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Conversations at the Top: Daniel Lubetzky
Best known as the founder of KIND Snacks, Daniel Lubetzky now has his sights set on a much bigger picture: humanity. Ruben Navarrette tells the story behind his ambition.
Daniel Lubetzky, Founder and Executive Chairman, KIND Snacks Photo: Gillian Fry
By	Ruben Navarrette
For generations, Jewish people were taught to keep their passports handy. Because, on any continent, if things went south, whom do you think would be blamed? The same folks who have caught blame for more than three thousand years. You had to be ready to grab your stuff and disappear. Daniel Lubetzky chose a different path. As a boy, growing up in a Jewish family in Mexico City, he was enchanted by magic. After all, why disappear—when you can make others disappear?
"I love being a magician," the fifty-one-year-old Lubetzky told me. "It's fun for me. I had daydreams as a young person where my magic-making skills would help me survive in very tough circumstances."
Lubetzky has plenty of skills—fluency in six languages, business acumen, emotional intelligence, and creativity. Perhaps his greatest gift is historical perspective: he knows the stories of those who came before him.
Including his father's story. As a starving teenage boy incarcerated at the notorious Dachau concentration camp at the end of World War II, there were probably plenty of moments when Roman Lubetzky wished he could disappear.
Humanity is scarce in places like Dachau, but Roman Lubetzky once caught a glimpse of it. A German soldier must have taken pity on him when—though it meant defying his superiors—he tossed half of a rotten potato at the boy's feet.
Roman Lubetzky would long credit that scrap of food with saving his life, and the kindness behind the gesture with preserving his faith in his fellow man.
Remember those two themes—food and kindness. We'll see them again.
"When you're trying to build bridges and fight extremism and hatred, that work is never done."
In 1945, when US and Allied forces crushed the Third Reich and liberated the death camps, Roman Lubetzky immigrated to Mexico, where his uncles had settled. Penniless, he taught himself Spanish and English by reading used encyclopedias. He got a job working in a factory, then began selling watches, and soon started his own business. He also fell in love with a Jewish Mexican named Sonia, who became his wife. They had four children, including Daniel.
A hard worker and natural salesman, Daniel Lubetzky credits his parents with instilling in him integrity, grit, and perseverance. He also credits his father's stories about surviving the Holocaust with fueling his desire to do well and do good. He has always wanted to succeed in business, but also serve humanity.
It was this path that led him to me. In 2007, I was working as an editorial writer and columnist at the San Diego Union-Tribune when I got a call from a public relations agent who was eager to share Lubetzky's story.
I remember the pitch: "He's this young, up-and-coming businessman, born in Mexico but Jewish, who went to Stanford Law School. But then he got interested in how business ventures could help achieve peace, so he started a health food company based on this sun-dried tomato spread he discovered in the Middle East, and he donates some of the profits to fund peace efforts. Oh, he also founded an organization that unites Israelis and Palestinians in order to promote moderates in the peace process."
How could I resist? This was a story I had to hear.
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Lubetzky—who was living in New York but joked that he lived "on airplanes"—and I had a nice talk, and I wrote a column. We became fast friends.
The food company that encourages economic cooperation among neighbors—like Palestinians and Israelis—striving to coexist, which Lubetzky founded in 1994, is named PeaceWorks Holdings LLC. The organization that promotes a moderate approach to peace in the Middle East, which Lubetzky founded in 2002, is called the OneVoice Movement.
It wasn't smooth sailing. Lubetzky admits that he made mistakes. For several years, he couldn't afford to take a salary and the overstock filled his cramped studio apartment. But he listened to feedback and made adjustments.
When success finally came for Lubetzky, it would be of such magnitude that neither he nor anyone else could have ever imagined it.
In the late nineties, Lubetzky was traveling, and he couldn't find a snack that was both healthy and tasty, wholesome and convenient.
In 2004, with the help of a dedicated team, Lubetzky created his own snack bar—one with, as its slogan goes, "ingredients you can see and pronounce." And, in a nod to the small act of humanity exhibited by a German soldier at Dachau, he would name the bar, and the snack company that grew from it, KIND.
Today, the company has sold more than two billion snack bars worldwide, and its product is carried by dozens of major retailers. KIND bars are among the most popular healthy snacks in the world. And the company has branched out to granola clusters, breakfast bars, and fruit bars—all while avoiding artificial flavors and preservatives. For a decade, revenue doubled each year. In 2017, sales topped $718.9 million.
In 2015, President Barack Obama named Lubetzky a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship. Not bad for a Mexican kid who—as he recalls in his 2015 book, Do the KIND Thing—started his first business when he was just six or seven years old, organizing carnival games for his siblings and cousins. At eight, he was a magician performing at kids' birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. At twelve, he was making deliveries for a textile wholesaler in Mexico City.
"The process of creativity really turns me on. I've come to accept that creativity is one of my greatest rewards, intellectual stimulation and curiosity also. I love learning from others."
By the time Lubetzky was a teenager, his family had moved to San Antonio, and the young entrepreneur was dabbling in the same business in which his father had carved out a niche: selling watches. In between trips to the local swap meet or to the mall, he graduated from Trinity University. Stanford Law School beckoned, which led to a short-lived career practicing law.
Then, Lubetzky's life changed when he was awarded a fellowship to study joint business ventures between Arabs and Israelis. The rest is history.
It's been a winding road for Lubetzky, and I was curious what lessons my friend had learned on the trip. So, I asked him.
