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ENTERTAINMENT: Mexicans rejoice at Iñárritu’s Oscar victories > 17
IMMIGRATION: Immigrants feel stuck after judge blocks orders > 15
The most anticipated fightFloyd Mayweather to face Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd > 2
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SPORTS
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP)
The Fight is finally on.
F l o y d Mayweather Jr. will meet Manny Pac-quiao on May 2 in a welterweight show-down that will be boxing’s richest fight ever. Mayweather himself announced the bout Friday after months of nego-tiations, posting a picture of the signed contract online.
The long antici-pated bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will almost surely break every financial record ever, and make both boxers richer than ever. Mayweather could earn $120 million or more, while Pacquiao’s split of the purse will likely be around $80 million.
The fight, which matches boxing’s two biggest attractions in recent years, has been in the making for five years. It finally came together in recent months with both fighters putting aside past dif-ferences over various issues — including
drug testing and television rights — to reach agreement.
“I promised the fans we would get this done and that’s exactly what we did” Mayweather said.
While the fight rivals the 2002 heavy-weight title bout between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson for interest, it comes more than five years after the first real effort to put the fighters together in their prime. Most boxing observers believe both have lost some of their skills, though Mayweather remains a master defensive fighter and Pacquiao showed in his last fight against Chris Algieri that he still has tremendous quickness in his hands.
Still, Pacquiao is 36 and has been through many wars in the ring. And while Mayweather has been largely untouched in his career, he turns 38 on Tuesday.
Pacquiao was sleeping in the Philip-pines when the fight was announced, but his camp issued a statement saying the fans deserve the long awaited fight.
“It is an honor to be part of this his-toric event,” Pacquiao said. “I dedicate this fight to all the fans who willed this fight to happen and, as always, to bring glory to the Philippines and my fellow Filipinos around the world.”
As part of the agreement, Mayweather insisted on having the right to announce the bout. He also won concessions from the Pacquiao camp on who enters the ring first, what type of gloves are used, and a number of other issues, including a reported 60-40 split of the purse.
Mayweather to fight Pacquiao on May 2
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (left) and Manny Pacquiao will square off in the ring on May 2, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Table of Contents23
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SPORTS: Mayweather to fight Pacquiao on May 2
STATE: Deadly police shooting stirs more protests in Pasco
HEALTH LITERACY: Why and how often does one need a Complete Eye Exam?
FINANCIAL LITERACY: Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions
ENTERTAINMENT: Mexicans rejoice at Iñárritu’s Oscar victories
OUR FAITH: Who is Really the Servant?
IMMIGRATION: Immigrants feel stuck after judge blocks Obama order
COLUMN: From my Balcony: In 10 years: Mexico will not be prepared for the return of migrants
COLUMN: Dave Says: Protect yourself
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STATE
PASCO, Washington (AP)
The rallying cry in Ferguson, Missouri, was “Hands up, don’t shoot!” In New York, it was “I
can’t breathe!” In Pasco these days, the protest signs say things like “It was just a rock!!!”
In a case with unmistakable echoes of Ferguson and New York, demonstrators have gathered every day during the past week in front of City Hall to demand answers in the deadly police shooting of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, a 35-year-old Mexican immigrant and former orchard worker who authorities say was throwing rocks at officers.
The Feb. 10 killing — captured on cell-phone video by an onlooker — was the fourth by law enforcement officers in Pasco in less than a year. It has sparked calls for a federal investigation and roiled this fast-growing agricultural city of 68,000, where more than half the resi-dents are Hispanic but few are members of the police force or the power structure.
Protesters and police officials alike say
they want to avoid the violence and acrimony that happened in Fergu-son last year when offi-cers shot and killed an unarmed black 18-year-old.
“We will continue to be calm, until they give us a reason not to,” said pro-tester Hector Alamillo, 62, of Pasco. “We are not a Ferguson. We will not burn things down.”
But Alamillo said His-panics are “very distrust-ful right now” and are wondering why officers did not use non-lethal force to subdue Zambrano-Montes.
In the cellphone video, Zambrano-Montes is seen running across a busy street, pursued by three officers. As he stops and turns around, gunshots ring out and he falls dead.
