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English translation of “Los Chicos” by Ana Maria Matute
(anything in [] are my notes, not part of the story. [?] means i’m not sure if the word/phrase that comes before is translated correctly.)

They were only five or six, but like that, in a group, coming along the road, they appeared to us like fifteen or twenty. They arrived almost always in the late hours of the afternoon, when the sun fell the full length against the dust and the gravel of the old road, where no cars or trucks, nor vehicles of any kind yet circulated. They arrived in a cloud of dust, which they raised with their feet, like the hooves of horses. We saw them arrive, and our hearts barked at us to hurry. Someone, in a low voice, said: “The boys are coming…!” In general, we hid ourselves to throw rocks or we fled.
Because we feared the boys like the devil. In reality, they were one of the thousand forms of the devil, to our understanding. The boys, ragged and evil, with dark eyes that shone like the heads of black pins. The boys, barefoot and calloused, that threw rocks with a large reach, with great aim, with blows drier and stronger than ours. Those that spoke a difficult, unknown language of words like the cracks of a whip, whose laughter was like the spattering of mud. At home we had been completely prohibited from establishing any relationships with those boys. In reality, we were prohibited from leaving the meadow under any circumstances. (Although there was nothing as tempting, to our eyes, as jumping the wall of stones and going down to the river, that, on the other side, fled green and gold, between the rushes and black poplars.) Farther over there, passed the old road, where they arrived almost always those distinct, prohibited boys.
The boys lived in the surroundings of the penitentiary. They were the sons of the prisoners of the penitentiary, who redeemed their pains in the work of the marsh. Between their mothers and them, they had constructed a strange village of shacks and caves, back-to-back with the rocks, because they could not pay the lodging in the village, where, on the other hand, they were unwanted. “Riffraff, thieves, assassins…” said the people of the place. No one would have rented them a room. And they had to be there. Those women and those children followed their prisoners, because in that manner they lived of the wages that the sufferers earned for their work.
To us, the boys were terror. They insulted us, they stoned us, undid our stone gardens and our toys, if they pillaged by hand. We saw them as beings of another race, half monkeys, and half devils. Just seeing them a great tremble came to us, although we wanted to disguise it.
The oldest son of the administrator was a kid of some thirteen years, tall and robust, that studied in secondary school in the city. That summer he returned home for vacation, and after the first day he captained our games. His name was Efren and he had some red fists, heavy like war clubs that imposed great respect. As he was much older than us, audacious and a braggart, we followed him wherever he wanted.
The first day that they appeared, the boys of the shacks, in a mad rush, with their cloud of dust, Efren was surprised that we threw ourselves to running and jumping the wall in search of refuge.
“You are cowards,” he told us. “They are small!”
There was no way to convince him that they were another thing: that they were something like the spirit of evil.
“Foolishness,” he said. And he smiled in a twisted and particular manner that filled us with admiration.
The next day, when it was the time of the siesta, Efren hid himself among the rushes of the river. We waited, hidden behind the wall, with our hearts in our throats. Something was in the air that filled us with terror. (I remember that I bit the chain of my medal and that it felt on my tongue a rare, cold pleasure of metal and that I heard the crisp song of the cicadas among the grass of the meadow.) Thrown on the ground, my heart beat against the earth.
When they arrived, the boys scrutinized the river, to see if we were searching for frogs, like we used to. And to provoke us they began to whistle and laugh the way they always did, opaque and humiliating. That was their game: call us, knowing that we would not appear. We remained hidden and silent. At last, the boys abandoned their idea and returned to the road, climbing the embankment above. We were gasping and surprised, but we didn’t know that which Efren wanted to do.
My older brother got up to lock through the rocks and we copied him. We saw then Efren slithering through the rushes like a giant snake. Stealthily he climbed up the embankment, where the last of the boys went up, and he threw himself on top.
With surprise, the boy was left trapped. The others had already arrived at the road and grabbed rocks, yelling. I felt a great tremble in my knees and I bit hard on the medal. But Efren was not left intimidated. He was much older and stronger that that dark, little devil that he restrained in his arms, and he began to run, dragging his prisoner to the refuge of the meadow, where we waited. The stones fell around him and in the river, splashing water burnt that hour. But Efren jumped agilely over the stepping stones, and dragging the boy, that twisted furiously, he opened the fence and entered with him in the meadow. At seeing him lost, the boys of the road turned halfway and began to run, like young rabbits, to their shacks.
Only thinking that Efren brought one of those furies, I was sure that my brothers felt the same terror as I did. We got close to the wall, with our backs stuck to it, and a great coldness rose to our throats.
Efren dragged the boy some meters, in front of us. The boy struggled desperately and tried to bite the legs, but Efren raised his enormous, red fist and began to hit the face, the head, and the back. Time and time again, Efren’s fist fell, with a dull sound. The sun shone thick and big, over the grass and the earth. There was a great silence. We only heard the panting of the boy, the blows of Efren and the sound of the river, sweet and fresh, indifferent to our backs. The song of the cicadas seemed to have stopped. Like all the voices.
Efren passed much time hitting the boy with his great fist. The boy, bit by bit, was giving in. At last, he fell to the floor on his knees, with his hands supported in the grass. He had dark meat [? skin], the color of a dirty floor, and very long hair, of mixed blonde with black veins, as if burn by the sun. He said nothing, and stayed there on his knees. Later, he fell against the grass, but lifted his head, to not completely faint. My older brother approached slowly, and later us.
It seemed a lie how small and thin he was. “On the road they seemed much taller,” I thought. Efren was on his feet by his [the boy’s] side, with his large, solid feet separated, feet covered with thick boots of suede. How enormous and brutal Efren seemed in that moment!
“Have you had enough?” He said in a very low voice, smiling. His teeth, with prominent eye teeth, shone in the sun. “Take, take…”
He gave him a kick in the back. My older brother retreated a step and was on top of me. But I couldn’t move: I was like nailed to the ground. The boy raised his hand to his nose. He bled, I didn’t know if it was from his mouth or where.
Efren watched us.
“Let’s go,” he said. “He has already gotten his.” [Note: he has gotten what he deserves]
And he kicked him again.
“Get lost, you pig! Get lost now!”
Efren turned, big and heavy, slowly, towards the house. Very sure that we would follow.
My brothers, as if reluctant, as if scared, obeyed him. Only I couldn’t move, I couldn’t, from the side of the boy. Suddenly, something rare occurred inside me. The boy was there, trying to get up, coughing. He did not cry. He had very intoxicated eyes, and his nose, wide and squashed, vibrated oddly. He was stained with blood. From his chin fell blood, that soaked his rags and the grass. Suddenly he looked at me. And I saw his eyes of round pupils, that were not black but of a pale topaz color, transparent, where the sun fell they became gold. I lowered mine, full of a painful shame.
The boy got on his feed, slowly. He had hurt a leg, when Efren dragged him, because he limped toward the embankment. I did not dare to watch his back, blackish and undressed between the rips. I wanted to cry, I did not know exactly why. I only knew to say to myself: “He was only a child. He was no more than a child, just like any other.”

