
El relato que presenté al concurso EÑE de literatura móvil ha ganado el premio honorífico: el más votado por los internautas.
Gracias a todos. Me mola eso de ganar (en algo) en la vida.
(NOTA: no me dan premio ninguno, hay que joderse).
Un amigo me abrió este blog para que contase las anécdotas de la publicación de mi primer libro, un trabajo periodístico acerca de la industria del porno. Aquí seguí reseñando cuanto rodeó la edición del segundo, un manual de divulgación sobre sexualidad. "Mi lado más hardcore" y "Verdad y Mentiras en el sexo" han sido mis criaturas más mediáticas, por las que me empezaron a invitar a las teles. Pero hay más... "Sexo, amor y cirugía", mi primera novela, premiada incluso. Y sigo ;)

ORIGINS IM-HM stands for “I am High Maintenance,” – a statement to which a few negative connotations used to be attached to. At present, it takes on an entirely different meaning. The phrase is now more of a bold statement of empowerment. A woman can now take care of herself by her own means. A woman has gone so far along in this world that she can now afford to spoil herself.
So we created an online boutique to celebrate just that: www.im-hm.com IM-HM.COM began as a multi-label online store, housing high end brands from all over the world. After two years of being in business, we have come to know the “high maintenance” customer quite intimately: She loves fashion and has a fine-tuned knowledge of the industry - popular labels and new designers. She knows the value of good quality and design. She is normally a career woman, though she is not tied down by her job. She is well-educated & cultured, though she still strives to learn more, and explore. She loves to travel - new environments excite & exhilarate her. She is a jet setter – though she would never label herself as such. For this woman, we created and conceptualized a whole new online store: IM-HM Resort – an online boutique that carries stunning resort wear for sunny destinations all year round. IMHM RESORT The collections include gorgeous bikinis, exquisite sarongs and kaftans, beautifully crafted accessories, and other holiday necessities such as beach bags, sandals, and sunglasses. IM-HM Resort will have the perfect tropical getaway wardrobe – everything from basic beach chic to decked-out yacht glamour. Each collection is carefully thought out and put together. IM-HM Resort carries mid to high end swimwear, resort wear, and accessory brands. Including some new and exciting labels to watch out for. Unique to this online store, however, is that it also carries gorgeous hand-made cover-ups, beaded kaftans, one-of-a-kind sarongs, and intricately-crafted accessories from names unknown to the fashion industry. These pieces have been personally selected by the owners of IM-HM on their many trips around the globe – Indonesia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, and many more to come. Ver másVenta al por menor




Nuovo caso di prete pedofilo in Arizona
Ratzinger avrebbe tardato a sconsacrarlo
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Il vescovo Manuel Moreno
WASHINGTON - Un nuovo caso di pedofilia in una parrocchia di Tucson è emerso oggi sui media americani. Secondo dei documenti ottenuti dell'Associated Press, la chiesa avrebbe aspettato oltre dodici anni per sconsacrare un prete americano dell'Arizona riconosciuto colpevole di abusi sessuali su minori, nonostante sin dai primi anni novanta l'allora vescovo di Tucson, Manuel Moreno, avesse segnalato il caso il cardinale Joseph Ratzinger - il futuro Benedetto XVI - all'epoca a capo della congregazione per la dottrina della fede.
Le molestie di Padre Michael Teta ai bambini che confessava nella sua parrocchia erano cominciate negli anni 70 ma solo molti anni dopo il prete era finito sotto inchiesta e rimosso dal vescovo Manuel Moreno dal suo ministero. Ma la richiesta di rimuovere totalmente Teta dai ranghi della chiesa, giunta a Ratzinger nel 1992, è rimasta inevasa per dodici anni nonostante le ripetute richieste inviate al Vaticano del vescovo Moreno che giudicava "satanico" il comportamento del prete nei confronti dei minorenni.
Secondo i documenti in mano all'Ap, forniti dal legale di due delle vittime degli abusi, un tribunale ecclesiastico nel 1990 accertò che nel 1978 il sacerdote Michael Teta aveva abusato di due bambini di 7 e 9 anni che preparavano la prima comunione, dopo il suo arrivo nella diocesi di Tucson, in Arizona. Il cardinale Ratzinger, informato della vicenda, l'8 giugno del 1992 scrisse al vescovo Moreno assicurandogli che si sarebbe occupato del caso. Cinque anni dopo, il 28 aprile del 1997, Moreno riprese la penna. "Il caso è iniziato sette anni fa" scriveva Moreno. "La prego di assistermi in ogni modo che potrà per accelerare le procedure". Passarono però altri sette anni prima che Teta smettesse di essere prete.
La Associated Press sottolinea che i casi di abusi venivano trattati in maniera disomogenea dal Vaticano fino al 2001 quando fu proprio Ratzinger a ordinare che tutti i casi passassero attraverso la congregazione per la dottrina della fede. E cita il caso di Robert Trupia, sempre in arizona. Anche di lui si occupò il vescovo Moreno ritenendolo colpevole di abusi e lo sospese dall'incarico nel 1992, chiedendo che fosse sconsacrato; i documenti che riguardavano il caso però dovettero essere inviati alla congregazione per il clero e alla segnatura apostolica.
Moreno scrisse alla congregazione per il clero, secondo l'Ap: "Abbiamo la prova di reati contro persone che erano affidate a lui", ritenendo che Trupia potesse essere "fonte di scandali maggiori in futuro" . Il caso approdò nell'ufficio di Ratzinger. Il 10 febbraio 2003, Moreno scrisse all'allora cardinale; il giorno prima un giornale locale aveva pubblicato un articolo su Trupia che guidava una mercedes e viveva in un condominio vicino Baltimora. Moreno scrisse che Trupia era "un enorme fattore di rischio per i bambini e gli adolescenti che potrebbero entrare in contatto con lui". Non si sa se Ratzinger rispose.
Moreno si ammalò di Parkinson e di cancro alla prostata; papa Giovanni Paolo II approvò il suo pensionamento anticipato. Su Trupia però Moreno scrisse ancora in Vaticano e del caso si occuò anche il suo successore, il vescovo Gerald Kicanas. Trupia fu sconsacrato nell'agosto del 2004.



