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A fire alarm at Rogers Heritage High School evacuated the building, late Wednesday afternoon, but no fire was found.
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Eleven Defendants Indicted in $14 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Charges Include Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, and Bank Fraud
An indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging eleven defendants for their participation in a scheme to defraud mortgage companies and banks of more than $14 million. The scheme's organizers, VIJAY ANAND KHEMRAJ and ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, recruiters of "straw buyers," DAVID BURKS, ERIC WHITESIDE, SIMON CLARK, and HARLEM GUZMAN, realtor, VENECIA DESILVA, mortgage brokers, DAVID CHO and MARK MATTHEWS, and attorneys FRANTZ METELLUS and ROBERT B. DAVIS, are charged with conspiracy. The attorneys, mortgage brokers, and organizer KHEMRAJ are also charged with wire fraud and bank fraud.1
The charges were announced by Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Mark J. Mershon, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Division, and Jon T. Rymer, Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The defendants' initial appearances and arraignments are scheduled later today before United States Magistrate Judge Roanne L. Mann at the U. S. Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York. The case has been assigned to United States District Judge Jack B. Weinstein.
The indictment alleges that KHEMRAJ, BURKS, WHITESIDE, CLARK, and GUZMAN recruited "straw buyers" with good credit ratings to purchase residential properties located in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx by promising that, among other things, rental incomes from the properties would insure that the purchasers would never have to make payments on the mortgages or take possession of the houses. Once the buyers were signed up, loan officers CHO and MATTHEWS generated false documents for the buyers to support inflated income and asset statements in the mortgage applications.
While the so-called buyers were being recruited, KHEMRAJ, BURKS, DESILVA, and CLARK identified run-down properties on sale within the range of $250,000 to $500,000. RODRIGUEZ signed sales contracts to buy all of these properties, but by the time of the closings he assigned his rights to purchase the properties to the straw buyers for fees totaling up to $600,000. The straw buyers' mortgages - which had been secured through fraudulently inflated financial statements - covered both the sales prices and the assignment fees. The banks and mortgage companies, however, were never made aware of the assignments or the true market value of the purchased properties. The mortgage proceeds were wired into the attorney trust accounts of METELLUS and DAVIS, and subsequently distributed to the other defendants.
Between July 2005 and February 2008, at least 24 mortgages were secured through this scheme. The total dollar amount of the mortgages exceeded $14 million.
"Earlier this month we announced the formation of an EDNY task force comprised of federal, state, and local law-enforcement agents and investigators to address the burgeoning problem of mortgage fraud," stated United States Attorney Campbell. "Investigating and prosecuting mortgage-related fraud is a priority program, and we and our partners in the task force are determined to bring to justice those who line their pockets at the expense of mortgage lenders."
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Mershon stated, "This mortgage fraud conspiracy included straw buyers, corrupt loan officers, a realtor, and law-breaking lawyers. The defendants worked in concert to deceive victim lenders out of millions of dollars. The FBI, the U.S. Attorney, and our law enforcement partners will be working in concert to put a halt to such conduct."
FDIC Inspector General Rymer stated, "I am pleased that the FDIC Office of Inspector General can play a key role in ensuring the integrity of the financial services industry. By partnering with our law enforcement colleagues, we leverage the resources needed to successfully combat mortgage fraud and rid the industry of those seeking to undermine the safety and soundness of our financial institutions and other legitimate businesses involved in mortgage lending."
The maximum term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of wire fraud or conspiracy to commit wire fraud is 20 years. The maximum term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of bank fraud or conspiracy to commit bank fraud is 30 years.
The government's case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick Sean Sinclair.
The Defendants:
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1 The charges announced today are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed
innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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Butterflies, frogs, and snakes have their own Monteverde-area exhibits, and bats get equal time with guided tours that provide insight into the life of one of the planet's most misunderstood mammals. Admission includes a 45-minute guided tour. An adjoining museum documents the history of the region, in particular, its early settlement by the Quakers.
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Took our three college age sons to see this one of a kind bat jungle. It might have been one of the best things on our vacation. A hidden jewel. We learned so much from the knowledgeable guide, dispelling all the old bat myths...they are not blind or dangerous or scary at all. We watched our guide walk into the bat cave with 85 bats flying around and he fed them and held them. Don't miss this great, inexpensive one hour experience!
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Did you to see the story on 7:30 during the week about Indigenous people hunting turtles and dugongs up in the Torres Strait? It was socking, and I'd like to know if you think there ought to be an outright ban on this sort of hunt.
The story showed footage of Indigenous hunters hauling an exhausted sea turtle up onto the beach to butcher it. The animal was very much alive. At first the hunters tried to stun it by smashing a cement block against its head, but when that didn't work they proceeded with the butchering whilst the poor turtle was still fully conscious.
They hacked off its fins as the creature moaned in pain. And then the hunters ran their knife around the underside of the turtle to remove the shell – only then did this poor animal let out one final scream. The entire death too 7 minutes. You can watch the ABC story here.
I challenge anyone to tell me that that is no less barbaric than what we've seen going on in the Indonesian slaughter houses.