English translation of “No oyes ladrar los perros” by Juan Rulfo. Sorry if something is translated wrong. i put some translation notes in [] to help you understand it better.

-Hey you up there, Ignacio, tell me if you can not hear a signal of something or see some light somewhere.
-Nothing can be seen
-We should be close already
-Yes, but nothing can be heard.
-Look well
-I can’t see anything
-Poor you, Ignacio.
The long dark shadow of the men continued moving up and down, tripping over the rocks, shrinking and growing according to the shore of the river. It was a solo shadow, wobbling.
The moon came over the earth, like a round blaze of fire.
-We should be arriving at that town, Ignacio. You who have ears free to hear, look and see if you can hear the barking of the dogs. Keep in mind that that will tell us Tonaya is just around the mount. And it has been hours since we left the mount. Remember that, Ignacio.
-Yes, but I don’t see a sign of anything.
-I am tired.
-Put me down.
The old man walked backwards until he reached a wall and he rearranged his load there, without releasing it from his shoulders. Although his legs were buckling, he did not want to sit down, because afterwards he would be unable to lift the body of his son, since back there, hours before, they had helped him load him on his back. And this is how he was carried since then.
-How do you feel?
They spoke little. Each time less. At times he seemed to be sleeping. At times he seemed to be cold. Trambling. He knew when the trembling would seize his son because of the jerkings he felt, and because he would dig his feet into his loins like spurs. Later the hands of his son, locked around his neck shook his head vigorously like a rattle.
He gritted his teeh so that he would not bite his tongue, and when his son finished he would ask:
-Does it hurt a lot?
-Somewhat- his son answered.
At first he had said: “Let me down here… put me down here… go on alone. I will catch up to you tomorrow or whenever I recover a bit”. He had said this like fifty times. But now he never said that.
There was the moon. In front of them. A big and colored moon that filled their eyes with light and that stretched and obscured more their shadow over the earth.
-I can’t see where I am going- he said.
But no one answered him.
The other was sitting up there, completely illuminated by the moon, with his pale face, without blood, reflecting the opaque light. And he was below.
-Did you hear me, Ignacio? I’m telling you that you aren’t looking well.
The other remained silent.
He continued walking, stumblingly. He slouched his body and later straightened to return to stumbling again.
-This is not a road. They told us that behind the hill was Tonaya. We have already passed the hill. And Tonaya can not be seen, nor is any noise letting us know that we are close to it. Why do you not want to tell me what you see, you up there, Ignacio?
-Put me down, father.
-You feel bad?
-I will take you to Tonaya no matter what. There I will find someone to care for you. They said there was a doctor there. I will take you to him. I have carried you for hours and I am not going to leave you thrown aside here so that you die. [literal: “so that they end who you are.”]
He trembled a bit. He walked a few steps sideways and returned to straightening up.
-I will take you to Tonaya.
-Put me down.
His voice became soft, he barely whispered:
-I want to rest a bit.
-Sleep up there. After all, I have a good grip on you.
The moon continued rising, almost blue, into the clear sky. The face of the old man, wet with sweat, was filled by the moon. He hid his eyes to block what was in front of him [the moonlight] since he couldn’t bend his head held tightly by the hands of his son.
-All that I do, I don’t do for you. I do it for your deceased mother. Because you were her son. That’s why I do this. She would reprimand me if I left you there, where I found you, and I would not have picked you up to take you to be cured, as I am doing. It is her that has given me courage, not you. Firstly because to you I do not owe anything more than difficulties, absolute martification, absolute shame. [he means that the son only gave those things to him, so that is what he should give back.]
He sweated to talk. But the night winde dried the sweat. And over the dry sweat, he began to sweat again.
-I will break my back, but I will carry you to Tonaya, so that they cure the wounds they have done to you. [the two “they”s refer to different groups of people- the doctors will cure the wounds that the bad people did to the son.] And I am sure that, when you feel better, you will return to your evil ways. This is not what is important to me. As long as you go far away, where I will not have to know anything about you. Provided that happens… Because to me you are already not my son. I have cursed the blood that you got from me. My part is cursed. I have said: “May the blood that I gave you rot in your kidneys!” I said that whenever I found out that you were wandering the streets, living by robbery and killing people… good people. And if you don’t believe me, there is my friend Tranquilino. He baptized you. He gave you your name. He also received bad luck from knowing you. Since then I have said: “This could not be my son.”
-Look to see if you can see something. Or if you hear anything. You that can do that from up there, because I am already deaf.
-I see nothing.
-Worse for you, Ignacio.
-I’m thirsty.
-Hold on! We are already close. What’s happening is that it is night and they have turned off the lights in the toen. But at least you should here if the dogs are barking. Try to hear.
-Give me water.
-Here there is no water. There is nothing but stones. Hold on. And even if there was, I wouldn’t let you down to drink water. No one could help me to lift you up again, and alone I can not.
-I am very thirsty and very tired.
-That reminds me of when you were born. That is how you were then. You awoke hungry and ate to fall asleep again. And your mother gave you water, because already you were finished with her milk. You coun’t be filled. And you were very rabid. I never thought that in time I would get so enraged at you… But that is what happened. Your mother, rest in peace, want you to grow strong. She believed that you would support her when you grew up. She didn’t have anything but you. The other son had to go and kill her. [meaning that she died in childbirth of having their second child.] You would have killed her again anyways if she had seen you at this point.
He felt that the man he carried on his shoulders had stopped tightening his knees and had begun to loosen his feet, balancing them on one side or the other. And it seemed that the head, up there, was sweating as if it was sobbing.
On his hair he felt big drops fall, like tears.
-Are you crying, Ignacio? It makes you cry to remember your mother, right? but you never did anything for her. You only paid us bad. [meaning: you only gave us bad things in return.] It seems that, instead of care, we gave you nothing but wickedness. And see? Now they wounded you. What happened to your friends? They killed them all. But they had no one. They could well have said: “We have no one to whom we can give our pain”. But you, Ignacio? [meaning: you always had someone who would care for you, so what is your excuse for turning into a bad person?]

* * *

There was the town. The roofs shone brightly under the light of the moon. He had the impression that he was being crushed by the weight of his son when the back of his knees bent in his final efforts[?]. Upon arriving at the first building, he rested briefly on the railing around it and let go of the limp body, as if it had been disjointed.
He unclasped with difficulty the fingers with which his son had been holding onto his neck, and, upon being free, heard on all sides the barking of the dogs. [his ears were covered by his sons hands, so he was unable to hear the dogs before this.]
-You didn’t hear that, Ignacio?- he said -You didn’t even help me with this hope. [meaning: you were bad your whole life, and even at the end, you couldn’t even tell me that you heard the dogs barking?]