First, I love that—for all the colorful names I've been called during my years as a journalist—there have been only three people who call me "Rubencito." One was my late grandmother, Esperanza. Another is my dear friend and fellow journalist, Macarena Hernandez. And the third is Lubetzky.
"Hola Rubencito!" he shouted into the phone.
After we exchange pleasantries, and ask about each other's families (he's married now, with four children), I ask if the struggles he faced with PeaceWorks helped paved the way for the success he has enjoyed with KIND Snacks.
"It's interesting you ask that question because only in the last week I had the following insight," he said. "The first ten years of PeaceWorks, it was very tough. But in general, I thought that I was succeeding. And then I launched KIND, and very quickly it started exploding. I looked back at PeaceWorks and said to myself that it must have been a failure in retrospect. I guess KIND is how you do things . . .
"Then," he continued, "just a few days ago, I started realizing that all of that is bullshit. To compare one against the other is a mistake. The reality is that it's all about your attitude and your frame of reference at that moment. You have to make the best of it."
Lubetzky has this relentless determination to achieve, create, and accomplish. The entire time I've known him, he has wrestled with unfinished business. He is never done. He is always looking for the next thing.
And so, I ask, what drives him?
"The easy answer is that, when you're trying to build bridges and fight extremism and hatred, that work is never done," he said. "But the other part that I cannot answer is where does my grit, or my competitive spirit, come from. It's definitely not about the money. I'm very lucky that I had financial success beyond anything I ever expected. And I think of myself as a good businessman—I know how to be a tough negotiator and how to create value for all parties. But that's never driven me. I think what drives me is coming up with creative ways to do something. The process of creativity really turns me on. I've come to accept that creativity is one of my greatest rewards, intellectual stimulation and curiosity also. I love learning from others."
It's that love of learning—and the entire educational process—that, in 2017, led Lubetzky to launch a bold initiative to connect students around the world. The KIND Foundation has pledged $20 million over multiple years to fund Empatico, a free and simple tool that lets educators virtually connect their classrooms with other classrooms around the world. For children ages six to eleven, it provides activities, live video, file sharing, and a partnership with another classroom in a faraway place. The goal is to give students a greater understanding of similarities and differences, and to help them learn valuable life skills such as communication, critical thinking, cultural sensitivity, and active listening. All to create something the world needs: empathy.
Lubetzky lights up when he talks about the project, which is now operating in more than 150,000 classrooms in all 50 states and more than 130 countries.
"Of everything that I've started in my life, I think Empatico has the most potential for transformative change," he said enthusiastically. "It's a platform, technology, and a set of tools to help teachers expand the horizons of their children and provide them essential social and emotional learning skills. It connects classrooms to each other, and it's a matchmaking network so the classrooms can help the children discover each other's humanity."
"Of everything that I've started in my life, Empatico has the most potential for transformative change. [It helps] teachers expand the horizons of their children . . . so the children discover each other's humanity."
Lubetzky also thinks a lot about nutrition, and what he considers the sacred duty of all food companies: to ensure their products promote good health. He worries that obesity and diabetes are on the rise in the United States, and he urges companies to not simply fall back on using refined sugar or flour over natural ingredients just because they're cheaper. He says consumers pay for those decisions in the form of greater healthcare costs.
The businessman is backing up the sermon with a commitment of $25 million over ten years to create an independent nonprofit organization called Feed the Truth. Its objective is to fight the influence of the food industry on public health.
You always hear corporate leaders talk about how one can do well and, at the same time, do good. But how often do we see it happen?
Lubetzky is pulling it off.
Recently, Mars Inc. announced that it was buying a 40 percent stake in KIND Snacks in a deal that values the company at more than $4 billion.
As founder, Lubetzky still controls the majority of the company. And just like that—though he would never bring it up—my friend's personal net worth jumped to more than a billion dollars.
After about an hour on the phone, as our time together came to an end, I thanked Lubetzky for his time and friendship over the years.
"I'm very proud of you," I told him. "You're a good man, you've developed good products, you do good work, and you're trying to be a good husband and father. So, in all the ways that matter, I'm proud of you."
Take a look at the extraordinary journey of this young man and his family, from a Nazi concentration camp during World War II to corporate success in America eight decades later. From despair, came hope. From oppression, came opportunity. From darkness, came light.
That's quite a magic trick.
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Ruben Navarrette is a syndicated columnist with The Washington Post Writers Group, author of A Darker Shade of Crimson: Odyssey of a Harvard Chicano, and host of the podcast Navarrette Nation.
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The settlement of Ikerasak – "the sound" – is located on an island with the same name in Krajak Fiord, some 45 southeast of Uummannaq. The settlement is the second largest and southernmost in the Uummannaq area.
The settlement's structure is characterised by an extended industrial and port area that winds along the coast, and the centre and residential areas are located behind this are.
As a minimum, the current level of service and housing in Ikerasak is to be maintained. The fishing trade is to be strengthened regularly, and expansion possibilities are to be made available. The size of residential areas should match the actual trends. Because of the size of the settlement, housing standards should be maintained and improved regularly, and old and empty houses (including peat houses) are to be used actively – among other things, in the light of the demand for workshops and community facilities. The conditions for children and youth should be given high priority, e.g. by separating the kindergarten from the service house and by improving the recreational facilities around the lake.
Ikerasak's population increased – overall – until 2006 when it had 279 inhabitants. Since then, the population has dropped to 211, representing a decrease of 24 per cent. No major increase in the population is expected in the years to come, so the planning period will mainly call for replacement buildings in connection with redevelopment.