But here's the catch, currently there's nothing that can be done to prosecute the people who did this. Native title laws permit them to catch and kill native animals – even endangered ones like the sea turtle – for their food needs.
Well I think that has to change. Native title can not be allowed to protect people who engage in animal cruelty.
The ABC also found evidence of dugongs being towed behind boats and drowned, and even cases of dugongs being butchered while still alive as well.
The bottom line is there can be no excuse for any of this. The Queensland government has launched an inquiry, but as they're in caretaker mode not much is likely to happen.
The RSPCA have come out and said they've known about and been concerned about these practices for years. And they also say it could take years to change the Indigenous approach to hunting. Well I say that's simply not good enough.
As I said, animal cruelty is animal cruelty and it should not be tolerated. If laws – in particular the native title act – need to change then so be it.


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SIC & NAICS: What Are They & How Will I Use Them?
The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) are numerical classification systems created by the United States government. These systems are used to group/classify like companies into industries for the purposes of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy. The SIC system was originally developed in the 1930s and was last updated in 1987. The NAICS system was first released in 2002, updated in 2007 and last updated in 2012.
While NAICS has "officially" replaced SIC, many business directories and databases still use one or both of the systems. Therefore, it is important to know about both SIC and NAICS.
- The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) consists of four digit numbers that apply to a company based on the type of products or services it produces.
- An example of an SIC Code is: 5812 = Eating Places
- The newer North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) employs six digits to allow for a more detailed system of industry classification.
- An example of a NAICS Code is: 722110 = Full Service Restaurants
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Dan Carter has been cleared to return to the New Zealand starting line-up for their final Test of the year against England on Saturday.
Woodcock boosts Highlanders
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The Highlanders have boosted their ranks for the 2013 Super Rugby competition with the signing of Tony Woodcock on a two-year deal.
Hansen calls for focus
Sunday 19th August 12:56
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has told his side to keep their feet on the ground if they want to retain the Bledisloe Cup next Saturday.
All Blacks continue to commit
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Ali Williams and Tony Woodcock have joined a growing core of experienced players to re-sign with the NZRU.
All Blacks respond in style
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New Zealand emphatically ended their two-match losing streak with a 39-10 victory over Australia in a pulsating Bledisloe Cup clash.
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The NZRU has questioned claims that Tony Woodcock and Joe Rokocoko will quit the Blues if David Nucifora remains in charge.
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Revenge Recap of Season 1, Episode 18: "Justice"
Time to bundle up, because the weather has turned icy on Revenge — probably because Victoria's been breathing on everyone. This week, Emily's scheming is even more complicated than usual, and the situation is only exacerbated by Daniel and his massive cowl neck. Sigh, it might be time to carve the double infinity sign into some drift wood …
Winter Is Coming
Welcome to winter in The Hamptons, a terrifying place where peacoats with popped collars roam freely and ladies think it's socially acceptable to wear jodhpurs in public. Daniel's trial is up and running, and boyfriend has never been more nervous. We've hardly ever seen Danny so distressed, and chunky turtlenecks seem to be his only comfort.
But forget Daniel (for now); the person we're really worried about is Queen Victoria. Her flirtation with leather and tie-dye wasn't just a phase — and she's back at Dominik's bachelor pad for more middle-aged love making. This time, Dominik has Victoria wearing some kind of unfortunate painter's smock, and she's taken to reciting impromptu haikus about "fire and ash." Just roll with it.
Of course, Victoria hasn't completely lost her edge, and she pays her favorite minion, Lee, to threaten juror No. 3 in order to get Daniel an acquittal — a fact that Emily finds out by bugging Victoria's house! Ah, the trusty whale cam. How we've missed you.
Girl, Interrupted
Time to check in on Jack Attack. This hunk comes back from his soul-searching expedition as soon as he hears that Declan's about to take the witness stand, but unfortunately he's more delusional than ever. Not only is Jack wandering around town with a bloody hoodie, but he plans to show it to the jury! Someone save him from himself.
Jack heads over to Emily's pad for some advice about Mandy (while Daniel peers at them bitterly from his mother's turret), and they have a deep conversation next to a roaring fire. Maybe we're just high on lobster meat, but we sensed some major sexual tension between these childhood sweethearts.
Meanwhile, Charlotte's popping pills faster than Nolan's popping collars. She can't testify during Daniel's murder trial because everyone thinks she's strung out on downers, so she tries to convince Declan to corroborate her story on the witness stand. Even though Char hates Declan even more than we hate his mushroom cut, she heads over to the boathouse to fondle his man necklace in the hopes that it will get him on her side. As if!
Back on The Wagon
It's the day of Declan's testimony, and the poor kid is completely torn about what to say (so many tears). Will he do the people of Montauk a solid and lie on the stand, or will he try to get back into Charlotte's drug-addled panties? Despite a quivering jaw, Declan tells the jury that he didn't see anyone on the beach, and adds that Charlotte was stoned out of her mind the night Tyler was killed. Uh-oh, someone just committed perjury!
To make matters worse, Jack is subpoenaed as a hostile witness, and if he tells the truth on the witness stand, Dekks could go to jail! Thank God Nolan comes to the rescue, and he gets Jack out of The Stowaway so Emily can work her magic and steal his blood-soaked hoodie. P.S.: How did this gal's hair get so long in just a few months? We're jealous.
