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The following is from the CFTC...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action charging defendant Feisal Sharif of Branford, Conn., with operating a commodity pool Ponzi scheme that solicited approximately $5.4 million from at least 50 people to invest in a commodity pool named First Financial, LLC. Sharif allegedly misappropriated at least $900,000 of pool participants' funds, using the funds to pay personal expenses and purchase gifts. The CFTC complaint also charges Sharif with failing to register as a Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) of First Financial.
According to the complaint filed on November 26, 2012, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, from at least January 2007 and continuing until September 13, 2012, Sharif, in order to entice prospective participants, guaranteed monthly and yearly returns of 1 percent to 15 percent on investments in the pool. Of the $5.4 million solicited from pool participants, at least $900,000 was misappropriated, approximately $1.32 million was lost trading futures in accounts in the name of First Financial, and $3.17 million was paid out to certain pool participants as fictitious "profits" or returns of principal, according to the complaint. Sharif allegedly admitted to one pool participant that he was operating a Ponzi scheme.
To falsely assure pool participants that their funds were safe in the pool's trading accounts, Sharif allegedly fabricated trading account statements from First Financial and from futures commission merchants.
In its continuing litigation, the CFTC seeks civil monetary penalties, trading and registration bans, restitution, disgorgement, and a permanent injunction against further violations of the federal commodities laws.
The CFTC appreciates the cooperation of the Securities and Business Investments Division of the State of Connecticut Department of Banking, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Attorneys' Office for the State of Connecticut in this matter.
On September 14, 2012, in a related criminal action, the U.S. Attorney for the State of Connecticut charged Sharif with wire fraud.
The CFTC Division of Enforcement staff members responsible for this case are James Deacon, Amanda Harding, Jessica Harris, Kenneth McCracken, Rick Glaser, and Richard Wagner.


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Officials continue investigation of deadly Keene accidentBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
May 06. 2013 7:30PM
KEENE - The Hinsdale man and woman involved in a fiery crash on Route 12 in Keene Friday morning died of multiple blunt force trauma injuries and the manner of death has been ruled an accident, the medical examiner's office said Monday.
Douglas Farr Jr., 32, had been driving a 2011 Hyundai south on Route 12 with his passenger Erin Breault, 35, police said Friday.
Autopsies of the crash victims were performed Saturday.
The preliminary investigation suggests the Hyundai crossed the center line into the path of a northbound JP Noonan Transportation tractor-trailer unit driven by Jeffrey J. Cloran, 54, of Becket, Mass.
On Monday Keene police Lt. Steven Tenney said Cloran got out of the cab of the tractor-trailer immediately after impact.
Cloran was taken by ambulance to Cheshire Medical Center and was later released with minor injuries.
Police continue to investigate the cause of the crash; factors such as speed and alcohol have yet to be ruled out, said Tenney.
Farr had been involved in a fatal shooting in a remote area of Chesterfield on North Hinsdale Road a year ago.
Emergency responders were called to the winding, narrow dirt road in the area of Bradley Road mid-afternoon on April 13, 2012 for a report of two persons suffering gunshot wounds. A medical evacuation helicopter flew in to assist.
Farr had been found injured and was hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
Mark McAuley, 39, of Hinsdale was found deceased. An autopsy revealed he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
The Attorney General's office has yet to conclude its investigation into the shooting.
Monday, Assistant Attorney General Peter Hinckley said he could not say if Farr is a shooting suspect since the case is still under investigation.
Hinckley said the Attorney General's office is not involved with the crash investigation and that it is unknown at this point what impact Farr's death would have on the ongoing shooting investigation.
"It's a little too preliminary to answer that. It's still an active investigation. What if any impact Farr's death will have on the investigation we'll have to wait and see," Hinckley said.
According to her Facebook page, Hinsdale was Breault's hometown. She was the mother of a teenage daughter.
She graduated from Hinsdale Senior High School in 1996, attended River Valley Community College in Claremont and had worked as an LNA at Maplewood Nursing home in Westmoreland.
The crash occurred on Route 12 around 10:28 a.m. on Friday between West Street and the Route 9 off ramp.
The tractor-trailer was fully loaded with approximately 5,000 gallons of petroleum products, police said.
After impact, the tractor-trailer caught fire, rupturing one of the trailer fuel cells. It took firefighters an hour to control the fire to the point at which it was safe for emergency workers to approach the scene.
The fire also damaged power lines running over the highway, further complicating the difficult removal of the tractor-trailer. The highway was closed to traffic until about 8 p.m. that night.

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Argentina filed a petition for a rehearing with a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday over a debt ruling that would force the country to pay holdout creditors owning bonds in default since 2002.
The court filing said Argentina is seeking a rehearing with the three-judge panel that ruled in favor of the holdouts last month, as well as with the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Argentina in its brief said the earlier appellate ruling last month interpreted a "boilerplate" provision underlying trillions of dollars in debt in a way that was "inconsistent with market understanding."
If left in place, the 2nd Circuit's initial ruling "will exacerbate future sovereign debt crises by making voluntary debt restructuring essentially impossible," Argentina argued in the brief.
The petition marked the latest development in an escalating standoff between Argentina and bondholders including Elliott Management Corp affiliate NML Capital Ltd and the Aurelius Capital Management funds.
These creditors refused to participate in restructurings of Argentina's debt in 2005 and 2010. They are suing to recoup $1.4 billion of defaulted debt.
After years of litigation seeking payment on the bonds, the holdouts scored a major victory when the 2nd Circuit ruled that Argentina had improperly discriminated against them by paying bondholders who entered the 2005 and 2010 debt swaps sooner.
The ruling caused Argentina's bond prices to tumble and prompted Standard & Poor's to downgrade its sovereign debt rating.
The 2nd Circuit has sent the case back to U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Griesa in Manhattan to resolve questions about how Argentina would go about paying the holdouts.
At a hearing Friday, Griesa said he intended to rule before December 2, when Argentina is scheduled to make the first of three interest payments on the exchange bonds, which will total more than $3 billion over the course of the month.
The ruling has raised concerns not only for Argentina but also holders of over 91 percent of Argentina's defaulted debt who participated in the earlier restructurings.
Sean O'Shea, lawyer for exchange bond holder Gramercy Funds Management, said at Friday's court hearing that his client was "being held hostage."
Gramercy has now also retained prominent New York litigator David Boies and his law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP to represent it, law firm spokeswoman Dawn Schneider said in a statement Tuesday.
Boies gained national attention for representing former Vice President Al Gore during the Gore v. Bush case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000.
Peter Truell, a spokesman for Elliott, declined to comment on Argentina's rehearing petition. Melissa McNamara, a spokeswoman for Aurelius, declined comment.
The case is NML Capital Ltd et al v. Argentina, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 12-105.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in New York and Hilary Burke in Buenos Aires; Editing by Leslie Adler, Bernard Orr)