The settlements of Uummannaq total 509 homes (2010 figures). In 2013, the settlements numbered 359 households and a total of 972 inhabitants. This corresponds to an average household size of 2.7 persons, which is higher than in the town of Uummannaq (2.2).
Future residential development is to extend outwards from the two existing residential areas, and a new residential area has been zoned in the southernmost part of the settlement, and may be put to use in the long term. The remaining capacity of these three areas is considered sufficient, corresponding to around 105 homes.
Housing mainly consists of single-family houses of varying size. Many houses are in need of repair and quite a few are empty.
Because of its location, the settlement offers great conditions for fishing, sealing and whaling all year round. Seals, Greenland halibut, catfish, reindeer and musk oxen are caught. Fishing for Greenland halibut, which is received at Royal Greenland's production facility, is of growing importance. The number of employees at the production facility ranges from two to 25 in the course of a season. In 2013, trading at the facility was closed in several instances because the unsafe winter ice made it impossible to transport the Greenland halibut by snowmobile or dog sledge. In the summer, the fish is collected by freighters.
Ikerasak features two small quays – one by the fish factory at the northern end of the settlement and a schooner quay by the bay in the middle of the settlement. Here, you also find a port for small boats with a pontoon bridge. Along the winding coastline are several bays where you can make fast and haul dinghies.
Jobs in the settlement relate to service, shops, the school, family day care, the laundry, the retirement home, the supply plants, the different municipal activities and tourism. In 2010, the employment rate in the settlements belonging to Uummannaq was 44 per cent, which is two per cent lower than in the town of Uummannaq, but two per cent higher than the average of Qaasuitsup Municipality. Five per cent of the labour force was unemployed, which is lower than in the town of Uummannaq and the municipality as a whole (six per cent).
In the town plan, the remaining capacity for industry and port facilities is around 3,000 m2.
There is a helistop in the southern part of the settlement. Other means of transport primarily include dinghies and small boats. In the winter, dog sledges and snowmobiles are important, running on the sledge track towards the east.
There are no paved roads, and the road structure consists of a north-south-going wheel track from the port and the residential area in the north to the helistop and the dump in the south. From the wheel track, minor side roads spread out towards the school, houses and around the lake. Several roads are more like paths.
The technical supply is handled by Nukissiorfiit. The settlement features a power plant and tank installations located on the shore, in the settlement centre. Water supply is provided by means of an all-year pipeline that runs from a lake north of the settlement to several bottling houses. Houses are heated using private oil burners. The settlement is unsewered, and night soil is collected in drums and discharged into the sea with ramps. Day-time refuse and metal scrap are deposited at the dump in the south of the island.
Telecommunications are handled by TELE Greenland A/S.
Service functions include a nursing station, municipal office and a shop. There are no child-care institutions, but the Meeqqat day-care centre offers child care. Meeqqat is located near the service house featuring a community workshop.
Ikerasak's elementary school (Atuarfik Ole Løvstrøm) numbers around 36 pupils in forms 1 through 9.
The church was established as a school chapel in 1936, but fitted out as a church in 1980. The old cemetery is located next to the school, whereas a more recent cemetery is located half a kilometre south of the settlement, facing the coast.
The following buildings are designated preservation-worthy: (B-49) office from 1854, (B-57/55) integrated warehouses from 1850/1898, (B-60) trade manager's house from 1909, (B-120) and the church from 1937. Along with the more recent warehouses (B-54) from 1941 and (B-56) from 1945, the preservation-worthy buildings constitute one preservation-worthy building environment. The peat wall house (B-890) near the church is proposed to be designated preservation-worthy.
The settlement's village hall provides the settings for part of the cultural and recreational activities, and there is a soccer field near the school. In the winter, the small lake in the northern part of the settlement is used for ball games. Furthermore, a range of associations arrange different activities, and the area offers plenty of opportunities for excursions or fishing.


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Eugen Bejinariu (né le  à Suceava) est un économiste et homme d'État roumain. Il est Premier ministre par intérim de la Roumanie du 21 au 28 décembre 2004.

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Il fait des études au collège national de défense puis à l'académie d'études économiques et commerciales de Bucarest avec spécialisation en vente et management. Il fait l'école militaire d'officiers dans le département  finance. De 1981 à 1998 il est officier d'active au ministère de la défense.

De 1998 à 2000 il est directeur économique au parquet militaire de la Cour suprême.

De 2001 à 2003 il est directeur général  à l'administration centrale du patrimoine d'état. De 2003 à 2004 il est ministre coordinateur au secrétariat général du gouvernement. Après une semaine comme premier ministre par intérim en décembre 2004, il est élu député au parlement roumain de 2004 à 2012.

Eugen Bejinariu est membre du conseil national du PSD. Il exerce à titre civil les professions d'économiste et d'expert comptable. Il est décoré de l'Ordre de l'Étoile de Roumanie dans la classe de chevalier.

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The video, which runs for nearly six minutes, shows the arrest of Dover resident Lateef Dickerson at a petrol station, The News Journal reported. Halfway through, Webster and other officers are seen yelling at Dickerson to "get on the f**king ground".
According to the News Journal, the footage was shot from another officer's dashboard camera and includes audio from a police dispatcher reporting a fight at the gas station. Officers are seen racing to find one of the men involved, who was described as wearing a yellow hat and a white shirt. Dickerson matches that description when police catch up to him.