So, what's Daniel up to while Emily's plotting and scheming? He's filled with so much angst that there's zero room left in his journal, and he proceeds to get wasted on Victoria's turret. Then, he wanders down the beach in a rage (take that, ankle monitor!), breaks into Emily's house, and sits on the stairs in a funk.
OK, time to grab a lobster roll because things are about to get intense. When Emily finally shows up, Daniel accuses her of cheating, pushes her up against a wall (no he did not!) and immediately gets himself hauled away by the police. Sigh, hope you enjoy the group showers in jail, buddy. Try not to get shivved with a Birkin bag.
Murder, She Wrote
What's Emily's plan now that Daniel thinks she's a cheater? Simple. She heads to Victoria's castle and claims that she was only hanging with Jack as a way to find out more about Amanda. She even admits to breaking into The Stowaway for information!
Of course, Emily was actually wandering through the mean streets of New York City, where she planted Jack's hoodie in Lee's car. Yep, in one fell swoop, Emily saves Jack, exonerates Daniel, and frames Lee for murder! Glad this girl hasn't lost her edge. We were really worried about her during that burlap sack phase.
In other news, it's time for Conrad's moment in the sinister spotlight. This silver fox appears to have a case of extreme jealousy, because he heads to Dominik's love chamber and promptly kicks him out of town by threatening to expose his past as an art forger. Poor Victoria, now who will she talk to about post-postmodernism?
Speaking of our Queen, Victoria completely panics when she finds out that Lee's been framed for Daniel's murder — but don't worry. She doesn't have to stress for too long, because Lee's body is found hanging in an apparent suicide. But is everything as it seems? Of course not. As Emily listens in on a recording from Conrad's room, she realizes that he had Lee killed, and was likely responsible for her father's death back in the '90s! Looks like it's time to kick the revengenda up a notch, Em.
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Comments: I bought this piece several years ago and have loved it ever since. It started out being a large gag-gift for my wife, but after seeing this statue in person, I kept it for myself (sorry, Honey). The quality of the sculpting is wonderful and very lifelike, and the colors do not fade out even when displayed outside. It is big (which is what I wanted), but if you don't have the space for it, it could overtake a small area.


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Learning how to use Adobe Photoshop efficiently and effectively is the best way to get the most out of your pixels and create stunning imagery. Master the fundamentals of this program with Julieanne Kost, and discover how to achieve the results you want with Photoshop and its companion programs, Bridge and Camera Raw. This comprehensive course covers nondestructive editing techniques using layers, masking, adjustment layers, blend modes, and Smart Objects. Find out how to perform common editing tasks, including lens correction, cropping and straightening, color and tonal adjustments, noise reduction, shadow and highlight detail recovery, sharpening, and retouching. Julieanne also shows how to achieve more creative effects with filters, layer effects, illustrative type, and the Photomerge command for creating panoramas and composites.
In order to selectively apply any of the local adjustments in a circular mass, you'll want to use the radial filter in Camera Raw. So with these two images selected, I'll use Cmd+R on Mac or Ctrl+R on Windows in order to open them into Camera Raw. Let's go ahead and select the radial filter. We can do this by either tapping the J key, or by selecting it up here in the tool palette. And you'll notice that just like the graduated filter, we have all these different attributes that we can load up our radial filter with, in order to create a selective adjustment.
In order to make this really obvious, let's go ahead and click on the minus next to exposure. What that does is it'll reset all of my other sliders making sure that I'm just working with exposure. And we'll make it really dramatic, by just dragging down to the left. Now I want to make sure that I position the cursor in the center of where I want the radial filter to have its effect, because as I click and drag, you'll notice that its actually dragging the radial filter from that center. Now it might not always be obvious, so I just want to mention that we're actually adding the effect to the outside of the filter by default.
Not the inside, but sometimes when you start dragging the cursor it almost looks like your lightening the inside as opposed to darkening out the outside. But if i tap the p key we can turn the preview on and off, and we can see that the actual area inside the radial filter has stayed constant, and we're actually decreasing the exposure which is, what we loaded in the area outside of the radial filter. Now, if we've added too great of a change, we can always come back and modify our change, so in this case, I'm going to back off a little bit on the decrease in exposure. We can also add additional effects We don't have to limit them to just one. If I wanted to de-saturate whatever's outside of this area to put focus on this one area inside the radial filter, I can.
I think that's a little too much so I'll go ahead and set that back to zero. And I just wanted to point out that you can load up more than one attribute. If we scroll down, you'll also notice that there's an option here to change the feathering of the mask. So if we did want this to be a hard edge mask, I would simply drag the feather down to zero. Right now, I want it to be a nice soft edged mask, so we'll leave it set up at 100. Alright let's go ahead and delete this for a moment. Now since the feather slider is highlighted here, I want to tap the Enter key just to enter in my feather value, and then I'll tap the delete key in order to remove that graduated filter. I want to show you that if you hold down the Command key on the Mac or the Control key on Windows, and you double click anywhere in your image area, then Camera Raw will automatically set your radial filter to the bounding box of the image bounds.
