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I wrote a detailed post on the various jungle tour options, but now it's time to talk about my experience with Iguana Tours and the Amazon jungle itself. If you're not interested in reading about the whole five days, just skip to the bottom and read my final thoughts.
Day 0
We arrived at Manaus Airport at noon after an extremely early start in Foz Do Iguaçu and a eight hour flight with two stop overs a day before our tour started and one of the tour organizers was there waiting for us with my very own name on a whiteboard. It was nice not to have to worry about catching a bus or splurging for a taxi to the town center We hadn't organized a place to stay in advance so he took us back to their office to discuss our options (sleeping wise) and to finalize payment for our tour.
We could either stay at the hotel their office was based in or a hostel a block away (that they are affiliated with), they were also happy for us to stay elsewhere and said we were more than welcome to use a shower and the internet to help us sort it out. After looking at a couple of rooms in the hotel and reading the reviews of the hostels in Manaus online we decided to go with a cheap hotel room (which actually worked out to be a similar price to the hostel). After a little bit of walking around, having something to eat and having the tour explained to us in full it was time to get an early nights rest before the 8AM start the next day.
Day 1
After scoffing down some delicious (free) french toast for breakfast we made our way upstairs and waited for everybody else to arrive. By 8:30 we were on the road to CEASA port, where we boarded the boat to stop at and then cross the meeting of the rivers (our first official sight seeing stop). Unfortunately it had been raining the night before so the stark contrast between the black Rio Negro and the sandy Rio Solimões (also called the Amazon River) wasn't as good as it would've been on a clear day.
Once we crossed the river we arrived at the small village of Cariero and were quickly loaded into two old VW vans for a sixty minute trip on some truly crappy roads before arriving in Paraná do Mamori where we were given 10-15 minutes to relax and buy some water/beer/refreshments from a local store whilst the guides went and organized the speed boat to Juma Lake Camp House which would be our base camp during out 5 day stay. The speed boat gave us our first glimpse of the rain forest and we even managed to see some beautiful eagles and other birds during the 30 minute trip.
We arrived at our lodge at 11:45AM (45 minutes later than expected due to waiting for a few people at CEASA port) and were quickly shown our beds and the facilities at the lodge before lunch was served at midday.
Unfortunately I didn't have the foresight to take any pictures of the food, but it was generally similar. Rice, beans, salad and a protein (either chicken or fish – sometimes both) while simple it was surprisingly good (definitely better than your typical per kilo restaurant) and there was always more than enough to go around.
After lunch was finished there was a bit of free time to get settled and go for a swim in the river, it was exceptionally humid due to the rain so it was nice to get into the water and get refreshed and we saw some dolphins playing around 100 meters from the camp. We then went on a short boat trip to try and catch some piranha's and do some more dolphin watching. Unfortunately I was unable to catch any piranha's, although my friend Nigel caught two and a few other people were also able to catch a couple. That said most of our boat was focused on the dolphins playing and trying to get photos of them, despite every-bodies best efforts most of the photos turned out terrible and in the end I just gave up and watched the spectacle.
I think I had unrealistic expectations when it came to the dolphins, I had heard of friends swimming side by side with them and them being extremely playful but that was all in the Bolivian section of the Amazon and apparently the Brazilian government is trying to stamp that type of behaviour out.
Then it was back to the camp site for a little bit of relax time before dinner, which unsurprisingly consisted of rice, beans, salad and fish! The last activity of the day was to go Caiman hunting with our guide, he basically just shone his light into the banks of the river and if he saw a pair of eyes staring back, he knew he had found one. Apparently the bright light disorientates the Caiman's and then the guide is able to grab them by the back of the neck so they can't bite the hand (although we did meet one guide who had recently been bite and most of them have small scars on their hands).
The rest of the night was spent playing cards and having a few beers before a relatively early night.
Day 2
Day 2 started with a very early morning (5:30AM) to go bird watching and watch the sunrise. I was unsure if I was going to go; I'm not really interested in birds and I'm definitely not a morning person. I decided to make the most of my stay and went with everybody else. Because the weather was still overcast the sunrise was underwhelming, we saw a few different birds and a couple more eagles but it wasn't exactly the most exciting start to the day.
Once we arrived back breakfast was being served, with scrambled eggs, bread, watermelon, some type of fruit paste and coffee on the menu. The breakfast's were definitely the low light food wise, I was surprised there wasn't more local fruits on offer.
After breakfast we hopped back on the speed boat (well, speed canoe really) and headed to off to the location for a jungle trek. It lasted approximately two and a half hours, unfortunately there was a family in our group that hadn't brought adequate footwear (crocs for a jungle walk aren't ideal) so we moved incredibly slowly and noisily thus reducing any chance we had of seeing any animals to next to zero.
The walk (can't really call it a trek considering the well worn path we went) itself was a little bit of a disappointment. I would've liked to go a bit deeper into the jungle and not through the same path that thousands of tourists before me had gone before. That said there is no way we would've been able to do that with the fitness level of our group and the lack of proper footwear so the guide can hardly be blamed.
The guide did do a good job of explaining the various plants and animals that we did come across and showed us how to make basic shelters out of what was available.
