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The Puerto Rican Astronaut
Puerto Rican Identity
How to Speak "English"
Forwarding Email pt.1
How to Please Others
The Art of Fatherhood
Temécula !!!
Wassa Rican Diáspora?
Puerto Rican Swine Flu
Taino Artifacts Found
Boricua Black Eye
To Speak "Americano"
Puerto Rican Exodus
How to Type the Áccénts
Gloom of Texas Flood
The Amazing Rabbit
The Puerto Rican Fork
Don Jibaro Hit by Car
The Story of Jesus' Birth
Mystique of 3 Kings Day

 

The Problem of ONE Inadvertent Forward
Don Jibaro's Note: Because I have a website that depends on web traffic, I don't do the FORWARD thing... The bandwidth (internet traffic) is already jammed as is... with one million NEW websites go online every day! Google receives several hundred million queries each day! YouTube is a video sharing website  receiving 100 million video views per day.!!! Lil ol' me.... I get 25,000 hits per DAY from 1000 unique visitors.

"A small request... Just one line---Dear God, I pray for a cure for cancer. Amen.  PASS IT ON ...Please, Keep This Prayer Going" —Mi Pana   READ REPLY

Cinco Siglos de Historia Book Review by Don Jíbaro
bout 10 yrs ago I visited La Universidad Puerto Rico. At their bookstore I asked for the BEST CLICK HEREbook in Puerto Rican history they had. The clerk showed me the $50 "Cinco Siglos de Historia" (Spanish-Francisco Scarano from Fajardo now teaching at the Univ. of Wiconsin)...I READ IT, loved it, wanted one more. I contacted Mr. Scarano, who told me to get it through McGraw-Hill Caribbean. I did. Gave my 1st edition to my daughter (Oh, no!)  and got 2nd ed. through McGraw. Loved it MORE. Now my brother in law asks me "What's good in PR Hist? "LUIS, DON'T LET THE PRICE FOOL YOU, there's none BETTER") Read it for yourself GO HERE









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Lessons
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PR's History in Photos

The pages of this pictorial opus expresses the legacy, struggle, beauty, misery, joy of Puerto Rico of days past. Delano saves the spirit of Puerto Rico's past, once thought to be lost with faded memories. This is a book to keep for oneself, it strenghtens.
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Cuatro prodigy child !!!



Systematic Analysis of the Conga Drum

Purloined by Don Jibaro Barbablanca
he conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu, Congo. A person who plays conga is called a "conguero".  READ MORE

Bomba y Plena
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1900s PR Music...

 

 


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My Incredible Tío Genaro
“Yo conozco el Buey Que Faja y La Víbora Que Pica.”
Everyone has an uncle or member of the extended family that stands out from the rest. Whether it’s the “barrigón” bachelor uncle who drinks a lot of beer or the church going purist aunt who doesn’t shave her legs, we all have one. Well, I have one, too! And if you...
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Don Jíbaro y sus amigos escriben en el lenguaje de nuestro abuelos...
 

The Empty Bed - Update by Don Jíbaro

f a glass is empty and you fill it half-way up, the glass is "half-full", but if the glass is full and you drink half of it, then the glass is "half-empty". That's easy logic! So, one that spots flukes in logic, are unfairly labeled pessimists... READ STORY

Puerto Rican Birth Certificates
 It's OFFICAL - in a NUTSHELL
1. Fill and sign form. Send photocopy of unexpired ID Drivers' License or Passport ONLY (subject to approval.
2. Send $5.00 Money Order (ONLY) payable to "Secretario de Hacienda de Puerto Rico" Additional certs are $4
3. Send including a 'self addressed - stamped" envelope to  "Registro Demográfico P.O. Box 11854 San Juan Puerto Rico 00910." To send via Fed Ex, Priority Mail, etc... the address is "Registro Demográfico" calle Quisqueya #171 Hato Rey Puerto Rico 00917." MORE INFO: CALL Post Office  (787) 767-9120 exts. 2402, 2406 y 2415.
SPANISH Oprima aqui para solicitud
ENGLISH Birth Certificate Application

IF ALL this sounds fishy but go to their website and dig a bit deeper. It's all there
OFFICIAL WEBSITE (Spanish Only)

About Chile
without resources to help Chile, I can, at least, pray for lotta help to get down there, but it's good to find a Biblical reference for what's going on:

"For many shall come in My name, saying, I AM, and shall deceive many. And when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled. For it must happen, but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there shall be earthquakes in different places, and there shall be famines and troubles. These things are the beginnings of sorrows." (Mark 13:6-8)

Again, This is not "chicken little" hearsay... it might even be coincidence. Me? I doubt it, but it's good to find parameters of peace where everybody neglects to find. Dust off your Bible, read more see video

"Puerto Ricans will need new birth certificates"
(UPI) Starting July 1, 2010, Puerto Ricans born on the island will need to apply for new birth certificates for any official transactions requiring that document, such as requesting drivers licenses or getting new passports.