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"Star Wars" fans got their first look at the new "Star Wars Rebels" series on Thursday at Comic-Con with a screening of the first episode, which isn't due to premiere on the Disney Channel until October. While the animation wasn't quite finished, and therefore not quite ready for review, it did evoke the look and feel of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope."
The exclusive clip above was screened at the panel and gave fans a feel for the lighthearted, more adventurous feel of the new series.
At the show's panel discussion beforehand, executive producers Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg appeared before fans for the first time with the show's cast, which includes Freddie Prinze Jr., Steve Blum, Vanessa Marshall, Taylor Gray and Tiya Sircar.
The new series takes place in the "Star Wars" timeline between "Revenge of the Sith" and "A New Hope" and follows a ragtag group of rebels who are just figuring out how to stand up against the monolithic power of the Empire, which has just taken control of the galaxy.
"It's the origin story of the Rebel Alliance," Kinberg told fans, comparing it to a story of the American Revolution. "They're rebels who don't imagine they'll be part of a larger organization one day."
Central to the new group is the Jedi Knight in hiding, Kanan (voiced by Prinze Jr.) who has managed to survive the Emperor's order to wipe out the Jedi Knights. But as Filoni explains, this is not the world of the original trilogy, where people were desperate for the Jedi to return and defeat the Empire.
"When the Empire took over, it was stronger than what preceded it," Filoni said. "Around the galaxy, to the majority of people, the Jedi are seen as traitors."
With the Jedi in hiding, their famous lightsabers won't play as prominent a role in the new series.
"It's not like we were doing in 'Clone Wars' with lightsabers in every episode," Filoni said. "Those fights are held back, so when we do have them, they're for a pivotal point in the character's development."
Filoni had to be a little less clear about which characters, if any, from "Clone Wars" and the feature films would be making an appearance in the series. Obi-Wan Kenobi was spotted in one trailer, and in a special trailer for the fans at Comic-Con, R2-D2 and C-3PO made a cameo. As for others, Filoni hinted that more were coming, but left it extremely vague.
The panel revealed that Marshall was the biggest "Star Wars" geek in the cast. During the Q&A she casually displayed knowledge of the forthcoming "Star Wars" novel, "A New Dawn," which contains additional information about her character, Hera Syndulla. Though Prinze Jr. came in a close second, announcing that the scar on his chin came from attempting a "Star Wars" lightsaber duel as a kid.
As for the chances of seeing the cast playing their characters in live-action form, Kinberg, who has a guiding hand in the planned "Star Wars" spinoff films, said, "I love these characters. I love them animated, and it would be a treat to see them live action, too."
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Movable Books: Revealing Unexpected Delight
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Turn the page, twirl the dial, pull the tab, lift the flap --it is spontaneous pleasure to see what happens as pages in mechanical or pop-up books come alive. Disguised as ordinary books, the simple turn of a page transforms a two-dimensional leaf into a three-dimensional paper sculpture. Although pop-up books range greatly from simple to complex designs and from plain to ornate graphic imagery, mechanical books are sure amusement for all ages.


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September 2007
Creating a master calendar
To help manage application and enrollment periods—as well as various outreach activities and responsibilities—a district should consider creating a master calendar of public school choice and SES events. The district could include in this calendar a variety of important dates, including the date it receives AYP data from the state, the date(s) by which parent notices go out, the dates of various district- and school-level outreach functions, and the date(s) by which parents must submit public school choice applications and SES enrollment forms.
Districts could also use a master calendar to manage other public school choice and SES implementation responsibilities after parents have been informed of their options and made choices. Regarding public school choice, districts could include, for instance, the date by which transfer requests must be implemented. For SES, districts could include the date(s) by which student learning plans should be developed, the date(s) by which services to students should begin, and other dates related to SES provider billing and payment. Districts could of course also include in a master calendar important planning events and meetings with providers.


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The home of the future as envisioned in the fifties and sixties is now an amusing mixture of ideas that would never really work mixed with design that's firmly stuck in the fifties and sixties. A home built right now won't look much like "the future," and, in fact, by outward appearances, it might look a lot like a home from the 1770s, 1850s or 1930s, but under the skin, it will be all 21st century. The real home of the future isn't a gleaming plastic and stainless steel sci-fi utopia filled with anthropomorphic robots, conveyor belts, and furniture popping out of the floor everywhere. It's a home that looks a lot like the homes we grew up in, but one that's been radically changed under the surface.
The world we live in is much different than the one our grandparents inhabited, and though the homes may look alike, the way they're built and used today reflect our changed reality, and at the root of virtually every change that our homes have undergone is the technological revolution. Technology has changed the materials we use to build with, the way we spend our time, the kind of work we do at home, and what we do for leisure.
The Modern World
The technological sea-change that's probably most affected our daily home lives is probably the one you'd think of last. Revolutions in telecommunications, logistics, and navigation have made the shipping industry dramatically more efficient, and this, mixed with political and economic changes, have fostered an era of massive global trade. A hundred, or even fifty years ago, most of the goods in your home, and certainly most of the materials used to build your home, would have been produced locally, usually using raw materials obtained locally. Nowadays, manufactured goods and raw materials will come from all over the world, and even the most mundane items, from the apples in your refrigerator to the wood in your floor may have come half way around the world.
In a very real way, the biggest technological change that affects our daily lives isn't the gadgets we use, but the fact that for virtually everything we buy, modern technology has enabled the global market to produce it and deliver it less expensively than ever before. Because of modern logistical software, GPS technology, and sophisticated automation, a gigantic cargo ship can travel from China to California with a crew no bigger than that of a racing yacht. Thanks to the internet, the design, marketing, manufacturing, support, and finance divisions of a multinational firm can collaborate on the creation of a new product and it can be manufactured cheaper than ever.
Because of this new era of globalization, not only does a child's teddy bear now cost fewer dollars than it did thirty years ago, but that same toy might now contain more processing power than the computers NASA used to put people on the moon in 1969. So let's talk about that computerized $5 child's teddy bear and the other technological wonders that make up the house of the future.


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Digitally Downloaded writes: "If you'd played some of the better iPad games over AirPlay, such as Gameloft's Modern Combat or Firemonkey's Real Racing 2, you'd realise that these games do offer the full console experience in every way but for the lack of buttons. With this new hardware peripheral we will have an effective fourth home console fighting for our time and money."
Millions of people are already playing games on iOS. And Apple is already making serious money on gaming apps alone.
The tens of millions of people who bought a Wii for Wii Sports did not prevent games like Bioshock, Skyrim, Witcher, Mass Effect, etc, etc from hitting the market. The iPhone didn't prevent the DS and PSP from becoming two of the best-selling handhelds of all time.
Apple releasing a controller isn't suddenly going to make core games vanish, even though the Apple cultists would want you to believe it.
a controller? just because you attach a controller to something doesn't make it a competitor for the game industry, hell there have been tons of controllers released for smart devices and tablets, hasn't changed a damn thing for consoles.
Games on iPad and other mobile devices will never replace game consoles. No true gamer would say, "wow I'm totally selling my ps3 360 and wii today and going to go buy a tiny mobile device and play a simple $10 game and a crappy add on controller ASAP!!!!"
The experience is far too limiting and unfulfilling. Nothing more than a quick 10, 20 min bus ride or lunch break activity. Simple as that.


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Drummer Elvin Jones' 45th birthday (September 9, 1972) was a good excuse to record his group of the period. The results were originally released as a double-LP and have been reissued as two CDs with over an hour of new music added. Jones' pianoless quartet features two masterful saxophonists (both doubling on tenor and soprano) who at the time sounded very close to John Coltrane. Dave Liebman andSteve Grossman were among the first young saxophonists not closely associated with Coltane who used his style as a starting point in their search for their own musical identities. Their high-powered and sometimes rowdy flights are consistently stimulating. With Gene Perla's alert, sensitive, and inventive bass holding the unit together, Elvin Jones was able to play as free as he desired. The first volume (taken from three sets at the Lighthouse) has six fiery selections, four of which were previously unreleased.
The second of two CDs featuring music recorded at the Lighthouse during a marathon session is the equal of the first. Greatly expanded from the original two-LP set, this disc has a pair of selections from the two-fer ("Sweet Mama" and "The Children, Save the Children") and three performances ("I'm a Fool to Want You," "Britt Piece," and the 28-and-a-half-minute "Children's Merry-Go-Round") that were previously unreleased at the time of this 1990 package. Dave Liebman (on tenor and soprano) is heard in one of his finest pre-Miles Davis recordings; the young tenor Steve Grossman keeps up with him, and bassist Gene Perla acts as a bridge between the fiery saxophonists and explosive drummer Elvin Jones. Exciting and adventurous music that stretches the boundaries of modal hard bop jazz.


