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Latinx Files: Our best Nochebuena stories

illustrations of lechon, a christmas tree, gifts, tamales and fireworks
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My paternal grandmother’s tamales are just OK.

I know it’s sacrilege for a Mexican American to say that his abuelita’s tamales are anything short of amazing, that they were crafted with love and wisdom that makes them worthy of the Aztec gods, but it’s the truth. Some years, they’ve been a little dry.

But if she asks me how I like them, I will straight-up lie to her face every time and say they’re amazing. Four generations gather under her roof each year, and in preparation for that desmadre, my grandmother does a tamaleada where hundreds of tamales are prepared. I feel incredibly fortunate that my family has this tradition, and the last thing I’d want to do is undermine it by giving my opinion. I’m not a total monster.

I bring this up because it reminds me of one of my favorite Nochebuena memories.

It happened in the mid-aughts when I was still in college. I must have been drunk, hungry or both because I unwrapped a sweet tamal (she makes hers with sugar and raisins), devoured it and immediately proceeded to tell her that this was the best tamal I had ever eaten, and that the sweet ones were my favorites. I said it with such conviction that she believed it. I believed it. (Yeah, I was definitely drunk.)

From that moment on, she has made it a point to make extra dozens of sweet tamales for Nochebuena just for me to take back to whichever part of the country I’m living in at that particular moment. No one else is allowed to touch them. I remember one year I flew back to college with a trash bag full of sweet tamales, much to the delight of all my friends who devoured them and quickly declared that they had never had anything more delicious. Yes, they are white.

Like most things in 2020, Nochebuena during the pandemic won’t be the same. I won’t have the opportunity to sit at her table, take a bite and tell her how amazing the tamal is, and watch her face light up. I’m hoping we get to partake in this little ritual next year.

Today’s newsletter is devoted entirely to Nochebuena stories from our readers, friends and colleagues. These run the gamut in length and focus, but it has been a true delight reading them. Whatever your particular situation for today’s family-oriented holiday might be, we hope they bring you comfort, company and joy.

Your best Nochebuena stories

Alex Fumero of Miami writes: When I was about 5 years old my grandfather called me into the kitchen as the family was getting ready for Nochebuena. He said, “Alejandrito, a ti te gusta el lechón?” I must’ve been a Cuban roast pork lover at that age because I remember saying yes. He bent down and picked me up so my face was even with the raised oven we had in our apartment, and through the glass I could see an entire pig splayed out, head and all. He said, “Esto es lechón,” and smiled self-satisfyingly. I don’t remember what happened next except that I still ate it.

Rachel Pineda of Mercedes, Texas: We used to go Christmas caroling door to door on Christmas Eve. All the neighborhood kids would practice for several weeks. We would string bells to ribbons to shake during “Jingle Bells,” and our last song as we’d go to the next house was always “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” When we were all done, we would go to one of our houses and have pan dulce and Mexican hot chocolate before going home and getting ready for midnight Mass. It was absolutely the best. I still remember the songs.

(Jade Cuevas/Los Angeles Times)

Alex Zaragoza of Tijuana: Nochebuena at the Zaragozas’ is a legendary type of chaos. Knowing I’ll be in my cold Brooklyn apartment instead of on the West Coast with my family going absolutely wild breaks my heart. Christmas Eve with my family means a few things:

1. Endless tequila shots. That includes my mom, who doesn’t drink except on special occasions, where she downs half a bottle of Don Julio and then gets too rough with everyone.

2. Wrestling on the ground for candy from the multiple piñatas we’ve busted, mainly because we hide cash inside some of the treats. It’s a literal pile of humans between the ages of 7 to 69 fighting for a box of Milk Duds that might have a single dollar bill in it. I’ve had my niece in a headlock even though I earn a salary. I usually end up giving whatever dollars I get to one of the kids, but that’s not the point.

3. Singing at the dinner table. Without fail we’re all scream-singing to “Costumbres” by Rocio Durcal, “Querida” by Juan Gabriel, and basically anything else that plays on Radio Latina in between sips of wine or chomps of pork loin. Sometimes there’s tears, especially once “Amor Eterno” comes on, bringing on an emotional avalanche that can only be cured/exacerbated by more drinking and, inevitably...

4. Dancing. Banda, mariachi, freestyle, rap, R&B — all genres end up present as we drink and dance in the living room. Nothing like dancing to Shannon’s “Let the Music Play” as your brother-in-law puts your 4-year-old niece on top of the fridge and we all chant for her to jump, which she does while giggling nervously.

5. Gambling. Aside from Loteria, we all bring extra gifts and dollar bills to play dice. Everyone is screaming and grabbing gifts if they roll a four or a six.

6. Getting injured. Somebody always gets hurt. It’s inevitable. Two years ago, I ended up in a makeshift neck brace unable to move for two days because my niece Brianna pushed me off her bed and I landed on my neck. She got her comeuppance the following year though, when her fingernail got ripped almost all the way off by my sister on accident.

There’s more, but no need to give away all our secrets. If this sounds like a nightmare, well, maybe it is. But it’s our nightmare, and we love it. I’m never happier, and knowing that I won’t be there this year to rinse blood off my niece’s nail-less finger or sing Rocio Durcal while feasting on tamales is a heartbreak I haven’t fully processed. Here’s hoping next year I can be back in the chaos.

(Jade Cuevas/Los Angeles Times)

Lulu Rodriguez from Miami: It’s 1964. Papi, who had been a police officer, had lived in the heart of Havana and had never killed an animal in his entire life, decided that he felt nostalgic for a real Cuban Nochebuena and bought a live pig so they could kill it the day before the 24th and marinate it overnight.