It was then back in the speed canoe to go back to the Lodge, I had mentioned that I really wanted to see a sloth during the trip so we went slowly along the riverbank (apparently the best time to see sloths is just after heavy rainfall as they will go to the top of the tree to dry off). Unfortunately we didn't have any luck seeing our entire trip but the trip before us saw 7, so I guess it's just luck of the draw.
We then had some more rice, beans, salad, chicken and fish for lunch (what a surprise!) before having some more free time which was used cooling off in the river and trying to perfect my back and forward flips. The small boy in our group spent the time fishing and caught a couple of Piranhas before throwing them back in because he was vegetarian.
The night of day two was spent by camping in the jungle, we took the speed canoe around two hours into a little island that had been set up with a small shelter and camp area. It was primitive using the local techniques that were shown in the jungle but more than comfortable (although sleeping was done on hammocks obviously). The journey there was quite enjoyable seeing a number of birds, including some eagles along with a green tree snake (that our guide was terrified off) and some monkeys wayyy off in the distance.
Once we arrived it was a quick set up (hammocks and mosquito nets, along with gathering some wood for the fire). We then explored the small island we were on and then rowed the canoe out into the river to do some more swimming. Whilst doing this we saw some more dolphins and tried to swim after them, unfortunately they stayed the same 50-75 meters away from us the whole time – whenever we got closer they swam away and then eventually had enough of this game of cat and mouse and disappeared all together.
Whilst this was going on our guide was preparing the best chicken I've had so far on this 13 month trip. It was covered in different spices and cooked over the hot coals of the fire, of course it was served with some rice and salad (no beans, alas!). We then did a short night walk around our camp to try and spot some animals, which we quickly gave up on and had some caipirinhas instead. I ended up going to bed really early due to the insane heat (especially when you're wearing long pants and long top to keep away the mosquitoes). We woke up to the same breakfast as the day before and then headed to visit a local family to learn how they process and make manioc flour and tapioca.
This was definitely my least favorite activity, there is something about visiting 'local' families that feels exploitative to me. The families see it as a way of making some extra money by selling trinkets (good on them) but it's definitely not an organic meeting. Whilst we were there we also saw them cooking an armadillo soup, even though it's a protected area the local people are allowed to hunt these animals. It seems a shame that a lot of people will miss out on seeing these animals because of this and it would be great if the local government or the tour groups were able to help support these families so they didn't have to resort to this for meat.
We had lunch back at the camp (rice, plain spaghetti, salad and fish stew) and the majority of our group headed back as the most typical stay is two nights and three days. After a bit more time relaxing in the river our guide told us we would be doing some paddle canoeing in the flooded forest.
We made the smart decision to leave our cameras back at camp in case we cap sized and headed off down stream to explore the flooded forest, I have done a bit of canoeing when I was much younger in Sea Scouts so it was nice to be back on the water again. It was hard going, especially when the middle aged women in the front of my canoe decided to only paddle when we were headed for a tree.
It was nice to explore the flooded forest and we managed to spot a few more birds, but still no sloths! After 2 hours we made our way back to the lodge (against the current) but the end of it I was completely wrecked as I was the only one paddling. It probably would have been a good idea to go against the current to begin with – that way on the way back we could've relaxed and enjoyed the scenery rather than struggling. I'm also not sure how they would have imagine if me and my friend weren't on the tour as everybody elses fitness levels (apart from one American woman) were terrible.
That night we slept back at the lodge, because so many people had left that day there was plenty of empty cabins so we got a room to ourselves!
Day Four
After the same breakfast (eggs, bread, watermelon and coffee) we went to a local family to see how rubber was made. The process itself was kind of interesting (basically sap of the rubber tree is collected and then put over a mould and then smoke is used to temper it, then another layer of sap is added and this process is repeated until thick enough).
We also tried a few local fruits that the rubber farmer had on his property and then went back to the Lodge for some lunch (more rice, beans and fish!). After a nice long siesta and some swimming we hopped back into our speed canoe and went to another local family.
As I mentioned previously I'm not a huge fan of these type of forced interactions, but this family sees foreigners MUCH less often so were excited to have visitors (although I am sure some of that is due to the fact that the kids knew we would bring them a couple of little treats). We also had a much smaller group (our guide, somebody from the north of Brazil, my friend and I) which made it easier to talk to the family and interact with the kids (9 in total with another 4 living in Manaus…).
The eldest son joined us in the speed canoe to go fishing to get some food for dinner, I had a lot more success this time catching 5-6 piranha's and in total we easily caught 30 of them. We helped clean these up and got ready for dinner.
Piranha's are DELICIOUS so make sure your guide cooks some up for you when you catch them, they have a lot of little bones but there are a few tricks to eating them that make things much easier. Dinner was delicious with a nice fish stew, some chicken, rice, beans, spaghetti and of course the Piranha's.
I had been pestering the guide to go spear fishing and let me catch a caiman for the last couple of days so when he starting making us some caipirinhas I was a little bit disappointed. After drinking three or four he said "Ok, now you have some courage, let's go catch a caiman!". If you've ever had caipirinhas before, you'll know they are mostly hard liquor so I was a little bit hesitant but hopped on the boat.