Lets tap the Delete key to get rid of that one. This time as I start to drag, I'm going to hold down the Shift key. You can see that holding down the Shift key is going to constrain my radial filter to a circle. Now, if I have a radial filter already drawn, like this, and I decide that I want to expand it to fill the bounding box of the image, again I can either hold down the Command key on Mac, or the Control key on Windows, and I can double click anywhere inside the existing radial filter. And it will automatically expand to fill that visible image area.
As we saw with a graduated filter the V key will toggle on and off the interface, so it will hide it or show it. And I should also mention you can actually drag this radial filter way beyond the image. So if I use Command Minus to zoom out. You'll notice that I can then drag this filter way beyond the image area. So don't think that you're constrained to be within that image. Alright I'll tap the Delete key one more time, and then use Command Zero in order to fit in window.
On Windows that would be Control Zero. Alright, so in this case let's make sure that we have a negative exposure set up, and I'll click and drag in the inner area of this first metal house. I want to make this really extreme, so I'll pull down the exposure even more. Of course, the radial gradient isn't just for vignetting, you can also add different effects, so let's go ahead and move to this light bulb image. Now here, I'll add a darker vignette to begin with, so we'll leave the exposure set down, and I'll click and drag out my radial vignette around the light bulb. So now if we toggle the preview using the P key, you can see that I have darkened down that background area.
But I'm also going to decrease the clarity a little bit, in order to just kind of soften the background, and I'll also decrease the sharpness just to blur the background a little bit. Now I'm lookign here and that looks a little bit too fast of a fall off, so I'll go ahead and just increase a littel bit of the sharpness, maybe to right about here. Now, what I want to do is, I want to create a duplicate of this radio filter that actually makes a change to the lightbulb itself. So I'm going to hold down the Command key and the Option key on the Mac, or the Control key and the Alt key on Windows, and you can see that I now have two arrows as my cursor. If I click and drag on the center pin there, you can see that I now have created a duplicate.
So this was my first pin and this was my second pin. Now, I'll put them a little bit closer together, but not directly on top of each other, just because I want to be able to show you the difference between the two, and then I'll take this second panel and instead of decreasing exposure, I'll reset that. And instead of decreasing clarity, because I'll reset that, I'm actually going to increase the sharpness. So I'm just increasing the sharpness inside the second radial filter. I'll also go in and just add a little bit of contrast. And maybe bring up my highlights a little bit.
The only problem is is when I preview this on and off, you can see that it's actually affecting the area outside of the radial filter. In order to invert the mask, all I need to do is scroll down and tell Camera RAW that the effect should not be outside, but instead, it should be inside the mask. Now, when we preview this, we can see that our first radial gradient is darkening down, and decreasing the clarity and sharpness outside of the light bulb. And at the same time, the secondary radial filter is increasing the contrast, it's increasing the highlights, and also sharpening the inner area of the filter. So you can see that the radial filter is an excellent tool to use, not only when you need to make a correction, but also when you want to help lead the viewer's eye to a certain location in your image.
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The Adventure Begins... Into The Amazon
I decided to travel to the Amazon. I had always envisioned that I would visit the Amazon from Brazil, but after talking with a few people I heard that it is more accessible, affordable and pristine to access it from Ecuador. Also, I plan to visit Brazil later in the year and hopefully I'll be able to make another excursion at that time. So instead of waiting until mañana (tomorrow), I thought to myself, there is no day like today (hoy).
My trip started with a short bus ride from Banos to a town called Ambato where I would connect with an overnight bus to Lago Agrio.
Pretty lujo (luxurious) this bus.
Like a disco ball on wheels. I watched a movie, then feel asleep. I awoke at about 5:30am just as we were arriving into Lago Agrio.
I was to meet my guide at the Hotel de Mario... me and a few other travelers as well. It seemed as if many tour companies use the Hotel de Mario as a meeting place.
At about 8am my guide Jorge showed up and said that we would wait a while, then leave at 9am for the selva (rain forrest).
Here is were the adventure begins. Click on the links to see stories from each day.
The Amazon Day 1
The Amazon Day 2
The Amazon Day 3
The Amazon Day 4
The Amazon Day 5
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Location: Chicago physically, Colombia en mi mente.
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Did you tell the Ecuadorians that they have to move the La Mitad del Mundo over about 100 feet? What a great adventure! Can't wait to get there myself.
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Location: Texas
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Oct 2010
Location: Texas
Oddometer: 281
The Adventure Begins... Museo de Pumapungo
In Cuenca, I checked out the Museo de Pumapungo (aka The Museum of the Central Bank). There were a number of ethnographic displays about different people groups in Ecuador, but what I really found interesting was this display of wooden masks. If you look at them long enough, they appear to look back.
This last one isn't a mask, it's a tsantsa (shrunken head). Seems that the Shuar people group in the Amazon use to have a cultural practice of making tsantsa. When someone was murdered the way of restoring balance to the universe was for the offended family to kill and shrink the head of the offender.
For the full story visit Museo de Pumapungo
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Location: Texas
Oddometer: 281
The Adventure Begins... Inca Ruins of Ingapirca
From the town of Cuenca, I took a day trip to the cloud shrouded ruins of Ingapirca.