We lived on SW 17th Avenue and 3rd Street — what is now Little Havana. He invited a few friends to come and have some beers and help him kill the beast. But the poor little black pig ran away when they opened the cage and they had to run after him and ended up stabbing him in the middle of the street while he screamed the most horrendous sounds I had ever heard. All the Anglo neighbors were horrified and called the police. No one spoke English in the family except the kids — we were between 10 and 14 years old. We had to explain to the cops — while we threw buckets of water in the street to wipe away the blood — that we were exiles and my father, who was a police officer in Cuba, was very sad that we had lost our country to communism, and we were cooking a pig to honor our traditions in the name of Jesus.

I do remember one of the police officers rolling his eyes but we got away with a couple of fines for keeping a farm animal in the city and excessive noise. The fines cost more than the pig. But Papi was happy that we could feel like we were still living in Cuba.

Lourdes Reynolds from Tarzana, Calif.: It’s Nochebuena and a truly magical night in rural eastern Montana circa 2001. My husband is at the hockey rink with our four young children — they have the place to themselves — and I’m at home alone attempting to make tamales from scratch. I couldn’t be happier and more at peace. All is good. It then dawns on me that it’s very possible that at that particular moment in time I could be the only person in Montana making tamales while listening and singing along to James Taylor — the uniqueness of my life experiences coming together in that holiest of nights is seared in my memory. Jalisco, the Valley, Mexicali and Montana all blending together to make that moment happen. The tamales turned out so-so but the memory is priceless! Feliz Navidad y esperemos un próximo Año Nuevo con muchos más momentos de magia!

(Jade Cuevas/Los Angeles Times)

Roberto José Andrade Franco of El Paso: We’ve always celebrated Nochebuena in Juárez, at my paternal grandmother’s house. Everyone would gather there; cousins, neighbors, friends, and even people you didn’t necessarily want there.

This particular Nochebuena memory happened in 1995. At one point during the night, my cousin ran inside yelling in Spanish that someone had smashed our windshield. We all ran outside. Immediately, my dad said he knew who did it. He had been outside an hour before and saw that a couple of guys from the block were breaking bottles. He told them to stop. When they didn’t, they exchanged words and eventually got in a fistfight. My dad knocked one of them out, told them to stop breaking bottles, then came back inside. He then began to describe him and almost immediately everybody knew who it was. It was my cousin’s friend.

Immediately after, about 10 people — myself, cousins, uncles, my dad — head out, getting hyped while walking to that guy’s house. I’m feeling nervous with butterflies in my stomach. We get there quietly, and my cousin knocks. The guy cracks the door and everyone just runs inside. It looked like the three people inside were ready to go to bed. It was like a cartoon brawl. Punches and kicks everywhere. One of them ran out and escaped in nothing but his underwear. We all had that winter weight on, so no one caught him. Eventually, it just ended.

Back at grandmother’s house, everyone’s singing, and dancing, and drinking. I’m about 14 or 15 at the time, and I’m traumatized. I can’t just go back to eating tamales and barbacoa like nothing happened. The party eventually ends and everyone falls asleep wherever there’s room on the floor. I can’t. I’m still worried. I’m thinking these guys are going to come back. I didn’t sleep that night at all.

The next morning, the phone rings. It’s for my cousin, and it’s the guy who got beat up. He says he says he deserved what he got for breaking the windshield, but that it wasn’t cool of us to rob him. My cousin, like all of us, is confused. “What do you mean steal from you?” he asks. “That wasn’t us.”

The guy is adamant that some of his stuff is missing, so my cousin calls around to find out what happened. It turns out that in the middle of the brawl, someone else who was at our party and tagged along with the mob began to pocket things. My cousin tells him he needs to return everything. He agrees. The next thing I know, the guy who got beat up comes to my grandmother’s house to get whatever was stolen from him. The thief shows up with a 19-inch TV, wallets, and about a dozen CDs. It all got settled. That was the wildest Nochebuena I remember.

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Albert Perez of Los Angeles: In 1987, after several months of pleading for my parents to buy me a Nintendo Action set, they budged and bought me one for Christmas. They soon regretted it. The Nintendo system was quickly demonized because it supposedly made you “flojo” or a “menso.” My parents decided they were never going to buy me anything video game-related, and they kept their word. I must have played Donkey Kong and Super Mario Brothers like a million times while everyone else was enjoying Super Mario 2.

It’s Christmas 1990, and Super Mario 3 is the greatest thing since New Coke! My parents were still very much on their anti-Nintendo crusade. On Nochebuena, the coolest thing I got was a color-changing hoodie, while my cousins got a trove of Nintendo stuff, including that game. I just broke down and cried like an 8-year-old baby. My aunt saw, and to get me to stop crying she told me to pick a game from the bundle. There’s no question about which one I grabbed! That has to me the fondest Nochebuena memory, crying my way to playing with Tanooki Mario!

Angel Rodriguez (who edits this newsletter): Growing up in Houston in the ‘80s as a Cuban American kid made you the oddball of your Latino friends, who mostly consisted of Mexicans or Central Americans. As a result, you ended up incorporating their slang, a love of cheesy pop music like Timberiche or Flans, and the late night taco runs to places like Taqueria Arandas. It wasn’t the typical Cuban American upbringing compared to places like Miami or Union City, N.J.