Webster's kick rendered 30-year-old Dickerson unconscious and broke his jaw. The 41-year-old officer was placed on administrative leave.
A Kent County grand jury indicted Webster on Monday for assault. According to the News Journal, a separate grand jury in 2014 refused to indict the officer. However, new Attorney General Matt Denn reviewed the file last week and requested a grand jury review the case.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Delaware announced it was suing the city on behalf of Lateef over the incident and was seeking damages and practice changes in the Dover Police Department.
ACLU executive director Kathleen MacRae released a statement saying the footage "demonstrates the need for large-scale reform of the Dover Police Department, specifically improvements to their use of force and internal affairs practices, and supervision of their officers."
Webster's attorney James Liguori told the Associated Press that once footage from Webster's own patrol car was released, "everybody's going to be satisfied that no crime was committed. They've only seen half the movie."
According to the AP, the president of the Central Delaware Branch of the NAACP criticised the release of the video, citing fears of unrest among community members. "This premature release I don't believe sends the right message, and it places unnecessary risk on members of the community," La Mar Gunn said.
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The AP reported that the video was released by Dover police after a federal judge ruled that it was no longer considered confidential. The ruling was in response to the lawsuit filed by the ACLU.


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Between the ever-evolving trends of fashion and the demands from consumers, retail display trends change frequently to keep up with the times. You can even tell when the weather outside is about to get hotter or colder as displays change.
How do brick and mortar locations stay on the top of their game? To best maneuver the twists and turns of the retail world, in-store displays have to be on brand and on trend.
Especially in times of sales, special events, and seasons changing, retail display trends can change from one day to another.
Consumerism is getting depth; customers want to feel connected to your brand.
Connection means more than a nice salesperson or a fun fitting room. It means creating an experience. What does your consumer have to look forward to when they come into your location?
Give them more to enjoy than just the new collection of clothes or beauty products in stock. Make use of fun, interactive retail display trends that make them stop and take the moment in.
The better a moment is created, the more likely a customer is to look around your shop and walk out the door with a purchase made.
Focus on making memories with your customers first and making profits will follow.
Speaking of memories, this year has nostalgia in the air.
Retail display trends are taking customers down memory lane with peg letter boards on shelves and more vintage feels. What used to be seen only in quirky coffee shops or diners is now alongside big designers and fancy shoes.
Old styles bring a new, refreshing take to the modern world. This method is being welcomed with open arms by consumers and retailers alike.
Who knew a mental stroll down memory lane would lead to a line at the register?
This is one of the most available (and important) aspects of retail display trends.
Technology is part of our lives. It is how we get up in the morning and get around town and, usually, how we make a purchase. Might as well get customers engaged in the purchase cycle with technology, too.
One of the most popular methods of doing so is smart shelves. Smart shelves communicate in real time with both the consumer and the retailer. They can take inventory, adjust prices, and even express other important details like expiration dates.
Branded light boxes are another tech trend to look out for.
These are cost-effective twists on traditional posters or signs customers are used to seeing in the window. Instead of the boring, same-old-same-old the fun, bright lights grab attention with campaign photos or inspirational quotes.
They can be placed in key areas of the store like sales sections, with new collections, or at checkout.
Some retailers are even combing steps one and two with things like motion censored displays and interactive screens. Such screens include smart mirrors that let customers try clothes on virtually without having to wait for a fitting room.
Speaking of innovation, do not be afraid to play with different creative styles.
Often times, things repeat themselves as they evolve. Summer fashion will always be about showing some skin and getting out in the sun. Winter is about cozy cover-ups and warm layers.
Mixing retail display trends is a way to reflect market patterns in a way that feels new and exciting. It makes your customers stop and take a second to take everything in.
It is also an extra avenue of expressing the uniqueness of your brand. This is something everyone looks for when shopping from door to door – what sets you apart? Why should someone purchase from you and not the competition next door?
Having the right mix of styles like urban, rustic, modern, vintage, and international (to name a few) can actually mean drawing enough attention to make your potential customers curious. From there, the clothes and products can take care of the rest.
The important part is keeping people interested as they browse around and make their way through the store.
Customers are looking to support sustainable efforts. They are bought-in to climate change, which in turn can be an effective tactic to have them buy something in your store, too.
In fact, more than half of global responders purchased goods from a socially responsible company in the past six months.
Using sustainable materials for in-store displays helps brands express their stance on protecting the planet.
Promoting eco-friendly fashion is a win-win for the consumer and the retailer. Things like bamboo, recycled glass and reclaimed wood feel natural. They greatly contribute to a store's layout and feel natural to the customer.
Retail display trends that reflect brand values and initiatives will make lasting connections with consumers.
Particularly in the areas of sustainable efforts like Adida's plastic shoes or Stella McCartney's recycled suits, it is safe to say going green is a trend that is not going out of style anytime soon.
The consumer world is shifting towards saving the planet, and the retail world needs to follow the signs.
Although it is hard to say what to expect in the future of fashion collections, one thing is certain – customers will continue to take to the streets.
An afternoon browsing around the mall or a trip to a popular boutique is more than just a purchase opportunity. It is an experience many consumers enjoy and look forward to.
By adapting to the retail display trends of the times, brands have a valuable opportunity to make lasting connections with customers.
Displays can provide more than something to buy. Displays create experiences. They are lasting memories and powerful impressions that stay with customers long after other things go out of style.
Have more retail display trends you want to share? Leave us a comment below.