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I have implementation of LED encryption algorithm derived from open-source implementation available on the GitHub (see details in the beginning of source code files in the attached archive). There are some wrapper functions around original code which allow to encrypt/decrypt area of memory and small self-test routing. The problem is that currently self-test doesn't pass. Self test initializes are of memory with length of 3 algorithm data blocks, makes copy of it, encrypts and then decrypts that copy and then compares to original. The problem that encryption/decryption of the first block goes fine but next ones are not. Your task is to fix this.
So, you must NOT completely/significantly rewrite code, you need to make some minor fixes which will make it work completely correctly. I also require you to preserve style and formatting of the code. You also must add short comment in all place where you have made fixes. Code is plain C99, please no C++. I am using Visual Studio 2015, but you may use any other C99 compiler of your choice to process this task.
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On Thursday, the Eagles announced they've signed Trent Edwards to a one-year deal.
They now have three quarterbacks on the roster: Michael Vick, Mike Kafka and Edwards. But it's reasonable to question whether those will be the Birds' three quarterbacks going into next season.
Vick is obviously a given, and Howie Roseman indicated to the beat guys at the combine that Kafka and Edwards will compete for the backup role.
But the way I see it, it's not out of the question for the Eagles to add another quarterback before training camp starts up in about five months.
The numbers on Edwards are pedestrian at best: 26 touchdowns, 30 interceptions and a yards-per-attempt number of 6.5. Then again, he hasn't exactly been surrounded by the type of talent the Eagles have on the offensive side of the ball. Considering Edwards couldn't make an NFL roster last season, he had every reason to take this deal with the Eagles.
As for Kafka, we should find out what the team really thinks of him this offseason. Andy Reid, Marty Mornhinweg and Howie Roseman have consistently talked up Kafka since they drafted him in the fourth round in 2010. If he earns the role as Vick's backup, we'll know they truly believe what they've been saying.
But if the Eagles see another strong backup option they like once free agency starts (March 13), they could make another addition. Earlier this offseason, I ran through the list of potential free-agent backups. And others could become available as teams tweak their rosters.
There's also the draft. As others have noted, perhaps it doesn't make sense to draft a quarterback high with Andy Reid facing an uncertain future past 2012. Why not wait a year and let the new coach pick out his franchise QB? But on the other hand, I'm not sure it makes sense to operate an organization that way. More likely, the Eagles are expecting Reid to have some degree of success next season. So I'd be surprised if they passed on a QB prospect they liked just because of his uncertain future.
If the Eagles do draft a quarterback they expect to make the roster, and Edwards wins the backup job, Kafka could be the odd man out. If they sign another free agent quarterback to back up Vick (and don't draft one), it probably makes sense to continue to develop Kafka and part ways with Edwards.
The Edwards signing carries no risk. He could end up as Vick's backup, but the Eagles could still make a move at quarterback in the coming months.
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Guyana, [3], is a country in north-eastern South America. It has an Atlantic Ocean coastline in the northeast, and lies between Suriname to the east and Venezuela to the west, with Brazil to the south.
It is now the third-smallest country in South America after Suriname and Uruguay. The name Guyana (from Arawak Wayana) means "Land of many waters." It is related to the name Uruguay: River of the colorful birds, another country in South America.
Tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January); Natural hazards: Flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons.
Mostly rainforest; low coastal plain; low savanna in south west, high savanna in central south west, leading to tepui mountainous area around Kamarang and Imbaimadai
Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had become a British possession. The abolition of slavery led to the purchase of some villages such as Victoria and Anns Grove, as well as black settlement of urban areas and the importation of indentured servants from India to work the sugar plantations. Chinese were also imported to work on plantations but were found to be unsuitable. The Colonial powers employed a system of "divide and rule" among the freed Africans and the other ethnic groups which were brought and encouraged to settle in the then colony. The policy was employed even during slavery when indigenous "Amerindians" were used to hunt runaway slaves. The result was an ethno-cultural divide, significant elements of which have persisted to this day and has led to turbulent politics, dissolution of attempts at nationalistic cultural development and the non-existence of anything resembling a "National Identity".
Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966, but until the early 1990s it was ruled mostly by socialist-oriented governments. In 1992, Cheddi Jagan was elected president, in what is considered the country's first free and fair election since independence. Upon his death five years later, he was succeeded by his wife Janet, who resigned in 1999 due to poor health. Her successor, Bharrat Jagdeo, was reelected in 2001 and again in 2006. The current President is Donald Ramotar.
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Citizens of the following countries do not need a visa to visit Guyana: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Luxembourg, Montserrat, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States [4].
When applying for a visa, you will need the application form, a passport valid for at least 6 months, 3 passport size photographs, and proof that shows you have the funds to cover your entire trip to Guyana.
If your intent is to work or live in Guyana, you will need to obtain a letter of approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs, and include a copy of it in your submission.
The general way to submit your visa is through the mail. Submissions must be made to the Guyanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., or, if there is a Guyanese consulate in your country, you can submit it there, too. You can apply for the visa in the Guyanese Embassy in neighboring Suriname, the processing time is 1 day.
A tourist visa costs USD$30, single entry business visa costs USD$40, a multiple entry 3 month business visa costs USD$50, and a multiple entry 1 year business visa costs USD$75.
Once in Guyana, if you want or need to extend your visa, you can do so at the Ministry of Home Affairs in Georgetown.
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Cheddi Jagan International Airport[edit]
(IATA: GEO,ICAO: SYCJ) Originally called Timehri International Airport in honor of the indigenous displaced peoples of Guyana (Timehri means "Rock Painting"), it was re-named Cheddi Jagan International Airport. There are daily international flights into and out of Cheddi Jagan International Airport (airport code GEO) about 40km south of Georgetown. International flights include flights to the US, Canada, UK and The Caribbean with Caribbean Airlines(formerly BWIA). Caribbean Airlines is a state owned airline run by Trinidad & Tobago. Flights to the Caribbean with Caribbean Star and LIAT. North American Xtra Airways, which are non- stop flights, on the New York and Guyana route. Primaris Airlines, non- stop flights, flies to Guyana from JFK- New York and FLL.-Florida
Ogle Aerodome[edit]
(IATA: OGL, ICAO: SYGO) A small airfield located slightly closer to Georgetown (~6 mi) which is for a few private charter companies, primarily used for domestic/local flights. The following companies have a few daily flights from/to Zorg-en-Hoop Airfield in Paramaribo:
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There are no international railway services to Guyana nor are there any domestic services. This is due to the fact that the entire system, the first in all of South America, was scrapped during the Burnham regime.
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Guyana has road access to Suriname to the east and Brazil to the south. In Suriname, inquire in Paramaribo for mini-buses traveling to Guyana. Note that entering Guyana by water travel from Nieuw Nickerie in Suriname is illegal. (Even though there is nobody to stop you). The worst case scenario is that you could be sent back or made to pay for a visa. When traveling from Nieuw-Nickerie to Paramaribo over land you will most likely run into a military police roadblock near Totness, but these guys are really after gun and drug smugglers, not tourists. Show your European or U.S. ID card or a valid drivers license and they won't even ask for your passport to check if you have the right visa stamps. It appears they don't mind you entering the country as long as you don't cause trouble and spend your money in their country.
There are no road links between Venezuela and Guyana. Travel to Venezuela may be done by air via Trinidad (Caribbean Airlines) or overland through Roraima state in Brazil.
By bus[edit]
From Suriname, there are minibuses from Paramaribo to South Drain in western Suriname, just across the river from Guyana. The trip takes at least 3 hrs and costs ~US$15. From there, you will go through customs on the Suriname side. Then take the 11am daily ferry across the river to South Drain. The actual ferry ride takes about 30 minutes, but you'll need more time for going through customs on the Guyanese side.
The bus ride from Lethem, at the Brazilian border, to Georgetown takes about 16 hours through rainforest and southern savannah. The ride can be much longer in the rainy season. Sections of the roadway are known to become impassable in heavy rainy weather and extreme care must be taken.
Inquire about buses to Brazil at the Guybraz located on Sheriff in central west Georgetown. Buses usually leave very late at night and it is recommended that you take a taxi to the bus station as the area around there is unsafe at night. For buses from Brazil travel to Bonfim on the border and walk across the border. Find a minibus or taxi to take you to Lethem city center and inquire about buses traveling to Georgetown.
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When people in Guyana refer to buses, they mean minibuses. Minibuses travel throughout Guyana and are the cheapest way to travel. Minibus fares range from G$60-G$10,000 (US$1 = G$200) depending on the length of the journey. Travel in this mode at night could be risky. It costs G$10,000 between Lethem (on the Brazil border) and Georgetown. Buses leave from Lethem in the late afternoon (various times) and stop just a couple of hours later at about 8:30 or 9pm either near Annai, or a little further along the road. Bring a hammock, or pay G$500 to rent one for the night. They resume the journey at approximately 3am the next morning, and take until 1 or 2pm that afternoon to reach Georgetown, a trip that includes a river ferry crossing, and several police (the nice kind) checkpoints. A lot of sandy, bumpy, divety road.
Many parts of Guyana are separated by large rivers. These areas can be traversed by way of river taxi. Go to the port village and ask from where the speedboats launch. Ask other passengers what the fare is while traveling as boat operators tend to seek higher fees from tourists. Do not take "specials" without first negotiating the price.
Taxis are a good way to get around in Georgetown. Fares should never be more than G$500 for travel within the city and most fares should be around G$400. All taxis license plates begin with 'H.' There are set prices for taxis for different destinations, e.g. from the airport to town costs GD$5,000, from the airport to Molson Creek is GD$24,000, etc.