But there was one thing that made me feel as Cuban as Celia, and that was Nochebuena. My family always went all out on Nochebuena. My dad and uncles would always get a whole pig to roast on Christmas Eve. It was common for me to come home from college on winter break and see that a whole pig was dangling on a hook inside the garage. A hole would be dug in the backyard and the pig would be placed over charcoal on a grill grate covered by some palm fronds from the tree in the front yard. The men would be out there at 5 a.m. on Christmas Eve with their whiskey to keep warm and water jugs filled with mojo. Inside my mom and aunts would be making the rice, black beans, yucca, platanitos and the flan.

By sundown the pig would be brought into the house, and everyone would circle my uncle who would be breaking the pig down. Everyone would pick at the meat or the skin as the platters filled up with juicy lechón. We’d be eating that pork in sandwiches and medianoches for a full week.

While the food was delicious, for me Nochebuena was about connecting to my culture and finding a place of belonging in a world where you weren’t like everyone else.

Eric Warren of Tulsa, Okla.: Thirty years ago I married a wonderful Guatemateca and my white butt became, if nothing else, honorary Latinx. Perhaps the most memorable Nochebuena took place in Glendale, Calif., in like 1992, at her sister’s small Spanish Colonial Revival house at the top of one of those twisty drives. Like all of our family parties, there was kind of a “rolling arrival time,” which the first few times put my nose a bit out of joint, but I learned to adapt and love it. The food was marvelous, the festiveness more so, and the sense of community was something I had never really experienced in my small, white atomic family growing up. I later learned that the relaxed arrival time was because they celebrated Christmas at midnight. This so completely subverted what I had learned growing up, and it was so joyous and spontaneous — and messy — that it really added significantly to my life experience.

We divorced but remained friends and did the two-family mambo: My girls would spend the days leading up to Christmas with me and my family, drive to wherever their mom’s family were spending Nochebuena, and then drive back to us the next morning to celebrate with us. I think, despite all of the driving, this dual Christmas was fun for them.

Elliott Turner from Houston: I lived in Managua, Nicaragua, for several years near the end of the last decade with my wife and two kids, then toddlers. The Virgin of Guadalupe and posadas weren’t a big deal there but they did celebrate an event called La Purisima, where families agree to host a religious image that goes from house to house and swarms of kids sing songs and are given gifts, often candy. It was a really cool fusion of what in the U.S. we know as Christmas caroling and Halloween.

For Nochebuena, everybody gives or gets gifted a super nice outfit. Not necessarily a suit and jacket, but a very nice sweater and khakis and you got to bolear those black dress shoes. After a very late dinner around 11ish, most people will take to the streets en masse to greet and exchange pleasantries with their neighbors. Right at the stroke of midnight, the fireworks go off. It’s basically the Fourth of July but with a VIP nightclub dress code.

The best thing on the Latinternet this week: Los Bukis and the Spanglish ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’

Normally, we end the newsletter with a bit of recent viral content, but given that it’s Nochebuena, we’re going old school with it. Two times! The first is this Spanglish version of the classic “Twas the Night Before Christmas”; its author is unknown.

The second is “Navidad Sin Ti,” the saddest Christmas song we know. For many, including LAist’s Erick Galindo, who wrote about it, this tune by Marco Antonio Solis y Los Bukis is a key part of the holiday season. Sadness and all.


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A Real Love Story

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Twenty years ago I met this guy. He was skinny and had long black hair and drove a muscle car. He called me ‘darlin and has been my heart since that first moment I clapped eyes on him, holes in his jeans and all.

A lot of times people pooh pooh love. They make fun of romance and say it’s a silly fantasy. But it’s not a fantasy and it is real and it makes my life wonderful every day. My romance is real, it’s filled with beard hairs in the sink and silly arguments over money and twenty years worth of petty annoyances. It’s not perfect, we’re not perfect. But we are special and he’s my everything. He’s a man who lives for his family, who loves fiercely and wholly and without reservation and I’m so blessed that he’s mine and that we’ve built this life together.

Happy Anniversary, my best dude, I’m glad to be the full moon shining off your camaro’s hood.

8 comments to “A Real Love Story”

  1. May
    October 8th, 2006 at 8:36 am · Link

    Happy Anniversary!

  2. Collette
    October 8th, 2006 at 11:37 am · Link

    I hope you have a wonderful Anniversary!

  3. Lauren
    October 8th, 2006 at 2:39 pm · Link

    Thanks May and Collette! It’s been really lovely so far!

  4. Ciar Cullen
    October 8th, 2006 at 3:09 pm · Link

    That’s simply lovely, and I wish you many more lovely years together!

  5. Jordan Summers
    October 8th, 2006 at 3:17 pm · Link

    Happy Anniversary! Very sweet write up. 😀 May you have many, many more years filled with happiness.

  6. Lauren
    October 8th, 2006 at 6:32 pm · Link

    Thanks Ciar and Jordan!

  7. Shelli Stevens
    October 8th, 2006 at 10:19 pm · Link

    Okay that’s just so sweet you make me green with envy! Happy anniversary to you and your prince!

  8. Lori
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    Awwww. Happy Anniversary! And many many more!


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Snippet Saturday – Author's Choice

So today is author’s choice and I thought I’d give you a sneak peek at the next book in the Federation Chronicles – MESMERIZED. This book features Andrei, Daniel Haws’ right hand man in Phantom Corps and Piper, the one person Andrei would never be able to forget.

When You Least Expect It…

They call him the Shadow. Andrei Solace delivers death on silent feet as an assassin for the Phantom Corps. The perfect weapon in the fight against the Imperium, he’s sent to the same ‘Verse he left behind as a youth.

Piper Roundtree is a mercenary prepared for anything—except for being rescued from Imperial lackeys by the man she hasn’t laid eyes on in eleven years. While she remembers every mesmerizing sensation he gave her, she thought they were through. And against the backdrop of an impending war, their passion is reignited.