The caiman hunting proceeded much like it had on the first night, when we finally spotted a pair of eyes staring back at us he told me to come to the front of the boat. When he had caught his, he had stayed on the boat but for some reason this time he hopped in the water and told me to follow him.
After searching for a couple of minutes (moving leaves out of way so we could see the water) he finally found the caiman again and I quickly grabbed it's head before I could think about it too much. Even though it was only a baby caiman I was elated, we grabbed a couple of photos (which unfortunately the Northern Brazilian guy has and hasn't emailed them to me) and put him back into the water.
I thought the adventure was over but my guide thought this was a good starting point to try and find some black caimans (the largest species of caiman which can grow to over 5 m or 16 ft), after getting off the boat several more times and wading in water that was obviously filled with piranha's and caimans he finally found a black one. He quickly (and thankfully) decided this one was a little bit too big for me and caught it himself.
We also tried to do a little bit of spear fishing without any success, after a solid hour and half exploring the alcohol and adrenaline had well and truly worn off so we headed back to the family and hopped into the hammocks for a well deserved rest.
After the typical egg, bread and fruit breakfast we said goodbye to our local family and headed back to the lodge for the last time.
We took it nice and slow in the speed canoe, hoping against hope to see a sloth – which didn't happen. Although we did see a few more hawks and a couple more monkeys way off in the distance.
By the time we arrived back there was enough time for one last swim, some lunch (rice, beans and chicken!) before heading back to Manaus. We followed the same route and saw the meeting of the waters again, the weather was terrible so unfortunately we never got to see it at it's best. I was glad to be back to civilization, to have a proper shower and to relax without any organized activities for a few days.
Final thoughts: I had a great time during my jungle trip. I met a lot of great people, ticked off something from my bucket list (catching a Piranha) and did something I never thought I'd do (catch a crocodile with my bare hands). That said it definitely wasn't what I was expecting or hoping for, I would've liked to do more jungle walks (and not through such well worn paths).
Getting to Manaus is not easy or cheap and I can't help but think that my money (and time) would've been better spent going to Bonito for the crystal clear waters and the Pantanal for the wildlife.
Iguana tours did everything they promised and the guides were first class (along with the food) – so if you find yourself in Manaus wanting to do a jungle tour give them a go.
Overall rating:
Could be improved by: More nature walks, overnight in jungle in an area that isn't constantly camped at, grouping people of similar age and fitness together.
Iguana Tours Information
Official website: http://www.amazonbrasil.com.br/
Address: Rua Dez de Julho, nº 679 sala-1, located inside of Hotel 10 de Julho.
Telephone numbers: +55 92 3633-6507 / +55 92 9136-4325 / +55 92 9105-5659
Other posts from Manaus:
- Bosque da Ciência (Science Forest) Manaus – Review
- Teatro Amazonas (Amazon Theatre)
- Five Day, Four Nights In The Amazon Jungle With Iguana Tours
- How To Choose A Jungle Tour In Manaus
Did you go to the Brazilian Amazon? What were your thoughts? Let me know in the comments!


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Kohler, Wis. - Curtis Strange would know about it. So would Tom Watson.
Both have won major championships in their career and understand the pressures that come with repeating. Between them, they've won nine majors. They also know that winning them wasn't easy. Or in other words, winning was about as effortless as trying to jump on a moving train. Easy, right?
So, they can relate to any anxiety, pressures or concerns Allen Doyle might feel as he attempts to win an unprecedented third consecutive Senior Open.
In the championship's 28-year history only two players - Miller Barber and Gary Player - have ever repeated. Strange, the last competitor to win back-to-back U.S. Opens, believes Doyle will have to block out more distractions this week than in the past two victories.
"It's really how well your game is coming in," said Strange, who is playing in his third Senior Open. "His game is suited for a U.S. Senior Open. He hits it straight, has a nice short game and he putts well.
"But there are other parts of the equation [associated with repeating]. There's the luck factor. You have to have a little luck. There's the tee time. There are outside distractions. You know, it's also about who gets upset the least out there. … So, it's big but it's not like a U.S. Open."
To add historical context, of the four current majors - the U.S. Amateur used to count - duplicating victory has been no easy feat. The PGA Championship has boasted five repeat winners, with Walter Hagen checking in four consecutive times. However, that was during a match-play era. Six players have repeated as champions in the U.S. Open with Willie Anderson winning three consecutive times in the early 1900s. The British Open, the longest-running major, has seen 15 repeat winners. And, the Masters has just three - Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods.
Is there some elusive, magical key associated with repeating?
Tom Watson, who won back-to-back titles in 1982-83 at the British Open, doesn't think so. He believes it comes down to the law of averages and how well you're playing. Watson associated a solid year with winning 20 percent of the tournaments.
"It's tough to defend," said Watson. "Look at how many times you win … You look at it that way basically what you do, you prepare your best, prepare your routines and hope you're playing well when you go into the event."
Watson, who finished second to Doyle last year, added he never felt any extra pressure going into a major as the defending champion. How come?
"Because, that's history," Watson said. "What you've won is history. It doesn't help in you winning the golf tournaments you're preparing to play in. Bottom line is that - the only time it helps you when you won a tournament is that if you play on the same course again, you remember."
