In Guadalajara - This is what is on TV

It's 9:30 in Guadalajara, Mexico and here's what is on tv telecable

Canal TV Guide
Pasion (on 2 channels)
Noticias(News on a few channels)
Los Simpsons
Malcom el de en Medio
Rules of Engagement
Bob Esponja - or Sponge Bob
Que hay de nuevo Scooby Doo
Bugs Bunny el Pato Lucas
Alf
Cirugia cosmetica - Cosmetic Surgery
In the time of Butterflies - Salma Hayek and Marc Anthony
Billy Elliot
Dirty Dancing
Cold Case
Locas de Amor
Dr. 90210
Grey's Anatomy
Poker Babes
Dos cops rebelde - Will Smith and Martin Lawrence
Wolrd Series of Poker
Dona Perfecta (1950's film - Mexican) Delores del Rio, Film
Glen Close in something...un canto de esperanza
Dead Fred
The Fabulous life of ...VH1
Fabuloso vida de
Dr. Phil
Bandidos - with Bruce Willis

Article on most beautiful airports

This is the airport that I thought was most beautiful - or perhaps it was the photo.
Tokyo International Airport (HND/RJTT) Terminal 2

Hyougushi Nov 15th 2007 11:56AM

Brains vs beauty

Love this quote:
Question: Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the United States on a world map. Why do you think this is?

Miss Teen South Carolina: "I personally believe the U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh...people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and...I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., err, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our...

Kate Moss:
Many times i have wanted to be as thin or pretty as Kate Moss, but now I feel grateful that for being the super nerd that I am when I read this bit.

At a charity party, Kate Moss was talking to Britain's Conservative Party Leader, David Cameron, about flood damage to their homes and she confused him for a plumber and asked him for his number, for which he was very flattered.

The article doesn't say how she found out later that she had made this big mistake, or how he told her he was Britain's main opposition party leader, but I am sure it was in interesting conversation. Ouch how embarrassing.

A write up on the CLA Latino Teen Program & other stuff

[Services_to_latinos] CLA Annual Conference Roundtable Meeting
listserv email Fri 11/2/2007

Jacqueline Ayala wrote:
¡Saludos a todos!

It was wonderful to see so many individuals at the conference.

As you may know, I live and work in San Diego. Our esteemed colegas,
José Aponte (San Diego County Library Director) and Patrick Suillivan
(San Diego State Univesity Business Librarian, REFORMA Chair of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Committee and LIBROS Treasurer) were unable to attend or called back home from CLA (respectively) due to the Wlidfires catastrophe that we experienced.

Cynthia Smith chaired the roundtable meeting on Saturday afternoon. You took the reins last year when it was so very crucial ! A controversy regarding Ken Burns' The War surfaced in the Fall and as the Services to Latino Roundtable chair you were attempting to communicate as much information as possible.

Thank you for your efforts and maintainence of the SLRT in 2007. And for not expending any of our funds which remain somewhere in the $250 range. Present also at the meeting was special guest, Camila Alire, from Colorado who visited to speak to CA library workers about her campaign for national office.

I attended the presentation "If you invite them,They Will Come...Y Ahora Que? Teens in the Library" sponsored by this Roundtable. Kudos first and foremost to Martha Arroyo-Neves, Pete Villaseñor and Ida daRoza for your work and success in serving our youth.

The workshop you gave was so good. People stayed afterwards to speak to each panelist and Martha especially fulfilled what she set out to do back in Sacramento last year. Mil gracias! The audience was not disappointed.

Our next two chairs were selected at the SLRT meeting on Saturday. Ida Z. (San Mateo County Library) will serve next, and Yvonne Tello (Ventura County) will assist in order to take over in 2009. I look forward to the future and admire that both of you will be leading us in activities and direction.

I know there is so much more to discuss--so please do not hesitate to respond.

Sincerely,
Jacqueline

ida's note
Well, I don't think the info is quite right about me being chair - I remember that it was suggested that Yvonne and I co-chair, but I was going to talk to her about chairing and I could give her support...we'll have to work that one out...

CLA - in So Cal October 2007

My strongest impressions are from my last two days at the conference and the people I met and talked to...on Sunday I did the programming for Latino teens presentation with two true blue Latino teen librarians....

Pete from Oakland Public talked about making Day of the Dead Masks for teens honoring those that had died in their lives...and it was sad that there were so many teens that had friends about their age who had died. Martha from SFPL talked about going to talk to teen boys in the Mission district and teaching them how to cut around particular streets to avoid gangs to get to the library. It was powerful to hear this, and to know what the library has provided to some, especially with librarians like Pete and Martha who are working one on one with this underserved and sometimes feared communities.

This was contrasted with the following day that I spent with a long-time friend who now lives in L.A. and is in the television industry. She picked me up in her audi with computerized GPS and computer console built into the front panel. She gave me a tour through L.A. , Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica...it was good to see her, but I couldn't stop contrasting this experience and thinking about the population that Latino population that I had heard about -- and it felt painful to see and hear all the excess a $140 lunch for two, a celebrity culture where getting green lighted on a project is the focus -and in the meantime it is a lot about looking good, being extremely thin, well dressed, manicured and being in the right places, knowing the right people.

We live in a state with such extremes. Honestly, both lifestyles looked quite painful to me in different ways. Not having enough, or having too much and it never being enough or good enough.

My friend talked to me about Owen Wilson and said that this kind of extreme anxiety to depression happens a lot in the industry and she has experienced it herself.

I am not sure how to wrap this up, I should write about the conference inforamtion that I learned -- but our profession is about people and I learned a lot through these people I met.