The girl Andrei once loved is now a fierce woman who can pilot a ship through canyons at high speeds, and drive him wild with equal abandon. As much as Andrei tries to protect her from the darkness inside him, Piper admires his skills and the code he lives by. Now the lovers must join forces—in more ways than one—to save the Known Universe before the enemy hurls it into irreversible chaos…

Copyright 2011, Lauren Dane
All Rights Reserved, Berkley Publishing Group
Releasing April 2011!

Eleven Standard Years Ago
Asphodel Portal City Lockup

“Sir, you can’t go in there!” Andrei Solace didn’t bother looking up. Not that he’d have been able to see much with one eye swollen shut from the butt of the rifle he’d taken to the face. The pain had subsided to a dull, all-consuming ache, but the anger burned, low and steady, in his gut. Enough to get through another day.

The outsider spoke again, his tone nearly amused, partly chiding. “I’m afraid you’re incorrect about that.”

Andrei did risk a glance, curious about who spoke to a jailer that way.

He expected another social worker. Gods knew he’d seen enough of them over his lifetime. Instead, what he got was the biggest man he’d ever seen. It was enough to have Andrei ignoring the pain from his injuries to swing his legs from the narrow cot to stand and edge closer.

“Look, sir, I’m sure you think you’re entitled to all sorts of things with your shiny shoes and soft hands. But this is my lockup, and I’m telling you there’s no entry to the cells without the proper paperwork.”

The big man looked down his nose, not a difficulty. Andrei committed the expression to memory as the man looked as if he’d smelled something awful. So much was communicated without a single word. Smart.

The jailer flinched, just a tiny bit, when the big man reached into his pocket and pulled a sheaf of papers from it. “Will these do?” He opened a portfolio to show the jailer.

The jailer read, his lips moving, until he paled and stumbled back. “I had no idea, sir. I . . .”

“Now that we’ve taken care of the formalities, I’d like to see the prisoner.”

With a new target for his anger, the jailer sent Andrei a glare over his shoulder as he led the big man through the hall, unlocking as he went. Andrei didn’t want to appear weak, but he really had to sit down again, so he made his best attempt at nonchalance and strolled back to his cot to sit.

Wilhelm Ellis, newly minted Comandante of the Federation Military Corps, came to a halt just outside the boy’s cell. Andrei was a mess of bruises and bandaged wounds, one eye swollen shut. His eye, the good one, held a quiet, burning anger.

Barely eighteen standard years, and he was hard. Harder than most adults, even those Ellis dealt with in the corps. Hard wasn’t a bad thing. Especially out here. It could be a very good thing indeed, especially in a soldier.

Sighing with annoyance and no small amount of disgusted anger, he rounded on the jailer, pinning him with a glare. “Has he been seen by medics? I was under the impression he’d been here for two weeks.”

“Two weeks and four days. Not that I’m counting.” The jailer sent a sneer toward the boy that had Wilhelm clenching his fists momentarily.

Instead, he kept his voice very, very calm. “Care to explain the state of his face?”

Finally, the jailer understood. He stumbled back, his gaze on the ground. “He has anger problems. Always attacking. Seven hells, sir, he was brought in here after nearly killing a man. He’s been picked up on assault and theft charges multiple times in the last years.”

“Did. You. Give. This. Boy. Those. Bruises?” Wil wanted to punch this petty little bully for the damage he’d done. Instead, he bullied with his size and position. He rarely did, but sometimes it was necessary to scare the spit out of a man before he got the picture fully.

“With all due respect, sir, the boy attacked one of my men. He’s the reason why we have to chain him like a horse in a pasture. The boy is garbage. A dirt rat just like his mother was. If he’d had a father around to instill some discipline, he wouldn’t be here. I don’t think you can come in here and second-guess when you’re not up to sp . . .” The jailer’s words died away when the boy jumped toward the bars, held back by the shackle on his ankle.

“Fuck you. You don’t talk about her,” he snarled, yanking on the chain so hard Wil wondered if he’d break his ankle. This was some will. A good sign if it could be channeled correctly.

“Unlock the cell and the chains and get out of my sight before I show you some discipline myself.” Wil kept his eyes on the boy as he spoke to the jailer.

“He’s dangerous. Didn’t you hear what I just said? He attacked an armed man. Why don’t we get you a chair and you can interview him on the other side of the bars? Safer that way.”

Wilhelm touched the personal comm on his wrist. “Operative Haws, inside with me, if you will.” He didn’t look at the jailer as he spoke. “I’m quite capable of handling myself. Do as you were ordered, or you can join him in the cell next to this one.”

The jailer appeared to begin to mumble, but Wilhelm sent him a look so severe, he clamped his lips together, unlocked the cell and shackles and got out.

“Get out of my sight.” Wil walked past and into the cell, towering over the boy who shook with his desire to lash out. At Wilhelm, at the jailer, at anyone. Wil knew that expression, having seen it in the mirror enough as he grew up.

He sat on the rickety chair they’d provided, stretching his legs before him, purposely taking up as much space as possible. Daniel would have his back. And most likely he’d learn something from a boy he’d been not too long before that. It’d be good for Daniel to see how far he’d come. How much discipline had straightened his life out.

This one.
He shook his head as he took in the wild-eyed Andrei Solace. “Why are you so angry, Mister Solace?” Slowly, taking the boy’s measure, he pulled a pouch from his pocket and rolled a smoke.

The boy tried to hide behind an uncaring facade. Keeping his mouth closed, choosing a shrug.