While the shooting is under investiga-tion by a regional task force — and being watched by the FBI — police have said
that Zambrano-Montes had hit two offi-cers with rocks and had refused to put down other stones. They also said a stun gun failed to subdue him.
The case has cast a spotlight on the ethnic makeup of working-class Pasco, an apple-, grape- and potato-growing center about 220 miles from Seattle that has more than doubled in size since 2000.
The city is more than 55 percent His-panic; many members of the commu-
nity flocked here from Mexico to work in the fields and at food-pro-cessing plants. Starting in the 1960s and ‘70s, many of those migrant workers settled down here. Pasco’s modest downtown is now lined with Mexican restaurants, bakeries and clothing stores, and city business is conducted in English and Spanish.
The police force of 71 uniformed officers has just 15 Hispanics, and only one person on the seven-mem-ber City Council is Hispanic.
Once a hotbed of gang- and drug-related violence, the city has seen crime plummet in the past 20 years, in large part because the Hispanic
community worked with police to drive out the bad guys, said police Capt. Ken Roske. But there are worries that future cooperation will be jeopardized if the investigation clears the officers.
“We are asking for more training for our officers,” said protester Lorian Reavely, 39, of Pasco, who stood in front of a sign reading “Stop Police Brutality. It was just a rock!!!”
Deadly police shooting stirs more protests in Pasco
In this Feb. 18, 2015 photo, pedestrians view a memorial in Pasco, Washington, on the sidewalk where Antonio Zambrano-Montes fell after being fatally shot by
police.
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Health LiteracyThis Page is Sponsored by Tri-Cities Community Health
First a complete eye exam is composed of three main parts:
(1) Assessment of the vision. This is what everyone is familiar with, reading a chart to assess how well you see and if glasses or contact lenses will help you.
(2) Assessment of how well the eyes work together. This is especially important for children, as most intervention and correction occurs before the ages of around 8-10 years.
(3) Assessment of all the structures of the eye, both external and internal. This is accomplished by using “dilating drops” to open the pupils up so the eye doctor can look inside the eye at all the structures.
Assessment of vision determines whether glasses or contact lenses will help you see better.
Assessment of the eyes working together is important for us to have comfortable vision. If the eyes are not working together properly you may get eye strain and discomfort when trying to use your eyes for certain tasks. Our brain actually develops cells that use input from both eyes to create cells that give us depth perception. Children do not really know how they are suppose to see, and it is easy for one of their eyes not to be working correctly and they would not know.
Assessment of the health of the eye structures is important as a preventative to major vision loss in the future. Just like you get a mammogram to catch breast cancer early, the dilation of the eye and assessment of the health of the eye can also catch many different eye diseases in the early stages before they cause major vision loss. With all the new advances in technology we are catching glaucoma, macular
degeneration (AMD), hypertension and diabetic retinopathy way before it severely impacts the vision and we are able to treat or monitor these conditions more closely. Take glaucoma, it can cause blindness if left untreated. More importantly, if caught early, vision loss that is significant to the person can often be avoided. Glaucoma has no symptoms to the person until they have lost about 50% of their vision, at which point that which has been lost cannot be restored. A few simple tests at a yearly complete eye exam would detect early changes that then could be treated, avoiding severe loss of vision.
Diabetes and AMD are similar, in that detecting small early changes before the person sees a change in the vision is crucial. That yearly dilated exam is the only way to do this. Along with detecting early diabetic changes, problems from hypertension, plaques in the blood vessels that could mean
impending stroke from clogged carotid arteries or heart issues, and many other issues may be detected.
So the answer to the question of how often someone should have a complete dilated exam depends on the individual. As a general recommendation: a healthy adult between the ages of 18-60 should have a dilated exam every 1-2 years. An adult with health problems like diabetes, hypertension or other major circulatory issues should have a dilated exam every year. Children have different concerns and in general should have their first exam about ages 2 to 3 and then at the direction of their eye doctor. However some children should have their first exam as early as 6 months.
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Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions
It’s the second month of the New Year and for many people this is the time when New Year’s
resolutions get left behind. Many consumers set goals to spend less and save more, but often see those goals fall to the wayside mid-February. If getting your finances in order or saving for the future was a part of your 2015 goals consider these helpful tips to keep you on the path to success.