One can also rent cars or 4x4s; check the local telephone listings for car rentals. Consult more than one rental agency as prices can vary. You might also be able to negotiate the prices charged to some extent. Deposits are usually required. If renting a vehicle, be sure to inquire whether your driver's license will be acceptable. Violations of traffic laws can result in much time wasted and possible trips to the local courts.
The official language is English and is spoken by all. Creole and Amerindian languages are also spoken, along with Spanish and Portuguese in various parts of the country.
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Eco-Tourism is a booming industry in Guyana.
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There are numerous markets and recently, shopping malls, in Guyana. Stabroek Market is a quaint market located in Georgetown. Trips to the market for tourists are best done in groups or with a local with whom you feel comfortable. Muggings are possible but not frequent.
Lots of locally made and beautiful crafts ranging from paintings; to sculpture; to leather purses, satchels, wallets; hand-painted, tie-dyed and batik(ed) fabrics, pressed flowers, sun hats; semi-precious stones and hand-crafted costume jewelry using indigenous materials, can be purchased at an esplanade outside the Central Post-Office near the National Museum in downtown Georgetown. Ask around and you'll find out about the craft and gift shoppe as well as galleries.
Main street now features a market full of local African style carvers, artists and clothes sellers, all made locally.
Guyana is also noted for its exceptional gold jewelry, which can be bought at Starbroek Market. Be careful not to draw attention to it in public.
Cost of Living[edit]
The cost of living in Guyana is relatively very high, because most of the items used in daily life are imported with high transportation costs involved. Monopoly in some business sectors also causes higher profit booking and further raising of prices. For example (as of January, 2010) the approximate prices of Gasoline (Petrol) is US$5 per imperial gallon, electricity price is US$0.33 per unit. A domestic gas bottle (gas cylinder) is over US$ 20. Rent for average family accommodation is US$500 per month in safer urban locations and personal income tax, which is 33.33% (one third) of total taxable income makes the cost of living further higher.
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Guyanaese food, like the entire country, is a creole fusion.
If there's a controlling cuisine, it is dishes influenced by the Indian subcontinent that have been localized. The most prominent of these are the curries, especially chicken, pork, beef, pumpkin and eggplant. Larger roti shops and those by the sea will have shrimp, crab and other seafoods. Curries are traditionally served with roti, an Indian bread, or rice. Other local dishes include pepperpot.
Chinese restaurants are also common, with noodle dishes such as chow mein and lo mein along with meat and rice dishes. The growing Brazilian population have led to several outdoor BBQ restaurants and churrascarias opening in the capital and near the border in Lethem.
Georgetown has a greater variety of food options than elsewhere in the country, which include a couple of steakhouses, upscale colonial dining, European fare and proper Indian food. In smaller towns, there may only be restaurants serving a creole menu of a few dishes, which almost always includes a curry or two and a noodle dish.
In jungle lodges, the food can be limited to tinned goods and rice, along with whatever can be caught or grown locally.
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The most popular drink is dark rum. Some national favorites are XM 10 Year Old, El Dorado and X-tra Mature. El Dorado offers a 15 year old variety which has won the "Best Rum in the World" award since 1999. All are quality enough to drink neat or by themselves with the 25 year-old comparing with high-quality scotch.
Banks Beer is the national beer. It comes in a lager and a stout. Also available is the lighter Carib beer (Trinidadian), darker Mackeson's and Heineken
Guinness is brewed locally under license and is a bit sweeter than its Irish counterpart, but just as good.
Polar (Venezuelan) and Skol (Brazilian) can be found randomly throughout the country. You can also find Heineken and Corona at some bars in Georgetown.
For non-alcoholic drinks. Some of the local beverages can be found in the list below:
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Quality of lodging in general is decent.
Georgetown, the capital, unsurprisingly has far and away the biggest range of options, but here there are a number of problems. None of the "luxury" options in the capital - primarily the Pegasus and the Princess, have anywhere near the polish or charm to justify the hundreds of dollars they charge. On the other end of the scale are a number of tiny guesthouses and pay-by-the-hour places with lower prices. There are some great options in Georgetown, especially at the three and four star level. Hopefully the rising Chinese and Brazilian populations in town will lead to better options here.
In the interior, there are some amazing jungle lodges and camps, including those at the ranches and the south and the community-supported ecolodges in the middle of the country. Other developing options are community supported huts in Amerindian towns on the Linden-Lethm road.
The adventurous could try to get by with a hammock and paying small fees to hang it up in a benab. This isn't an option in Georgetown and will involve some planning ahead, lots of bug spray and wiles to accomplish.
Some small towns have basic guesthouses, which may or may not have fans, mosquito nets or other amenities.
The official language of Guyana is English, so there won't be a language barrier problem with native speakers. That said, most people also speak Creole, which is difficult for native English speakers to understand sometimes, particularly the dialect spoken in the interior.
There is a limited number of education/learning opportunities in the country, mainly on the coast.
Higher education is very expensive for locals, limiting aspirations. Getting a legal education for 5 years is equivalent to 25,000 pounds per year, when the average wage is 1500 pounds per year, or 2500 dollars US. There is only one university, The University of Guyana, with two campuses at Tain and Turkeyen. 89% of all university graduates emigrate because of the cost of living and the low wages, leaving a generally badly educated population.
Levels of literacy have gone down by 10% since 1990, reflecting the crisis in education, both higher and lower.
There are opportunities for volunteer and paid teachers throughout the country. Pay, if there is any, will be low.
Guyana has a fair number of expatriates (Most of them are from developing or poor countries) working in different sectors across the country. Persons who are not Guyanese, have to get a work permit after employment is confirmed. Caribbean citizens might have some exemptions under the CSME scheme. There are a number of volunteer organizations like Project Trust, Peace Corps, VSO and CESO working in Guyana. Some people have come on short stints to volunteer with churches, and other non-governmental organizations. It is the responsibility of the host organizations (or employer) to arrange necessary travel/work permits from the concerned Ministry for prospective employee.
Salary in Guyana is normally paid in Guyanese Dollor (GYD), which is the local currency. The present exchange rate is 206 GYD for 1 USD (United States dollar). Income Tax (which is one third of total taxable income,minus $50,000.00 dollars GY per month) is usually deducted by employer. The overall cost of living is relatively very high, making an expatriate employee's life very difficult in Guyana.
Stay safe[edit]
Georgetown is notorious for petty street crime. Do not walk alone at night, or even in the day, unless you know the area well. Areas such as the Tiger Bay area east of Main Street and the entire southeastern part of the city including Albouystown and Ruimveldt are traditional high crime areas but one can be relatively safe in groups and with native escorts. Police are unlikely to help you unless they see the crime in action. Be sensible about wearing jewelry. Exercise common sense.
The interior regions with the breath-taking waterfalls and the beautiful rainforests and mountains are perfectly safe. Many rural areas around the country are filled with a friendly atmosphere and are perfectly safe. Crime is rarely directed at tourists, so don't feel intimidated. Just be sensible about the company you keep, where you go and how you behave.
Male homosexuality is illegal in Guyana and carries a sentence of life in prison. However, no one has been charged under the laws. Cross-dressing is also a criminal offence and has been prosecuted in court.
One organization SASOD [5] organizes some events to promote anti-homophobic work. There is no local gay "scene" as most homosexuals remain rather closeted. Private gatherings are known to occur to which one must be invited. Public displays of affection among gay people are frowned upon and can make you the target of overt discrimination, attacks and taunts.
Discussions of the current affairs of ethnic relations between the two major races, politics and the socio-economic issues in the country ought to be undertaken with much tact and much patience. Be aware that these types of discourses can sometimes lead to very heated and intense debate, and possibly something much worse. Guyanese are generally very open to discussing most issues, but as an outsider, you could be seen as a part of the problem, so guard your tongue.
Stay healthy[edit]
Do not drink the tap water, unless you want to spend a great part of your vacation in the toilet! Bottled water is readily available in a variety of brands.
Before traveling to Guyana, it is a good idea to receive anti-malarial medications from your health care provider, as malaria is widespread throughout most of the country.
Yellow fever is endemic to this area; monkeys are a reservoir, but you can catch it even in cities. Be sure to get immunized before you leave, and take mosquito repellent with you. Also be careful of malaria and dengue fever in the interior.
Although not required, it is recommended that traveler's receive vaccination against Typhoid fever within 2-4 weeks prior to arriving in Guyana.
The country's largest hospital is the Georgetown Public Hospital and is in the capital. Facilities here are basic, even though it is a tertiary referral center. Disposal of 'sharps' (needles, etc.) is improving but needs to get better, given the country's growing AIDS/HIV prevalence, currently at 2.5% of adults or 1 in 40. Practice safe sex as well.
You are better off using the private facilities at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital near the US Embassy or the Medical Arts Centre on Thomas Street. While not first rate, these facilities are far superior to GPH and practices basic hygienic standards. Rooms are not overcrowded. There are also other private hospitals
Avoid the sun between 1PM and 3PM. It tends to be at its hottest during those hours. Wear sunscreen.
For the latest in traveler's health information pertaining to Guyana, including advisories and recommendations, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention destination Guyana website [6].
Guyanese people do not wear shoes in their homes and expect visitors to do the same.
Get Out[edit]
Brazil - Access to Brazil is via Lethem. There are Interserv buses - get the schedule at the Interserv Bus Office located on Charlotte Street in downtown Georgetown. The buses typically leave late at night. Another option are minibuses that ply the Georgetown-Lethem road, although the lack of paved road beyond Linden means that the trip will probably need to be broken up overnight.
Suriname is reachable via minibuses & a ferry, or by a short flights from Cheddi Jagan Temeri International airport or Ogle airport.
Trinidad and the rest of the Lesser Antilles is a short flight away via Caribbean Airlines or LIAT.
Venezuela There is a walkable track from Venezuela from Kamarang if you walk with enough food, and there are boats that go up the Cuyuni past Ankoko Island and Ekiteringbang if you ask the petrol dealers in Bartica.