Wil inhaled the rich heat and exhaled, enjoying that moment very much. “This place is a dump, Andrei Solace. This ‘Verse, this cell, your life, all a fucking dump.”
He enjoyed the flare of anger in Andrei’s eyes, the tension of his muscles as he trembled with the effort not to punch Wilhem right in the nose.

Wilhelm nodded, satisfied when the fists unclenched and the spine relaxed slightly. “Good. See? You can control yourself. When you want to. I’d wager you were simply never taught any discipline.”

With a dismissive wave, he went back to the smoke, wondering how long it would take to get Solace to speak. The boy now had about a 30 percent chance of making it back to Ravena with him.

Each interview he’d done over the last four years as he’d built his special teams had been different. Some he knew before he even saw the person if they’d be a yes. Other times, he’d been convinced one way or another and had his mind drastically change at the last minute.

Andrei Solace was, at first glance, another in a long line of kids from rough backgrounds who fell into violence and criminal activity from a young age. Not unusual at all. This one, though, had scored off the charts on his testing.

The way he’d reacted when his family had been insulted indicated a sense of loyalty. Loyalty when given by a boy like this one would create a bond for life.

“Your silence is interesting. I’m going to take it as you wanting to hear more about why I’m here, shall I?” He narrowed his eyes at Solace, who stared back stonily without, speaking or moving.

Don’t forget to visit today’s other Snippeters!

Leah Braemel
Lissa Matthews
Mari Carr
TJ Michaels
McKenna Jeffries
Taige Crenshaw
Delilah Devlin
Eliza Gayle
HelenKay Dimon
Lauren Dane
Sasha White
Jody Wallace

4 comments to “Snippet Saturday – Author's Choice”

  1. Christine
    December 4th, 2010 at 7:59 am · Link

    Wow great first sight of Andrei. Can’t wait to see a little more. Especially w/ Piper.

  2. Lori
    December 4th, 2010 at 12:25 pm · Link

    Want! Love the look at a young Andrei and also the look into Wil, too.

  3. Wendy
    December 4th, 2010 at 1:42 pm · Link

    The Federation Series and The Phantom Corps have got to be my all time faves! Cant wait for Andreis novel!!!!!!

  4. Kris
    December 6th, 2010 at 2:29 am · Link

    Love this series, cannot wait to read this!!!!


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Seattle/Eastside Locals!

I’m going to be attending the booksigning at the Emerald City RWA Conference, tomorrow 10/27 from 4:30 to 6. 3rd Floor of the Bellevue Westin. I won’t have any copies of Tart to sign (not out until November 6) but I’ll have other books to sign AND a few early copies of Tart I just might give away to some lucky winners!

A lot of great authors will be there signing with me – click the link to see the full list Hope to see you there!

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"Losing the First Dollar: The Current IPO Slowdown, Its Implications, and What It Takes to Make the Market Work Again"

Arnold Evans
February 13, 2009

Arnold Evans J.D./M.B.A. '97 delivers a talk Feb. 13 at the Virginia Law & Business Review Symposium, "Global Credit Crisis: The International Role of the United States." Evans is managing director of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in Atlanta.

To request a transcript that is not available online or on YouTube, contact comm@law.virginia.edu.


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Hermann Struck was born Chaim Aaron ben David in 1876 in Germany. He is best known as a master etcher, lithographer and early Zionist. He studied for five years at the Berlin Academy and in 1908 wrote Die Kunst des Radierens (The Art of Etching), while mentoring artists such as Marc Chagall, Max Liebermann and Lesser Ury. His art was included in an exhibition at the Fifth Zionist Congress and he helped establish the religious Zionist movement called Mizrachi. Struck was an Orthodox Jew but believed that culture and religion could thrive cooperatively in Israel. He immigrated to Haifa where he created an artistic community and participated in the development of the Tel Aviv Museum and the Bezalel art school in Jerusalem. He died in 1944.

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Vincent Fettmilch moved to Frankfurt in 1602 and initiated the Fettmilch uprisings (1612-1616), which lead to the storming of the Judengasse, (Jew’s Lane; Jewish Ghetto) on August 22, 1614. The Jews of Frankfurt were expelled for two years, until 1616, when the emperor intervened, retaking the city, and issuing an imperial ban on Fettmilch and his co-conspirators. Imperial soldiers guided the Jews back into Frankfurt, and Fettmilch was put to death in the Horse Market on February 28th, 1616. This had been one of the last pogroms in Germany, until the rise of the Nazi party in the 20th century.

Matthäus Merian was born in Basel in 1593. He learned copperplate engraving in Zürich and continued his studies in Strasbourg, Nancy, and Paris. He returned to Basel for a year in 1615 before settling in Frankfurt. He worked for publisher Johann Theodor de Bry and married his daughter, Maria Magdalena, who died 1645. He then remarried Johanna Catharina Hein in 1646. Merian ran the de Bry publishing house after the death of his father-in-law in 1623, but later worked independently. Merian is best known for his engravings of maps and illustrations.

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The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that originate from the lower cervical and upper thoracic nerve roots. The causes of brachial plexopathies include traumatic injuries, birth-related injuries, iatrogenic procedures, neoplastic processes, and previous treatment with radiation. Patients present with sensory and motor deficits related to the site of the lesion and the nerves involved. Diagnosis is made based on clinical findings, imaging, and electrodiagnostic studies. Treatment is related to the underlying cause and may be medical or surgical.