Loved your post. Each point that you make is so relevant. Firstly, yes, you need to engage the customer, and for this you need to know your target market inside out, and then base your designs on this knowledge. Also, I agree with the going green trend. Today, if you can position your company as one that is socially conscious and responsible, you can win a lot of brownie points from your target market, especially millennials.


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If it was possible to have your memories altered or deleted, would you have it done to help you get over a particularly painful break-up? That is the big question posed by this brilliant sci-fi comedy drama, as both Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet are forced to relive the highs and lows of their tumultuous relationship.
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25 years later, Presidio and Redford remember Esequiel Hernandez, Jr.
By Annie Rosenthal
Published May 20, 2022 at 4:55 PM CDT
Margarito Hernandez stands at the place where his younger brother, Esequiel, was killed by camouflaged Marines while out herding his goats in 1997. (Annie Rosenthal / Marfa Public Radio)
On May 20, 1997, a Marine on a covert anti-drug operation shot and killed Hernandez, an 18-year-old Presidio High School student, who was herding his goats near his family home in the small border community of Redford. In their own words, Esequiel's family and friends tell us how that day changed life along the river forever, and how they remember him now.
By Annie Rosenthal, co-produced with Carlos Morales
This story was reported in collaboration with Alfredo Corchado of the Dallas Morning News. To read more about how Esequiel's community thinks his story should inform our approach to border security, click here.
Twenty-five years ago today, a Presidio High School student named Esequiel Hernandez Jr. was herding his goats near his family's home in Redford when he was shot and killed by Marines on a covert anti-drug operation. The camouflaged soldiers alleged that Esequiel had shot in their direction — but his family and community believe he never even knew they were there.
The case made national headlines: it was the first time American soldiers had killed a civilian on U.S. soil since Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University in 1970. And in the aftermath of Esequiel's death, the Pentagon pulled the military from the border.
But the Marine who killed Esequiel was never indicted. And just a few years later, 9/11 would give rise to the ever-expanding border security apparatus we see today. Now, as the Texas governor again sends military to the border to head off smuggling efforts, Esequiel's community in Redford and Presidio says his death created a wound that has yet to heal.
Over the years, this story has been told many times in newspapers and magazines. And today, as we mark the anniversary, we wanted to bring you something different. In the audio above, you'll only hear the voices of the people who knew Esequiel — his family, friends, classmates, and teachers. They'll tell you in their own words what happened in 1997, and what Esequiel means to them now.
Esequiel Hernandez Jr., 18, shown in this 1997 high school yearbook photo, was shot and killed by a Marine conducting a drug surveillance operation with his unit along the Texas border Tuesday, May 20, 1997. (AP Photo / Eric Gray)
DAVID MARQUEZ: It's been years and years since somebody, that they would have come over to me and asked me about Esequiel, you know.
I mean, it's something you're never gonna forget, you know? Because he was pretty much my best friend here, my buddy.
He was a good guy, he was always, you know, cheerful in all weathers.
MARGARITO HERNANDEZ: My brother? He was kind of quiet, kind of shy. But he was a good kid. I don't think my parents had any problems with him.
ARIAN VELAZQUEZ-ORNELAS: He was really quiet, really reserved, he stayed to himself a lot. Basically a hometown boy.
TINO MARTINEZ: I still picture him with a booklet full of his drawings. And he always had that pencil in his hand, always drawing.
And he would sit right in the corner in the window. That was his desk. We could sit anywhere we wanted to, but we knew not to sit there because that's where he loved sitting, looking at the mountain and drawing.
Retired Presidio High School teacher Christine Manriquez holds up a poster memorializing her former student, Esequiel Hernandez, Jr. (Annie Rosenthal / Marfa Public Radio)
MARGARITO HERNANDEZ: He was a young kid, you know, with all this life in front of him. Like any other kid in high school, trying to get his driver's license, you know, doing good in school.
DAVID MARQUEZ: In high school, he was in ballet, ballet folklorico. Dancing, you know? He liked to do that a lot.
CHRISTINE MANRIQUEZ: I had him in dance class. He was a very, very shy student, and wasn't sure he wanted to do that. But Esequiel blossomed, really in dance class.
HILDA ESTRADA: De Esequiel yo lo recuerdo con mucho cariño porque era un muchacho respetuoso.
JOHN FERGUSON: He just had that kind of, what do you call it, cowboy look to him. You know, he was a country boy.
David Marquez stands in front of the Rio Grande in Redford. He and Esequiel grew up riding horses and donkeys around here. (Annie Rosenthal / Marfa Public Radio)
DAVID MARQUEZ: We started riding donkeys first, maybe when we were like six or seven. And we just rode all over the place and you know, just did what kids do. Sometimes we'd go to Mexico to go eat, drink Cokes, and buy some Doritos, and hang out with the kids over there.
And then we got horses later on as we grew older and we used to go to the hills, care for his goats and go to the river.
CHRISTINE MANRIQUEZ: He had his own little herd and he would go out and, my understanding was after school like most kids, go out and take his animals off into the mountains or the hills behind his house. And take his old rusty .22, just like any other kid.
HILDA ESTRADA: Esta fecha de su aniversario, de la tragedia, lo recuerdo con mucho amor, pero con dolor, porque sí me duele recordarlo.
ARIAN VELAZQUEZ-ORNELAS: I remember that day, actually. It was, really, like a thunderstorm coming in. And that night was just – you could see it everywhere around you. And you either felt it in the air, or it was – something was eerie about that night.
MARGARITO HERNANDEZ: And my brother had just taken off with the goats. And the way he was coming on the trail when they showed – and they marked where he was walking.