The birth certificates of Puerto Ricans are desirable to many from elsewhere in Latin America who seek to pass themselves off as Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens.
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"My 4-hr visit to Port-Au-Prince was a life-defining experience. The smell of death permeates everything but hope brightened the eyes of most Haitians, in the hope that the world will respond."  READ STATEMENT

This Don Jibaro's Corteja

She's ugly but she makes a mean Mondongo!!!

A Sense of Belonging
by Don Jíbaro Barbagris
It's been stated that the human personna craves for validation, affirmation and a profound sense of belonging.... YES... yes (don't throw it in my face later) YOU ME, HIM all of US, have an innate sense of desire for fulfillment of the "self". WE want to belong.... yes, belong here and there; belong to our spouses and parents and this club and that other club, and people who validate us.

Enter the LATEST phenomeom in social interaction... the ubiquitous FACEBOOK. I joined because I heard that ALL people who are important and influential, belong there, too.  Celebrities of all caliber NOW do the FB thing. So I go join in... and start looking for "friends", friends who are important and might make me feel good about myself.
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Is That Your Final Answer?
We always want to think that we're pretty much an enlightened people, educated and refined... but at times you stumble when someone ask you something you don't know? Like the... What's speed of light? So... in what appears to be a very long page on the Web, Don Jibaro has compiled a "maj larga que'l cará" collection of useful information, and that once you start reading it's hard to stop...

WELL.... DID YOU KNOW THAT:
Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three were real brothers... or that
Don Jibaro once was a baby?
Puerto Rico is the third country of the world with more physicians in proportion to its population READ MORE

In a French 14th-century manuscript, Saint Valentine, bishop of Terni, oversees the construction of his basilica at Terni; but there is no indication that he was a patron saint for lovers, There is, however...
That Crazy Thing They Call Love...
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The Legend of Guanina
ne of the first legends retold in Puerto Rico is that of Guanina by Dr. Cayetano Coll y Toste. Once the Taino Indians had proven that the Spaniards were not immortal through the death of Diego Salcedo, they rebelled. The legend of Guanina tells of that rebellion.

Guanina was a Taino Indian princess in love with Don Cristobal de Sotomayor, a Spanish officer who had come to Boriquen to conquer and colonize. Her brother... READ MORE

US government awards top culture prizes to two Boricuas
by William Cumpiano

In May 2009 we received the news that the master cuatrista Edwin Colón Zayas received the most prestigious prize given to traditional artists in by the National Foundation for the Arts in Washington DC. The prize, called the NEA National Heritage Fellowships honors individual traditional artists once... READ MORE

ACCIDENT, n. An evitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws by unattentive participants engaging in unprecedented idiocies...  A Toyota in a china hutch. ►MORE


 "For where your treasure is, there your heart is also." Matt.6:21

Cuatro Festival in California
“Yo conozco el Buey Que Faja y La Víbora Que Pica.” —Tio Genaro

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live in Los Angeles, CA but attended the 2nd Annual Cuatro Festival in San Diego, about 160 miles south of L.A. The excitement of a celebration to a real Puerto Rican cultural event in California is always a stream in the desert, for the  140,000+ Boricuas in California. ►Read More & See Photos


What a man desires is unfailing love." Proverbs 19:22a

Can a Cuatro Festival Survive in California...?

Don Jibaro plays "Humongo", his 12 string Cuatro.
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The Puerto Rican Jesus
by Don Jíbaro Barbablanca
Is Jesus Christ really part of the Puerto Rican Culture
or is He just an Icon at Easter and Christmas?