The cagey Jim Thorpe, who never won a major but triumphed three times on the PGA Tour, threw in a third caveat. This week, The Straits could set up at 7,068 yards depending on the USGA. Last year, Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan., played shorter, at 6,646 yards. Thorpe felt that shorter championship layouts benefit a player like Doyle more, although NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, set up at 7,000 yards.
"Prairie Dunes was a short go," said Thorpe. "That's why a guy like Allen Doyle wins. That's not taking anything away from Doyle because the man is accurate."
If Strange and Watson's opinions mean anything, then Doyle may have trouble pulling off the trifecta. Coming into the week, he stood 23 rdin Charles Schwab Cup points. In 14 starts, he has four top-10 finishes and no wins.
In last year's Senior Open, Doyle, 58, finished second in putting average (1.50) and fifth in fairways in regulation. The year before at NCR, he wound up seventh in putting and fifth in fairways hit.
Still, all this means nothing to Doyle because he takes pleasure in the underdog role. His swing was borne from playing hockey. Ugly. Tell him he can't do it, and he becomes hell-bent on disproving the naysayers.
"If you saw Allen swinging on the first tee," said Watson, "you would probably say, 'Well, I can give him five shots and beat him pretty easy.' But, you know, that isn't the case."
And the case hasn't been that the Senior Open has ever seen a three-peat winner. Of course, it's just enough incentive to push Doyle, pressure or no pressure.
"Certainly that adds to the challenge," said Doyle. "But, there's a reason that it hasn't been done - because it's damn hard to do.
"So I've tried to treat it as a normal event, but it's not and I know that. But, again, I'm going to try to use it as an opportunity to maybe do something that no one else has done, and it's going to be tough."
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IBM provides the information technology to develop and host the U.S. Open's official website, www.usopen.com, as well as the mobile apps and scoring systems for the three U.S. Open championships. These real-time technology solutions provide an enhanced experience for fans following the championship onsite and online.
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African American Studies is a course of study that examines African life and culture, both on the African continent and in the US. Unlike most African American Studies programs in the humanities and social sciences, UAB's program lets you explore a much wider range of the African American experience in areas like medicine, nursing, public health, dentistry, business, and engineering. You will learn important skills like critical thinking, analytical reading, writing, quantitative literacy, and public speaking so that you are ready to critically engage, incorporate, and represent issues and perspectives regarding race and African Americans.Students graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in African American Studies must complete all core curriculum courses required by UAB and 39 hours of required courses and electives.
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All program requirements and courses are outlined in the UAB Undergraduate Catalog. The major requirements consist of 12 credit hours of required courses, 3 hours of Research Methods or Writing, 6 hours from History, 6 hours of approved English courses, and 9 hours of approved elective courses.All African American Studies majors must take:
Examination of seven core areas of African American Studies: History, Religion, Social Organization, Politics, Economics, Creative Production, and Psychology. Emphasizes major thematical theoretical and critical discourses of Black Studies, and its emergence as a political/social movement and discipline. Relates the latter to the complexity and diversity of contemporary movements such as Civil Rights, Free Speech, Black Power, and Afro-centricism. Majors and minors in African American Studies should complete this course before enrolling in any higher level AAS course. 3 hours.
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Perhaps inevitability due to overall GOP discontent with their crop of presidential candidates, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has thrown his Stetson into the ring. Perry enjoys popularity among the American Right, who often cite his record as Texas governor as the way forward. However, a closer examination of Texas under Rick Perry ought to give any American a shudder.
Perry and his supporters like to tout his record of job creation in Texas. Granted, 38% of American jobs created since 2009 have been in Texas, but that hardly tells the whole story. In fact, unemployment under Rick Perry has actually increased from 4.3 percent in 2007 to 8.3 percent in 2011. This is due to the fact that, while Texas has created some jobs, it has failed to keep up with its own population growth. It is behind 25 states in terms of unemployment.
Additionally, a good chunk of the jobs that Perry touts are very low-paying jobs. In fact, 10 percent of all workers in the state are paid at or below the state's minimum wage. This statistic ties Texas with Mississippi as the states with the highest percentage of workers at the minimum wage level. The number of minimum wage jobs in Texas has jumped 150 percent since 2007.
Texas also lags behind in wage increases. Between 2007 and 2011, the average wage per worker has increased 5 percent in the United States, 9.3 percent in California, and 2.5 percent in New York. In Texas, the average wage per worker increased a paltry .06 percent.
Perry likes to use his condemnations of the federal government's debt and spending as applause lines. However his track record on Texas's debt tells a different story. Texas's public debt increased from $98 billion in 2001 to $216 billion in 2011, and the solidly Republican state's debt has actually increased faster than the U.S. national debt in the same period. Currently, Texas is looking at a $25 billion shortfall on its $95 billion two-year budget.
Despite his claims that "Texas has the best health care in the country," a quarter of all Texans lack health insurance - well above the national average of 15.4 percent. In fact, 13 of Texas's congressional districts are in the nation's bottom 30 in regard to rates of insured citizens. Additionally, Texas has one of the nation's most restrictive Medicaid thresholds, including denying access to impoverished people who are childless.