Keep your goals reasonable and attainable. Instead of setting overwhelming goals that will end up frustrating you in the long run, set smaller goals over the course of the year. This allows you to feel accomplished when you reach these targets, and lets you adjust and modify as your financial situation changes. You’ll get a lot more mileage out of small and meaningful goals.
Be specific. Saving for an emergency fund is a valuable and necessary goal. In order to ensure the best outcome possible, it’s best to be specific. Instead of just listing “establish an emergency fund” consider the following: How much is your goal? How much can you put towards that fund each month? Once you’ve determined these answers, make the goal specific. For example, “Save $50 from each paycheck and deposit into my emergency savings account”. A good way to maximize success is by setting up an automatic transfer with your financial institution. This way money is automatically moved into your emergency fund without you having to worry about it. It takes very little time to establish and streamlines the process. Once it’s there, make sure you only use those funds if a true emergency arises.
Share your goals. Some people fund success when they share goals with their family, friends, or co-workers. Sharing your goals with others creates a sense of responsibility. Consider posting your goals in common area of your home, like a refrigerator. This allows others to see your progress and encourage you when you need it most. Make sure to share your goals with people who can act as cheerleaders and coaches, who can help you along your path to success.
Manage your finances. Do your best to set yourself up for success. Make sure you continue to pay your bills on time, to avoid any additional fees or late charges. Consider utilizing products from your financial institution like online banking and bill payer. These tools can help by automating monthly bills so you never have to worry about paying late. It’s also important to pay close attention to your credit report and score. Identity theft affects millions of consumers every year wreaking havoc on consumer’s finances. Help prevent a setback by checking your report regularly. Consumers are granted one free credit report
from each of the major credit bureaus, annually. Obtain yours at annualcreditreport.com. Check it closely for any inaccuracies
and report any signs of fraud immediately.
Forgive yourself. Many people fall into the trap of thinking if they make a mistake, then they should just give up. Don’t beat yourself up or dwell on your mistakes. It will only make you feel worse and can often lead you further off track. Address the setback, reevaluate your goal, adjust your plan, and get back on track.
Establishing an emergency fund, decreasing debt, and improving credit are all important financial goals. Strive to achieve these goals and not allow them to drop out of sight. With careful and realistic planning you can move closer to your goal of financial stability and attain those resolutions.
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Our Faith
By Dr. Joseph Castleberry
When Joseph was taken to Egypt … he was pur-
chased by Potiphar, … captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. The Lord was with Joseph, so he suc-ceeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master. Potiphar noticed this and realized that the Lord was with Joseph, giving him success in every-thing he did … so he soon made Joseph his personal attendant. He put him in charge of his entire household and everything he owned … The Lord began to bless Poti-phar’s household for Joseph’s sake. —Génesis 39:1-5, NLT
In spite of his condition in slavery, Joseph never lost dominion over himself. His “owner” controlled his labor, but not his self. The name Joseph means “Prosper-ous” in Hebrew, and since his youth, Joseph knew his destiny would carry him to prosperity and success. Joseph was undeniably a slave, but in reality, he served God, not Potiphar. The work Potiphar obligated him to do, Joseph ded-icated to the Lord, so God prospered him.
When slaves—or any other workers—permit circumstances to define their essence as a child of God, they lose their spiritual dignity. As long as we maintain our position in Heaven, no one can take us down to the ground.
This passage points out the source of Joseph’s success twice: God was with him.
The celebrated Mexican comedían Cantinflas, in one of his hilarious movies, once played the part of a peasant who ran for Congress. As he harangued the crowd, he said: “Here you have me in front of you and you in front of me and it is a truth that no one can deny.” In the life of Joseph, the truth that no one could deny was that the Lord was with him because he was with the Lord.
Your greatest success–as an inmigrant, worker, person–depends on your appro-priation of that truth. If you bow your knee to God, God will lift you up. If
you make yourself God’s slave, no other person or situation can master you. Fur-thermore, the Lord will bless your service and give you favor in the eyes of those you serve.