The end!
In case you weren’t sure: Ignacio died. That’s why he is a limp body and his father just drops him on the floor. They didn’t actually get to a doctor.
*some comments are saying that he didn’t die. our teacher told us that he did. it makes sense with the final line of the story. “You didn’t even help me with this hope” is very final.

Translation of “El Ausente” by Ana Maria Matute

(If there is a something in [?], that means I am unsure if something before it is translated correctly.)

At night they argued. They went to bed full of ill-feelings for each other. This was frequent, especially lately. Everyone knew in the town – especially Maria Laureana, their neighbor – that the marriage was badly made. This, perhaps, made it bitterer. “Don’t wash your dirty linen in public,” she said, awake, with her face to the wall. She turned her back to him deliberately, brazenly. His body too, was like an eel, on the edge of the other side of the bed. “He will fall to the floor,” she soon thought. Later, she heard his snores and her anger increased. “Thus it is. A savage, a brute. He has no feelings.” However, she wakes up. Wakes up, with her face to that whitewashed wall, voluntarily locked up.

            She was displeased. Yes: there was no reason to deny it, there in her own mind. She was displeased, and paid for her mistake of marrying without love. Her mother (a simple woman, a farmer) always told her that it was a sin to marry without love. But she was proud. “Everything is a thing of pride. At least in Marcos’s head. Nothing more.” Always, since her childhood, she was in love with Marcos. In the dark, with open eyes, close to the wall, Luisa felt again the heat of tears under her eyelids. She bit her lips. A happy time came to her memory, in spite of the poverty. The kitchen gardens, the picking of the fruit… “Marcos.” There, together on the mud wall of the orchard, she and Marcos. The sun shone and she heard the running water in the irrigation ditch, after the wall. “Marcos.” Without stopping, how did it end? It was almost wise to not say it: Marcos had married the daughter of the judge: a clumsy, rude, ugly woman. Already the years had added up. Marcos had married her. “I never believed that Marcos would do that. Never.” But how was it possible that even after so many years he could hurt her? She had also forgotten. Yes: There was a remedy. Life, poverty, and worries erased these things from her head. “From the head, one can… but somewhere the pain stays. Yes: the pain reappears, en times like this…” Later, she married Amadeo. Amadeo was a stranger, a thankless mine worker. One of those that the day laborers looked down on. It was a bad moment.[?] That same day of the wedding, she felt repentance. She did not love him then, nor would she ever love him. Never. There was no remedy. “And there it was: an incompatible marriage. No more and no less. This man had no heart, he didn’t even know what gentleness was. It is possible to be poor, but… I myself was the daughter of a tenant farmer. En the fields we had courtesy, gentleness… Yes: We had those. Only this man!” She was surprised that she said “this man,” instead of Amadeo. “If only we had had a child…” But they didn’t, and they were already 5 years into the marriage.

            At dawn she heard him get up. Later, his steps in the kitchen, the sound of clay pots. “He is preparing breakfast.” She felt a childish happiness. “He can prepare it himself. I’m not going.” A great resentment dominated her. She had a slight fright: “Do I hate him perhaps?” She closed her eyes. She didn’t want to think of it. Her mother always told her: “to hate is a sin, Luisa.” (Since the death of her mother, her words, before heard routinely, had seemed sacred, new, and terrible.)

            Amadeo left for work, like every day. She heard his footsteps and the closing of the door. She got comfortable in the bed and slept.

            She got up late. In a bad mood, she cleaned the house. When she went down to give food to the hens, the weasel face of her neighbor Maria Laureana showed over the fence.

            “Hey, woman: know that I heard the voices last night.”

            Luisa looked at her, coloring.[blushing?]

            “And why do you bother yourself about our business, woman?”

            Maria Laureana smiled with a face of satisfaction.

            “It’s not like that… if we understood everything, everything… That man does not deserve you!”

           She continued her comments. Full of false compassion. Luisa, with a gathered frown, did not listen. But she heard her voice, there, in her ears, like a slow poison. She already knew, she was already used to it.[?]

            “Leave him, woman… leave him. Go to your sisters and let him manage by himself.”

            For the first time, she thought on that. Something was swarming in her mind. “Return home.” Home, to work again on the land. And what? Was she not perhaps accustomed to it?[?] “To free myself of him.” Something strange filled her: like the bitter happiness of triumph, of vengeance. “ I will think about it” she said.[?]

            And then the unexpected thing happened. It was him that didn’t return/

            At first she did not give it importance. “He will return,” she said. A few hours passed until the moment when he usually walked in the door of the house. Two hours, and she knew nothing of him. She had the dinner prepared and was sitting in the door, shelling green beans. En the sky, pale blue, the moon shone, beautiful and offensive. Her rage had turned into secret, quiet anxiety. “I am despicable. Despicable.” At last, she ate alone. She waited a bit more. And she went to bed.

            She rose at dawn, with a rare fright. At her side, the bed was still empty. She got up and went to see: the shabby little house was silent. The dinner of Amadeo was untouched. She felt something strange in her chest, something cold. She shrugged [?] her shoulders. “There he is. There he is with his tempers.”[?] She returned to bed and thought. “He never stayed away at night.” Good, perhaps it mattered to him? All men stay away from home some nights, all drinking in the tavern, sometimes more than the account.[?] How strange: he has never done that. Yes: he was a rare man. She tried to sleep, but couldn’t. She heard  the time on the church clock. She thought of the sky full of the moon, in the river, in her. “Despicable. No more, no less.”

            The day came. Amadeo had not returned. Nor did he return the next day, or the next.

            The weasel face of Maria Laureana appeared in the frame of the door.

            “But woman… what is this? Is it true that Amadeo didn’t go to the mine? The foreman is going to fire him!” Luisa was pale. She didn’t eat. “I am full of hate. Only full of hate,” she thought, looking at Maria.

            “I don’t know,” she said. “I don’t know and I don’t care.” She turned her back and continued with her work.

            “Alright,” said the neighbor, “it’s better this way… for the life he gave you!” She left and Luisa was alone. Absolutely alone. She sat weakly. Her hands let the knife fall to the floor. She was cold, very cold. Through the shabby window she could hear the calls of the birds, the running of the river over the stones. “Marcos, this is your fault… You, because Amadeo…” Suddenly she was afraid. A strange fear that made her hands tremble. “Amadeo loved me. Yes: he loved me.” How did I ever doubt it? Amadeo was abrupt, lacking of tenderness, silent, taciturn. Amadeo –by a few words she understood– He had a hard childhood, a bitter youth. Amadeo was poor and earned his life –his life, her life, and the life of the children they could have had– in a thankless job that ruined his health. And her: did she have tenderness for him? Understanding? Care? Suddenly she saw something. She saw his chair, his clothes there, dirty to the point of needing washing. His boots in the corner, full of mud. Something rose through her, like a yell. “If he loved me… perhaps, would he be able to kill himself?”