Education is another area where Rick Perry has nothing to brag about. Contrary to his claims that Texas has the highest SAT-taking rates in the nation, it ranks only 22 of the 50 states. Even less impressive: Texans have the fifth lowest SAT scores of all the 50 states, and the state is the third least literate. It also ranks 43rd and 50th respectively, in high school graduation rates and the percentage of residents 25 and older with a diploma or GED.
Perhaps this may be due to Texas having the 47th lowest spending rate on education in the nation. Either way, these woes aren't likely to improve with Perry's $10 billion cut to education in his recent budget. Perry also rejected $830 million in federal aid to Texas schools. Why? Because after he used $3.2 billion in stimulus funds targeted at schools to instead plug up his budget (and his reputation), Democrats from Texas inserted special language to prevent Perry from doing so again.
Not surprisingly, Perry clings to abstinence-only sexual education for Texas students. Despite evidence to the contrary, Perry claims that "abstinence works," citing his "personal life" as evidence. By 2009, over 94 percent of Texas school districts had adopted abstinence-only sexual education. This education included curriculum emphasizing that birth control is ineffective, contrary to the facts. These programs combine an overemphasis on sexually transmitted diseases and death with Christian views of morality. Many public school districts use handouts containing Bible verses as part of their sexual education.
What are the results? Texas has the third highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation. In fact, pregnancy rates under Perry have skyrocketed, and are now over 50 percent higher than the national average. Even more alarming: Texas has the highest teen repeat pregnancy rate as well as the third highest rate of youths with HIV.
Perry, like many of his Republican colleagues, is an avid climate change denier and invokes the idea of a science conspiracy, claiming that is part of some "secular carbon cult." Perhaps this is due to the $11 million Perry has received in campaign contributions from the oil industry since 1998. Not surprisingly, the state of Texas is also the nation's largest polluter and is fighting against the Environmental Protection Agency's attempts to curb its excessive culture of pollution. Perry is most upset about the EPA's rejection of his state's "flexible permit" policy which would cut costs to polluters at the expense of the environment.
Rick Perry and his record are often touted by conservatives, who are likely filled with glee now that he has entered the presidential contest. However, based on his record as Texas governor, what could we expect from a Perry presidency besides: low paying jobs, higher teen pregnancy and STD rates, declining education standards, creationism in the curriculum, state-sponsored prayer, and more pollution?
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What about death penalty ? :D
Im slightly confused about the "hater"?
The death penalty? Well Perry is obviously for it. He has executed 234 people so far during his terms, including one man for which there was evidence indicating he was innocent. Also- he executed a foreign national- even after Obama and George W Bush asked him not to.
But i think that opinions when argued with explanations can bring more color to a "brief picture of a governor of Texas".
Perhaps i don't use the right word because for me you described some of his opinions, like about climate change.
Not really important, in fact. I just tried to react because i saw some other summaries like this one (in french newspapers) which were quite wrong about some things you pointed and argued. I wanted to know the point of view of an american (with a brain, it's better) about him. Thanks a lot ! :p
Rick Perry. Where to begin? All I can say is we really need to wake up and smell the coffee. If only the Democratic Party were at least partially organized, had a collective vision of a platform and then, maybe add a little backbone and they'd have a chance to really make a difference. Right now, I choose Dems not, because I think they have the best answers, but because I think they will do less overall damage than the Republican Party, which seems determined to destroy this nation for the sake of their pocket books -- and no-one else's.
You could also point out the incredible amount of money spent on toll roads that, at one time, were public access roads funded and paid for already. Why were they turned into toll roads? Cha-ching into someone's pocket. If you look far enough, you'll discover that Texas politics is about as crooked as it gets. The first question you have to ask about any legislation or law is: Who stands to benefit from this?
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and then there's education...1/4 of Texas' land has been earmarked for education...can anyone explain to me how a state this large with this much oil, still ranks so far near the bottom in education...do any other state's have this much land (and oil reveune) earmarked for education...???
where's the money going...
Job creation...???...Perry's done nothing but benefit from cheap, illegal labor performing menial labor at minimum wage...
never have so many, been so proud, of so little...
Jethro Bodine + Moe from the Three Stooges = Rick Perry
Thanks and rated.
Any state (especially one without a state income tax that is a lapdog for large corporations) can steal jobs from other states in tough times and use the word "create". Oklahoma's trying to do it, as well. Corporations will move anywhere - after all, the people who make those decisions most likely don't have to live there and even if they do, it's not the lifestyle of the workers they have to contend with in those very undesirable places (assuming they can relocate or are even given that option).
A friend taught in Texas public schools for almost three decades described the system there (in an upscale suburb of Houston) as horrendous, saying after a year in NC (not highly ranked as well) that it's schools were vastly superior.
Perry raises every sleaze warning I have and that's what's so scary about him: The average voter seems to have no capacity at all to discern that, whether it's Perry or someone else who's sleaze is packaged differently.
Any state (especially one without a state income tax that is a lapdog for large corporations) can steal jobs from other states in tough times and use the word "create". Oklahoma's trying to do it, as well. Corporations will move anywhere - after all, the people who make those decisions most likely don't have to live there and even if they do, it's not the lifestyle of the workers they have to contend with in those very undesirable places (assuming they can relocate or are even given that option).