The famous singer Bob Dylan sang that we have no choice: whether we are the boss or the slave, we have to serve someone. No one knows that truth better than immigrants, many of whom work in the so-called “service industry.” Like any other person who works in the service of others, you may feel like a slave. The same thing applies in any kind of work. But when the people we serve realize that we are the source of their blessing, they will decide to serve us too, as Potifar did with Joseph, giving him increasing power, prestige, and influence as he continually promoted him.
In that kind of ironic situation, who is really the servant of whom?
Copyright©2013 by Joseph L. Castle-berry. http://www.inmigrantesdedios.org; [email protected]
Dr. Joseph Castleberry is President of Northwest University in Kirkland Wash-ington. He is the author of Your Deepest Dream: Discovering God’s Vision for Your Life and The Kingdom Net: Learning to Network Like Jesus. Follow him on Twitter at @DrCastleberry and at http://www.facebook.com/Joseph.Castleberry.
Who is Really the Servant?ENTERTAINMENT
MEXICO CITY (AP)
Mexicans rejoiced at the Oscar victories of native son Ale-jandro Gonzalez Iñárritu on
Monday, and embraced remarks he made that were widely seen as a criticism of their government.
Inarritu responded to his best picture award for “Birdman” by expressing hope Mexico “can find and build the govern-ment that we deserve.” National pride over the director’s victory was so great that even the country’s ruling party sent con-gratulations, despite the seeming swipe.
There was more uncertainty over actor Sean Penn’s quip as he announced the award, asking “Who gave this son of a (expletive) his green card?”
Iñárritu said it was a joke between long-time friends, and many Mexicans took it that way. Some, however, said they found it offensive.
The Mexican director’s comment about the government was interpreted as criti-cism of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s administration, which critics have tar-geted for its handling of the case of 43 missing college students, as well as alleged conflicts of interest.
On Monday morning, the top Twitter trend in Mexico was the hashtag: #ElGo-biernoQueMerecemos, or TheGovern-mentWeDeserve.
Pena Nieto sent a congratulatory note
to Iñárritu on Sunday evening through his official Twitter account. But his gov-ernment did not immediately respond to a request from The Associated Press on Monday for comment on the director’s remarks.
The ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party said through its Twitter account: “Sharing the Mexican pride, it’s a fact that more than deserving it, we are build-ing a better government. Congratulations #GonzalezInarritu.”
For some analysts, the director’s comment is a vision many share.
“The majority of Mexicans are not sat-isfied with the kind of government that we have,” Sergio Aguayo, analyst and academic at the Colegio de Mexico, said Monday on MVS Radio.
Analyst Denise Dresser, speaking on the same radio show, shared the senti-ment. “I agree with (Inarritu): we don’t have the government that we deserve.”
Iñárritu is not the first Oscar-winning Mexican director to win and make critical comments about the government.
Alfonso Cuarón, who won the best director award last year for his film “Gravity,” published a letter in Mexican newspapers questioning the energy sector reforms undertaken by Pena Nieto. The reforms, which eventually passed, opened up Mexico’s state-run oil sector to foreign companies for the first time in more than 70 years.
Mexicans rejoice at Iñárritu’s Oscar victories
Mexican Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu holds his three Oscars for for his film “Birdman” which won best direc-tor, best original screenplay and best picture at the 87th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February
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From my balconyIMMIGRATION
TUCSON, Arizona (AP)
Brenda Armendariz, her husband and their two Mexico-born chil-dren were hoping to resolve their
constant fears of being deported after Presi-dent Barack Obama issued his latest execu-tive orders on immigration.
But now that a federal judge in Texas has blocked Obama’s efforts to protect 4 million more immigrants, her family is dis-illusioned and her children feel stuck as the president’s offer of temporary legal status moves frustratingly beyond their reach.
About a third of the immigrants now living in the United States illegally would be eligible for temporary protection if Obama’s latest orders are upheld in court, either because they were brought to the U.S. as chil-dren or because their own children have legal status in the country.
But the advances and retreats on reform have been so frequent over the years that many thousands of immigrants who are already eligible for protection have given up for now — they aren’t applying for the work permits and Social Security numbers they are entitled to under Obama’s first executive order in 2012.
There are a litany of reasons why, includ-ing general distrust of the government, fear they’ll be deported, and the nearly $500 in fees it costs to apply. But the constant uncer-tainty created by Washington’s political divide also keeps them away.