            The blood rushed to her head. “Kill himself? To never know any more of him? Never see him there: on the side, thoughtful, with his hands clasped together, next to the fire, black hair on his forehead, tired, sad? Yes: sad. She had never thought about it: sad. The tears ran down her cheeks. She thought rapidly of the child they hadn’t had, of the inclined head of Amadeo. “Sad, he was sad: he is a man of little words and was a sad child too. Sad and abused. And I: What am I to him?

            She got up and went outside. Running, panting, she took the path to the mine. She arrived choked and sweaty. No, they didn’t know anything about him. The men gave her looks of reproach. She saw those and felt guilty.

            She returned full of despair. She lay down on the bed and cried because she had lost her partner. “One only has one thing in the world: his or her partner.” And was it that important? She looked with childish anxiety for the dirty clothes, the muddy boots. “A partner. Silence on the side. Yes: his silence on the side, his inclined head, full of memories, his gaze.” His body there on the side, in the night. His body, great and dark but full of thirst that she had not understood. It was what she did not know: she the ignorant one, the rude one, the selfish one. “A partner.” Very well, and love? Perhaps it wasn’t that important? “Marcos…” She returned to the memory, but it was a fleeting memory, pale and cold, faded. “Well, love? Is it not important?” At last she said, “And what do I know about love? Fantasies!”

            The house was empty and she was alone.

            Amadeo returned. At night she saw him return, with a weary pace. She went down, running to the door. Forehead to forehead, the stood like mutes, looking at each other. He was dirty, tired. Surely hungry. She just thought: “You tried to flee from me, leave me, but you couldn’t. You couldn’t. You have returned.”

            “Come in, Amadeo,” she said as smoothly as she could, but her voice was rough like a farmer, “Come in, you had me worried stiff…”

            Amadeo swallowed something: a blade of grass, or who knows what, that he chewed in his teeth. He put his arm around Luisa’s shoulders and entered the house.


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Archive for September 28, 2004

MTech student commits suicide

Flash News.

Ettimadai, Coimatore: An MTech student in Computational Engineering and Networking commited suicide today by jumping in front of the Taylor series expansion.
A Taylor series is a series expansion of a function about a point. A one-dimensional Taylor series is an expansion of a real function f(x) about a point x = a is given by

The poor student died instantly as a term of the Taylor series somewhere close to infinity passed over his skull.

Officials are yet to to determine if this was caused by the careless Calculus teacher who was not able to properly convey to the class what the Taylor series actually meant.

The CIDs from Tamilnadu and the CBI conducted 3 dummy tests. The results of the test were
1st dummy to wall – 12 feet
2nd dummy to wall – 8 feet
Dummy to Dummy – 6 feet

According to CID Ramdas and Vijayan, this indicates a clear case of suicide.

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March Quilting Madness

This year many of my friends seem to be pregnant.  Announcement of gender reveals and upcoming baby showers keep popping up on Facebook. When there are babies, there will be baby blankets.

This baby blanket was made for a co-worker. It features alphabet blocks that my co-worker painted in fabric paints (Cameo paints) when she was pregnant with her first child. Now her first child is expecting his first.

When my coworker presented me with the blocks, she wanted to keep the colors neutral and was thinking either green or yellow. I perused the fabric store and sent her a few options. Here’s the fabrics we considered:

She chose orange and yellow. I love both colors and was really happy because the bright colors made the quilt more lively. Here’s a side-by-side of what I started with and what we ended with. I think it turned out great.

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Obesity Problem Answer Might Be in the Bugs in Our Stomachs

PHOTO: A young woman chooses between an apple and a burger in this undated file photo.Getty Images
A young woman chooses between an apple and a burger in this undated file photo.

Scientists conducting a series of experiments in Sweden over the past five years have made a discovery that could make a profound contribution to the fight against global obesity.

The scientists, led by Fredrik Backhed of the University of Gothenburg, were studying mice that had been raised in a germ-free environment, and were thus lean and healthy. But when they were fed a "fecal pellet," which is just what it sounds like, from an obese human the mice quickly became obese, although exercise and their food availability remained unchanged.

All it took was a dose of microbes from the gut of an overweight human to make the mice prefer the fattier and sweeter morsels over the healthier foods.

After analyzing that, and numerous other recent experiments, scientists from three universities have made a bold proposal:

The single-celled organisms that live in our guts and help us digest our food and fight off diseases may have ulterior motives. Maybe they want to be in charge.

Not just of our gastrointestinal track. They want control of our diets, even if that makes us fat and unhealthy, they want to move our lives in directions that are good for them even if bad for us, and they may even want to take over our brains.

In fact, they may have already done that.

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Is it possible that the bacteria we depend on in the symbiotic relationship between us and them are clever enough to make us love the taste of seaweed?

Well, that's already history, at least in Japan.

"That's the science fiction part of this," evolutionary biologist and psychologist Athena Aktipis said in a telephone interview. "But I think it's really compelling."

Aktipis, who is now with Arizona State University, began an intriguing research project while she was at the University of California, San Francisco.

Joined by colleagues Carlo C. Maley of UCSF and Joe Alcock of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, the trio set out to see if evidence in the scientific literature supports the idea that our bodies may indeed be at war with our own guts, even over control of our brains, and whether that would partly explain the obesity epidemic that is sweeping much of the world.

This is new stuff. We've known for many years that we have good bacteria and bad bacteria in our guts, some helping and some hurting as we move through life, but recently experts have begun wondering if that's all there is to it.

Does some of that bacteria in your gut fight to serve its own agenda to meet its own needs, not those of their host -- which is you?

How could something that small be a threat? They may be tiny, but your gut is home to trillions. You are one individual, and their genes outnumber yours 100 to one.

They have access to the vagus nerve, which connects 100 million nerve cells in the gut to the base of the brain. They can influence our sense of taste, they can produce toxins to make us feel bad, and they can put is in a good mood, wanting more of whatever they need for themselves.

The researchers have put together a plausible argument, published in the journal BioEssays, suggesting that's exactly what's happening, even if it sounds like science fiction.

But they also argue that we could turn this thing around and put ourselves back in total control, curing illnesses and making us much healthier along the way.

The microbes constitute "a whole ecosystem, and it's evolving on the time scale of minutes," Maley said in releasing the study. Just changing the diet can alter the entire colony of microbes, called the "microbiome," in 24 hours, he said.

The scientists are building on research by others suggesting we have a war going on in our guts.

  • Microbes can affect behavior in vertebrates, as evidenced by research showing one species of microbe "suppresses rats' normal fear of cat smells, often to the detriment of the rats, but to the benefit of the microbes that are ingested into their new feline host," the study says.
  • Many bacteria found in the human gut can manufacture dopamine, the feel-good hormone linked to drug and alcohol addiction, so they can have a dramatic impact on moods. Other microbes can make us crave fats and sugars, contributing to obesity.
  • "Specialist microbes that digest seaweed have been isolated from humans in Japan," the study notes. "African children raised on sorghum have unique microbes that digest cellulose." So some microbes know what they need and may change their host's taste to be sure they get it.