The ride was along a fantastic road...
That wound through the mountains and ascended to about 10,000 feet (3,000 meters)...
And passed by mostly farmland and a few houses.
The Canari civilization first built a city called Hatun Cañar on the site. Then toward the end of the 15th century, during the Inca expansion into present day Ecuador, the Inca built their city on top of the ruins of the Canari city and called it Ingapirca.
The site was built in the Incan imperial style of construction with a mortarless polished stone technique. This means that all the stones were carved to fit together perfectly without mortar.
The city is linked to the city of Machu Picchu via the Camino de Los Incas (The Inca Trail).
This area contained some excavated tombs.
This double semi-circle formation represented both the sun and the moon. Those are llamas grazing on the grass.
There was a sun temple...
That actually functioned as a sun dial.
And this was some form of solar or lunar calendar. It's a mystery as to how it actually functioned.
Outside of the grounds of the ruins was this stone pathway...
That lead to this rock formation...
Called the Cara del Inca (Inca Face). I passed it completely when I was walking down the trail, but then looked back and saw the profile of the face. This is a natural stone feature in the side of the mountain and was not carved.
A nice little walk around some ancient history.
For the full story visit Inca Ruins of Ingapirca
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Location: Texas
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the Adventure Begins... El Cajas...Sinking Into Paramo
Wishing to get back to nature, I traveled to a national park called El Cajas.
The park consists of mountains, waterfalls, rivers, lakes and páramo.
Páramo is an alpine tundra or moorland.
The ground is soft, porous and retains a high quantity of water like a sponge. If you step on the spongy part of the páramo your foot sinks. It is best to walk on the packed ground or scramble over the rocks.
The park is at altitude as well... 12,800 feet (3,900 meters).
I went for a hike. The vistas were pretty amazing. I didn't know what to expect, so I carried a pack with a med kit, sleeping bag, ground cloth, food and water. I had heard that clouds often roll in and can be disorienting. Since I was hiking alone, I wanted to take the right precautions.
There was low lying brush...
Ground coverage...
Plants and flowers woven together...
And this crazy forest...
With wrangling trees growing in all directions.
I crossed a few rivers
Passed by a number of lakes
Passed by more rivers
That were raging
And made a few missteps.
It's all part of the adventure. Check out this short video to see what it is like hiking in páramo.
I got a little bit lost, but eventually found my way.
The first day I spent hiking. The second day I spent fishing for natural trout. I hooked into a few, but released them.
El Cajas was a beautiful area and quite unlike anything that I've seen before. The park had some good trails. The terrain was rugged and the climate variable. While I was there it was sunny, rainy, cloudy, cold and warm... all within the span of a few hours.
For the full story visit El Cajas
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Location: Texas
Oddometer: 281
The Adventure Begins... Some Camping Supplies
In Cuenca I found this store called Accion Sports.
They had a decent selection of camping and fishing gear. I didn't want to add weight to my kit, so I decided to go ultralight.
I ended buying some Sno-Seal to weatherproof my boots ($10). It's something that I've been looking for for some time. I bought a compact fishing rod and reel combo with a few simple lures ($13). And I bought a tent footprint and tent spikes which I will use as a tent ($15). The tent footprint is basically a waterproof nylon sheet with grommets that I hope will make a decent lean-to cover. Perfect...light and inexpensive.
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Location: Texas
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The Adventure Begins... Looking Back...The Galapagos Islands
Wow... I've spent a month in Ecuador... time has really flown by. There is so much to see and do in the country that I still feel that I've just scratched the surface. Back in December my whole objective was to pass through Ecuador in less than 2 weeks so that I could travel to Peru to watch the Dakar Rally. Well... that didn't happen. There was Christmas and New Years and I went on some excursions and met some people and started having a really good time. I made a calculation of the mileage that I would need to ride and the amount of time that I had to travel to reach Lima, Peru by January 15th... and it just wasn't possible. But no regrets, I've experienced so many amazing things in the past month that it has all been worthwhile.
At the beginning of January I wrote a post about flight.
It was the beginning of a story about a trip to the Galapagos Islands.
It has taken me a while to process the whole experience and sort though my images, but now I'm ready to share the story.
The adventure began in the city of Quito. My first day in Quito I met Miguel Vinueza. Together we walked along Avenida Amazonas where there were a number of tour agencies. After talking with a number of agencies, I found an agent that could book me on a tour to the Galapagos Islands on a small cruise boat for 5 days that would leave within 2 days.
Two days later... I was waiting for a flight in the Quito airport.
After a short wait in the airport, I was in the air...
Flying over the clouds, ocean and finally reaching the islands.
For the full story click on the links below.
My itinerary would be...
Day 1: SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
Day 2: SANTA FE ISLAND
Day 3: ESPAÑOLA ISLAND
Day 4: FLOREANA ISLAND
Day 5: SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
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Location: Aledo, Texas
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Troy, just found your RR and got caught up. Looks like a lot a fun. Really aapreciate the detail. Great report !
