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Archive for February 8th, 2006

Latino celebs down for a cause

1:20 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Celebrities|Entertainment|society · Comments Off

8 Feb 2006

juanes.jpgIBLNews has a piece outlining the various social causes that Latino celebs are supporting. It’s a pretty thorough rundown of what the stars are calling important to them. Here’s a quick summary:

Shakira: Children affected by political strife in Colombia, “guitarras para la reconciliación nacional

Soraya: Breast cancer

Juanes: Land mines, “guitarras para la reconciliación nacional“, ambassador for AIDS prevention campaign “Youth AIDS”

Juan Luis Guerra: Public health issues

Thalia:
Prevention of premature births

Ricky Martin:
Child pornography and trafficking

Don Omar: Drop-out prevention programs

For a more thorough description of what the stars are doing in support of these causes, read the whole article.

Via IBLNews and Ticias

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Pionera of Tortilla Chip Passes

11:11 am By Maegan La Mala · Food · Comments Off

8 Feb 2006

tortillera.jpg 98 year-old Rebecca Webb Carranza who cut, fried, and serve some triangular shaped leftover tortilla pedacitos (aka the tortilla chip) at a family party and then mechanized the process, passed on last month. Carranza and her familia’s company, El Zarape Tortilla Factory, modernized the tortilla industry.

Corn and flour disks poured off the conveyor belt more than 12 times faster than they could be made by hand. At first many came out “bent” or misshapen, as company President Rebecca Webb Carranza recalled decades later, and were thrown away.

Via / Boing Boing

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