The list goes on and on, sometimes disturbingly.

It's possible that "the obesity epidemic could be contagious as a result of obesity-causing microbes transmitted from person to person," the study says.

That might partly explain why obesity affects entire families, and close friends. The microbes might do that by generating a preference for foods rich in what the microbes are seeking, like fats and sugars.

At this point, the conclusions by the researchers are still in the theoretical stage, but that may change quickly.

"This has been really a blind spot because we tend to think about our bodies as made up just of ourselves," Aktipis said, but a large amount of work in the last five years has been devoted to the possible split-personality of the human microbiome.

We have known for many years that the universe of tiny critters in our guts play an important role in human health, both for good and bad, "but the idea that it would be playing an active role where there would be different interests in different species of microbes competing with us is a new way to think about the nature of our bodies," Aktipis added.

It may not take much to nail this down. The contents of the human gut can be determined through several non-invasive techniques. A mouth swab tells which microbes are at work there.

For researchers who want the "big picture," a stool sample would work, although as Aktipis noted, "some people don't like the idea of giving up their poop."

Physicians treat obese patients all the time, so why not determine the composition of their entire microbiome at the same time? That data from across the country could be fed into a data bank telling which microbes are associated with which public health issues. In time we would have a much better idea of who the enemies are.

After all, this is warfare.


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Sonic has come a long way over the years, and to be honest, his age is starting to show. Back in his hay day Sonic was the man, and at one point, was outselling Mario. Now-a-days, however, he’s starting to lose his speed and Mario’s been keeping young. In his 16 bit days Sonic was on top of the world, and now he’s scratching and clawing his way to stay in the game. Sonic has even resorted to teaming up with Mario in gimmicky Wii Olympic party games just to stay on the radar. What follows is a timeline (and collection) of a handful of Sonic games that I’ve played over the years. This isn’t a complete collection of all his games because, trust me, he has a lot of games out there for many consoles and systems. This is more of a “best of” collection, if you will (excluding the newest ones—i.e. the current-gen games, they’re just necessary to include). I’ve played all the games in this list and I’m a long-time Sonic fan. This list just go to show you how long the blue blur has been around, how far he’s come, and how much he’s far he’s fallen.

Sonic the Hedgehog

On the Sega console –The originator, the supposed “Mario Killer”. The best foot forward for Sega and a classic game every video game fan has or should play.

Sonic 2

The second installment on the Sega Gensis. This was the first game we get to meet Sonic’s sidekick/mechanic Miles “Tails” Prower (a pun of miles per hour)

Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Beam Machine

The Sonic Team’s attempt at a puzzle game. It’s essentially Puyo Puyo.

Sonic Spinball

Like the name suggests this is a Sonic pinball game. Don’t be fooled though, it’s hard.

Sonic 3

Like the Mario franchise, the third installment is arguably the best of the series. This is the first game players are able to take control of Tails (our first taste of co-op play in the Sonic series).

Sonic & Knuckles

This is not only a full fledged game but it’s also an add-on to the previous Sonic games. You could actually plug one of the 3 previous games into the top of this cartridge. This is also the first game we actually get to play as Knuckles.

Sonic CD

This game was for the PC and has the best intro to any Sonic game that I can remember. The intro was a quick animated short with a great song overtop. The game play stuck to the classic 2D Sonic we’re familiar with.

Knuckles Chaotix

This game was for the short lived Sega 32x (32x was like the Sonic and Knuckles cartridge but it up’d the graphics from 16bit to 32 on the Sega Gensis) Sonic wasn’t in this game but I actually owned this game so I figured I’d mention it.

Sonic 3D Blast

This was the first 3D Sonic game and it was on the Gensis. This game was a failure, I suppose you could call this foreshadowing?

Sonic R

This was the first Sonic Racing game, this game was also somewhat of a failure (but then again so was the Sega Saturn). 3D Sonic has a harder time with games than the 2D one.

Sonic Adventure

This is how you make a 3D Sonic game. This was the staple game for the newly released Dreamcast system (at the time). This game was epic—I loved this game.

Sonic Shuffle

Sega is always trying to do what Mario does, so this was Sega trying to cash in on the Mario Party series. Mario Party had 7 sequels, Sonic Shuffle has none—I wonder why? (hint: it sucked)

Sonic Adventure 2

The previous game did so well, why not make another. Shadow the hedgehog was first introduced in this game. The game met with mixed reviews but personally I enjoyed the hell out of it. I’m still waiting for Sonic Adventure 3 to be honest with you.

Sonic Heroes

This may be harsh but I feel like every 3D Sonic game from here on out were more or less terrible. Sega quit the console business and just stuck to making games so this game was a multiplatform release (Xbox and PS2). You took control of 3 characters at once, switching between the 3 throughout. There was multiple teams to choose from but this gimmick, unfortunately, didn’t help this game.

Sonic the Hedgehog

This is Sonic’s first step into the current generations of consoles. This game was terribly frustrating. The load times in this game were torturous and Sonic made out with a human. Just because an animal can talk doesn’t mean it’s ok to let them kiss humans (especially in a game for kids). Just like bestiality, this game is just wrong.

Sonic and the Secret Rings

This is the first game that game out with the new Wii Nintendo System. Just like most of the games for the Wii, this game is just one big gimmick. Just because I have to waggle some dumb controller rather than press a button doesn’t make this some new fresh Sonic game. To be fair through, this game wasn’t as terrible as the aforementioned one, so it’s not that bad of a game considering.

Sonic Unleashed

This is the latest game release for Sonic and maybe the weirdest. I hear this game did well with a younger audience (which is who they make these games for) but I’m a little ashamed of this game. It’s hard to sell the same game to people so usually developers try to through something new into the mix to spice things up. In this game Sonic turned into a warehog with stretchy arms at night. I don’t have much else to say about this game, it’s absurdity leaves me speechless.

Infinity Ward put out a PSA trailer staring, none other than, the Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels (or you might know him from the horrible Comcast commercials). The video is some mock PSA with 2 swear words thrown in for no reason. Although, it is funny to hear Cole Hamels drop the P and F words. I’m not sure if this implies that he’s a celebrity voice in the game itself, when it comes out later this month, but it’s still pretty cool none the less. So enjoy this short, arguably pointless, video.

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I’ve been waiting for this for a while because, up until now, I wasn’t really into the characters for L4D2. I liked the original L4D crew because they had personality. Definitely stepping it up another notch Valve. They need to make a movie because Value’s production is quite amazing.

Ps: If you pre-ordered L4D2, the demo is available now!