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Joined: Jul 2011
Location: Ft Worth Texas
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If you come back through Belize, let me know and I will give you a good tour of the country. I have been here for 8 years and loving central america. Hope you have a great trip. Rod
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Location: Chile South America
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great RR
hey Troy,
nice writing and pictures, just checked out your Blog too - well done - enjoy your trip and maybe see you in the south of Chile
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Location: Texas
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Gnarly Adventurer
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Location: Texas
Oddometer: 281
The Adventure Begins... Riding South In Ecuador
I had some of the best roads and riding of my trip while traveling south in Ecuador.
The roads between Cuenca, Loja and Macara were newly paved, wide and twisty. The engineers had figured out how to make the twisty parts without blind corners. To boot, there was very little traffic. The weather was cool, probably around 60F (15C). I had to wear all my cold weather gear, but I was still comfortable.
For about an hour, I traveled through a stretch of pine forest. The area reminded me a little of east Texas or a certain segment in central Texas around the town of Bastrop. It smelled good too.
For the full story visit Riding South In Ecuador
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Location: Texas
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The Adventure Begins... Ecuador To Peru
I crossed from Ecuador into Peru.
Leaving Ecuador was fast and efficient. I decided to cross at the town of Macara. It probably only took 5 minutes. First a visit to immigration where they checked my passport. Second to Customs where it took probably 2 minutes. Basically they checked and kept my temporary permit.
The immigration office in Peru was amazing fast as well. I was the only person in line. I handed the immigration officer my passport, he put a stamp in it and handed it back.
I then proceeded to the Customs office. They made copies of my passport, motorcycle title and request for a temporary permit. They actually made the photocopies... how refreshing. They instructed me to buy temporary insurance across the street. Once I obtained insurance I was back to the Customs office. The officer checked a few things, compiled my papers and issued me a temporary permit.
All done, probably all within 15 minutes. No ayudantes. No bribery. That's the way to run a border crossing. Great job!
Peru, here I come.
For the full story visit Ecuador to Peru
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Location: Texas
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The Adventure Begins... Peru Revisited
A few years ago I visited Peru.
At that time I was traveling with my friends Susan, Kim and Raj.
We visited Lima.
Saw the catacombs at the Monasterio de San Francisco.
Traveled to the ancient empire of the Inca, Cuscu.
Where some traditional customs still exist along ancient stone architecture.
I happened to arrive during one of the most significant celebrations for the city of Cusco, the Inti Raymi or Festival of the Sun.
People from the surrounding towns travel great distances and re-enact a ceremony that depicts the mythical origin of the Incas. People from all over the world visit to see the event.
We spent a number of days hiking the Inca Trail.
And spent some time at Machu Picchu.
We visited Lake Titicaca and Uros where people live on floating islands made of totora.
And construct their houses, boats and other everyday utensils with totora.
We visited the small island of Taquile where the textile arts have been honored by UNESCO.
Then, we traveled to the "white city" of Arequipa.
Visited the Monasterio Santa Catalina
And admired the beautiful colonial architecture.
Ate one of the local delicacies Cuy (Guinea Pig).
And finished the trip with a flight over the Nasca Lines.
This time around I didn't want to revisit the same areas... I wanted to check out some of the areas in the north, coast and desert.
For the full story visit Peru Revisited
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Purdue part of institute awarded up to $35 million by FDAOctober 6, 2011 6:38 am | News | Comments
Purdue University is part of a national institute that received a grant of up to $35 million over the next five years from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA awarded the grant to the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education, or NIPTE, to improve manufacturing standards and ultimately cut health care costs, create jobs, and improve drug safety.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers will play major roles in three new energy research projects being funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. These three projects entail the development of tobacco as a source of biofuels, creation of a personalized system for reducing customer demands for electrical power when the grid is congested, and development of a commercial process for extracting biofuels from the resin of pine trees.
Shutdown looms at pioneering American atom smasherSeptember 30, 2011 5:13 am | by Tammy Webber, Associated Press | News | Comments
The coming months will be both exciting and bittersweet at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. What was for many years the world's most powerful particle accelerator, Tevatron, will soon cease to operate. But Fermilab will continue to be America's "City of Energy", confirming faster-than-light results from CERN and building Project X.
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Two geothermal energy projects led by researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have been selected to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. These projects promise to help accelerate development of geothermal energy technologies and diversify America's sources of clean, renewable energy.
FPL research supports USDA's $80 million biofuels investmentSeptember 29, 2011 9:32 am | News | Comments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Washington State University and University of Washington each will receive a five-year, $40 million grant to help develop alternatives to petroleum-based fuels and chemicals. As a partner in the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA), the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) will receive $1.1 million to pretreat woody biomass for conversion to aviation fuel.
MIT wins DOE grant to develop next-generation advanced reactorsSeptember 26, 2011 9:16 am | News | Comments
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been awarded $7.5 million as part of a new initiative by the Department of Energy to support research and development on the next generation of nuclear technologies.
Rice wins grant to develop carbon dioxide capture technologySeptember 20, 2011 8:15 am | News | Comments
A Rice University research team is one of 16 chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop innovative new technologies that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing carbon dioxide from power plants.
SwRI receives contract to develop drug formulation to treat cyanide exposureSeptember 16, 2011 10:38 am | News | Comments
Southwest Research Institute was awarded a $4.4 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to develop a nasal-delivery, first-line treatment system to combat cyanide poisoning.