About 150 people have reached out to Arizona immigration attorney Lance Wells this week, reacting with bafflement, fear and dismay to the latest reversal, he said. His message: “Be patient guys. We kind of knew this would be coming.”
But their patience is wearing thin.Armendariz and her husband came to
Tucson a decade ago with a son and daugh-ter, meaning to stay just long enough to earn some cash and head home to the Mexican state of Sonora. Instead, they overstayed their visas and settled down. Those children are now 21 and 13, joined by two American citizen siblings: a 3-year-old boy and a one-month-old girl.
Like so many other immigrants, this family has “mixed status,” and the mother, father and two oldest children didn’t qualify for protection under Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, nearly three years ago.
With the goal of keeping such fami-
lies together, Obama’s executive orders announced in November would have applied to the older siblings starting on Wednesday, and the parents starting in May.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen of Texas temporarily blocked both expansions after Obama’s opponents sued, calling it an over-reach of presidential power. The Obama administration plans to appeal, but 21-year-old Itzayana Aguirre Armendariz is already giving up.
“I don’t know if it’s just anger or disillu-sionment,” Armendariz said. “I tell her to not close herself off; that Obama already signed (the executive actions) and that now it’s just about waiting and fighting.”
Aguirre Armendariz had to drop out of community college her freshman year because her family couldn’t afford the out-of-state tuition that immigrants lacking legal status must pay in Arizona. She was studying engineering and wants to go back to school, but is stuck helping her mom make and sell tortillas and bread.
With the latest injunction causing more delays, she announced to the family that she wants to move back to Mexico. Her father overruled that, but they know they can’t keep their daughter’s future on hold forever.
Armendariz’s 13-year-old boy is still in public school and had his hopes set on Dis-neyland, but those too were dashed; driving far from home remains too risky and expen-sive, she said.
Roman Beltran, of Phoenix, also didn’t qualify for DACA’s first round, but would be eligible under the expansion. He was brought to the U.S. from Mexico at 5. “I was really upset and frustrated because this is not the first time that I get my hopes up with immi-gration,” he said.
“I just want a job, is what it boils down to,” Beltran said. “To be able to get a job legally, pay my taxes.”
Immigrants feel stuck after judge blocks Obama orders
In this Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 photo, Brenda Arm-endariz, originally from Mexico, sits in her mobile home,
in Tucson, Arizona.
Dr. Lorena [email protected]
I'm not Mexican, but I sympathize with all the workers now in this country who dedicate their effort and lives to the American fields, like many other undocumented immigrants of other nationalities do. I just finished reading information that has left a bad taste in my mouth.
The study, “The return of migrants in the United States to Micho-acan, Oaxaca, Zacate-cas, Puebla, Guerrero and Chiapas 2000-2012,” which was presented in the House of Represen-tatives, and published by the online newspaper Sin embargo.mx, mentions that Mexico is not prepared for the return of those migrants ready to return home.
The information was released by academics and public servants who work on issues related to migration and the reception of migrants deported from the USA. "In 10 years, at least a third of the 11.7 million Mexicans currently living in the United States will return to old Mexico, sick and without pension," Rodolfo García Zamora, a researcher at the Autono-mous University of Zacatecas (UAZ), said.
Interesting, right? It turns out, according to the study, that migrants send home more than 256 billion pesos in remittances annually (about 26 billion dollars) and the Mexican govern-ment now says that they cannot address the needs of returnees. The numbers do not lie. For 15 years have sent some 400 billion dollars and the government has "not dedicated even 0.0001 percent of the budget for programs to meet the repatriation of migrants deported by the US government," the study says.
What a shame. They have the capacity to receive the millions of dollars. What will happen to all those migrants who arrive old, sick and with no pension? Where are all those millions of dollars sent to Mexico?
Have a happy week, and God Bless!
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return of migrantsDear Dave,
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Absolutely! If you’re doing something like sched-
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that’s perfectly fine. But collectors are looking to
get as much as they can on a bad, late debt. Never,
under any circumstances, give them electronic
access to your account.
I’ve been doing financial counseling for a long time
now, and I’ve seen numerous situations where col-
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money to pay their rent, the electric bill or even
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There are other, much safer ways to handle these
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a cashier’s check. Some folks have even used a
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