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Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill has called up five uncapped players for next month's friendly against Malta.
Striker Kyle Lafferty, who is suspended for the next World Cup qualifier against Russia, has been left out so in-form Inverness striker Billy McKay will hope to be given a chance up front after being included.
Tranmere forward Adam McGurk has been called up for the first time while 18-year-old Liverpool winger Ryan McLaughlin and Hull defender Alex Bruce, who has previously played for the Republic of Ireland, will be hoping to win their first caps.
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Trio of brothers appears in Manchester court; two charged with punching each other
February 12. 2013 9:54PM
MANCHESTER - Three brothers appeared in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division on Tuesday, two of them for punching one another and the third for failing to appear in court in Goffstown.
Gage Johnson, 18, of 175 Conant St., pleaded innocent to punching his brother, Ryan, but could enter no plea to a felony criminal threatening charge that alleges he squeezed his brother's neck and threatened him.
Police prosecutor Carissa Pelletier said the 18-year-old has a DWI conviction and a March 2012 criminal trespass conviction that carries a suspended sentence.
Gage said the DWI conviction isn't his, although the name and birth date are the same.
Judge Gregory Michael set bail at $5,000 personal recognizance, with conditions barring contact with Ryan and barring him from Ryan's residence. A probable cause hearing on the felony was set for Feb. 27 and trial on the misdemeanor was set for March 21.
Spencer Johnson, 20, also of the Conant Street address, pleaded innocent to two misdemeanors of simple assault that allege he assaulted his mother and his brother Gage.
Spencer's bail is $1,000 personal recognizance, with an April 8 trial date. His ail conditions bar contact with his mother and brother Gage and bar him from the Conant Street residence. He said he is staying with an aunt.
The third Johnson brother, Ryan, 22, also of the Conant Street address, was in court on a warrant for his failure to appear in Goffstown Court on a theft by unauthorized taking charge.
The warrant called for a $500 cash bail, but Michael set bail at $1,000 personal recognizance and told Ryan to be sure to show up for a Feb. 14 Goffstown court appearance.
Two women threatened
Justin Oliver, 30, who said he is unemployed and lives with his mother at 172 Massabesic St., pleaded innocent Tuesday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division to seven misdemeanor charges stemming from an incident Feb. 2 at the Massabesic Street address.
Court documents show Oliver came downstairs from his mother's apartment and entered the vacant first-floor apartment, where two women, one of them a longtime friend of his mother, had arrived to paint.
One of the women, who was acting as an agent for the landlord, told Oliver to leave the property and he did not, resulting in a criminal trespass charge.
An assault charge alleges he slapped one woman's hand away from a door handle when she sought to leave and two charges of false imprisonment allege he blocked both women from trying to leave the first-floor apartment An obstructing report of a crime charge alleges Oliver trying to knock a phone from one woman's hand to keep her from calling police.
Two criminal threatening charges allege he told the women separately that if they called police, he would kill them.
A police prosecutor successfully sought $10,000 cash/surety bail for Oliver, saying his criminal history includes drug possession and sale, burglary, conduct after an accident, violation of probation and habitual offender.
Bail conditions bar contact with the two women and bar Oliver from the Massabesic Street address.
Trial was set for March 21.
Dispute over beer
James Buchan, 54, of 137 Orange St., pleaded innocent Tuesday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division to two charges of simple assault that allege his slapped his wife twice in a dispute over beer.
Buchan protested a proposed $2,000 cash/surety bail, saying he is applying for disability payments and he won't be able to go to appointments.
He also said he wants to be out of jail for his birthday Sunday.
Judge Gregory Michael set bail at the requested $2,000 cash/surety, with bail conditions barring contact with Buchan's wife and barring him from the Orange Street address.
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By the last week in October the rut is about to explode for northern whitetails. Scraping and rubbing behavior has increased dramatically from what it was in early October. Also, a buck's home range is no longer as small as it was in early September and October. In some areas bucks can be expected to cover more than 4,000 acres by late October, especially in locations where deer populations are at or below a range's carrying capacity.
On the eve of Halloween does know that bucks are on the prowl, so they make every attempt to stay away from them. Unfortunately their bodies work against them because the pheromones their glands excrete alert bucks to not only their presence, but also whether they are in, or entering estrus.
Whenever a buck encounters a does' urine he will take a few seconds to smell and inhale the urine's scent, then raise his head and roll back his nostrils. This allows his nasal glands to analyze whether the doe is in estrus. Though hunters call this behavior lip-curling, its scientific name is Flehmening.
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Bolt backtracks on plan to retire after 2016 Games
Bolt backtracks on plan to retire after 2016 Games
Sep. 19, 2013
LONDON (AP) — Quick as can be, Usain Bolt is backtracking on his retirement plans.
Less than three weeks ago, the Olympic champion said he planned to stop sprinting after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. But the Jamaican said on Thursday he was looking to extend his career by a year, meaning he could quit after the 2017 world championships in London.
"I am definitely reconsidering," the 27-year-old Bolt said while in London on a book promotion tour. "I think my fans especially have really voiced their concern about me retiring.
"They think I should carry on and so do my sponsors. I have discussed it with my coach and he says it is possible. We will see what happens but it's on the cards that I will extend it by one more year."
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are not in his thoughts.
"It's a long way away, but if I win the next Olympics I will have done everything I wanted to do in my career," Bolt said. "So there would be no reason to continue."
Bolt won the 100, 200 and 4x100-meter relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and again at last year's London Games. He won the same three golds at the 2009 worlds before repeating that feat in Moscow last month.
One target still is to compete at the Commonwealth Games for the first time, with the 2014 games in Glasgow in his sights.
"I have said to my coach that I would love to go to the Commonwealths," Bolt said. "It's something that I haven't done before. It's up to him, but I have said to him that I want to be a part of it."
Bolt told the BBC later Thursday that he'd "probably" run only the 200 meters at the Commonwealth Games, should he enter.


