The Street Vendor Project The Street Vendor Project. When I first left Mexico and came to America 2. I never imagined trying to create a good life for my family would be almost impossible—and punishable by law. That’s my reality in New York City. My name is Guadalupe and I am a wife, mother, and mobile food vendor. I’ve worked jobs ranging from housekeeper to attendant at a dry cleaners. Astrology: Nicole Kidman, born June 20, 1967 in Honolulu (HI), Horoscope, astrological portrait, dominant planets, birth data, heights, and interactive chart. Dominick Dunne at Vanity Fair’s Cannes Film Festival party at the H Read reviews, watch trailers and clips, find showtimes, view celebrity photos and more on MSN Movies. But commuting for hours every day at jobs I didn’t love prevented me from seeing the very people I was doing it for: my family. So I decided to become my own boss. I began selling tamales door- to- door six days a week, sometimes going to bed around 2. The Arts & Faith Top 100 Films Telling the truth, on screen. This list of 100 greatest films seeks to capture stories that, bathed in artistry and cinematic talent. AM and waking up at 4. AM to continue preparing for the upcoming day. It was hard, but becoming a small business owner let me pick my hours; so the minute that bell rang and my kids were out of school, I could be around them. Now, I can vend just on the weekends because I have loyal customers who keep coming back for my authentic soft tamales. And they can expect real Mexican tamales for a long time, because I’m teaching my kids the tricks of the trade so one day they can inherit the business and experience the joy that comes with working hard and making great food for a great city. Being a mobile food vendor gives me the best of both worlds: I can provide for my family while being around them. But a cap enacted in the 1. Instead, we get fined and are put on a wait list to get a permit. And there’s a lottery to get on the wait list, and there are over 2,0. New York City should be the heart in the land of opportunity, but instead, these caps limit opportunity for thousands every year. In October, legislation that would increase the number of available permits was introduced to the New York City Council’s Committee on Consumer Affairs. If the Committee votes to lift the caps, thousands of local New York City vendors will finally be able to own and operate their businesses. You can help me and other mobile food vendors throughout New York City achieve our dreams. Please sign this petition and help us tell City Council to lift the caps! I had some good races there on the track with the #2 (Brad Keselowski) and the #1. Kyle Busch) and a bunch of guys. Man, it was so much fun. And I post old pictures online all the time of the '8. That's when it was good. That's what they saw today. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to a fifth- place result. You can see the guys out here just digging for everything they're worth. That's a tough race and just a lot of fun. Leigh Blackmore, Ellison/Dowling/Dann: A Bibliographic Checklist. Harlan Ellison: A Bibliographical. I just can't thank NASCAR enough and Atlanta - don't ever pave this place - it's a perfect race track. I hope the fans enjoyed the show. The thing is, just know that in that car we're driving as hard as we can. Team owner Rick Hendrick said Sunday that the decision . It will make for an interesting year as SHR remains a customer but one that will start building its own chassis and leasing engines from Roush Yates Engines next year. Hendrick, speaking prior to the Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, said his team is committed to working with SHR this year and will move on after the season. That doesn't mean looking for new people to sell chassis and lease engines. HMS leases engines to two- car organizations HScott Motorsports and Chip Ganassi Racing. It also supplies engines and support to JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series. HScott Motorsports plans to remain a Hendrick affiliate next year, said team owner Harry Scott, whose team also has an affiliation with Stewart- Haas Racing this season. While the team will fulfill the terms of its contracts with SHR, Hendrick said he expects SHR to begin the process of working on its own chassis this year. Losing the SHR business likely would cost Hendrick tens of millions of dollars, but Hendrick said his company has the ability to compensate for the lost business.(ESPN. RCR cars have parts impounded: Richard Childress Racing's three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars had trouble in pre- race inspection Sunday. After multiple trips through the line, NASCAR pulled the #3 of Austin Dillon, #2. Paul Menard and #3. Ryan Newman out of inspection and confiscated the braces in the right rear corners of their respective vehicles. According to NASCAR, the parts in question were optional braces (brackets) in the rear- wheel area of the cars. NASCAR officials had them removed and will take the parts back to the R& D Center in Concord, North Carolina. Kenseth led 4. 7 of the first 1. Sunday before pitting under green when trouble struck. NASCAR penalized him for improper fueling. Kenseth's crew chief, Jason Ratcliff, argued the call. As that happened, NASCAR give Kenseth the black flag, but Kenseth did not respond to it. NASCAR stopped scoring Kenseth for a lap until he came into the pits for his pass- through penalty. He also lost a lap while going down pit road and was two laps down once he was back up to speed.(NBC Sports)(2- 2. Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Folds of Honor Quik Trip 5. For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday's race. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1: 0. PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 4: 3. PM (all times are EST). Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1: 0. PMEnd time to record race/commercial periods: 4: 3. PMTotal minutes of complete race broadcast: 2. Minutes of race broadcast: 1. Minutes of traditional commercials (not split- screen): 5. Minutes of 'Side- by- Side' commercials (split- screen): 6. Number of missed restarts: 0. Number of 'mystery cautions' (debris not shown): 0. Total race brdcst time 1. Total comm. Additionally, Tripleplay becomes the latest partner to join the Daytona Technology Platform Powered by CDW. The Daytona Technology Platform Powered by CDW is designed specifically for companies supporting the technological advances at the new motorsports stadium. Participation in the Platform also enables them to showcase their involvement through an onsite marketing presence. Screens will be located within hospitality and corporate suites with integration into AMX control systems, concession stands and retail units for product promotion and live digital menu boards, infield video display boards and stadium concourses for live race playback and advertising. Tripleplay's platform has been implemented by some of the world's biggest sports venues and teams including All England Lawn Tennis Association (Wimbledon), Manchester City FC, Twickenham Stadium, Stade France, Chelsea FC, New York City FC, Amalie Arena and The SSE Hydro, voted world's number 1 live music venue in 2. DIS)(2- 2. 9- 2. 01. News from February 2. Johnson wins at Atlanta: #4. Jimmie Johnson won the Folds of Honor Quik. Trip 5. 00 Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway for his 1st win of the season, 5th win in at Atlanta and 7. He ties Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Johnson led 5. 2 of the 3. Earnhardt, Jr. A wreck on the backstretch after the leaders had already passed the overtime line, forced the race to end under caution. There were 2. 8 lead changes among 8 drivers and 3 cautions for 1. The average speed was 1. Scheduled Race Re- Airs: Monday, February 2. FS1. See unofficial race results, awards, laps led, cautions and . Fans attending Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway will be asked to raise and hold replicas of folded American flags on Lap 1. The event is also a fundraiser for Folds of Honor, a non- profit organization that helps to pay for the education of children and adults whose parents or spouses are killed or injured in military service.(NASCAR. Roush Yates already prepping for Stewart- Haas addition: The addition of Stewart- Haas Racing to Ford in 2. Roush Yates Engines, the company that supplies Ford power to teams in all three of NASCAR's national series. But it means much more than the 6. CEO Doug Yates. Today we build about 7. Cup, XFINITY and Truck engines a year. At our road race shop we build about 2. Obviously we will have to add some people. We feel like we have a good process, we just have to add volume. Just add depth to every department. It's exciting.(NASCAR. NASCAR Race Partnership leaves Folds Of Honor with Scholarship Shortfall: Staring out at the infield of Atlanta Motor Speedway last year, Mike Beltz said he remembers thinking how . He also recalls the prophetic words of Chuck O'Dell, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Tulsa, Oklahoma- based Quik. Trip Corporation. This weekend's NASCAR race is the single biggest event that the Folds of Honor has been involved with. The organization, founded in 2. The education- based scholarships awarded by Folds of Honor are each for $5,0. After last year's race, the number of military families applying for scholarships rose 6. Folds of Honor. They were unable to fund 9. Forbes). (2- 2. 8- 2. Atlanta Race Notes & Facts. Until 2. 01. 0 there have been two races per year except 1. This year marks the fifth season with only one event. Viewership was the lowest for the series opener since at least 2. The multi- year low came one day before the Daytona 5. Sports Media Watch)(2- 2. News from February 2. Final practice: for the Folds of Honor Quik. Trip 5. 00 Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway is over after 8. Hamlin 1. 88. 4. 50#7. Truex, Jr. 1. 88. Johnson 1. 87. 2. Earnhardt, Jr. 1. Elliott 1. 86. 9. Wise 1. 77. 3. 85 & #3. Earnhardt 1. 77. 3. All 3. 9 cars practiced. See the fastest speeds, best 1. Atlanta Final Practice speeds page (pdf).(2- 2. Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Folds of Honor Quik. Trip 5. 00 Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway have been made. Pole sitter #4. 1- Kurt Busch chose pit stall 3 . It might be worth taking a look at who's running toward the back. Or, more accurately, who isn't there. Only 3. 9 cars showed up for the second race of the Sprint Cup season, the lowest number of entries in more than two decades. It marks just the third time since NASCAR standardized the fields in 1. While the reduced numbers won't affect front- runners such as Daytona 5. Denny Hamlin - after all, we're talking about low- budget drivers who probably would've been lapped early in the race - it does drive home the end of an era. Farewell to those penny- pinching teams that merely want to go fast enough in qualifying to hang around through the weekend. This season, NASCAR will be hard- pressed to get the new maximum - 4. By the end of the year, it wouldn't be surprising to see as few as 3. If lacking a charter, it simply doesn't pay to compete on a regular basis unless you have a major sponsor, like the Wood Brothers. The race purses are still a bit of a mystery under the new arrangement, but it seems the charter teams are claiming a hefty piece of that pie, too, with an eye toward nudging out the start- and- park teams that showed up merely to collect a last- place paycheck. Even after scaling back the 4. NASCAR didn't even hit the new target just two weeks into the season. This is the smallest number of teams at a Cup race since 3. Goody's 5. 00 at Martinsville Speedway, and more contraction is likely. The season- opening Daytona 5. NASCAR's most storied event.(Associated Press)(2- 2. Low downforce package means changes for Goodyear: NASCAR's new low- downforce aerodynamic package debuts this weekend at Atlanta and it comes with a . The adaption of the package to all tracks except the superspeedways meant extra work for Goodyear. The tires NASCAR and Cup drivers most wanted to use with the aero package provide more fall- off (increased wear). In general we're landing with softer compounds, at least on one side of the car if not both. The other things we're trying to integrate on these mile- and- a- halves is a couple of new constructions we've been working on, which are actually a little bit more robust. Unintended consequences are always a possibility.(Motorsport)(2- 2. Harvick comments on SHR switch to Ford: #4- Kevin Harvick spent part of Friday morning working with JR Motorsports.
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