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For the record–there’s way too many WWII games out and most of them were made by Infinity Ward. Normally I’d roll my eyes at a WWII game but Pandemic’s The Saboteur actually looks pretty good. It’s a third person action shooter much like Pandemics last outing Mercenaries 2. If only France had this protagonist in real life, maybe they wouldn’t look like such babies today. Irishman Sean Devlin will trek though WWII France kicking Nazi ass and taking names–and driving fancy race cars. One of the games most interestingly notable game-play mechanics is color. In areas where the population has low moral (due to Nazi control) the color is de-saturated, with grays filling up most of the palette. The less control the Nazi’s have of an area the more “Will To Fight” (WtF) the people have and the more color is brought into the area.

I’m not sure if I’ll pick this game up but it’s definitely worth watching till it’s released December 8th, 2009.

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Marsha Marsha Marsha! The video game world can behave like the real world (not the show) and sometimes more “popular” upcoming releases over shadow other releases–like your cooler older brother. I feel like Borderlands might suffer from this. We’re finally out of September and we’re into October and most of us know that late October, November, and early December is reserved for us Gamers. How cute of developers to pick a month or so to cram a bunch of blockbuster titles into–more like financially savvy. Why? Well the best holiday ever follows in shortly behind, so that gives parents just enough time to check off Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from your Christmas list. So what’s in store for us in October, well a couple games actually. 2 worth mentioning, before I get to what I’m really hinting at, are Uncharted 2 (which I already talked a bit about) and Brutal Legend. Brutal Legend is a game made by Tim Schaffer who, if you don’t know him, makes some pretty good games and has a great sense of humor so that game looks promising. Not to mention Tim said the hardest part about making a game is multiplayer  and so he decided to start there when making the game. Now with 2 big titles coming out, on the same day no less, where’s the room for other worth while titles.

That’s where I come in. Now, I haven’t got a chance at any game conferences to play this game but I’ve been watching this game for a while and have seen tons and tons of videos of this game and I feel compelled to mention it to you. If you’re already bored and about to stop reading this then let me give you one point on this game before you leave. THE GAME HAS OVER 3 MILLION GUNS!! 3 million!? Oh, interested now are we? Do go on you say? Why certainly

So what is Borderlands? Borderlands is one of those games that’s been in development so long that it burrows underground and escapes the radar for a while but is resurfacing closer to its release date: October 20th (for Xbox and PS3).  Already well  into development the art team decided to pitch a new art style for the game a while back. Normally they would have been denied given that they already had an art style and were already making the game but, apparently, everyone loved the new art style so much they went for a complete overhaul. The new style they claim isn’t cel-shading but a new concept art style that they created.

Borderlands is an action RPG the likes of which have yet to be seen. It combines first person shooting with RPG elements such as hit point and experience points. What about these 3 million guns you ask well allow me to explain this (to the best of my ability). Some games such as Diablo for the PC have utilized the concept of randomly generating terrain for dungeons so that no two experiences are the same. With Borderlands, not only have they used that for their terrain but they also used it for their weapons. What the game will do is randomly generate guns by combining parts from three different in-game companies. For example you could have a handgun that has a scope and shoots shotgun shells or an automatic rifle that shoots sniper bullets.

The game also offers seamless drop-in and drop-out online/offline co-op with up to 3 additional players.

An action first person shooter RPG with 3 million guns and online co-op–sign me the hell up. I think this game is definitely worth checking out. In fact, let me get you started with a trailer–you can go from there.

Hello Interwebbernaughts. My name is Chris and I’m the admin/webmaster/main content provider here at A&B Games—in fact it’s pretty much just me. Since the interweb is full of anonymous strangers with no faces, I’d thought I’d introduce myself a little to you (while remaining faceless). I’m a college student who currently attends Rowan University and I’m majoring in Radio/TV/Film with a minor in Journalism. It’s not a bad school even though sometimes the administration can give you the run-a-round. I’ve been playing video games since as long as I knew how to use my thumbs, and have been kicking ass ever since. My father used to make me play Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out with him in between beatings and lectures. My brother constantly pushed me to better at video games by being just as good as me and challenging me everyday. I got out of video games for a short while in high school while I tried to figure out who I am. After I sorted that nightmare out I’ve been steadily enjoying my time back with video games. Ever since I got back I’ve been reading more and more about the industry and the video game world (the video game part not the people who play them). Anyway I hope to entertain you and provide you with a unique prospective on this crazy crazy world of video games.


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32 Night

The stars shine down on her and the frozen field beneath her feet. Small clouds drifting from her mouth, she stares towards the east. She stares and wishes with all her might that there will be another sunrise. She hopes her wishes will somehow affect the matter for the better.

Some might say that another sunrise was as probable as time passing, but seeing the clear starry moonless sky, the stiffened grass which can be broken off with a crunch and feeling the cold growing ever more intense, she is not so sure. And she feels that she has to do something, even if that something is only staring towards the east and hoping for the best. Because if she just stopped concentrating, if she just went home or did something else and there was never another sunrise, she would forever regret not doing the little she was able.

So she stands still, staring, hoping. And hopefully, another sunrise will come before she becomes as stiff as the frozen grass.

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Greetings from Singapore!

I'm an Events Program Specialist Veteran who is dynamic, performance-driven, go-getter and self-motivated management professional with more than 18 years experience in producing top-notched personalized IT & Telecoms B2B conference-driven exhibition events for the Asia Pacific region.

Pioneered the setup of Telecoms & IT division for Informa Group Plc/InformaTelecoms & Media Asia based in Singapore.

Being creative, meticulous with a personal touch are my hallmarks as I've exceptionally strong organising, planning and co-ordinating capabilities.

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I'm also an avid netball player cum coach who imparts sporting skills to anyone interested to learn and in particular to the marginalised and underpriviledged communities. I'm currently focused on teaching Dalit kids in India through church sports mission camps.

In addition, I'm an athlete who runs for Charity e.g. Race for Cancer and selected movements such as Run350.

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Monday, 14 October 2013

Sleeper noun (person) ˈsliː.pər

My current project is a study of the person asleep; I have collated a series of images through a series of trips around the city centres in the UK. The majority of the images were taken during an exceptional warm summer, not just that but the images were shot on separate occasions.

I shoot street photography around the UK and through careful editing and assimilation I noticed a pattern emerging from my work, and I was intrigued by what I had actually recorded that I then decided to focus my attention on just that subject.

What became apparent was certainly the temperature was a key factor in all circumstances, not just that but the time of the day these photographs were actually taken.

I was quite astounded at what I had actually found, I found that these people seemed so far removed, displaced from their natural surroundings that they became comatose in appearance. For all intents and purposes they were asleep, but why?

Why were these people asleep openly in public, was it the heat? Was it alcohol induced or a combination of both? I have witnessed people travelling fall asleep especially on a long journey, it seems quite acceptable to see this as a journey on a plane, ship or even a train can induce a relaxed state of mind as to the point of restlessness and so the body begins to shut down essential motor behaviour’s and further induce sleep.

So I understand how this can happen but openly outdoors and in the full glare of the sun, surely this factor would prevent you from falling asleep in such a hot heat outdoors.