ARIAN VELAZQUEZ-ORNELAS: He came down to the river, and he was carrying his .22 because there were coyotes, and coyotes will take your goats. And so he heard a rustle, he shot his 22, and that was probably like what clicked in the Marines' heads as we're under fire, we're under attack.
And as they're, you know, trying to see who this person is, they start to stalk him, they start to go up on the ridge, as he's down in the gully.
That's when they shot him.
MARGARITO HERNANDEZ: I was living in Alpine. My wife was the one that answered the phone, you know. And then when I heard her crying I was like, "What's happening?"
CHRISTINE MANRIQUEZ: News came across the radio, there had been a shooting in Redford. And we didn't know at the time who it was, it was later in the evening.
MARGARITO HERNANDEZ: We got ready and took off, you know, went across and it was raining. The creek was running real bad, you know, that Terneras creek?
CHRISTINE MANRIQUEZ: It was just raining, the lights went out. And we were just huddled around in my home with my kids, you know, listening to the radio to see what else we could hear. (x)
MARGARITO HERNANDEZ: The sheriff was there, there was a bunch of Border Patrols. And the sheriff helped me out. He said just don't touch him. But he let me go and see him where he was laying down.
CHRISTINE MANRIQUEZ: The only thing that I could gather was that there was no immediate help for Esequiel. And I'm not sure how many hours you know, he was out there. And of course, it was just pouring rain. But my understanding is he died out there.
MARGARITO HERNANDEZ: He got shot six days after his birthday. He was born on the 14th, shot on the 20th. It was six days after his birthday.
Margarito Hernandez holds the gun his brother Esequiel, was carrying when he was killed in 1997. The Marine who shot Esequiel said the killing was self defense, but Margarito says Esequiel carried the World War I-era rifle to protect his goats from animals, and never would have aimed at a person. (Annie Rosenthal / Marfa Public Radio)
HILDA ESTRADA: El día de la desgracia — porque yo le llamo así, una tragedia más bien — ay, que me llega mucho todavía, lo recuerdo con mucho cariño. Ese día fue muy impactante para los muchachos.
CHRISTINE MANRIQUEZ: By the time class came about the following day, most students already knew. I mean, word just got, you know, spread so fast. It was just chaos.
TINO MARTINEZ: We didn't know if it was the Marines, we didn't know if it was the army. I remember there was rumors here and there. But nobody was exactly, exactly – who it was or what personne, what branch it was. We didn't know that.
ARIAN VELAZQUEZ-ORNELAS: And when we found out a lot about the details, it was like a shock to the whole community, and especially the school. I distinctly remember being in the cafeteria, and everybody just crying.
CHRISTINE MANRIQUEZ: People were upset, obviously, because Marines are trained to kill. So they had no business on our border. And then when they were brought here, I'm sure they were drilled on how everybody that they met on the border, or the river, along the river, were bad guys.
ARIAN VELAZQUEZ-ORNELAS: And that's kind of what they were fed in their minds – to think that, you know, this is a smuggling community when it was just the most quietest community that you have in this region.
HILDA ESTRADA: Para que venían si aquí no era un pueblo de narcotraficantes principalmente? Es sano este lugar.
ARIAN VELAZQUEZ-ORNELAS: And so when these Marines were kind of set up to come down and protect the border, they were there to observe. If they were to see any type of action that were supposed to contact Border Patrol, they were not supposed to engage.
HILDA ESTRADA: Esequiel estaba como se acostumbra, cuidando sus animalitos, como un pastor, y con su rifle .22 — que puede hacer?
DAVID MARQUEZ: If they would've asked me, if he would have shot them, I would've said no, because he's not that kind of person. We're not the kind of person who'll be shooting at, you know, at other people. There's no way.
ARIAN VELAZQUEZ-ORNELAS: It put a big stain on this community because, you know, we respected the military, he wanted to be a Marine. He had a poster of the Marines in his room.
TINO MARTINEZ: Being a high school kid, a teenager, you think about military being safe. Protecting? That's what we get told. And that's what they preach.
Yeah, we're angry. Yeah, we're mad. Because it could be anybody. You know, I mean, why? Everybody asked the question, why him? That was the question, why him?
Now that I'm a father, it could be my kids. Or it could be somebody else's kids. We know it's a small town where everybody knows everybody. So we really don't need no military to take over our borders.
Tino Martinez was a classmate of Esequiel Hernandez at Presidio High School. He remembers Esequiel as a passionate artist who especially loved horses and Western landscapes. (Annie Rosenthal / Marfa Public Radio)
CHRISTINE MANRIQUEZ: It certainly changed our thinking. Because the river was a safe place when I was growing up…But then as things started progressing, and I guess this particular event really changed people's minds…It's just not not a place that we want to be anymore.
DAVID MARQUEZ: When that happened months later, you have to be just wary about where would you go and you didn't want to make anything foolish or something and you know, have have the same thing happened to Eseuqiel. Or just getting in trouble you know, because you didn't know what was out there in thickets and in the brush by the river no more.
MARGARITO HERNANDEZ: It's kind of a scary feeling, you know? Because after that, and after my brother died, you know, it was hard for my nephews because they wanted to go hunt, or they want to go target shooting or something, you know, and my sisters went like, No, you ain't going on a walk with your gun, you ain't going nowhere.