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The brachial plexus is a network of nerves from which all the motor and sensory nerves of the upper extremity arise. It is formed by the nerve roots from C5 to T1 and divides into:

  • Trunks:
    • Upper trunk: formed by the C5 and C6 roots
    • Middle trunk: formed by the C7 root
    • Lower trunk: formed by the C8 and T1 roots
  • Divisions: Each trunk divides into an anterior and posterior division.
  • Cords, branches, and nerves:
    • Lateral cord branches into:
      • Musculocutaneous nerve
      • Median nerve
    • Posterior cord branches into:
      • Axillary nerve
      • Subscapular nerve
      • Thoracodorsal nerve
      • Radial nerve
    • Medial cord branches into:
      • Median nerve
      • Ulnar nerve
      • Medial cutaneous nerves of the arm and forearm
    • Suprascapular nerve: arises from the upper trunk
    • Dorsal scapular nerve: arises from the C5 root
    • Long thoracic nerve: arises from the C5, C6, and C7 roots
Brachial plexus

Schematic of the brachial plexus and its branches

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  • Brachial plexus syndromes are rare:
    • Occur in 0.4% of patients with cancer
    • Occur in 2% to 5% of patients exposed to radiation
  • Incidence of idiopathic brachial plexopathy or brachial amyotrophy is 2–3 per 100,000.
  • The incidence ratio for traumatic injuries is 2:1, men to women.

  • Based on the location of the injury
  • Supraclavicular preganglionic:
    • Associated with avulsion of nerve roots
    • Usually results in permanent motor and sensory deficits
    • Denervation of neck muscles is common.
  • Supraclavicular postganglionic:
    • Often due to traction injuries
    • Nerve roots remain intact.
  • Infraclavicular: involves individual branches of the plexus

The brachial plexus can be injured by several mechanisms:

  • Nerve traction:
    • Also known as stretch injury (as seen in delivery of infants)
    • Occurs from sudden severe pull or tension of the nerves
  • Nerve compression:
    • Uncommon: The brachial plexus is protected by bony structures.
    • Occurs in contact sports
  • Overt nerve transection with major trauma
  • Ischemia resulting from occlusion of small intraneural vessels due to:
    • Inflammation
    • Radiation
    • Metabolic abnormalities
  • Direct nerve invasion by cancer cells

Clinical Presentation

Clinical symptom onset may vary from acute to insidious, with shoulder or upper arm pain described as “electric shock-like” or a burning sensation.

Traumatic plexopathies

  • Trauma from injuries:
    • Open: knife or gunshot wounds, animal bites
    • Closed: motorcycle/automobile accidents, falls from a height, hematomas
    • Manifestations correlate to the nerve(s) affected by the injury.
  • Trauma from sports injuries: burner (also called stinger)
    • Caused by downward traction of the shoulder, involving the upper trunk of the brachial plexus
    • Most often due to tackling
    • Manifests as transient numbness, paresthesias, or weakness in the arm
    • Usually brief and self-limited; occasionally, recovery may take days to weeks
  • Backpack palsy (also known as rucksack paralysis or cadet palsy):
    • Affects the upper trunk (C5–C6)
    • Presents after wearing a backpack or similar apparatus
    • Usually painless, due to stretch or compression of the nerve fibers
    • Symptoms:
      • Weakness of shoulder abduction and elevation
      • Weakness in extension of the forearm, wrist, and fingers
      • Some sensory loss in the same distribution
      • Most patients recover fully in a few months.
  • Obstetric brachial plexus palsies:
    • Erb palsy:
      • More common than Klumpke palsy
      • Affects C5 and C6 nerve roots
      • Deformity: arm hanging by the side, adducted, and medially rotated
    • Klumpke palsy:
      • Affects C8 and T1 nerve roots
      • “Claw hand” deformity: hyperextension at the metacarpophalangeal joints and flexion at the interphalangeal joints

Nontraumatic plexopathies

Neuralgic amyotrophy (progressive wasting of muscle tissues):

  • Inflammatory disorder of the brachial plexus
  • Also known as Parsonage-Turner syndrome or idiopathic brachial plexopathy
  • May affect both children and adults
  • Sudden onset of shoulder/upper arm pain → progressive weakness and atrophy

Hereditary brachial plexopathy:

  • Autosomal dominant
  • Characterized by painful, recurrent brachial plexopathies
  • Features: short stature, hypotelorism, unusual skin folds, creases on the neck
  • Rare

Neoplastic brachial plexopathy:

  • Presents with pain in the shoulder/axilla
  • Types:
    • Primary: due to neurogenic tumors (e.g., schwannomas, neurofibromas)
    • Secondary: due to regional lymph nodes causing nerve compression; most commonly due to breast and lung cancers
    • Paraneoplastic: due to demyelinating injury from antibodies against the myelin sheath, associated with Hodgkin lymphoma
  • C8 or T1 nerve root involvement:
    • Seen with Pancoast tumors (usually non–small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC))
    • Sympathetic neurons run through the brachial plexus over the lung apex.
    • Clinical symptoms: Horner syndrome (ptosis, miosis, and anhidrosis) due to an interruption of the cervical sympathetic chain supply to the eye

Radiation-induced brachial plexopathy:

  • May not present until months or years after radiation
  • Due to direct axonal damage, demyelination, microvascular infarction, and fibrosis
  • Risk ↑ with concurrent chemotherapy

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS):

  • Due to compression of blood vessels and nerves as they pass between the clavicle and the 1st rib
  • Causes:
    • Accidents
    • Repetitive-use type of occupational injuries
    • Anatomic variants
    • Hypertrophy of the scalene or pectoralis minor muscle in weight lifters and athletes
  • Symptoms vary but may include:
    • Muscle weakness
    • Numbness
    • Ischemic changes
    • Edema of the upper extremities
    • Venous thrombosis

