She studied painting and started her artistic career as a dancer. Her mom would always suppoert her and take her into the art's world. She became already famous after her first dance hat Max Reinhardt engaged her for the »Deutsches Theater«.

After a small accident she had with her knees, her acting career in 'mountain movies' that glorified rural german life. Riefenstahl gave up dancing all together (she had a small accident and dedicated herself to the acting only. After acting, she realized she loved editing movies. Her greatest success she made with the documentary film »Triumph des Willens« named after the Reich Party Congress 1934 in Nuremberg which got the highest awards: The gold medal in Venice in 1935 and the gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937. However, at the end of the war this film destroyed Leni Riefenstahl's career, for now it had no longer been recognized as a piece of art but been condemned as a National Socialist propaganda because of Hitler's masacre. Some people accussed her, because she was related to the Nazi party, but the truth is that she only filmed those documentaries from the beautiful, estetic point of view.

She also dedicated herself to the photography, and she had the chance to travel to Africa and take pictures of the Nubas, a tribu in Kenya that had no contact with occidental life.At the age of 71, Leni Riefenstahl fulfilled a dream to herself, she had cherished for long: She attended a diving course to be able to also work as an underwater photographer in the future. Soon she became a master in this profession too. With her two illustrated books, »The coral gardens« and »The wonders under water« she had caused a worldwide sensation and got further honours and awards for them. ublished her Memoirs.
Leni Riefenstahl died on Monday 8 September 2003, in Poecking, Germany. She died a few weeks after her 101st birthday.






Information and pictures taken from:
http://www.leni-riefenstahl.de/eng/bio.html
http://www.designboom.com/portrait/leni2.html

Photos: Archives Riefenstahl





]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:01:00 EST http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/567575 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Marketing PLAN http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/563393 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:56:00 EST http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/563393 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 3.1.2. Planning My Presentation http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/559249 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:56:00 EST http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/559249 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Cuba amp; México: WORKING TOGETHER! http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/554587 MEXICO AND CUBA: A Great Example!!!




Relations between Cuba and Mexico, "are starting to get better"Raúl Castro Ruz, actual president of Cuba, confirmed.

Castro and Calderón got together in the MERCOSUR celebration. The problems started developing when Vicente Fox was the president, but now, everything is going back to normality. This two countries are fighting for a better world, with no fights or violence between them.

Both presidents talked about decreasing different problems, such as illegal migration, security and human rights. They also agreed in working together for fighting against drug dealing and organized crime.

Now we areally want this to be a real commintment, and wishing the best to both countries, hoping they will become an example to be followed by other nations.

A.





Info taken of: http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=404232

]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 EST http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/554587 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Try a different Xmas this year...read this! http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/548513
MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS XMAS!

Today, as I was reading my email before going for a walk, the subject of the last one got my attention "Celebrate Xmas in a different way this year". I could not read it in that very moment, so I left it there. And days passed by, and weeks. I checked my email several times, but I was always too lazy to read it.

So at last today, I had no other email to read. And I opened the misterious email I got. It showed me an amazing advice I would like to share with every single person that reads this post, and I hope you will share it with more people, so in the end we get to the whole planet!!!
It said that this Xmas you should buy a gift and leve it under yout Chrstmas tree. "This will be your gift dedicated to Jesus. It does not have to be anything very expensive, i could be a little card or some chocolates. Then, when Christmas happens, the gift will still be there. Then is when you will put it in your car, or take it close to you everywhere you go. Then you will see somebody who needs it, and you will give it to him/her. That is the real gift to Jesus".

I think this is a great idea to celebrate this Christmas differently.
Peace,

Andrea
]]> Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:12:00 EST http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/548513 19.2536111 -99.607777819.2536111-99.6077778 Already Xmas before December.... http://petiteragazza.tigblog.org/post/547211 I still remember entering to a mall, in the middle of October, and seeing the storewindows and furnitures covered by snowmen, santa claus toys and xmas trees, full of lights and fake snow, covering around the place. This is when we start to wonder...Is Christmas really only focused in selling products, in merchandising and in entering, as soon as it is possible, in order to wake up the "christmas spirit" in everyones life?? (even If we lose the real concept of Christmas spirit). It is kind of unpleasant to think about this, but we have to accept that we live in a society where Christmas products start filling up the stores 3 or 4 months before december!!!


I will confess I am a Christmas Lover. I love the concept of an ideal Christmas dinner, being together with our families, celebrating Jesus birthday, having a special dinner and sharing food with our beloved ones. But I also believe that the whole Christmas Merchandising Concept brings a deficient concept of Christmas. It is very common to hear this everywhere we go, in religious groups or discussions with people, but If we really think about it they have a very important point. Are we letting the real Christmas dissapear and entering a marketing era, where having the most beautiful christmas tree, is all that matters???


Andrea Arzaba
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