A friend taught in Texas public schools for almost three decades described the system there (in an upscale suburb of Houston) as horrendous, saying after a year in NC (not highly ranked as well) that it's schools were vastly superior.
Perry raises every sleaze warning I have and that's what's so scary about him: The average voter seems to have no capacity at all to discern that, whether it's Perry or someone else who's sleaze is packaged differently.


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i keep telling myself i am finally going to get around making some magnets. i love collecting fun ones so i figure making my own is the next step. apartment therapy posted this tutorial and i think it looks like fun. only thing is i would be worried the little ones might get the matches, so i think i would fill them with a little surprise inside - like a mini toy or mints instead of matches. you can find the directions to make your own magnets here.
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Animals that form groups are typically assorted by phenotype. For example, fish shoals are notably composed of closely size-matched individuals, yet the sensory mechanisms that promote this behaviour have not been fully determined. Here, we show that two freshwater shoaling fish species, three-spined stickleback and banded killifish, have a greater preference for the chemical cues of conspecifics that are the same size as themselves than for those of larger or smaller conspecifics. We suggest that this ability to determine their own size relative to conspecifics may be based on chemical self-referencing. This provides a novel insight to the mechanisms underlying a widespread phenomenon in social behaviour, and provides further evidence of the crucial role played by chemical cues in structuring the interactions of fishes.
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- Title
- Shoaling fish can size-assort by chemical cues alone
- Journal
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Volume 67, Issue 4 , pp 667-673
- Cover Date
- 2013-04-01
- 10.1007/s00265-013-1486-9
- Print ISSN
- 0340-5443
- Online ISSN
- 1432-0762
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Shoaling
- Schooling
- Sociality
- Olfaction
- Sensory ecology
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Ashley J. W. Ward (1)
- Suzanne Currie (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
- 2. Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada


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5:44 Bless them that curse you - Speak all the good you can to and of them, who speak all evil to and of you. Repay love in thought, word, and deed, to those who hate you, and show it both in word and deed. #Luke 6:27,35|.
Mt 5:44 I say unto you, Love your enemies. The fundamental law of Christ's kingdom. Henceforth love is to be boundless as the ocean. His own earthly life is its perfect application. The enemies are to be conquered by love. See Joh 3:16. Bless them that curse you. Love will return blessing for cursing, good will for hating, prayers for evil treatment and persecution. Christ on the cross prayed for his enemies (Lu 23:34); so did Stephen, the first Christian martyr (Ac 7:60).
Judy Macfarlane's comment on 2015-02-24 17:42:23:
Need encouragement and tips for rejoicing when Christians and non Christians despitefully use in return for Christ righteousness
Judy's comment on 2014-12-01 15:15:58:
My flesh is screaming with flight, my mind alive with reasoning and resistance, my emotions frozen. God deliver us from disobedience, in Jesus name We ask, and receive by Almighty graceto Almighty God 's glory. I need a prayer partner who is willing to pray to love God with all and to love onone another.
Samson's comment on 2014-11-07 00:59:47:
I thank God for his words .I believe his words also I believe that Jesus is the son of God.
Barbara Carter's comment on 2014-08-31 11:24:36:
I have been with this one person all or half of my life but they are disrespectful, mean cruel, and just right down low down I haven 't done anything to them but they just keep on mistreating me no matter what I do always insults, complaints, hateful words but I know that God sees this why is he still allowing this to happen to me . and what must I do and when and if God will ever change this situation
Sarah's comment on 2014-04-29 01:41:36:
Keep in mind all of those in 'mixed "families , Christ said there will be a mother inlaw against her daughter , a father against son. VERY TRYING !
Mocking Bird's comment on 2014-03-11 10:44:17:
Yes It is hard to love your enemies and to Bless those who curse you I like Alicia s comment Being Christ like is not a chore but a Privilege We can only do this through prayer and a willing heart to want to be as Christ We need to have a desire to be as He is while we are in this world The rewards are very pleasing when we submit to God It is also a joy I once heard a pastor say and it has stuck with me in these situations Forgive them for your own sake Glory to God God forgave us for His names sake
Toni's comment on 2014-03-11 06:45:35:
Jesus gives His people four commandments love bless do good and pray In spite of what others may do in hating cursing using or mistreating us we being followers of Christ must continually love bless do good and pray Do these things with the help and the grace of the Lord and with Christ s Spirit dwellin on the inside and life will be filled with joy and peace Those who are filled with the devil and his hate cursing persecution and misuse will be filled with anger strife and a miserable existence They will get their reward
George Ua's comment on 2014-01-24 17:12:55:
The act of loving one who hate you, bless them that curse you through powerful prayer is the best medicine to defeat Satan, but that all begins within your family, your roof first before you love outsiders.
Peter's comment on 2014-01-12 02:01:05:
many people say God's things are hard to follow and perfect. God knows our weakness and thst is why he sent us the holly spirit to guide us. With prayer it is posible to fulfil his command to love our enemies and pray for all that persecute us.
May God bless all of you.
Joseph Gakura's comment on 2013-12-04 18:45:12:
Thanks is for God in Jesus, cause this is a good way for defeating evils.