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Shake Something: 12 Twerk Anthems
Music has the power to make us move in different ways, whether it's bringing back the nostalgia of the original "Harlem Shake", or even more commonly, grinding your grrovethang to a strip club tune or reggae riddim. Singers, rappers and producers alike have a knack for creating these "twerk anthems" but of course not all make it to a DJ set or a radio playlist. Here are 12 possible "twerk anthems" from DJs and rappers to add to your iTunes or party shuffle, if you haven't already.
1. Lloyd feat. Juicy J "Twerk Off"
Producer: Drumma Boy
If the title isn't descriptive enough then take a listen below. The R&B lady-killer, Lloyd, and the master of strip club anthems, Juicy J, are a match made in twerk heaven. Keep "tippin'" on this house party starter.


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Older News » The most important skill to teach your childLast updated 12:29 PM on 7 March 2014
One common trait all successful adults have is resilience.
The ability to bounce back from disappointment is something we have the opportunity to teach our children every day.
As our kids constantly remind us, life isn't always fair. Is it a parent's role to constantly try to make life fair?
How do we balance the desire to shelter and protect our children with the need to teach them how to cope with life's disappointments?
The School A to Z website asked top teachers all over NSW for their tips for parents on developing resilience so children can succeed in the face of unexpected challenges. These tips include:
- Resilience doesn't come naturally to all kids - we need to specifically teach those skills.
- Always saving your child from failure doesn't give them the opportunity to learn better skills.
- To interact effectively with their peers, our kids need to develop resilience.
- Commend your child's strengths, and be positive about their abilities to improve their other skills.
- Self-esteem comes from conquering challenges, not from constant praise that everything we do is brilliant!
- Kids notice how well parents handle stress and challenges and then copy those behaviours.
- Extracurricular activities help develop social skills.
- Life isn't always fair. Teach your child how to accept that and adapt to challenging circumstances.
- Create opportunities for your child to talk about their problems - teens often open up more if you're doing some activity together.
Watch the video or read the transcript of Developing resilience in your child.


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HP TouchPad Accidentally Shown Off on Video
For some reason, Sandisk was showing off the HP TouchPad at Computex Taipei. HP probably isn't too happy about their unreleased tablet moseying around some tradeshow but we're liking everything we see. And it looks like HP fixed the TouchPad's slowness problem too. Maybe. [Gadgets Magazine via CrunchGear]


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Weeks after being suspended by the University Interscholastic League for two non-district games in the upcoming 2013 high school football season, Jeff Nelson is no longer the football coach at Ozen High School.
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Alden Gonzalez' article on Berkman's rehab explains that Berkman, while he can "barely walk", still thinks it's within the realm of possibility that he could be ready for Opening Day:
The 34-year-old first baseman believes it's "still within the realm of possibility" that he can be ready by Opening Day, which for the Astros is April 5 against the Giants. But before he can progress from simple leg raises and quad-tightening exercises, Berkman is waiting for the swelling in his knee to go down, and he estimated it's about 10 days post-surgery before that happens.
Okay. So...ten days post-surgery means that it'll be next Wednesday before he can do anything involving his lower body. Next Wednesday is -12 days to Opening Day. Can Berkman do it? I'm sure he'll try. Is it realistic? I don't know. I've never had knee surgery. But I do think it's unlikely that the Astros will push him to be ready for the Giants.
We're going to have to see. I can't sit here and say he's going to need three games, four games, a week. You can't say that, because you don't know exactly how he's going to feel, how he's going to heal and how the knee is going to be going. So we're going to just have to wait and see with how it goes and make sure he's 100 percent, both physically and baseball-wise, if he's ready to play."
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
How far away is this magical Realm of Possibility?
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- OremLK said...
The Forgotten Realms.
- March 17, 2010 at 2:30 PM
- Steve Duer said...
I have had 3 knee surgeries. I am not a great athlete but even from my easiest surgery, it took me over a month to get back to where I was before.
I expected Puma to start the season on the 15 day DL
- March 18, 2010 at 5:39 AM
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In the historical sense of the word, there is something very heroic about Alex Burrows. And I'm not just thinking about the narrative of his career, though this too borders on the epic. From riding buses as an undrafted player in the ECHL, to grinding it out on the Manitoba Moose (while spending the summers playing ball hockey), to splitting a season between the Canucks and the Moose, to playing a full season for the Canucks but predominantly as a penalty killer and agitator, to playing an effective and passionate third-line role, to (at age 29 nonetheless) one of the more dangerous and multifaceted players in the NHL – this is certainly a story of struggle and transcendence that should not escape our notice and admiration.
But there is even more to it than this.
The seminal hero in our Western tradition is Odysseus, from Homer's Odyssey.
Odysseus is a hero, not just because of his long journey home following the defeat of Troy, but because he is the paragon of a crafty, wily, and resourceful person. No matter what situation or form of adversity he is confronted with, he finds a way to overcome it, to succeed. He is an insuperable character because he creates and puts into action the tools necessary to adapt, and adapt well.
There is a streak of Odysseus in Burrows.
Let me just rattle off the various know-how and skills he is able to bring to the game. Asked to kill penalties, even 5 on 3, and he does it well. Ordered to forecheck and he does it effectively and relentlessly. To block shots – he does it correctly and at the right times. He can wreak havoc in front of the opposing net. Deflect shots. Play the power-play. Create a cycle. Pass the puck. Score on breakaways. Shoot in tight. He wholeheartedly buys into the team concept, and so sees himself as a mere part belonging to a larger whole. And so on and so on. If called on, if the circumstances demand it, Burrows can just about be anyone and just about do everything.
The name Odysseus in Greek means 'he who causes pain or makes others angry'. Opposing teams today might think something similar about Burrows.


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It's Not Always Fun Interviewing Selena Gomez
As one sorry reporter recently learned.
The Toronto Star recently had a chance to chat with Selena Gomez in a strictly managed hotel scenario; it wasn't especially fun. The reporter's main lesson was that Gomez is no less intensely wrangled than the Lady Gagas and the Barack Obamas of our world. Cell phones and recorders were seized and plastic-bagged before an album preview (or, as writer Vinay Menon dubs it, "listening to 60-90 seconds of eleven overproduced pop songs while trying to formulate insightful mental questions under duress in a strange hotel room"), note-taking was prohibited (except brain-notes!), gossip-tinted questions were forbidden, and Justin Bieber questions were all but criminalized. The reporter's second lesson was that running the Selena Gomez gauntlet doesn't necessarily result in a publishable interview experience.
The piece ends with Menon finally conversing face-to-face with Gomez for a hopefully precious ten minutes. The writer attempts to get Gomez to sum herself up. "I'm super laid back. I'm from Texas. I love my family. I still live with my parents. I drive the same car that I've driven since I was 16. That's who I am." Menon, foiled, tries once more, asking Gomez how she views her work. "As a performer, I just love to make people smile. I just love to make people move and dance. There's not really much more to it." And that's basically it. Writers hoping to pen their Frank Sinatra Has a Cold with Selena Gomez in the lead may want to start reconsidering.


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Arkansas voters gave mixed signals Tuesday about the state's compromise Medicaid expansion plan, ousting one "private option" backer from his legislative office, nominating another for re-election and sending a third to a runoff.
The private option calls for the state to dedicate federal dollars toward the purchase of private health insurance for people who couldn't otherwise afford policies. Several legislators said it offered the state a way to have some influence over what is often derisively called "Obamacare."
Republicans will control the Senate in 2015, while Democrats still have a chance to reclaim the House. Until the 2012 election, the GOP hadn't controlled the Arkansas Legislature since Reconstruction.
The private option Medicaid plan passed with one vote to spare in the House in 2014 and with no votes to spare in the Senate. There were 22 Republican primaries on the ballot Tuesday, and four Democratic races.
Results in the November general election will likely determine the expansion's fate as the Legislature must reauthorize its funding in 2015.
Rep. John Burris of Harrison, who was a chief architect of the "private option," sought a state Senate seat in northern Arkansas against Scott Flippo, who has called the Medicaid expansion one of the top issues in the race. Burris and Flippo will meet in a June 10 runoff for the Senate seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Johnny Key.
Also in the Senate, private option supporter Sen. Bruce Holland was defeated by Republican state Rep. Terry Rice, who opposed the compromise expansion. Hot Springs Sen. Bill Sample, also a private option backer, defeated challenger Jerry Neal, while Sen. Missy Irvin of Mountain View topped challenger Phil Grace. Irvin voted for the private option in 2013 and against it in 2014.
Sue Scott of Rogers, who voted in favor of the private option plan, faced a challenge within her party, as did Randy Alexander of Fayetteville, Jim Dotson of Bentonville and John Hutchison of Harrisburg, all of whom voted against the private option. Hutchison lost to challenger Dwight Tosh in Tuesday's primary. Scott and Dotson were leading in their contests, while Alexander trailed his opponent.