 The place of birth only makes you a citizen of that place, nothing more and nothing less. I'm proud of Jesus... whether He had been born in Puerto Rico or the North Pole, but God wanted Him in Israel. READ MORE



REAL PHOTO! A crocodile at a zoo in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung holds the forearm of a zoo veterinarian in between its teeth. The crocodile bit off the arm of the zoo veterinarian treating it, an official reported.   read amazing story & see more pics

 
About Don Jíbaro's latest medical update.  
 
Puerto Ricans in the USA. U GOTTA see this!


 

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Anger? What
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Self-Heal By DonJibaro

e were at the market last week and I heard a toddler crying very loud on he next aisle. I left my wife with the cart and went to see... Well, there was a lady comparing the price of two items AND a 3 or 4 year old boy kicking the shopping cart and screaming "I want that toy, I want that toy NOW !!!" . Read More


The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is 'Live Free or Die'. These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.


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Mini Conga...

Compact at 11" high...
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Latino 4 CD set
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Breeding 
Boricuanism
into USAricanism

By Mrs. Don Jíbaro

n our house, everyone knows that there is a Puerto Rican father living here. The neighbors know it. The congregation of our church knows that there is a Puerto Rican among them. My relatives know that I am married to a Puerto Rican. Even the people at my job know it! What does that tell you?
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The All Powerful Mother

by Don Jibaro
How hard...it is to find a capable mother! She is worth far more than jewels! Her husband puts his confidence in her, and he will never be poor. As long as she lives, she does him good and never harm. She keeps herself busy making wool and linen cloth. ► READ MOTHER

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The Puerto Rican Diáspora
Essay by
 Don Jibaro

Boricuas throughout the World. The term diaspora (in Greek, διασπορά – "a scattering") refers to the movement of any population sharing common ethnic identity
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Colonialism in Puerto Rico
By Don Jíbaro Barbanegra
Most of the people that go for vacation outside of their own country have a predilection for tropical sites. The imagery of white sand beaches and clear blue skies with real cotton-like plump white clouds suggests through artistry and imagination a vivid impression of a tropical paradise! Ah! Away from it all! Read More

Don Jibaro's Health Report
This last summer I was hauled away in an ambulance with bright lights, noisy sirens and driving on the wrong side of the street.  "The ambulance ride was terrible... it felt it didn't have  any shock absorbers. Picture a Marx's brothers ride." READ STORY HERE

The Amazing Dave Valentín!
DON JIBARO's NOTE:
"As a professional musician for over 45 years, I don't get impressed easily... until I hear Dave. His remarkable talent and mastery of the instrument just blew me away! Period!"  READ MORE

Domestic Violence PR
by Don Jibaro
1954... I was six years old... My father and my mother were fighting... Mami grabbed me by one arm. Papi grabbed me by the other one and it was a tug-of-war. My father let go of my arm and my mother ran dragging me along. My father pulled a barber's razor blade from his pocket. Yes, the ones that open like a jackknife and barbers hone it with a leather belt.
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"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, 'says the Lord, who has compassion on you"
Isaiah 54:10 

PR's History in Photos

The pages of this pictorial opus expresses the legacy, struggle, beauty, misery, joy of Puerto Rico of days past. Delano saves the spirit of Puerto Rico's past, once thought to be lost with faded memories. This is a book to keep for oneself, it strenghtens one's soul.
CLICK HERE





















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Who in The World Was Juan Tizol?
One of my favorites jazz tunes of all times is "Caravan" but I never knew that the composer was a Puerto Rican. YES! Juan Tizol was born in San Juan Puerto Rico on Jan. 22, 1900. ►READ STORY


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Compact at 11" high...►Buy it

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Earth and Spirit: Medicinal Plants and Healing Lore from Puerto Rico
by Benedetti & Janto

DIG THIS.... besides the ancient lyre, the cuatro is
the only instrument I know that has 10 strings.


"Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings." (Psalms 33:2)

"Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound." (Psalms 92:3)

"I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee." (Psalms 144:9)

The Refinery That Exploded in Cataño
See shocking pics here

Do The Accénts
HOLD ALT and enter codes in the number pad right of keyboard... release ALT

Á=0193
É=144
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æ=145
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á=160
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ñ=164
Ñ=165
¢=155
¿=168
¡=173
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BOOKS

Puerto Rico : A Political and Cultural History
by Arturo Morales Carrion

  



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nor finds fault with our work.” --(2 Corinthians 6:3)
 

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