Eva Roy: August 1918
Peter Roy was a Danish immigrant who had come to Fairfax from Minnesota in 1912. In November of that year he purchased two parcels of land near the current intersection of Old Keene Mill Road and Sydenstricker Road, totaling 180 acres.14 Roy, a widower, became a prosperous farmer and an active member of the Lee Chapel Methodist Church. With him resided his eldest daughter Caroline, her husband William K. Jerman, and his younger daughter Eva.
On the morning of Aug. 4, 1918, Eva Roy, age 14, left her home near Burke, at around 9:00 a.m. to tend her father's small herd of cows. When Eva failed to return home that evening her father began a search. Neighbors were soon enlisted to help, but it was some 24 hours later that her body was found tied to a tree in the woods near the old Hanse House, her apron strings tight about her throat. The county coroner, Dr. W. I. Robey, concluded that the girl had been "Brutally assaulted" before being strangled to death.15 A Coroner's Jury was appointed, and quickly concluded: "We, the jury, find that Eva Roy came to her death at the hands of some unknown person, and the indications point to Lu Hall, as the probable perpetrator of the crime."16 Hall, a 33-year-old woodcutter, lived about 1/2 mile from the scene of the crime and was seen in the woods near the time of the girl's disappearance.
The case was not to be easily solved, however, as other suspects were soon identified and eventually eliminated.
The first, William Wooster, age 16, was soon arrested for assaulting a "colored girl." He had recently been released from an insane asylum, but was found that he was nowhere near the scene of Eva's murder.17
The next suspect to emerge was a soldier who deserted from Camp A. A. Humphries (now Fort Belvoir). The soldier, a sergeant whom the papers fail to name, was located some days later near Charlottesville, Virginia. He had scratches on his face and hands, was wearing freshly laundered clothes, and claimed to have no memory of the events between his leaving Camp Humphries and his capture. Sheriff Allison traveled to Charlottesville to interview the man, but after some weeks of investigation determined that he was not connected with the crime.18
The lagging investigation seemed to finally receive a break with the apprehension of Ben Ruben, an escaped inmate from Lorton Prison. Ruben, who had been serving a three-year sentence for housebreaking,19 was arrested by Washington, D. C. police on September 19 for assaulting a little girl. While on the way to the police station he confessed to Eva's murder. Ruben claimed "he met Eva Roy, looking after her father's cows. He asked her for food and in a conversation with her he told her he was an ex-convict. She declared she would 'turn him up' as he declared, and he became excited and choked her."20 The Washington authorities were unconvinced by Ruben's story and wanted to try him for assault and theft before turning him over to the Virginia courts. An investigator sent by the Commonwealth of Virginia to interview Ruben concluded that he was not responsible for the crime, but extradition papers were filed anyway.21 On September 26 Ruben was escorted to the scene of the crime by Sheriff Allison, Commonwealth Attorney C. Vernon Ford, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Wilson M. Farr, Dr. Swetnam, and acting counsel for the defense F. D. Richardson.22 After being unable to locate the scene of the attack or the tree where the body was left, Ruben denied killing Eva. He claimed the presence of the girl's father spurred him to recant his confession. Ruben's motive for confessing was revealed some weeks later when on October 6 he escaped from the jail in Fairfax. He was arrested two days later while attempting to buy a pistol and admitted that he concocted his story in order to be transferred to Fairfax, where he thought escape would be easier.23 He was eventually convicted of burglary and escape from jail and was sentenced to four more years in prison.24
Lou Hall was finally tried for the murder in Fairfax County Court. The prosecution was handled by State's Attorney C. Vernon Ford, assisted by Wilson M. Farr. The defense was provided by Walter T. Oliver. His first trial resulted in a hung jury with nine votes for guilty, three for innocent.25 His second trial resulted in a clear verdict of "Not Guilty."26
Peter Roy died on January 22, 1938, and was interred in Lee Chapel Cemetery next to his youngest daughter.27 Her murderer was never found.
After scrutinizing the three preceding events I concluded that none are likely candidates for the Bunny Man. Charles Holober was caught and incarcerated. Louis Boersig was caught and summarily executed, and the murder of Eva Roy, even though it has many of the elements that a legend could build upon, is simply too old. This last assertion is based upon one other important factor that has emerged through my research. The Bunny Man, like any good legend, has evolved over time. The recent rash of persons researching the origins of this story have been largely attracted by the spectacular nature of the alleged crime. The previously cited Forbes version of the story features 32 victims and has a pronounced supernatural element. This contrasts sharply with versions of the tale I collected from the 1980s which generally involved only one to three victims, usually children. More importantly, the earliest versions (dating to the 1970s) did not mention any deaths at all. These earliest versions recount acts of vandalism (usually against secluded residential construction sites) or couples parked at secluded "Lovers Lane", type locations being accosted/threatened by a strange individual dressed in a white Bunny costume. More research was clearly needed. Toda la nota.
Class of 1950

age and needs some maintenance on her Land Rover “There is something wrong with my car, I think it is the back tire, can you look at it for me” “I just can’t put air in the tires, cause I think it is going to blow up in my face” (Ps Love that truck) and the goggle eyes ensue.