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Patch: Waukesha shooting suspect ordered not to handle firearms
Patch: Waukesha shooting suspect ordered not to handle firearms
WAUKESHA, Wis. —
Our news partners at the Waukesha Patch report that a suspect in Monday's fatal shooting had a prior restraining order that prevented him from handling a firearm.
According to the Patch, online court records indicate that Callaway had a temporary restraining order issued against him on Valentine's Day this year in Milwaukee County.
The order, which was filed by someone from a previous relationship, noted that Callaway was not to possess a firearm.
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Everton scored the quickest goal in the 138 year history of the FA Cup today, when Louis Saha fired home a bullet in the 25th second from a Mo Fellaini knockdown. At that point, I said to guy next to me at the bar, "only 89 and a half minutes to defend."
That was joke, but Everton seemed to intent on just this approach. It was never going to succeed, and by the 21st minute Chelsea had leveled through Didier Drogba. They then dominated the rest of the half.
Everton came out strong in the second half, and this was the key portion of the match. If Everton could score, this time it would have a manageable amount of time in which to defend the lead. If Everton could not, Chelsea was likely to take over the match, as the 100 degree heat wore us down.
Then, in the 72nd minute: an unsuccessful challenge by Phil Neville, a shot that Tim Howard probably should have stopped, and Chelsea had the lead through Frank Lampard.
After that Everton, worn down indeed from chasing much of the match in the heat, was unable to mount a serious threat. Rather, it was Chelsea who had their tails up, and should have had a third goal — the line judge failing to see that man-of-the-match Florent Malouda's shot cleared the goal line after bouncing down from the cross bar.
So ends a great Everton season (who imagined we'd still be playing after Manchester United was done). But the bottom line is, we still can't compete with soccer's true elite when the stakes are this high.
Cheers to the memory of my late constitutional law professor Gerald Gunther, Chelsea fan extraordinaire; cheers to the Chelsea fan who bought me a drink to drown my sorrows; and cheers to Guus Hiddink (once of the Washington Diplomats), John Terry, and the rest of a great Chelsea side.