Diabetes-related brachial plexopathy:

  • Not as common as lumbosacral plexopathy
  • May be mononeuropathies of the ulnar and median nerves

Iatrogenic plexopathies:

  • Classic postoperative paresis:
    • Caused by traction or pressure during surgery
    • Presents with painless weakness and paresthesia
    • Recovery is rapid and complete.
  • Post-median sternotomy plexopathy:
    • Occurs after open-heart surgery
    • Caused by injury to the anterior ramus C8
    • Presents with hand weakness, paresthesia, and pain in the C8 dermatome
  • Anesthetic block plexopathy:
    • Occurs after regional infraclavicular brachial plexus blockade
    • Due to trauma from the infusion needle, hematoma formation, or neurotoxicity from the local anesthetic
  • Medial brachial fascial compartment syndrome:
    • Occurs after puncture of the axillary or brachial artery during procedures such as arteriography or axillary regional anesthetic blocks
    • Expanding hematoma causes nerve compression of the median or ulnar nerves most commonly.

The primary pathologic lesion in most plexopathies is axonal loss, whether due to trauma, demyelination, or compression. Diagnosis is based on clinical presentation and testing.

  • Duration of symptoms
  • Characteristics of pain, sensory changes, weakness, and muscle atrophy
  • Infection, activity, or injury associated with the onset
  • Change in symptoms with a change in head, neck, or arm position
  • Autonomic symptoms
  • Change in functionality of the arm
  • Past medical history:
    • Malignancy, radiation, chemotherapy
    • Demyelinating disorders
    • Diabetes
    • Previous brachial plexopathy
  • Details of pregnancy and delivery in neonatal patients (e.g., stretching/traction)

Physical examination

  • Visual inspection for skin changes:
    • Surgical scars or wounds
    • Muscle atrophy
  • Palpation of the muscles of the shoulder and arm
  • Range of motion (ROM) of the cervical spine and upper extremity
  • Pupil exam for possible Horner syndrome
  • Neurological exam:
    • Motor strength
    • Sensory exam
    • Deep tendon reflexes (DTRs)
  • Neonatal patients: Clinical diagnosis is made when arm weakness at birth fits a distribution consistent with a brachial plexus injury.

Imaging and tests

  • Cervical spine X-ray for bony abnormalities
  • Chest X-ray if concern for lung malignancy
  • MRI for structural abnormalities (e.g., disc herniation, tumor)
  • Ultrasound may distinguish preganglionic from postganglionic traumatic lesions noninvasively.
  • Electromyography (EMG)/nerve conduction studies:
    • Assesses for axonal damage in motor nerves
    • Gives information regarding other diagnoses (e.g., nerve entrapment syndromes)
    • Sensory nerve conduction studies are more sensitive to axonal loss than motor nerve studies.

Acute traumatic injuries may lead to plexopathies that are self-limited within a few months. Specific treatments for nontraumatic plexopathies include PT and medications.

Traumatic plexopathies

  • Some situations may require emergent surgical intervention.
  • Nonemergency surgery: indicated if no improvement after 3–4 months
  • Types of procedures:
    • Neurolysis
    • Nerve grafts
    • Nerve transfers
    • Tendon and muscle transfers
  • Prognosis: improved function noted in approximately 60% of patients after surgical intervention

Nontraumatic plexopathies

Neuralgic amyotrophy:

  • Conservative management:
    • PT
    • Glucocorticoids
    • Analgesics
  • Prognosis:
    • Recovery is slow over 1–3 years.
    • Some patients may have persistent disability.

Hereditary brachial plexopathy:

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Analgesics
  • PT

Neoplastic plexopathy:

  • Radiation therapy (RT) to reduce pain
  • Analgesics

Radiation-induced plexopathy:

  • Gabapentinoids (inhibit neurotransmission)
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)

  • Conservative measures:
    • Weight reduction
    • Analgesics
    • Strengthening program
  • Surgery:
    • True neurogenic TOS → surgical release of the fibrous band or resection of the rudimentary cervical rib
    • Vascular TOS → decompressive surgery

Iatrogenic plexopathies:

  • Conservative management
  • Surgical decompression

Neonatal brachial plexus palsy:

  • PT to promote muscle strengthening
  • Surgery indications include:
    • Pan-plexopathy and preganglionic nerve root lesion
    • Complete nerve disruption and nerve root avulsions
    • Incomplete functional recovery
  • Botulinum toxin injection: may be helpful for contractures/muscle imbalances
  • Psychosocial support for ongoing disability in childhood
  • Prognosis:
    • Spontaneous recovery occurs over 1–3 months in most cases.
    • More favorable prognosis if early clinical improvement in a few weeks
    • Good prognosis with normal or near-normal strength in elbow flexion, shoulder external rotation, and forearm supination by 3 months of age

Differential Diagnosis

  • Cervical radiculopathy: refers to pain and neurologic symptoms in the upper extremities due to injury or inflammation of the cervical spine nerve roots. The causes of cervical radiculopathy include cervical disc herniation, infection, tumor infiltration, and demyelination. The clinical features vary depending on the location and degree of cervical nerve root involvement. Diagnosis is made based on clinical exam, MRI, and electrodiagnostic studies. Treatment can be conservative with PT and pain control, or with surgical decompression if there’s no improvement.
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS): refers to a family of immune-mediated polyneuropathies that occur after infections (e.g., Campylobacter jejuni). Typical GBS is characterized by acute monophasic neuromuscular paralysis, which is symmetric and ascending and may progress to respiratory failure requiring prolonged hospitalization. Management is mostly supportive and may require either plasma exchange or IV immunoglobulin (IVIG).
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS): chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease leading to demyelination of the CNS. The etiology is uncertain, but both genetic and environmental factors are believed to play a role. Diagnosis is made by MRI as well as CSF examination. Management involves corticosteroids for acute exacerbations and disease-modifying agents to reduce exacerbations and slow the progression of the disease.
  • Spinal cord injury: associated with complete or incomplete syndromes due to vertebral fracture, disc herniation, or, in some cases, arterial occlusion/ischemia. The cardinal sign is a discrete injury level, above which neurologic function is intact, and below which it is absent or markedly diminished. Diagnosis is by clinical exam and MRI. Management depends on the cause of the spinal cord syndrome and involves long-term symptomatic care and rehabilitation.