The people in the photographs amazed me as they were totally immersed in their sleep, for myself as a photographer I decided to explore more, and apparent states can be recognised for what they are.

The subject of photography is always a topic of conversation where ever I go; I meet people from all walks of life, though it does make me more attentive when I do meet like-minded people who are into art whatever form it takes, people in everyday situations influence my own state of mind and so I begin to document these ‘events’ and capture some essence of the human spirit.

Photography has opened up an amazing world for me, and for like-minded individuals it can be very exciting and is a unique way of meeting people, I enjoy meeting people from other cultures and finding out what makes these people tick.

Those people have influenced my work over the past two years or so, and I have moved away somewhat from just shooting landscape photography, though I do like to shoot this from time to time.

It is actually people who I now prefer to capture on digital or analogue format, shooting film is a fantastic way of capturing the world, the cities and its streets. There is so much to capture, so from reading this blog hopefully you will gain some inspiration and go out and capture people going about their business in an extraordinary way.


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We go on early on Dec 19

For our Dec 19,2012 Rancho Relaxo show we will be going on at 9:30-9:45  don’t be late!

Shh… Secret Show Tomorrow…

We will be playing a secret show Tomorrow at the Old Spaghetti Factory on Dec 17 at around 10:30pm! Shhhhh….

Dec 19, 2012 Rancho Relaxo Next Show!

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Now Playing Radio continues its Rancho showcase series with a hot, hearty serving of sweet tunes:
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Come shake off those pre-holiday blues and join us for a night jam-packed with talent, from the earnest rock of The Will Coke Band (check out one of our favourite songs of the moment, “A Good Man” – to the ska-influenced local boys Adam’s Mind — with another great act TBA!Doors at 9, music starts at 9:40.

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When it comes to adult ADHD alternative solutions and info on the Internet, there’s a lot of crap — BS, frankly — out there. These ADHD coaches and partners are Crusher™ approved — listed by state/province/country alphabetically…

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módulo Ask for a Quote PRO (devis)

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The base module adds the possibility for clients to submit quotes with any product, bargain, and turn this into an order! Is a real Must Have for B2B and catalog mode shops (not mandatory)! This PRO version enhances it all with lots of new features!

O que este módulo oferece

Conversões Incentiva seus visitantes a finalizar a compra

Ask for a Quote PRO
Prestashop Quotation module - Enhanced version
We can really admit in this case, that the good got even better, and all this based on Your feedback and requests!

~ All features presented in this version were requested by You! ~

As not each is a demanding "must-have" option, we decided to bundle these into a more enhanced and feature rich version of our module called Ask for a Quote PRO for Prestashop, as together they form quite a nice and feature rich plus, worth of an upgrade!

These PRO features are:
  • possibility to create a quote from Back ofice
  • inline quote edit: edit product rows separately in a submitted quote
  • add product to a submitted quote
  • attachment possibility for both client and shop owner
  • product customizable fields are detected and used by the module. This works even in catalog mode with our very own AJAX form saver

But what exactly this module does?
If you are here first, and did not seen our basic version yet, here's the presentation. For the PLUS features this offers, see below at Features section.

Let’s settle a fact first: hiding a price or the cart, does not mean that sales are turned off!

Wholesales, B2B type shops, niche webshops or market style e-businesses cannot always or do not want to allow direct purchases, or simply for some reason is not possible to display a price and a buy now button. Or, simply for the biggest customer satisfaction, just want to grant them the possibility to bargain or obtain more info about group of products.

If any of the above suits you, here’s what the quotation module has to offer:

  • Works perfectly side-by-side with normal cart
  • Works perfectly under catalog - if this is enabled in the shop
  • It is present in the Quick-View window too
  • Module can be freezed: clients cannot submit new bargains, but they can access their history (much better than the complete module disable feature)
  • Displays quantity option for catalog mode shops
  • Detects colors, attributes and reference code too for easy tracking (created with the default Prestashop system)
  • Creates a separate menu entry for clients in My account (footer too) for easy access
  • Has a built-in messaging system for admin and client
  • Admin and shop owner can submit offers: reduction as amount, percentage or set a fixed price
  • If offer accepted, quote can be transformed into an order, with the reduction automatically generated (not available in catalog mode)
  • Multi-shop / multistore compatibility
  • Emails are sent to both user and shop owner
  • Admin can add / setup multiple email addresses to receive notification in case of new submits
  • Unique ID and Number is generated for each quote for easy tracking
  • Option to display Quote button only on products belonging to selected categories
  • possibility to display Quote button only if product is not available for order

Options list in Back office contains:

  • freeze module (turn off new quotes, but keep current ones)
  • enable guest checkout,
  • turn off display prices for all module related pages,
  • choose between fly to cart or pop-in confirmation,
  • enable submit now option if client is logged in (instant submit option),
  • enable transform to cart for clients (works even before quote submit)
  • enable transform to cart without messaging
  • make T&C required and attach an existing page,
  • turn off messaging,
  • display button on product page and/or on product list with multiple hooking options,
  • categories filter etc.
  • lots of other toggles and options

Back office options available in this PRO version only:
  • define max quotable product quantity
  • force quotable product quantity
  • manage quote statuses, just like with orders
  • enable a special OPC quote submit page
  • allow attachments possibility

Regarding catalog mode
Altough not mandatory, the module works perfectly in catalog mode – even more, it’s an almost compulsory plug-in if this is enabled, but again underline: catalog mode is not mandatory!

If Prestashop is normal selling mode, the module gets along completely with the default shopping cart, and you can even customize it to appear only in selected categories or next to the products which can’t be ordered on-line.

Don’t forget: successful bargaining is one of the foundations of good business; it ensures that both parties are content, and a happy customer can easily turn into a returning customer!

This is how it happens:

Similarly to the buying process, the customer places the products they are interested in into a virtual quote cart, and after filling out some text fields, asks the owner of the store for a quote. If sending is successful, both of them receive a notification, and a built-in messaging system also allows them to chat and to haggle. If both parties are content with the offer, the owner freezes the bargaining, which is transformed into an order, and the discount is deducted automatically as well.

  • users can ask price details about all products, even non-orderable ones
  • absolute ease and intuitive as it mimics the shopping cart
  • My Quotes is added to My Account shortlist for easy access
  • Quotes cart is present in the header
  • animated add to quote cart effect or confirmation pop-up
  • They can name their quotes and even submit a message with it
  • They can change quantity on the overview page and enter huge numbers too
  • They can ask to be contacted via telephone and give a specific number
  • Logged in clients have the instant submit option in their cart and popup
  • one page login / register (just as one page checkout) with fast register (OPC)
  • They receive email confirmation after submit
  • They can reject offers
  • if they accept the offer, the quote can be transformed into an order and the discount is automatically deducted as well !!!
  • As inherits Prestashop styles, the module is responsive (if the mother-theme is bootstrap based), so bargains can be submitted from mobile too

PRO version features
  • defined or forced max quotable product quantity
  • custom statuses like orders. at install 3 statuses are created: Received / Bargaining / Processed
  • submitted quotes can be edited in back office per product row
  • file upload - attachment - possibility with the quote and with the message
  • possibility to create quote from Back office from scratch
  • possibility to add a product from the back office  to a submitted quote - edit quote
  • * customisation detection - module will detect customizable fields for products, even in catalog mode!