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St. Patricks Day in Hua Hin
Discussion on where to go when the sun goes down in Hua Hin; bars, pubs, clubs, karaoke and general nightlife.
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I had 2 emails today, from bkk and China. Both talking about a sea of green shirts and Irish music everywhere, but it was a nothing event in HH. O'Neils made no effort and el-murphs very little. Elmurphs have lost their band and have now lost their long time waitress staff. Now just burmeseboys not in uniform.
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And the top o the mornin to all our Irish friends, relations and descendants! ( Lá Fhéile Padraig) hic!
May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil know`s you`re dead!
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It looks the same and it tastes damn good. A long way from the Ould Sod but the craic is mighty. Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone
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Harry Sponnoble, 87, a resident of Hood River, Ore., passed away at a care facility in The Dalles, Ore., on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008.
He was born in Manistee, Mich., on March 21, 1921, the only child to Aubrey Hess and Mildred Sponnoble. He grew up in Michigan, where he graduated from high school. After high school he attended the University of Michigan where he graduated with a degree in chemical engineering.
Harry married Roxanne Yost in Puerto Rico 30 years ago and has lived in Hood River for the last 20 years. He worked as a pharmaceutical plant manager in Puerto Rico, St. Croix, New Jersey and New York.
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Harry is survived by his wife, Roxanne, of Hood River; his daughters, June Towne, of Underwood Wash., Debbie Sargent and Lynne Flemming, of California, Rachael Griffin, of Australia, and Jeannette Griffin, of Florida; and his grandsons, Kirby and Brian McAdams, of Underwood, Wash. He was preceded in death by his parents.
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Vanessa Hudgens pays for her parking and heads into her yoga class with her mat in hand on Wednesday afternoon (December 26) in Studio City, Calif.
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September 2002
A note from TheBody.com: The field of medicine is constantly evolving. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!
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Safer sex and prevention messages are often targeted solely to HIV-negative people. Yet, preventing HIV and other infections remains an important issue for people living with HIV as well. Whether your partner is HIV-positive, HIV-negative, female, male or transgendered, there are many reasons to be concerned about safer sex and prevention. This publication explores some of the most common sexual transmission concerns for people living with HIV.
What Are the Risks of Passing HIV to My HIV-Negative Partner?
A concern of many people living with HIV is passing HIV to their uninfected partner(s). While much evidence suggests that men transmit HIV more easily than women, women can still pass HIV to uninfected partners -- both male and female. This is because HIV is present in blood (including menstrual blood), vaginal secretions and in cells in the vaginal and anal walls. In fact, high levels of HIV can be found in these areas even if there's a low amount of HIV in your blood.
For women, HIV levels in vaginal fluids greatly increase when you have gynecological (GYN) conditions, like yeast infections or inflammation. Several studies in test tubes show that some sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), like chlamydia, increase HIV reproduction. Vaginal inflammation, a common symptom of these infections, causes tiny scrapes and cuts on the delicate skin of the vaginal area that can then harbor HIV. HIV levels can also temporarily increase after treating some of these conditions.
Likewise, men with active STDs, especially active herpes lesions, etc., are more likely to both acquire and transmit HIV. Less is known about whether HIV levels are actually higher in blood and semen during an active STD infection in men, but certainly any infection that causes a lesion, like herpes, provides a portal for HIV to pass through and makes transmission more likely. Studies do show that even when a man has undetectable levels of HIV in his blood, there are sometimes detectable HIV levels in semen and pre-cum fluid. HIV transmission from men with undetectable HIV levels in their blood has been documented several times.
In short, if you're not practicing safer sex, there's no way to know when you're more or less likely to pass HIV to your partner(s). Exposure to vaginal or anal secretions, semen or other blood with high levels of HIV increases your risk of transmission. The risk further increases when one's partner has an infection or inflammation. It's also possible to have active infections or GYN conditions without having symptoms or knowing it. (For more information, read the general guidelines on safer sex practices.)
Finally, a number of known cases have shown multi-drug resistant HIV being passed from people living with HIV to their partners. What this means is that the newly infected partners have a form of the virus difficult to treat with anti-HIV drugs, leaving them with limited options to treat their infections.
What Kinds of Infections Can I Protect Myself From Getting?
Prevention isn't just about protecting someone else from getting HIV; it's also about protecting yourself from other harmful infections. You can do something about many common and serious infections. The risks of unsafe sex are numerous because many STDs can cause serious harm in people living with HIV.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is such a condition. While most adults are infected with CMV, it doesn't cause disease in healthy, HIV-negative people. Therefore, most people carry the virus but don't have active CMV disease. However, once CMV becomes an active infection, it's the leading cause of blindness and among the major causes of death in people with AIDS. Ways to prevent CMV infection include practicing safer sex.
CMV prevention is probably much more relevant to women than to men, particularly adult gay men. The rate of CMV infection among women is generally lower (40% among women living with HIV) than what's seen among adult gay men (80-90% of whom are already infected with CMV, regardless of HIV status). The bottom line is that if you're not infected with CMV, safer sex remains a potent tool in helping to prevent CMV disease.
Like CMV, human papilloma virus (HPV) is another STD. HPV is the virus that causes genital warts in some people. These warts may or may not be visible by external examination, yet might be present in the anus or cervix. As one of the major causes of anal and cervical cancer, HPV is common and difficult to treat among people living with HIV. Some types of HPV are more likely to develop into cancer than other types.
Both men and women are at risk for anal cancer associated with HPV. Some studies suggest that a woman living with HIV is more at risk of developing anal cancer as opposed to cervical cancer associated with HPV infection. Unlike other conditions associated with HIV disease, the rate of anal and cervical cancer associated with HPV infection does not appear to be dramatically declining with increased use of anti-HIV therapy. Unfortunately, condom and other barrier protections may not protect you from HPV infection and transmission, but they might decrease the risk of transmission.
Hepatitis, cryptosporidiosis, parasites and other infections can also be passed during sexual activity. Every condition described above can be deadly in anyone living with HIV, especially with a weakened immune system. (For more information, read how to prevent these infections.)
It's important for people living with HIV to protect themselves from these unwanted and possibly dangerous infections. Lab tests can detect these infections, but your medical coverage may not pay for them. You can ask your doctor about possibly getting these tests. Then, use the results to build a prevention plan that helps protect you from getting new infections.
Transmission of Multi-Drug Resistant HIV
There is increasing concern over the transmission of drug-resistant virus and multi-drug resistant HIV. People infected with multi-drug resistant HIV are unlikely to optimally benefit from most, if not all, of the available anti-HIV therapies. While many known cases of AZT-resistant HIV transmission have occurred in the past, transmission of multi-drug resistant virus is being seen increasingly. These observations underscore the importance of including safer sex in your life, even when you and your partner(s) are both living with HIV.
We're Both Positive -- What Are Our Concerns?
For people whose partner(s) also live with HIV, prevention messages and reasons to practice safer sex sometimes become unclear. A common question is: "If I'm positive and my partner is positive, then why do we have to practice safer sex?" Simply put, safer sex remains important among positive partners. This is because in addition to preventing new infections as discussed above, other factors place positive sex partners at risk.
One of these factors is re-infection with HIV. While the issue of re-infection remains unclear, some new evidence shows that it can and does happen. If you're on therapy that HIV has become resistant to, it's possible for you to transmit the drug-resistant strain to your partner, possibly crippling the benefits of those therapies for your partner. On the other hand, if your partner is on anti-HIV therapy, you could become infected with his or her drug-resistant strain(s) and have decreased benefits from therapy. (For more information on drug-resistant virus, click here.)
Finally, it's important to remember that your partner's viral load (amount of HIV in blood) may not relate to the level of virus in semen or vaginal or anal fluids. Therefore, while HIV levels in blood may be undetectable by a lab test, they still may be present in high levels elsewhere. (Note: Standard viral load tests do not measure HIV in semen or vaginal or anal fluids. Also, in studies, even when viral load tests of semen came back undetectable, HIV-infected cells could still be found in the semen. These cells are believed important for passing HIV from person to person.)
When both partners live with HIV, consider these points when discussing safer sex:
HIV and STDs: Woman-to-Woman
Woman-to-woman sexual activity has generally been associated with a lower risk of passing HIV, although a number of cases have been reported. The risk of passing HIV and other STDs between women has not been thoroughly studied. But the few studies to date note that many women who have sex with women engage in a number of high-risk behaviors that may increase their risks of both getting and passing HIV and other STDs (including the types of HPV associated with cervical and anal cancer). So in the meantime, it's best to play safe and refrain from making easy assumptions about HIV and STD transmission during woman-to-woman sex.
The Reality of Safer Sex
You put yourself at risk for infections through unprotected sex with a partner -- activities that expose you to your partner's blood, blood products, urine, feces, semen or vaginal or anal fluids. In some cases these infections may never harm your partner, but they might be life-threatening to you should your immune system weaken as a result of HIV.
If your partner(s) is also living with HIV, neither of you is immune to new infections. Be aware of both the real and theoretical risks as you discuss and negotiate safer sex. Every sexual behavior or activity carries some level of infection risk. It's generally believed that some activities are less risky than others, but low risk obviously doesn't mean no risk.
Negotiating safer sex and using risk reduction to prevent passing or getting HIV or other infections is not easy. Safer sex requires the involvement of willing partners. This is especially difficult for women because safe and low-cost woman-initiated methods of HIV prevention do not currently exist. For people in situations where domestic violence occurs, this willing involvement can be almost impossible. In this case, seeking family violence prevention services is probably the safest and smartest plan of action.
Safer Sex Guidelines
In addition to protecting from HIV infection and transmission, practicing safer sex also reduces the risk of passing or contracting other diseases, like chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes and hepatitis. These can be especially troublesome in people with weakened immune systems. A few tips on how to protect yourself and your partner during sex are found below.
One Word: Plastics!
Use latex condoms and plenty of water-based lubricant (K-Y Jelly, Astroglide, Probe) for vaginal and anal sex. If you're sensitive (allergic) to latex, try polyurethane condoms (Avanti). The female condom (Reality) is also made of polyurethane. However, polyurethane condoms may have higher breakage problem than latex.
Protect the Environment and Your Condoms!
Don't use oil-containing lubricants like Crisco, Vaseline, baby oil, lotion, or whipped cream as they can destroy latex. (Note: Oil-based lubes can be safely used with polyurethane condoms). Good water-based lubricants last longer and often feel better anyway.
Read the Label!
Many people avoid products with the spermicide, Nonoxynol-9. Some studies now show it can cause irritation that may promote STD infections, including HIV.
Wrap it to Go!
For oral sex with a man, it's safest to use a condom. For oral sex with a woman or oral-anal sex (rimming), it's safest to use a dental dam (latex square), plastic food wrap, or a condom or latex glove cut to make a flat sheet.
Try a Breath Mint Instead!
Avoid brushing or flossing your teeth up to two hours before or after oral sex to minimize small cuts. Be aware of bleeding gums, cuts or sores on or in the mouth.
Let Your Fingers Do the Walking!
Use latex gloves for hand jobs (sex with your hands) or fisting. Try powder-free latex or polyurethane gloves for folks who are sensitive to latex.
Good Clean Fun!
If you share sex toys (like dildos or vibrators), put on a fresh condom for each user and/or when going to or from the anus and vagina. Clean toys with bleach, alcohol or soap and water between uses.
On the Wild Side!
Avoid contact with blood, semen and vaginal and anal fluids. Sex toys like whips or knives can break the skin and should not be used on another person until they're disinfected with bleach or cleaning solution.
Preventing Your Risk of Infections
People living with HIV must consider taking precautions to avoid exposing themselves to common infections, which are possibly deadly in people with a weakened immune system. Although safer sex is usually thought of in regards to preventing HIV infection, exposure to many major infections and STDs can be reduced if safer sex is followed. Avoiding oral-anal contact can greatly reduce the risk of getting parasites that can cause diarrhea and other symptoms. (Examples of parasites include tape worms, scabies and more common among people with HIV are toxoplasma and cryptosporidium.)
Safer sex is not the only way to prevent exposure to infections, however. There are a number of things you can do to decrease your risk of potentially harmful infections.
In general, people with HIV should not eat raw or undercooked meats, poultry or seafood. Avoid unpasteurized dairy products, which may contain parasites, bacteria or viruses that in turn can cause severe illness. For example, eating raw shellfish can result in hepatitis A infection. Risks can be reduced further by following guidelines for "safer" food preparation. For more information, read Food Safety.
You Can Prevent Common Infections at Home!
Bartonella (Cat Scratch Fever)
A bacterial infection that can cause fevers, headaches and a marked reduction in red blood cells (anemia).
Put on the flea collar!
A bacterial infection that can cause diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting.
When Fluffy has the runs, run!
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)
A fungal infection that causes fevers, difficulty in breathing and night sweats.
On your next archeological dig, bring Endust!
A fungal infection that primarily infects the brain resulting in headaches, fevers and altered mental behavior.
Don't feed the birds!
A parasite that can cause diarrhea.
Put down the baby, and move away from the goat!
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
A virus that infects the entire body. (Left untreated, CMV can cause diarrhea, blindness, inflammation of the brain, etc.)
Safer Sex is Hot Sex (and it's not just about HIV infection!)
Hepatitis A, B and C Virus (HAV, HBV and HCV)
Viral infections that can cause liver damage, failure and sometimes cancer.
A viral infection that can cause ulcer lesions around the mouth, genitals and rectum.
A fungal infection that can cause fevers, reduction in red blood cells and difficulty in breathing.
Put down the mop and move away from the chicken coop!
Human papillomavirus
A viral infection that can cause warts, which can become cancerous.
A bacterial infection that can cause meningitis, an inflammation in the brain.
A parasite that can cause diarrhea.
A bacterial infection that can cause food poisoning and diarrhea.
A parasite that mostly infects the brain resulting in confusion and delusional behavior.
These recommendations only apply to people who are NOT antibody positive to toxoplasma.
Primarily infects the lungs and can cause cough, weight loss and fatigue.
A viral infection commonly known as chicken pox and shingles.
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Please measure yourself correctly. Orders that need a larger adjustment will be charged for labor and material, as well as an additional shipping charge. For instructions on how to measure yourself, please visit Additional Information for "Measuring Yourself" on the help page at Waisted Gems.
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Adjustments to be made smaller are free of charge. Customer pays $8 for domestic return shipping.
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