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  • Compared to a trial which could take months or years, mediation can offer a quicker solution as it can be conducted in a week or two.
  • Mediation can foster cooperation with your ex. This is because it helps you communicate with your ex about important issues and many studies have shown that children do much better if their divorced parents are able to communicate and cooperate with each other.
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Mediation can still work even if your relationship with your ex is so bad that both of you cannot be in the same room together. This is because mediation can be done separately and the mediator will go back and forth between the parties as well as work on an agreement until it gets done. Mediators do this for a living and are skilled at dealing with couples that cannot get along. Mediators are typically good at redirecting a parent’s focus back to the children and will stress the importance of putting aside personal issues for the sake of the children’s best interests.

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In the near future, we plan to introduce legislation that reforms the way people change their name when married.

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One of the organisations affected appears to be the Lister Fertility Clinic. In a letter sent to about 1,700 affected patients earlier this month, the clinic confirmed that it used Stor-a-File for the scanning of their patients’ and partners’ medical records and that they had been advised by Stor-a-File in October 2021 that its IT systems had been hacked by cyber-criminals in August 2021.

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The identity of some, but not all, of the other affected organisations is known. Stor-a-File have confirmed that the same attack also affected the Nuffield Health Leicester Hospital. The hospital has stated that although data was taken as a result of the attack, no "medical scans, images, diagnostic, payment card or contact information about Nuffield Health patients have been published online".

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“On the face of it, Stor-a-File’s failure to keep this information secure seems a clear breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As such, those individuals affected are likely to be entitled to compensation for the distress and anxiety caused by the breach as well as any financial losses that they may have suffered. Given, in many cases, the sensitivity of the information, it is likely that this compensation will be substantial.

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My grandmother has an IS200...its a really nice car and she loves driving it...

However, for some reason the tyres keep going flat on it, due to her age she doesnt seem to notice to buggers up the tyres....Its getting silly...she has had about 5 new tyres in the last 3 months...

Now it may be down to her driving and occasional low speed kurbing (whilst parking etc)....But surley this shouldnt be happening?!!???!?!?!?

Is this a common issue on the IS200?

Im tempted to fit some other wheels with more rubber on just to save her the hassle and cost of getting the rubber bands changed all the time...

Any thoughts anyone?

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Hiya..... Historically the IS200's wheels are air tight. Since this is a reoccurring problem then the rubber cannot be to blame... I would ensure the wheels bead line is clean and have the shop check that the wheel doesn't have a hole in it?............ It happens!!

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My brothers did the same on the front end he had to keep pumping them up every week or so think he had them resealed in the end as when we put some washing up liquid round the rims he had got air escaping from the inside edges on both front rims? maybe worth a look? :) Oh just a thought is there some little sod letting them down???

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Its usualy the front ones, but they all misbehave.,...

The fronts have some heavy kurbing marks on them which I guess could be a sign that the wheels have been distorted and are now leaking...

I would persuade my gran to come to your club meets, but she would only make you all look slow :-p

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The New York Islanders were a few twists and bounces from starting this four-game road trip 0-2 instead of 1-0-1, so they'll take their three points to Florida and hope for more against a desperate but health-challenged playoff bubble team.

Amid an impressive fight for the final wild card spot, the Panthers suffered the horror of two goalie injuries in the same game, a tough 3-2 loss to the lowly Leafs where the winner was scored against a hobbling Al Montoya.

Tonight may bring further hardship, as the team has a flu bug running around and rookie-in-name-only Aaron Ekblad is a risk to miss tonight's game. (Plug: While Ekblad has been good beyond his years, don't forget Brian Campbell's role, still effective after all this time.)

They will feature the resurrected Dan Ellis in goal, who gave them a chance in a shootout loss to Dallas the other night.

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Neuvirth finished his brief tenure in Buffalo on a hot run, clearly enjoying the opportunity to play regularly after the Sabres tanked Jhonas Enroth off to Dallas. We'll see how he does in a more traditional backup role with the Isles, although he's likely to get more appearances -- and better results -- than the man he replaces, Chad Johnson.

The only other planned change to the Isles lineup is the return of Matt Martin aftter his one-game suspension for kneeing Trevor Daley. He bumps Eric Boulton back out of the lineup and into cold storage.

Though injured Kyle Okposo and Tyler Kennedy joined the Isles in Florida for today's morning skate, neither will be in the lineup:

Kyle and Tyler came down with the team. It’s good for them to be around. Kyle is improving, he’s able to do certain things now that the doctors want him to do. He’s skating, working on his conditioning. Things were good, so that’s a positive sign moving forward.

This is the teams' third meeting of 2014-15. The Isles won a shootout in the fall, but the Panthers beat them 4-2 (EN) in regulation a month ago. The Panthers obviously have huge stakes, currently two points out of a wild card spot.

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