I take care.
Can God? God can.
Ng's comment on 2013-09-10 14:12:14:
Yes, hard to do but ALWAYS worth doing. I am in this predicament, but worst when its a Christian who display the qualities of "an enemy" described in this verse.
Alicia's comment on 2013-09-10 09:54:26:
We are always either scattering or gathering according to the Lord. By recieving God's Holy Ghost through the believing of Jesus Christ we now have the freedom to be righteous and loving and graceful as God is towards us. The thing is to remember that being Christ-like is a PRIVILEGE and NOT a chore.
KMcfarland#1's comment on 2013-07-29 08:41:46:
Praying for people who have hurt you can be difficult if you do not stay in the word of GOD! If we are not careful our prayers and motives for praying will become bitter or harsh. That is why we must put on the breastplate of righteousness and seek guidance from other Christians when praying. Stay prayed up for the world is full of people who are not saved and have no thoughts of getting saved.
Mary Simon's comment on 2013-07-21 03:17:47:
When people hate you outrightly and want to provoke you to anger,the best thing you should do is to love them. Pray for them and use kind words. By that,you will heap coal of fire on them.
Demetrius Heckard's comment on 2013-04-26 10:30:46:
I set forth to be what Jesus said unto us. Love is the way to thy heart in all experiences. For I love you anyway. It defeats!
Maureen Ndlouv's comment on 2013-03-25 23:12:03:
In all things we must first love ourselves and our families then we can be able to love outsiders.
Sandra's comment on 2012-10-01 15:42:21:
I work in education and the religious zeal of which some is sometimes overwhelming. I apply the word from an introspective standpoint. What else can I do to overcome the intensity that I sometimes feel coming from others who can be overly judgemental.
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Deeper Learning in Leadership: Helping College Students Find the Potential WithinISBN: 978-0-7879-8585-1
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We reported total revenue of RMB1.26 billion for the first quarter, which is slightly above our guidance. This 66% revenue growth included consolidated first quarter results from Motel 168 that we acquired on September 30, 2011. Excluding Motel 168, our core business generated revenue growth of 23% organic growth. This was mainly result from new unit growth while performance from our mature hotel group remained stable. Most specifically, 716 hotels that were in operation for at least 18 months during the first quarter gained 1.3% in RevPAR on the same hotels base year over year. As of March 31, 2012, nearly 30% of total of 1,168 Home Inns hotels were located in the third-tier cities and below, where overall ADR are meaningfully low in general than upscale cities market. These low-tier cities are still on their way to achieve full economic expansion even with our unique geographic diversity [inaudible] average daily rates flat at RMB165 year over year and combined with an occupancy rate of 84.4% compared with 85.1% in the same period of 2011. We generated RevPAR of RMB149 compared to RMB150 a year ago. These operating results are reasonable [sound] and within our expectations for the first quarter. Occupancy rate at Motel 168 was 17.4%, down from 73.5% in the previous quarter. ADR grew 3% to RMB158 from RMB154 in the fourth quarter of last year. The resulting RevPAR of RMB111 compared to RMB113 last quarter was in line with our expectations. During the first quarter, we further reduced the scale of food and beverage operations as Motel 168 by 10% from last quarter, but still achieved total RMB327 million of revenues, which was at the high end of our guidance in the fourth quarter.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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"The tar sands, or more properly the oil sands, of the McMurray area constitute probably the largest potential oil field in the world, and it has been the dream of many oil technologists to find an efficient and economic process of separating the oil from the sand in such a condition that it will be readily processed in a modern refinery into gasoline, Diesel and fuel oil, and road oils. The engineers of Abasand Oils Ltd., at Fort McMurray, have for some time grappled with the problem and have worked out a treatment which appears efficient and economical. . . . . It is expected that trial runs will be made before the end of the year and that the plant will be in fill operation early in 1940." - Mr. L. C. Drummond, Secretary-Manager of the Alberta and North-West Chamber of Mines, Published December, 1939 in The Pre-Cambrian Source: Peel's Prairie Provinces University opf Alberta Library (peel.library.ualberta.ca)
Oil sands, oilsands or tarsands?
"The hydrocarbon mixtures found in northern Alberta have historically been referred to as tar, pitch or asphalt.
However, 'oil sands' (two words) is now used most often to describe the naturally occurring bitumen deposits. This helps distinguish it from the other terms like tar sands, which are associated with distilled or man-made products, such as the mixtures used to pave roads.
Oil sands is an accurate term because bitumen, a heavy petroleum product is mixed with the sand. It makes sense to describe the resource as oil sands because oil is what is finally derived from the bitumen."