DOE awards LLNL more than $850,000 for geothermal researchSeptember 15, 2011 8:15 am | News | Comments
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has received $890,000 from U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to help accelerate geothermal energy technology. The main project, "Stochastic Joint Inversion for Integrated Data Interpretation in Geothermal Exploration," aims to reduce resource exploration costs by developing a processing technique for a variety of geophysical and geological parameters.
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Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (OPT) announced it will collaborate with Lockheed Martin in connection with OPT's proposed commercial-scale wave power generation project at Reedsport, Ore. The work builds on previous work conducted by Lockheed Martin and OPT.
NREL to help four start-ups ramp up solar energy innovationsSeptember 12, 2011 7:36 am | News | Comments
Companies with innovative, game-changing ways to lower the cost of solar energy have been awarded $5.8 million to work with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The SunShot Incubator Program is an expansion of DOE's successful PV Technology Incubator Program, launched in 2007, which to date has funded $60 million in projects and leveraged $1.3 billion in private investment.
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $43 million over the next five years to speed technical innovations, lower costs, and shorten the timeline for deploying offshore wind energy systems.


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In their quest to be America's Fastest Family in Land Speed Racing, Salt Lake City, Utah-based Nish Motorsports has been chasing a dream for 43 years. Since 1965, owner Terry Nish, 70, and his three sons Mike, 48, Jeff, 47, and T.J., 42, have been focused on breaking the 409.277mph Land Speed World Record set that same year by the legendary Sommers brothers. At the TOP 1 Oil World Land Speed Shootout this September 22-27, Mike Nish will lead the team in another attempt to carve its name in Land Speed history. Team Nish Motorsports hopes their Royal Purple Streamliner car will take them to 425mph.
In 2007, with the help of Klein Engines and veteran crew chief Cecil McCray, the team upgraded the Royal Purple Streamliner with a ten-liter, 1,800 horsepower Big Block Chevy engine. The upgrade was proposed after a piston failure swept away their dreams at last year's Land Speed Challenge. In 2007, Team Nish Motorsports in their Royal Purple Streamliner earned Hot Rod Magazine's Top Time Award at Speed Week with a speed of 380.046mph for the second time.
The Nish family has been making a name for itself in Land Speed Racing one member at a time, and currently holds 12 Land Speed world records. With more than 40 years of professional race car driving experience, Terry converted to Land Speed Racing in 1993 and currently holds three records. His most notable was set in 1995 with a 320.114mph run in the Vesco-Nish Streamliner. Quickly surpassing his dad's records and adding to the Nish legacy is Mike, with five individual records. None was more memorable than his 386.387mph run in 2006, which surpassed the team record by 10mph.
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1857-O $10 AU58 PCGS. With a mintage figure of just 5,500 coins, the 1857-O is the third scarcest No Motto eagle from the N...
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Probable Finest Known 1857-O Ten Dollar, AU58 PCGS1857-O $10 AU58 PCGS. With a mintage figure of just 5,500 coins, the 1857-O is the third scarcest No Motto eagle from the New Orleans Mint, trailing only the 1841-O and the 1859-O. According to Doug Winter's newly-released second edition of his book Gold Coins of the New Orleans Mint, 1839-1909, there are an estimated 70-80 pieces known including 14 to 17 in the various AU grades. The 1857-O is one of the few eagles from this mint that has never been certified by the major services in Uncirculated.
The present example is the finest 1857-O eagle we can recall having seen and it could very possibly be the finest known. It displays magnificent deep, original orange-gold color atop lustrous and uncommonly clean surfaces. We have not been able to verify this but we believe this may, in fact, be the 1999 ANA: 8110 coin (ex: James Stack Collection) that sold for $20,700 seven years ago. The present coin is clearly finer than the ANR 7/05: 306 coin (ex: Warren Miller collection), which was graded AU58 by PCGS and sold to a well-known specialist/collector for almost $20,000.
This is an extremely important coin for the advanced collector as it could very well be the finest known example of one of the rarest New Orleans eagles. Most of the Finest Known or high Condition Census New Orleans eagles from the 1840s and the 1850s are off the market in tightly-held private collections and once this coin is sold, who knows how long before another high-end 1857-O is made available to advanced specialists?(Registry values: N2998) (NGC ID# 263U, PCGS# 8623)
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Ronnie Scott's has become a byword for top quality music. At least to everyone I know. Sadly, as is often the case in all things musical, I was playing catch up from the moment I heard the word "acoustic." So here's the lowdown…
Ronnie Scott's – One of the Oldest Jazz Clubs in the World
Ronnie Scott, the man, forged a successful career as a tenor saxophonist in the UK before going on to found one of the oldest and most respected Jazz clubs in the world. He named it, er, Ronnie Scott's.
From 1959, with only one change of address, Ronnie Scott's, the club, grew to invite stars such as Ella Fitzgerald into its famed Soho quarters. Then, on one dry August evening it invited me.
Now, technically speaking, the club invited Fitzgerald to perform, whereas I was invited to pay and keep quiet, but let's not get bogged down by details!