Hilda Estrada taught Esequiel Hernandez in dance class at Presidio High School. She refers to Esequiel as a martyr. (Annie Rosenthal / Marfa Public Radio)
ARIAN VELAZQUEZ-ORNELAS: I remember the school loaded everybody up in the bus that wanted to go to the funeral. And we came down here and in the church and up on the, on the hill with them and his family was just so distraught…
TINO MARTINEZ: A lot of us went to the funeral. A lot of us. We like to support each other in this town. But I do remember going to his funeral. There was a lot of people, a lot of people.
CHRISTINE MANRIQUEZ: From everywhere. A lot of people from everywhere. It was very, very solemn. And very humble.
Yes, and then I went later, to the anniversaries. Every year, we would go to that when possible to the little church and listen to mass.
ARIAN VELAZQUEZ-ORNELAS: We graduated in '99. We did a little memorial for him. We put his chair out there with his gown and his cap and his portrait.
TINO MARTINEZ: There's a tree I believe planted in front of the high school in memory of Esequiel.
A tree memorializing Esequiel Hernandez stands tall outside of Presidio High School. (Annie Rosenthal / Marfa Public Radio)
TINO MARTINEZ: Mostly when we talk about him is when there's about eight or 10 of us from the classmates from '99.
It could be 25 years later, it could be 30 years later, it could be 50 years later. Esequiel's still gonna be in our hearts and Esequiel is very part of this town.
MARGARITO HERNANDEZ: That same year, when my brother was killed, he was killed in May. And I had a son, he said he was killed on the 20th of May. And I had a son on the 20th of September, that same year, and I named him Esequiel, so he's Esequiel Hernandez. He really enjoys art. He's going to be an art teacher.
JOHN FERGUSON: You know I think if Esequiel were still alive today, he would probably still be ranching here, in the Bend Bend, you know, probably in the Redford area.
ARIAN VELAZQUEZ-ORNELAS: I think he'd have a bunch of kids. He loves big families. He had a big family. He probably would have stayed, you know, to take care of his parents.
CHRISTINE MANRIQUEZ: He would have been a successful person in that he would have been happy doing what he liked the most.
DAVID MARQUEZ: I still kept doing whatever him and I used to do. Sometimes I think about what our lives would've been if he would have still be alive, and our families, you know.
If he was here, I would tell him that I've missed him a long -- you know, forever. And let's go back to do the things we used to do.
Margarito Hernandez holds up a photo of his brother, Esequiel Hernandez, Jr. (Annie Rosenthal / Marfa Public Radio)
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what are you talking about and what animal is called Ciel in Dinka language? psychopath ideology is not a way forward and we should let it go with the old Sudan. why do people in this network look everything and judge everything in tribal term. it seems like there is nothing we can do without tribe in it.
when did Dr. John Garang talked about South Sudan new capital called Ramciel?
In Dinka language i know " ciel" mean between or middle for example, yin ba yook ciel or raan wen ka ke kaac ne kooc ciel yic.


Insight host Beth Ruyak introduces The View From Here: Place and Privilege, an in-depth multimedia initiative examining the housing crisis in Sacramento. In this first podcast episode, reporters Amy Quinton, Cosmo Garvin and Pauline Bartolone discuss the people, places and policies they've covered over the course of the yearlong project.
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Guild Master Gaming July 08, 2019
Quick Look: Get in My Belly Preview
Designer: Shawn Wilson
Illustrated by: Sincerely Sam
Graphic Design: Board Game Design
Publisher: Shawnsolo Games
Year of Publish: 2019
No. of Players: 2–5
Playing Time: 45–60 minutes
Some games are delightfully deceptive. The look of Get in My Belly by Shawnsolo Games looks like it should be played by children, but the number of options for your strategy is for grownups. The material is acceptable for younger gamers—the write-ups on the backstory of the game, races, and the food are fun to read, and a younger crowd will find them hilarious. The multiple levels of strategy in Get in My Belly kept the players focused on what was happening with each round of play.
We had five players with a demo version of Get in My Belly. The developer is looking to be on Kickstarter soon. I also had the opportunity of playing a two-person round with the developer at the St. George Board Game Convention in 2018.
Get in My Belly is about aliens participating in eating competitions. The different characters players have available don't provide any advantages to play, they are merely color selections that add a little flavor to your backstory. The main goal is to win eating competition trophies. Victory points are also earned by attempting to overeat during a competition, completing objectives, winning prizes, and advancing in "The Big Three" which happens as you advance in other areas.
On display at convention
Because of the multiple routes of earning victory points, players need to develop a balanced approach to their strategy, be willing to take chances, and be able to adjust as the game changes during the round. This complexity of play isn't for everyone. This is a fun game for those who want to dive into a game that keeps them focused on what everyone around the table is doing. One subtle move by another player can change your winning play into a pointless pile in front of you.
I enjoyed playing Get in My Belly. I even lost, and I mean I came in last place with the winner having more than doubled my score. As a reviewer, this is a game I should've played and then gone back and taken notes. In other words, I missed plays by others and missed out on scoring. I'm looking forward to a rematch.
The complexity of Get in My Belly is in the strategy, not the set up. Setting up the game only takes a couple of minutes. Clean up is the same. There are not a lot of components needing to be organized. There are three decks, markers and meeples for each player, and second chance markers to set to the side.
Each player starts with 6 cards from the Food Deck, which is comprised of Action and Food cards. Then the Food swap area is filled and the rest are put in reserve. Objective cards are dealt to everyone and each person decides which ones to keep while the rest are set aside for later use in the game. Prize cards are turned over in the prize area for selection as people win competitions.