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"Re: Oil Sands or Tar Sands? Interesting that you use the following "Oil sands is an accurate term because bitumen, a heavy petroleum product is mixed with the sand." Most people would have no hesitation in describing bitumen as tar. In fact the two terms are interchangeable. No-one that I know of would refer to bitumen as oil. The reason is for the name change is as simple as it is dishonest. Oil sands sounds cleaner." - Charles Stewart, via Send Feedback to CAPP
"Until the 1960s, everyone called them the tar sands. At that point, primarily as a way of communicating more clearly what product would eventually come out of the bitumen, the Alberta government started calling them the oil sands. Both terms were used interchangeably until about ten years ago when this topic became politicized by the opponents of the way the bituminous sands were being developed. Tar sands sounds more sinister to the ear now. The proponents of the development seem to make it a point to always call them the oil sands. Politicization came with the relatively recent fights over all the complicated social, political, environmental and emotional issues that now surround this topic. But talk to any of the old timers and they will use the two terms interchangeably. For the old dudes there is no emotion associated with either term. I like to use both terms in conversation as a way to see how people react - and then I know a bit about their point of view. Technically the product from the bituminous sands deposits is neither tar nor oil. Tar actually comes from trees (Look it up! I too did not know this) and oil comes from petroleum reservoirs. In fact the technically correct term is bituminous sands. It's just not as easy to say as tar sands or oil sands." - David Finch, Historian
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GRENADA, Calif. — Things are looking up for a Siskiyou County assisted living facility that was facing closure.
The Shepherd of God facility houses elderly patients needing assistance. The 90-bed business has been battling budget issues for years.
The current owner says February's bills would show some $40,000 in the negative, but he believes the place will soon be under new ownership.
The person who owns Shasta View Nursing Center in Weed will likely buy it and use it to compliment the places he already owns.
"When they get sick here, they can go to his nursing home. When they get better there they can come back here. They kind of complement each other," said current owner Charles Tarrats.
Residents will no longer need to relocate. The same administrator will stay on staff and 32 employees will not be facing a loss with the new ownership.
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In an effort to get even more people to hate his guts, rapper The Game grabbed TWO bottles of $1,400 champagne and dumped them out on the street last night … because he felt like it.
Game was leaving the Roxbury nightclub in Hollywood when he TOPPED his wasteful performance from earlier in the week … by pouring out two bottle of Ace of Spades champagne right onto the sidewalk.
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Jordanian copyright pirates behave not unlike Chicago gangsters during prohibition.
"Sometimes it's an endless effort, but I hope that there will be an end for it with the help of the other governmental agencies. This problem will not be solved by only one department," says Talhouni, who hopes for greater cooperation from his counterparts throughout the government, but generally commends its efforts.
He also acknowledges that getting other agencies more involved would require serious time and resources. For example, before police could bust bootleggers they would need specialized training, which would require creating a curriculum and officers.
When Talhouni talks about copyright law, he's the kind of person that can't help but cite specific legal articles by number. He ignores criticism from friends who think his job makes a mountain out of a molehill and says he has converted both his wife and his 13-year-old daughter into copyright zealots.
In other words, he's the kind of guy who can't get his head around why anyone would want to break copyright law and buy pirated goods.
"You can see movies on the TV, you can rent a movie for 2JD, you are not obliged to buy, and if you have enough money you can buy. But people say, 'Why should I buy a movie at the expense of 15JD when I can buy it for 1JD?'" he says. "This man [selling bootleg movies] is stealing the rights from others. Why are you encouraging these people to commit this crime?"
As long as there remains a major disparity between the price of legitimate and pirated goods, Rawand al-Zoubi, a legal advisor at the Audio Visual Commission who also works with copyright law, says that there is only so much countries like Jordan can do without action from the media producers themselves.
"In my opinion, the reforming of regulations and laws that govern this sector should start from the U.S., Europe, and the U.K. because they are the source," Zoubi said. "We are the market and we receive the product from outside … so we have to control the source first."
Talhouni places much of his hope in educating the next generation about the merits of abiding by copyright law and has requested that the Ministry of Education make it part of the curriculum. So far, no one has.
However, he says the stakes are high for enforcement. Jordan, could for example, become a software manufacturer if developers didn't feel threatened by bootlegging. Additionally, the country loses millions of dollars in tax revenue it could collect from legitimate goods entering the country. More than anything, Talhouni says his nation's cultural heritage is on the line.
"You might have more singers if they find out that singing is profitable work. Writers will be encouraged to write, more actors will act more, etc., etc.," he says. "By not abiding by the copyright law and respecting these people there will be very negative affects on the culture."


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This 30 acre parcel along the south edge of the Macatawa Marsh is located northeast of 6th Street and Central Avenue.
In July of 1918 this municipal ballpark was established with the help of Holland Board of Public Works, city fathers, local merchants and citizens. The facility was first call Athletic Park and was located north of the electric and water station on 5th Street. It was later briefly referred to as Water Works Park and then changed to Riverview Park in the mid 1920s.
Originally this facility was used for local baseball games. This was the home field for the Independents, Holland's team. Twilight baseball games took placed between the Independents and such teams as Kelloggs and Postums of Battle Creek, Three Rivers, Illinois Colored Giants, Cuban Stars, Allegan and Grand Rapids semi-pro teams.
The city playground commission borrowed money from the City of Holland and local business men install lights at this facility. On July 9, 1937 the first lighted baseball game took place at this facility between Holland Flying Dutchmen and Zeeland Chicks. The lights also allowed Hope College to host evening football games. On September 27, 1940 Holland High School also began using this facility for their home football games.
Since lighting for football at Riverview Park was better than for baseball, from 1937 until the park closed for football in 1979, there were many football contests under the lights. The covered grandstand was moved to the park in 1932.
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