Built (literally) on the foundation of the original Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Ronnie Scott's Bar is a low-lit, low-ceiling area decked out in faux tiger and monochrome photos of jazz superstars.
In true London fashion, Ronnie's Bar opens seven days a week to showcase fresh talent above the streets of Soho. Its location, as much as its history, gives it that slight thrill of excitement.
In London's Soho, the streets are narrow but the outlook is not. Fluorescent letters spell G-A-Y, a giant stiletto announces Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and despite the threat of traffic, the young, the suits and the trendy spill out onto the tarmac.
Soho feels hot when it's cold, feels alive while the world sleeps and creates a corner of intimacy in a city that holds 12 million people.
That's no mean feat.
Of course, it helps when you know people and as it happens, I recognised the first act. Described by London's Time Out as a "supremely talented, Bristol-based singer," Phil King also has to carry the rather less flattering epithet of "my brother-in-law."
Still, the crowd didn't hold it against him as his soulful voice tumbled through hits from his latest album, They Come and They Go as well as introducing some of his newest work.
Ronnie's Bar somehow blends standing on hallowed ground with hanging around in a student bar. The prices at the bar, though, set the record straight. Ronnie Scott's lives in central London – and you must expect to pay the price.
Disclosure: I earned the money for this trip by writing for Most Wanted, a lifestyle magazine that helps you save money on hotels in London and beyond. However, I have absolutely no relationship with Ronnie Scott's whatsoever.


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peter lely: The Draughtsman and his collection
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In addition to achieving renown as a painter, Peter Lely amassed one of England's first great collections of drawings.
A display of a selection of drawings from Lely's collection will be on view in The Courtauld Gallery concurrently with the exhibition Peter Lely: A Lyrical Vision.
A selection of Lely's own drawings will be displayed alongside works from his collection. Primarily hand and drapery studies, these delicate sketches provide a glimpse into Lely's practice as a portraitist. A special highlight is his Two heralds in ceremonial dress, a beautiful and highly detailed costume study of figures in a procession of the Order of the Garter (detail above).
Taken together, these drawings reveal a more private side of Lely, as worthy of exploration as his sparkling paintings.
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On April 5, 2010 President Obama threw out the ceremonial opening day first pitch at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., continuing a tradition that started over 100 years ago. President William Howard Taft began the custom on April 14, 1910 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Earlier in the day President Taft delivered a speech to a large contingency of Suffragists at their annual convention, and after being booed by them, was no doubt thankful to be at the ballpark among friends. Through the years, members of the baseball community have shared a friendship with America's chief executive on and off the field.
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At its meeting Tuesday, the Starkville Board of Aldermen approved revisions to the city's drug and alcohol personnel policy.
Starkville Personnel Officer Randy Boyd said he has spent the last year reviewing policies from other municipalities and organizations to revise the policy. He said he wants to keep Starkville's work force drug-free to make services to citizens safe and reliable.
The previous version of the policy limited neutral selection testing to safety-sensitive positions, such as firefighters, law enforcers, medical technicians and city machinery operators. Neutral selection is a random testing policy which not only ensures random selection, but also prevents the employer from waiving the selection.
"In my opinion, it should be applicable to all employees, not just limited positions, in the interest of the decision to make sure all employees are part of a drug-free workplace," Boyd said.
The amended policy makes all city employees subject to neutral selection. Starkville Chief Administrative Officer Lynn Spruill said a previous board made the decision to limit the city's first random drug testing policy to safety-sensitive employees.
"At the time, I was working on that resolution, and I recommended that it encompass the entire employee population," Spruill said. "Because of the newness of it, I think, they felt testing the safety-sensitive positions would meet our needs. In some measure, it was because we had never had it before. I think as we've gone on, the comfort level with this program brought this current board a sense that we could administer it fairly and have it encompass the entire employee population."
Spruill said spreading neutral selection testing beyond safety-sensitive positions will help the city operate more efficiently. The recent discovery of an Internal Revenue Service penalty of approximately $18,000 demonstrates how important every employee at the city's disposal can be, she said.
"Even the person who does your payroll or accounts payable can be essential to keep your city in good standing," Spruill said. "In essence, we consider all positions within the city to be sensitive positions."
Boyd said elected officials are still not subject to neutral selection testing.
"This is restricted to at-will employees as opposed to elected officials," Boyd said. "Discipline or oversight of elected officials does not fall under the scrutiny of the department head of the city (who) would be involved in regular day-to-day administrative oversight."
Another key change to the policy is the removal of language discharging employees who fail their pre-employment drug test, replacing it with a note that applicants should not be allowed to begin work until satisfactory test results are obtained. Boyd said the new practice has been in place for some time; the revision simply reduces the policy to writing.
"As a matter of practice, we do not permit any employee to start to work until we've got a clear drug test," Boyd said. "We want to make sure the person has a good, clear test before they begin employment. That's been our practice all the way along, and I don't know exactly why it got written into the policy the other way."
Finally, the new policy makes several changes which reference the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its privacy rule. Boyd said most of these changes are clerical.
"Instead of the (individual) filling out a form when they first go in and (having that form) exposed all over the office, it's done in a conversation with a doctor to protect privacy concerns," Boyd said. "It's just strictly a protocol (and) process type of thing."
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