* version 5 for Prestashop 1.7 only!

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Adicione "Ask for a Quote PRO (devis)" ao seu carrinho junto com:

  • PrestaShop Advanced URLs Module makes your store URLs SEO friendly by removing auto generated IDs / numbers from URLs of your products, categories, manufacturer & other pages. Automatically 301 redirects old URLs to new URLs to avoid 404 errors.

  • O Regulamento geral sobre a proteção de dados (RGPD) entra em vigor em 25 de maio de 2018. Atenda as obrigações deste regulamento europeu e deixe sua loja em conformidade! Desenvolvido pela equipe da PrestaShop com o acompanhamento dos nossos especialistas em RGPD, o módulo oficial de conformidade RGPD é o único a oferecer a você uma solução completa e adaptada ao seu site processando

Does it work in Catalog mode?
Yes, our module works perfectly in catalog mode, but please note that in catalog mode, all order related features are turned off by Prestashop, so the „transform a quote to order” functionality will not be available.

Is catalog mode mandatory?
No, catalog mode is not mandatory. Module works in both cases perfectly!

May I try it before I buy it?
You cannot install it on your localhost or test server, but there is a demo website set up just for this purpose, accessible directly from the sales page of the module, from where you can access both front and back office. Be free to test all functionality .
Anyway, since you are reading this, we presume you already purchased it!

Can i run this on more than one website?
Short answer is no. When you download the module, you must enter the URL of the Prestashop install where you intend to use the product. Of course, our module does not have any tracer of spy script, so it will install and work on other websites, but please note, that you will loose all your support and refund rights in this case.
If you want to buy 5 or more licenses, please contact us and we can discuss about a discount!

Is the module compatible with my theme?
Hard to say. If your theme is derived from the default Prestashop theme, and has not been altered or edited too deeply, than it will work for sure as it inherits the basic Prestashop classes and formattings. However, if your theme was built from scratch, and it’s missing some core Prestashop hooks, fonts and scripts, than it might broke or look bad and must be adapted to your theme. If this is the case, please contact us and we will guide and help you!

Is it safe to upgrade the module?
From the submitted quotes point of view: yes it is, as we provide an upgrade script for each new version. Best is to connect to your Addons account directly from your Back office, and you will be notified when a new version is out.

From the applied changes and edits point of view: if they were done right, than yes. This means, that all changes and customisations should be done with file overrides in your theme directory, instead of direct original file editing, as these gets overwritten in the upgrade process.

Upgrading from basic to PRO helds some risks and if the case, you should contact us first!

Does the module work with products out of stock?
Yes it does. Ask for a Quote don't cares about the stock of products, because no actual order is taking place. However, the transform a quote to order feature might brake if the products or not available, but this is also due to the shop owner, since if he accepted / offered a reduction, he/she should have the stock ready for order.

Does the module work if price is zero?
Yes it does. Of course, if the case, you should hide zero prices, because clients could feel uncomfortable to receive a much higher offer from the owner for a product that had zero as price. If you need help with this, you can contact us after purchase and we can implement this for you upon agreement.

Is it possible to allow some goods to be sold online and for other, the customer must ask for a quote to receive prices?
Yes. The module allows the button to appear only in the case of products that are not available for order. On the customize page, you must activate this option (filter by product status), and for any product for which you want to enable this feature, in your Back office, on it's edit page, you must uncheck the "Available for order" option.

O que seus clientes apreciarão

Your clients, if they want to buy a bigger lot or ask for a better price, have the possibility to ask details about certain products, bargain with a built-in messaging system, and agree on offer, which than can be transformed into an order. You can take the module as an actual between / complementary step in the order procedure as the process is very similar to the normal "Add to cart - Submit order" one.

They can bargain a price for their chosen products, and this increases the chances of purchase, since the final price was suggested and agreed by them too!

The module was tested with an unmodified version of PrestaShop 1.7 and on the default theme. If you encounter issues, please contact us and we will debug and adapt to your theme if needed. We are trusted sellers here with Superhero status, so you can trust us and don't hesitate to contact us!

Version 4 works only under Prestashop 1.6.
Version 5 works only under Prestashop 1.7

PRO version is NOT compatible with basic version, and latter must be uninstalled first!

Suporte e atualizações

Você dispõe automaticamente de 3 meses de suporte para esse produto.

Durante 90 dias após a compra, você desfruta do suporte técnico e funcional, além de ter acesso às atualizações disponibilizadas para esse produto.

Garanta o bom funcionamento desse produto na sua loja durante 12 meses com a Opção Zen!

Assim, você tem acesso a TODAS as atualizações do produto durante um período de um ano após a compra. O desenvolvedor do produto assegura o acompanhamento respondendo por e-mail a todas as suas perguntas técnicas e funcionais.

O que é a Opção Zen?

A Opção Zen inclui dois serviços:

  • um suporte pós-venda ilimitado durante o período coberto pela Opção;
  • o acesso a todas as atualizações desse produto durante o período em questão.

A Opção Zen encontra-se disponível por um preço vantajoso no momento da compra do produto ou, caso mude de ideia, também é possível adquiri-la posteriormente pela conta de cliente.rnEla é válida até um ano após a data de compra do produto. Quanto antes você garantir a sua, mais tempo poderá aproveitar!

O que inclui a Option Zen?

Estão incluídos na Opção Zen:

  • as perguntas relativas ao uso do módulo/tema;
  • a solução de problemas técnicos ligados ao módulo/tema;
  • o acesso a todas as atualizações do módulo/tema.

Os serviços a seguir não estão incluídos na Opção Zen:

  • a personalização e o desenvolvimento específico;
  • os serviços de instalação e atualização do módulo/tema;
  • a solução de problemas relativos a serviços de terceiros, hospedagem, servidor ou, ainda, o software PrestaShop.

To install the Ask for a Quote module, please follow these steps:
  • Login to your Back Office if you have not already done so.
  • Go to the Modules tab.
  • Click the text which says, "Add a new module”
  • Click the "Browse..." button next to the Module File field
  • Select the file which you downloaded from Prestashop Addons or our website. It should be called "".
  • Click the "Upload this module" button.
  • You should see the "Ask for a Quote" module in the list of modules. Click the "Install" button next to this module to install the module.
  • Configure it to your needs.
  • Dedicated tab is automatically added under "Orders"

    What's New in Version 5.2.1(2018-05-01)

    • Fix: Technical error on login page
    • Fix: Change condition in the method hookdisplayBackOfficeHeader
    • New: added some nice loading overlay animations

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    Community developer

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