Here is where the strategy of the game takes place.
Each game moves through 6 phases. Phases 1 through 4 are repeated as a game turn. 5 and 6 are end of game scoring and declaration of the Galactic Eating Cup Champion.
One of the characters
Phase 1 is setup. During this phase the game is set up as above to play, or parts of the board are reset after phase 4 has been reached and the winning condition hasn't been met.
Phase 2 is choosing benefits. Somewhat of a worker placement mechanic as each player selects a benefit and then a favorite food for the round. You also have the option of choosing a one shot benefit for the round. However, the one shot only applies to the round and you only get one per game. The final part of this phase is exchanging cards from your hand with cards in the food swap.
Phase 3 is the eating phase. This starts with each player making a concealed bid with the Food cards from their hand. Everyone reveals their bid at the same time. Then you have the option of attempting to overeat on one of the 5 competition foods. At the end of the eating phase, if someone has consumed 6 of any one food, then the game moves to phase 4. If not, hands are replenished to 6 Food cards and Phase 3 continues.
How you play your cards is important because beside the count of food on the card there are additional trophies and advancements that can be won.
Phase 4 is scoring the round, collecting trophies and prizes, and advancing the Big Three. The board is resent (Phase 1 stuff) and the next round is started with Phase 2.
Phase 5 is started when a player has won 12 trophies. Final scoring takes place and the grand champion of culinary consumption is crowned.
Theme and Mechanics
Aliens discovered a derelict mining ship from Earth and from the records they recovered come to believe that food (especially tacos) and eating competitions were highly regarded by the human race. They then developed their own eating competitions which has led to the creation of the Galactic Eating Cup, a highly prized award.
Another Character
There are several mechanics used in Get in My Belly. I tried to give a feeling for each as they are used during gameplay above. You have private objectives to work for, hand management and play, and a selection of benefits by claiming prizes and advancing choices on your score card. I didn't mention there are combinations of these strategies for end of game scoring. All which need to be considered while making choices of what to choose and what to play while the game proceeds.
Artwork and Components
You have alien races eating alien food. The artwork is fun and builds on the theme and the backstory of the game. Each has its own write-up giving a smorgasbord of delights.
I played with developmental components. At this stage they are good, but were designed to be functional for demonstrating and playtesting. Based on the artwork and past history of the developer I expect everything to be a quality that can be proudly displayed on a game table.
Complex strategy. This game made everyone think.
A theme that created fun, interesting, and sometimes obnoxious table comments and noises.
Complex strategy versus the look, younger players wanted to play and didn't fully comprehend all of the options. Or they became overwhelmed with the choices.
All 5 of the players enjoyed Get in My Belly. The complexity was a little harder to grasp at the start and required referring back to the rules, and some table discussion. All agreed they would gladly play it again. Having the chance to first play a 2-player round, and then a 5-player game, I would suggest this works better for more than 2 players.
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More complex games requiring you pay attention to what is happening. It is not fast paced, but there is a lot going on with all of the options.
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Senate Schedules July Crypto Hearing on Facebook's Libra Coin
Jun 20 2019 · 08:56 UTC | Updated Jun 26 2019 · 13:00
by Teuta Franjkovic · 3 min read
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The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on July 16 about Facebook's new cryptocurrency, Libra. The hearing came after members of Congress said there is a need to more closely examine Libra and its potential risks.
US Senate Banking Committee announced they will be holding a hearing next month to question witnesses over Facebook's new cryptocurrency initiative, Libra.
The hearing, called "Examining Facebook's Proposed Digital Currency and Data Privacy Considerations," is set for July 16th, but the committee has yet to decide who exactly will be testifying.
The hearing should be based on investigating the Libra project "as well as any data privacy considerations it may raise." While no witnesses have been formally announced, a source told Reuters that Facebook's point man on blockchain, David Marcus, can be expected to testify at the hearing. He recently said:
"The network will be available globally when it's ready, and then it's up to individual wallets to decide whether to go global or focus on specific countries. Facebook is now in the process of obtaining the appropriate licenses … in order to operate in as many geographies as we possibly can."
Just for a reminder, Facebook is working with 27 partners on this project, all of them member of Fortune 500, and its subsidiary Calibra is set to launch a Libra wallet on Messenger, WhatsApp, and another standalone app in 2020.
First country they choose to start work in will probably be countries where banking and money-transfer services often come with exorbitant fees and where Facebook serves as the primary portal to the internet for millions of people.
After the news about hearing was announced, senator Elizabeth Warren tweeted:
Facebook has too much power and a terrible track record when it comes to protecting our private information. We need to hold them accountable—not give them the chance to access even more user data. #BreakUpBigTech https://t.co/eQr06VMMyx
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 19, 2019
Sen. Josh Hawley said that it seems like Facebook is expanding their monopoly with its new cryptocurrency project. He said:
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He added that there needs to be an antitrust investigation and that in the meantime, if it's just a fine of a few billion dollars, that's a speeding ticket to Facebook.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, confirmed that Facebook met with the central bank in the run-up to the reveal of its Libra cryptocurrency.
He was a little bit more gentle on the company saying there is a long way for potential effects on monetary policymaking to happen and "digital currencies are in their infancy." He said:
"So essentially…not too concerned about the central banks no longer being able to carry out monetary policy because of cryptocurrencies or digital currencies."
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here's the link to the new Death Cab Video. It's animated and interesting.
Directed by Walter Robot, a.k.a. the team of multimedia artist Bill Barminski and writer Christopher Louie.